New-York tribune., 1901-07-21


ling's storier.
The original Ms. of Thackeray's Pound
About the Christmas Tree'-One of SIX leaves
fras just been sold in London for S315
Mr. Andrew Lang remembers that when he
was an undergraduate DR. JOwett told him not
to initiate Carlyle And he also remarked 10 the
youth. Don't write as if you were writing for a
penny paper" And Mr., Lang in paying ms re-
spects to the present oxford fashion OF teach-
ing English literature quotes a student s gloomy
statement: We don't learn Shakespeare we
learn Clarendon Press notes
THE Way out" is the title of Sir Walter Be
SAINTS last completed novel II deals with "ohl-
ans life in the debtors prison.
Besant was generous critic of other novel
lists work. and an acute one, too one of the
subjects of ms admiration was Charles Reade'S
brilliant book. The Cloister ard the Hearth
lie justly regarded it one Of the great Eng
lsh novels and one that should be read by all
people. We glad to note that the book mas
had continuous sale since 1t was hfSt Prili'7'
in 1873 though. unlike much trash OF to-day, II
had no boom" Its sale has considerably eX-
ceeded million copies ne" English editlon'
by the way. has just been announced 1t is 70
be sumDtuously illustrated.
\ first edition. bound in morocco of Byron's
walt, when sold at auction the other day.
brought $};i5.
An interesting case against a novelist and her
publisher has just been ended in England. The
novelist Miss Jessie Bedford otherwise
Elizabeth Godfrey. and action for libel
+ brought against her by Dan Godfrey jr-,
conductor of the Municipal Band and director
of the Winter Gardens. BOurnemOuth. The al
legation that the plaintiff Hbeled in
the defendants novel, The Harp of Life one
of the principal characters in the book. Graham
Knowles. stated TO be readily identified
the plaintiff. and il was Contended that passages
in the novel were calculated 70 injuTe the plain
tiff's professional reputation. Miss Bedford said
the characters were pure invention. and she had
no intention of representing any living person.
sessed the damages at only $40 The appliCa-
tion for Injunction against further publica-
tion of the book WAS deferred
husband. having just passed the golden jubilee
of their wedding day Mrs Arnold was Frances
Lucy Wishtman, the daughter of a Judge
The just issued edition of Mrs GaskelI'S
Life Of Charlotte Isronts' contains many letters
and anecdotes which omitted in the pre-
ViOuS edition, in consideration of the fact that
the persons mentioned We're still living. The
editors take exception in their preface To divers
portions OF Mr.. Clement ShOrter'S disquisitionS
flagrdnt instance" they say '-Of Mr.. Shorter'S
injustice u Mrs. GaSkeII is his statement
page i6i-that he had gathered from Mrs
GaSkelf that Charlotte RrOntt'S marriage lad
been an unhappy one whereas Mrs. CfaSkeII
speaks Of il in such terms as the too short. al
most perfect happiness of her nine months of
welded life and quotes Charlottes last words.
on, l am not going 10 die, am l. He Will not
separate us: have been happy" Had Mr..
shorter read Mrs. Gaskeu when he wrote
thus did he deliberately miSrepreSent her.
I'm him as bOSrapher and matter of
fact. there are Other eases in which ne fails 10
do justice 10 his predecessors or 10 state the
fairly