New-York tribune., 1909-03-13

and some indignant person. unknown olrAeu
hin, in a cottage His history was written IN
his enemies day, his character was traduced;
his portrait shows q dark, melancholy but de-
yout amateur, kneeling in prayer. We do not
hear that James I was butchered In cellar
because he was a pOet-though no DOUBT the
fact told against hm-but James III was arts
martvr. and the motto OF Scotland was NO
aesthetics need apply"
DR. wfIfred T. Grenfens story OF his recent
escape from death on the Labrador coast Is to
he told bv himself in book which the Houghton
Mif1in Company will soon publish. It is to be
entitled "A Voyage on an Ice-Pan
There is a charming glimpse Of Sydney Smith
in a paper Of "reminiscences published IN Inc
Cornhill' The writer, the daughter of Lon
don clergyman. remembers the frequent coming
OF Smith to her fathers dinners: "He would
expressly arrive a full ten minutes too soon,
run up to the nursery at the top Of the house.
take a small girl on each knee, and delight to
expend on a few little children. and the baby
boy Growing for JOY of life In cot in the corner.
the inimitable drollery and the stream OF ire
sistible cleverness and nonsense which only the
night before perhaps. had been the piece de re-
sistance Of the dinner at Holland House. One
OF the little girls still recollects-better even
than the sweets IN his pocket-the bonhome and
kindness Of the shrewd, manly face. and knows.
as his own children and intimates knew, that
Sydney Smiths wit was not his finest quality" "
The story OF the Columbia River rehearsed
by Professor w. D. Lyman. OF waIls Walla,
washington. viii be brought out soon by the
Putnams II IS to be of the volumes of
Tho American Waterways" series.
f Nesbit-otherwlse Mrs Hubert BIand-who
has written so many clever books for children,
has now written for adult readers volume
intended to enable them to understand children
better. These Little Ones" is the title chosen
by the author
An anthology OF the French writer's OF the
nineteenth century is announced in Paris. The
editor is NJ. Gauthier- -Ferrieres. It is TO be pub
lshed IN four volumes two of prose and two Of
poetry and many portraits. plates and auto
graphs will accompany the text.
The use OF hitherto unpublished material in
the forthcoming biography of Caroline Norton
no doubt means that the true story Of her mar
Tiage viii be told therein. Norton has been
called by Mr. Fitzgerald Molloy "a troublesome
fool" but he even worse than that If we
may trust to Mr.. Mooy's recital: 'Flnging an
ink bottle at her head, setting fire TO her manu-
scripts" Cby the sale Of which she added to his
income). placing hot kettle on her hand. were
brutalities she had borne from her husband for
the sake Of the children who were dear TO her;
and it was only when, in an after dinner mood,
he broke open the door Of the room into which
she had locked herself for protection and flung
her downstairs that she appealed to her eldest
brother Brinsley. 10 interfere in her behalf.
The latter Immediately sent word to Norton that
II he had not a written apology and promise of
amendment from him he would expose him. In
reply the offender excused himself by saying he
had broken open the door 'on principle, thinking
It necessary as husband to resist such extrava-
CANT and disrespectful proceedings as locking
him out of any room in the house
It Is announced that the April Century Will
contain additional Lincoln material. This will
include Edwin Booths letter the assassina-
tion. now to be published for the first time; an
article on Lincoln and Wilkes Booth as Seen
on the Day of the Assassination by Mrs. NJ
II. p. Moss, who shook hands with the Presi-
dent and his murderer within an hour on that
dav: a letter describing the murder written two
davs after by Miss J. A. Shepard, an eyewit-
ness of the tragedy. and paper by Mr.. Leonard
Grover the theatrical manager, on Lincoln
Interest IN the Theatre"
There is a characteristic sentence In a letter
OF Edward FitzGeralds addressed TO George
Borrow and lately published for the first time
He had first received a Persian MS. "Cowell
sent it to me from Calcutta" he says, but 1t
almost requires his company to make one devote
oneself to Persian when with what remains Of
ones old English eyes one read the Odys-
seus and Shakespeare"
'Griselda" Is the title of the new drama by
Gerhardt Hauptmann which is to be published
this month.
"I never had any idea OF becoming an artist," ;"
said Sir w. S. Gilbert. not long ago mot even
in my briefess barrister days. Yet 1 made hun
dreds of sketches for publication, most OF which
are no doubt properly, buried in oblivion. I
never drew from models. but odd characters in
the London streets attracted me, and I felt an
irresistible desire to sketch them for my own
amusement or the amusement of my friends"
He is quoted further in The Strand Magazine"
as saying that he never illustrated for anybody
but himself.
BOOKS OF THE WEEK.