New-York tribune., 1903-06-21

| n1other-"I bring them TO my best oelovd, to
you" Miss Clifford is said 70 have been por-
trayed by the late Sir Edward Burne-Jones in
one of his most famous pictures John Lane
will publish her book
There is an Omar Knayyam Club in London.
there is a Johnson Club in the same city, and
now Mr.. Fl. B. Wheatley. editor of the Gefni-
tive edition of the most fascinating Of al diaries
/ has persuaded a number of his friends TO JON
/ him in organizing a Pepys Club
| Longmans. Green & Co will not publish Mr.
| Rider Haggards new novel, stella FTeSeiIus,
until the autumn
| The late DIR. Hugh Macmillan finished, Just
| before his death. book entitled The Lie WORK
of George Frederick Watts He had STUDIED
the paintings of this famous artist all his life,
ne knew MIR. Watts we'll, and his volume IS ex-
pected TO contain a great deal or interesting
matter We hope il will not be too much the
work OF the enthusiastic friend. Watts is one
of the most remarkable painters of his time Out
while possessed of great imaginative powers
and always devoted 10 a high IDEAL he has never
fully mastered the technique OF art. and his work
needs TO be studied with the utmost dIScrlnllAa-
ton.
Mr.. Bernhard Berenson's two foIios on the
drawings of the Florentine painters, Classifying
and criticising them documents In the his
tory of Tuscan art, are at last TO issue from
the press. They will contain $50 fac-simile re-
productions.
In the biography of Miss Marie Corelli. which
has lust been printed, a letter WFlIlen 10 1eI
by her publisher, Mr.. George Bentley. in ls9Z.
is quoted. 1t contains this piece or advice
Laugh at the review sad he' and G don 10, no
first to laugh this day six months for haVlnS
been temporarily disquieted. AS 20 aW-Oh'
lor, Wouldn't your enemies. if you have any.
rejoice to see you at loggerheads with the press!
No, no; that won't do.
Many modern men of letters are Interested in
athletics. Long ago. it is recalled, Mr. George
Meredith used to insist upon the necessity 1or
physical exercise. but the cause of one Of his
breakdowns in health is supposed 10 have been
a too earnest devotion to Indian ciu0s-
NJ Catu1Ie Mendes has written book about
French poetry from 1867 TO 1900. N Which ne
has been at great pains to avoid giving OIIenCe
to living writer's. In order 20 keep them IN gOod
humor he gives in addition to his own opinions
a kind of critical photographed dictionary ap-
pending to the name of each poet certain SO1F
temporary expectations.
Some personal recoIlections Of the late J. Il
Shorthouse have been printed in Temple Bar.
When he was asked how long John Insslesdnt
had been in his mind. he replied, 1 don tnihn
L can remember the time when It was hot;
Though he had no technical knowledge or 4nuSl:
he had a passion for The art The Messiah
and the Elijah" are mentioned as the paTtlc-
uIar objects OF his enthusiasm He gave one
day in the week to his writing Inc recole0-
tiOns include this picture Of him IN MS nome;
He was the most genial of hosts. and as eaay
to listen he was to give out or me S-Jlts u
his own mind. The terrible stanmer- a-l ost :
CONFUSION which must have tried s5rely one
so full of thoughts and SO ready to give 'heIn %
others was ne used to say. a blessing n clS-
guise having led him to Use the pen as ais great
instrument of expression: bEt there were ungS
i when the StaInnler almost ceased, and ne cuu-1
talk on uninterrUptedly. One very striking anu
touching habit grew up out of the St,lnliiieI.
At family prayers he and his wife read al tAe
prayers together; because. il attack Jt SJ@lil-
mering came on. her gentle voice would carry
on the thread till he recovered. and the kno~l-
edge of this prevented all nervousness on MS
part
Here is another problem for those who love
to speculate on the ethics of collecting. Y ceai3r
in secondhand books bought sackful or thei
from q cOuntryman for 81 90 He sold two o.
the books to customer for that sum one OF
these reSOld to dealer for so. who Sold
it again for 5000. and the man who now owns
it wants 5000 for il. What of the or.SlIlH
countryman? The book by the way. was the
very scarce Latin Prayer Book OF l5l6
Dr. Robertson NiCOll. writing about N1N
O'Reu speaks of his most popular book Jon"
Bull and His Island" which achieved M eN
traordinary success. and says: 1t is no secret
that the book rejected by several puotlSH-
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