New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-15

..o HIN and In verse only the three pieces
nnhIlshed In the Savoy Here too, he was
terribly anxious to excel; and his patience over
a medium so unfamiliar. and hence so difficult.
20 him as verse was Infinite. We spent two
~hola days on the grassy ramparts OF the old
rastle al Argues la Batale, near Dieppe;
.orking at something or other In one part he
worEing al The Three Musicians in another.
w.. eight stanzas of that amusing piece Of
verse are really, in their own way tour de
tnrce. BY sheer power of will, by deliberately
.,v,ng to himself, Il will write a poem, and by
working with such strenuous application that
a, last certain result, the kind OF result he had
,iled did really come about, he succeeded In
Iolng what he had certainly nc natural aptitude
for doing
marvellous tale comes from Naples to the
.rect that a local professor made bet that ne
would repeat by heart the whole or Dantes
sDivina Commedia" without stopping He be-
ran at o'clock in the evening before large
audience and he did not finish his task until
o'clock the next afternoon.
Mr. Barton n Wises life Of his grandfather
Henry Wise is on the Macmillan press The
booK will contain, We are told, great deal or
accordingly interesting material In the line OF
hitherto unpublished political history
oorrespondent Of THE Scotsman says that
hn COW the other day in private collection an
interesting bit of Thackeray's bandwork III is
a pen and-ink drawing showing Queen victoria
and the Prince Consort walking arm IN arm
followed Nv procession OF members OF the
,oyal family In the background looms Windsor
Castle There are twelve figures In all, and their
desigr Is most ingenious. Thackeray mas taken
dozen stamps the REQ penny ones oi ous
early days cut out the heads. slightly altered
fhem 10 suit the person sketched ana drawn
underneath figure. Each hgure is NUMBERED
and a note IN Thackerays handwriting contains
, humorous description. BY the drawing hangs
. pretty tale. Thackeray was staying down at
Folkestone in company with some frlends, III.
Guiding Lady Knighton. AT uncheon ne onereu
the lady some champagne. she oeclneo IT,
saying she never drank wine. Thackeray OF
fered her the bribe Of shilling II she wouiu
break through her usage. She accordlngy
drank a gassful day or two after lhach-
erays shilling was paid IL the delightful form
Of this drawing
A second novel by Mr.. watts-Dunton is max
Ing ready for print and the authoTs lrlenus
are no doubt in despair-because they nave
ueed up all the fattering ad1ectives ID the IAN
guage aprOpos Of "Aylwin
Mr. Barry Pain whose specially Is verse
m cocknev dialect read some echoes OF omar
N his dialect al the recent dinner OF the Omar
Khayam Club in London Thus runs onau IL
WhitechaPel
FitzGerild? Don't egseckly know the mime
ritzThompson though (whorts much abart the
since
Till the beak busted im-an mores the shihe
Trenslited Omer. did e? ia began
Ter fency as FitzThompson weren't yer man
Mindyer e mde book the slime as yourh
b., bookies mikes 'em diff runt plan
] once were nuts on books wud frequent
eur'y-sehules night-schules anythlnk whor'
ment
Ter learn yer Yuss an evrythink card
Come art 10y tibet SINE door in which IT went
An them whort got il an whort ED IL tight
Knowed all the Collics OF did frections right
Is they ali turned ter Hemp rors fui lhe'
pines
Awst EN- yerself-nort by jolly sight
song IAN chOrus) in a wel-lit bar,
Pot O. best bitter an two d. cigar
Tibet an frien'ly bar-mide's all yer wornts
Pleasure Why, books ont uke yer arr as raf
Come MI nv glawss' The liquor ere is prime
Don't worry me abart no Ugh surblme-
Yer know, We amt gort all the nlgh' 'er
stye.
Az IL q little while it's closin time
The recent Bismarck books offer corroDorauVe
tr11th ~ an observation maze