New-York tribune., 1910-11-12

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sented 10 the museum by Mrs. Green
field. 1t is a magnificent copy Of the
/ Theban Book of the Dead, TO which is
added a collection of invocations, al
dresses and hymns to Amen-ra, the great
god OF Thebes. This papyrus, II =
stated, was written for princess WIZ
dwelt in Egypt between B. c. 1o4o-lo"o,
The whole of the upper part is hiieu
with vignettes drawn in black outlines
/ This papyrus was found at Der-aI-
( behari in the last century.
Mr.. Birren has contributed an enter
tanning preface to Mr.. Barry O'Brien
book on John Bright Here is passase
on Bright as an angler:
Forty years ago all good Radicals aIso
neyed that their favorite orator We Sss-k
a Famous angler-not in the lake o. -oI,ld
ness, though many half pay coloneIs "+baf
nave FOUND no difficulty in belesLh6 -oiraS
but Ia the lochs and rivers OF the - -
Kingdom Salmon was said to be ms ,a,,bt LUT,N
quarry Outwardly. there can be no I-SaIf
Brlght pursued this avocation - ~ Joyvn
once saw him at Taynuilt marchlAs 80
TO the Awe, rod in hand, q soner gTIS vi Iot. e.
parently) an effective figure We an i9aS -
the lncongruous. and here. firmly @ lLLo0GS -IDta
In the Bright tradition, was the very 1I -S
we love. Mr.. O'Brien now comes along anu
quotes one of Mr. Bright's hosts in Scot,
land, where the great man was suppo'0N
10 come FOR the fishing: o,.,c
He (Bright) was very fond OF hshing;
but he knew nothing about II. de , Coaru
never be persuaded to hold the rod prokb,
eriy. He used always to hold it stralgI44t
out as q coachman holds & wnIp. Le
scarcely ever caught anything. But ne en-
/ joyed himself, standing on the bank OF
river or sitting In q boat, waiting caIHl-'-
He liked solitaire"
DisTaeH used to carry a pocket lfIscnuyius
cordirg to his adnirer, Sir William Fraser
he could hardly read a line OF Greek; anu
now We hear Of Bright carrying salmon
rod about with him. yet. according 20 TINS
shall be told next that Nj Gladstone never
really cut down q tree. I. for one, am not
without q struggle. Some people have alb
sUrdly high standards.
Nj a. P Dugmore has gone to New
foundland to make his fifth annual at
tempt 10 photograph the migrating carl
bou. II he succeeds at last IN capturing
not these elusive creatures but their
portraits q new book will probably be
evolved from his adventures.
Another hunting author. Mr.. Hesketh
Prichard. has also designs on the carl
bou He has been in Labrador. whittier
he went to study Indian life. the carl
bou migration and the annual caribou
slaughter by the Indians.
Let Il be rememb beTed by travellers
that nobody must soap a geyser. Mr..
Clifton Johnson, IN his new book on the
Rocky Mountains. quotes a Yellowstone
Park official on the evil effect Of such
play4l1lness: 'Tf soap was thrown in, it
seemed TO stir EN- UP and make EN-
spout. The largest geyser in the Park
was ruined by a dose Of soap which
soldier gave It, and which resulted in its
blowing 10 pieces Then there was
at the Upper Basin. He emptied his
soapsuds where they ran into a geyser.
and the geyser exploded after while
and blew up the fellows tent"
A letter which Benjamin Franklin
wrote on May s, 1T75. was sold the other
day IN London. He notes therein his ar
rival IL Philadelphia, where, next morn
ing, he was unanimously chosen by the
General Assembly as delegate for the
ensuing Congress. You Will have
heard" he adds, before this reaches
you OF the Commencement OF Civil
wsr-the End Of 1t perhaps neither my
self nor YOU who are much younger may
live 20 see. I find here all Ranks Of
People IN Arms disciplntng themselves
Morning and Evening. and am Informed
that the frmest Union prevails through
out North America: New York as hearty
as the rest"
The "reminiscences of Clara NOvello
(Countess GIgliuccT, who died in 1908 at
the age OF ninety, have Just been pub
Hshed in England We are told that she
surprised Liszt at his trick Of breaking
piano strings for his admirers 10 make
bracelets Of. and she waltzed TO Chopin's
playing. Lady Beaconsfeld showed her
the family Jewels and her collection Of
curfosities, pieces Of cord which had
hung notorious criminals. Beaconsheld
impressed her as always getting himself
I'D TO look Ike q caricature and as econ
ornizing n conversation his best things
The quaintest memory Of this eminent
singer brings Charles Lamb before US as
he stopped the flow Of her lovely song
with. Clara, don't make that ID
noise.' Miss Novello was the heroine Of
the sentimental musical novel. Charles
auCheSIer"