New-York tribune., 1905-02-22
LITERARY NOTES.

nous Dutch illustrators. is in preparation unoer
The editorship Of Heer Van der Kellen. in Am
sterdan. 1t viii form a kind Of index to
their 400 plates, enabling one 10 trace them
with ease among the many volumes through
which they are scattered Hundreds of the de-
signs executed by the Luykens are of great ms
roTicsl interest.
The obIons quarto called Political carica-
tszres 1891 Q-ongTnans. Green & Coz, by Mr r.
Carruthers Gould. is unlikely TO be as interest
ing TO Americans as 10 Britons. but the artists
hurnor is clever enough 10 obtain fairly ap-
preciative audience for him almost anywhere
He follows the movement Of British politics
with minute care missing episode in which
the actions of Mr. Balfour Mr.. Chamber
lain offer the least chance for good natured
satire. The relations Of those two statesmen 10
one another as well the affairs OF the en-
pire, are hit of in drawings which may not be
masterpieces Of art, but are executed. neverthe-
less. with remarkable skill in the making Of
point. Mr.. Gould IS adept al applying the
compositions known in famous or popular
pictures 10 his purpose His sketch OF Mr..
Chamberlain returning from his fiscal campaign
in the character OF Napoleon. painted by
Meissonier in HIS 1874" is inimitable in its
transformation Of the well known canvas into
q bit OF pure droIery. OF all the celebrities
caricatu,ed in this book Mr.. Chamberlain is
the one with whose features and carriage the
srtist IS most successful. His skill in lending
an accent Of freshness 10 every one Of his many
portraits Of the great advocate OF fiscal reform
inspires warmest admiration
IN reprintinE In this place. not long ago. Mrs
Margaret Eytinge's poem, why the Dogs Nose
Is Always Cold We noted that il had recently
been conveyed" and put forth in a condensed
pa-aphrase BY contributor TO the local press"
We have since received the following letter:
To The Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: As I never cared to hide behind the anOny
nous. let me proclaim myself the offending con
tTtbutoT" and my verses The Dogs Cold Nose,
thaf The identioaI FTory is tod in the two produc
lions but also that the treatment is Sufficiently
Like TO lead The general reader naturally 10 infer
Such would probably have been my first impression
y i've a5 sa[ case an NJ hoEeyeT aosSgIey , & P9s
vas shown 70 me in the clipping from The Tribune.
examine many collections of folklore, and in the
@ @ beT Of a h9IeS aacer ao~h t6 Of cog COURSE Sc
had known that any one else had made this ira
used IT, though my moral right so to do was Hn-
questionable. since folklore. like history. is COM
from my notebook upon which my verses were
nttle room SO had 10 stand with nose in rain forty
days Hence nose is cold"
Sew-YOrk. Feb. Il 1905. - = " -4-'-4>-''
1ir- Justin Mccarthy. in the Of brief
paper contributed TO THE King" on his old
friend the late George Gissing. alludes to that
passion Of the novelist for the classic past which
dealt with in reviewing his ''Veranfda" the
other day The two men met a public din
ner
Gissing had been lately making a tour in Greece.
and by happy chance got into talk about
TspGTus oTT r the abe beany @ Of IRe Aerop
ard Islands which one can look upon from that
ing devoted lover Of the classic literature Of
o nc ZONE, s11 ls 4 4t t VS. lleo WIZ tb
monuments of the classic region. He was Greek
bis heart was with the poetry. the drama, and
had studied Greek and Latin with the ambition to
learn all they could teach him and not the desire
light 70 him 10 hurry back whenever he could get
the chance TO some much loved Italian region. and
place itself. and in the memories that it carried
counteracting quality 10 tendency toward real
ism. and inspired him 10 nfuse the soul of feeling
people.
Mr. Mccarthy quotes pathetic fragment from
q letter written by Glssing shortly before his
death. Il fall more and more he said, into
the habits Of an invalid, very seldom writing
any letters save those absolutely necessary
Thanks. 7 suppose. 10 mild climates Though I
grudge this confession, never feeling at ease
away from England am less i'll than might
be; bur I can't walk I can't talk much and my
work is reduced TO a minimum. So things will
go on. suppose. for q few years yet. The less
said Of it the better"
Under the title of Forty Years of Active Ser
vice" Ex-Governor Charles T. O'Ferrau writes a !
volume OF "reminiscences. issued by the Neale
Publishing Company. In il he gives incidentally
survey OF the Civil War from the Confederate
point OF view. well as Of much of the subse |
quent history Of Virginia and the nation at
large, IN which he participated and in mart
helped 10 shape, in political conventions on the
hustings- ss q lawyer. member Of the vir-
gtnia Legislature, as member Of Congress and
as Governor Of Virginia Written in a breezy
unconventional, anecdotal style with due an
probation Of the authors own personal share in
The moulding Of events, and with decided opin-
ions. fesrlessly expressed. on every subject that
he treats the book has a certain interest that it
Is impossible 70 deny. Referring 10 the devotion
70 their masters Of the negro body servants Of
Confederate officers. Colonel O'Ferrau tells The
following snecdote;
ooeasionaily one Of them would be captured. but
!. ! never heard Of single instance in which one Of
return 70 his master II il possible heard this
n party but was released or aSe 6P by s sc91s
When he got back 70 the Confederate camp he was
aiIn % enlist IN the federal army. His master asked
had TO argerfy with them right smart s9d f o !
o1lcer. Aassa aid you eyer see two dogs a-fghtin'
ebber see de bone hghtin'2 He said No STvan
massa you bofe nghtin and is de bone. Guess
The war over young o'FerraH who had risen
20 the rank Of Lieutenant colonel entered Wash
ington and Lee University from which he was
graduated IN law in 1863 and at once entered
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