New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-09-09

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In a recent volume published by the Historical
Manuscripts Commission there is fncluded-
among papers belonging to the Earl Of VeruIamN
narrative of fact which should commend itselt
70 makers OF fiction. Ii is told by Sir Edward
Grimston and describes his escape from the I}as-
tile. In which he was prisoner for a year and
a half in the sixteenth century After teIIne,
how he disposed of the iron bars at his window
bars which Il was xxi days fling" he goes
70 the making of his rope. out of sheets and
curtains and thus proceeds:
When this was done and ready. Z did take out
the other bars of the window and laid them down
softly upon the ground and then did make fast the
of the window: and so put them out of the window.
see whether they This jalersI did sleep soundiy
In this time lPraying to God to assist and help
and. by a device that had before made. did draw
ing BY my sheets into the ditch tSfter had given
God thanks ! looked for my things that I had
my gown taken away. which put me in great fear
and agony
We gather that Sir Edward only managed to
get home after many perilous adventures
The Cambridge University Press announces a
new edition of the Bible II viii be printed
that both the authorized and the revised YER
sionS may be read from the same text, without
difficulty. and without need of reference from
text TO margin. or from one text to second.
There is absolutely no limit to the ingenuity OF
rhe latter-day book maker. One OF the craft is
producing what the publishers call "A Pillow
Book" II Is TO contain extracts in prose and
verse, and one OF its features is to be an oeca-
| stonal SELECTION of various opinions a given
subject" We can fancy the sleepleSs wight
who gives up trying TO keep his eyes shut, turns
| the light on and reaches for book with which
| to beguiIe the long. silent hours We fancy.
too, the solid comfort he VIII get out OF "a Sc
lection Of various opinions q given subject"
We suppose that ought to be enough to put a
jumping toothache to sleep.
At last we are to have the boon for which we
| have long been hungering. a pocket edition of
! Thomas Hardy's novels. The Macmillans are TO
bring il out in volumes printed on India paper,
and issued in cloth In leather. Tess will
| begin the series; this VIII be followed by Far
from the Madding Crowd" and the edition will
be completed in fortnightly volumes. There
| mains one moro novelist TO be issued in this
convenient form for the delectation OF thou
! sands. We refer 20 the elder Dumas A pocket
edition Of his complete works IN a good transa-
ton would meet a long felt want. and it would
go on selling for generations.
The letters which We announced not long ago.
under the title Of Lord Acton and His Circle"
will not be the only souvenirs OF the great
scholar to appear within the next few months.
His Lectures on Modern History ara to be
| brought out by the Macmillans. and they viii be
| followed by his Lectures on the French RevO-
| luton" and by two volumes of his miscellaneous
| essays and reviews.
= Al
/ makes an interesting brief contribution Speak
/ ing of the late Walter Pater ne says that early
! in his literary career he contemplated the writ
| ing of novel different indeed. from 'Marius'
| It the story Of a beautiful young man taken
prisoner by the AZtecs- According their custom
/ they treated him 4 god; gave him the best OF
everything and several Of the f1ireSt OF the Aztec
maids. This was pleasant, while it lasted. but the
AZtecs meant TO sacrifice and eat him in the long
/ run. He was 20 make his escape land then" said
/ Mr.. Pater. dreamly, Il think something happened
/ to hm''-somethinG fatal apparently That would
/ have been interesting book, but il would have
/ been more like novel had the captive been res
cued by COrtes. recOnciled TO the Church and mar
/ ried to the farest of the Aztec maidenA
The new autumn novels which will soon be
upon in a flood. Will include one by Afr. Ber-
nard Capes. This "The ROGUes Tragedy
/ treats of eighteenth century life In Italy. IL
| will have the dramatic character OF the same
/ authors Confessions Of Diana Pease" and "A
Jay Of Italy" which is published in this country
under the title OF "BembO." Mr. Crocketts
} forthcoming story of the Spanish InquisitiOn is
called The White P1umes OF Navarro" Mr..
Cutclffe Hyne's Trials OF Commander Nc
Turk viii give in book form the stories he
has been publishing serially of an American ma
val officer who is very tall, wears wig. paints
impossible impTessiOnistic pictures. falls in love
with every pretty face no meets and has all
| manner of dyentures in the Of a long
| struggle to be Teinstated the active list.
| from which he has been dropped for exceeding
Instructions"