New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-03-11

Mark Twain order the polished o,-...,
of Edgar Saltus and the quips - Isms
Dale but ra; CONFESS h. that Robert " Cham.
and their kind bore me beyond descrtn,;,Tr,
About China.
In "The Coming China" boob us,.v
McClurg will publish next autumn, ~
Joseph r. Goodrich discusses erb.r..
lively the later history, political att,,,S.
and present aspirations OF China. ",
Goodrich has spent large part a, ~.
life in that country and knows its "a,
guage and literature.
Musical Guidance.
The Scribners Will issue In a few A.
a volume entitled THE Education 40,
Music Lover" Its author, Pro,....-
| Edward Dickinson. Of Oberlin Coils.
has intended to make Of it "a book "a,
those who study or teach the Ar. :.
| listening"
A Fascinating Series.
Many readers VIII hope that an Enc,
lish translation will be made OF a s.r,.,
II volumes which will shortly appear !,
Paris under the general title OF "Hlbuo-
treque de Ia Revolution ct de rEnnlr.,
These volumes are 70 contain priv,,.
letters, diaries and other document,
written by and concerning noted cha =
acters OF the French Revolution and ~.
First Empire. The first volume (, ar. =
titled Letters de 1915 The editor \,
Professor Arthur Chuquet, OF the Collier,
of France.
MeIbourne's Retort.
Lord Rosebery has recently recalled a,
a speech the amusing story OF the dis.
cussion between Lord Melbourne ANA
Disraeli on the Eastern Question. I,
is a story worth retelling. D!sraeli was
young and bumptious, and on return.
ing from his travels in the East me.
the Prime Minister at dinner. He did
not listen to Melbournes views on n,
famous Question" With that respect
which he ought 10 have shown. Tt
seems to me- lie said, your lordsh,p
has taken your knowledge Of the Eas,
from The Arabian Nights" Me-.
bourne did not snuo the youth as hs
deserved. He rubbed his hands cheer.
fully and said; And a devllsh good
place 70 take II from
DostoisVsky's Books.
A uniform edition in English OF Dos.
toievsky's novels is announced for PUB.
lication in London. The translator is
Mrs. Garnett. who, as Constance Black.
made admirable versions Of TurgeuieKs
books. 80
Marion CraWford's Jokes. -
When an undergraduate a. Cambridge
University the late Marion Crawford
spent much of his time in pranks. His
sister. Mrs. Fraser. says of him:
= He hunted round for the biggest trotaaE
{ horse he could lind, had a towering dog.
cart built. dressed himself in checks a zoo,
square and or outrageous colors, and, thus
equipped, par Dded the dignifed university
town, 10 the scandal OF the authorities and
/ the delight of his companions. he Tad
clock "a French gimrack exactly Initiating
a watch, aud, having instructed his tailor
/ 70 make a pocket large enough 10 hold Il
/ he attached it 70 4 big dog chain. the Ink,
OF which danged ostentatiously across his
/ waistcoat One cay In the train facet;oB
stranger. Slancins at this ornament, asked
him the time. When Marion pulled OFT
watch two inches thick and as Big rocad
| as a muskmelon the 1oker blanched. He
| thought he was shut IN with 2 maniac ara
Iu-hed from the carriage PIT the next stop.
/ a Dinner Of Poets.
The English versiiers Of the day ne.
/ at a formal dinner in London the other
evening and discussed poetry after dis.
/ posing of the viands. Mr.. Herbert
! Trench observed that the time Is ap.
preaching when we must recognize thu,
( the old distinction between poetry AM.
prose must go-in which saying VI
Herbert Trench gave expression 70 pure
| foolshness.
MIR. HewIett's Dramas.
Mr. Maurice Hewletts three ro.tital
dramas brought together under The title
OF The Agonists: 4 Trlelogy Of God ant
( Man will be brought out here til,
spring by the scrihners. We are toll
/ that these dramas are written in variei
metres. the author declaring that was
ners method in opera has largely beer
his inspiration in this respect.
The Standard of Living. >
The Standard Of Living Among III.
Industrial People Of America IS the III.
Of a volume b. Mr.. Frank II. Streightos
which the Houghton Mifflin Company
will soon publish. The author shows
that lin many cases the family income
il below the minimum necessary for eff
cheney. as evidenced by the facts that
housing conditions are widely unsats-
factory. that nearly third Of the in.
dustrial families are insuficiently nour.
ished and that saving is extremely diff
cult"
Magic and Sorcery.
NJ. TIL. de Canzons's History II Magic
and Sorcery in France" approaches com.
pletion. The third volume dealing with
the sixteenth. seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries has just appeared. The repres-
sivc attempts OF that nevici furnish a
mass of material black with tragedies Of
cruelty. The volume shows. it is stated
the strange case Of the visions Of let
Ter, the epdeunics Of demoniac posses
sion in the sixteenth century, the feroc'
ity Of the judges. such as Reny, Bogus'
and de Lancre. the Camisards, nv
, Black Masses. the famous A1aire de'
Poisons. and the extraordinary seizures