The Washington herald., 1908-07-19

came 70 my notice For instance the ad-
vertisement In the chapter An Occupa-
ton for the Unemployed' IS one which
appeared IN the London Times some years
ago It attracted my attention. and I
answered it. I got no reply. however,
and my curiosity was never satisfied. 50
l invented this story as an explanation.
So. too, the chapter The Invention OF
Stephen Locke was a scheme which Mr.
Justin Huntley Mccarthy and myself
seriously thought OF carrying out, but
nothing came OF il but this story. The
chapter entitled Without Rehearsal
was told me by Beerb0hm Tree. as an ad-
venture which actually happened TO him
self"
Dufheld & Co. have issued IN a small.
well printed and neatly bound volume. a
new edition Of Brooke's '.Romeus and
Juliet the original Of Shakespeare 5
Romeo and Juliet an interesting dis-
gram showing the origin and develop
ment OF the legend upon which the pIay
is founded J. J. Munro IS the editor.
The volume contains a glossary and q
table OF correspondence between BrOoke's
poem and Shakespeare's play.
The poets continue 10 testify that aitru-
Ism IS the best policy. The whole matter
Is summed I'D in a quatraiB by Mary J.
Stafford in the July ADpleton's.
To voice the worlds deep woe the pct sought
win nays they e-ovned hin-out Of love gave
To solace human zTief be tuned his ly-s.
And both were his % his hszrt's desire.
Max Pemberton is a thorough sports
man. follower OF all outdoor pasuimes.
He IS an enthusiastic golfer. a famous
walker. and. more than anything else.
IS devoted 20 motoring. On ali matters
o. the automobile. indeed. Mr. Peuber-
ton is a national authority. and among
all his magazine contributions none re-
ceives more attention from him than his
columns in the London Sphere. which he
calls The Motorists Notebook" Some
thing OF this breezy virility OF interest
may be responsible for the vigOr OF 8Ir.
Pemberton's work. and for the fact that
Sir Richard Escombe." his new novel
which the Harpers have issued. wins par
ticularly the appreciation OF men
In a new volume Just published In Lon
don Sir Algernon West tells number Of
good stories Here are two references
10 Lord Randolph Churchill:
His cyuiciSu vas delightful When the dreadful
szsoess Of hizctaliisa cTorped Cd. he tasd 20 si-
4 Godley ard sid 4 forsets vas b.rnetzuist
When vas Al the India oaiccs-'
\ treasury clerk put soals hEres before hrn- I
slsh you would rut these figures plainly % that
CAT understand them he sai5 The cle-E sas5
he had done his best. and he had poiu-inE rhen1
cut reduced them 70 dec1E-alS ~Oh sid Lord
i.lrloill- never could understand what those
dots meant
Another good story Is OF the old Ouch
ess OF Cleveland. who notifying a reIa-
tive Of her husbands funeral. added the
suggestion that he bring his gun. say
ing We are old. We must die. but the
pheassnts must be shot
Lord Curzon's speech at the uaveil,nz
Of portrait medaIIion Of John Oliver
Hobbies Mrs Craigie) in London the
'ther day suggests that he vas not IN
conscious that too much honor was per
saps being done 70 that writer. Having
asked whether she would have written
7ther and still better books. and left an
mark on the literary history OF
ler time. he continued 1T IS impossible
to answer that, but there seemed to be a
certain sense Of fncoupleteneSs about
wen her best work. which might signify
either undeveloped powers OF unrealized
ASPIRATIONS" Just before Mrs Craigie-s
ieath she wrote a letter in which she
5aid- 7 have not the smallest wish 10
marry II even were a widow to-mor-
-ow'-she had, it viii be remembered. OBJ
aimed a divorce from her husband
there IS nothing now IN marriage which
ais ne II I had an Illusion OF two. il
night be different That note appears
% answer Lord Curzon's question. On
ANY view. il is hardly likely that Mrs.
craigie's reputation viii endure for many
-ears.
A book Just issued IN England under
he somewhat pUzzling title H N -
which may doubtless be interpreted His
dajesty's Inspector OF Schools. Is fuu
Il good stories Here is one. narrating
. conversation between Bishop wHber-
orce and the Narchioness Of \. The
bishop tells the story:
At dinner sat uext vcry worthy. elderly man
the uarne q Polycsrp. Who In very touching
manner. Tecu1utinz % ne The many biessinCs
rhich he had received in the course q g lie DO
ouged beyo2i the usual limits
Lady A lstiiing yavrl-Dear ne. bishop
blslcp-feS Ard i arpe1red that he co1sid-
red the chief of his blessings % be that he had
sd tWeuty-tETee children Ard While I vas tryinz
D md words 10 express NJ opinion that sone pcl.
q
laek-eyed LADY. whom hsd obse-ed 70 Be listen
q with much attention 70 our conversation leaus
c-nss the table and said with rgnzrkabls ds-ilct-
ess- Only sixteen were nine M PolyCzrp"
For many years Mr.. Charles Henry
Ieltzer. who did the English version OF
ierhart Hauptmann's -'HanneIe.~ has de-
oted himself 10 fighting the battle OF the
ew and beautiful in drama Through
is efforts II was about ten years ago
Alphonse Daudets play 'L'Arlesienne"
The Woman OF Aries'D was produced.
We owe to him the English version OF
Die versunkene GIocke-' C'-The Sunkea
'elI'G. which was produced by E H
othern in this country. and Siaurice in
.ondon; and he has been prominently as
Ociated with most Of the independent
heater movements in this country. His
,nglish versions Of the works in the
'iebelungeu dramas are well known He
as gained considerable reputation as
rite Of music and drama and as an orig
ial dramatist- He has Travelled al over
Europe and Egypt as special correspond
n for the New York Herald. and always
as been a close observer Of the drama.
Ie lived in the Latin Quarter, and IS Gs
ell known at the Vatican as he once
rs in Cairo.
The comic spirit OF AIr George Meredith
careless Of the individual, but it spares
le English race These four stanzas from
is new poem The Call printed in the
xford and Cambridge Review. breathe
and faith in the destiny Of the
ritish:
Under what spell are debssed
Era- &c. So HHH~f frHra1 70 Ta7n