The record-union., 1899-05-07

author ought not to be allowed the use
and the returns of his own property.
Every other kind of property the owner
may be allowed to enjoy to the full,
but not literary property-no--not liter
airy property. That, it appears, does
not belong to the creator and the
owner
A volume of "reminiscences of the En-
peror Frederick, just published in Ber-
lin, contains a pleasant anecdote of mis-
tender heartedness in youth. The Prince
once complained to his Governor, Cen
eral Won Unrah, of one of his teachers,
who had told the Prince that at some
future time he would be King. The
young Prince didn't understand this,
and the teacher began a long explana-
ton now, after the death of the King,
the Princes father he would become
King, and after his DEATH. But he
did not get any further Angrily the
Prince interrupted him: 81 know moth
ing about this, and never thought about
| it. 1 forbid you to speak of the death
of my father Then the Prince asked
the General to prohibit the teacher dis
cussing such things. The impression
Prince also later. When at Versailles
he discussed with Bismarck the ques-
ton how his position toward Emperor
and empire would be denominated in
the French language Prince Bismarck
! jokingly answered, prince Imperial. ="
The Crown Prince protested against
wearing Lulu's left-off clothes Bis
marck then seriously proposed Prince
Heritier de- l'Allenagne, but the Crown
Prince declared he detested titles like
hereditary Prince or hereditary Duke,
titles and positions with unconcealed
reference to the fathers death. Finally
Bismarck discovered that the word
''dauphin" would be the right transla-
ton.
Nine Mary Anderson de Navarro de-
clares that the two books which have
most pleased and interested her during
the last year are Rostand's "Cyrano de
Bergerac" and Pierre Lofts "Ramunt-
cho''
An English woman and ara American
have this season happened to use the
same title for their novels. Miss Con-
stance Smith, like Miss Mary John
ston, has hit upon Prisoners Of Hope.
An old story about Carlyle is retold
with variations by his friend, Mr.. Pat
rick. in The Century, "A Professor,
he says, ''nominally related at least TO
the host of ST. Brycedale, Ki-kcaldy,
was rafting off his days peregi nations;
he had breakfasted at ST. Andrews,
dined in Aberdeen, and now he add
ed with gusto. am sitting at supper
in ST. Brycedale with the great Thomas
Carlyle The storm burst. For Gods
sal1e!' roared the sage to his niece, get
me pipe and an empty room! ANY
/ formal function in life disturbed Car
| lyle's equanimity. Almost every re-
Gently issued book by an author per-
sonally acquainted with the Carlyles
gives additional proof of the extraordi-
nary burden that the thought of tbs
performance of even an honorary duty
imposed on his brooding spirit
| 81
The Rev. S. Barring Gould is about to
publish a new novel of Welsh life called
"Pabo. the Priest
New York Tribune: 1t appears thai
the late William Blacks publisher
didn't like the mournful conclusion OF
his last story, wild Eelin'' and
besought the author to change it in
the proof. Not bit of it, Mr.. Blac]'
chung to the mournfulness, persuaded
that it was inevitable. IF I had forced
the conventional happy climax" he
said, then perhaps for twenty-foul
hours you might have remembered
something about the young lass tina:
was living at Glengarva, House; where
as, with the window blinds down, you
may from time to time have a backward
thought toward Eelin of the eyes like