New-York tribune., 1906-11-20
MISCELL4NY.

MISCELLANY.
"Rezanov," Mrs. Gertrude Atherton's new
novel. which has Just been published here by
John Wanamaker has for its hero Russian
diplomatist and explorer who IN the last days Of
the eighteenth century attempts to establish
Russian colonies in Spanish California The
heroine Of the story is the Californian Doha
Concha, a beautiful. noble and clever girl Of
sixteen.
There is coming a book-translated from
the Gernan-on "Moltke in His Home" It is
not exactly a biography, but collection of
anecdotes and sketches of incident.
An eighteenth century epigram from this
French offers comfort to disturbed publishers:
Old John. g bookseller, renowned in the trade.
BY this traffic. fortune prodigious has made.
While young John, his son. who sorawls prose- sir
BY the bookseIing trade has quite emptisd his
oP sop pair to the sG oceapaon las condS
Old John speeulates like shrewd one alone
On the works of those authors for merit we'll
But young John. alasl speculstes mis-
NJ CASTOR Boissier intends to devote his time
to a study Of the Hellenization Of Rome and IN
preparation therefor has given UP his chair at
the College de France. He has lectured there
on Latin letters for over forty years.
It was Frederick latham. young artist, who
gave in the memoir now published for the first
time the most authentic account of William
Blakes death-ot that Strange beautiful and
supremely Blakian last hour. when the dying
man sang hallelutahs and songs OF triumph
with ecstatic energy and his bursts OF glad
ness made the room peal again
t,
ing he pen whs te
aba as aP S PAIN m Wsh Was rapdeeGng @ Se Print
which thus engaged his dying hand vas no no 95nes na
strkng the first circle Of the earth which is now
among the treasures of the Whitworth Gallery. It
5sRs hsHs nsbsG sGns al osh M It s the
E2g EfsIt' h9ye been good wife, will dFa" your p0F-
The old italian city Of Viterbo, "the city of
handsome fountains and beautiful women" is
the scene OF Mr.. Richard Bagot's novel.
The story, which is to be called Temptation"
deals with a tragic episode in the annals of a
noble italian family. It was in the Cathedral
Square of viterbo. by the way. that Pope
Hadrian " compelled the Emperor Frederick
I, as his vassal, to hold his stirrup.
The question of whether to General Grant or
to General Sherman is due the credit of suggest
ing the famous march to the sea- is dis
cussed by Mr.. Samuel L. Clemens in the
instalment of his Autobiography" published in
the current number of THE North American
Review" Mr.. Clemens had a converse ton with
General Grant the subject shortly before the
great commanders death. which substan-
TALLY follows:
Neither OF us originated the idea of Shermans
o II, said
He went to say that the enemy necessarily
general on the opposite side gets the credit for,
In this case Sherman had ia a M plan all thought
naming railroads in that part of the country. and
45 Hoda Has ade nhR dRe R T left 6
march to the sea open to SheTma9 ard an SO SO after after
he had acquired in the Chattanooga region. he
Pe free e TO s% the "R t nft OF
ne would not have been fit for his place if he had
He wrote me- ,ohe general is speakng) what
his plan was and sent HIM i'm word to go ahead
The chief Of his staff the general said. even went
erals knowledge and get the ear Of the authorities
and he succeeded in arousing their fears to such
an extent that they telegraphed General Grant to
"out OF Difference to the government I tele-
hours; and then, considering that that was def
him to go ahead again
The publication OF Mr.. William Jennings Bry-
ans Letters to Chinese OffciaP' In answer
to Mr. @. Loves Dickinson's Letters from a
Chinese Official has brought forth the follow |
ing acknowledgment from Mr.. Dickinson. who |
writes in letter to his publishers: Il have just
read Mr.. Bryan's reply. It is we'll written and
mostly true 1 at least find little to quarrel with
except that he has taken too seriously my esti- |
mate of China" AS a matter Of fact, Mr.. Dick |
inson is an Englishnan who had never been in |
China when his book was written. Mr.. Bryan |
WAS in China when the little volume to |
his notice and caused him to sit down and write |
at once an answer in defence of his coun- |
try sending the manuscript to America from |
Suez It is said that when Mr.. Bryan arrived |
here later and read the highfown encomiums |
of the book wrapper reviewer. he remarked: |
We'll If you don't like the medicine. read the |
label"
Mr. Rudyard Kiplings farm In Sussex. where |
he has been busy this summer revising the |
proofs of his latest book and looking after the !
MANAGEMENT of his estate. consists of nearly five |
hundred acres OF rich cultivated land cor |
respondent who recently visited him there |
writes that Mr.. Kipling personally supervises
tho tenants at their work, and may be seen al |
most any afternoon walking riding over the |
land and he is likely to discuss the virtues !