New-York tribune., 1910-12-21

From Raphael Tuck & Sons we have
received an engaging batch of calendars
and Christmas cards. The most deco
ratiVe of the former is one formed of {,
wreath of holly with a movable robin
perched in its centre. A Dickens call
endar, with some of the noveIist's char
acters sketched in colofs is also attrac-
tive. AS for the Christmas cards. they
include any number of pretty designs
and we note with special appreciation
those which have place for an inserip-
! tion, so that they may take the place of
a visiting card affixed to gift. The
souvenirs of this sort that are printed on
parchment are particularly artistic. The
same publishers. by the way. bring out u
capital edition of Alice in Wonderland
with pictures by Mabel Lucie Attwell
printed in colors and in black and white
and full of fun for the youngsters in the
nursery.
The Interna tional News Company
| sends us as usual a sheaf Of English
Christmas numbers" those special is
sues of the illustrated weeklies which at
this time burgeon forth into riot OF
color. The supplementary pictures are.
as in other years. large and ambitious.
The best of them is a photogravure of
Orchardsons Surrender of Napoleon"
| that picture OF the fallen eonGueror gaz-
ing with tragic intensity at the coast Of
France from the deck of the Bellero-
phon. 1t is interesting to note, by the
way, that no French painter delineating
| scene from the life OF Napoleon ever
produced a work more poignant than
this one from a British brush. The big
color plate that goes with THE Graphic
is a rollicking scene. cleverly painted by
Frank Craig, Back from Battle: The
Return of Our Redcoats." A painting
by Frank Dicksee. THE Ideal" goes
with BLACK and White Pretty sub
teots of a sentimental order. reproduced
in photogravure from paintings by Ar
thur j. Elsley. accompany THE Queen"
and The Illustrated London News"
The weeklies themselves are, of course,
packed inside with more pictures. most
OF them in gay colors. but they all offer
authors. such as the Castles. Eden PHIL
potts and Barry Pain. and there is,
finally. an abundance of humor. These
miscelIanies unquestionably make a jolly
lapful for the holidays.
The third volume OF Bismarck's me-
moirs is yet to come. The publishers
have lately stated in public that this
volume sis being duly and Loyalty guard
ed by them as a legacy of Prince Bis
marck to- the German people. and at a
given time will be published" 1t is
not unreasonable to suppose that the
imam of blood and iron" expresses there
In opinions distasteful to various living
persons whom he didn't like.
Herr Maximilian Harden, in his just
published book of recollections. notes
that he once tried to find out if there
was any truth in the stories told of Bis
marck's brutality to his subordinates.
He questioned the Chancellors younger
son. William. Bill Bismarck, who saw
his father as human being and not as
a god Oh the heights answered reflect
lively: No, he was never brutal, but so
horribly polite that it made your flesh
creep. He knew his business so we'll and
had such a nose for a fault that it was
horrid to work with him" Only twice
in his long life. Harden tells us, was the
Chancellor ''visibly shaken to the very
depths of his sour'-when he was dis
missed from office and when he sat be-
side his wife's deathbed. "sobbing like an
the end of the funeral service .'he broke
a rose from the wreath. took the fifth
volume of Treitschke's German History
from the shelf and went softly out of
the ROOM
The original Ms. of Byron's "Ode to
Napoleon was sold at auction the other
day for $1,000, the purchaser being Mr..
Sabin. The Meredith MSS, left by the
novelist to his nurse, Miss Nichols,
brought, at the same sale, total of
$3.50 The item among these MSS.
which commanded the highest price,
$1,000. was the early unpublished version
OF ''One- Of Our Conquerors
The committee of French women of
letters appointed to award the Vie
Heureuse' prize has given it to Mar
guerite Andoux, the dressmaker novelist.
This prize is of the value of 81 600
1t is understood that Tolstoy contin-
ued his diary up to almost the last dav
OF his life, and that the Ms. was intrust-
ed 10 the friend who accompanied him in
his flight away from his home and his
family. 1t is not yet known whether or
when the diary will be published.
a frank and eminently reasonable view
of Tolstoy is presented by The London
Saturday Review publication which
at infrequent intervals drops the wrong
end Of the stick and takes up the right
one 1t is one of the charms of the |