New-York tribune., 1909-05-22

Mr. Justin Mccarthy is at work upon book
which he intends to call EARLY Memories of
Ireland He is also writing a novel.
Professor CoIdwin Smith who is now eighty
six takes as much interest in literature as ne
did fifty years ago. and leads happy and busy
life in his Toronto home Music is one OF his
delights and it is said that he plays whist and
Billiards with zest which a man of half his
years might envy
No fewer than seven volumes will be needed
for the catalogue which the authorities of the
Bibliotheque Rationale of Paris will issue Of a
collection of documents which promises to be
remarkably interesting This collection includes
all the pieces judiciaires'' of such famous cases
as that of the Diamond Necklace
Miss Birnie Philip. the sster-in-law of Whist
Ter. is now at work upon her proposed collection
Of the letters of Whistler. She states that this
action is "ir accordance with his wishes"
"The Renaissance Library" which Dent pro-
poses to issue. will include group Of English
French, Spanish and Italian masterpieces of the
great springtime of European poetry" The vol
umes will be simple in form. but charmingly
printed in new type cut from designs modelled
on the letters Of che Venetian printer Senson-
Their price will be small.
Mr.. Charles Follen Adams has issued new
edition of his "Yawcob Strauss" poems. The
set Of four booklets has illustrations in color
The late Marion Crawford. II is stated, had
been at work upon a study OF the struggles ot
the Black and White factions of the Guelphs
with the GhibeUines in Florence, Siena- Pisa.
Ravenna and Pesaro at the end Of the thr-
teenth century Historical personages. includ-
ing Dante, move through its chapters.
A correspondent Of The London Bookman'
says concerning Mr.. Crawford's accomplish
ments
IingGst ngGG as Marion crawford He knew Italian
of every period and practically IN az Us
hut as italian hOrn-at the Baths or Lucca-t4a-
was not to be greatly wondered at His knowl-
edge OF coloquial French was also a Ila'tst "a p o1
course. for although he spent his hoyhooJ IN tI.ime
he learned all his lessons in French. But CraN-
Russian. Turkish and Portuguese He was no
mean Sanskrit scholar; while he served ms az,
Hindustani and learned 10 read ana write UTdu,
and a much more rare accomplishment was tAal
he could write and speak Latin
Sir Harry Johnston's book. The Negro in the
New World" viii contain the results OF his re-
cent observations in this country. in the West
Indies and in tropical America. The author has
made careful and serious study of his subject
The Awakening of Turkey" is the title of
timely volume produced by Mr.. f. F. knight
who is by the way, the author Of that entertain
ing book The Cruise Of the Falcon Mr.,
Knight as a war correspondent of long service,
has acquired an intimate knowledge of Turkish
territory and of the Turks. and watched on the
spot the progress of the revolutionary move
ment. His book promises TO be a highly inter-
esting and useful story of the remarkable
changes in Turkey It will contain portraits of
the leaders of the Young Turks, contributed by
themselves
A statue to Jules Verne has just been un-
yelled at Amens NJ. Clarete delivering the
eulogy which the occasion demanded. At Mos
COW. in the same week, unveiled statue
10 GogoI the author OF Dead Souls"
Some interesting letters penned by Washing
ton are to be sold in Philadelphia. one of these
is addressed TO his nephew Fielding Lewis
who wished TO borrow some money from him
You very much mistake my circumstances"
writes the great man. when you suppose me in
a condition 70 advance money. made money
from my estate during the nine years I was
absent from ii, and brought none home with
me. Those who owed me, for the greater part,
took advantage of the depreciation and paid me
off with sixpence in the pound. Those to whom
was indebted. l have yet TO pay. without other
means, if they will not wait than selling part
of my estate or distressing those who were too
honest to take advantage of the tender laws to
quit scores with me. This relation of my cir
cumstances, which is 2 true one, is alone suffi-
cient without adding that my living. under the
best economy tsic) I can use. must unavoidably
be expensive, to convince you of my inability TO
advance money"
Writing again on the hard treatment Of poets
by an Indifferent world. Mr. William Watson
says that nobody in their lifetime wanted the
poems of Keats and Shelley but the accident
of their having Tin different degrees) private
pecuniary resources enabled these great men
to give their less perishab wealth to the world |
which otherwise would have been poorer for |
the lack of il to this day" He continues:
heard the present Lord TennysOn. then Mr. Hal
lam Tennyson, say i'm the presence of his iIius-
trious father. at Farnsford. why Browning only
gets zoo a year fron his publisher for all he
writes ! well remember the look of affection |
atey silent reproVal which the greatest poet since
Wordsworth directed toward his ACCOMPLISHED
then very young man, at this rather innuIsiye
From that date onward the actiyitI, |
of the Browning societies, together with other !
perhaps slightly factitiOus vogue but I'D to the
date of which have been speaking. if not be- |
we'll -to-do he could not have lived by his writings
no one but the merest handful Of ardent admir-
ers wanting them-and thus he too would have |
been lost TO US. perhaps other potent writer's |
have been lost through our practice of COM
placently washing hands of all responsibIitv |
for the preservation and encourag cement az The |
men who with some executions have co-onarsta9 |
with the greatest thinkers. teachers and 1i1ines
in helping to conserve the noblest and most spiT-
itual clements OF Car national life.
Mr. Oliver Herford has illustrated in bfs oo ]