New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-06-10
LTTERARY NOTES.

A rise in the price - al Thackerayan. Is
Noted. certain dealer "a London has the best
collection Of relics 81 The great novelist which
now exists The auction prices for autograph
letters ~ Carlyle and Dickens have gone dow
o .ate
Max Nordau has ~ 'tten q new novel which
a. 20 be published as a serial IN The New Era
Illustrated Magazine" the first instalment ap-
pearing in the number 81 that periodical which
IS 10 be issued next week. II Is an Indian story.
and differs from Nordaus we.l known works in
thst It touches neither degeneration nor Zion
is1i
M D. T. Updke. Of the Merrymo1ut Press
sr Boston, announces two interesting publica-
rions. The first OF these. which is now ready. is
a follc edition, limited one hundred copies, Of
the minor works Of Tacitus, the Agricola, the
CerGnania. and the Dialogue on Orators. The
text IS edited by Professor Norris H. Morgan
o, Harvard. The Latin dedication is addressed
20 Professor Charles Eliot Norton, "to whose
tnterest this edition owes its existence" The
second volume prepared by Mr.. Updike is a
limited edition IN small quarto of Condvis life
% Michael Angelo. newly translated by Herbert
p Horne. We glad 10 welcome Mr. Hol-
royd's version of this work when it made its
appearance not long ago, but in view of Mr..
Homes peculiarly searching Investigations into
HlNloIy lldAASIl feel even llNcllCI
Interest ia what he may do with this biograph-
Seal classic. His work is be published next
September Both these books have been planned
with the aim OF making them erfect examples
% artistic press work.
There is "a picturesque glimpse OF Bonaparte
TO 5e found Ia the diary OF a visit Paris made
b. a SlOtchman Robert sym. in 1902. This
ioiary. which is worth reading in full, appears in
the June 'Lcngmans The writer and his
travelling companions saw the CoTsican al q re-
view:
All ms av.te were dressed and powdered in the
mos sh0sr manner. hUt BonapaIte himself woro
i1g ~ :. scsms. such as servants in this country
isd- si1v faSk and '' IS cTopped ua ii
% 5 ana nS[S over Sis ' br6v ms f Ears co STs
~ .nartEE- his face long, q fine nose. his
serT dark and his eyebrows fall or are
afr ..vfI wucN over his eyes Ills cheek bones
.-f a.sa ald his checks sink between the bones
S. m 5hs middle 81 mis- mouth consiaerably over
met Ise does NOT seem TO be above five foot six
~ me- ae appeared 20 have the look Of anxiety, or
Ial.e- ~ error. lte vas mounted on beautltgI
mails ! .yer saw.
Bouaparte MAS nearly an hour and q half on
horseback on this occasion, and sym records
What during all that period ne never once opened
hs lips nor did he turn his head TO the right or
70 the lr+t. lie looked straight over MS morse
ears. 80 person spoke To him. nor was he
rhec! ed or huzzaei. either when he came into the
town when he departed"
MIR sym adds 40 his account the story Of a
singular incident told TO him by young Mr.. Liv-
snestone. The nephew Of the American Minister
a. incident which occurred the first time the
young man was presented 10 Bonaparte:
He was standing in the presence chamber through
WhlCh the First Consul was TO pass and in the
'front.' me. and lady standing immediately
bennd him. JUST before Bonaparte came out %
IhiS ROOM the lady asked Mr.. Livingstone If he
N"rld allow her 10 stand in his place. Mr. L. told
her that any other occasion he would willingly
be presented IN form he hoped she would allow
him 10 stand where ht pom this the lady
Got herself squeezed forward between Mr.. L. and
Eome other gentlemen, who stood next to him.
5onaparte then came in. and just a he pass
ang Mr.. Livingstone the lady sprang forward and
tlasped the First Consul in her arms. Mr. !. said
sand miles on He supposed that She stabhing
him. and expected That everybody the room
would have been cut IN pieces by the Guards Two
krenadlers few ~. with their sabres her
down, but Bonaoarte held out his arm 10 them
and called 'Prenez garde'' He then got himself
Gisengaged from her This woman proved be
ranged had given her friends the sin and came
y this manner 10 present petition Bonaparte
was Immediately given out in public orders that
she Iihle ana manner of This woman's application
had been improper that whatever might be her
eHuaton or that Of her family. no notice would
ever be taken OF either her them. But M
Livingstone added that he understood orders had
EtterWard been issued privately make some in
curry into her situation and circumstances
The always practical critic Of the London
outlook" gives utteranoe TO his long established