The record-union., 1899-05-07
Literary Work
and
The Workers

| q L ~
The Workers.
valuable material in the elucdation
of In Memoriam' is reported to have
been left by Tennyson, and these notes.
| placed in the hands of a we'll known
English scholar, will probably soon be
published with eniightening comments.
1t is not to be expected, however, that
they will add much to the permanent
riches of literature
Dood, Mead & Co. (New York; have
now ready, in the Polychrome Bible, the
| books of % Ezekiel, translated by Z.
H. Toy, professor Hebrew and Oriental
| languages and literature, and Biblical
| literature in Harvard University, and
| CD Joshua, translated by NJ. H. Bennett,
professor of Old Testament languages
and history at Hackney and New Col
leges, London Six parts of the Old
Testament are therefore ready, the two
parts quoted above and those previous
| ly published. viz: 81 Judges, ID
Psalms, 90 Isaiah and 60 Leviticus. 1t
is comforting to see the Polychrome
Bible make such progress toward it's
completion.
Mrs. Workman, the woman who has
Travelled nearly all over the world with
her husband and has helped to write
some most successful books of travel,
has been elected a fellow of the Scotch
Royal Geographical Society.
"Rudyard Kipling.'' says the Con
gregationalist. ''once sat in a London
club listening to a discussion concerning
| the existence Of God. He said nothing
until toward the last, and then with &
vehement gesture brought down his
hand upon the table, saying: I know
that there is somebody somewhere who
gives US our licks.' Lick is a colo
quialism meaning punishment"
| F. Marion Crawford, who is already
at work al his residence in Sorrento on
on a biography of the Pope, will have
unusual opportunities for completing
| his task as speedily as possible. His
relations with the Vatican are so close
that he will undoubtedly be able to Sc
cure valuable and exclusive matter.
| Robert Browning, Jr., has been Sc
verely criticised for giving to the world
the love letters of his father and
mother. Whether he deserves the cen
sure or not, it is certain that the world
has been the gamer by his action. Felix
Stone Moscheles, the celebrated English
portrait painter, was an intimate friend
of both the Brownings, and we quote
| ah he Mr.
Moscheles' Fragments of an Autobi-
ography," published by Harper & Bros:
''Brownings son." says Mr.. Moscheles.
was also a constant visitor at my
studio He was equally gifted as a.
| musician and as a painter, so much SO
that for time he seemed inclined to
sit down between two stools and await
events. Owing to the influence of
Millais, however, he chose painting.
Young Browning had accompanied the
artist on a visit to Scotland, and while
Millais was painting his picture of
Scotch FRS his young friend made a
study of the same subject which gave
evidence of so much talent that Millais
unhesitatingly advised him to devote
himself to art. When he began to ex-
hibit, no father could be more anxious
his successes than was Browning.
Praise such as came from the lips or
pens of Leighton, Millais and other
friends, warmed his heart, confirming,
as it did, his belief in his sons powers.
He could be sensitive when full justice
was not done him, as when his statue
of Dryope was refused at the Royal
Academy When the academy rejected
it, Browning was eloquently indignant.
and we'll he might be, for his sons work
was remarkable, and as it now stands
in the vast entrance hall of the Palaz1o
Rezzonico many think that it chal-
lenges comparison with some of the
great masterpieces N Venice"
| Apropos of a comment on Mr.. Kip
lings earningsE"This pecuniary return
seems adequate"-Sir Walter Besant
says in 1.-THE Author: What is the
meaning of 'adequate?' 1t is the old,
old story of confusing literary and COM
mercial value. Nothing is adequate
for writer and nothing is inadequate,
because there is no connection possible
| between the two values. But put it in
another way. This writer has created a
literary property. 1t is his as much as
a house, or a terrace, or farm, or a
hundred farms. The returns from that
property are his own; if he did not get
them some person who had no right or
claim whatever to them would lay
hands upon them. / constant
ly see little touches like this use of
the word adequate which show the
confusion 1 have often indicated, to-
gether with a kind of feeling that ar