New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-08

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was challenged at the time by persons cr-iou,
in the mysteries Of peer making. but he was
what the poet wOre-wide awake. He would
not commit himself to any definite disclosure
now before US. is. think. made 70 play part
more grave than history warrants. Costume
he cautiously adds. is a matter not without
Importance. and has given trouble to speakers
Of the House Of Commons"
For many years the British and Foreign Bibrs
Society has offered a reward Of guinea 70 any
one discovering misDrint in copy Of the
Bible bearing it's imprint The other dav the
guinea was claimed and received by a Mr.. Shzr-
lock Significant namel. who discovered that the
passage in St. Mark His disciples follow Him"
was misprinted followed Him."
Strange are the beginnings OF some authorsi
According to an interviewer with whom Miss
Ellen ThOrneycrOft Fowler CNrs. FeIkin) has
lately been talking. the last thing for which she
believed she intended a novelist. But
one day firm of publishers conceived the idea
| that Il novel dealing with Methodism and So
ciety would be success" and, on looking for
writer's acquainted at frTt hand with both sub
jeCtS. their first choice fell Miss Fowler
When their representative called and explained
what he wanted she said: L can't write a novel,
and. what is more. I've never tried to- She vas
adjured TO try. and four months later she had
written Concerning Isabel Carnaby." on. Won
terful wonderful. and most wonderful wonder
ful, and yet again wonderful. and after that cut
Of all hopping!
Mr.. G. I. Graves. the author OF the biography
of Sir George Grove. which We reviewed some
months ago. and of new volume emitted
Voices of the Orchestra" which il soon to be
published. is. it appears. not only a musical
critic. but n huuOTist He and Mr.. r. Y. Lu-as
are constantly collaborating in contributions -
Punch, and have together published several
drOll booklets. His dual employ ment can only
be beneficial to Mr.. Graves. If there is one thing
more than another needed by critic, it IS =
sense Ct humor-
"a Man Of Kent who is perhaps better
NicOlI. states in The British Weekly" that he
long ago presented to friend the manuscript
of StevensOn's essay Books Which Have Infu-
the periodical aforesaid II seems that this
manuscript was sold in 1899 for $50 DR. Ncoll
notes that stevenson agreed to write il for me
very moderate price Of three gujneIs and de-
Clared himself much gratiied when the price
was voluntarily more than doubled"
With so many of our writer's endelvorng to
thrill the public. il is always pleasant to have
, some author strike a note Of peace and repose-
fUl charm. Mr. GisSing did this when he wrote
I The Private Papers Of Henry RyecrOft and
produced one of his best books. We are inter-
eSted in the announcement OF an anQny nous
and pOsthumOuS volume in a kindred vein which
VIII soon appear The author OF The House OF
Quiet as IL is called. was public official VINO
forced by i'll health 10 retire to the country.
His book sets forth the story Of his childhood
and education. and early religious experiences
and contains also extracts from his dllTy.
sketches of local characters and an account Oh
the attempts he made to be useful to MS heish-
bOrS.
Another legend Of colossal import ms oeeI
exploded. For some time il has been underSiooL
that II took Mr.. Theodore Watts Dunton I"e,tJ
years to write. rewrite and at last hniSn H.
novel "Aylwin." Now Mr.. Thomas IL T. Hia0
arises to inform eager world that as a u-t. Us.
ter OF fact. he acted as the authors auahue.s'
when this masterpiece was composed anu -.
as far as / remember the time occupied ~ ~ w
work was between hve and SIX months.
md 1t difficult, impossible. to express inc IN
tiOnS by which are all but overcome on No.
ing of this stupendOus fact In the history u
English literature.
Mr.. COliinGwoOd. in his lately pCo.Sned uooN
on ''kUSkin Relics" tells of a friend WHO 49,
To him some time after Ruskius death Wiz
bundle Of manuscript. saying. some OF 49, -.
are in his handwriting. but / don't snow WI
70 make of the rest" The ulnuscript tdI-
out To be that of the second volume OF Nl ou.-
Painters 1t seems that RuSNlu ) hahu"Il'-'sS
varied with almost every hour or the u15-
He used one style IN writing % his father. 80
other i'll his letters to his mother and ''---