New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-01

The blind rush becomes a maelstrom, the mael-
strom spreads into eddes OF confusionmthe
clash of horns and huge muttering SOUNDS linen
the herd settles down and spreads out. when
the sound arises OF big muzZles blowing anu
nibbling at the grass, the horseman knows tnae
lis danger is past Low down IN III emu Su -
OF the woods a white planet burns; IL Is the
herald of the dawn. The hor5eman is uns'r uhs,
so tired that his body is numb beyond the sense
Of weariness his head as light and empty as
bubble but he is happy.
In his punch Notes" published in THE Pail
Mail MAGAZINE" Mr.. Burnand sets forth some
entertaining "reminiscences Of Andrew Arce-
deckne. the eccentric being whom ThacKeray
used as a model for Foker in "Pendennis' anu
who IN consequence never lost an opportunity
~ scoring off the great novelist. He invariably
enoke of him with affectionate familiarity az
"Old Thac" Occasionally. says Burnand' ana
onl,,> when In very mischevous yet geniai
mood would Arcedeclne address him as Ihac'
nv bow" He would select moment "heh
Thackeray towering above little pods! Aice
deckne was standing In the smoking rooin WIZ"
his back 10 the fire and his coattahs spreau
out. his mind occupied with some WORK 'he
proofs Of which were probably In the pocheIS
he was warming. when Arcedeckne woud lur-
lively enter look round pretend not to see him.
and then. as he reopened the door preparatory
TO taking his departure. ne would look oacK ana
say in his grating. nasal voice HALO! Ihac'
my boy! Gettn inspiration. eh?' and then ext
o,,,ct,v, II was a delightful illustration Of
dignity and impudence.' At other times Arce-
deckne would wait until Thackeray had COM
fortaby settled himself with a cigar in large
armchair. and Just when he had assumed his
favorite attitude of loungng back head IN ar
and right leg crossed his left, the sole OF
Evid
Foker would sneak in, humming to himself some
nonular air-his favorite was the song OF VII
likens and His Dinah'-while carrying an I'M
lighted cigar in his left hand and match In MS
right Then as he passed the peacefully medl-
tative giant pigmy Arcedeckne pausinB aWhie
in his humming would excam. with sort OF
CHEEKY grunt, Halo, Thac, my boy and as II
obeying an Irresistible inspiration, would sharp
w strike the match on the sole Of Thackerays
boot light his cigar and then hurriedly limp
out OF the room Che was a bit gouty) without
saying another word. leaving Thackeray speech
less at this COMPOUNDED liberty. AwfuIiy soou
chap was old Thac' Arcedeckne used 10 say
when subsequently narrating this ana similar
anecdotes. I,or' bless you, he didn't mind me
q hit Rut 7 did take It out OF him now and
again Never gave him time for repartee
81 have by way Of preamble. been at some
mains 10 describe the style ana manner Vi NieiiS
Andrew Arcedeckne In order to sho" no" per
fectly In keeping with his peculiar humor was
his observation on the absence or pianhei
from Thackeray's lectures. 1t was IN thls way
On Thackeray expressing his rear lest MS 'eo'-
ure should not prove success as HIS H''
start had seemed to him a comparative failure,
Arcedeckne who among others had been listen
ing 70 him. sded UP TO the door (his usual safe
Of ha
going down TO avoid a blowO. and, looking back
sorrowfully as he went out, croaked, An! Ihac'
nv boy, You ought TO ha' ad pianner'' with
which exit speech he disappeared. chuckling.
With the July number "Lippincott enters
upon a new lease Of life with new cover
reproduction OF Stuart's charming portrait oi
Mrs William Bingham, curiously attractive
fantastic novel by Mr.. John Luther Long an
uncommonly good short story by the lamented
author Of David Harum." and various other eA-
oauor+ matters in prose and verse 1t appears
that this always entertaining periodical Is 10 DE
further enriched in many ways, and Is acquiring
q promising list Of new and important contriD-
utors.
Tho publication OF famous authors ietters
does not always mean increased respect in read
orc for the brains and character or the writer
thereof In the case OF Robert Louis Steven
son It must be said that the perusal OF the cor
respondence now passing through the pages Vi
'Scribner" wins for the writer a growing au-
rniration and regard. They are full OF Whihsi-
calities but how manly they are, how express
eive of patience and bravery under sore stress
OF illness and poverty. how full Of humor ana
bovish freshness Of feeling. They bid us 10
look forward with eagerness to the coming dog
raphy.
Mr. Robert Grant fills divers pages Of this
magazine with some vigorous remuneration OF
American faults and some equally hearty
praises of American virtues; and he conclu1es
with the opinion that an Englishman. viz. Rad
ward Kipling. has more clearly and forcibly
than any one else expressed the spirit OF the
best Americanism-of the best world-temper
Of to-day Human society" says Mr.. Grant,
"has been fascinated by the virility and uncom-
promising force Of his writings, but It has found
an equal fascination in the deep. simple shafh-
detesting sympathy with common humanity
which permeates them
He has been the first to adopt and exalt the
idea Of the brotherhood OF man without
either condescension or depressing material
istic realism. He has interpreted the poet
nv OF the trivial round and common
task without suggesting impending soup,
blankets and Goals earth and reward IN
heaven on the hand. or without empha-
sizing the dirtiness OF the workmans blouse
on the other. His imagery. his symbols and his
point of view are essentially alien to those Of
social convention and caste. Yet his heroes or
the engine-room, the telegraph station the New
foundland Banks, and the dreary ends or the
earth democratic though they are TO the core,
appeal to the Imagination by their stimulating
human qualities less than the bearers Of
titles and the aristocratc monoposts OF culture
and aspiration who have been the leading fig
ures in the poetry and fiction Of the past.
Strength courage truth. simplicity and loving
kindness still their salient qualities-the
qualities Of roble manhood-he expounds them
10 us by the 10. of his sympathy. which clothes
them with no impossible virtues yet shows
them, in the white light OF performance men
10 less entitled to admiration than the
knights Of King Arthur or any Of the other SUI
perhuman figures Of traditional aesthetic cult