New-York tribune., 1901-03-24


Stevenson always consulted and fasten it SO
that it indicated steady west wind.
Mr.. Clinton Scollard. chiefly writer Of verse
novel of the Mohawk Valley in the period of the
Revolution. He calls the book The Son of a
Tory
An interesting relic in the shape of IZaak
WaltoE'S fishing bag WAS lately found in Lon
don in an old curiosity shop near Westminster
1t Is believed To have cOlGe out of one'ff the Gld
houses recently demolished near the Abbey. IL Is
made of stout leather and is an excellent spcci-
men of seventeenth century work An inScflltloh
upon il thus: II. u. Anderson, F46 from
his friend Izaak Walton near which are the
initials l. w. and upon the inside Of the iid the
letters again appear. as if impressed upon the
leather with a hot iron
NJ Felix Gras the Proyencal writer. is dead
He Il judge al Avigu1E, wnere ne wrote
that picturesque book published here under the
title Of The Reds Of ;hr Midi"
The Mystery of Mary stuart is tine title Of
Mr.. Andrew Lang's forthcoming book MIR
i.3GG has mad access to documents hitherto un-
known To historians. among which are manu-
scripts used 10y the Queens enemies in getting
up their against her. With these doCu-
ntS ia hand ANA with the help "f state papers
which hc has re-eXamined. Mr Lang hopes to
hav" thrown new light on the statecraft OF the
It:gn The text Will have tho extremely in
terrstnE accompaniment Of portraits. pictures
of histurlC scenes. Coipred designs from Conttm-
rorary drawings ana Ctrca;ureS. and facsimiles
of autographs.
Matter concerning the Stuarts always inter
cSted Queen Victoria In SPIKE "l her Hanove-
Iian ancestry. no one VeCtured i'll her presence.
y.- are todd. to call Prince Charls Edward the
"fretrrder-' For Mary Of Scotland she felt the
IrGtourcest pity. which was AT least tquallet
by her strong antipathy to Elizabeth Refer
ring this day. THE Queen lauehinSly Te
lated the following aHeCdote: once when I
about fourteen. and my mother and were.
at Margat". W. went on board Il steamer As
We were crossing the EanEway in the
crowd looked hard at me. and then said To some
ouc near her. Another Elizabeth, l hope /
turned ard gave her such y look, WAS furi-
Gus added the queen with smile. as she re
called the incident.
CuGrn Victoria was 81 pleasei with Miss
Sarah Ornc Jevett's ur"tty story The Quee II :
Twin" that sh" pronounced It perfectly delight
fui' II is said tEat many people have written
L" tho author inluiring for hrr Mrs Martin"
as it they W"r" sure of ncr helms real person
instead Of an old peasant lady who in The imagi-
nation OF the author lives in Maine
Alas fer ,hc proph, t-or the poct-in his own
country. The fund for statue of LongfclIow
for Lon-iei-ow I"r@ III Camhridsr is growing
dgious sum of SSiG ~ ami work is t. be begun
on the memorial early this spring.
MIR T. + knight. the author Of that fascinat
ing book. The Cruise Of the Falcon" is about
10 bring out volume on small boat saiiIng an
art of which he Is master The work which is
one If practical hints for practical yuChtsmen.
> l. bc fully illustrated.
The "reminiscences of the late Rabbi Isaac NJ
Wise have been translated from tine German
and limited edition az the translation VIII be.
issued next week IN Cincinnati.
Al Drcyfus's book giving the fun history of
the famous Affair has been preceded by the
volume in which Il. Emile Zola has gathered
together all his passionate publications in rcla-
ton To the case This vO!um" is called La
FCTitC Tn MarChc-" First come three articles
published in the Figaro" These are followed
by the pamphlets - la Jeuuesse' and ~ Ia
France" the famous letter tO President Faure
beginning "J'acCuSc.'' the declaration read out