New-York tribune., 1907-12-29


medical students.
The food of new editions Of the adventures
of the immortal Alice" has reused new interest
in the inventor thereof, and the name of Lewis
Carroll is becoming more and more familiar
one of his many amusing letters to children IS
quoted in Mr. Lucas's fascinating book, The
Gentlest Art:
My Dear Ada: Osn't that your short name?
Adelaide is all very well. but you when one
is dreadfully busy hasn't time to write such
hour remember how to spell it-and even then
one has to go and get dictionary to see il one has
spelt it right, and of course: the dictionary IS
in another room, at the top Of high bookcase
has got all covered with dust SO one has to get
a duster first of all. and nearly choke oneself in
which is dictionary and which is dust, then
phabet A" cornefor one feels pretty certain it isn't
in the middle-then one has TO go and wash ones
got thick with dust one hardly knows them by
jug is empty, and there's no towel and one has TO
spend hours and hours in finding things-and per
buy a new cake OF soap. So. with all this bother.
hope y1G % wont mind mind my NY wTit9F - % short ana
you would like likeness OF me- 50 here 1t is and
@ nope & you n MN nk m in Wanta5 V Yo4 Gt
arectionate friend. LEWIS CARROLL
distinction, has again been writing nonsense
verses for the amusement Of children and has
published them under the title Of "Cautionary
Tails for Children" They are funny, but tne
same thing has been rather better done on this
side OF the water. Here is 4 verse on AlEtUlon,
quoted az "A gem
Young AIeernon the doctors son,
Was playing with loaded gun
lie pointed il towards sister.
Aimed very carefully, hut missed her
His father, who was standing near,
The loud explosion CHANGED 10 hear,
And reprmsnded AlCcrnon
For playing with a loaded gun
There is a probability that Mr.. Rudyard Kip
ling will soon lecture in Paris at the Theatre des
Arts. His books are rapidly becoming known IN
translation to the French public. The Nicomte
de Vogue has mentioned the fact that he pro-
posed the name OF Kipling when asked by the
Swedish Academy TO suggest candidate LOT
this years Nobel prize After Shakespeare and
the immortal creator of Robinson Crusoe. he
saws no one helps us to understand the Eng
Iish prodigy better than kiplirg. he expresses
and sums UP force which subjdgates the uni
verse"
All Englishmen are not pleased - he award
of the prize to Mr. Kipling. Herr, tor example
| fion" that there is something i:onical in the
| award to that author for the most remarkable
literary work of idealist tendency u:
Even Mr. Kipling most undiscrimaatlnS euio-
aists would hardly hold thar his worzs are remark
able FGs f0r sheE Writer Inore Closely dntifed with
gospel of force or firneT beeTer b hi & baftaIons
The award also raises another question. Inns IS
the fFi anne and 1'i it Would seem therefore that
Nobel Committee regards Mr. kipling as the great at
est of contemporary English writers, Whe9 ", S ono
mind the names OF Mt Mereith, 6 MT, I'M
iatable French word. sdugrcnu, applied by Matthew
Arnold to similar 1ndsnents IS me ",S epi'i' W
| describes the verdict of the committee
The late King Oscar one of the most ac-
| coupIished of European Sovereigns. lie was an
| historian of genuine ability. and his discussion
of the influence of sea power on the issue OF lne
| great Northern War in the eIGhteentl century
| sntedated by some years Captain Mahans work
| on that influence. AS the poet OF palf1oIlsili ne
was deseryedlv crowned by the swedish Acau
emy His books of travel were suggestive We anu anu
| n+lar+oinine He was an admirable lingulst ana
| translated Faust" from the German anu lilo
| "cid" FROG. the Spanish into Swedish. ne - .U
| norted to have left in MS. very fun ana , IN
| doubt.dIy valuable memoirs OF his NE 'liu
reign.
c.o6or Perez Galdos has written a book apout
| o,aan isabella Ia picturesque ana etaP.Ilo
! hook which bears the tue OF Id "o 0'
/ destinos" (she of the sad destlh!1'