New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-11
Scott orce on Il. hearing a song whose are
they?" They were his own: think song IN
THE Pirate Human memory is not iniaiho'e'
as we frequently discover.

III
'"The Pirate Human memory is not infaliibie
as we frequently discover
Sir George Otto Trevelyan delivered speech
before the Authors Club in London the o'".'
day in which he discussed the comparative au
vantages of the political and the literary INV.
He has made his mark in both drecuohs' anu "
therefore qualified to give advice 10 those WIZ
think of embracing either career Inc rewau'
OF the politician he believed. were more '"o".
than those Of the literary man. but the latter
had compensations. and he went on 10 pa'ii' '''s
literary career as on the whole. the happier VI
80, 49,. Ia wss discussing The Spectator
.aLes exceptiou TO this view. upholding the al
,roctions Of the life of the man OF actoh' anu
ohserves that save to the case OF the grea'es'
vh, realIv enlarge mems brains. we cannot ou'
hold the upright judge, the merchah' 'he
oineer the shipbuilder at least as srea' "S Wv
autbor. who in the majority OF cases VIII pe'''"
as quickly as his books, printed as 'he' "'e VA
the rotten paper of modern times Cohtihu.ns
In this wholesome strain the writer III 'he
Spectator" says:
The idea which is at the basis OF o,i ~ st
Trevelyans speech is, we know, spreau 80 ,
and everywhere Is working mischiel' IL uon o
education In a wrong direction. All over EuioPI
and still more in America, the sons OF .ne @ui.,,
waited intoxicated with the nope Oh ian'e on w.
he o a
he without sordidness or necessity for capital
are turning away from the Work OF 'ne Will
from professions and business ana tne -
structiye arts to devote themselves 10 the traue
in which success. as they think. VIII come ny
nature as no doubt, for we Will not cohceaI .ie
argument on their side. for some rev IL may
They besiege the publishers. they swarm rounu
the magazines they fill the waiting-rooms OF tne
journals. they pour out verses, stories arue h
essays, books without number ana .hen em 49,
wait for the success which. II II comes III ever
go small a measure. fills them with an inner
pride which is Of course In essence the creatIse
pride of the artist and natural enough ~
happily only a few really succeed; OF .ie
remainder the regular proportlon--it Is thlrd III
medicine law the arts and the englneerihs
profession. carefully ascertained py PEI g
Ego under in way or another. anu the Ie
mainder belong often for life, to that rosl
melancholy Of armies, the Just Cants. the
men that u.s. who. but for some sllght oelecI VI
nualitv would realize their aspirations. the
immense majority work hard some terrip,y
hard they are, a rule. good men, anu 'ne oiu
tendency to bohemianism may be SAID 10 nav
passed away. but their use In the Woriu, as
compared with the silent men VINO are quietly
keeping the mechanism Of civilization In going
order filling up colonies, or covering the Worlu
with structures Of every kind, is at best but
doubtful. We sorry to see the army OF sucn
men so increase and nothing but its increase can
he the consequence Of addresses like that dellV-
cred by Sir George Trevelyan to the Authors
Club He would have been a brilliant author
had he remained in his natural groove, but OF an
who will plead his speech as an argument 10
their households how many have Sir George
Treyelyan's powers. will attain even part or
his literary success?
It is stated that Mr.. Gilbert Parker's story
"The Battle of the Strong" is in its thirty-ffth
thousand.
Here is one view of the copyright question put
forward by The Pail Mall Gazette: When the
community. or its representatives, have done
IN lass advantage
the whole the small class has poor chance OF
redress That seems to be the case about the
DOWNRIGHT laws Next autumn large number
of the Tennyson poems all up to Maud. be-
come public property; so that we shall all be
able TO buy them extremely cheap; indeed.
+, Messrs Macmillan are going TO be De1orehahu
with the world. and mean to issue al once
a complete volume Of the poems-excludng
only the plays-in the Globe edition. at IS. I'd
This is very nice for the people who want 10
buy, and probably Tennyson's works sell as
we'll as they ever did But 1t brings home to one
the anomaly of this act OF confscation here
was a valuable property created absolutely by
single man; and the State steps in and says,
AT the end of forty-two years, or seven years
after your death. that property ceases to be pr1-
vate property; the higher interests OF humanity
demand It, It Is unjust but II VIII never De
altered. for even II authors were 10 Decoihe
working majority of the entire population, which
is quite probable those who lose anything by
the law of copyright will never be more than
handful"
Mr. George Bernard Shaws new production
Cesar and Cleopatra" is mentioned as a swift
w moving comedy its workmanship showing
stagecraft Of a much more elaborate type than
Mr. Shaw has hitherto attempted, as well as
great literary skill. The treatment is uncon-
ventional
In the History of the Church Missionary So
ciety lately published in London, is told the ori-
gin of Bishop Heber's well-known hymn. From
Greenland's Icy Mountains" The story runs
thus: ION Whit Sunday. 1919. DR.. Shipley.
Dean of st. Asaph and Vicar of Wrexham.
preached a sermon in Wrexham Church in aid
of the S. P. G.. That day also fixed upon
for the commencement of the Sunday evening
lectures intended to be established in that
church-an important event In the parish, at
time when evening services were still few and
far between Reginald Heber then rector OF
Hodnet the Deans son-in-law, undertook TO de-
liver the first lecture In the course OF the sat
urday previous, the Dean and his son-in-law,
being together at the vicarage. the former re-
ouested Heber to write something for them to
hat