The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-22

Henry. the soi, Of Charles Dickens. like,
the 70 unger Holmes. turned his atten-i
ton to Ia W, In spite OF the mcrcilcss ridi-5
Ecule his father poured upon the profess
sion,S and to-day H. q King g counsel
which means that he may practice in all
the British courts His reputation among
Kings counsels is very high. ind ID ass3 .ss
a{E Dr. SIKurd YTbsen, son OF the lnmented
Nor Ne giar, 4 poet and sdrnmatst, I now III
yea RS Old, "a highly educated man, who
has had a3tryt at letters. Journalism poll
3tics and diplomacy, without having YET
made theYgreats success he hopes Tor ana ana
which his friends predict will yet be his
\ I4e was ducated IN! Munich and Rome,
and hts degree Is Doctor in Administra,-8
tive and Political Sciences. .:i He entered
the diplomatic service In 1854. He served
FOR q time as secretary OF legation OF
washington and abandoned It In II 1S,p.$
He was professor OF u sociology atlB the |e
K university $of Christiania for year, but
Was 81 put h out b because the Commission r r
~ Education objected to his theories
Then ~ With IA jornstJerne Bjornson he
founded + 81 weekly review '.rhe Ringe e.
syen (which lasted only two years.
x \ During ali thisSt time he had been
factor IN politics. acting always with the
LETS, a z or extreme radicals, but In N 9us
he turned to the s.'rig hts III orr extreme
Change Of political front l'oll
Is # extremely rare n in Norway, and a$t the
radicals were highly ndgnant with HIM =
and said many pic uresqu things e p . "
him. He was quite recently offered the
most 81 Minister to Germany. but declined
tit though he fs8 said to be in complete
Ina rmony with the new King Haakon VI 9
land his government. AZ!
& IL Is understood that in his declining
YEA "a the: yenera BILE dramatistgof sthe COM
8n1onplace was quite proud Of his son. but
Il there was a time when relations betW
the two were very much trained. ~ hat
was because the son fell in love with ana
insisted onatakng for his wife the daugh-
s ter Of B1ornstjerne Bjornson. next IN 70
SIbsen the greatest writer In h NorWa y.is]
rs 1bsen the elder had nothing against the {.
young woman, but he was 80 1ealous OF
her father that the bare Idea Of a. maj
n &c between AN bsen and 80 Bjornlson
wa s.Is11r7thinkable to him. The younger
Ibsen 4 is gaS keen diplomat and a thorough
cholar; also q radical in politics. Radi-
4 callsmiS In Norway wo Jul n' ta4 be " called
rad!calisrat in some countries;s II he was In
y favor OF tion,S but he preferred and
\ worked for the establishment OF q CON
stitutional monarchy when Norway part
ed (. with Sweden ra Their than a republic.
q 4, 3. Sigurd Ibsen is so little physically
that he was known generally in Sweden
during his theirs life Little Dr. ID p
Z sen, ;& but \ diplomatic lily, his suppor ters
declare that he Is bound to be one Of
the biggest men in the king dom IL he
lives. 5F5 8 NJ AZ rs y VI
IA Several OF Leo Tolstoy's thirteen chill
Fdrer, ARE sons. but only one OF them; Leo
Tolstoy, Jr. has ever shown any desire
4 Is write His ambition has found vent In
the production Of two or three plays IN
which his father says no discerns5 some
talent. though nobody seems to agree
with him One Of the sons is, or recently
was, in the service OF the Russian 81 GOV v
eminent, The other three married the
daush tiers OF rich noblemen and are not
obliged to work for q living. All three zee
are great hunters OF big game. !.
5In ry1eSt. laureate, who ruled the world Of
British poesy before the days Of. Alfred e.
Austin, though not o poet OF great merit
has written some verse, and ~ is a.worthyi
man Of tho title bearing type q thorough
English gentleman, old fashioned and
conservative. Physically, there is much