New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-01

necessary and inadequate. national theatre
has again been suggested
There is a touching glimpse Of Charles Lamb
In letter Of Coleridge printed in collection or
epistles preserved by Matilda Betham. Coieridge
had crawled from his sick bed to see Lamb ana
ito afford him such poor comfort as my society
might, perhaps do in the present de1ectioh Oh
his spirits and loneliness.
had Just time enough to have half an hours
mournful conversation with him He displayed
such fortitude his manners. and such ravage OF
mental suffering IN his countenance, that "aiheu
of nv head throbbing with long weeping ana the
unnecessary haste made in fear OF being 100 a'e'
and the having to act before the CURTAIN as II
vera afterward: for the rorce away my
attention from any inward distress tho worse II
becomes after and what keep out OF my iniiu'
or rather keep down in a state OF underoonscious-
ness is sure TO act meanW nile WIN i's "Aoe p'
of poison on my body
."rhe Man" Is the simple title OF Mr.. Bran
Stoker's new novel. 1t is nearly ready Tor pup
LEGATION.
Whence came the story of the Knight Of the
Swan? A man of Amsterdam thinks that he mas
discovered the original in the story OF the mar
rage of Henry L OF Brabant with Matilda OF
Boulogne in 1179.
The writer In whose active brain arose the
personality Of Captain Owen Kettle is infroouc-
ing to the readers OF 1.-THE Pail Mall Magaziie
another daredevil hero. In The Trials OIL I'm
rnander McTurk" g. retired hero of our navy.
Mr.. Cutclifre Hyne is celebrating series %
stories full of episodes of firework quahts
The visit. OF King Lewantka Of Barotseiaho 10
1,.a,.,a of .he time of King Edwards corona
49, h.a Some amusing features if we may
ha,,eva ITS chronicler, Colonel Harding Inc
Y,ng and his suite had never encountered
railway tunnel until they journeyed from Sou'ii
ampton to London
suddenly Writes Colonel Hardinsl we were So
into g. tunnel TO ind Lewanikas heao ptiie -
= ,,.n,on the NGambella prime Minister IN INC
-. =, the INTERPRETER, crying like a pump WINE
80 &c, rof the Barotse] had sought safety unoer
the seats of the carriage on, salo ie 80
when sufficiently recovered. oon ilAe-s -
trains which fan into ba holes are NO tunnels
Rawayo and Cape TOWN. on a a hs 1oon1: the
81, SUITE tbe s0 stairs in this manner,
,rrosed 70 be a unique collection OF
,n,.,,.,s,ana- the possession of the late r. "
recon is coming into the market IL comp ,ae'
-. ore told by an official Of the Dickens eiio"
ship: ,s tho
some 800 books on Dickens and his WoT aXsr 9o5
majority OF rtnas Of the novelist numerous vol
,1naes Of magazine and newspaper aTIaVbills etc;
to Dickens epers from admirers Of o the
novelist several plays based upon 0icRens numerous
MAJ nhIets etc There is also spienal1 Oil Known
Of original roc Leslie Ward Rainey and others
1ha D;ckens Fellowship are trying 10 seou,o
$50 for the purpose of purchasing the coiie
,ion as the nucleus of national Dic ..
hrarv. The library committee Oh 'ie 80.
finn of London have expressed 0ii'i N.oo.
20 accent house and make the coiieotioAi
;b1e IN the public. and it only remains ~
emulate the money mat 9u14 4 -.
~.a,.,a he even thought Of is a sfgnlncaIl' 'e
snoua - che unalterable place of Dickens IN
,s , ,Jace unaffected by the sneerS VI
emo present day critics at his WORK do
,eo;s Dickens remains. but the h''ie eiN'
1a.re NOT a wrack behind
reoen+lv published book about the tnshsh
lakes contains some rustic reiiiiiiiSo .,+
,itararv men who once lived in or visited 'ila'
ono who remembered Wordsworth ue-
...,,ad hin, as in the act of composing poetry
..h,,r,,ne and booing to hissel-puii- jun
, and at every bum he made a step loiiel
,,ebbe six or sebben steps; then roouiio "e
vhirrel and gang blackburn pun.
hammer lust as many times. 1t ui'ii
- hin, whether he wor In his ane saroeh Vi ''
T. fell on t rooad- .,, s,,,-
11Sa
49, ~ the steamer Coniston Lake. 'hd'
CARLYLE never laughed ana MT nusA"-
rarely. but know different
evening when Carlyle was here, was aeIUss
at Brentwood doing some repairs the sIip While
Yacht that was drawn up on the 1nG house came Mr.
yas ana Carlyle and sat down on pile C %,
heed Of what they were ts eIhaT a we that was
snrpsed burst Ct Ssf a@shn g eyes We're
|ayrIy ciapped him CARLYLE roareo 1 }bara full
long and loud b as me- taxing quite and every
now and then there was ciach "a
made your heart feel glad
,.o .rr,osed original Of scott's Diana Yer
,,or VAS q Scotch girl with the homespun name
-. ro,a Ann Cranstoun. Her career was iioie
,on,ant,c than her name. She married an AUS
.s.n Count wenceslaus of Purgstal, ana they
endured much trouble in the Napoeonlc Pc
,,oa They were intimate with Goethe. Schhler
and other famous Germans. They mao one oeii-
cate SON. who trained by the couh'e9" III
..the language Of her heart" the consequence
,.,,e saws her chronicler. that the brilliant
conversation OF the last descendant of the his
tor,c house of Purgstall was expressed IN sooo
Scottish speech Father and son oleo Wilhih
"a short interval Of each other ana III YER
80. friends were anxious that she should
return to Scotland. But in her lmpulsNe' ro-
mantle way she had promised her son to lay
her dust beside his, and she ehoeo hel days
alone in an alien land.
Mr. Andrew Lang continues to follow up the
prsr 1.-The Red Romance Book Is TO De 'he
t,,,a or his next Christmas book. Stories re-
,ating to Don Quixote make up It's contents
The enhancement of the prices of old books is
ant