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kINGLAKE.
THE MAN AND THE WRITER.

A ". KINGLAKE. Biographical and Critical
Study. BY the Rev ". TuckWeli- lzmo, PIP. 10.
The Macmillan Company.
This volume is in truth what it purports to be
"a study somewhat rambling and cosby, yet
in that very informalty illuminative, per
haps. than a more labored account might be. 1t
contains few but enough biographical state
ments; a slight but effective estimate Of the
work Of the historian Of the Crimea, the author
Of "Eothen': it sets forth the recollections of
some of his associates and quotes various pas
sages from his letters to Nine Olga NovikOff,
the brilliant woman who was longtime friend
The material available is not great in quantity,
however excellent in quality, for knglake's
nature reserved, his personality shy and
elusive; except to a chosen few he showed little
of his real self 1t is not improbable that had
he been consulted ne would have been glad to
forbid the publication of any memoir fuller than
this.
The Kinlochs of old Scottish stock abandoned
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AN ANFcD0TE OF WORDSWORTH,

From The Spectator
x-ur interesting article on ''Vastness and $50
Iation'' recalls to my mind Wordsworth ; own
INTERPRETATION of the lines
Those obstinate questionlngs
OF sense and outward things
FalIings from US, vanlShinSS
as reported to me by. the late Professor Eonan1l
price one day as he walking with we
poet In the hills. he asked him what ne mean
precisely by the words. "FalllngS from Us an
ishings" Wordsworth's answer was to TINS etttct
Sometimes | find myself in a mood IN NhlcN
the whole material universe seems TO faII aWdH
the sense of outward things Is lost nothing
remains but an mmaterial self detached IRON
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witty, playful With the Russian lady, Mine.
Novikof, known to ali the world as % X h
maintained friendship. long, constant and tC
him most precious. When she absent the
Continent he wrote to her weekly, and these let
tiers furnish Mr.. Tuckwell with some of his mos,
entertaining pages. Graceful banter, poetic
compliment, nonsense verse, are mingled with
serious passages on theology and politics sub
jects, we are reminded, on which o. X.
passionateIv in earnest. Another friend of many
years was that brusque old lady, Mrs. Barry
CORNWALL Proctor, whose Wit always a
acrid as his sometimes was. She used to ex
plain their firm friendship by saying that she
and KfngIake sharpened another like two
knives The chief characteristic of the mans
Wit his biographer declares, was its uneXpect-
edness His calm, gentle voice, contrasted WIN
his startling caustic Utterance, reminded people
of Prosper MerimGe: terse epigram, felcitoUS
apropos. whimsical presentment of the topic
under discussion. emitted in low tone and
without the slightest change of muscle His
shyness was great that he even had horror
of hearing his name announced at the door OF ="
drawing room.
Visiting the newly married husband of his
friend, Adelaide Kemble and being the mrs.
guest to arrive, he encountered in Mr. SdrtoFlS
a host as contentedIy undemOnstratiVe as nm
self. Bows passed. seat by the IRE was IA
Dictated he sat down and the par contemplated
one another for ten minutes in absolute SiitiiIe'
till the lady of the house came IN, lke tii'
prince in THE Sleeping Beauty" though not ny
the same process, to break the charm II
gave I'D calling at house where ne was " ARM
APPRECIATED because father, mother dluSh-
fer bombarded him with questions / ne -
came away without feeling sure that f5.tt IL
some way periured myself QuestloI'
he yyouId sl1ayeIy and often wttily parry or re
membered Nine du Barry, he said, My nemory
is very mperfect as to the particulars OF Wy liIF
during the reign of Louis XIV and the ttStHtEt
but | know a lady who has a teapot Mhlch pl-
Ionged she says to Mime. du Barry
Kingla1e's terse characterizatons OF MS con
temporaries are often quoted in this volume
most of them are tart and all are picturesque
of CARLYLE. who was his intimate, he uSed 70
sneak as being essentially a humorist-intentIoh-
a1Iv a humorist: so far from being a proIhe'
he is a bad Scotch joker and knows hlIi'7s41
TO be windbag" He called Gladstone d S'''
man ir the worst sense of the term, conscieh-
tiofs with a diseased Conscience As Tor DIS
raali he always attributed Dzzys popularity
70 he feeling of Englishnen that he had SHOWN
.bro snort an instinct he thought, supreme IL
oil darartroents of the English mind
Enough: the reader is heartily ADVISED 10 We
tala himself 10 a collection OF uhuSudhS III
+,,sti,,er "reminiscences. Some day perhaps
memoir of imposing volume will be devoted 70
Kinp1ake but we doubt if such work VIII give
i, cioarer idea Of the man than Mr. Tuck"eIi
offers US in these pages.
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4 PORTRAIT or BUNTAN.

The National Portrait Gallery in London has
lately acquired work Of peculiar Importance,
the portrait Of John BUnyan, Of which We give
a reproduction to-day. 1t is said to be the only
extaut portrait, though it has a rival in one
possessed by an English gentleman The por-
trait now in the National collection is believed
10 have been painted by Thomas Sadler in l6So,
when Bunyan was ffty-six years old lie died
f. 1858
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urnes, having no sense Of beauty falls to do
sustice 20 the beneficial influence she eXerted
ppon the decorative art of her time But he Is
easily forgiven He may well have mad eyes Tor
,tir- save the disastrous effects upon the
,ola country Of a carnival of extravaganza
= which the Marquise de Pompadour was the
.,o,fnr shirt "Oh, the court, the court, the
,-tr In that w1rd lies all the evil" And the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-13

The earlier volumes of the late Dr. Gardner
History of England from 1865 TO l6Oo haNt
already become scarce. a few weeks ago -
was paid for Volumes l and IL
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all uhvslcaI conditions. In order 10 get bach
into the known world of consciousness | have
to clutch at something-so." Here he graSpet
I he bar of the gate which they were leaning
AZ the moment. | was much struck 10y th'
story at the time. and made note OF Ii.
have since mentioned it to several friends, pu
50 far as | am aware it has not found It's way
into print.
New-York tribune., 1902-11-02
THEIR BOTANY CORRECTED.
THOUGHT THEY KNEW WHITE NOUN
TAIN ORCHIDS. BUT MADE SLIGHT
MISTAKE

Look before you leap was always my mot
to-" said a young clubman the other day. but
since my sister and struck Gorhan. N. FL.
this summer I've changed it to Don't leap any,
way
This is how it happened: My sister and i
have both dabbled a bit in botany, and thought
we had the botanical name for the blue orchids
you find in the White Mountains (that Is. you
find if you're lucky enough) down pat One day
we drifted into GOrham and went for dinner to
little hotel in the main street that looked
rather homelike and attractive. On the long
table where We had seats stood vase with not
one or twO but dozens Of these orchids in IL
That should have aroused our suspicion. but is
didn't. Looking around u.s. we saw no one who
seemed at all likely to question the statement
so my sister remarked to me:
What lovely vaseful of Habenarie frn-
briata.'
Yes said I. as if that was our everyday
fashion Of speech.
But the word was hardly out Of my mouth
when an old man opposite us whose coat hadn't
been brushed. apparently. since 1t left the
tailors at least a dozen years before, and whose
long, unkempt beard concealed what / know
now must have been The fine chin which the
nOvelists mention. said blandIy:
Those orchids before you. my young friends
belong to the cycodes variety. and not to
the one you have mentioned. If you notice mere
carefully you Will see that they are "a tride
smaller and lighter in color than Habenaria
fimbriata-'
The rest of the company regarded the old
man as if he were their new found champion,
my sister bottled her indignation at being adj
dressed as his young friend, and we put what
face We could on the matter. But don't take
any more chances"
New-York tribune., 1902-11-02
PROFESSOR WHO WENT TO WAR.

Duncan Campbell Lee. the Cornell professor
whom the Democrats came near nOminatina, for
Secretary OF State, entered a New-YOrk vOIun-
teer regiment at the outbreak OF the Spanish
War, but the regiment, like many others, saw no
active service. Duke Lee. as the students call
him. is we'll liked. and has built up his depart
ment that of OratOry, with much success but
the fact that he went to war and didn't fsrht
made excellent copy" for the college humorists
One Of them wrote in the college annual:
Duke Lee is daily hoping some generous million
aire
Will listen to his pleadings and endOw for him a
chair
OF Military Science. whence Duncan may de-
claim
OF his sanguinary battle against the hOrdes of
Spain.
Giving frequent demonstrations how his famous
battle went
With the murderOus mosquito that dared invade
his tent
New-York tribune., 1902-11-02
TIE NEW GRANT STATUE.
COMPETITION FOR THE WORK TO BE
ERECTED IN WASHINGTON TO BE
SETTLED SOON.
SETTLED SOON.

Within q few days the committee appointed
by The government to select a sculptor for the
$4,000 statue of General U. S. Grant will
reach q decision. The contest has narrowed
down 10 two by previous competition, and it is
between the work of Charles Henry Niehaus
and Henry Merwin Shrady, both Of this city.
that the choice will be made.
When Congress appropriated S250.O0O for the
Grant statue it surpassed all of it's previous
lcl rds in that line of appropriation. With the
exception of the Washington Monument, its cost
viii exceed thai Of any public memorial at the
national capital. The exact site for the statue
is not yet decided. but it will probably be in the
Botanical Garden. just west of the Capitol.
whore also will be the statues of Sherman and
Sheridan.
The equestrian figure surmOunts a pedestal to
he constructed of bronze marble, these COM
hiIod having height of more than thirty feet.
Tle statue Will stand in the centre of a plaza
o. -g.lnite marble measuring some 216 feet
from md to end. The figures Will be inclosed
H. an ornamental marble balustrade, at either
celnor Of which will be life size bronze lion in
sitting posture. The horse and rider will be Of
bronze, two and half times life size.
The model submitted by Mr.. Niehaus shows
C,"eral Grant entering Washington after an
iuI ortant Civil War victory mounted on
o,an cut young horse. 1t is not triumphal
'ntry in the sense of personal triumph. The
eea.r.ll has his head uncovered and by his side
n.ieh two soldiers covered with stains of the
l,ttIo and the march. one Of them bears the
n-a the other laurel branch which he has
broken from some tree along the roadside.
Mir Shrady's model was made in conjunction
with Edwin Pierce Casey as architect. The
foruers conception comprises three distinct
i-loups. two of them of fierce movement and
e. :-.r activity both presided over 10y the calm.
unru1led Grant. At one side there is dash
of cavalry, at TIE other a battery Of artillery
rushing into action. Between these intense
groups and towering above them is Grant, sit
ting firmly and with soldierly dignity astride a
s. si.rited horse. The figure Of the great COM
lnander Is the only quiet one in all the stirring
scene.
New-York tribune., 1902-11-02
GRAND SEIGNEUR or ?HECITY
MR.. PANMURE GORDON'S ENTRAVA-
CANOES THE WONDERS OF HIS
WARDROBE.

Panmure Gordon the London stock broker,
who died the other day, was called the grand
selgneur Of the city. says The London Ex-
press" He knew how 10 make money. and he
knew how to spend il. lie had something Of the
air Of Fortunatus. a princely way Of surround
ing himself with luXuries, but so good was his
taste there was no vulgar ostentation. hint
of Sir Gorgeous Midas.
a friend once asked him how much he spent
OH himself. About $4,000 a month"; he said.
That is the cost Of the bare necessities of life
for a gentleman clothes. horses. carriages,
yacht, a grouse moor, a place in the country
and all that, you know. OF course if YOU want
Mxuries it costs you more"
1t was the common report of the City that
he bought so pairs of trousers every year
an ordinary new pair for every day, and the
rest for special occasions.
When he lived at Brighton he rode from
his house to the station in correct riding Kit.
entered a private saloon where a servant was
waiting, changed TO city attire. drove to'"The
Street in his brougham, and If it happened
H. be = wet day changed to another pair of
new trousers after luncheon.
The actual enormous extent of his ward
rohe may possibly have led to exaggerated
stories. but il is stated that two shelves in the
Office fun of hat boxes and that immedi-
:,tely one hat was taken out another was put
j. us Il'ttf
His bedroom at Loudwater was a sort Of
rartorial museum, with rows and rows Of boots
never worn, specially constructed Shelves
and racks and racks Of different umbrellas
At one time he said to have thirteen over
coats that he had never even seen; his gloves
>ere bought by the gross. and in the fire which
cook place at Loudwater some years ago it was
believed that he lost LOO necktes. In short,
the Panmure Gordon tradition became one Of
'he boasted evidences Of the wealth of the city
Of London.
AS he was thorough In his tailoring he was
thorough in his business and his hobbies. He
did the brokeiing in the Upton hotation There
was enormous competition for the job
one day Mr.. Gordon walked up fresh from the
handbook, and said to Sir Thomas Look here
my dear fellow give me the joD and I'll put a
quarter of a million in your pocket"
"HOw's that?" asked Sir Thomas.
d. Ey charging EN- IS a share premium"
The transaction was agreed to there and then,
aud the quarter OF million came according to
promise.
New-York tribune., 1902-11-02
ADIRONDACK and SWISS GUInEs.
THOSE OF THIS COUNTRY KNOW MORE
ABOUT FISH DINNERS. IF LESS
ABOUT GLACIERS.


The Adirondack guides who formed ar assO-
citation a few years ago were not original in
that respect. The Alpine guides formed SINH
lar organization in 1921, and union has been
in existence ever since.
THE difference between our guide and the
Swiss Alpine pilot said visitor in the Adj
rOndacks. "is that our man. in addition to know
ins the country. its lakes streams and woods.
must be a hunter and a fisherman
But what additional knowledge the
Alpine climbers must have" said his companion
and the amount OF preparation it fequires to
fit them followers of the great Balmat of
Mont Blanc. and Almer. OF MatterhOrn fame
For years they must carry packs and act as
pOrters. and then they must pass regular ex-
animation before they guide the visitor
Those who come UP for examination are not al
ways highly educated. as could be seen by a re-
cent examination paper in which the aspirant
said that he knew which was north. because
the sun was there He spoke of Switzerland
as a kingdom, and when asked what ne would
do with a tourist who wanted to lie down and
sleep on a glacier. said: L would tell him not
to. but if he insisted l would beat him. But as
a class they are bright, sturdy. temperate men,
and inspire the people who employ them With
confidence"
THAT may be true but IN their line the
Adirondack guides Just as good and while
they may know less about glaciers and ice than
the ChamOnix men. they know more about cur
ries,' and fish dinners and deer, and I'LL the bin
here better than their brother guides from
across the water would"
New-York tribune., 1902-11-02

An Indian, after hearing preacher speak
from the text Make vows to Heaven and keep
them" went up to the preacher after the ser
mon and said:
Il have made to so to your house"
The minister was little surprised, but he
smiled and said. Well keep your VOW"
ON arriving at the house the Indian seated
himself and after time remarked, Il have
made VOW to sup with YOU
This was also granted. but when after sup
per. the Indian announced, Il have made a VOW
to sleep il your house. the minister began to
fear that there would be no end TO the vows
Of his attentive auditor
THAT is easy to do. and you should keep your
VOW he said Il will give you bed. But
he added Il have made a vow that you shall
leave tomorrow morning"
New-York tribune., 1902-11-02
NOW LONG DO DRUNKARDS LIFEs

More interesting and remarkable. perhaps
than any other disclosures made by DR.. Dana are
those relating to the capacity of men for drink
and the duration Of life among habitual inebri-
ates. says 'Leslie's Weekly" On the latter
point, the conclusions reached are that in serious
cases the duration of life is about fifteen years
the maximum being forty years. In gen.
eral, it is said that hard drinking can rarely be
carried on for more than twenty years. and IL
generally brings the victim to grief at about the
age Of forty. Referring to per sons who drink
New-York tribune., 1902-11-02

Collies ana carriages, to use his own phrase.
were Mr. Gordon's hobbies. His kennels at
Loudwator, near Rickmansworth, We're known
all over the world. No price was too big for
collie which he desired and most of his dogs
were notable prize winners.
At LoudUater, says writer in The West
minister Gazette he possessed the finest colec-
tion OF private carriages in the world. Several
he designed himself as, for instance, basket
car. kitchen on wheels and a city brougham
fitted with all kinds of contrivances
Then l remember him showing me a wagon
cite, the body of which was in the shape of
boat, named the White Heather, and could be
lifted off when any stretch of water
reached, and the occupants might by this means
enjoy a row in their carriage. This unique
vehicle was launched I believe. in Scotland by
New-York tribune., 1902-11-02
TOOK MN AT ms WORD.

Many anecdotes show that Indians have not
been wanting in calculation and cunning in
their dealings with white people. Indeed, the
paleface, although superior in Intelligence and
education, is often obliged 1" look very sharp in
order not to becoue thc duTe OF the crafty red
man. In The D., Of North America" this
anecdote is related:
New-York tribune., 1902-11-02

the present German Emperor's father, a silver
plate to this effect being affixed 20 the boat
Yet another turnout of Mr.. GOrdons was
a sort of train drawn by horses. and cOmpris-
ing a saloon and kitchen repletc with every
contriyance for cooking hot luncheon. Nearly
every vehicle possible to conceive was to be
found in the magnificent carriage house.
New-York tribune., 1902-11-02

most heavily and frequently. 1t is said that 81
takes ten or fifteen years to bring on dementfa
or insanity, during which time it may be eS-
timated that each inebriate consumes about two
thousand gallons of intoxicants.
New-York tribune., 1902-11-02

The Indian nodded. "Goodr' he said. You
make my VOWS come true; so I make your vow
come true" And the next morning he went
away i'm good humor.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-13
A PITHY STATEMENT.
Mr.. Knight Gives An Apt
Illustration.
His Views on vinOi Worth Learning
This Is the Preparation That Is Be-
ing Much Talked About.

A reporter asked Mr.. knight of
knights Pharmacy Co. the same ques-
ton that hundreds have asked him in
the last few days. Just tell precisely,
please. why Vinol is better than cod
liver oil?'
Mr.. Knight replied in his genial way,
You have given me a ratehr difficult
task. 1 can explain to you in few min
utes the advantages of Vinol, but to
do it in half dozen words would hard
ly be possible. Perhaps l can illustrate
its value, however in a brief manner.
suppose you had never seen a hens
egg. A man who knew of them should
tell you to eat three every day l do
not say that you would, mind you, but
am inclined to believe at the start
you would make an heroic effort to get
away with the whole thing, shell and
all. The meat of the egg would be what
you needed, the shell rather super
tiuous. In fact, as a matter of nour-
ishment not quite the thing for your
stomach.
There you are with cod liver OIL In
it you have medicine, or rather in the
liver of a live cod there is a medicine
known to be valuable for certain forms
of wasting disease, a great reconstruc-
years. They were like the man who had
it to their patients just as they found
The grease was useless and as bad for
the stomach, almost, as would have
been the she'll of the egg. The kenrel
or the meat of the remedy, the vital
principles that they were after, We're
contained in it. Science has stepped in
and done exactly what the man with
the egg might have done-found a way
to separate the healthful interior from
the worthless hush.
Now We have the active medical
principles of the Gods liver. We have
thrown away the useless encumbrances
that formerly encloaked it, namely
the Objectionable fat. We have taken
this extract, placed it in a delicious
table wine and there you are. Patients
who have needed cod liver oil and could
not take it have no trouble in taking
Vinol Why, you would enjoy drinking
it yourself, so pleasant is it, if did not
tell you it was anything but a mild
table wine. If you needed 1t, however
for a medicine, you would soon find
it to be something different. The me-
dicinal properties of the Gods liver
heal damage done by diseases that are
of wasting nature, and the same prin-
ciples give strength to the weakened
digestion and enable the poor sufferers
worn out stomach to digest and obtain
nutriment from everyday food. These
same principles are also active disease
germs annihilators.
Yes, l am glad to have You come any
time that you care to learn anything
more about Vinol. 1t has already prov.
ed itself to be a winner"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-11-13
REMARKABLE SUCCESS
OF a New Catnrrh Cure.

A large and constantly increasing ma
jority of the American people are ca
tarrh sufferers. This is not entirely the
result of our changeable climate, but
because modern investigation has clear
ly proven that many diseases, known by
other names, are really catarrh. For
merly the name catarrrh was applied
almost exclusively to the common ma
sal catarrh, but the throat stomach,
liver, bladder, kidneys and intestines
are subject to catarrhal diseases as
well as the nasal passages.
In fact, wherever there is mucous
membrane there is a feeding ground
for catarrh.
The usual remedies, inhalers sprays,
douches or powders, have beer practi-
cally failures, as far as anything more
than temporary relief was concerned,
because they simply dry up the mucous
secretions, without having the remot-
est effect upon the blood and liver,
which are the real sources of catarrhal
diseases.
1t has been known for some years
that the radical cure of catarrh could
never come from local applications, but
from an internal remedy acting on the
blood and expelling the catarrhal pol
son from the system.
A new internal preparation which
time, has met with remarkable success
as a genuine, radical cure for catarrh
1t may be found In any drug store,
sold under the name of Stuart's Ca
tarrh Tablets large pleasant tasting
lozenges, composed principally of an
tiseptic ingredients, Blood-root. Red
Gum and similar catarrh specifics.
DIR. Ainlee in speaking of the new
catarrh cure says: II have tried the
new catarrh remedy, Stuarts Catarrh
Tablets, upon 80 or 40 patients with
remarkable satisfactory results. They
clear the head and throat more effect
ually and lastingly than any douche
or inhaler that / have ever seen and
although they are what is called pat
ent medicine and sold by druggists, I
do not hesitate to recommend them as
] know them TO be free from cocaine
and opiates, and that even a little child
may use thew with entire safety"
Any sufferer from nasal catarrh,
throat or bronchial trouble will find
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets remarkably
effective, pleasant and convenient, and
your druggist VIII tell you they are
absolutely free from any injurious
drug.