New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-25

AUSTIN DOBSON.
fewer than four thousand or more than eight
thousand words.
This is the right kind Of competition, and
ought to appeal to college graduates with con,
siderable force Ii is doubtful however, if it VIII
be more interesting to them than to the outside
world. Every one will closely watch the results
of the experiment 1t is made on high ground.
and should produce excellent work.
Prospe- Merimees Letters to an Unknown,
which have been circulated more or less in TINS
country, both in English and the original, nave
been translated anew b. Henri Pene du Bots.
This translation, which is 10 be issued by the
Brcntanos, is announced as the most complete
yet made.
1t is gratifying to find that the views printed in
this place last Sunday on Lady Burton's treat
nent of the manuscript of The Scented Garden
are shared by so liberal-minded scholar as
Mr.. Andrew Lang. Writing in the current num-
Der of "CosmOpolis" he says:
II have not read all of Mr. Wilkins's 'Ro-
nance of Lady Burton but on one point L
wish to make remark. Sir Richard Burton
translated and annotated an Oriental book The
subject was one Of which St. Paul says 1t is not
lawful so much as to speak Sir Richard was
promised $1,000 for the copyright. There were
fifteen hundred men expecting the book Lady
Burton, after her husbands death burned the
MS and of course went without the 5000. |
dcvOutly hope that | would have done the same
thing, for which | sincerely honor the ladys
memory. My moti;c might not have been hers.
My motive would have been 10 dsappoint a
crew of humbugs. Mr. Wilkins says: Burton
wrote as a scholar and ethnoogist writing for
scholars and ethnoogists No doubt Burton
wrote as scholar but his public, the men Of the
$1,000, were not all scholars | conceive. Eth
nology was not what they cared for of all things.
in my opinion. My reason is that DR.. Tylor and
Mr.. Frazer, in Primitive Culture and The
Golden Dough have written the best modern
chronological books. If either gentleman was
offered 5000 for either book if fifteen hun
Dir ID these Y
cellent books. with e ready in each of their
purses, Il shall withdraw my remarks. There is
not fear, 5000 in England for the author Of
clean book on ehnoogy at large. For my
part, then. | would gleefully have burned
Ms. eagerly waited for by fifteen hundred sweet
enthusiasts at Ct n head, enthusiasts who were
not likely TO excite themselves four pounds
worth over Tylor, Mannhardt. Bastian or any
other ethnologist or scholar whose works are
not. in the phrase of the booksellers catalogue.
very curious and disgusting.
The supremacy Of Columbus has been and is
to-day so secure that other navgatOrs of the
early time who voyaged To America are usually
forgotten, but Mr. c. T.. Weare, an English au-
thor has resolved that Cabot, at least shall get
his due Accordingly he has prepared a volume
on "Cabots Discovery of North America
work just published by the Lii pincotts which
aims to popularize the knowledge hitherto con-
fined to the specialists. Mr.. Weare also essays
new contributions to the literature of North
American discovery.
Some fragments from the recOllectiOns Of the
late Sir Charles Murray have lately been given
to the world in the pages of "COrnhill.' Sir
Charles had known Scott. Rogers. Moore, Beck
ford, Goethe and countless other celebrities but
perhaps the most Interesting passage in these
recollections-t Amer cans the following.
written under the head of Most Remarkable
Men | Have known:
The man who impressed me most, and whom
personally l look Upon as about third in this
class OF men, one | met I'm America and
comparatively little known in England, except
by lawyers. | mean Judge Chief Justice Mar
shall. He WAS Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court and therefore the highest legal authority
in America J met him in Washington. and he
most kindly invited me to his house at Rich
mond. Va. when / should visit that part of the
country. He a remarkably fine-looking man
tall, handsome, a beautiful countenance, and
the most delightful voice, low and sweet. His
knowledge was exceptionally wide on all mat
ters and his manners and life as exceptionally