New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-05

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"reminiscences OF Alphonoe Daudet annous
by Little. Brown e. co. a general introAn".'
l to the edition Is to be furnished By Mr. R,s,.
Matthews The illustrations are to be full
| photographers from pictures By French arilr'
Many unpublished letters II Walter Saw,
! Lander are 10 be included In the nrosa. 4
doris adopted daughter Other interesting =
/ ters which viii appear In this book are D.,
the hands Of Dickens and George Eliot
One of those terrible albums in which -.
unwilling victim sets down his opinions a.,
/ tastes has captured ". Zola an6 has extrss.
! the Information that there are three thlngs ).
/ does not knOw-the principal trait in his ch,,
acter. his favorite quality and his besetting !,
The occupation which pleases him most 4 \,
work. and yet his dream Of happiness Is do,,
nothing. What he would like to be Is aEa,
| healthy His greatest misfortune would 10 y,
! be in doubt, and what he most detests Il \,
to understand. OF natures gifts he mos, J,
! vies eloquence. The color he likes best "a ~
| and the flower he prefers is the rose. For AMI
mails he declares no choice, but answers ts,.
/ he prefers them all. His fayOrite prose authr
/ poets painters and composers are those M,
| see clearly and clearly express themselves \
man he likes goodness best, in woman tenty
| ness. His fayorite names are simplest
| fiction his favorite heroes and herones a.
/ those VINO are not ntfl +S, IN real life tl0y
who earn their bread. The historical charae
/ ters most detestable 10 him are traitors: a,
/ military feat most admired hy him is per,orrs,
| by the soldier who dies without knowing Ehr
| His ideal rule Of the table is 10 drink notai,g
and eat little; the faults toward which he ,si
most indulgent are all faults which ar. b.,
| estly regretted. His motto Is "Nulla dies SO
Inca and the death he would prefer Is sgilz
| death.
Mr. Edmund Gosse has finished his Lie al
! Letters Of Dome work upon which be -
! long been engaged, and il will be published
| two volumes during the coming summer
| There is, by the way, very neat and, g
| seems 10 US. very just criticism Of Mr. GqQ
! imbedded In the continuation u the fam'l
"Noctes AmbrosianG" printed in the admira,i
| thousandth number Of "BlaCkNOod's Nag
| "Crusty Christopher observes: There r
plenty " pedants on the C1e hand Ike Y |
! FurnivaN. and plenty Of dlet;ant 90 the o's |
! like Mr.. GOsse, but not many "no posses "a |
| learning and discrimination" our old tgi !
James Hogg the Shepherd is at once aruls.
rs yon the Master Gosse or Guse,' he ~
| "wha ance preshoOmed 70 speak o Mary n /
rier? Haw hawi haw" North replies -
gusto: Yes. and he has committed thoEsg |
| other gross blunders for which a scholar /
would be scourged."
Mmc. Sarah Grand Is just finishing -
novel, which will probably be brought or
the autumn. II will appear in serial form =
| fore being printed in book. This will be ri
authors first experience In publishing her 8ol
In such manner
Nine Grand is writing this book In Il
country. where. she says, she can get throtc
more work in a month than she can accomp
in three months In London. she does not
lieve that country life tends TO make onsI
brains rusty, and most Of the prominent En-
lish writer's seem 10 agree with her. as w
either live in the country permanently or rein
there TO perform deeds OF authorship
A complete study Of Danton. based on org
nal documents. is in course Of preparau@
Mr. Hilaire Belloc.
An interesting glimpse Of Froude ses
found in the recently pUh.lshe bog7p9
George Pomeroy COley. the English eomnGDi
who died so CALAMITY on Majuba Hill Ic-'
home from the Cape" Cooley wrote, 'anc y
most lived on the way with Mr.. Froude; 8 ~;
which | am sure you would have apprsul.
and enjoyed as thoroughly as dla sS /
know IL you are as warm an adnner
writing as / am; 10 me there is no EIs l
prose equal to some passages Of his; suca = \
instance as that about the middle Of the IH |
chapter Of his history For indeed 49,
was coming upon the world. IL vas Ia l
sad mind too. sometimes grand SOM ~. i
pathetic and tender. usually cynical uu M
rCidtlng with the Ii%Nrot iNpit~i"''V- -.r,+ 4
wonderful beauty of ID. -Iage some 80
deed Of ore - his heroes - the fifteenth ~
tenth century Re saemsd TO have
through every phass ~ bought ara come " i,
end all is vanity IL hmaf used 70 @
interest Of life u a thinking man vas eXaa1
at thirty or thirty-ave. After that yer
NAMED nothing but disappointment Of e.
visions and hopes. Thank GOODNESS .. n. a
thought quite so fast, sometimes ue's -,
something almost fearful the gloom a' ~
disbelief and defiance 4 his MIND
When Napoleon was * St. Helena ~ -. f "a,
station LADY Malcolm. Ike most oIhe' So
Gated iingish women Of the PERIOD KEEP KEEP ,s,rl
and set down therein almost yerbaun "a
OF conversations between her huspa n".vsS Al
ex-Emperor The Ms. has been pteses!.',aI !
is soon to be published under the uus
Diary OF St Helena. 1916 Il
Miss Elizabeth Godfrey, the auth %,, }"
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