New-York tribune., 1910-06-08

CarthyS History OF our OWn 1lheS
is now in preparation, This will cover
the whole of the reign of the late King
Edward.
The Confederate general, Basil w
Duke. is just completing volume of
"reminiscences. 1t viii be published by
Doubleday. Page & Co.
We may expect, some months hence,
much interesting matter from the pen
Of Mr.. w D. Howells. 1t is stated that
for his present journey to Europe he has
fitted UP a stateroom as workshop,
where he can write in peace and seclu-
sion during the voyage.
NJ Paul Bourget, we are told, has
taken as a part of the plot of his new
novel. sLa dame qui a perdu son
peintre," the Incidents of the Rokeby
Velasuuez and of DR.. BODIES Leonardo
bust The story. which is said to be
fun of humor. is that of two pictures,
one of which meets the fate of the
Venus" while the other suffers the lot
of the Flora"
Cornell Price. the headmaster of the
United Services College, to whom Mr.
Kipling dedicated his "Stalky & Co.
has died at the age Of seventy-four. He
was of the finest type of .Englishman-
how wise, how just how generous and
how humorous the readers of that book
may guess He was the constant friend
of his most famous pupil and very
proud of him. Il remember very well
being present Omore than twenty years
ago." writes one of his associates. lat
one Of the fortnightly debates at the
old 'Colr-as IL was affectionately
dubbed-when the Head gave, as his
contribution to the evenings proceed
ings. a reading from slim paper-cov-
cred volume which was, I suspect, un-
known to any of his audience. He pref
aced that reading by remarking, Il think
you boys will be interested in the story
! am going to read; it is by one of your
own schoolfellows. whom some of you
here will, Of course, remember. vent
ure to prophesy for him distinguished
place among our hest writer's. Perhaps
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Kipling
Price was in early days an intimate Of
William Morris, and the artist once
modelled his head. It is told in illustra-
ton of Morris's furious RACES that this
clay head was never finished, because.
whenever he grew impatient, he flew at
il and smashed IL up.
The latest edition of the Arabian
Nights is very beautiful one, the first
section of which has just been issued in
Paris. The new translation By DR.. J. c.
Madrus is set on each page within bor-
ders of arabesques in monochrome, and
the stories are illustrated with repro
ductions of Persian illuminations from
DR.. Madrus's collection.
King Edward, ii is said, much enjoyed
the work Of George Meredith, particu-
larly The Egoist." He had certain
convictions as to modern literature. Il
hope you won't read those books. No
woman I respect reads them," he said,
putting his hand upon the hand of
lady who was pausing in her choice
from heap Of modern problem novels
on the table Of a private house So says
The Sketch"
The late NJ. Jules Renard, author of
the charming Poll de- Carotte," is men
toned as one of the few French men of
letters who really hated the life of cities
He buried himself in the country. at
Corbigny, and became the Mayor of the
village. AS a boy he was of more
strenuous tastes. He once wrote:
For a long time l wanted to go to Paris
opposed TO my departure. and she kept
strict watch on me. fearing that | would
leave home without her permission. Every
morning. as | got Up before she did, she
listened for the sound of my footsteps. II
she heard my Sabots she said to herself:
He can't go very far. But if she heard
Inc walking about in my boots she would
cry anxiously from her bed, Where arc
YOU going with your boots on? 1t is
neither a holiday nor the day of the fair
replied Mother / am going to the
raining. and my sabots would stick in the
mud" And I dared not leave home that
day. One morning. however, l left the
farm with my boots under my arm. at the
same time making a lot of noise with my
sab bots Some distance from the village I
took off my sabots and threw them over
mother. Then | put on my boots and con-
tinued my way toward Paris When my
mother. took the COW TO the field she found
my sabots At first she did not understand.
But when she called me and I did not an
swer she returned 10 the house and he
gan TO search for my boots. When she
was tired of looking for them she sat down
I'm a corner Of the chimney and cried
long time.
1t was in 1776 that Sheridan began his
career in theatrical management at
Drury Lane. Not long afterward he
sent this note. with a manuscript, to
William Chetwynd, Examiner of all
Entertainments of the Stage: 'Sir-If
the following comedy called The School
for Scandal meet the appreciation of
the Lord Chamberlain, we shall have il
performed at the Theatre Royal in
Drury Lane. May 7th, 1777. r. B. Sheri-
dan" On the 18th Of this month, at
Sotheby's, in London. this manuscript
will be put up at auction OF it the
London Daily Telegraph" says:
This rare relic was once. indeed. nearly
destroyed by. fire, having been sent TO the
binders in 1884 by Sir George Chetwynd,
the examiners grandson, when the prem
ises Of F'airburn, the binder. were burned
down. Some Of the l37 pages of manu-
script show the marks OF scorching, other
Wise IN the rich russia binding fooled with
the Chetwynd arms. the precious document
II complete II has been suggested that
Sheridan wns in such a hurry that he act
L5ally wrote portions Of the play during its
first performance The state of the manu-
script d3sproVes this. The comedy is com
plete, with epilogus and prologue as well.
Moreover, II is certain that ii is the ident-
many other manuscript plays among Will
lam Chetwynd's papers at his death in 1878.