The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-10-26
BY IA M,RauIsE DE ToNrENoY.

IL demnation OF the ever -incrcasinp
| h OUTPUT OF trash and useless
hooks. and who, like him. deprecates
their preservation By Libraries, recon-
mendins n policy OF selection and con-
eentrauon. and even expressing him
seit In favor of the precedent set by
al 81 Alexandria as the best means OF
ulsposins OF the colossal masses OF
literary rubbish. is one of the best ,
known English men or letters Of tho
present gay, a governor and trustee OF
the National Gallery and Librarian OF
the rouse of Lords. after having been
previously the assistant librarian OF the
s sna. national ,h iibrary OF the British
Is the son OF famous zoologist. whose
prlhcipal lRbors and discoveries were
On this side OF the Atlantic. that is
10 say. In the United states and ia NJ
Sseandinavlan origin. his grandparents
having been Norwegians.
HIS office of Librarian OF the Housr
ol Lords is most desirable one carry
ing with II salary of $1,000 a year, a.,
houses or Parliament the library itself
peins located OH the, main floor OF the
Ealace of Westminster. overlooking
lne river and In line with the House
~ commons dining room and library
me correction contains some SO, 900 vol
umes ana an Immense number OF valua
pc papers. together with some rare
mi nc, documents. Including the orig.
Edmund Gosse has also becn nrin
cIpal ofhcinl translator to the govern.
nlemt department known as the Board
OF Trade. which Is the English eouiva-
lent of the Department OF Labor and ~
Commerce in the United states and an
me Continent OF Europe. He has like
MiSG peen intTuste1 by the late Duke
rad Inherited big libraries and yaiua biz,
collections OF books, with the wcedinr
, mh,rrrahSement and cataloguing Of their
He has been engaged in MANY III :
ter literary controversies. one Of whiri,
with sir Edward Clarke, led that emil
nent lawyer to write: 1.-The literature
OF England is Il fair and spacious do
main. and does not belong TO F,dm,,nd
! GoSs". he is rather like the lntcllI-
gent rustic whose business ii is TO omen
one Of tho gates. 1t is q useful DC
r rnr.a.dl ana ] do not erudge him It's
tne representative OF literature. re-
Dukes me for my presumption In hay
ing an opinion Of my own. and in
actually renturing to express IT."
Like Sir Edward Clarke, the. British
edmund Gosse as one of the most an
thoritative representatives of litera-
tnre, and to such an extent Is this
the case that his Pronunciation OF the
Carnegie Libraries, not only as doubt
iui blessings, but as absolute night
mares. may II is feared, lead some
crank 20 take his warm approval OF the
drastic methods OF Caliph Omar at
Alexandria az an encouragement to
apply the torch, or perhaps dynamite.
to the Libraries identified with the
name of the multlmillionaire Laird Of
Skibo.
King Georges action in appointing
Sir Edward Henry to be one of his
extra eguerries is in order to enable
this particularly clever officer who 4
of nj -. m q
company him and Queen Mary TO India
next month as valued member of
their suite. Considerable anxiety pre-
walls among the authorities, not only
at home but also out In India. with
regard to the safety OF the King and
Queen during their stay In India. where
1t is feared that advantage may he
taken OF their presence to make some
attempt upon their lives BY Oriental
fanatics or notoriety-crazed baboos.
Now. the whole OF Sir Edwards ca
in the police service in India: ind
throughout the last decade of the
nineteenth century he was Inspector
General Of police there. and introduced
system of Identification Of criminals by
finger prints. after he had convinced
himself of the impossibility OF securing
accuracy, at any rate In India. through
the Bertillon method of anthropomc-
try.
During the South African War. Lord
Miner, who was then Governor General
there. demanded and secured his ser
vices. in order to deal with the white
scum gathered at johannesburg AMI
elsewhere in the Transvaal. after the
overthrow of the Kruger government.
From there he was promoted to the
command of the Metropolitan Police
in England.
The indian police. and especially It's
secret service, with which Sir Ed
ward was identified. is the most mag
niflcently equipped In the world, and
tho principal. or At any rate the most