New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-29

Journeys, he being then an elderly man
a bedroom had been secured for him A.
Cologne that he might enjoy a nighrs
rest on the way. He had. however, taken
I'D at starting one Of Gaboriau's noye,s
to read in the train. and was only half
yay through it when he arrived at Co.
logne. There, as had been arranged. Ia
betook himself to the bespoken room at
the hotel, where he spent the whole
night not In the contemplated repose.
but in finishing his novel, continuing the
tourney next day without ever having
been to bed"
Leqros as q Sportsman.
There is an amusing description Of the
sporting experiences Of the French artist
Legros in the just published reminis-
cences Of Mr.. A. G.. c. Liddell. While
staying in Scotland Legros expressed q
wish to be initiated into the mysteries Of
British field sports:
Accordingly, one morning he descended
the stairs in his usual black clothes and
wideawake, finished of by pair OF hls
hosts CATERS swapping .,s ms ni.e angers and
peur dc MOL" When we took the field he
began by carrying his gun muzzle down.
ward. as II II were O. walking SUCK. Nr.
was to be used and carried. and he took
his station in the line next to his pre-.
ceptor. There was not much competition
for the place on the other SIDE OK me enter.
| prislng novice. but my curiosity led me TO
occupy It. And II turned out TO be per.
fectly safe, as he carried his gun at half.
cock and held II in front OF him, the muz-
zle at an angle OF 45 degrees from the
seen and our host led the would-be sports-
man toward him The bird seemed quite 10
understand the situation, as he allowed VI
to get within fifty yards OF him, when Mr..
Graham directed Legros to fire. The artist
cocked his gun and. presenting arms, dis
charged II with great care az the same
angle at which he had been carrying II.
ard, needless TO say, produced no effect on
the capercailzie. Afterward until lunch.
when he left us, he was too cautious 70
open fire again.
Not content with his cunning experience.
Legros insisted the next day on being taken
out fishing. He was accordingly set down
In the stern of one Of the harlng boats op-
posite to a rod. After time FISH took
, his fly Remembering the instructions Of
yesterday, he jumped up. and pressing the
butt of the rod 10 his shoulder held II In
the position OF a gun. The boatmen were
paralyzed with astonishment;; nut Ito, on rscoy.
or hRow' NOM Row. "Gie him the
buttv' hastily translated for the sports
mans benefit by Miss Grahan-"Roue1
presenter le bout de Ia machine au pois-
SOM" / need hardly say that after few
moments Of the widest confusion the ny
came back.
Delinquent Librarians.
1t is reported that disagreeable dis
coveries have been made by the com.
mssioners appointed by the Italian gov.r
eminent to examine the various national
libraries with a view TO gathering ex.o
hibits for the approaching exposition at
Turin. Valuable and beautiful books
have been found soiled or mutilated-
sometimes treasures OF this kind are
missing altogether. Sets Of volumes are
dispersed and lost; there have been ur-
pardonable losses even in the Vittorio
Emannuele library at Rome. Similar
complaints, by the way. are heard in
Spain. We are told that the care ~ Eng
lish libraries Is excellent. but this was
not invariably the case fifty years ago
I'm cathedral and collegiate libraries.
The Manchester Guardian" quotes two
of the instances given by Mr.. Blades:
I'm one case a broken pane had been so
long left unrepaired that tendril OF
Ivy had crept in along the top OF row
Of books. 1t served admirably as duct
during rainfalls, with the result that
row of books the least valuable of which
would have been cheap at fl00 was badly
damaged. In the second case II was
broken skylight which did the mischief
There was a bookcase below II, and the
value of it's contents-chiefy Caxtons
and specimens Of carly English printing
was such that one Of the volumes.
though saturated and stained and rotten
was sold for f20o.'
Barred Books.
An attempt to induce the Manchester
EnglandD City Council to rescind its
action barring Mr.. H. G.. Weiss book.
THE New Machiavelli," from the free
libraries has failed Complaint was
made that the Council was being held up
to ridicule on account OF its "Puritansmf
in refusing to buy the book; but this
complaint had no effect upon the VICE.
shipful members. One of Mr.. Weiss
previous books was stoutly denounced
as poisonous" and it was asserted that
IL that one was poisonous the new book
was still more so.
For the Browning Fanatic.
Mr.. Eden Phillpotts has been deliver
ing his mind on the subject OF Robert