New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-08

all Of them having been taken Up at ence il
England.
Here is an odd conversation which is said ia
have taken place when Thackeray went to ask
the necessary permission to deliver his lecture
on The English Humorists' at oxford
On being asked by the university functiOnary
the e a1t5or Of VANITY Fair whereuron this dia-
iogue enSued Il presume a Dissenter-has tfat
anything to DO with John B41yan's book? NOT
exactly; have also written 'PendenHi5 Never
heard Of those works; but no doubt they are prcpe
Doors hTf ,r - t T1frers ofic!a Il
have heard of that; is it not ribaid Pubiica-
It is related that Thackeray once met George
Borrow at dinner party. ana that the two tid
not get on well together. In the course OF me
evening Thackeray asked Borrow If he M 1
read his Suob Papers i'm Punch. In Punch
said Borrow 1T is periodical 1 never look att
A correspondent Of Notes and Queries IS
rather tart in his response TO question from
America concerning the quatrain on Shake
speare's tombstone. He suggests that if the
questioner is Shakespearian student ne
should know that the monument WIS erected
within the seven years preceding Sh.iAespe'.le
death, and that a prevailing tradition IS that
There can be no question as 20 the Slao WIN
the 'doggerer lines covering the actual burial
place Of the immortal bard WitAlh ta.'
monument must, of course, not be taken HI
eraIIy In I74S this monument was re-
paired by 4 company Of strolllng play ers, VINO
raised money for that purpose by performing
in Stratford the play Of 'Othello-' In this repair
the colors originally bestowed on the eihSie5
were carefully restored by 4 Inner residing n
the town: but in 1898 the bust and figures
above il were painted white 1t the request or
Malone. The inscription on the monument
A Iit,' Dol 1916 Htatis So Die %. APP"
The volume of Statutes with signature sup
posed 70 be Shakespeare on the NTH lear ~ the
table OF contents brought only 500 when II ~'-S
sold the other Gav Il offered on the plea
that there seems no absolutely certain argu-
rnent against this being 4 genuine signature
The signature. a. any rate Is IKE ttle 'lCceplea
handwriting. and the experts agree lult Il h uol
an Ireland forgery There are IN existence lOu.
OF five recognized signatures or the poet one o.
Them is in the British Museum inscribed IN
copy Of Florio's Montague
--t..t lLg lis lTere disposed Of \ hute
silver puuchbCvl with the inscription, FROM
The Publishers to the Author or y antly r ar
ana .Perteuuis.. brought 500 a ever mn
stand engraved ITO William NJ. Thackeray
r~ou an Obliged Friend. Nov Ii. lN5l," was
solid for $50 Twenty drawings III color, trn
and ink and pencil uy Thackeray tnClud,hS
some zchoolboy erortsl, brought about Ns'o-
The English Society OF Authors held its an
ru4I dinner the other evening The members
talked long and one Of them declared thAl W
main work dome ly the society vas % MAJ
best ~ The Extraordinary mrlrp hcIt!on or mo
aIsn7er which Was the misfortune Of literature
~ present.
MI Jack London. VINO mas ENil" 20 t-N i--1't -
r --1- correspondents left behind him for pub
LEGATION a volume Of stories 90 be called The
Faith II Men
NJ EIr15rg.+ unacknowledged borrowing 4
his ..-o,rrl THE Files" from the Great ChiyerS'
5.stri-f.s 9TH. Manchester Guardian THAT
journal quotes che Two singers thus.
First K.plus-
When the coreh.narian horns
Df The -pl.lutlc uorus
Usher gentlemen ana ladies'.