New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-09
BOOKS And AUTHORS.
Current Talk of Things Present and
to Come.

~ OOHCs
General o. o. Towards autobiography will
be published next autumn Many pages will
be devoted to his experiences during the Civil
War.
Mr.. Charles Crawford in a new volume of
"Collectanea" gives the result of six years
study Of the Observation-Disclosures Question" 1t
was wasted time, but we may add that he Of
fers serious refutation of the Baconan argu-
ments, proving that BacOn's supporters are i'll
acquainted not only with the mass Of Eliza
bethan literature. but also with the work OF
Bacon himself
Miss Marjorie Bowen, author of The Viper
of Milan" has temporarily deserted Italy for
Scotland. and has written in a book entitled
THE Glen of Weeping" a story dealing with
the massacre Of Glencoe.
recently published book THE Parish
Clerk is full of queer and amusing anecdotes
of the holders OF an Office which has now al
most passed away in England. Some rather
painful details Of decadence concern the care
of church records by latter day clerks. Valua-
BILE documents and complete registers from
Saxon times were the treasures Of ono ancient
Suffolk church, and historical students have
been Mortified to discover that nearly all are
gone 1t is stated that parish clerk, in show
ing the old church to visitors, was accustomed
to present them with parchment leaf from an
old register as a memento OF the visit. In other
churches. il is added, the registers were cut up
TO serve as the backs of copybooks. to use In
wrapping up parcels in a village shop owned by
the clerk. and. in one case. for 'singeing goose"
Here is an epitaph actually cut the grave
stone Of one long departed parish clerk;
The life this clerk was just threescore and ten.
In his youth he had married like other young men,
4 second he tooE-she departed-what then?
lie married and buried third with amen -
His voice was deep bass as he sung out Amen.
So his horn ltSti was ite Exalted to blowing Amen
But he lost all his wind after threesc0re and ten
The trumpet shall rouse him to sing cut Amen.
Here is a story OF the last century:
At the Church of stratheldsaye where the Duke
of Wellington regular attendant stranger
came up the Stairs opened the pulpit door a little
way. slammed It to- and then opened It wide tGr
the ves,ry why he had shut the door again while
opening 1t. and the verger said, I'VE always do
that. sir. 70 wake the duke
Mr.. Barnes American" is the title Of the
sequel to MIR. Barnes. Of New York" which
Dodd Mead & Co. are about to publish. The first
part of Mr.. Barness story has carried the name
of its author. A. C. Gunter. into many lands, for
his book mas Deen translated INTO 4-Cdi'J az
modern languages.
An admlrer Of the late poet Giosue Carducci
calls the Italian "a modern pagan, blend Of
Goethe and BaudeIaire. with preponderance Of
the latter" Carduccrs Hymn to Satan he be-
lleves to have been somewhat modelled after
BaNideIaire's "Ltanies 10 Satan" For Satan
in both poems. read the modern spirit Of I'M.
rest. rationalism and humanitarlanisn."
What railroads have done for birds and
beasts is entertainingly told in the late c. j.
Cornlsh's book. Animal Artisans" These
creatures have found rot only the safety Of the
railroad cuttings but provision for their wants
in hard seasons:
when DR. Vaughn Cornish was on the Canadian
pratries studying tho forms Of snow ana snow
waves he observed that the railroad had
entirely altered the habits of the wolves IN the
winter A trausC0ntirental train Is IKE d
shin Eating and drinking must on at regular
dav: the black cooks and walters have theirs also;
and plenty Of spare food, bones, bread and trim
nings is thrown overheard. In the cold. gray dawn
the hungry coyotes their tails tucked between their
shaking legs. may be seen standing IN the snow
with their short pTicked up like an anxious
terriers waiting see what the mornings clear
lIp' Of the will cause to be thrown out or the
windows FOR deserving prairie dwellers