New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-23

IMAM ever before so many royalties. She said again
ward that the King Of Denmarks court fool they
really Keep COurt-fooD remarked He may
Laureate, but he has not learned court manners"
There is pleasant glimpse Of Tenuyson as a
traveller in Scotland 10 the hook which the
WIFE OF the late Professor SeIlar, of Edinburgh
mas just brought out. While in Null the poet
and his oomrade, Palgrave. sat uIs far into the
night with the local parsen. DR. Macleod. the
one recounttng the legends and tales Of the
country and his hairbreadth escapes by food
and field; and the other to the delight OF his
audience, sometimes reading his own poems or
recalling his own experiences. Next day they held
Picnic. at which TeRnyson was in his best
FORM
most absurd Rensense-ballad verses, generally in
Scotch but so rapidly uttered ana so incOnsecutive
much OF them even at the time, ana now ePiv
TWO verses FsHaiR in my memory;
They found her buried in the moor
Shut out from every hope;
Was As O1 bro$S7, H5 as T RT9iSedHng so.,,
There came a oobhlev to the town.
And he ane o. the clippers:
And he took the skin of her brown hadie
And made IL into slippers
Professor SeIlar was the uncle OF Mr. Andrew
Lang, and the two often engaged in lively liter
airy discussions. AT time when the nephew
was deeply infected by the Rossetu influence
some one praised the poems Of Clough in his
presence. and he protested that they were "alI
about the Thirty-nine Articles"
Then what subjects would YOU select as suitable
Tor poetry was his uneles somewhat indignant
question; for Cl2ugh was man for whom he had
ton his nephew's somewhat ambiguous reply was
apple blossom which made us all laugh and
over and over again since. that each generation
mas It's own prophets and heroes.
Miss Edith Durham. whose snguIarly vivid
books on the Balkans have been cordially re.
viewed In these columns. has received from the
Prince of Montenegro the sold medal WHICH is
the highest order of merit IN his gift It is In
testimony of his appreciation of the services
she has rendered to his country. She has also
been appointed TO take charge of the Montenegro
section in the forthcoming Balkan exhibition in
London
Here is the story related by Mr.. o. Baeher, In
me Century" OF the origin of the curved
sting in whistler's butterfly signature:
paied II upon his etchinE needle Pie vicieas In.
sect would strike in all directions now and then
hitting the handle OF the needle with his curved
Took at tire beggar now!' exclaimed whistler
excitedly. See him stFike Isn't he fine? Look
af b6 him. LS9A a. h IN now; See hST hsTd he 9it5i
you see the poison that comes cut when ne strikes?
and believe that the addition Of the sting 70 his
iRss Eensyer he wished 70 emPhs size point he
s6stehsd his h1t,erg WITH the sting directed
A copy OF the FIRST edition of "Jane Eyre" Is
held In England at $3s, ana the first edition of
Rossetti's poems az SIS. For the first edition of
Byron's Don Juan" the same sum is asked as
for tho Rossetti.
President Lincoln's visit to Richmond as the
Civil War drew 10 a close was one calculated 10
wiring his always tender heart. Captain ]. S.
Barnes who accompanied him on that occasion.
contributes some touching details TO "Appletons
Magazine:
On the train to which cars filled with our wounded
men had been attached, Mr. Lincoln looked worn
and haggaTd. He remarked that he had seen
was the beginning OF the end and that there would
be more bloodshed or ruin of homes Indeed,
then and many times after DID he Felterate the
TeiaJed 70 him an Incident Of that Aay when
having received a haveTsaek of crackers and
eanteen of water employed half hour in going
little red headed boy IN Buenut ohe
moaning, and mutterings over and over, Mother!
he looked up at me and turned toward me tie back
Of his head where bullet aad ploEEhed ghasHy
coins eyes filled with tears and his voice was
choked with emotion. and he repeated the well
known expression about ''rObbing the cradle and
Lincoln. overcome by the excitement and events Of
tie Day desires, to rest on .nf SGeen a S p6 E
at General Grants headquarters. saw no one again
that evening.
George ~, Prince Florizel, Brummels rat
friend" was not the pleasantest parsonage in
the world, but writer's and readers appear to
ind him perennialy interesting, The latest book
about him is that of Mr.. Lewis Melville. issued
here by Brentano. It is as. much a sketch of
the social life OF Georges day as it is a biog-
Faphy.
Dr. Charles BuFney, the father of the famous
Fanny. an excellent man whose foible was an
unduly slayish reverence for titles. has outdone
all other admirers Of Florizel He wrote to his
daughter after dining in company with the
Prince:
slant dissiFa ton, possessed Of so much learning,
with l[noViedge of books in general discTiTnina ton
Of character as well original humof. lie duOted
Homer In Greek 60 my son IS Fe2dny as u the
sderstion And as TO music ne is excellent
critic. has an enlarged taste admitting whatever is
good in its kind of whatever age or country the
Composers or performers may be; n: r. II.
took nae aside and talked exclusively about music
near half an hour. and az long with your brother
concerning Greek literature lie is a most excellent
the dsrk any one would have sWoFR that DR.. Parr
and Kegnble were IN the room Besides being pos
sessed OF great fund OF original huTnoT. and good
h5mor ne may with truth DO said 20 have as much
vii rs Charles II. with much more learning.
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COINCIDENCE.
BY Andrew Lang,
As 20 1.-THE long arm OF coincidence" II may be
as long as is necessary. Nothing is impossible