New-York tribune., 1900-04-15

one OF lue iho9C ,n,i.ring
been mnde either by jocose and id
person. JuuaS'
Chaplain Hardy (of How to Be Happy
Though Married fame) has some interesting
things to say in his just published book con
corning Mr. Thomas Atkins. The strongest
and most consistent Christians l have ever
known" writes the clergyman, have been sol
dierS When these men are religious at all
they are very religious. Humbug and hypo-
critical professions cannot conceal themselves
from the somewhat fierce criticism OF the par
rack room. Perhaps it is owing to this com
pulsory earnestncsS that officers and men IN
the army are generally inclined to be fanatlcal
when they are religious When bluff old
Sale HavelOck's commanding officer, ncard the
soldiers whom HaveIock had Influenced ridicued
as saints, re said: L wish to God my whole
regiment were 'EiaVelOCk'S Saints for | never
hear of of these saints being in the guard
room or his name in the defaulters BOOK On
one occasion Lord Give asked his officers to
pick out the bravest men from his small army
before Delhi. to form the fOrlorn hope IN
desperate attack 1t was a Sunday evening.
The reply There is a prayer meeting go
ing now in the camp. If you go there you
will find all the braVest men
Lord Berners's version of Froissart will be in
GUIDED in the fine series Of Tudor Translations
which was originally intended to end with the
first published edition of Urquharts 'Rabelals.
\ complete and uniform edition" Of Mr.. James
Whtcomb Riley's works is announced under the
title Of The Greenfield Edition" Mr.. Riley is
indefatigable writer, and it is to be hoped
therefore. that his future verse may be made a
part Of this edition in its form. Those who be
ieve that the period of dialect poetry has passed
inust omit from their Illustrations the case of
Rir Riley, whose popularity among his country
men seems TO be ineXhausubie.
Concerning the recent Daily sale a correspond
ent of the London '-Athen3um' writes: The
late AIr. Augustin Daily did not possess the orig
inaj manuscript Of The School for Scandal SO
that any buyer in the auction in NeW-YOrk of
tht. n1anuscript thus described in the sale cata-
lUgue @ his library will not obtain what he
poets. Mr.. DAILY told me that his copy in manu-
script prepared by Sheridan fer press 5ntatiOn
TO Mrs. CreWe but the original manuscript of
which Moore gives an account and from which
he makes some extracts in his Life of Sheri-
dan IS now the property OF sheridan great
grandson, and with the original manuscripts Of
other plays, is among the treasures of Mr.
AIgernon Sheridans library at Frampton Court
AN amanuensiS made several copies of The
School for Scandal and late in life Sheridan be-
gan to revise and correct one of them with
view to publication. A copy was given to his
elder sister. Mrs. Lefanu which she sold, and the
printed version of the play was made from it.
This version. however differs in many particu-
lars from the original manuscript. owing to
changes made for stage purposes in the first
copy, which We're followed in all the others
\ friend of the late Richard Backmore says
that in his latter days that author often sat half
the night With a book over the fire in despair of
sleep. Il asked him what kind of book had
power Of SOaCe, and was not surprised to find
fhat the Old fastidiOus scholar living in
fancy in the worlds youth, as became man
Mho in bOyhOOd had seen the glory of life in the
enchanted pages of Homer. To the last he knew
The secret of eternal youth, and was never pes
sim.st. either in regard to himself OF the world.
NJ. Cambon has been entertained by the Au-
thor's Club in London and becomes the
Ambassador Of to-day made speech itera-
Hure. In Paris, in London, he declared they
considered the profession of literature as the
noblest of professions. and he glad of
opportunity Of addressing gentlemen Of that pro-
fessOn. They might be considered priests
of universal religion-a religion which had
many faithful followers. and perhaps even some