The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-02-19

Tolstoi's new novel, which deals with
love in boyhood. in young manhood and
in maturity, is to be published as a
serial In THE Cosmopolitan.
1.-THE Life, Writings and Correspond
ence of George Borrow which Pro-
fessor w. I. Knapp is said to have
based on official and other authentic
documents, win be published early in
March
| Boston Home Journal CUTLER Couch
tells a story illustrative Of Tourgue-
neff,s helpful friendship:
The Temps had already published
some Of his (Tourgueneff's books, when,
| CHANGING to meet him one day. I re-
4 marked to him that our common friend
HebraTd would be very glad to offer him
sgain the hospitality of the Temps"
| Lets go to my rooms" replied Tour
| gueneff after a moments thought, "and
I can promise both you and Hebrard
surprise with which you will be more
than satisfied"
This was the first time that had
ever heard him speak in such a 1atter-
ing way of his own merits.
On arriving at his rooms, Tourgueneff
| took from his writing table roll of
paper. give what he said word for
! word.
Listen" he said, here is copy for
your paper of an absolutely first-rate
kind. This means that I am not its au-
| thor. The master-for he is a real mas
| fer-ls almost unknown in France, but
assure you, on my soul and conscience,
that 1 do not consider myself worthy
to unloose the latchet of his shoes"
Two days afterward there appeared
| in the Temps" Les Souvenirs de Sc
bastopol," by Leon Tolstoi
This is what one OF the two greatest
| novelists of this generation could say
| and do for the other
Thackeray's Letters-'I find wonder
fully little difference in manners, an
accent not quite like ours; but why
| should it be? Why should not Jordan
be as good as ALBANIA and Pharpar, Yiv-
ers OF Damascus? Even the ideas of
the New York girls, which struck me
| as odious at first, on account of their
splendaciousness, think now quite
splendid. l have found kind matrons
and pretty girls everywhere, and in
Boston very good, fogeyfied, literary
society, with everywhere a love for the
old country quite curious-nay, touch
| ing-to remark. They are great about
pronunciation especially, and take down
at my lectures words which this pres
ent arbiter of English pronounces Off
ferently to them. If Carlyle comes 1
wonder if they will take him as an
exemplar.
| Everybody lectures in this country,
and it isn't, nor any trade or calling
else, for that matter, thought mira dig
Nor is a man thought the worse for,
| showing little independence For in
| stance, when I came here they told me
1 it was usual for lecturers (Mr. B. of
England had done it) to call upon all
the editors Of ala the papers, hat in.
hand, and ask them to puff the lectures
| Says I, It'll see them all >"
Here I used a strong expression, which
you will find in the Athanasian Creed
| Well they We're pleased rather than
| otherwise, and now the papers are
pulling me so as to make me blusf.''
! An announcement that has been
made in the outlook" of the result of
| the voting contest carried on by its
readers to determine the best ten books
| of a twelve month has one result to
| which the Outlook calls no attention,
but which is more important than the
| list obtained. This is the evidence Of
the impracticability to any individual
| of list secured by popular vote. 1t
would be easy to say that because the
| Outlook" invited its readers to select
by ballot the ten books published dur
| ing the year ending September 30, 1858,
which, 'all things considered, are the
| most important" there was no inten--
! ton Of securing list serviceable to-
any individual. But the prize offered
to the one whose list proved closest to
| that adopted was gift of the ten Sc
lected volumes-a fact which seems to
| indicate that the resulting literary
hotch-potch was not anticipated. The
| titles selected, in the order of prece-
dence indicated by the total vote, are as
| foilows-technical books and reprints
| having been barred out: THE Life and
Letters of Tennyson," Mrs. Wards
"Helbeck of Bannisdaie," Justin Nc
Carthy's STORY of Gladstone's Life
caleb West THE Workers." Buschs
Bismarck" Mrs. Virgins "Penelope's
Progress 1.-THE Letters of Elizabeth
Barrett Browning" Rupert of Hent-
Eau" and John Ffske's "Old Virginia
and Her Neighbors.' Can one ina CINE
| any intelligent reader, as Outlook
readers are individually, making so in
congruous list, or, if receiving the
prize. caring for each volume in it?
How bewifdered would be the innocent
brain that accepted this list for guild
ance in it's reading for the immediate
| future. 1t is to the credit of the con-
1 testants that the list which was near
est right contained only eight of the
| ten selected volumes. It is probable
| that that list had a practical value, to
one person at least. By the way, four
out Of the ten important" books, near
graphical.
| Barry Pain, whose specially" is
verse in cockney dialect, read some
echoes of Omar in this dialect at the
recent dinner of Omar Khayam Club in
London. Thus runs Omar in White
| chapel
FitzGerild? Don't egseckly know the
nine
F'itzThompson though (whorts much
| 1 yoosed ter bet with, and 'e allus pide
| Till the beak busted imam more's the
shine.
Ter fency as FitzThompson weren't yer
| Mindyer. e mide a book the sine as
But the bookies mikes 'em on diff runt
plan.