New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-25

certain narrow little hall. which CLEANS -
| deadly weapons. the swords ana tni-aS With
! races. collected with the enthusiasm y, or al
whom the history Of dueIling has aI0vaa,V ne %
kind Of romantic interest From time % "a" "a
\ Mr.. Pollock writes essay a poem ard a. me
| are always worth reading. He is i,S4 lhess
to write a besuilins book about animal Dot. '"@n
Has any one any knowledge Of the sa-,,.-.
} made Of that beautiful word. "PaDiani-ouss
/ DIR. Murray the Editor Of the New EngIisb T 2
tionary, will be infinitely obliged II some O. DC
tell him In Just what work one "Fitzgs-.rraa.
wrote the phrase. HE was the great Ps,aI
drum Of the place" A''-
I Mr.. George Hibbs. "A small traGesrnan q,
set, died the other day. Eere Regis vvba- =
/ lived. is the Kings Bere Of Hardy.g noHHs
/ He had some antiquarian lore. and as one - IS
wardens of the church at Bere. in which -
TurbeTvillcs were buried. he took a. suscisf s a.
| terest in the tOmbs Of the members - ~ -
family. 1t Is said that Mr. Hardy proffas 4.
talks that he had had with Mr. Hi1b Ehsn ~
came to write Tess Of the D'CrberviIles -
/ While Sir Henry Irving Is entering UPON H..
tour in this country. book ~ Deing prhlfss-s
/ in London in which he and his many adrai-.1
must have a peculiar interest This IS A hivt,
Of the Lyceurn Theatre by Mr.. Austin Brsrsf,-t
In which the story Of the famous playhors.
is carried from the year OF its origsn -
down to- the present day. Both in the tsx. 80
among the Illustrations there Will be rrrcs
| hitherto unpublished material Edwin Iorg,
portrait OF Irving as Hamlet. and sarze,i.,
portrait of Miss Terry az Lady Macbeth Nil
be reproduced FOR the book in coiors.
Mr. Eden PhiIIpotts has returned N D..
Devonshire which has helped him so much f,
the past for the scenes Of his latest story n =
called The Farm and the DaRg-r' and m.
events il relates are supposed % date from -
period Just before the battle Of Waterloo.
The Corporation Of Portsmouth having A..
quired the birthplace OF Charles Dickens g,-.-
the intention Of turning IL into a perua~ II.
museum of relics Of the author. the Mayor >
the town has written a letter % the papers IN
il he appeals to those who may be IN DOssegs,-
of such objects of interest TO place them az tn
disposal Of the corporation By way Of loan Or
gift"
There recently died in Paris a publisher xhosa
career had been unusually eventf1l. n Abe.
IacrOix. He IL was who brought out ths
Quinet Jules Simon and many other pr0rir--.
writer's. He made much money. and with t7s
profits Of Les Niserables'' alone. he embarked
upon a curious enterprise He bought D.
serted site On the coast near Dnard and tha-s
proceeded to erect number Of buildings hO-irz
that they would prove the nucleus Il pOp1,a,
watering place He called the resort HOUlga-e
Ultimately he was obliged 10 sell bis land and
his villas for only 1.-THE OF what be had Orig
nally expended on them
When Mime. Sarah Bernhardt publishes -.
memoirs upon which she is at present engaged
she will show her good nature in her choice q
the Illustrations These Will include not only
numerous portraits Of the actress. but many o..
the caricatUres OF her which have been Pub
Iished in France and in the foreign countries
she has visited
Mrs Kate Douglas Virgins story, "Rebecca
Of SunnybrOOk Farm which HOughtOn. MifH1
& Co have brought out. contains in the char
aCterS Of the duntS, Miranda and Jane Sawy--
two old acquaintance Of the authors readers
The first sketch Of them appeared in Mrs. Wig
gins Half a Dozen HOusekeeDers." a story
which her publishers have recently reprinted