New-York tribune., 1906-05-14


gfnie" IN the original French. although not
scheduled for publication until May 70. is now
ready for distribution. The volume is illustrated
from woodcut illustrations recut from those by
Mareau le Jeune and verret. the illustrators Of
the original edition. from which the text Of the
present reprint IS taken
John Morgan Richards IN HIS volume OF REM
iniscences OF England and America, entitled
With Johr Bu!i and Jonathan" recently pub
Hshed by tie Apple:oas tells Sir John dillais's
own story Of mis- frs: recognition as a painter.
Mais's mothsr kept his home Tor him at that
dine and as their means were very limited she
b:ained the painters reluctant consent to put
card. Lodgings 70 let'' in their front window.
On the day when che sign first went UP, Millais
Iad just completed two pictures and had in
vited a few friends and some dealers to see
them Late in the afternoon a gentleman ar
rived and asked TO see the pictures
He examined them carefully. but showed no par
asnlaF d Interest LhoagH 6 when a6og 10 ieaXe he
eit down that he might write a memorandl1m'
AFTER doing this ne got Up, and after renarking
lay the table and # the pictures were not sold
before sending GIN day. he should Ike to hear
The book Millais found inside check for 200 gut
meas signed 'Jonn Ruskin-" There were also
few lines in high terms OF praise OF the work and
asking the privilege OF being allowed 10 purchas SO
60 overcome with his good fortune that he sank
for
thing he thought Of was the objectionable notice
Il down and then hastened to his other m ne to tore 2e
ceive her congratulations.
The Honorable Thomas E Watson, Editor Of
'Watson's Magazine" Cno longer Tom Wat
son's'D Will begin in the July number Of that
periodical the publication of a serial biography
entitled The Life and Times OF Andrew Jack
SON." written by the editor himself He states
that it win run "a year at least"
William Allen White. whose entertaining
volume Of short stories-largely Of newspaper
hfe-entitled. In Our Town. was recently re-
viewed !n these columns IS still hard at work
forming public opinion in the Office Of the En-
pOFia CKan.) Gazette" A characteristic extract
from the editorial page Of that Journal is ap-
pended II would appear TO indicate that Mr..
White. however proud he may be of his news
paper. is not afflicted with undue personal van
ity:
EDITORIAL SYMPOSIUM
@ o rSTe f8 o the h Editor fdso aq e 95g ms. s
before our dcsk for insrTa'ion-LeavenWorth Times
Whatever may be said OF tho face Of the editor
o. thss paPeT-Which, TO use a typographical eK-
used To- i-snTation II has bse ~,iccssS,5iI, ,1sed
N cases Of sluggish liver: a number Of gentlemen
successfully 20 start heart action: II hushes the
ncreases SllS . tne oreaIh ioosens the TocaouIaTy
Al me note counter Of the bank every ninety days,
sIIo - eood az the various grocery stores around
HONn Iof tnifty days credit. AS face Il Is not
starulne success. II lacks expression Other faces
4Ne more N them; his face has nothing but feat
SILts "a II and they are a Job lot. representing
GraHcian Gothic and Irish architecture.
The Misses Make-Believe" by Mary Stuart
Boyd, which is just published by Henry Holt &
Co. is said 70 have a special appeal TO
people who are hard up" u should have a
large sale. except for that very reason. The
story tells OF the trials and makeshifts OF two
English gentlewomen who. on slim means. Try
10 make a social career in London.
The volume OF "Children's Letters" collected
by Elizabeth Colson and Anna Gansevoort Chit
tenden and published by Hinds Noble & FL
dredge. is not, as its title might seem TO In
dicate. book Of letters written by children. but
consists OF a selection Of the letters written 20
children by famous men and women. Among
the writer's ere Phillips Brooks Martin Luther.
Sydney Smith. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Tom
Hood. Robert Louis Stevenson. Sir Walter Scott.
Nathaniel Hawthorne Charles Dickens. Edwin
Booth. Robert E. Lee. Henry ". LongfellOw and
Lewis Carroll These letters have all been
ohoFen from the FaSiis5eI %: respondenae n the
writer's and are n 10 sei.se original finds" Of