New-York tribune., 1900-05-17


First Folio Shakespeare Is said to have
been discovered recently in an obscure YORK
shire village. 1t was sold unnotlced among
other books belonging to an old yeoman Family.
The great oak in Yardley Chase which in
spired Cowper's beautiful poem, the faroiey
Oak" is still thrifty and strong. though be-
Heved to be as old the Norman Conquest
The Lords Northampton, from respect to the
poets memory and by request as well as py
legal threat. have preserved this monarch OF
the forest from the depredations to which II was
once exposed and which. unless stringent meas
ures had been taken would have dispersed IT,
In the shape OF articles memorial TO Co"per' ai
over the world. The tree is as gloriousiy green
to-day as when the poet wrote:
Thou vast a bauble once-a cup and bali
Which babes might play with; and the thieVish
Seeking her food. with ease might have pur-
loined
The auburn nut that held thee. swallowing
Thy Vet close-folded latitude of boughs.
Time was when settling on thy leaf ny
could shake thee to the root-and time has peeh
When tempests could not
In the onening chapters of Mr.. George His-
sings new venture. BY the Ionian sea- ne
notes two fascinating opportunities lof 'ie
seeker of ancient treasures There is the grave
of Alaric under the waters of the river buseh'o
turned from their natural course that thes
might flow over the sepulchre of the conqueror
at seems impossible" says Mr. Glsslns' 'iia'
the grave was ever disturbed; to TINS oay''hefe
evists somewhere near Cosenza a treasure
house more ailuring than any pictured III
Arabian tale 1t is not easy to conjecture what
ba
king; if they sacrificed masses OF precious metal
then nerrhance there still lies in the river peo
some portion of that golden statue of Nlrtus
which the Romans melted down to exc out the
ransom claimed by Alaric." The other spot IN
viting excavation is the site of Syparis' "hose
temples and streets, if we may beileVe Lehoi
mant now lie beneath some fifteen feet OF anu
vial mud Mr. Gissng tells us that little ols-
ging has recently been done and things OF IN
terest have been found; but discovery on "ioe
scale is still to be attempted
Mr. Egerton Castle is quoted as calling ms
new novel. THE Bath Comedy "a gay, joyous
careless book" Mr.. Castle combines with the
nrofession of novelist that of journalist-he Is
the editor of of the most notable OF hhsliSh
provincial newspapers
Mr. Rider Haggard is about to publish new
voluuoe of fictiOn-Cne which ne HledLS W .oA
"t,lack Heart and White Heart" The title
story describes the courtship and trials OF pair
of Zulu lovers in the time of Cetewayo. Inc
hook has this dedication which probably re1efs
TO the daughter of Burnham. the American
scout: ITO the memory of the child NADIA Burn
ham who bound all to her and while her
father cut his way through the hordes OF the
Ingobo Regiment, perished of the hardshlps Oh
war at Buluwayo on 10Th May, 1896, dedicate
these tales-and more particularly the last-ol
Faith triumphant over savagery ana oeath.
Mr.. Shorter quotes in THE Sphere this letter
from an English librarian:
The spelling of FitzGerald's name seems 10 oe
a stumbling block to many. In Messrs Mac
n.llan's half-gunea edition the name only oc-
cnrs on two pages and is spelt on one with
lower case "g" and on the other with capila
Mr. Heron Allen makes similar mistake, ana
hrth in the British Museum catalogue and The
Dictionary of National Biography the small g
is used Omar's name is also trouble. Ihe
authoritative manner Of spelling II adopted Dy
the Museum is Umar Khaiyam, and In the list
of .ranslations in their library it is spelt In the
following seven different ways:
Omar Khaiyam
Omar Khayyam
Omar Alkhayyam
kheyam
Omer Chejjam
Omar Chijam
Omar Chatham