New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-12-18

tween 1Sli and 1916 to Auguste Comte
soon to be published for the first time. IL Is re-
ported that in this correspondence nght IS
| thrown on the English subsidy which was
the occasion of the estrangement between the
Englishman and the Frenchman Comte nav
ing lost his engagement at the Ecole Polytech-
nique, Mill generously arranged with two friends
TO provide sufficient resources to enable Comte
to carry on his work in the year 18Th. Conlte
apparently thought that the subsidy would be
renewed from year to year. and was annoyed
when it did not come in 1915. MIL with the
greatest delicacy and tact. tried to explain the
error; observing that his friends who had pro-
the French philosopher. and had not engaged
themselves for the future
Lady Burne-Jones will. it is thought. write
! a biography of her late husband.
This passage from a chapter the Long
Parliament in the hitherto unpublished coll
lection Of Carlyle's unfinished studies shows
the spirit in which he approached his task or
dealing with Cromwell:
! 1.-THE thing that thou actually lowest, choose
that. even as thou art minded; it is the voice
of thy whole being that speaks then. Paint
that. sing it, celebrate it, work toward doing
it and possessing it. deaf to all else 1t is rich
with bessedness for thee; every feature and
| figure Of it embematic of good TO thee; it is
thy counterpart, that. This man oliver Crom-
we'll from Ely. more than any other OF these
Members of the Long Parliament, vibrates my
mind toward him, excites all my curiosity.
| confess | have interest in this
Mr. Cromwell: and indeed, if truth must be
said in him alone. The rest are historical.
dead to me: but he is epic still living Hail to
thee. thou strong one; hail across the lOng-drawn
funeral aisle and night of Tmei Two dead
centuries. with all that they have born and
buried. part us; and it is far to speak together:
how diverse are our centuries. most diverse. yet
our Eternity is the same; and a knship unites
us which is much deeper than Death and Time.
Hail to thee, thOL strong one for thou art ours.
and l. at least. mean to call thee So"
! This is what "dour Tammas' says Of Charles
| mo u mo- 10 Of ftnA dali - tl.A
for his place and would have suited better
| woman. With Queen Bess for husband
how happy it had been, There is a real select
| ness, II little nObeness of nature in him; his
demeanor everywhere is that of a man who
at least has no doubt that he is able to COM
mand."
Mr. w. F. Henley does not long work in
peace He has only just recovered from
severe Illness, and has promptly hurt his right
hand so badly that for some months he will be
unable to write
Bjornson, as described by Mrs. HANSON in
her volume I'VE Women and Our Authors
shows amable vanity. You see" said he.
exhibiting the silk lining of his overcoat, II am
| fond of fine clothes. When | get new suit
from the tailor | spend half the day in front Of
the looking-glass. but for all that never for
single instant forget the great work of civil
cation to which must devote our whole
energy.
Lord Rosebery in his recent Edinburgh address
on bookish statesmen said OF Mr.. Gladstone
that he was a great deal more than a remark
able man: HE number of remarkable
men. and as soon as he heard the clash Of Il
conflict in which he saw thought he saw.
the righteous fighting the unrighteous the fight
ing Gladstone could not restrain himself and
left his tent for the battle, taking the bOokish
Gladstone somewhat reluctantly with him. lt
was then his extraordinary enthusiasm and
faith in great causes that was the salt that pre-
vented his stagnation into mere bookshness
But he had another safeguard still. 1t his
principle in reading to make his exports bal
ance his imports. He took in great deal. but
he put forth great deal. His close study Of
book was pretty sure to preoede article
that book 1t impossible for him under
this principle to sink into the mere passive and
receptive reader ] remember too, his apply
ing II in conversation to an ecclesiastical sta es-
man for whom he haU a real admiration.
L dare say he remarked in answer to some
disparasinS criticism as to thinncss of matter.
L dare say that as he has to speak often,
he has to put forth more than he can take in
to replace his output / do not doubt then,
that his principle of balancing exports and i'm
ports would have kept his mind active, even
had 1t not possessed other animating and Qui k
ening principles 1 reckon all this to cx-
plain, so far as l can explain the paradox Of
bookish statesman-Of a bOOkworm Oo use
the old exprcsson)-who was at the time
man of practical business and affairs one OF
the rarest OF all combinations."
The Due de Morny intends to compile a bio-
graphical memoir Of his father the half brother b..
and confidant Of Napoleon III. and TO that end
is classifying a mass Of documents.
In the life Of DR. Dale, Of Birmingham which
has just been published in England is a letter
written by the doctor during his visit to New
York in 1871 I'VE then went" he says in this
letter Ito a primary schO0l-a picked one
which utterly COMPOUNDED me. never saw
I.