New-York tribune., 1903-04-19

was one of the most kindly genial and Inas-
Stunning Of and much loved and respected
/ by his fellow tOwTSm%a-
Humorous poetry is not beyond thu reach OF
English versiheTs. as numerous specimens at
test-but look at these verses 10 which The
Academy has awarded "a prize as the funniest
out OF forty-four attempts
'.ATRABILIA-
with apologies to r b
"And did YOU once find Browning plain
And did he make his meaning clear
without your reading him again
Say, fifty times? How queer
But YOU were puzzled before that
And hapIy Will be puzzled after,
Tho what the plague he's driving az
Now, is no theme for laughter
Il read a book with name Of its Own.
And of use at Spelling Be- no doubt
But. try as | would the name alone
Was ali that I could make out
THE name Of the book was .Ferishtahs Fan. .-s'
But what was the meaning of the rest
F'ershtah. of course, for Ferlsht2h can. s..5
L never have even guess o.
/ Turkey is looking up the proei--r ~
literature Poetry short stories and novels are
coming out in rapid succession, and s1fl- %
these works are TO be translated into French
Achmet Midhstt is mentioned as the most r'Hl-
lar novelist
| Mr.. MorIey's Gladstone is promised -.r Hs-
tober >. A number of portraits viii aeco.a.tHJ
the text The three octave volumes or r1@ Eng
Iish edition are 10 cost $io-D
French biographers need never he at IL Joss for
a subject-the unpublished material relating J'
Mirabeau is reported to he practically infinite
Nr Edmund Cioss, reminds US that the Mss
which were collected early in the last century '-
NJ. De MontisEy exist almost undislur+-d
The supposition that Mrs. GaskeIIs wish tal-
no biography should be written OF her present.
q difficulty which has been got over IN some
way 10y the engineer Of a forthcoming memo. =
correct; il iS explained that IN the pfrpaitll1-
Of the book the author viii have the assistance
of the noveIist's daughters This sounds .,-.--
but it is hard see how the fact that tt-~-
daughters cooIIy disregard their mothers a-c
wishes Justites the scheme IN any partleutt
We noted last week that both the Hakluyc
Society and the firm of J. N1sl-ho~e < sons
intended to bring out editions OF Richard HAN
Iuyt's ''NaviSatorS The rivals have now -il-
tered into an arrangement under "hlca l--
society viii relnquiSh its plan OF printing It's
edition Members viii have an opportunity or
procuring the MaclehOSe edition IN the S'cirts $
special binding, uniform with their ether TA.-
IicatiOns provided early application is MADE
As originally announced, the edition for sale IA
England Will consist of nine hundred copies on
antique paper and one hundred copies ON t'--
1ish hand made paper The copies SuEIdei y
the HakIuyt Society viii he part of th- Einr
hundred copies. and viii not be- an issue i- .ti-
ditiOn To the nine hundred.
The aged novelist. George Macdonald viii
never write again. though he Is IN ttirly -',l
health His sOn. DIT. Cireviue NI.ieHs-lt Is
about TO make his appearance - @- ,---i'E
with book treating the relations between ~.--
euce and religion.
OF the late Dean F1rr1r as "a ScEoornl~--- 70
is said that he had q remarkable 'He- o- -l-----
ulating intellectual eXertion s.d literary tl~-e
He had a sympathy with young minds. "Ai.h
must certainly have been in aHey Juce when r.
his silly Eric book which EF.-llN
boys used 10 loathe though It pleased ra.r
elders He was kindness itse,f 10 his pupils IL
is related of the period when he was head mas
ter al Marlborough that Ou one occasion rarsA
Il young rinsIedder of mischief shouted ou-.
Who cares foT FIrraTr' only To find the mex.
moment u his diSmay. the heJdU listers EJni
laid gently on his shoulder with the reply Il
do" Once. after long Jalk with a juE l1
five shilIinss into the boys hand NO. no
said the tad. IL don't want i--heSii-s. L have
enjoyed our talk immensely. / never knew o.
parsOn like You
Farrar was an incurabIy careless writer l1t
was especially blame mrvorthy in tE" matter OK
quotation. As a classical scholar The LoHi'i
Telegraph says He was remarkable Tor rs
vast reading. his pathological aCuteues7 ard IA'e
perception of the inner grace LUt beauty OF 'l-
great masters Latin and Greek when iN-'i.,
profound students. such as FuI~eA ..-'
Bentley themselves. may sometimes miss I--
writer remembers lecture OF Maurice UtFo's'
for hour and half to a single verse ot tivt
ace. and FTrTaT. in the same fashion cuuii d-@
for round the roots of his ttsurlIe trN-,
and Uud something always 10 repay hIIiSeti .''-
his listeners FOR such learned horticulture.