New-York tribune., 1905-11-03
Literary Nese,s and Criticism.

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ooth, and. TO spare her. took upon himself the
FIN weeping oTer hs picture his ha re4s en Snd
dherese5 To her dying DAY she treasured his mem
Franz Beethoven's Intimate friend. knew It Baron
Some yeaTs is9 afer his @ death Countess mt Therese
grgnSTiek 5S eoneeiyed great IL liking ing for young
her care for short period, until suitabl school
for parting came n Miriam RI burst into tears and and
cluPg 70 lhe countesss hand Child child" ex-
cbIa u love a yOTa , love @ you So % sob6eG the
paced her @ hand 0o1a on the he girls H head MY chid
she said, when you have grown older and wiser,
10 live for those We love shows far greater love
While you are IN vienna there is o0e favor You
can do me. which my heart will consider great
the walvingee Ceneter3. and lay wreath OF i'm
r on the sT an & s sbn When true f
the R 'ee De G paeg eg oWe upon hna m ooe
up as they approached :The ciid c. comes at the
request request Of the Countess Therese Brlnswck ez
311 rs1 snn @ npoP this gTsvs are #
faithful friend, Baron Spaun.
Mr.. Kobbe also pays attention to the wide
spread myth regarding the Countess Potocka
who sang for the dying Chopin. She was not
the original of the portrait exhibited in the
Royal Berlin Gallery. This is Of a Countess
Sophie Potocka who died seven or eight years
before Chopin and his countess, whose name
was Delrhine. had even met Delphine was.
however, also very beautiful, though unfortu-
nately little more is known of her She was
daughter of Count Kromar, business manager
for one of the Potockas. and she and her two
sisters all made brilliant marriages.
Mr.. E. Thompson Seton's Animal Heroes
Charles Scribner's Sons) have no character
istics which utterly beyond belief-though
we ought to leave out of the question, perhaps
the big gray wolf who entertained deep affec-
ton for little boy. His story is chiefly useful
in reminding the reader of a certain inimitable
Jungle Book The history Of the sum cat
who scorns luxury for the sake of the rough
haunts of her babyhood is true enough to life:
so is the story of the bull terrier with his
heart and his relentless grit-how many lover
of the breed knows that endearing combination!
The honling pigeons wonderful instinct offers
picturesque motive for another sketch: and
second VOLTA marvel Of courage and cunning
a lynx. and reindeer. fill up the heroic roll
1t must be admitted that stories of this kind
begin to pail upon the grown-up. but there is
no doubt that they provide hours Of bliss for
healthy minded boys.
THE Counsels of a Worldly Godmother"
GIoughton, Mif11in & Coz are as amusing
be inclined to think them old fashioned and
frumpy at first, she will, as she runs through
these chapters, come to the conclusion that
Persis Mather's advice deals with the unalter-
able elements of grace and charm and, there
fore. Of social success. She breaches gospel
OF refinement and good taste in a vigorous way
and with plenty of anecdote She wants the
Bud to whom she writes to be good taIker, and
TO that end mentions what she esteems the best
zv-riF1
who would make the most of herself should be
trained in 1t is ito read and read, and re-
read and re-reread the best dramatists." In
this connection it is worth while TO quote later
paragraph:
No woman can shine at dinner or in any sort Of
talk in America to-day who cannot tell story ef-
fectvely. I wish had you in hand Ia make you
tell stories an hour a day, and go over each one
again and again till you could tell it well; Abby
Tilitson, of whom wrote you, would take any
story she heard and tell a cross old aunt she
occasions when she succeeded in making the old
crosspatch smile. / know one man IN Boston-ne
water who took real pains to be a social success
who told stories into photograph until he was
atsfled with the way the phonogra. n gave them
back to him. I confess that seems 10 me going a
good deal further than may be called absolutely
necessary. and have jeered him. but. after all.
what is worth doing is said to be worth doing WE'LL
Mr.. Crawford's long expected book on Venice
History" 1t will be published before the end
of this month in two volumes, illustrated with
thirty photogravures and 200 reproductions in
line and halftone from drawings by Mr.. Joseph
Pennell.