New-York tribune., 1901-10-27

| her. He told her something about il during the
| afternoon, and said he should like her 20 read
| the bit about herself and see il there any
thing in it that she objected to. II came TO her
! just as she was dressing for dinner. 1t was
longer and much more severe than as 1t now
stands. and she very much objected 70 it
| that she could scarcely finish dressing bear
10 meet MIL Iio"eHei' went uo"tiS'"-iS'
she said, and you may imagine what even
| ing spent He. however. partly saw ANA she
partly told him how very much she disiked it
anyhow, he took the worst verses out He pre-
| ferred his friend TO his poem.' was what she
| said"
The real name of Gorki told IS
| "Alicksioi Maksinovitch Pieshkov." What
| excellent name is Gorki. 1t means. by the way.
the bitter one"
| quotations. exclaims: How few. for example.
| who quote the we'll known sentiment 'Salus
pOpuli suprema lex'-The health Of the people is
| the highest law'-kncw that they quoting
the Roman Law of the Twelve Tables. or when
| they talk of leaving no stone unturned thas
| they are quoting the reply Of the Delphc oracle
| to PolycrateS, or when they talk of calling a
spade a spade they are quoting an anonymous
| Greek comic poet, Thus. too There's many a
slip 'twixt the cup and .he lip is literal trans
| lation OF hexameter in an anonymous Greek
poet. So is The mills Of God grind slow. but
they grind small
"The road 10 a true philosophy of life seems
to lie in humbIy regarding divergent impress
sionS OF its meaning they occur So says
| Mr.. Thomas Hardy in his preface to has forth
coming volume of poems.
| Ap,opos OF Tennyson's life at Freshwater, Mr.
T. S. Escott tells this story: The only stranger
/ can remember to have seen there was young
American author, already OF dist!nSulsa@c per
| formance and OF more brilliant promise.
who had brought with him a letter OF cCIIr1er-
dation from Longfeuow. He painfully shy
and absent-minded at the dinner taSle. nearly
| forgetting to eat. and quite, think fcTEet,:ns
to drink; in the latter respect he reseInbied 9is
host who on that day. while the dishes were on
i %
dessert n small bottle of the Laureate's favOrite
! port unfortifed- he said as VIII Water
proof once could get at The Cock in Eeeet-St
made its appearance. II was only slipped ~
the poet. after intervals between coHversat on
with his transatlantic guest or Of reverieS with
{ himself. AZ last however. the decanter was
drained The poet. as if surprised to find IL
melodi"us monotone. said rettectively TO the
visitor. who had not touched the wine DO you
always drink bottle of port after dinner:
Writing in Chambers Journal" of a visit az
the home of BUIwer. M. Escott remembers that
the novels; vas strictly invisible during all the
earlier part of the day. Till he had done his
days work. which sometimes began with sun
rise. Bulwer never left his study y-dressins,
he appeared downstairs. in evening dinner dress
of perfect cut. magnifcenty groomed. an IDEAL
survival of the Regency dandies. Some of these
lived on into Victorian days
Mr.. II. S. Merriman's new story. The Velvet
Glove" nearly ready for publication So is
MIR Weymans really thrilling story, Count
Hannibal
DR. Birkbeck Hill is preparing new edition
of DIR. Johnson's Lives of the Poets' and il
Will probably be published next year
Mrs. Alexander's forthcoming novel. entitled
Stronger than Love-. is devoted to a struggle
between love and gratitude in the mind of the
chief character
An important volume in the Yale bicentenary
90 nfrjH will ha I,XN-n1
can Law 1iOl-19Gl." a sketch of the historical
development of the main branches OF American
law by members of the faculty Of Yale Law
School. 1t is said to be addressed To the general
reader. and To deal with the subject without
going into technical details. Another Yale bi-
centennial book Will be THE Literary Diary
OF Ezra Stiles. DID, IL. d.. President of Yale
College" Ii is edited under the authority of
the corporation of Yale University by Franklin
Bowditch Dexter. filling three good sized vol
umes- President Stiles's service to Yale filled
out an interesting period in the unive~sity'S
do