New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-27

the time. and I think strn. that sDs,c.-
- me- mad nursed himself INTO ne b., rs
OF feeble health. and that hearty cs ls belief
ms IeLOWs' less analytic thought - ~lta
spohtaneity would have cOnduced $500, . more
own happiness and to his influence % hia
Mr.. Hewlett's romance NJ, NF,--. Ca.
queen QUAR-" viii be brought ont nv 49, me
ti--i..tS II. May We hope IL viii be acco71-9.
I'm P,i Nm O ions which have appeared ~
story has been running seriaIIv N- "-Icn the
| modern novelist had better ilIusfrstCI-I las
occasion ~"le1t on this
WINE Mr.. Hewlett has been vriti,-
t-ol5 NARY Judge Parry has beer, vv1ifi- -u 0
around Elizabeth The central -. t'.lls one
III tulS story, which is presently 10 - -. rest
reSiues IN the heroines affection for ~ -
i1eI.esler and her actions when she 4fs - %
tnat ne has been in disI0yaI connr1uri-,t oeers
/ the court Of Spain. The story h, 80 VITA
IlJhIul servant OF Elizabetb's on 80
6-uaL and II brings in the most strizj, ,
/ the throne. ~ eie'@t!on 10
,,. Inc monograph on Aubrey De We're Nv "
! 80 .--.'4 ~ NJ 'Ld Whlch the Longmans have in
P'e@S, VIII gain u great deal OF ints-a-t 81 -
the flct that it includes selections f-o IN
poets unpublished diaries and co~rssr,,,,I '.V
Illustrating his Intercourse with Worls.r,-,S'
Iennyson, Carlyle. Browning ana C9rSiCI'ii
Newman Space is also given in the 80 =.
Aubrey De Nere's notes OF incidents in ~, - ~
famine Of 1Si6. 1I
An English literary critic described Fl, a-rA.
morning Post as being of some note h.
! quoted in that Journal as declaring that Mr.
~, rs Is one OF the two greatest literary forces
mat me Americans possess" The Other 10
walt Whitman. Here's news. for which we a.
OF course profoundly grateful We feel o1its
ashamed Of ourselves when this pergo- -
some note" says that 1T is rather rernart,bIs
that neither force has been so much appreriafsI
| IN the United states as in this country" and a
sense OF shame quite Overwhelms US IL. the facs
OF the charge that we have dared to disIiks
certain Of Whitman's poems. never dreaming
that he is rather to be called natural than vuI.
gar. The situation is. in fact, heartrending
| Professor vIuarf. whose books IN s,vcr,-,,,
ana MachiavelH are so highly valued bv sfu
dents OF italian history IS the head OF iifara~v
family. His wife is a uractiscd writer ana ro1v
IT is announced that son Of his has written a
| history Of the town Of R1gusa. I'm which the
whole complex subject Of Dalmatia will he
uyaJeu Win elaborate research The book
which Is to appear this spring. viii be freely
/ Illustrated
Sir William Harcourt is credited with an IN
| Irritable parody. which he is said 70 have mad.
once when TennysOn had been diIating uDon
the first pipe of the day as being the syyaafest
smoke An yes murmured Sir William. ap-
provingly. the first sweet pipe Of haIf-awlk-
ened bards" He turned good pun upon the
name OF Sir Rainald Knightlev who vas a.
ways desCanting upon the giOries OF his ances-
tors. "knightey's talk declared Sir William
always reminds me Of Addson's hymn:
And nightly to the listening earth
Proclaims the story OF his birth"
The recently published autobiography Of
Colonel Anstruther Thomson contains a delight
full aneCdOte of a Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn
the windows Of whose hOu5e we're blown in one
evening by an explosion of dynamite. Sir Wat
kin was i'll at the time, and Colonel Thomson
happening 20 call TO inquire after him. was told
BY the servant: Please. sir. Sir Watkin has
gone to bed and says he don't care damn for
anything
Mr.. Frederick Greenwood writing about the
late Sir Leslie Stephen editor writing Of a
contributor pays this cordial tribute to his old
friend: He was never more disappointing than
coin Of the realm. The sensation OF the editor
when he broke open an envelope and caught
glimpse Of Stephens neat. small handwriting. in
the customary long lines. was as that Of man
who spies bright banknote N n similar situa-
ton The one regret was that he did not write
often enough. and that he ceased to be con-
tributOr so soon" Mr.. Greenwood says that
Stephen in his journalistic work had abOUnding
humor with Just enough bite IN It at all times.
and apparently as efrOrtess as the springing OF
q fountain"
An old friend OF "FestuS" Bailey who also
knew TennysOn has given currency 10 a curious
saying OF the late Laureate's on one Of Baileys
COuplets:
There came hand between the sun and Us
And its i've fingers made tive nights in air
At Farringford in conversation once. Tenny-
son remarked. None but Bailey and DInts
could have written that"