New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-02

| There are some amusing stories In the re-
| Gently published Memories OF Major General
owen Tudor Burne. brave old soldier who has
had experiences all over the British Empire
| One OF these concerns the late Duke Of Cam
bridge. who had to make a speech at a large
dinner given to Lord Roberts In London In
| recognition Of his Afghan services:
! He spoke. as usual very well and eloquently till
/ he came to the capture of the Peiwar Pass In
| Afghanlstan, which was regarded as great
now come to the PaSs-the great Pass1the well
whispered to those near at hand. the wonderful
/ operations az the Pass-the Pass (Where the -
very hot and angry where our friend covered him
self with glory-I mean the Pass-What IS the
some one near at hand whispered 'Peiwar' and
we ali cried with iaughtea while 'ne DUE sho05
went on with a very good speech
| Another story has TO do with Scotch min
| lister who found himself in the. embarrassing
| position of having come to his kirk without the
manuscript of his sermon:
lie could rot preach without it. bu; it lay in his
manse a mile away when the time had come for
him 70 mount into the pulpit. Here was a poser
fer him only 10 be solved oy glons OUT ~ Sas I!tS
length While the congregation singing it, off
ana with equal CELEBRITY saiIoped hack When he
returned the congregation was still at IT, and he
WeTe Getting s' on oh sir was the answer
they've got TO the end Of the eighty-fourth
an they re Just Cheepin' Ike wee mice
The ninety-hfth anniversary of the birth Of
Charles Dickens was recently celebrated in Lon
don by the Dickens Fellowship and the Boz
Club. A home, it is said has been provided for
a Dickens library. based on the collection Of Mr.
F. G. Kitton. Its projectors propose to de-
post and maintain in the heart of London
complete body of Dickens's writings. collec-
ton Of the various editions OF his works. to-
oatbar with DaDDhIets and DOrtraits and crifi-
cisms. all dealing in various ways with the
author. But the great tribute to the fame Of the
Victorian novelist says Mr.. Courtney in The
London Telegraph" is a simple record Of what
happened in 1905:
Not even in his lifetime was Charles Dickens
Schools elementary education PaTasrsphc litera
ture and an the farraso Of GREATNESS life at the
figures? There some five six different pub
Tbanman ana Han. Messrs. MacmIian. Messrs
Dent Mr. Frowde. Messrs. Collins. Messrs. Nell
Single copies Of Dckenss novels were. sold during
the year %h zen mas passed. Une RuoNSnlns house
Rat eeP within the maTE let US multiply that sum BY
ana a half single copies Of Dickens were absorbed
nothing about the sales in America and in the
Colonies. which. of course, add great deal II is
alone Dickens whose popularity was said to have
de b m has bT ndeng eG a ss ha
our countrymen. not only 20 read hlHl-fOr that
TSga 70 pahas COPIES Of his
AFTER such record this, let our contemporary
novellsts bethink themselves before they speak OF
their magnificent and phenomenal sales.
In his Just published book OF travels Sir HUI
bert birmingham. a scholar and an old official
of the British government. sets down these in /
teresting opinions:
have said enough in these notes TO indicate az
least my conjecture that with daughters and
wives and mothers like the japanese there is no
fear Of BushidO dying out, or Western influences
acting detrimentally upon the nation generally. and
therefore no apprehension OF Immediate change.
Reaping the japanese are doing in Western I
schools Of science and philosophy. il may be they
will gather tares with the wheat but their bright
intelligent women will know how 90 separate the |
one from the other. and honestly believe that the
twentieth century belongs 90 Japan Just as the
nineteenth belonged 70 England. lis ally.
There is one fear. however. j do entertain. Will
the japanese. a nation. ever be popular? Prob I
ably not much more than ourselves for they
have too many points in common with US; but viii
they continue 20 obtain Western appreciation? 7
have my misgtviRgs.