New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-24

lucdty his biography 4 Stcrnc being perfect in
its arrang" 'nent of perfectly selected material
We cannot iraVcrs" the 'ntlr" essay. but room
for a fragment 4 Mr. Lees criticism may b."
u AIRED Summing up. he says.
HUT after fun account has been taken Of
S'"rnc's numerous OBJECTIONS from ~" paths Of
literary r.ctltuic u his ndoccncy. his huf-
fooncry. his NAV kishu. ss. his plagiar.sWs. his
want n dlgrcssls cncss h. 'ciraiis a. thr author
u 'Tristrain Shnndy.' 4 Arllnrator 81 thu comedy
Z human lie before whom only three or four
humorous VIII III In ANY tougu' or ai.y axe. can
Justly claim precedence. Inc" Toby. Corporal
Trim Dr Slop Mr.. an6 Mrs. Shandy obadiah
and the Widow Wadmhn are OF the kin-how-
ever the degrees Of kinship may IT, estimated
OF PantagrJcl and Don Qulxotc Of Falstan
and Juliet's nurse. Of Monsieur Jourdain and
Tartunr. For the guerilla warfare that he Incl
dcntally wAEcd Ia his own frcakish fashion
throughout the novel on the pedantrrs and pre-
t"riccs Of learning he deserves many Of the
honcrs that have been paid 10 Pope and Swift
No modern writer has shown more certain
touch In transferring To his canvas commonplace
domestic scenes which only masters hand can
invest with point or interest. 1t Is this kind
n power especially that gloriieS a Sentiment al
Journey Defects due To- the authors over
strained scnshility practically count for nothing
against the artistic and finished beauty of the
series Of vignrttcs which Stcrn". 10y his sure
Less Of insight and descriptive faculty. created
ia 4 Sentimental Jour i.y' out 90 the simplest
and most pedestrian episodes Of travel"
Stcrnr's early interest In the practice ~ art
LEFT 10 p"Stciity curious r,lic Of his eccentric
v N.
Of Medical HlblioErapNy.' showed To Thomas
Fr"gnall Dibdin when visit To York in
$50. coarse painting in oils in which Sterne
figured as a mountcbank at a fair and 4 friend
Thomas Bry dyes. rs Iuack doctor. The latter
figure was by Stcrnc and the former by
Brydgcs." We reproduce this picture from an
engraving in the first volume of Dibdin's "Bbli-
ographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in
the Northern Counties of ENGLAND and I'm Scot
land" published I'm London in 1888 The figure
with hat in hand Is Stcruc
NM Paul and Victor marguerite are writing
In collaboration a novel which they call PENNIES
NOuycllcs."
on" OF the treasures disposed Of during the
recent Dcane Library sale in Boston was the
MS diary kept In this country in 1877 by
Samuel Vaughan, IA wealthy English merchant
II describes horseback tour starting from
Philadelphia and ending at Mount Vernon
where he was welcome visitor. IA he had long
been correspondent OF Washington. Ii was
sold for 10 to an unidentified purchaser
Young Winston Spencer Churchill the son OF
the late Lord Randolph Churchill and OF his
beautiful American wife, so distinguished him
sell during the recent campaign OF the Maakand
field force that he has been mentioned I'm one OF
the dispatches. Sir Bindon Blood writes that
Brigadier- General Jeffrcys praised the courage
and resolution OF Lieutenant w. l. & Churchill
4h Hussars. the correspondent Of tho Pioneer
newspaper with tho force, who made himself