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New-York tribune., 1911-11-19

well enough retelling the old stories of
the lad at Eton and at college who did
everything impossible, from hiding a
savage bulldog IN Dr. Keate's desk to
snterrogating an infant on the mystery
cf pre-existence and writing a pam
yhlet on The Necessity of Atheism" q"
Forever will there be a sort of wild en-
chantment about the prodigy who could
stir one observer 10 this prophetic trib-
ute.
Talking of books. we have lately had A
literary sun shine forth upon us here. be-
fore whom our former luminaries must
hide their diminished heads-a Mr.. Shelley,
ot University College, who lives upon
arsenic, aqua-fortis, half-an-hours sleep
in the night and is desperately in love with
the memory OF Margaret Nicholson. T., e,
ho not clappod up in Bcdlam or hanged.
will certainly prove one Of the sweetest
swans on the tuneful margin of cher.
The Shelley Of this period is indeed
compelling. But then comes the Shelley
Of the Irritation with Harriet Grove,
which is 70 say the Shelley of maudlin
self-indulgence. and thenceforth one pre-
fers 10 dwell on his poetry and let his
personality go, AZ least in so far as 1t is
associated with women. But this, Of
course. is not the Gribbe theory. In the
light Of that theory all Of the poets en-
tanglenents must be made clear 10 MS If
We are 10 "see Shelley plain" and natu-
rally. in a Gribbleacious world, that We
should see Shelley plain is a matter Of
immense importance. Enter thereupon,
IN the present volume. Miss Kitchener,
and after that not unpleasng school
mistress. we must attend 70 the West
brooks and assist at The elopement with
Harriet Mr. Gribble is just the man TO
deal in all this sad stuff When he can
not quote conversation he invents one
and SAYS. That is how we must suppose
Eliza TO have talked" We must adopt
the supposition if we hold Mr.. Gribble's
point Of view and are perpetually Itch
ing TO do the best we can for Shelley
But we are not all Gribbles
Let us have done with cant. Let us be
immeasurably grateful for the gift of
Shelley's poems, and let us look upon his
weaknesses as a man with pity giving
full weight TO the unfortunate conditions
Of his boyhood and youth. on the other
hand. let us face the fact that his love
affairs excite unqualified disgust, and,
indeed. are enough TO turn the readers
stomach. Harriet had her deficiencies,
which no rational person pretends to
ignore. But if her suicide is traceable
10 elements in her own nature 1t Is also
10 be attributed 10 the circumstance that
the husband who was so ready TO trans
fer his heart 70 another woman, was,
apart from his genius, simple bounder'
If anything ever makes his conduct more
sickening as a spectacle it is the kind OF
talk in which Mr.. Gribble indulges'
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
"LE THEATRE DES R0IS"
Famous Ballets and Dramas OF
Royal Authorship.

Paris. November I'D.
NJ. Paul Gnisty. Inspector General or
Historical Monuments and former direc-
tor of the Od6on Theatre, has written
delightful little book entitled lie The
atrc des Rois," published by Louis
NIicbaud In this he gives picturesque
descriptions Of comedies, tragedies,
oporas and ballcts which have been
written by kings or queens, or in which
roval personages have played parts.
Among these sovereign dramatists or
actors one finds Louis MIL FREDERICK
the Great. Catherine II, GustaVus ILL.,
oueen Marie Antoinette, Louis Xviii
Oscar II. Qreen Elizabeth of Rumanla
carmen sylvia and King Nicholas OF
Montenegro.
Louis XIII was prolific writer or
highly amusing balets of comic order
something like the popular caricatufe
.rcyues' that are so much in vogue to-
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19

absurdly handsome Rectory children as
old Lady Curlew calls them ana espo'
cally with "Nicky." which is snort lor
Veronica. even though her Oldest sis'er'
"Daffy"-baptized Daphne-ls the nero
ine. And i'm the second chapter the salu
reader cannot help taking a tremendous
liking TO the Juggernaut who' haVIns
told some home truths to the inIhei9
threatening a strike, ends up by squeich-
ing one Of the members of the owners
association. Remember these coal mines.
They will play a dramatic-a meloura-
matic-part i'm the story later on jug
pcrnaut is forty-three, and rlch' Dahy
is nineteen. and her widowed, un-
worldly father is distressingly poor. 30
she agrees to strike match WIN her
middle aged suitor, which results ol
course. I'm much misunderstanding ana
,tnuappiness. Still. as Mrs. Carirae says
when things look darkest: 'Old? loo'S'
I was nineteen when ] married on HlN
ANDY. and he was thirty-nine FOR the
fret tcv. wears after we married called
hin, .C,ddv' IN his face. After that !
found that J was really old enough to be
the ran's mother, SO | called MN
sonny" and so the match that mas
been struck lights the candle or domes'ic
felicity i'm the end. The figure OF speech
is the authors.
The serious part of III" novel does not
altogether match its irrcsisti' le humor'
But who will care? Here is genuine
beneficial wholesome entertainment
which reaches it's climax when MISS
..,Iickv" takes a rise out of dignlfed
London waiter, only to face ultimate de-
feat at his hands.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19

day. One Of the best Of these ballets
was "Mahomet' for which the King also
composed the music and played and
danced tho part of the Prophet. This
ballet was given several times at the
Hotel de Vile before public audiences
Another amusing comic ballet by Louis
XIII was Les Femmes Renversees,
which treated with malicious irony the
doings and sayings of the fashionable
ladies of the day. some of whom seem to
have been what would now be called
suffragettes, and who sought 10 turn
topsy-turvy Partisan domestic life dur
ing the early part of the seventeenth
century. When Louis XIII was about
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19

life Of his which fostered what was fnest
i'm his art The poem is one of his love-
liest in its imagery and in it's description.
For love, and beauty. and delight.
There is no death nor change, hc sings.
There is the true Shelley. We turn to
him with an indescribable relief after
Mr.. Gribble's grimy narrative. so we
ar, always turning where Shelley is con-
cerned. from the man To the Work-a
good course, perhaps with any poet
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19

sent that Of the red. He communicates
to us his admiration of the noiseless
progress Of the gigantic moose through
the nnderbrush and devotes some capi.
tai passages to the ways Of the beaver
at work. AS for protective coloring the
presence Of light and dark and partly
dark wild sheep in the same natural en-
vironment and among the same enemies
wolves. wolverines. lynXes and golden
eagles-leads him 10 ask some pu2llinS
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
FlCT ION
A Delightful Romance by Agnes
and Egerton Castle.
THE MUSICAL LIFE.

THE COMPOSER. BY Agnes and Esorton
Castle FrOntispiece by Charles >.
Chapman. emo, PIP. 2N. Doubleday,
Page " 60.
\ year or so ago the Castles pub
lished a story. "Panther's cub in which
they painted tho world of the public
performer Tho picture. though done
with their wonted skill and nervous
force. appears now as but kind Of pre-
Iiminary study for The Composer
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
GOOD FUN.

\ SAFETY MATCH Ry Ian Hay With
frontispoco by r. Graham Coolies emo,
pp. &j The. Houghton Mit'iiu Com
pdny.
The reader falls inevitably in love, I'm
tho very first chapter of this delicious
story, with the Ncrckor family thos"
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19

less careful-and Huth. who recognize
that his library was of the nature u
trust. was generous i'm lending MS pOVS
to scholars-but borrowers kue" 700
what his books were to him, ana j..
jumpiness during their absence nc,
return them as early AS possible an
as good condition as they got them
Mr.. Hichens in Egypt. ..,,,
The successful dramatizatlcn '
Garden of Allah" pleasantly enouen
calls attention To some Of the du'"V,
other writings. The century a.
has been well advised to make h''U.
little volume out of the text oil -.
and Its Monuments" The d:aWihNS
Mr.. Guerin which adorned that ~.
are omitted. and in It's new ior'" ..a,s,
Hichens's narrative has new uue ',,c
Spell of Egypt" II is very sympd'".r me
and readable. The traveller esq .,y
will be glad to have il so coh'''''
printed.
"The Great Musicians -i,al
Under this title series Oh %
biographies was started some '''H' ~Ss
and has had prosperous career IN
Scribners. who issued it in It's o'U lion
are now bringing it out i'm new e'''-O,' e.,
simply but asreeably printed Inc %. -
umes thus far issued are w n
rctts English Church CompoSois n
\. Rubdalrs Beethoven, Dr ~.
Cummings's Purcell and pr' "a
in..s Mozart" Each volume 'oh''
frontlSpiece portrait
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
ShelIey'S Love Affairs and His
Friendships.

rHE. ROMANTIC LIFE OF SHELLEY
AND THE SEQUEL. BY Francis Crib
bic. Illustrated. Svo. PIP. NJ, 3SL q. T..
putnam's Sons.
SHELLEY AND HIS FRIENDS IN
ITALY. BY Helen Rossctti Angel Svo,
PIP. XIV, 326. Brentanos.
n'HE SENSITIVE PLANT. BY Percy
Bysshe Shelley. Introduction by Ed
muna Gosse. Illustrations by Charles
Robinson. 4to, PIP. xii. l21 Philadelphia
The J. Is. ldppincott Company.
Shelley's poetry is like some magical
philter. a means whereby we may be
Tapt out of ourselves and into dream
land But il his poetry is thus intoXi-
eating. his life has oven moro the violent
potency Of an Oriental drug Those who
steep themselves in it see the world
awry-with Shelley the one stable fig
urc i'm it, obviously this will not do,
and So from time to time critic arises.
Ike Matthew Arnold. or n humorist
shoulders his way into the fray. like
Mark Twain. 10 put under the ccstatic
swooning nostrils Of the ShelleyiteS the
pungent restorative Of common sense.
For a while the mere lover of poetry
remains AT case. But sooner or later
new hicrophant turns up and We are
treated To more chatter. It is a little
amusing and IT is also very wcarisomc.
Much dealing with the petty scandal
Of historic literary types has somewhat
disocated Mr.. Francis Gribblc's sense
of humor. Working steadily through
the company Of celebrated egoists whose
sentimental adventures make good
COPY" he has inevitably reached
shelley. one would have expected his
peculiar experience as a biographer to
give him the right cynical touch in the
treatment Of the poets preposterous ca
.reer as "A lover. But i'm the familiar
fashion he has fallen victim to the Shell
Sleyian drug. and we are regaled once
lInore with a mawkish narrative of
;1hings that have. frankly. become a
bore. Shelley's eccentricity. especially
;in his youth, will always have some
thing arresting about it for tho student
Of poetic genius. and Mr.. Gribblc does
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
MIR. Huth's Precious Books.

MIR. Huth'S precious BOOKS
In the magnificent Huth library
which is soon to be sold. all the volumes
are sound. The collector was fastidlou'
on this point. He satisfied himself, says
The Manchester Guardian by per-
sonal collation. that a book was au-
tkentic. complete and in good condition
before he would admit IT; II II was
faulty it was a leper Of the library ana
banished. Nor was A volume likely 70
deteriorate in his possession. once when
the Philobiblion Society met ar his house
he came upon one of the members lean
ing with both arms upon an open CaXton
which he had put on the top of seyera'
other volumes equally rare. and the Sigm
SO scared him that he gave In his resls-
nation. Borrowers. Of course, might %
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
A Learned Chimney Sweep.

Walter Hunt is the name Of chin.
ney sweep and former navy man who
has been appointed lecturer on sociology
to the English University Extension
Lectures. He is ffty-three years old
an has been persistent student, finally
passing successfully the university ex-
aminations in each subject TO which he
had given himself II is worth mention
ing that the occupation by which he has
earned his living has taken him out at
I o'clock i'm the morning.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
Honor TO D'Artsenan.

The real D'Artagnsn and Dumas's
splendid hero will be honored together By
the erection of statue at Gers, in Gas
cony. Charles de Batz-Castelmorc,
Seigneur d'Artagnan. who was killed AT
Maestricht. had a career as varied and
quite as heroic as that described by the
novelist. He fought In many campaigns
and was employed on many secret mis-
sions by Louis XIV and Richelieu.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
Hustle"

Hustle"
Mr. Frederic Harrison's assertion that
What we Low call education. primary
or academic. is the atrophy Of litera-
ture" has evoked equal pessimism in
the London Globe" There are some
things, says this journel, that canno,
be speeded up without immediate and
proportionate injury:
one of these is the mind of reader, and
another is the mind Of a writer Both are
now hustled into superticiality u is prob
able that "A great deal Of the extreme
and hazardous literature OF the time IL hi.
tie more than the unnatural raising and
duickening Of voices striving 10 be hearq
I'm an immense hubbub. only shrillness ana
high frequency" are Of much avail 10 50
cure attention \ generation which has
killed without replacing. the monthly
magazine as it existed in the last century.
has simply injured its literary organs 0,
breathing. and this is but one Of many
symptoms of that "atrophy' diagnosed y
Mr.. Harrison.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19

THE BELGIANS At HOME. BY Give
Holland With l6 pictures I'm color by
Douglas Snowdon and 20 other illustra-
tious from the authors photographs.
Svo. pp. y, go Boston. Little Brown
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19
LITERARY NOTES.

The firm Of the Harpers is approsc,
ing its centenary. and it is well worh
while TO retrace its history and the In,
dents os it's association with the no,ah,.
authors OF the last century. Mr.
Henry Harper has written the story :,
"The House Of Harper, 1S17-19l20 an
a country Of grateful readers will hea,
lily welcome his book.
Edward Lear's Courage.
The just published Later Letter, y.
Edward Lear" reveal the old man brav.
ly working on I'm spite OF illness sra
many sorrows and disappointments
characteristic passage mentions A go, -.
illustrations TO Tennyson When ,b.
three hundred drawings are done sbau
sell them for $4,000, with which sh,u
buy a chocolate colored carriage speckl..
with gold and driven by a coachman Z,
green vestments and silver spectacie.-
wherein. sitting on a lofty cushion com.
posed Of mullins and volumes of IN.
Apocrypha. | shall disport myself all
about the London parks
Japan.
The literature relating n Japan ran.
idly increases every year-we might al.
most say every week-but rarely do m.
presses give US on this subject nex
book quite as good as certain old On.
The Soul Of the Far East Il !,
twenty-three y ars since Professor Per.
cival Lowell wrote these delicate pages
delicate in their insight and IN their ere.
alton Of atmosphere. The book is well
named. In it we indeed draw near to
the soul of people. The Macmillan
Company has just brought ont new
edition OF it, charmlngly
printed. Fireside travellers who love d
savor really spiritualized impressions
wiz be grateful for this reprint OF a
minor classic.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-19

THE WILDERNESS or THE UPPER
YUKON. 4 Hunters Exploration .'i
Wild sleep in Sub-Aroic Mountains.
BY Charles Sheldon. Illustrated. SO.
up xxi, 81. 'har,ca Sarihn"r's Sore.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-02
VIEWS AND vAMETIEs
Clever ssyinss

That admiration is indeed,
 Without alloy
 With which 2 dog proudly joxs
 Behind G. boy.-Pittsburg Post Maud-what excuse have you fos doing such unmaidenly thing zs proposing to Jack? EtheIThe GoId- en RUle.-Boston Transcript. Crawford-Who was the man kIT.4 in the wreck Ora bshe"T donsf know, but hell be the fellow the coro~ ners jury will put the blame on-- Afe.
 Bridget" foated downward vo5c., if that is Mrs. Wombat. I'm not irs< Tt is Mrs Wombat," foated upvsr1 a voice, land she is very zIsd to hezS dt. t."-Louisvflle Courier Journal Why need. we worry over quarts- Osrs
 drinking days are done. Back in the times we read about fr~y
 drank it by the tun-
 Dallas Nsws On rich and poor the rain may fslf-< We don't care much for that; We only hope it may not fan Upon our new straw hat
 -BirmiDgham Aes-Hersid-
 'Arf hinch, 'arf a hfnch,
 'Arf hinch honvsrd.
 'Ampered be 'obb1e skirts
 'Opped the "400.>
 Dartmouth Jack e Lantern A remarkable thing happ-ned lssf night What was itz~ We rnst some people who have an a1tornobf1a and they didn't seem to care whether we knew it or not.'-St. Lorfs P5sts Dispatch.
 "Pa, what does if mean when yor say man was grossly frrs5lfed - We'll replied the father. a man is grossly insuIted when the opposing pitcher passes two men in order n get chance at him. Fres Press.
 Is Bliggins the superior infn- enee in his own house. I'm afraid not. Hes one of those mzp who Bo- derstand exactly what their wives srs talking about when they descTios what other women weaT."-WasHirS ton Star.
 Although baseball fan from sun 70
 sun,
 And the bleachers adorniug. Dad never thinks of making home Till o'clock in the morning.
 -Plniadelpiiia TeIesrs pb. My goodness, I can't understs1I how she could give up her child They say it has really been adopted by q family that lives in the country A"Yes. You see, she's found g ias tfrss just suited her. and they wouldn't sl~ low children fn the building. .'-f ai- ca2o Record fferald
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-02

AT COURT OF PROBATK HELD at Norwich. within and for the District of Norwich, on the 1st day of June, Present-NELsoN J. AYLING. Judge:
 Estate of Mary E: H Childs. late of
 William H. Allen of said Norwich appeared in Court and filed petition alleging that he is the Exeeutor of the now in course of settlement in said Court; that deced ept died in Italy and that he has been unable to secure all of the assets of said estate and that it will be several months before neces sary transfers and adjust stment of the affairs of said decedent can be made abroad and al home and that he is un- able to ascertain the amount of said estate for distribution nor the success at this time. and praying for the req sons therein alleged that he be excused for the failure of settling said estate terest thereon, and that the time for settlement of said estate and the pay ment of said tax be extended until
 Whereupon. it is Ord cred. That said petition be heard and determined a | Norwich. in said District. on the 7th day of June, A D. 1911. at 10 o'clock pendency of said petition, and of said hearing thereon, be given by the pub ication. of this order once in some District and by depositing a true and office at said Norwich. postage paid by Costello Lippitt, State Treasurer, Hart ford Conn, at least six days prior to turn be nlad de to this Court.
 NELSON j. AYLING. Judge.
 The above and foregoing is true
 Attest: FANNIE C. CHURCH.
 Jeed Clerk
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-02
Commencement a. NorthfeId Seminary

The Northfield Seminary has been most fortunate in securing Rev. F. B. Meyer, D. D., of London. to give both of the principal addresses to tho stu dents at it's coming commencement. Dr. Meyer, who is pastor of the Regent Square Baptist church of London, will arrive in New York from England on June Sd. After delivering a series if addresses in Chicago. he will return to Northfield by June 10th preach the sermon to the. grduating class on Sun day. June I1th, and undoubtedly con duct other services on that day. On Tuesday, June 3th. he will also deliver the commencement address. On June 7th Prof William Hammond, organist of Mt. HolyolSe college, will give a re- cital on the largest pipe organ in the auditorium, Whichf will be open for the first time this sea son on that date.
 The Northfield Seminary is unique in the opportunities it offers to> worthy girls, of very limited means. From tmong the 4.70e who have attended the seminary in the past thirty years many hundreds have graduated and gone through college who would not otherwise have been able to obtain an education. Many others who could not finish the full course are leading lives of usefulness all over the whole coun- try.
 Directly after the commencement Is over, on the 18th. Dr. Meyer will begin in the Chapel of Mount Hermon school across the river, a special course of Bi- ble lectures to continue through the week. Those coming for the North field exercises will also take this op- Portunity to visit Mount Hermon school and at the same time hear pr. Meyer For over twenty years he has been a prominent leader in the Keswick move ment in England. which was an out growth of Northfield summer confer ences, called by MT. Moody on this side of the water in 1880. He has also been active in other public movements for uplift of the nation, especially in the recent struggle over the educational bill. Dr. Meyer will return to England the last of June, after attending the National Baptist convention in Phila- deIphia, on the 18th of June.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-02
FULL AssocIArEp
 paess pEspATcHEs
P0ETRr.'
PA AND SxsEsALs~

Pas biziness int'rests now may s1sspo rzi He d9esnI seem to care Dit. He dilus run his store with pride An with his patrons made A hff- All winter ne.s just worked like ma1b NOW he don't care a whoop af ali, He said today that he was e1ad The season starts to play basebzfD Pa hasn't any hobbies much,
 lie never was race track spGU0g He never cared for golf an s0o6. Nor any pleasures of that ooSl But when there fs baseball game Why. pay hell sit there in the sun. An tell you other sports fs tame. The gardens erowin' up to weeds, Pa hasn't sowed one-ha1f the seeds He told us he was soin' to. The lawn air't l0Ol<in' slick and ctezuG guess it's doomed until next fsf1t The only place that pa is seen
 Is where there Is game of bs11t Pa knows the battfn' av'rage now
 Of all the players evry~here. An If you want to start a row.
 Dispute him on it, if you dare, Down st pas store the clerks they ssy, T guess be won't be in today
 Becuz there is a game of bafiT Ma she can't hardly snooze at night Pa dreams that he is at ths game He shakes his arms with all his mignk An calls the umpire . bad name. He kicks when church time comes, b1
 links:
 The seats is hsrd~-that's pas o5A
 bluff!
 But at the Sunday games he thinks 4 plank fs plenty soft enou1hf
 -1Jo5 Angeles ExprssB.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-06-02
ANNOUNCE ENTS BREED THEATER.

The Witch of the Everglades, be- cause of its great merit and interest, is attracting large throngs to the Breed daily, it's sensational story magnifi- cent scenery and unexcelled acting winning for 1t the unstinted praise of the public. This fs a picture one could see a0Rin and again, and yet never tire of it. The plot, as the title suggests. is laid in the verglades during the days of 1s17-1S, and deais with the hoat1ajties between the Semfnoles and early white settlers. There is not a dull moment in this stupendous film, and scenes in the density of the for ests of the everglades are fascinating in the extreme.
 For Her Childss Honor. is the title of z monster m4dramatic reel, and is especially welcome because it features fhe.Isn1ing lady and leading man from the Amous old time BiozFsph cast, that has been recently recalled from other Gln makers. Their united work in tfy1s poc1zfre is-in itself an een- iagg ssa aertainsnsnt, and calls forth hearty applause at the great and af- feeding climax. Ii is a splendid story finely acted