New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-15

-, old Joe Birkett. the sexton al
mo- Church, who knew more
O'o' 80 NJ the Lake celebrities lie
soa quaint description Tor the great
=, them all: "Terble solemn man
A. wordsworth moo. and grit
"' aw A distant man Varra.
- wont 10 be very hard on the
dr,nking habits Of Hartley Coler,use'
,.ho "was cursened in boor font mere
e. ono more of his memories:
spohert southey, with whose house,
But VpIn,,gb enc OF his sisters DelHb az
i,oVr,.ico there. he secIneh 20 ndsc ".irad of
sSLet, knowiedge. lie was never lreu ,,,e o q
uIiuit. 'ss,Ich a particular klnd man !" %" 81
taIKts ,,.bev moo. and always so iona ..
MI NJ Lo{rns Niyver went out ehcept III ~
e ins and a brown lappetted cWoa. ON. -
CAP with a neb I'LL IT, ana hiV 9, b,s hand"
upon | Ia,o,yld odd: "he hes { beuk IN mana
anu 10 :, monument sista. and sec heed "
haaIr az nivver was. All doant suppo .tis
ivver man o. his years wur p 5au ,bn con.
ynnJ VI ~ the matter was that ne was
49, most parttcler kind gentleman az ~ a.
ia 30 and terrible fond o. { chuch they uo
saay.'
Italian Travel.
Mr.. Henry James Forman gives de-
c,dedly arrestiDg title TO the little GUIDE
book for the pocket which the Hough-
ron Mif1in Company have just pup
rshed. THE Ideal italian Tour, ne
calls II. The ideal tour In Italy is al
WAYS. Of course, ones own, the tour
determined by individual whim' But
we would not bubble. Mr.. Forman mas
unouestionably done well In landihg ms
sunnosititious traveller at Naples, taxing
him about the neighborhood, then pro-
ceedlng to Rome and Florence. ana 30
northward to Venice, with final eXcur-
sion 70 Milan and Genoa and an exit
Nv wav of the Lakes He writes WIN
q light touch and with practical gooo
sense, remembering not only his authors
and his history but the traveller num-
drum needs. Half-tones from photo-
graphs of we'll chosen subjects make HIS
Illustrations In It's pretty cover OF iiihp
leather this is altogether ono OF inc
most seryiceable books OF the sort we
have encountered in a long time.
Sir Francis Drake.
LADY Eliott-Drake's two volumes on
"The Family and Heirs Of Sir FRANCIS
Drake" to which we alluded not long
ago, have just appeared In LONDON VI
the greatest Of ali the brakes the author
has comparatively little to say accord
ing to THE Athen@um," but she gives
at least one interesting document reiat-
ing to him which previous historians
have overlooked. 1t is letter, discoV-
cred at Simancas, from Don FRANCISCO
de Zarate, the owner and commander OF
a Spanish ship from which, as Hakluyt
has recorded the terrible Englishman
took a faulcon Of gold with great en-
erald in the breast thereof" Drake was
not too severe in his treatment OF his
captives, and hence the later takes
fairly appreciative tone in his letter TO
the V!ceroy Of New Spain, which runs as
follows:
This English general Is cousin OF John
Hawkins; he Is the same who about I'VE
wears ago took the port Of Nombre de dos;
he IS called Francis Drake; man or some
nve-and-thirty years, small OF stature anu
red bearded, one Of the greatest sailors on
the sea, both from skill and power OF COM
handing His ship carried about 40 tons;
is swift OF sail. and OF hundred men, al
skilled and in their prime, and al! as mucn
experienced IN warfare as II they were 0Id
soldiers OF Italy. Each one In particular
takes great pains TO keep his arms clean;
he treats them with affection, and they
treat him with respect; he brings with him
nine or ten gentlemen, the younger sons
Of English noblemen. These are his coun-
Gil, and he calls them on every occasion,
however an!mportent; he is not bound by
their advice, but hears what they have 10
say, and afterward gives his orders; he
has no favorite. These OF whom l speak
sit at his table. =. =. His service is OF
silver, richly gided and marked with his
arms: he brings ali the Injuries and per-
fumes possible; many of them, he SAID,
were given him by the Queen. :. He
dimes and sups to the music of vfolins:
. l believe that all the crew received
wages, for when our vessel was plundered,
none dared take anything without his
leave; he was very gracious to them, but
punished the smallest fault . l en-
deavored TO find out whether the general
was Mixed and every one told me he was