New-York tribune., 1905-06-18

extract official secrets from her husband a
sly knswoman had melted her to this naughd-
ness, and the bride had blindly followed her sug-
gestions. Nothing could be pretter than the
scene in which Sir Richard showed himself as
careful of his honor as he was ardently lover
like to his girl wife.
Nobody knows when there will be found any
authoritative biography of the author of Lorna
Blackmore left with his representatives, oIrec-
tons which forbid access to his papers, and
such a book undertaken by outs-de-s would
naturally have no value The EovCIist's life
so secluded and uneventfuI that account
Of it could not be made interesting without the
letters and other personal documents which are
beyond the reach of the literary "erabber
The recent additions to the store of MSS. IN
the Bibliothequt Rationale at Paris are now
at the service Of students. They comprise the
papers Of Zola, the correspondence of George
Sand and Musset, the Brantome MSS, the let
ters of Madame de Stael to Fauriel, the
Mariette papers, the correspondence and other
papers of Thiers, and the MSS account OF a
voyage to the United States, by the Due oa
Observation-Disclosures
Writing of the forgery of literary relics, Mr..
Shorter says that he has often been consulted
as to the authenticity of letters purportng to De
by Charlotte Bronte. Her letters, he adds. have
been frequently forged
very considerable number Of forged Bronte let
ters appeared in the book shops of the COS; thar
is, when the Brente cult was at its height Many
of these letters were written on the hy-leayes OF
books purporting to be presentation copies l have
Paris city that Miss Bronte never visited An
other letter purported, as many do, to be written
affecte9 when child and the letter opened Dear
Mr.. Thackeray' whereas she never got beyond
MY dear sir" to her London correspondents
Mr.. Henry Newbolt who has himself written
effective battle poetry, objects to the theory
that wars produce great verse There are" he
saws Conspicuous Instances of great wars pre-
ceding accompanying wide outburStS OF hter-
| ary genius. but the relation between the two ia
not that of cause and effect; rather they have
both sprung from the same stirring of the ma
tional character, which, like soil new Ter
tilized, throws up a quick and vigorous crop OK
various kinds. If war and literature chance to
be two of the simultaneous growths, war Will
in all likelihood be found to choke and over
shadow literature rather than to feed and sup.
port it"
"vers ct Prose- is the title of new French
quarterly, in which appears this reference by
the late Marcel Schwob to the poet Herrick-a
passage translated by Mr.. Symons:
To read HeTrie g is to read 5e bees and @ s Is
nard they diapered with perfumed droplets
Of beaten gold Do but open the ''Hesperides,..
and your eyes are steeped at once in vapor ot
Whieh the eyes drink in Virgin wax and boar
Of ioI pearl rit pulp Of dey daisies HIS curled acqu
line head. all aslope to the mouth, blew golden
into poetry. Drink his songs in tear-bottIes Of
thtnnest glass For second you a Ti tb De sea 9
gold. But do not read too long, or you WILL d
drowned in an ocean Of roses
This very poor piece of verse. the manuscrfps
of which was recently sold at auction here, Is
printed in '"The Magazine of History under the
heading Hitherto Unpublished Poem by Edgar
Allan Poe:'' =
| Elizabeth II Is In vain you say
Love not"-thou say'st ii in so sweet a way1
! In vain those words from thee or L. Il: L.
Xantippe's talents had enforced so well;
Ali if that language from thy heart arise
Breathe it less gently forth and veil thine eyes
Endymion, recoIlect when Luna tried
To cure his love-was cured of all beside
| His folly-pride-and passion-for he died
Miss Ethel Clifford the clever young poet u
Ethel Clifford longer-she was married the
other day to Mr.. Fisher Wentworth Dixie, the
son of the late Ashton Dixie and the nephew OF
| Sir Charles Dixie The BRIDE as the daughter
Of distinguished mathematician and an equaLIS
DISTINGUISHED novelist not content with re-
hected honors, but has gathered for herself