New-York tribune., 1901-01-27

slight a sketch. but perhaps something of this
impulsiveness and inadaptability may nave
been the secret of much of the trouble oil her
life
The next number of 1.-The Monthly Review
of which there is an American edlton-iS 10
contain an article by the mysterious author or
An Engiishwoman's Love Letters This an
nouncement made in the London journals con-
firms the opinion of The Tribune's reviewer that
the letters We're not bona fide. Only three people
| are said TO know the name of the writer
Prizes have been offered in Paris by anony-
nous donors for the best essays on 1.-The Insects
| which Attack Books and the Best Means OF seo Deo
stroying Them" There two prizes of $500
each and one of S10O
| Mr. Zangwil is not an author who write
| fiction in a systematic, businesslike way He is
obliged TO wait until the spirit moves him, and
when thus moved he works rapidly and per-
sistentIy until his book is finished. He has been
! idle for the last three months
A new edition of an amusing but long for
| gotten book. the Memoirs of GeOrgiana,
! Lady Chatterton," has just been brought out
| in England. IL is full of interesting anec-
dotes of the celebrities of the last cen
| tury Here is quaint glimpse of the poet
/ Wordsworth: II called afterWard at ROgerS'S
! bouse 10 ask permission for some friends who
| are coming town for the day. TO his house
and pictures Tomorrow afternoon. tie was at
| home. and sent word that he particularly WISHED
| to i got out of the carriage and was
shown into the drawing room, where, TO my
great surprise. found him and dear old Words
hats, dancing the ninuet de Ia c0ur words
worth said he was rehearsins his bows for the
| about it, WOrdsworth's dress did very we'll, ex-
| cept his thick. gray wOrsted stockings. which we
all exclaimed against. He declared that he could
not wear any other kind, so L persuaded him to
put black silk pair over them This solved
| the difficulty; he consented. and we had the
satisfaction of seeing the dear old poet in the
evening looking very picturesque in his Court
dress"
A proposal to establish in London n perma-
nent Dickens museum has been made by MFR.
/ Wright of Olney. He complains that the Dyce
and Forster collection a South Kensington is
not central enough. and Is unsatisfactory MT
| WrightS success in establishing the COWper
Museum convinces him that the Dickens
| Museum could, with some earnest work. be made
a reality. 1t is more than probable We believe.
literary fashions rs mi Mill eoms and gG but Charles
| doubtedly is in many particulars
Mime Sarah Grand has postponed her visit
| to this country until next autumn She has been
giving series of addresses to literary societies
| in England and Scotland. and has not found
troublesome the debates which have sometimes
followed. She has confessed. however. that
there We're, on occasion. difficult minds TO per
| Suade. as when certain young lady. rising
to her feet condemned her address being a
series of the most obvious trusms. and then
proceeded to try and prove them to be errors.
! a new and complete edition of the poetic work
of Charles Stuart CaIverIey is coming out in
contain his serious verse. we'll as his remark
able parOdieS.
| There is be a thorOughfare in London
/ from HolbOrn to- the Strand in a neighborhoOd
| full of associations with Charles Dickens The
/ slun regions of Tom All AlOnes, for example
lay the track of the new street This
street il is now proposed to call "Dickens-ave"
| or Charles DickenS-st
one little building marked for destruction is
| the bay windOwed house in WeIlington-st
which was the original office of Household
Words" Here Dickens was accustomed to meet
his CO-wOrkers every Wednesday, and discuss
the features of the journal over luncheon There
are still one or two literary men living who we'll
remember those Wednesday luncheons with ''the.
Chief" as Dickens used be called. The place
furnished very costly and Dickens often
stayed there at nighttime when too bucv uyith
his paper to return to GadShiu.
From a Weasel to a WeShman'' is Mr. Ijnlaxr
Sambournes own description of his compre-
hensive collection of photographs to be used in
making ms Punch cartoons. Does he reCuira
a special uniform says Mr. SpieImann ~he
bess the War Othce-not unsuccessfuIlv-to Ienli
hihi one or two men; does he want to represent
Mr Gladstone as Wellington. he procures the
loan OF the Dukes own raiment. For Rritannia's
heIhlet ne made working drawings of the niece
IN the BRUSH Museum" Some wears ago h.
mlade Successful appearance as Admiral Van
Ironlp al a fancy dress ball. and thus promnted
MT " y Gilbert to the remark: "One Dutch