New-York tribune., 1901-11-29

est pleasure. In his note Of acknowledges
the famous old man had, among other tnlnss'
this to say:
know the heart and genius Of the queen
who by her talent inspires life into her peo-
pies songs. and in her heart unites both the
love Of the great and the love or the hulhp,e
Whether the throne or AMIDST the people,
woman's heart is always moved by the same
feelings. which. alas. cannot be SAID or man
Mr. E F Benson the author Of 'Dodo," was
only twenty-six when that book was written
In his earlier youth he spent as much time IN
playing football in winning scnolafshlp9'
being, indeed captain of the Marlborough team,
He is mountaineer. good shot, an excelieht
golf player. and he is devoted to the four Iooteo
friends on his country estate.
The Crown Prince of Siam, who at the age
of twenty-four has just brought out serious
historical work has been educated in England
Having a bent for historical research, ne mas
devoted himself at Oxford to the study or the
little known influences at work IN European
politics during the eighteenth century
second folio Shakespeare first edition OF
''wayerlev" and a first edition Of ''GulliVers
Travels" are to be sold at auction in LONDON
this week.
one OF the most I0IllllllS HoNelo VI ''i0 '"N
century was that in which Marcus Clarke dealt
with convict life in Australia. Sir Wlillam
Molesworth Of whom a biography is about TO
appear was Indirectly responsible for the book
In 1887 he obtained a House of Commons COM
rnittee of inquiry into the transportation sys-
tenn and on the appalling evidence elected pF
this body Clarke largely built up his story, r or
the Term of His Natural Life
In the Christmas number Of The Pail Mall
Magazine" there Is an article entitled "A Liter
ary Friendship in which Mr. William sharp
writes of Mr. Swinburne and Mr.. Theodore
Watts-Dunton. and of their long residence to-
gether in the house called The Pines. at Put
ney Mr.. Sharp has little 10 say about either
of these gentlemen that is fresh; but there is
at least one passage which has certain IN
terest. 1t may be promised that the Mr.: scout
Of this passage is the William Bell Scott the
poet and FAINTER whose name is remembered IN
pre-Raphaeiite annals:
On several occasions Mr.. Scott spoke to me
of his early impressions of Mr.. Swinburne ana
all he said confirmed what earlier or later had
heard from Rossetti, Burne-Jones ana others
who knew him at the dawn of his career None
bore our the early (and, it proved, rash) 1uog-
uert of the famous Master of Balboa brill
ian youth; too brilliant youth; it's all youth
1 recollect Rossetti saving that even before me
publication of "Atalanta" he had no doupI Ina
"A c. s would outstrip the lot of us ana a
year or so before his death Sir Edward Burne-
Jones. when speaking of his early OX1oru Gays
with Morris and others, told me that no one
could possibly be with Swinburne at that tlf1le'
as later and not instantly realize that he was a
~, oe genius ..Thersa was something in his
appearance he added, which viVldIy enhahCeu
this look His sensitive face, his eager eyes, ms
peculiar nervous eXcitahility. the hanleIlhe
beauty of his wavy mass cf hair, his swift
speech and extraordinary sWftness OF tnought
and apprehension, and certain dehght1ul n
conseouence all his own, made him quite the
most remarkable, certainly the most poeIlc' per
sonaiity have ever known.
A copv of the 1903 edition of ''Marmion." with
the inscription on the half-title to Canto l.
walter Scott November 1st, 1871, on the
reverse the Hymn for the Gar, signed w
S. Edinburgh. December 18th, 1916" recently
brought $40 at London sale.
"a Battle of Millionaires' is the title OF
novelette, OF New-York life which Mr. Edwin
Lefevre is about to bring cut in ''McClure's
MAGAZINE" Mr.. Booth Tarkington's new In
diana novel-the action of which takes place
Just after the Mexican Warts to appear serial
Iy In the same periodical.
An odd suit against the London County Coun-
ell is now in progress. The Strand improve
rrlent scheme has destroyed the boolaselling
known Holywell Street and a
firm of booksellers and publishers long estab-
lished upon that street has demanded COM
pensation for disturbance and for loss in con-
$4,000 which bore the Holywell Street i'm
print The sum the Council asked to pay
for new title pages is S14.305, the other dam
ages amounting to S16215.