New-York tribune., 1905-06-23

london auction the other day. iwenty -hilie
hooks from the library of Napoleon at o.
Helena brought at the same sale seso.
.,ov,, volumes of THE Bernards of Alb
,urson" T coleridge's conversation is thus
effectively described:
.,.u ,e,er forget the effect his conversation Ion
a5e ,,nor me at the first meeting II s'nus,iK 'n,inarv w
something not only quite o inteeetuai exhibition
altogether matches his chair and gave the most
nnrestrained Indulgence 10 his spesen pn mns that
fraught with acuteness and orrsihaI @ Issant periods
Std il flow! The auditors seemed to De i"p' :"
wonder and delight
An admirably patriotic proceeding Is 'lat u
.be worshpful Company OF Goidsmiths VI - -
don in giving $4,000 toward the COST Oh piUe
zion of the rext volume OF the great -Ne"
1isb Dictionary" The expense or TINS "ot -
enormous. and it is said TO have been ~
strain upon the resources OF the oN'o
yersity Press.
Charles Dickens wrote TO Harrison Ans
In 1S3g a sharp letter, which was sou at "'e
recently for $50 1t denies breacn oi as
rnent on behalf of Dickens as regaros 'ne
Usher Bentley. and it attributes oae
Ainsworth: :. .,ese nro-
YOU 90 GO GO hearing him express his opinion 90 2.
forster sd sueE thoaghess hiG ne
t procurne an unfavOrabe notice n0wng on it to
@ SsIaRx With IN @ and a. dSPssasr5et rsstnet with
Forster must and ,;b snai The O men to whom these
stories are carried ,i, and an so Without the delay
rincty from you ~, " no no shai' U0 80
Mr. Savage Landor who nods suG as the mud OF
ne streets and also is violent ana reSfc act to
iS fbe bookseller for this treatment as the sun
Is 10 rise tomorrow
robn Lane has begun to reprint Loro De
oonsoeId's novels in that enticing New RON ...,
1ibrarv" in which he has already lSuOiieNe Sl
some of the works of George Ehol' Ah'noHs
rrollope George Borrow and seNei"i
classics In his Beaconsfeld series We ~
,,,s+ received 'Tancred." and he mas also IA 'iiU
lie, ..Svbil" '"Venetia." and Contarlh '-
ing" TIE Earl of Iddesleigh provi0es oIiei -
Productions for these reprints WHICH "'
.,..-,, wav welcome Those novels may nave
rinchbeck in them. but they also us'io
streak Of genius. and it is good to have lneii
ooeseible in form like that OF the Ne"
pocket library" which, in paper PRINT anu
,,-5;,g is model of what such miniature
library should be
Tho -arofniscences of Watts. the painter iateiy
nublished by his old friend and nelghoor' NJ
harrington. are at once frank ana syilpa'Ae-
g. ,,o;r,s ont that with remarkable con-
Of
tined = curious economy. Every evening the
Barringtons paid him VISIT anu iie
,,snded criticism from them:
Discussions over the particular discoSepeb the % ser
Xa3t came in TO lay the cloth Tor his efenls a4h or
II hope ,r sbichever ndfc picture he had been chiefly
working on) / have spout IT. aoa ff.ct Then
&c noId take the nat candlestiek that was o 5ef
1Iy placed him on thu the end n ei in mt it Lighting
from me the FIRE he put the unbqTned haf sr ph ngh 1t
@ ali those this process was o sooe oeten VAIN
- p. eciseIy the manner Ii, 6ollse some day
n thro1gn 1s the sconomy Ta and he T0an a very
esay ansWeT o5t II IKE w wasieMeven of half spili
Watts kept up his working energies WITH 'iie
simplest possible food:
went in to see this further stage arrived al py & the
light of the candle shaded % fe fe the m sitting
loom Watts his very frugal supper, we taiAhs ing
same-the cold remains of the dull little puddnMg, M
1aade wthqut ii 6 5d SGSnr Of the day and tuber Of
1niik mixed with barley water; summer ana winter;
ever change
.o 0"-wto is understood to be Dr. Robert
son Nicoll-defends Professor Barrett Wendeii
against the attacks of his Saturday ReVie"
critic who accuses the American of superhclaI-
i.y. want of discrimination provinciality and
of culture and discipline We are not sure that
the defence is not worse than the attack, These
are some of 20. O's" compliments in The
Sketch:
Professor Wendell, as his book on America, r. a.,
literature shows is a pleasing and thoughtfui
He has ss9 TeIa wg indeed ana rs g the he
9dents "OI4 Of HarVard Who are tolerabiy severe
critics kp9w him to be the m most st % Po2SiaT pull rSf Of
mink either scholar or author. but the truth
arst order This is our misfortune; hut.
similarly impoverished in other Departments. we
can recognizing gratefully the merits Of whatever
nav not be first rate but viii say without fear
q contradction that they are quite worthy to
Clark foundation.
An unfinished essay on Comte and a long
study entitled "On Social Freedom" are in
Guided in the MSS recently purchased with
John Stuart Mills Avignon house and library
by the widow of NJ. Roumanille. the founder
of the Felibrige. 1t is possible that these frag-
ments may be published.
The Putnams issue part six of Percy Mac
cuoids History OF English Furniture" the part
which introduces the age Of walnut He speaks
CT the transition at this time from the noble
proportions of EIizabethan furniture 70 "the
somewhat exaggerated mould nss and contrastej
curves, prompted Dy the NaSaries OF the Italian
artists. Lorenzo Bernini and Francesca Bor-
romini;' but the examples of chairs. tables.
cabinets and on which he reproduces in
fine half tones and color plates, are handsome
enough in ali conscience to satisfy the most
fasudious collector. We have previously
pressed our appreciation of this history Each
succeeding nstalment of it serves but to cor.-
firm the favorable impression II left at the
outset