The Washington herald., 1907-06-02

our duty 70 the great ana ldiIo"o u.'lD' /
70 the duty of all sincere critics, with
respect for our literature, to say that MT.
Sbaw's capers are vulgar. fatuous, and
extremely Woaris0me.' Nor will he let
those Of us who admire Mr. Shaw rest in
our admiration in peace ], myself, am
one of those whom Mr.. N0yes designates
as "Shaws mentally bankrupt admirers.
Who, the deuce is Noyes, anyway?
Much that has been hidden from the
understanding Of editors of newspapers
who rather plume themselves on the fact
that their young men, as they often
designate the reporters. are college men,
is made clear by recently published
Report on the examinations in English
for admission 70 Harvard College The
wonder has been that so many college
men seemed 20 need an introduction 10
the English language. The young gen
tlemen leaving prep school and apply
ing for admission to Harvard need 70
have their athletic qualities well devel-
oped, else how could they possibly dis
tort the English language into such
freaks as these, which are given as genu-
inc examples.
Imagine how severe blow feels when your onl7
amlab.Hty is abducted in manner as Jsssica was
taken
i like Shakespeare 1ery we'll and have read most
0f hts Wayorler Novels
Addison passed his early life in the place in
which hs was born. It was situated little way
| from Harvard College GA what was then called
/ Trrs Row. ne was educated hv q private tutor
and az che sge ~ sixteen entered Harvard C1Iiegg
He had u0 rooms az Che college. but lived az bis own
/ home The beauty ~ the country around the place
afforded hin many topics for bis books.
Hr.f#.. sff frHl| ~ nd ru
/ the main. Li-te stunts n pleasant nonsense
! "Hs Younger hrr,he. was kind of jealous Of God /
/ fley's Ite.'
/ The Cambridge Modern History Series, /
/ planned by the late Lord Acton and pub /
/ lisnod by the Messrs Macmillan, is aug /
/ mentsd by % tenth volume, the general /
! subject being "The Restoration
/ McCIure's Magazine will begin Ellen /
/ Torry's memoirs in the June number The /
/ first chapters contain stories OF her girl |
/ hood and Of the actors Of England fifty |
/ years ago
Bernard Quaritch. the famous book
! buyer OF London. says the largest single /
/ amount paid in the history Of the firm
was $3.50 which DC gave not very long
ago for William BIake's original drawings
Co the Book Of drawings which,
like SO much eise are now In America
We 70 not have all the cranks on school
questions in this country by any means.
/ some 81 the English school authorities
have been doing queer things lately The
London education committee wants Mrs.
GaskeUs Mary Barton removed as un-
desirable from the schools. but il passes
with approval the novels Of Mrs. Henry
Wood IN Manchester the school man
ayers want an edition Of kiugsley's
Westward H0,' iu which Salvation Ioo's
culogy on tobacco is omitted. ApTOpos of
this. the Manchester Guardian quotes
from Treyelyans biography of Macaulay
the following.
Miss Hannah More aas fond of relating how she
called az SIR. NaauIa.s and was met hy fair
prerty slight child. with abundance II light hair
about frrr years Of age who came 20 the front door
o. receive Der and 20 ten hrg that his parents were
rl,. but that If size would be good enough t0 COME
ln he would bring her glass of good old spirits
It was proposition WhIrH Ut7rlT startled the E1aI
lads. who had mover a-uirfd shuIt c1Rsllp wine.
When questioned o., t1 what De suew f good old
/ SPIRITS. he rHrl gry say that Robinson Cr1-1e
often had -1mH.
Five years ago s, was announced that
. there would be published volume Of the
D letters OF queen Victoria. but from time
20 time the publication has been delayed.
s. Mr.. John Murray. the London publisher,
. now announces that the volume will be
ont some time this year. Lord Esher and
lIr Arthur g. Benson are the editors,
. and they viii supply a brief Introduction
-
b Queen un 90 the tine the letters begin.
? The letters will illustrate. IL is said. the
characteristic and personal part Queen
+ Victoria played in the great questions Of
. her reign The editors declare that they
will show how the preferences and preju-
diee- of the Queen We're sUbordinated TO
z her sense of responsibility 10 the nation
Harper & Brothers lost a very old
friend I'm Charles Haynes Haswell, who
S died i'm New York on May y. The Har-
r pers have been publishers for him since
e lSH. longer ago than any one connected
with the house can remember. His En-
giueers' Pocket Book lbetter known in
real life as the HaswcIu is now in its
' Isevcnty-third edition. and had just been
{ revised once more by its author
- Ar Haswell came often TO see his pub
fishers You want % be careful about
this" he would say: you know when YOU
n had the fire" What fire. Mr. Has
D welle" "Oh, that fire you had several
s years ago IL was in 1888 that the fire
p happened. but Mr.. Haswell was forty
four years old at the time. and TO him
it was "a pretty recent fire, and had been
troublesome. To have man of that
, sort about. cheerful in spirit. and active
d.
I / everybody feel young.
Mr. Haswen was born on May %, 1901,
, and very nearly reached his ninety-eighth
. birthday.
7. Besides his Engineers Pocket Book. he
was the author OF Old New York tHar-
: per1, "a book of "reminiscences of New
/ / York between 1916 and 1850 He is cred
B, ited with saying that "A day Of life in
d New York i'm 1880 was worth a week of
e il now. which observes Harper S
j | Weekly. was probably true. for the New
u York of 1880. when the Battery was still
the resort Of fashion and the AstoT House
is was a-building. and there was no transit
problem. must have been one of the
handiest and most delightful little cities
c in the world
" GeIett Burgess has owned up to his am.
N hitiOn. It isn't he said, at the Book
a sellers dinner Henry Romeilles press
d clipping bureau the author wants tC
Y watch-its the little high school girl IL
e Des Moines with the pig-tail braid an,
e the box OF caramels who looks over youl
s. pages 10 see how much conversation
n there is. goes home pins a blanket over
G her transom and reads till { a. m"
e English publishers export books to tn,
+, value of nearly e2C00.)oo year, and th'
ID trade is increasing at the rate of e1O0.
20 600 annually. Naturally, America is tn,
is biggest customer. and last year We tool
.e printed matter 10 the value Of 1926 $50