New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15


therein "a study of the damaging effects OF
modern business methods upon literary pro-
duction-"
There is an amusing story in the current At
tantic" told by T. w. Higgnson apropos of the
fact that every social sphere has its own stan
aard of Judgment
friend of mine, Boston merchant was being being
dacks, by guide who had been highly !f,e recon-
as snd fhe 90 sm FOUND ong1e and said
any to his - 10 g0p Of fH fbS boatmen
on the lakes friend dscIaimed all 6 W99
Know SRei him returned the boatman with some sur
prise He teaches in Harvard CGege and e.i Mri1T y
9efr3{ s sTpFised II know Professor lowell and
had t6e GUIDE him an for them
which was broken by the remark ark, some S93s hYe
appeared that he had rowed Lowell on that
river for some hours earlier IN the pPd' t6ai
kowe pleaded with him to row over to TIE shay
must Sc seek the current, not the shade.
MANY modern matters are said to be treated
IN Lucas Malet's new novel-which is not to be
published by the way, until next spring. The
scene of it is laid in London in the years 1893
10 1902.
I'm the Home Of the Bodleian and Other
Essays" is the title of Mr.: Augustine Birreifs
Connosseur" deals with the late Frederick
Locker-Lampson, and is full of interesting per-
sonal details
First editions of American authors are yearly
Increasing in value, and purchasers VIII note
with interest that a fine collection Of these VIII
.oon roach the auction room in this city. Elmer
son Holmes Hawthorne, Lowell, Whitner BY
ant Longfellow and Thoreau figure In the nsI
MI John Burroughs may find material Tor
,arping In a new book by Flora Annie Steel, the
English novelist. She undertakes to RECORD
therein the good deeds and qualities OF WhAe
ANN itv is
mails" The work Is entitled "a BOOK or MOT
tails" -,
other new English book in which are described
various strange pets. Dr. Mann, an enthuslas-
- Letter which goes to show that the larger
kinds of these creatures may have Tar hoTe
character and emotion than they are generanV
credited with:
NV ny 6g p ssognd 2 f ae Me IS perfectly clean
still and seldom distur6s me; fa Se
eyfhdn to to bed but at present nd and Z
she feet eraws out Of the t bed v saf
seeva 6fEssH 3R 5?S they
se fbe1 qeeeVe m wkea t Caught and the misery
and terror they endure on the voyage Ih n ha Is
fng Suddenly uncovered and dragged forth to the
s b tSeqeor fFo@ to he the +
or under your coat Handle them often and give
ee5 %a boas frequently from my hand but the
last time offered python guinea pig ehe f prey e
hand instead. He discovered his mistake ana
was greatly distressed rubbed his head against my
hand and seemed to fear some sort Of punishment
Since that time l have had great dithculty IN per
srading him eat unless nurse him or take MN
to bed. when he, viii lie the whole night with his
head in my hand
The author of this book on MY Strange Pets
tells this pleasant story of an experience that
bafer Professor Wilson christopher North
when fishing in the Highlands:
He piled his rod Hghland tarp all morning
unsuccessfully and in the afternoon broke II; He
had seen shepherd herdng all day on the HILLSIDE
near, who had evidently taken an hIeresI ISL ~ il
doings the whole day. In the hope of getting a
ssiece of string to mend his rod, the professor ap-
5roached him, and greeted with the remark
yen no hae gotten MANY flush this day;
"rfIone as YET said the professor; but the PEST
Of the day is coming, and 1 hope to kill good
The Shepherd replied: II didna think ye wad get
rnainy flush, for there was never hno"h " &c any
troots In that loch-"
A new translation of the memoirs of De Join
viJle-that French baron of the thirteenth cen
fury who followed St Louis to the Crusades
is coming out In London
VANDALISM 1T VERSAILLES.