New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-21
LITERARY NOTES.

nresent condition OF Spain. Many Oh '"'
iouer middle classes Of Madrid, Seville BARGE
Iona Cadz and Grenada, says MI D''''"
I've on one meal day. and that genera"E con-
ssts of boiled chick peas. coarse. dry oreAN'
few olives and garlic. III.
MANY Of the lower aristocracy are nor "ni'
better off but considerably more Wret0 Ill.,, ~
cause they consider that they have 10 49, -
appearances. and like Lamb captain I"0 Srjn,
they play their unenNiab!e parts ~ T,horn
traredv with pathos when 10 'hc AVE- 49,,
speciator is narrowing in the extreme on.
acquainted with Government oihciaIs IL p i.9, e;
out of place. because the ConSer1u 6, roeais p
no longer in office who eat hut i've nI.aii
week and only two ont of the I'VE CONTAIN
trace of meat a stroll along INC leSc' w
Recoletos about > o'clock in the afternoon en-
ahlcs one 10 study gallery 81 hFlht ien1G
faces pale pincned and bloodl"ss' WIN pam
born expressions such as Rihera "ou,u nare
delighted TO transfer TO canvas. Ana .ns - 10
cesslOn Of modern martyrs. against "hvil Nv
whisper OF caumny has ever been raSeu, , Cp,I
sists mainly % ar!stocratic spanish ihaIueun''
who have little else 10 support mem s,,t
ing more 70 console them than the conscious,
ness Of llustri0us extraction ana "hSu'''e"
virtue. - -. ,icb
Yet all this is not the distress Of wh when !
speak This is but the chronic state OF tniiie
which the people always had with tneh Oi
late years and which should be lhou.sen,IS
borne in mind when forming judsinel w."
contemporary Spaniards. whose relatlNe M
munity from crimes against properly consul,
tutes an eloquent testimony To tntlr nl ,
honesty and heroic endurance. ne nrf i
which Is coming will be incomparaoiE iii"'c -"
tense and widespread. ] saw foreSnadoWlHsS ~
IL outside Of Valladolid lately also IN 9erIa, ,l
other parts of Spain, where aDie-npuIeu MA
s,nnortirr each a Wife and chilGren' couiu
neither ,.arr q loaf of bread nor OBTAIN the pllVc
OF IL BY begging True they mad come ION n
places where most of their nelEhDoiS WIZ , "n
badly off as themselves: but then me hu sH,
~ ,b.ee places is rapidly increasing trlend
OF mine foreign doctor resident m opi t,,
Witnessed many other instances "l Unl9 d, ~
tttlO W
down with hunger typhuS. In most OF the prov
Inces If Spain the elementary scToplul"H..,,S
have received no nay for over a 'W'N ,i
so tina, some Of them are actually Slf'NI'lt ,'uu
,oos, Of them are professional begGars "a we'll as
teachers
The English Dialect Dictionary is growing
arace Parts III. " and having IateN pee"
published The chief aim kept in view IN "S
n,enaration is the inclusion Of all Englsh dla-
lect words with American and colonla 'eiii''
used during the last two hundred years IN Eng
land ireland. Scotland and Waies. me E"s
ush Dialect Society which has ALREADY pun
Nshed more than seventy volumes mas supp'eu
extensive and valuable material for the pres
ent work to which additions are being con
s,ant,v made by voluntary workers. The edi-
tor Dr Wright abstains from eiymciosy III
his EXPLANATION arc CLASSIFICATION Of dia'Hruc
usages.
Mr. Albert D Vandam has some amusing
things to say il, The For;nightly" concerning
tho snv mania IN France. This mania was
greatly increased after Sardous drama OF
"Dora' "a play known to US a: diplomacy }
was brought GU; in Paris. Mr. Nandam says
After seeing Sardou's pieee had venture 10
express an unfavorablc opinion Of IT, NOT as d
stage play but as a human document. ms
at
meet some friends at the end or IN" perform
ance however reluctant | feel bound 10 give
the scene in detail in order TO let tne reau.t
Judge Of the enormity Of my onence. hot u i
contended that spies would NOT act as Nai 40.
caused them to act. but expressed DOUBT
whether it was worth the trouble ana expense
Of anv Government 10 MAINTAIN spies at all
and especially in such large NUMBERS as DIE
marck was credited with doing 1 repeat l Was
amonr friends all three Frenchmen. who had
known me for many years. Ny remarks We're
received with good natured sceptlclsm, OUT not
without contradiction. You are not nNlhe III
Paris and have not been living here since tne
war: therefore you cannot Judge sald one
I'VE are surrounded by spes-forelsn ones SUI
sieized by their respective Governments, anu
naive ones 10 spy upon them and upon us
also If the fancy takes them. We do not nina
the latter. only mind the FORMER. ma, II l
,ol5 Won that on the night the Opera in the
Hue e Peletier was burned down a RUSSIAN
spy was among the crowd. You may well LOOK
ei,rnrised" | did not look surprised. hut iet
him 60 on But for his wrist being hurt by
a piece Of ncandescent wood. such rs feil IN
all directions within a score Of yards no one
would heve been the wiser for his presence out
the people insisted on taking him 10 the Amou-
lance of the Marie Of the Rue Dronot and then
he was obliged TO give his name and address.
He was a Prussian officer. But a Pruss'an
officer. on a visit 10 Paris ls not necessary! ., a
spv" I observed. Not necessarily SPY
echoed my friend; then what Old he want anti, N
that crowd" IF had been in Paris. should
have probably been there too" answered.
"Ah. that's different you are not RUSSIAN
officer" And all my arguments notW.tnstaha-
hat n
visitor to Paris. whether French or foreign;
would have gone 10 the scene Of The disaster If
within short distance Of II, as the Prusslan
officer probably had been. or course there were
people sitting around. but l did not for mo.
nent imagine that our conversation. even II
overheard would lead them to suspec' me as
snv Yet that was the ] had taken NJ
tbe cudgele for a spy-fOr they quite agreed
with my friend that the Pruss'an of!HeT couId
have been nothing else--hence, also was q
spy They not only followed ms u my MOTEL
NOT more than hundred and fifty yards dis. .
,ant from the Cafe de la Paix. hut returned
to the latter the next day. and triec TO pump
the head waiter about my friends, WhoM theF
the inouirers rightly surYnised 10 be habitues
The head waiter declined TO he pumped ana
suggested that the questions shouId 3e pun
nersonallv to the objects Of them, which sug-
ees,ion was evidently not 10 their taste, Tor
the CATS knew them no more
The English translation OF DR.. Max Nordau's
new. novel 1.-THE Drones Must Die" Is nearly
ready for publication The delay In bringing out
the story which was announced some tme
ago was due 10 the unexpected length II TOOK
on i'm the hands o. It's writer II IS said that ne
knows both English and French. but always
writes in his native German. AS thinker
whose Ideas might be valuable 10 this genera
ton or the next DR.. Nordau was long ago dis
credited; II remains 10 be seen whether MS
hooks in the future will have even the success
Of curiosity.
The author OF that vigorous volume, "On
MANY Seas" has written a boys book in which
he has made use Of some OF the picturesque cpl