New-York tribune., 1899-07-23

Mr. Leslie stephens article on Southey III
.The National Review" Ia very candiu on ,tS
subiect lie observes that III a man 10 " "
condemned because he has CAIN ~ Coii' 49,, ~
of his own undeniable merits no case can pe
made ont for Southey His self confidence Is
written IN the very character OF MS race ny i
fancies that his friend Bedford may attribute
one of his humors to the cut OF ms us, us,
<er,ainlv II Is impossible to look at Southey
rortrait without admitting that a man win
such a nose was predestned to dogmauC sen-
Compacency. He was strlkngy haiiuSoie, S
and Byron we know, said that he would almost
have written Southey's Sapphics to nave such
a head upon his shoulders, and, though IL -
easy to guess what reply Byron was reany
courting the remark certainly implies that ms
rival had strikingly good looks. HaZitt speahS
Of his falcon glance, and Carlyle or MS Shafp'
eager. militant expression. Another descrlDer
speaks of his brilliant eyes. under bacK pto"9
and snow white hair. but adds the lneVltdple
beak The elder Shandy would nave taK5h
him for an illustration Of his famous STUDY
upon noses. man with the Deak ol d ldioui li,,
has TO go through the world dehant, conscious
that he is of Il higher order than the oIuIhdlS
strain; ready to pounce upon tne DdIiluoun 30,
fowl and sometimes, perhaps mlstak'Hs al
eagle for mere oVcrgioWh carr iloH
Narmion had falcon for his crest, WIN lnc
,"ottn who checks at me to death is digit!
Soutbav's might have borne the same motto'
When he meets an opponent ne lotSeeS .'
rCsilt-the wretch is crushed. and VIII be re-
1nemberod by posterty solely as NIcuh -
Southey's righteous indignatoh
There is 10 he a new edition Of what many
boonle have found n remarkably useIul aiil III
tordstinc book-Chambers's "Encyclopedia ol
TneIish Literature" The work Of revision Is
now.in progress. Mr. Austin Dobson' we note IS
one Of the men engaged on this WORK
Dr Knapp the Liographer Of Borrow, IS pre-, pre-,
riry now editicns Of "IavengrO" and "Wll1
Wales which John Murray will print III
London.
T,h, larger half of "T'he 'Gulistan' Of Sa a.
has heen translated by Sir Edwin Arnold Tor
his forthcoming volume. TINS c0hpI'Se'. NJ ne
first four "gateways' in prose anu W., ~,
Manners of Kings" "Conquering Darweeshes,
"Tbn Lvcellcncv of Moderation ana IN" btIi-
oGts If Tacturnity" Sir Edwin describes the
"Gulistan' as literary curry, hdu'p -
versatile genius. where grave 'n.hSS anu 9ay, oys
buror and wisdom, laughter ana tears az
threaded together the skewer OF WIZ anu
spiced by a soft worldliness and gentle stoicIsni
that make the dish Irresistible however ''N9u
NAV be the mental appetite.
coorqes Ohnet has just published new novel
,,,beroin the hero is imprisoned for MURDER
he didn't commit. a friend discovers 'he uuGl'
but as 1t is not easy To alter d SeI.leIl-c ~, ~
France the friend undertakes to engineer tle
escape Of the convict ThTlIlihg coihp''cd'''''
follow.
Sir Michael Foster has brought out in Eng
tard n biography of Claude Bernard, the
Franch vivisector He tells us that one Of the
results Of Bernard's devotion to ms eNperi[leIl.7 [
on living animals was that his wife and daugh-
ters left him. one Of the daughters was 50
far removed from sympathy with her father
,ahors that she spent much Of the means Which
ION TO her in founding hospitals for dogs ana
cats with a view of atOning for what she con
sidcred the crimes of viyisection which her
parent had committed.
Mr. Harry Furniss has just published
oopiously illustrated volume giving an account
of his Australian trip.
Sir Algernon West. who published in The
Nineteenth Century some interesting quota
tiohs from a friends autographs has been re-
minded that the Charlotte Bronte letter giving
an account of Mr Bronte's death Is palpaply
q forgery The novelists father survived her
six years Many forgeries Of Bronte letters
have been set anOat recently.
DR.. Conan Doyle has been described as a
very quick writer-one. moreover, who loses no
time between conceiving an idea and trans
fcrring ii to paper 1t is recorded of him that
on one occasion, when returning home with a
friend in the evening after a splendid day OF
cricket ne remarked that a certain incident
would make n good story. After dinner the
friend said You'd better do that story To
which recommendation Or. Doyle quietly re-
piled, i've done it,