The Washington herald., 1908-01-19


spite the relative absence Of technical ma
terial. it is expected this work will be OF
value TO students of ichthyology as we'll
as to general readers. There are nearly
700 Illustrations. eighteen OF them colOTed.
Horace. reposing in the golden mean,
serenely smiling at the fevered zeal OF the
perfervid is cue In whose company the
world loves in loco TO find itself And
now the inexpert Latinist, or the Bar
barian who has no Latin 20 bless himself
with, owes a debt of gratitude to the
editors Of the Temple Greek and Latin
Classics; to Dr. Marshall, the translator,
and TO the publishers (the Putnams). who,
between them. offer him so much Latin
English happiness. bound In red and gold.
and well printed on good paper. for the
modest consideration OF $l.00. In this
volume the Latin original and the Eng
lish translation stand over against each
other on the odd and even pages
From the dedication 20 the Yates Am
icus, which the translator prefixes 10 his
book, we quote two good verses, them
selves quite in tune with Horace;
Give me 20 know friend poet preacher sage.
The tenderness. the love Of all that's Kind
And good and unaffected, which / find
4 Only IN Tefectness IN your dear page,
May l. Ike you. think small things Of myself.
Much ct my country much uf friends and love.
Delight like you in hin and stream and EroYe.
And all things else deemed good. save power and
pef?
Wei do I remember my last meeting
with klpling, the occasion Of his de
parture from town, after his inglorious
discovery Of us. says a writer in the jan
uary Bookman. 1t was at the Palace
Hotel, where he was packing his trunk.
Where are you bound?" / asked
For a journey through the States
Chicago, Buffalo, New York'-he replied.
And them"
ITO London"
What shall you do there?" I inquired
-"jourAalism?
Literary work" was his brief reply.
You are going 10 try 20 live by your
pen?'' I asked; and I remember that when
he said Yes I was full Of grave appre-
hensiOn for him. 1 had known other
young men who had gone TO London 10
live by their pens. Most Of them had
been starved out
Yes, he replied. 7 am going TO try
FOR it,"
And he did "try for it," working des-
perately hard. with very meager en-
C0uragement at first. living I'm cheap Lon
don lodgings content with small payment
for his literary wares. Even when most
discouraged he never entertained
thought Of going back 10 Journalism. but
chung tenaCiously 20 literature Which
reminds me Of story a man from India
told me not long ago.
once, when kipliugs father was aboard
ship, and lying abed with that qualmy
feeling. a passenger rushed into his cabin
and cried
Mr. Kipllng Mr.. KiDllng! your boy is
Up on a yard-arm, and II be lets go he'll
be drowned"
Don't worry" said Rudyards father.
smiling confidently through his qualms;
''he won't let go"
So he chung TO the precariOus literary
yard-arm, and was not gone from San
Francisco year before we were all
avidly devouring the "Plain Tales" ''Tha
Phantom Rickshaw.' and Soldiers
Three" and the whole country was ablaze
with the fame Of that fellow Kipling."
But the first harsh chapters OF the Amer
lean Notes tempered the literary pleasure
OF some Of Us.
II IS 70 Mr.. Kiplings credit that in his
revised edition he diluted his vitriol
The London Standard notices with
chagTin that only El,G0 has been sub
scribed by EnglIshman toward the Shell
ley-Keats memorial in Rome. while Amer
leans have rolled up a subscription Of
SlZ5O1. It feels suTc that Great Britain
cannot desire 10 be outdOne by the
United States in appreciation Of such fl
lustrious British poets.
Miss Lafayette McLaws says that the
description OF President Buchanan's in
auguration ball, printed ia "The Weld
ing, was given 10 her by Mrs. Jefferson
Davis, and she notes that Mr.. Buchanau's
dancing on this occasion was against all
precedent, and that in spite Of his sixty
five years he was the most graceful man
on the floor.