New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-13
LITERARY NOTES.

the forthcoming autobiography OF Arininius
Tampcry is described as exceedingly frank
especially in those portions which relate TO his
suffering childhood and youth. Up to the age
Of eighteen it Is said that the life OF the trav-
eiier and Orientalst-to-be was q continual
struggle against starvation.
In an amusing article on The Tags Prog
ress" 1.-The Saturday Review" pronouncing the
tag "stereotyped platitude,'' declares it TO be
also the spawn Of either idIeness or conceit:
Tho who means 20 get as near his thought
as possible will not use tags in the tissue oil ms
ta4;a, bacoso tn,sc, I,rfFi1 1SaI he new
every sees everything from different angle.
IS now permeated by tags. as at no time IN the
past because at no tlm9 nave so many writer's,
medium OF expression, been let loose, These are
the lazy producers. The conceited are also in in
creasng numbers. thanks 10 The spread of an edu-
cation which has taught one-half of the popula-
clever
Mr.. Gilbert the Saturday reminds US. has
satirized nothing better than the tag. What
Never Well, hardly ever IS humorous be-
cause he Shows by a sudden change of assoc
citation how had been pounding at the words
without noticing their frequency
The Countess of Munster. IN her Just published
"reminiscences. tells a tragic story concerning
her brother-in-law. Hay Erskine Wemyss Of
wemyss Castle. Mr.. Wemyss, who in i'll
health was. on a moonlit night. talking to his
sister about his condition.
AS they spoke together there was a crash and
part OF one OF the terraces smashed and fell; He
turned TO Fanny and said: Il en- a dead man! for
approaching death, piece of masonry always
fails" Not many days after he was corpse
One Of the British Museum cases in which
shakespeaTiana were exhibited on the Birthday
contained some MSS, Of which the most inter
,esting, 1.-The Athen@um" says was Knligrew's
proposed emendations to Julius Cesar:
In the pages before as he proposes to leave out
tending 10 reproach Brutus. and discusses temp
Charles ,Il IL how it is that such an ardent lover
Cesar, a question which he resolves by the tacit
when he continued living. to accept Cmsar as ruler.
understand the I bea g Of shsEsspeare beer 1hag
me Some school verses. written about 1868 by
ladies present on prize day show that Snakes
peare had come TO his own:
To give such guests the welcome which is due
Would pose Shakespeare and a Jonson too.
The other lines. promising a adequate wei
come in the refreshment rooms. are worthy OF
For several years Miss Ruth Putnam has been
making researches in the history OF the Dutch
people Jacqueline. the last independent sover-
eign Of Holland. Zealand and Hainault appealed
beauty and courage, in a time when, from the
first moment OF her accession to power called
for the utmost resources of her woman's Wit
diplomacy and bravery Miss Putnam has told
the story Of her life in n book entitled "A Medi-
teval Princess" 1t VIII read more like a work
of fiction than historical narrative. In Pro-
5essor Blocks History of the Peoples of the
Netherlands" which Miss Putnam translated
five six years ago. there is this description Of
the Countess of Bavaria:
She was quite capable of leading troops. conduct
ing sleges, and making plans of policy well
the most skilled knight the most experienced dip
her courageous bearing. She was q woman in ar
press Margare the WoTRy fnswom e of her E {
nous gTea at, Phlllpp2 Of H9inault Queen Of
father.
We wonder If DIR. Richard Garrett was
amused at being referred TO as IAN individual of
nnprepossessng appearance and imperfect edu-
cation" It seems that when he was superin-
tendent of the British Museum Reading Room a
certain reader made himself so unpleasant that
his removal was desired by some of his fellow
workers. DR.. Garnett declined to take action
but when his successor was appointed the OBJ
3ectionable one was excluded forthwith. Where
upon he straightway lodged indignant pro-
test i'm which DR.. Garrett found himself de-
scribed as above. 80 wad some power the giftie
gle U.s.
genius in New South Wales writes the foT-
lowing criticism of Hamlet" which The The
Htre" reproduces:
There is too much Ginning in the niece
in the hands OF q skiful playwright a detective
would have been put upon the track of Hamlet's
Uncle. and the old man would have been hunted
Gown in a manner that would have excited the
audience out Of their number eleVens The moral
81 the piece is not good. The scene where HamIet
CHECKS his mother is a very bad example to the
rising generation and IL is not improved when the
oreary old ghost comes in and blows him up our
SdYice 10 the author is little more action liz
ne more fine sentiment and fair share of va rietv
business in his next piece. In speciality artg
or The play scene he has entirely missed his oppor-
Alas Poor William! How are the mighty
fallen.
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