New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-14
LITERARY NOTES.

M Barring Gould. in HE new book on AN on
English Home and Its Dependencies has an on
PERTAINING chapter the village orchestra whloh
preceded tire modern choir. This is one OF MS
stories: THE first stage in getting rid OF the VII
lsse orchestra was taken by the Introduction OF
the barrel-organ. ! can well recall that stage
Now the barrel-organ had hut a limited range o'
tunes Our organ had n vein Of hghtnoss ana
wantornos. in e. How this came about ] do not
know But one OF the tunes ground out on II was
The Devils Hop This would never dc. Th"re
were two elements OF difficulty In II. In inc mrs.
place. II this tune not turned on We would I've
one tune the poorer in divine service Hut II was
intolerabe that any psalm should he sung TO The
Devils Hop After much consideration the "n-
Guilty was solved in this way. on the organ the
title The Devils Hop was altered into DE NiHes
Hone and instructions issued to the grinder
20 grind slowly and solemnly BY this means inc
air served for Easter psalm.
As an indication of the mental density OF the IN
habitants' OF the more remote English villages 'ne
author gives this anecdote: "a farmer was ind"cod
ny the rector the squire. as personal FAVOR 20
listen TO a lecture on the chemistry Of common
lfc. He listened with attention when tho lecturer
described tho constituents OF the atmosphere oNN-
gen. hydrogen. nitrogen. Al the close he stood M
stretched himself and said Muster Lecturer
You've told us a terrible lot about various soorts
gins oxcgen and on can't mind en- all but
you ha'nt mentioned the very best o all. In my
tumble experience. an that's Plymouth gin.
drop o that with sugar and water-hot-the last
thing afore YOU go to bed. not 100 strong nor too
weak neither. Is the very frst-ratedst OF ALL I've
tried IL for forty years And then he went forth.
shrugged his shoulders and said That chap, he's
traveller for spir; merchants. as have some
new-fangled gins but I'll stick 10 plymouth gin !
will"
Concerning Grant a Father the Generals
son. Bricadier- General F. n. Grant. has written
paper for The Youths Companion" Another bit
o. biography promised ny the same periodical IS
General Charles Kings paper General George
Crook
rean Pison an English Churchmsn OF true p"'>
snd genital nature. has recently published volume
Of "reminiscences in which he tolls some harmless
and funny clerical anecdotes. one Of these refers
70 his first clerical suit. ordered whom he vas
merely Young CITRATE:
The which Young mon AZ that time affected.
both I'm church and state" "as very long in ne
skirt. reaching down the ankles The tailor
proceeded take my measure down 20 my boots.
90 not Ta me s1l s renis Son n 80 , i establish
inSni. sir We always ours a senlemsrs coat A.
cordng to his religious persuasors." Very vel"
rejoned. my religious persuascns. as a Moier-
ate Churchman. arr about two inches below my
new coat. vent on my brothers RECOMMENDATION;
10 Messrs. I'm. in Rond- more IN the army ard
navy than IN the clerical line. The foreman was
by religious persuasion a Presbyterian y do nor
SS my co2 tp 0qs'T s1 sn N ' hand IN ah h
s,iden'y excrcIsed IN mind ny sa n d ~na o
mind m ewing so. think should call your coat
little 80" SO the coat not long enough for
gSyt 9ss' or nl Wa; F'P"l i" H0"d-s'' Quot
D,lr HOOK ,..s ono OF Pigor's predecessors at
Chich., g.. and Of him the latter tells this story:
Dean Hook had habit Of thinking aloud on
ons occasion. while the ofertory sentences
being read and when this read. Zaccheus
stood forth and SAID unto the Lord Behold LORI.
the half Of my goods give to the poor the Dean
heard Much roo much: most IN
necessary ON tho pant Of Hacchaus shall not
give any moro than usual
THE Celebrated Tommy" the sequel TO Mr..
Iarro's Sentimental Tommy" is not finished.
More than hall Of it, however. ia now ready.
]; Is said by Tho London Chronicle" that N.
Brunetiere as Editor OF the Revue des DeIx
Mondes has fallen A victim amusing hoax.
"In lSS The 'Deux Mondes' published series %
letters entitled &c Roman dune Inconnue' TIE
letters professed 10 have been written by young
lady to a captain Of the General stan. They wero
prefaced with the announcement that they had
fallen into NJ Erunet.ere's hands through chain
Of cir ,umstances which he was forbidden 10 dis
close. although that gentleman was able 70 assure
his readers that he possessed ample guarantees
regarding thsir authentic character. Their
thontic character may perhaps. be Judged by the
fact that several pages Of the Inconnue's SEMI
Ynent. are an almost verbal reproduction Of pas
cages IN Bazac's IL 1.ys dams la Nallee.' From
The Ingenious correspondents fine contempt for
quotation marks Il would that she did not
estimate the Intelligence Of the General STAFF at
ali highly in regard 70 questions OF documentary
genuineness This discovery must Trove particu-
larry painful 70 NJ Brunetere Jus, at The present
moment"
Mr. Kipng IS credited with having recently de-
clared that Cecil Rhodes the greatest NJ
living men" and with following up that state
rnent with these sentence:
Wasn't it rather sordid sort Of greatness, al
a man Worth million Who didn't spend more than
f5cO year on himself There he lived In poor
dR"G cou GeR a 1 Tfs Sna snG e
his simple hosptslity-had but to walk in Mr..
Rhodes never presided al tabe-never spent long
81 table. The guest who had been there longes'
eat At the top hat was all. Was Mr. Rhodes
ton. Walking about in his verandah YOU would
see poor, seedy woman come UP TO MIN Win
frowsy papers and tale Of a few sharp
questions suficed. Then brief, hastily written
put you ali right And this sort Of extern
pore gove-nrn mt went on in that homely. tumble
down yerandah all day.
dislike OF the French into the region Of literature
This author reproduces co lversaton between the
Chancellor and Englishman
was struck wrote the Engshman) by the read
novels,s who depict the ugiiest features in French
social NE as faithful picture OF the countrys
morals. ne tnlnKS fTenCn society IOlltn 10 'nc
core and is incapable OF doing justice TO any OF
the Frenchmans better qualities He asserts with
his usual brusQuerie. that the French have always
inclined fling dirt az themselves. and that writer's
like Zola and tho younger Dumas. when accused
OF going too far maintain that they have not exag
gerated in their books.
The richly carved reredos which has been erected
20 the memory Of Christina Rossetti In Christ
Church. Wobun Square London formally
dedicated the other day The panels Of the reredos
are filed by paintings OF Christ and the four
Evsngelsts designed by the late Sir Edward
Burne-Jones A marble Slab inlad upon the altar