New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-07

Mus strict? This Is little more polite, per-
haps, but 1t is not the Kipling manner. lndeea,
Kpng Ia FRANCHISE not infrequently REMINDS
one of the French customs notice, Messieurs les
voyageurs sont prizes dassister rexamen de
leurs bagages' as an equivalent for Passengers
must look after their luggage"
II Is supposed that Mr. Kipling will, on his
return to England next month go directly to
his home at Nottingham. HIS house, IL is salu.
js the same old fashioned rooftrce under when,
as a swart youngster fresh from India, he spent
his holidays not so many years ago. 10 come CONF,
back to this sleepy little Sussex village, Win
the sea at it's feet and the rolling Downs be-
hind u.s. in Mr.. Kipling's case. TO return 10 an
old love. At rockingham he Is among the
friends of his boyhood. Nearly every OLD WI
lager remembers "the little Indian, as tney
used to call Burne-Joness nephew, ana eVery
house in the single Struggling street possesaSs
for him the charm OF old association Az the
ancient yicarage many famous men were taus,t'
The boy who was to become the great Duhe
of Wellington was , h i 1 .1c Pu,wcr fytton
ais, 1t is remembered that the latter once
fought seven-round battle with scno9ne'. low
named Morcton on the village green peside 'ne
horsepond
The long-promised biography Of Dean Milnan
Is TO be published at last by his son. VINO mas
waited till almost all his fatherS Irleuus a.
dead This fact would seem to indicate that ne
memoir is full III interest, epistoiary ana o'her
What &c the standing marvel of literature?
There are some authors. We are sure Wiz
would answer, "l'he fact that am not properly
oppreciated" According to Sir George iIe
veiyan this marvel is the fact that Carye
should have written FREDERICK the C'rea',
work that he imposed on himSeH, anu ont .a,s
was a perfect treasury OF delight ana ilitei 80
70 multitudes Of readers, and that durlhS tie
ten years he was writing IT, he shouar I "",
spoken of ii as terrible and trying tash; "a,
a rulc Trevelyan holds that men are not usaw S
IN literature from a close calculation Oh lnc
worlds chances; very seldom from VANITY neE .
froro tho advice and exhortation that they re-
oo;.,od from those who their seniors III lilc
80, II ;s tho real genuine love or the calihS,
the pleasure that the artist feels in the pursiui.
of his art-a pleasure that m later IRE Ive ~,
to fade and dim, but when III lnu 90 nan al
forts OF men and women III H'ei"
ways be relied upon.
"uartin T. Pritchard" a novelist whose work
has lately reused some literary conhe ,1er -
England IS a sister-in-law or Georse w. 49,
liz forthcoming book, The Passion Oh rosa
aond keith" has for it's heroine an E.hslis"
Oil who is believed to have brought inlsloItanS
nnon various villages in India ana Is ei"''"eu
on that account by the natives
MI, ,.o,ur,inous correspondence and diaries
=: tho late Country ParSon. "A. X n: b.; are
10 be published by his son, MT. Z. w. pUyo ,nd
had many distinguished correspohue"'oS 10y 80
annarently preserved all their letters. On ,.;s
passage: , a.. ,ou,ds of old
Gins and follies long forgotten, 100 pes'l ~
~ agoin II were much better never 10 nav
heen Perhaps we are responsible even loi ni,
ire been born. 1t may have been the pe"' ~,
of some delinquency IN NAP a pass The great
MAYOR delito es haber nacldo ~ MOO
aitoration I find in myself is the disappeal ,,s
of hope l don't mean as REGARDS a"ot Not the
or that one has grown despohuen', sbort a
least that but simply that one has so snol. a
r-,"ro i'm this world that it is no longer worn
while to think about it. Thus the per ond ono
,nnnt 10 taken out of every EQUATION ana onI
looks at things without the t"iS' i0"i
interest or emotion.
1,,o na,v biography of Ma uiadstone-that OF
Sir Wemyss Reid. aided by SeVer severn oenos ~ Tho
offers some interesting "Reminiscences VI III
etotssman Mr. Russell thus explains the oIi -.
~ The absurd legend that Gladstone was 10
uay uncvil" to the Queen: inc mos Reacons-
fuI of ali courtiers, the astute .-oro Deaoo, a
Ella usod 10 engage Her Majesty In cohIe,Sa
ton about water-color drawing ana ,n ne, s I'M
cousinships of German princes M; id;ttites
harongued her about the polity or the hiltlteS,
49, the harmony between the Athanasian CIeeu
and Homer The Queen. perplexeu anu , 9mSor.
Portable tried to make digression auui i,,it
a remark to a daughter, or prolleteu d . plI
% . hsqeing terrier. Mr.. Gladstone restrainco
himself with an effort till the princess ma ~
swered or the dog had sat dowp' anu "0r
nromnt,v resumed: / was about 10 say
Moonwhi,e the food had gathered iorce py &c
Law and when it burst forth again II cai'ieu
all before it."
Gladstone was indeed particularly punctnlouS
in his Difference to rank and birth. as inns auee
dote shows: lin virtue Of his pafentase ne n..
the infinitesmal rank OF n baronets younger
SON. Political office had long ago made MN
Priyy Councillor But our amazing system VI
precedence gives no rank to the frime m'i'IS ,
90 such. and when as an octogcnaran Premier
he was ruling England for the fourth time. MI.
Gladsione's place in society was behind a
Baron's Oldest son. OF course tnls apsuruiS
VAS always rectified by the lady OF the house.