New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-12

His skin is brownsh yellow. and tho RON.
nance shows many a furIOW. The tec,b
strong. irregular and not white. His arms -
rather long. the hanCs muscular and IT, a.
gers short His left thumb is missing n. y,
this when out hurting elephants one day A,
/ rife exploded in his hand and the thumb -
torn in shrads His friends aad Let us No.. ~
20 surgeon and have n amputatcdt e.
eaid, Ikona, / viii cut IT of myself w..
that he whipped out rusty hunting Knit -.
placing The thumb on tire stock ~ a gun am,
tated IT. You notice this stump immed.sts
for he is holding mis- short crooked briar ri,,
his four fingers You know. therefore. thar ..
man is brave. That ~ can cope with tho ~,
able statesmen Of Europe however. seems -
surd. You feel that be has been greatly ov.,
estimated He must be travelling on a a.
reputation. He is masiuerad.ng His very .x
pearance is grOtesguc Ills coat does m, 2
him. and his trousers are too tight and sb,-
They display odd looking gray socks AZ"
rough black shoes You cannot even see whe,b.
he wears a nccktc and collar This man me
be merely a shreWd hunter like CO0pers De-.
slayer whose religious bigotry has made h.
seem to the Beers as appointed u God a.
whose woodsman's sentcntiousness has been !,
/ terpreted as wisdom
Professor William james has many titles
| his readers esteem and admiration bat We d.
| AIf nv II IilN stat. llif.itN llldN III r. MAI
! hams verses, The Man with the Hoe" ~rt.,
| with humanity and morality Reek"!
| Mr.. r #. Bullen having been accused o. p.
much modest self-deprcciati0n IN the preface
/ his new book pleads with The Academy
extenuation. that having for thirty-three ysa-
| been accustomed 20 the remarks that | was '.
| good. never would be good for anything o,
| it is by no means easy for me - grow acrU.
| toned TO the wonderful stream Of kindly wor,
| which literary organs Of all shades with IL
| sole exception of The AthenaumD have turn
upon me since the appearance Of The Cruise q
! the CachelOt.' / want, Of course, TO believe
| the nice things they say. but / am constantT
| haunted by fear that | am being oyer-ratei
| And | am in dread, a'sO, Of becoming sgI
| headed. That is no reason why ! should ruA
into the opposite extreme and groyeL b.,
| strange as it may appear, | really mean whs
| / have said in my preface. ! must rememhe
| not to say il any more"
Mr.. w w. Newels translation Of the Sonnea
of Michelangelo is coming from the Riyers8
| Press The book contains also an Introduce,
| and the Italian text Of the sonnets
In fiction. the London spectator notes thai
| there is now immense activity and amazu
productivity yet one has only" II adds q
scan the list OF writers in the front rank TO rea
| lie the enormously superior quality OF the Won
cone by the SLOW producers. W are APT 10 f0fs
| get, however. that it is often not so much IN
absence Of artistic conscience as the presence q
| a pecuniary motive that induces writers 10 bring
| out three novels year instead Of one In thre;
years. twenty-five years ago there were quite
| fair number Of second class nOyelsts who
made a decent income by their books. Nova
| days the second class novelist overbOrne By
| competition has to redOuble or treble his indus
try to gain the same remuneration"
! Mr. Swnburnes new "ROsamund" IL b'iei
| for a tragedy-"the book is a small one the
speeches are short. and the words for the mos,
part short too" Here is a passage Of South
ern coloring'' s.-... -..t .,.
This sun--no sun like ours-burns out my soul
| l would. when June takes hold on US like fire,
The wind could watt and wh.rl us northwaFt.
| here
The splendor and the sweetness Of the world
| Eat out all joy Of life or manhood. Earth
Is here too hard on heaven-the Italian air
Too bright to breathe. as IRE its next Of kin
| Too keen to handle.
| Mr.. Swinburne. we are reminded Is one q
| the few living writer's who has never yIingy
been interviewed; and h. has never permitted
himself TO be photographed AT his desk SS1
stray Slimpses Of him as have been found Z
books or periodicals. have certainly never a.
peared with his consent.
never open Il DOCK fdIclt~~l4 Dl N4pthNy .
bookseller says in Modern BOOkb.ndng'
connoisscu" many years ago. an excellent Gus
! toner of mine. who thought ho knew perieci!
how b handle books. came into my office when (.
had an expensive binding just brought from i-s
bindery ready TO be sent hom-. he. before n!
eyes, took hold Of the volume and. tightly nod
ing the leaves in each hand. instead Of alo"as
them free play. violently opened 10 IN the cenH'
and exclaimed: How beautifully your bndhs
open" | almost tainted H. had broken ts'
back Of the volume and it had 10 be rebound
Sir John Tenniel. who since 1852 has supplN
the weekly cartoon to Punch with hardy
break, is nearly eighty years old and is as W.
and as busy as ever. lie was born IN Lonl.-
ard has hardly left the great city for more 'h--
a week at a time during the last forty yess
Few men have done more than be- 20 form puoI.