New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-11
MAGAZINE NOTES.
BTTs OF kNEcDoTE. OBSERVATION AND
OPINION FROM THE CURRENT
NUMBERS

on the royal family Of England contains
characteristic story Of Queen Victoria derive
from private recollection when Lord Lytton
he says, "as young man. was charge al
flares at Copenhagen in 1S64 he received d
dispatch from Lord John Russell, who was theh
Foreign Minister ordering him TO inform the
Danish Ministry that England would help the
Danes If they should be attacked by Germany
Mr. T,vtton (as he then was). with rare cour-
age and sagacity. put the dispatch In his pocke'
and said nothing about il. A few days later
another dispatch arrived, saying that the as
sistance promised would not be given. W MAJ
had happened in the mean time? The tirst DIS
patch. presumably Of a preliminary charaCtet'
had been sent with the approval of Lord Pal
rnerslon. but without the knowledge OF the
oneen when a final dispatch in the same
sense was submitted for the Queens approval
she refused agree to il unless she recelNeG
request in writing. signed by the uhteg
Cabinet. She knew that such unanlrnlty Wouiu
not be forthcoming, and the dispatch was WITH
drawn. The Queen saved England from a "di
which would have been most disastrous and OPP
posed to the best traditions OF tnslsh noliS
and Mr. LyJton's prescience was fully Justlrieo-
The great Queen was no figurehead of govern
rnenu II is recalled that when Sir Henry Pom
sonby became her private secretary she said
TO him: Remember this No advicet am
older than you are and have had more eX-
perience'' Professor Browning notes that all
her papers have been carefully preserved-un-
like those of her Hanoverian predecessors
If permitted TO study them the historian of her
reign will be able to do high qualities fun
Justice.
The reader should not fail TO turn the pages OF
this periodical in search of Mr. j. H Stod-
CARTS charming recollectons of his long life on
the stage and off. He recalls multitude OF
experiences sad and sunny-and some that are
merely queer and comcal:
On January %, 1873. "A Celebrated Case"
was brought out 1 played SeTsednI
O'Rourke l have reason to remember TINS
character. IN the prologue had scene WIN
Mrs. Booth, who played the wife OF Jean he
maud, the nero. in the course OF which she was
supposed to give me. as the Sergeant, a cup OF
wine. which had 20 swallow II SO nappeheo
that the property man had been using kerosene
on The stage during the day, and had left the
bottle containing that liquid upon the dresser.
where Mrs Booth was in the habit Of finding
the drink for the Sergeant During the business
she poured full cup from this bottle, hanoeu
II 10 me and / swallowed the contents at
gulp. 90 Lord!" said, as L received the po-
ton. What have done?" said Mrs RooIh
under her breath. I could only gasp out, hero-
serle!'' and made hasty exit For almost
week every avoided me- owing TO the pres
ence OF the noxious fluid drank ,. SUI
quantity that the odor and taste reinalne9
with me until I thought should never be rio
of it Otherwise il did me no injury, ana my
physician even said that it did me gooo-
A writer on Democracy and Education In
.'The Atlantic comments with exceeding good
sanea IN the difficulty and the necessity Of
rroperly attacking the unframed and inatten-
tive mind The wisest men are often without
the gift to do this. An illustration Is the case
of a scholar who inspired by fervent love 1or
fhe plain people" summarized "a primarily
original course Of Lowell lectures in RAPID
talk of one hour and half My dear frlenoS'
said the scholar, aglow with enthusiasm from
tip to toe 1T is needless for me to remlno
YOU OF that with which you are all as familiar
as uayself-the affiliations of the philosophy OF
FJegel with that OF the Orient" And not one
of his hearers knew what he meant
Some great literature Miss Scudder says
elsewhere, lis almost too remote for simple
grown up folk to reach
Mercy. I could listen to that trash all night
without feeling tired the cheerful re-
mark of a weary labor leader entertained at
country house by q scholars exquisite rendering
Of the Odyssey straight from the SIeeh, r.
hans a glimpse came TO the scholar that the
woes of Odysseus might well seem traSh 10
one breathlessly absorbed in following the rnoo-
err labor Boys, however, can always listen
to a spiritsd rendering OF the great epic OF the
soyhood of the race. AS for Shakespeare-he OF
our tongue heart, our mlnd-Where can ne
net establish his sway, if a friend but lead to
him? 49,. 49,.
4nr collars nv the thousand through the August
DAYS one girl chanting Wordsworth's dew pure
poems Lucy &c a little tune OF her own, seC
an her mates to follow. 1T makes II seem
cooler in there" was the comment Of one among
them And IL is often said that you cannot
interest working people in poetry.
That the present development of science in
this country is highly encouraging is the con-
yfction of Professor Cleveland Able. as stated
in THE North American Review" But in just
and well reasoned plea for a fuller and wiser
endowment Of pest graduate research. he says:
The friends Of education in America must not
labor exclusively for the diffusion Of knowledge
and ignore the increase of knowledge
Every candidate for the degree Of Pho. should
know that brilliant thesis in research VIII
bring him substantial encouragement Under
this stimulus the German universities have Tor
the last five generations been turning the best
national thought toward the development OF the
genius for investigation in every possible held
Of knowledge. Tens Of thousands have received
some recognition for research, and 10 per cent
e +bese have become eminent by their discov-
cries Not only the university, but the whole
country profits by scientific progress Our
universities send forth annually perhaps one
tenth as many young devoted to research
As does Germany. II is a matter that needs no
Demonstration that there is about an equal pro
portion of youths of innate intellectual apllltE
IN America and in Europe, but these die like the
wasted seeds unless circumstances contribute
TO their proper growth look upon Ihe oe-
veloprnent of a genius among men as the HORST
looks upon a so-caled sport among flowers;
The latter grows wherever a seed OF abnormal
r1-ocIjyitfes accidentally falls into a favorable
soil and develops into new variety or plant
Such were Copernicus. Tycho Brahe CAMEO
Kepler Newton, and many other famous men
II IS the province of universities to nourish
a host Of postgraduate research students
IN the confident expectation that here and there
there viii Develop genius that shall be a tower
Of strength
A writer in THE Bookrnan' murmurs Ito the
sound of rolling logs" piteous complaint that
so much is made of the small fry of literature
that there is really nothing left 10 do when the
really Great Writer by chance slips into the
net" AN exceptionally brilliant woman" is
Quoted as mentioning that she her way
70 tea to meet certain author whose
books she confessed she could not read, and for
whose slender talent she had no respect what