New-York tribune., 1905-07-22


There are some odd anecdotes in the volume
of "reminiscences Just published in London by Mr..
+. Leveson- Cover. Here is one of his Oxford
days presenting Ruskin in the attitude OF a
toady:
Ruskin on one occasion gave large supper, to
which he invited some Of the leading undergradu
occasion did not make a favorable impression. He
said he could hardly express how much honored
to him socially should have condescended to accept
his invitation.
Another story describes Carlyle's behavior at
the theatre 10 which he went after a dinner at
Lady Ashburton's:
Our hostess said to Mr.. CARLYLE: 'T hope you will
theatre to see Fechter act Hamlet 70 her aston
herr had not % Been % inside theatre to for gear
and his delight at the performance was great:
That is capal All this his was '9 said ID in 9e 50 loud S
voice that every moment 1 expected the audience
TO call the philosopher to order.
An extraordinary incident of review in St
Petersburg at which the author was present is
thus related:
amused me Just before the cortsse came up they
all blew their with their fingers, at the word
Of command. and this was done in order that none
doing so would bring him bad luck.
The British Order of Merit has been accorded
to George Meredith. R. C. Jebb. Holmon Hunt
and Alma -Tadema and apropos of this. The
London Athen@um" says:
% Otherwise ~ ,o the list ,R ngSt be grsat dsappont,
part in the making of d people and, therefore.
some right to public recognition. 1t is true that
their vocation may well say with Goldsmith that
TO a man VINO Is IN want OF ? shirt but surely 1t
would be wise to give an increasingly iterate
politics and retired generals not the only
yitalizng forces in this country The order OF
n In aO aSfp nHed that iS In
clined TO forget the days when it was confined 20
m y aed H @ aIu iooIeu Oy q 9
expected. But it is to be hoped that seats OF
learning. in view OF such lists that before US,
will make no concessions to popular prejudice. but
c9nfine the h3nors they are able to give TO those
tnction subjected, know TO severe scru-
been Exercised in the case Of the list Just pubs
lishsd?
In her preface to The Dynamiter' In the
new Biographical Edition Of Robert Louis
Stevensons Works. Mrs. Stevenson relates the
discouraging circumstances under which the
book begun. They serve also to Illustrate
at the sufferings under which much OF
SteVenson's work was accomplished and the in
0omitabe courage with which he bore them. The
stevensons were at Hyeres. and the author. in
addition all his ether ills threatened
with total blindness.
Here was a predicament for literary man, Con-
demned 70 lie helpless his bed account of
the sciatiCa, his right bound TO his side lest
an inadverJent movement might bring
ol.rrence OF the hemorrhage. speech denied him for
the same reason, ana now bandage his eyes
that precIuoed any attempt to use them, often
when ! was near despair, he would say to me-
Now, if you would only look It in the right
that could have happened,' Then he suggested a
form of amusement. I to go for an hours
walk every Afternoon if II Were only back and forth
when I ina sort of Arabian Nights enter
Scheherazado and ne the sultan. There had been
several dynamite outTages in London about this
time, the most OF them turning out hascos. 1t
occurred TO me TO take an important dynamite
intrigue the thread 70 string my stories on. I
began with the Mormon tale, and followed 1t with
innumerahle others. for each afternoon. It was
these stories that were afterward developed into
The Dynamiter."
a literary contemporary, in noticing a small
book with the long title The Art Of Rising in
the World, and Hints and Helps How to Get
Rich asserts that it is "a storehouse OF his
torical illusion" Very likely. That may explain
why the publishers can afford to sell 1t for 20
cents.
We commend the foregoing volume to Z.
Peterson, the author Of AN Ideal City for Ideal
People" who announces therein his intention
Of devoting the rest OF his life to raising $1,000
coo. the which he has calculated will be
necessary to make reality of the metropolis
Of his dreams Those who would like TO become
citizens viii doubtless have plenty of time in
which TO At themselves for passing the some
what stringent tests of virtue and character i'm
posed by the founder ANY one however, may
help the good cause along by becoming a sub
scriber the Ideal city Trust Company, no
matter how ineligible ne may be for citizenship.
Once the city Is started. the author expects that
it viii attain immediate success when conducted