New-York tribune., 1901-11-29

Its author is Sir George Douglas. who has de-
clared his belief that when the present genera
ton has passed away and the literary historian
OF two or three generations hence comes 10 deal
with the literature Of day he will write OF
1T as the Hardy age"
Mr.. ". E. Henley has n1easuraby recoVereu
from his long tnvalidisfn. as his lively article
on Stevenson shows He has just returned u
London TO live and work there
The ladies who write the 'Fronde' newspaper
we are told. have announced that many men
whom the world regards as great writers were
but the unacknowledged mouthpieces or anlanu-
enses of women For instance, Baizac' theS
saw did not write the "Conedie Humane at
ell: il was the work of his sister Laure VINO
allowed him to sign it all and was content 10 go
down to posterity his biographer- 1t was
Mime. Hugo. and not the Victor in Drama
who broke down the Jericho of classcallsrn WIN
the famous horn of Hermann
FIugos -Postscriptum de ma. We containing
various fragments setting forth his opinions on
love history and morality, has just appeared In
Paris
It is proposed TO hold an international cele-
bration Of the coming centenary Of Hugos pir1h.
Mr. Kipling has been suggested as the repre-
sentative of England.
Professor Walter Raleigh. lecturing the other
day on "Shakespeare's Library, said that our
Gentle Will by no means learned man III
the common acceptation Of the word; II was MS
wisdom rather than his learning that was re-
srnarkable. He had easy grasp ana QUICK
eye for essentials and a clear insight Ihe say
,np Great artists have no need TO learn; they
Zuess might aptly have been applied to hlin-
Even the majority of smaller critics with n1lnoS
of second rate order. had wit enough 10 lecoS-
.rize his supremacy, but they based 1t on wrong
grounds regarding him merely as man VIII
ten times their own power Of appllcauoh- Ohe
OF the most recent instances was the refusing
to Shakespeare the works passing as his Ihls
which was commonly called the Baconlan the-
orv Mr. Raleigh did not intend to discuss, but
even believers in the theory might, he thought
he content to retain the name Of Shakespeare as
,sisnifving that particular part Of Bacons oraln
which thought out the Shakespearian plays
The recently published diary Of Miss Mary
Bagot contains the following anecdote OF Dr-
-Johnson. related by the niece Of Sir joshua
Reynolds:
T,uring one OF my visits TO my uncle, When
r uvas Young and shy, he requested me 10 SIT a.
.-ba bee6 Of his table on day when he expeCleu
"a large party: among the guests were Iuillpei
I1and C5arrick and DR. Johnson trenlpeo a.
+he name of the latter, and IN consequent %
his presence begged that mine might oe ii ui
,ensed with Ny uncle laughed at my lolls;
iwould not attend to my entreaties. ana assuIsu
mo If would provide good dinner, Ihdt nun
iine more would be required OF me py ms uII
ifriend who proba bly, would not troupe ms neau @
,sbont me in any other capacity ala my %
las 10 the dinner and took my place al tne @ IoP
tof +he table determining not 10 oneha pS li-S
!,u-ords by dIrt of not speaking at all Inc - coL.
t-rersa1ion by some Unlucky chance turned @ ut,.ii
.,nn~fe m which Dr. johnson was totally llIseti
,s;bIe Wbereupon he INDUCED his eIoQuetSe a.
- e,nensa of his sense, in q Vlolent phiilPpIc
egaiT,sf the art itself. concluding by MS opIliI
-os- positively delivered, that no man OF talsh.,
- Who WIS in any degree capaoe OF petssi
Sbines eyer had, ever could, or ever Woulu ue
.arv ,1ortion of his time and attention 10 so
,dla ard frivolous a purpose happeleu - - ~
axceedingly fond of music, Whlch conQueieu my
fear of the sage and prompted me 70 say 10 to
oav+ neiehbor Il wonder what LII; 1olL!ist ~:
kinks of King David?" He (Which ola Ilot =! =!
+enSl heard the remark-started lalQ down NE
Knife and fork got up, walked TO tls heao ~. %
the table-as I thought TO knock me GOWN -
did him an injustice, for, laying one Oh LiS
large hands on each Of my shoulders, ne s sd.u'
e.ATs6srn I thank YOU 1 stand rebukeo oeioie
won and promise that on one supJecl al Ha9 -
-c1 snail never hear me talk nonsense asaili.a
There is no pleasenter anecdote OF the soou
doctor IN existence