New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-06

The book viii give an alphabetical list and a
description OF i've thousand Chippendale book
plates
The February number Of The Author con-
tains this letter from Mr. w 8 Gilbert:
| tribution from Proxy entitled. Should wen
known writer's farm out" fctionr In which he
| attempts to justify popular authors In palming
Off as their own original work novels and tales
written by ghosts in their employ. Proxy
supports his theory that such an act Is perfect
| Iy tustifabIe by the argument whether Blank
himself actually writes the books or whether he
employs some one to write them for him IS really
Of no great consequence so far as the reader Is
/ concerned
'To the grocer who takes half a crown across
the counter IT is OF no great consequence whether
the coin has been stolen OF honestly earned, but
pocket-picking is felony nevertheless.
/ by the way find in this article an allusiOn to
/ poor GiIbert's inimitable huInor-' 1 am much
| erence to me. but why apOor7 IL he means
/ that am IN embarrassed circumstances nave
much pleasure I'm assuring him that still con-
i trfve to keep my head above water. II he IS
/ under the impression that am a helpless IN
valid II gratines me 70 INFORM MN .n1 - 5 III
/ robust health II he supposes me 70 De dlse1l-
/ bodied am pleased to say that am not even
/ an authors ghost"
| The world at large need not fear that Il IS TO
experience any difficulty in finding out Just what
/ NJ MaeterIinck has to say IN The Double Car
/ den" the new book which he is presently TO pub
/ Ish French. German and English editions OF
/ the work viii appear simultaneously
| new book Of short stories IS impending
| which ought to be amusing This is The Per-
adventures OF Private Paget." by Major Drury.
This writer has delightful vein OF humOr and
his tales about the English marines have hitherto
been so engaging that the new. collection will
be taken up at least with sympathetic interest
The perpetrator OF the hoax at Ki1marnocx
has come forward TO confess his fault He is
a local gentleman" and he explains that he
Il
temple TO the town at cost Of 100000 TO be-
| come public property. expresses regret for his
handed TO the treasurer OF the town indrmary.
| Mr.. Eugene Andre. who IS described as orchid
| hunter 20 Mr.. Rothschild." has written book
about his adventures in the pursuit OF the most
| fantasttcal OF all flowers IL IS 70 De pubHshed
1 under the title OF "A Naturalist IN the Gui-
| anas- and II is said that it viii recount some
| remarkable experiences
i Bone question having arisen IN The Pan
Man Gazette 20 the earliest authentic pOr-
| trait Of Charles Dickens. Mr.. r. G. Kitton
| writes to that Journal fOllows- Il venture 70
say that the earliest presentment which bears
| the stamp OF authenticity is the miniature on
ivory painted by Mrs Janet Barrow Cnee Ross
| In 1890 representing Boz at the age OF eigh-
/ teen. with a high satin stock. and wearing q
coat with broad lapes such as was worn In
the reign Of William ". Mrs Barrow was an
| aunt OF Dickens. and achieved great repute an
a painter Of miniatures
| with regard to the correct spelling Of Dick
ens's third baptisma1 name. there IS. think
/ no doubt that Huffam' Is the accurate render
/ ing My authority Is the late Robert LangtOn-
| who in his carefully compiled work on The
| Childhood and Youth OF Charles Dickens
points out that the spelling Of the name as Hur-
ham In the Po-tsea register OF baptisms Is IN
correct-an assertion borne out by Forsters re-
mark that, on occasions. Dickens himself
/ wrote il without the second h
II Is recalled in The Academy that the late
Canon Anger took part in his youth in the
| private theatriCals organized by Dickens at
/ LIVESTOCK House Twelfth Night In 1854 Mr..
/ Anger as he then was. assumed the part OF
| Lord Grizzle in F1elding's burlesque. tom
/ Thumb" In 1855 he played the part OF the
/ Emperor Matapa In "FOrtuniO." and Dickens's
pIaybnI humOrOusly announced the ~Re-en-
| gage:nent OF that irresistible comedian. AIr.
Ainger?' He also appeared In the performance
/ at TavistOck House OF The Lighthouse" by
Wilkie Collins
| In London a Judge has been asked by a Mrs
| Twentyman to stop the further publication by
her divorced husband OF a book called ''The
/ British Empire: or, Rule Britannia" IL was
said that she had devoted study and research
work to the subject OF the Lost Tribes OF Israel.
/ and evolved material for the book Her Eus-
/ and expressed his admiration OF it. After the
/ divorce the manuscript left IN her hus-
| bands possession and subsequently he pub
| Ished n with an introduction OF his own and
forty new pages at the end. Mr.. Twentymaa
II S~-,f - hat fba xxraa In