New-York tribune., 1907-11-02

The father of your hero was the first Peter
anu Since the Peter 5fo 'u Of 1s7 there have always
been Peter Bromes; my father was. am and so is
To this I sent the following answer: ,,.ro,,,o,-,
curious Gor knew nothing whatsoever OF al tnSl;
much so. indeed. that, taken in conjunction win
similar instances which have occurred 70 me;
almost do begin to believe in retrospective second
IF / may judge from my own experience such
condolences (and, any who has read the tale IN
question will admit this Is very Although
the particulars are long to set out. four tunes
az ule rascs of nv own works OF imagination do
not know if any of your reaaefS Tan xarf simiii-
tudes seem tremendous that CONFESS am Uii-
able to dc so.
This is certainly as strange happening as
any to be found in Mr.. Haggards most TO-
mantle inventions.
The dreary tedium of blockade duty is graphl-
cally described by Captain A. T. Mahan III
''Harper's Weekly in a reminiscence OIL 'ii'
Civil War. News came at very long inter lfltert f''
to the ship waiting about in the Gun OF Me"i0''
and there was mournfully little 10 rouse interest
in the daily life of the officers, says Capl'li'
NTaban. ..I have never seen body of intelli-
gent mon reduced so nearly to imbecillty as Iii9
sbipmates then were. The largest reservoir OF
anecdotes was sure 10 have run dry, the deepest
vein of original humor to be worked out. ne
remembers he Says hearing at the time OF t"o
notorious telIers of stories being pitted asaiii'
each other for an evenings amusement "heH
one was driven. last resource 10 le0ou'-
ing that Mary had a little lamb.
Here is a neat bit of description from one of
the first published letters of Professor Jeoo;
Archbishop Whately preached the opening SER
mon The old man shook with paralysis WhlIe
he was speaking with the clear, calm face ana
tbA indescribable seIf-possesson that never falls
a real master of argument: it seemed as If his
Mind had come down by train to preach with
ont noticing it had not put on its best Body"
Here is a glimpse of Tennyson as the professor
first saw him.
,Iife as Shaggy His long black hair is very thin
now: he is bald on the crown: and it falls as from
should have expected; his accent is decidedly Lin
eonshrs and this Is Of the not hnsT IN a 5ft bm and
not to understand that he is man of genius l 40
from his talk tonight if one did not know it be
fore only that given the TACT OF ms genius @ ms ms
workings.
The London County Council. In determining
the question as to what house once occupied by
Charles Lamb should be marked by a memorial
tablet, has discovered that the house in Col
brook Row, Islington, which has been piously
described by many writers. is not the real Cole
brook cottage whose pleasantness Lamb pict-
ured in a letter to Bernard Barton. That cot
tage still exists, but it is now numbered 64
Duncan Terrace. 1t has not been substantially
altered, it is said, since Lambs time ana It's
curious. old-fashioned architecture marks II out
from the surrounding houses. Remaining and
REMEMBERING of streets led to this error, which
the careful investigation of the Council has now
corrected. American tourists should remember
hereafter to dilate with emotion over the right
TnIa hrglnL
Row.
Mr. Robert Hichens's clever book. 1.-THE Gar
den of Allah" is said to have sent many tour
lists into the Desert of Sahara, each tourist car
rying and referring at appropriate intervals 70
a copy of the novel. The natives even have dis
covered the book and named station on the
way THE Garden of Allah"
The last months of General Grants life
months in which he showed pathetic bravery
and endurance-have been described for publ
cation in THE Century" by DR.. shrady. one Of
his physicians. The article will soon see the
light.
An English publishing firm declares that IT
intends to bring out all the English classics
in penny numbers-"a praiseworthy effort" a
British commentator notes, ito provide good
reading for the large public which the ele
mentary schools annually turn out" Such at
tempts have previously failed. but now. it is
possible the schools turning out readers of
better taste. At any rate. the first two num-
bers, containing Tennyson's Early Poems
and the first section OF David Copperheld.'
inviting, as far as creditabe paper and print go.
The slight incident or the heeting glimpse of
a human being which may suggest a story TO
one born to tell it will always be matter OF in
terest to the reader thereof Here is a note
the origin of Mr.. Marion Crawford's forthcom-
ing book, "The Little City Of Hope: when he
was last in America, he was walking day
along a Connecticut road with a friend when
they came to an abandoned farm which
a rickety cottage in the last stages of di
lapidation. Suddenly a shabby, disconsolate
stepped out of the cottage door and stood
staring straight ahead Of him. The little pict-
ure suggested to Mr.. Crawford a situation out
of which the story developed. and he
pleased with the idea that he put aside all other
work to complete it for publication this year"
One Of the plans for the future set forth by
Harper provides for an expedition to Pata-
gonia Mr. C. w. Furlong has already departed
for that region prepared to describe it with
pen and pencil. Mr. Norman Duncan has been
dispatched by the magazine in another direction.
He seeks the desert OF Arabia and will furnish
the text for accompanying artists pict-
ures.
Two pocket volumes which are coming from
Small, Maynard & Co. rejoice in the title OF
Early American Humorists." They contain
comic extracts from the writings Of men of the
past generation, including "Artemus Ward