New-York tribune., 1902-03-23

W4SAIuS 20 consult these flies VIII Fol. obliged
70 give the museum authorities ty y-t5yIr
hours notice. 50 that tn period. .calS needed may
be returned To the library. \ similar plan was
long ago followed IL transferring the natural
During a visit which Queen Victoria and the
Prince CoEsort once paid to Cherb0urE in their
yacht lh"y received the good cure cL the his
tore VllI1s" o1 BrIcIuebvc. IL asked permis-
SION 70 present 10 the Queen LITTLE water color
drawing q: JHe ruined castle. tl- work os 4
poor obscure a list then visiting Normandy on
loot mdk!nS sketches. Tn Offering was ac-
ceptec, and the Prince. who pronounced the
painter "A born artist u sired ra Sue him. but
unfortunately, the wdHdrrer could ,..J b. found
ana dli not RETURN To- the u-iEhbJrr1JU tiIl some
d5SS id'tt' "H"h, unlucl-ly Ier him, his royal
admirers had departed Thu poor. obscure artist
was no other than Jean Francois Nil--.
The Oriental Series" is the general title OF a
Set OF twelve crown octav0 volumes dealing with
Japan ana China which the > f. lI.Iet COM
Pany. OF lipSton, - now bringing OUT cap
tam +. ErInklry. OF Toxic tn EI--ov Of The
Japan Mail Is the author OF the work He
has lived IN J,,pIn for more than rl.-ty wears
and knows the Oriental larSuas-- thoroughly
He Is said To have treated with remark. .bIs
hn@Wied$r and compreheusiveness ta- history
and ,he life of Japan and China The books are
10 oe richly illustrated
life OF Queen Anne is to be aliei 60 the
sonases. Or. y. W. Ward. master Of Peter
mouse, - the author of this work
Where IS Thomas Hardy's new uova-c Let Us
h9pt that he has not reliuquished the pen. tbs
lord OF the NessrX coast and all th- lanes
thereby" The other TWO OF the Three cap
tdInS have gone into harbor.
"Oue was Admiral Of the North fr.-. Sa,way
Firth - Skye.
And one was Master of the Thames from Lime
house 10 Blackwell
And he was Captain If III, Fleet rh. a~4vtst Of:
them all"
BUT OF the three the greatest is Hariv and we
do not like to think that We may expect no more
HctOn from his pen.
How tn get back a borrowed book is q cues
ton which has aSitatcd many an owner OF be-
loved and wandering volumes. Ms. AsIuth,
once MdrSot Tenant and Chry Styt the orig
mai oI "DoGo. has adopted move. method
She has advertised in The London Times Tor
tne return Of an odd volume Of q work on
Napoleon which she had lent 10 au unknown
borrower.
Ii is doubtful if the people of EesanCon are
now ignorant of the fact that Victor Hugo was
born i'll their town. Thee was a time and not
50 very long ago when they We're ohIiyiouS 0I
that distinction. when the authors name was
not even To BE- found the official list tl
Famous Children Of Besancon." jules ClITt,e
and friend once visited the town search
"t HuSo'S birthplace, and no one tuey qIrs-
TONED mad ever heard OF the poet until lhe'
came across a rural pOStman who thought Ae
remembered some one of that name living N
furnished apartments " When" says ClIrt--e'
Il see the much advertised men of letters OF me
day taking for eternal TenOWn the little noiS
that they make en- paSSant, l like To think OF
the pOStman IN the street OF BeSanCOu EIvInS Us
that terrible lesson of life. and showing US the
worth of true, pure. blazing literary glory.
y new and charming reprint OF Miss susan
Terriers novel. Marriage" has just appeared.
1t contains portrait OF their author. pre- y
woman with an engaging look of large eyed
sweetness and innocence Early in the E1Sl
century she wrote TO her friend. Miss Claver.nS;
4 do not reCOlleCt ever 10 have seen the sudden
transition of high bred English beauty. VINO
thinks she sacrifice all for love. JO an ul-
comfortable, solitary Highland dwelling, among
tall, red-haired sisters and Srim-faced aunt>-
Don't YOU think this would make good 0priiu7
OF the piece Eight years after the story was
published. the author receiving for tn copy
right only 500.
The Last Essays" Of Max Muller include an
unpublished paper Ancient Prayers
Therein the professor tells this story. PUjtInS
to one of his two japanese pupilS-whom al
that knew them Oike the present writer con
sidered Incapable of satire-the objection OF th-
unmeaninE character of the SO-called PRAYER
Wheels he received the following reply: Alter
the Church: if that can be done by machines
driven by wind water. is II not better than -
employ human beings whO to judge from the
way in which they rattle on their prayers 4.
your chapels seem sometimes to be degrsdeS
10 Yr1sar lNyifl a1s2