New-York tribune., 1903-07-12

mouths of Irishmen-.Ah. fine buckO.' He's
precisely this significance" This writer by the
way, speaks of the word being used in works
among them" According to who's Who MIR.
| Bullen was born in Paddington-
1t appears that that now familiar and cer-
| tainly very good phrase. The Kailyard School,"
| was invented by Mr.. W. E. Henley. He gave it
| as title to article. published in The New
Review" when he was editing that periodical. by
Mr.. ]. H MiIlar. author OF the Literary His
| tory of Scotland" which the Scribners viii soon
| bring out in this country.
The first and the seventh volumes OF ths
| Cambridge Modern History" planned by the
| late Lord Acton. have been published. and now
the second IS In press IL relates to ths
Reformation
Some one with an itch for noto-iety was sneer-
ing the other day at the writings OF George BOr-
| row. 1t must pain him to find 'The London
Times" stating that. according to the British
Museum catalogue, at least half dozen sep
arate editions of "LavengrO' have been pub
| Hshed during the last six years The Bible in
Spain has been reprinted about half dozen
| times since it went out Of copyright, and there
have been several recent reprints OF The Rom
any Rye"
The Poet Laureate has chosen the subject for
the Matthew Arnold prize at Oxford this year.
He invites competitors consider In relation to
each other two Of Arnold's statements about
Wordsworth One is embodied in prose pas
sage characterizins Wordsworth as the greatest
poetical aIlusiOn-
R, TS5ds%grth SsSs .q eyes avert their ken
Vernon Lee. whose books on Italian subjects
have won for her considerable repute. has writ
ten a novel entitled Penelope Brandling--
Most OF the action takes place in a half ruined
castle the Welsh coast. the vast rooms Of
| which are stored with mysterious treasures
The latest work of reference projected is an
International Encyclopaedia OF journalism
| which is to be edited by Mr.. Alfred Harms
worth, of THE Daily Mali" Mr.. Maurice Ernst.
OF the ''Neues Wiener Tageblatt," and Mr.. Will
lam Hill. of 'The Westminster Gazette 1t viii
be written in English. but will deal with the
origin and development OF Journalism in all
countries. There will be special articles all
phases Of journalism, editing news gathering.
| ownership. business management. and SO on,
and character sketches of eminent journalists
will be included
| The second volume OF Professor OHan's
| History OF the Peninsular War is to ba
published. 1t carries the record down to ths
Battle of Talavera-
In a booklet called Sir Walter Scott and His
Country which has just been published in
Edinburgh. the author quotes this "reminiscences
from an old man he met who had known the
rOranCer:
"Ay" he minded Sir Walter fine. 'I seen him
driving out in his carriage and pair. wi Tom
Purdie the box seat He had on shepherds
tartan plaid. and glengarry cup wi twa black
ribbons hanging doom the back mind his dOws
tae, MAZDA he cad it, and awfu' work he
made over the beast! But he was as pleasant
a man as you could speak to. though he wasna
thought muckle of as a pleader. when they
made him Shirra o. Selkirk Is it his buiks
you're speiring on? Gu ay. yen find a his
buiks ben the hOOse-''
Mr.. Seymour Eaton. who established the
BOOklOvers' Library, is writing a novel in
which he deals with sp.ritualism and psyche
logical phenomena
Two French writer's NM Provost and Capus
recently visited St. Petersburg to what
could be done with a view to obtaining copy
right for French authors in Russia 1t appears
that dramat.st can Join the Dramatic Society
Of St Petersburg and will then be protected IN
his work. but for a novelist different proceed
is necessary. He must get u translation
Of his work prepared and published in Russia
a day or two before the original is issued in his
ed Russian original work. and viii receive
the same protection the book OF a Russian
author. The process Of translation. passing the
censor and publication takes about six weeks
at the shortest
More Carlyle literature is to be published
Two volumes of letters OF his will bs
brought out by Mr.. John Lane in September
When the edition of WalpOle's letters. to
which We referred last Sunday. is completed, 10
is to be followed by a collection OF letters adj
dressed to Walpole by Nine. du Denand- Their
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