New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-03-25

/ Ineligible to anybody else"
| This Elizabeth born March 6, 1906.
/ She was q pTecOcOus rhymster She declared
! that she wrote verses at eight years old, and
this statement has been verified by the dis
cOvery Of a book into which these pieces OF the
budding poet have been copied-pTeSumably by
the father, who was inordnately proud Of her
productions. One of these pieces, dated AprO
| q. 1914 runs thus:
Sweet Parent! dear to kind,
| Who sowed the very bottom of my mind
And raised the very inmOst of my heart
| To taste the sweets of Nature you impart
hope you will let US drink tea with you, ana
have your fiddle tonight Your dear a., child I,,5
| An Answer TO the Nursery.
| Another copy Of the First Folio Shakespeare
which Mr.. Sidney Lee has not mentioned in his
| census" is in the library of the Society or
| Antiquaries IN Edinburgh. 1t is one Of three
copies existing in Scotland. Except that four
| leaves wanting it is in reasonably gooo
preservation
! An old French journalist, man OF ninety.
| has been publishing some "reminiscences or
Heine the fftieth anniversary of whose death
/ has lust been solennly cOmmemOrated in Paris
The poet of 1.-The strange dreamy eyes" had very
| few friends. this old acquaintance tells US
though lat the same time he was most pleas
ant and amiable in personal Intercourse
In his heart Of hearts he was an infur2bie seP-
tic who drew close 70 rev people, DII %IGse ,ch
| offence, even to those not oversensitiye In doing
this he did not mean to hurt individuals, put mere
y gave vent 70 an Iat'e I io' fL5 30 renrcsent
spared not even hiInSeP lie IAf 6+ his 5id Dnt
| exclude an occasional alIuson to Germany which
showed Sar1 ms o 4UPg a PARIS iPE 5 and @ sonshn
| how completely he had adopted French manners
! At first we put this down to the fact that his
those who came to know him better saw that, after
| all. he had remained German lie was pr4aigai!
generous his friends, for whom he paid as many
bear ar to be asked for the loan of money. He knew
full well the value Of money and SINCE i9 ne VS. IS
make enemies into the bargain, he preferred not 10
lend to any one
Mr. Owen Seaman, the new Editor Of Punch,
is forty-tive years old. has been professor or
literature in an English college, and has Tor the
last three years been, as Sir Frank Burnand has
said, IAN able seaman" on the staff of the peri
odcal which he will now control.
At the recent dinner OF the "Correctors Of the
Press" Mr.. Seaman said that on looking over tho
that the compliment paid to his hosts should
take the curious form of recolleot:ons OF those
rare and obscure instances i'm which they have
TO deviate from that tradition.
There is an old story Of the first issue of GER
I h Te SyronSsd tG dcar the pcey Of the now
paper. It was to be without fear or favor. It was
rector Of the press made the leader wrte- say IT
n Cqr is tr6 no but 6 asc feature Of he
pssnss as prGsentGd 70 the rT5 vas , that IT, gY
gradually on 10 describing thing as a "terrlirc-
logical incxactitude" when ono really means that it
is adjectiyally qualified lie
Sir Lewis Morris sen; . copy of his Epic Of
Hades" to Tennyson, and soon after, the two
authors met at dinner party. Here is Morris's
remembrance of the occasion:
II am 50 bored" quoth Tennysun in his slow.
rugged way, by people sending me their books
every day that comes" Well l said him
mildly. you need not read them" Why
his next embarrassing question, Did you send
your bOOk?' I waited for a moment. and then
Piled hOtly: Il sent il to you because 1 had tho
greatest admiration for you. brought up
your books. and consider myself yCHr disciple. 1t
was as a tribute Of gratitude that l you per
sonal copy Of my book. But yOu know" 1 added
quietly. you need not read it. either" All he
said. a kindly smile coming over his face don't
mind me. is just my way-duU't mind me- From
that time were very good friends.
That authorship may be the gift Of several
members Of a family is shown in England Just
now in more than one instance There the
three Benson brothers, and the three Hasgard
brothers, the two bookings have sister who
also writes fiction. and M CUTLER Couch has
two sisters whose stories are called excellent
George Macdonald left two who are clever
writers-Mr Ronald MacdOnaIds Sea Maid
is truly amusing The list might be much pro-