New-York tribune., 1908-01-05

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ious; and so forth. Finally. here is stanza
with record nonsense word in it:
But if you not coming
| And shall Still lie consider how
| Ajoskyboskybayso.
It is remembered that at the sale in London
| last year of items from an Americans library a
! fine COPY of the first edition of THE Compleat
/ Angler brought the sum of s645O. Not long
ago imperfect copy sold for something
| over $1,000; and the other day one still more
imperfect brought $500.
! The prices of first early editions mat
! ters OF record which always have a fascination
/ for the bookcver- Here are some of those re
! Gently noted: First comes the Vicar of Wake
| field" of 1866, held at s600-twice as much as
! Goldsmith got for writing the book. The Ben
Jonson of 1916 cannot be purchased for less than
| $500. The first edition of Keats is, like that
of the immortal Vicar" held at 5000; and
Chapman's Homer of 1898 at $1,025. One may
| buy the first edition of Shelley's play, The
Cenci,' for $3.50; and the 1851 edition OF Mr..
| George Meredith's poems for $3.50.
| Manuscripts of celebrities bring high prices
in these days. Shelley's Proposal for Putting
| Reform the Vote is priced at S2,625; Brown
| ings manuscript note on his Pauline" at s1,375-
We not told how much is asked for an auto
| graph note by Lady Hamilton found in an odd
! volume of Moliere which she had given to
/ Miss Knight. This note informs the reader thai
Miss knight is dirty li-bred qngrareful; Il Dad Daa
| takes nobler vengeance. forgive her
| At the end Of this month work left by the
! late Joris Karl Huysmans viii be published
in Paris, under the title of 'Trois Eglises ct
| Trois Primitifs At the same time Will be
! issued a volume by NM. Henry Ceard and
Jean de Cadain. entitled j. K. Huysmans, in
| time, lArtiste ct le Chretien-'
! The bunders made by schoolboys under
comicaity Witness these, reported by Tho
/ University Correspondent
! The Complete Angler is another name for Ell
Sir Arthur WeiesIey - solS Of Pitt founded the
| During the reformation every clergyman was
compelled to receive W 5hIPgnHe in .5. articles
problem is gGre g fS which Td y0g 4d do things with
l4qno ,atque, parato amino rnoriar1 shall die in
IN chef dpuvre-Au clerk OF the works
Les hors d'euvress-The unemployed
Cerulea puppis-A Sky terrier.
! Amatory verses those composed by amateurs
| The dodo is a bird that is nearly decent now,
! Three hundred and forty years ago Darnley
the intolerabe DarnIey," Mr.. Lang calls him
was cruelty murdered at kirk-o-Field- The
| anniversary of the deed falls on February II
Had Mary Stuart guilty knowledge of the crime?
it is q question which will probably be dis
/ cussed TO the end of time. 1t is one which IS
so full of interest that we must not fail TO quote
! what Mr. Lang-who would certainly prefer to
| hold the Queen blameless-has lately written:
not be proven but to tell the truth. the matter IS
almost not doubtful. II does rot tolloW that ire
by passion as overrnastering as that Of Ph;rdrai
! in Euripides had not before and after the deed a
heart grateful and loyal brave, tender, magnanl.
| nous and generous Mary of that nature; II
history is slowly advancing to the moral certainty
of her crime she none the less is 10 he admired for
| her exceencies and pitied in her many years OF
cruel eXpiatiOn Certainly her death by steel was
| better. as Ms; Arhuthn SAYS than the horror
haunted deathbed of Eliza beth. All this is true.
but blink the evidence. which only fails short or
! legal demonstration of Marys crime, IS to be =
mere sentimentast. Mary's LOYAL servant, LORD
/ Herres. only uncOnvnced Of her innn-
! cence. but showed her that he was doubtful in a
herself. letter of Lesley. her representa-
! tive in England. is equally dubious. Du eros. the
! French Ambassador, wrote: The unhappy iacts
are only too well proved To ignore all this arf
/ produce testimonials in Msrys favor from those
! who loved her. is write history. Very many
people very naturally loved her, ard she deserved
I 10 Be loved Her opponents. Englishmen who had
to deal with her in Elizabeth's interests knoIiyS
! for example. and Throckmorton. bear honorable
testimony to her noble qualities and amiGbe char
/ acteristcs. all this does not affect the qnes-
! ton of love of Boutwell, and her share IN the
! death OF the intolerable Darney.
Australia has 10 the front in i"gisIa-
tive action which is. believe. without prece-
/ dent. There has been established an AustraI-
! ian Men OF Letters Fund" TO which the com
! rnunwealth voted during the last session S2Aeo
/ Another vote Of Il similar sum IS expected dur
/ in, he session