New-York tribune., 1902-02-09

his faults His use Of words and phrases fror.
foreign languages, which he began in his H..
edition and which became q positive Offence :"
that of 1850. he continued in the face NJ an
remOnStrance, and would not even correct a.
rors into which his ignorance OF those languagas
had betrayed him. In one of his most aDb-
tiOuS poems, Chanting the Square Dei6cI =
translates our good English Holy Spirit into
Santa Spirita,' meant for Italian: but in tba.
language the word for spirit is masculine ans
the form should have been 'Spirito Saato' wiz
the adjective COrreSpOndingly masculine VIII
lam ROSSett who edited volume Of seIections
from Leaves of Grass for the British publ
pointed this out in a letter TO Whitman who in
talking of it with me, acknowi edged the blum
der; yet through some perversity he allowed i,
TO pass on into subsequent editions"
Mr. Basil King" the author OF Let NJ,
Man Put AsUnder." is, it is stated By '9rhe Bog-
ton Literary World" the Rev. William B. kim
HE was recently the rector OF Christ Churce
Cambridge, and is now abroad in search 0;
health. He is, or was, an English subject ua--
rOwly missed going on the stage, it is under
stood, when he brought up in the pulpit"
a new public reading room. large enough 10 ac-
'commodate three hundred people.
Professor Lafcadio Hearn. OF Toxic. is a nota
bly, useful man in his generation in that he is
aptly and COnSCientiOuSIv InrerDrltinq +o tbo
Western nations the character. the motives and
the systems of the Japanese. Americans have
long appreciated his services. and Engishnen
are beginning TO do so one OF the interesting
items on the spring programme Of the Japar
Society Of London is paper by Professor Hear
entitled a WOman's- Ira gely' The Morning
Post Of that " says Of him that his keen
sympathy and great experience have given him
a profound insight into the real character o.
that most charming and elusive race. II is no
tlceable, moreover that Professor HaaTu does
not allow himself % be- doomed by his pub
IVGh II T- Hr
one OF the Cleyeresr novels Of South African
experiences printed IN recent years was Mr. c.
H. RuSSeIrs FL uder the Sjamb0k" This au-
thor - about to bring OUT a new story of BOer
and native life under the title Of "On Com
mando' Mr.. Russell. who served in the Zulu
war. has lately lost his sight
The Calmadys made the acquaintance Of rea.-
eTS long aso-aS long as TEN years ago In the
earlier half of Lucas Nalrt's novel; The Wages
Of sin there = described an afternoon partv
AZ which Sir Richard and his wife appeared
Of Lady Calmady the novelist says, Vow as
when some twenty years ago Sir F,icharI Ca
mady first had the extreme good fortune %
meet her. she suggested a SInsU,a--y entertain
ing cross between Greek nyU-h. a Scotch
drerhoUnd and a very well bred Et0n boy
Then she seated herself sideways on the arm
loued as a long Hmbad delic9-e-v made lad
!oiiS. CT as Daphne may have Il-t by the reed
:
loved and pursued and forever lost her amid The
green leaves of the sweet scented Jh-ckets OF
myrtle"
Dick and are as great fools as ever. thank
Cod! she said quietly"
Mrs. Walford. the author Of The Baby's
has written a new novel which
she calls Charlotte" This. by the way is
name which is not a favoriJe with n0velistS,
though they use it and then Thackeray
fitted il neatly 10 the soft eyed little girl who
became Mrs. Philip FirmIu, and Ee reminded Us
of earlier Charlotte, the yUIu- lady Who,
having seen Werther'S body borne before her
on a shutter. like We'll conducted person,
went on cutting bread and butter
How many Of our readers know what the
Welsh Note was Here is what the Rev
John Evans tells Us in reference 90 the way in
which English was taught in Walls p the mid
die Of the last century This ScEHr. had several
features unknown in the Welsh school OF To-
day The Welsh Note was one -ilSQenSao.e
feature. This secured English CoUVerS1 1tOn- II
was a smooth piece of wood, like q lIr inch RUE
with the letters w N carved uU IT, When
any one was caught speaking Welsh The Welsh
Note was Immediately handed -l MIN. but Inc
hand which held il at the end Cf the lesson was
the one made 10 tingle in COnseG-e-ce, 50 II was
a common occurrence for the child " no had Il
to move about from pew 10 pew, |-at-iiy Le, Letnp,'
ing others to speak Welsh. This siSn )l gulL
therefore often changed hands. until az last
rested in that which had 70 bear the burden "
all the transgressiOns Of that -aW-