New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-06-14

The Black Prince at Cressy; Sir Edward Leigh. who
was Killed at the Battle OF Agncourt, and Sir
5loinas Leigh. who Lord Mayor Of London
curing the reign of Bloody Mary and was knighted
by that queen
Lord Leigh's grandfather. the first Lord Leigh
OF me present creation, brought into court
l'te more than half century ago on an ex-
Taordlnary charge OF murder trumped I'D against
MN by claimant to his estates At Stoneleigh
Abbey named George Leigh. This individual in
clted mob to attack the abbey, and an armed
night took place there. which resulted in the con
Viction and sentence Imprisonment Of about
thirty OF the rioters. Some months later friends
of these and Of George Leigh charged the
peer with numbering four workmen engaged in
building operations at the abbey by allowing large
stones to fan upon them and. further. with having
Enclosed the Corpses in masonry in the abutment
Of the porch, TO keep" Of the witnesses
put IT, the secrets of the house" The whole
thing vas. Of course, the purest nonsense But
the affair took place in the times Of the Chartist
agitation, when the minds Of the masses We're in
clteo against the classes and against the aris-
tocracy. and It was not until Lord Leigh had
proved his Innocence in court that he was cleared
Of the crime imputed to him
KAIsERIN's SISTER AS A NOVELIST.
f. Hugin." whose name appears as author Of a
remarkable and extremely powerful novel entitled
Hahn Berta," which has just made its appearance
In Germany. is other than Princess Fedora of
Schleswg-4olstein, the youngest sister of the Ger
man Empress. and VINO has persistenty declined all
offers Of marriage since the tragic death OF her
nance, Duke Frederick Of Mecklenburg-Sc hwern,
who, while in command OF a torpedo boat lost
with his entire in hurricane that swept over
the Baltic Sea, She might have besn Queen of
Italy had she consented to change her religion
version from Lutheranism TO Catholicism being
acted Of her in the event of her becoming the wife
II the present King of Italy But her views on the
subject of religion are rather pronounced. and have
constituted obstaC Gle other matrimonial
alliances within her reach.
Hahn Berta' IS not the first book that the
princess has published. but il is her first novel.
and il has amazed the critics by the sympathetic
knowledge which it displays Of the conditions Of
life among the poorest classes: among those who
are pursued by misfortune through fault Of
their hut who are the victims Of circum-
stances especially of their surroundings There IS
nothing morbid about the book. and it is entirely
free from super1uous idealsm and from senti-
mentality. The characters all strongly drawn.
the heroine being the daughter of poacher and
the wife of drunkard. The book is illustrated
by the euthoress. who Is clever with her brush
she IS with her pen. ana altogether most
gifted young woman.
She is a great favorite Of her brother-in law.
the Kaiser. who entertains a high opinion ~ her
cleverness and Of her Judgment. Indeed, 1t Is az
her particular instance that she time ago
transferred her abode from Dresden, where she
had spent many years with her widowed moth
er the late Duchess OF Schleswig IIolstoin Angus
tenborg, to Bornstedt. near Potsdam he
in the immediate neighborhood OF the entire i'm
perial family. The duchess who died few years
ago, the niece and ward Of Queen Victoria.
and Princess Fedora herself Is Ike the Empress,
a niece Of Prince and Princess Christian who
make their home in England
MARQIISE DE FONTENOY.