New-York tribune., 1908-06-14

did not know what to do with his legs He .gaped.
is almost impossible believe the works
no MeR Rre asT the He M had e great nose like Fz
| ball or Bardolph. but not so red as the latters
| and scrubby down his lank Don QuxOte Jaws,
expected fine gentleman.perhaps f9p like his
crapulous fossil He took Mrs Round down to
silent or mumbiing to himself l think Cockburn
was ashamed of him. and although he asked a hnn
my opinion of him But l told it to him. And he
was ashamed of his guest
| A good many of the stories that told about
Dsraeli inspire doubt as to their authenticity.
but the stamp of truth is upon this one, written
down by Dr. Kenealy in 1873:
Brady. NJ. P for somewhere asked Bright ,o,, to in
said Mr.. Disraeli, l feel very happy. to make
your acquaintance. hear you have written some
n' but my daughter has. and She thinks them ine!
rsM s himself s up p and IN and pl m sdy
very solemnly Bright ran chuckling about ieiiii, n
satisfied that he had done the right thing SO all
content
Some five hundred years before Christ the
| last female ruler in the line of the Pharaohs
reigned at Thebes. She had many predecessors
during thirty-fve centuries and some of these
ladies are cOmmemOrated in a book on 'Ihe
Queens Of Egypt" which Miss Janet r. Buttles
has written The purpose of this history Is 10
give some idea of the social position and power
of woman from 1000 B. c. to the disappear
| ance of the Queen of Thebes just mentioned
| Students of the literature of archaeology will
await with the keenest interest Mr.. X. NJ
| Dawkins's account of the great discovery made
by the British School at Athens under his direc-
ton during the course of excavations at Sparta
The spades brought to light in the precincts
| of the shrine of ArtemiS Orthia temple pre-
| sumably dating from the eighth century before
Christ.
subject with which few Western readers are
| familiar is treated in the book which Mr. f. b.
Havell, principal of the Government School OF
| Art at Calcutta, is shortly to publish. He deals
with Indian Sculpture and Painting, discuss
| ing them not from the archaeological but from
| the artistic standpoint He traces the evolution
| of the Indian ideal ard explains the fundamental
| differences between it and the standards or
Greece and Rome. Modern Indian painting Is
included in the authors survey. which is illus
trated with reproductions printed in colors
| In book entitled 'HThe Law of Checks, Notes
| and Blanks" CVictor Van Horen). Mr.. Thomas
/ c. Simonton has presented in clear and concise
| STYLE free from legal terminOogy, the law re-
| lating to commercial paper and banking gen.
orally. He has put into practicable form, for
use by men who are not lawyers, as well as
men who are, the substance of the statutes and
of the decisions of the courts pertaining to neSo-
/ table Instruments To this he has prefxed a
! short discussion of the business of banks and
the functions of their officers and directors His
obvious purpose has been to produce Il book
| for the instruction of business men in general.
and particularly for the guidance of officers
and directors of banks. The latter will find the
authors treatment of the question of their la
! bty of special value The book is carefully
| indexed and should prove very useful
! The ideals of Christian Science are traversed
| by DR.. Gerhardt c. Mars in a stout volume
! which D. Appleton & Co. publish THE Inter-
| relation of Life" The aim of the author is
! to review the whole problem effectively, on
the basis of pure reason and to prevent the
| results in the ordinary terms of philosophical
! exposition.
| Mr. J. 3. AtIay, in the second and last volume
| of his interesting work The Victorian Chan
cellors,' has many amusing anecdotes of eleven
famous holders of the Great Seal One of his
most picturesque heroes is Sir Richard Bethel.
afterward Lord Westbury, who. with suave
voice and stately manner nevertheless had
way of bearing down the foe with almost savage
wit Once, in court, he had to follow barrister
who had delivered his remarks in very loud
tones. Now that the noise in court has sub
sided murmured Bethel, II will tell your honor
| in two sentences the giSt of the case MI
Atlay has the following delightful story of this
brilliant and dogrnatic jurist:
Sir Alexander Cockburn fond of telling how
ing a lively. not to say acrimonious. dispute
| arose between Bethel and his How often.
Slincsby.'' said Sir Richard, have demonstrated
with you handling firearms carelesSly- You
have apparently shot one of the Keepers:
whom I can hear vociferating in the bushes
PROMPTED by curiosity. Cockhurn managed to in
uuire injured which of the two h;th
shot him Dang 'em. they both did, was the
answer. a year two afterWard Sir tlcilaFd; III
couyersa ton with the Chief Justice. fixed the date
of a certain discussion by the visit when you shot
my keeper, dear Cockburn