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New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
TOLSTOY'S GOODBY
He Explains Himself to His Wife.
From The London Times.

From The London Times.
Countess Sonia Andreevna Tostoy has
communicated to the "Novoe Vremya"
the copy of a letter written by her late
husband thirteen years ago and marked
Unless / leave directions to the con-
trary, this letter IS to be handed to S. A.
after my death" 1t effectually disposes
of all speculation as To the motives of
Tolstoy's flight from Yasnaya Poliana
The letter is rs follows:
Dear SOnia-LOng have / been tor
mented by the discord between my life
and my beliefs TO compel you all to
change your life, the habits 10 which
myself had accustomed you, | could not :
and TO leave you ere this | also could
not, believing that / would deprive the
children while they were little of that
small influence which | could have over
them, and would grieve you. on the
other hand, to continue to live as ! have
lived these sixteen years, struggling and
irritating you or falling myself under
those influences and temptations to
which ] had become accustomed and by
which | am surrounded. ! also cannot
and / have now decided to do what
have long wished to do; 90 away, be-
cause, first, for me, in my advancing
years, this life becomes more and more
burdensomc and | long more and more
for solitude; and, secondly, because the
children have grown up, my influence is
rot needed. and you all have livelier
interests which will render my absence
little noticeable
The chief thing is that just as the
Hndus nearing sixty retire into the
woods, and as old religious men seek to
devote their last years TO God and not
tC jokes. punS.' gossip or tennis, SO for
me- entering my seventeen year the all
soul absorbing desire is for tranquility,
for solitude. and, if not for entire har-
mony, at least not for crying discord be-
tween my life and my beliefs and con-
science.
If did this openly. there would be en-
treaties, plcadings. criticism, quarTels.
and ] might weaken perhaps and not
fulfil my dccision-yet IL must be full
flied. And 50, pray forgive me If my
act causes YOU pain, and. above all, in
your soul, Sonia. leave me free 10 go
and do not repine or condemn me.
That ] should have gone away from
you does not mean that / am dispeased
with you. / know that you could not
literally could not-and cannot see and
feel as do. and therefore could not and
cannot change your life and sacrifice
yourself for something which you do not
recognize And therefore do not blame
YOU, but on the contrary recall with love
and gratitude the long thrty-five years
of our life. especially the first half of
this period. when YOU. with the maternal
devotion Of your nature 50 firmly and
energetiCally bore that which vou con-
sidered 10 be your duty. You have given
me and the world what You could give.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
THE LITTLE GHOST.

Katharine lyman. in The London spo
tator.
The stars began 10 peep;
Gone was the bitter day:
She heard the milky ewes
Bleat 10 their lambs astray.
Her heart cried for her lamb
Cold in the churchyard scd:
She could not think on the happy CHI
dren
At play with the Lamb Of God.
She heard the calling ewes
And the lambs answer. alas,
She heard her hearts blood drip In "a
night
AS the ewes milk on the grass. -
Her tears that burnt like fire
So bitter and slow ran down:
She could not think on the new-wasns
children
Playing by Mary's gown.
Oh. who is this comes in
over her threshold stone?
And why is the old dog wild with lW
Who all day long made moan?
This fair little radiant ghost
Her one little son Of seven,
New 'scaped from the band OF mem
children
In the nurseries Of Heaven.
He was all clad in white,
Without a speck or stain;
His curls had a ring Of light
That rose and fell again
Now come with me. my own notha'
And you shall have great ease
For you shall see the lost children
Gathered 10 Mary's knees
Oh. lightly sprang she up,
Nor walked her sleeping man: -.
And hand in hand with the little CIV"
Through the dark night she ran.
She is gone swift as a faWn,
AS a bird homes 10 its nest. .,a.
She has seen them lie. the sleepy -
dren.
'Twlxt Marys arm and breast.
At morning she came back;
Her eyes We're strange 20 see.
She will not fear the long Jourhe!
However long IL be.
AS she goes i'm and out
She sings unto hersel; ,-,...s
For she has seen the mothers chh''''
And knows that il is well.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

within a year of its beginning. deputed
tho conpletion Of his task to the pres
ent editor. Dean Bernard's Introduction,
written with the completed edition before
him. is capital piece of work
worthy first result Of the material mere
brought within such easy access. NO
new letters have been discovered bear
ing on the Esther Johnson episode, but
DR.. Bernard points out significant
passage i'm the first draft Of letter
from Chetwode To Swift, erased for
good reason: the Vanessa affair, too
receives no new light The Dean quotes
an enigmatic line in a letter from Lar
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
Literary ,NeSa'S and Criticism

remain the lovable mixture of simplicity
and humility that was this Frances. Her
sense of fun, like her sweetness OF tenn
per. lasted to the day of her death, ana
she was old when she went away and
left the world poorer Writing to one OF
her relatives after her death Scott re
calls her happy in her garden In a
checked apron. or masquerading as a
Ransheo. yet adds that the great and
majestic Lady would be resumed the next
moment" one who knew both lady ana
novelist recorded the conviction that
there was strong likeness of character
between this daughter of ducal house
and Scotts peasant heroine, Jeanie
Deans. and suggested that the study OF
cne had ended in the drawing of the
other. Lady Frances might have justly
welcomed such a theory.
Much has been written in our time
about the great Douglas Cause and the
sorrowful end of Lady Jane Douglas,
who was accused of passing off the child
of a stranger az her son and heir To the
dukcdom The lords decided against her
but the question of fact is still disputed
i'm Scotland and our author calling to
witness the pathetic letters of Lady Jane
to her husband, declares her agreement
with Carlyle that it was impossible that
such a Lady Jane was capable OF any
/ bascness or deliberate mendacity what
ever" Poor little Archibald Douglas th(
discredited heir, grew up 10 be a country
gentleman of refined and retired tastes
and Fate gave him something better thar
/ his lost dukedom-the exquisite Frances
Scott as his second wife The novelist
was their cherished visitor at Boutwell,
and it is net improbable that the beauty
Of his hostcss's character won its way
! half unconsciously To himself, into Tho
Heart of Midlothian" one bond be
tween the lady and the writer was thei
mutual liking for the Homeric enthu'
siast, Mr.. Morritt. of Rokeby. Morrlt
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
The Friends Who Loved Walter
Scott.
SIR WALTER SCOTT'S FRIENDS. BY
Florence MacCunn Illustrated. SNo
pp AIS John Lane Company

SIR WALTER SCOTT'S FRIENDS. by
Florence MacCunn Illustrated SNo'
PIP. AIS John Lane Company
A worshipper of the mighty Min
strel' of the North. as BELTS her Scots
blood. Mrs. MacCunn has shed upon the
memory of the friends who surrounded
him the sunshine of her kindness. were
all these men and women in truth the
delightful beings here represented? 1t
may he that the warm humanity oil
Walter Scotts nature moves irresistbly
TO gentleness those who deal with the
story of his life. We may he told, per-
hans. that in the Scotland of the early
rart of the last century there were a
genuincness OF character, an indifference
to the merely sordid prizes of mans
strivings. and an aspiration toward the
Intellectual and spiritual which later ma
terialism has done much TO suppress
However this may be. the book before
us certainly celebrates excellent ana
agreeable porsons-with an exception
or two TO prove the rule one Of these
executions is Charles kirkpatrick sharpe
antiouary. artist and scandalmonger.
Scott liked him. appreciated his indefau-
gable and useful historical researches
good humoredly tolerated his goSsipings
and was always kind to him. our mod
ern commentator does not share that
amiability. 1T was as if the soul OF
Sharpe" she says. had inhabited the
persons of successive maiden ladies OF
quality for at least two centuries and
had retained the tittle-tatue boarded NJ
bv each" The Ettrick Shepherd is an
other Scot Of that period who is not toe
tenderly entreatod here. His ignorance
his uncouthness his monstrous vanity
arc all set forth Perhaps the best thing
we know of James Hogg is his realiza-
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

Of the kingdom. subsequently. l hap
rened to meet an organst from Edin-
burgh, who told me that in the throes Of
that electoral fight Mr.. Gladstone soothed
and steadied himself with music. Hav-
ing arranged a time for the organ prac-
tice, he was provided with a key, by
means Of which he could enter the
church quite privately. Silently and
alone he would sit in one Of the pews
with his forehead resting on his hands,
While the organst played over a number
of familiar and impressive hymn tunes.
The listener neither looked up nor spoke
until the hour compelled him to move;
then, with a thank YOU he passed out,
to throw himself again into the bustling
political contest"
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

You have given great motherly love and
devotion, and YOU cannot but be priced
for that. But. during the last period Of
our life-the last fifteen years-we have
drifted asunder. / cannot think that
am to blame. because | know that |
have changed. not for myself nor for
other peoples sake, but because | could
not otherwise. Neither can blame you
that YOU did not follow me. but thank
and lovingly remember and shall con-
tinue to remember you for what you
gave me.
Goodby. dear Sonia.
Your loving LEO TOLSTOY.
June S-21 1897
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

confirming the familiar conjecture as 10
the secret Of Swift's life, and, in his
analysis Of the correspondence, points
out that:
Letters on Cathedral business, or ad-
dressed To the members of the Chapter of
81. Patrick's are very few despite the fact
that no Dean ever displayed a deeper or
more intelligent interest in the antiquities
of the Cathedral. and that no Dean before
Swift time concerned himself 50 intimate
ly with the ordering Of the Cathedral SER
vices . Two friendly answers TO Of
fers Of hospitality from Or. Blachford.
Chancellor of ST. Patrick's. and two notes
To Dr. Delany are almost the only COM
munCationS with members Of his Chapter
which remain. Doubtless they did not un-
derstand. aS his friends in England did,
that letter from Jonathan Swift was
worth preserving.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
SECRETS OF POMPEII
Jewels Discovered on Petrifed Body
From The London Chronicle.

In the course Of the excavations which
are still being made at Pompcii il is
stated by the "1ribuna' that the body
OF a pctrified woman has been discoV-
cred.
ON the body were jewels OF great value.
including bracelets, necklaces and chate-
LANES. and it Is assumed from this that
their wearcr belonged To the patrician
class
Especially remarkable among the
Jewels are two clasps. each composed
Of twenty-one pearls IN a cluster These
clasps have both an artistic and an
archaeological value, FOR nothing COM
parabl- with them has been found be-
fore among the ruins OF Pompeii. -
Reuter-.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

1t is stated that there are new facts
about the RrontGs in a forthcoming book.
entitled The Key 10 the Bronte Works.
one OF the so-called facts is the claim
that "Wuthering Heights" was written
not by Emily Bronte but by Charlotte.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
LITERARY NOTES.

Some unpublished writings OF Arnoiu
form part of a forthcoming volume en-
titled Matthew Arnold: Thoughts OH
Education." The remaining selectiohs
are drawn from his published WORKS
The volume has been edited by Mr
Leonard Huxley.
Grizzly Adams.
The adventures of the famous pear
hunter known in California fifty years
ago as Grizzly Adams are set forth
in a. volume which the Scribners VIII
publish in the spring. His thrilling taies
Of experiences with wild beasts and lhd-
ians were taken down from his own lips
bv T. II. Hittell. Adams is said TO nave
had marvellous powers as tanner u
animals. His sole companion for years
in the mountains was an enormous
GRIZZLY hear. which he raised from cup'
John Oliver Hobbies.
The life of John Oliver Hobbies. other-
wise Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie, is TO ap-
near this spring 1t is described as DC
ing Told in Her Correspondence WIN
| Numerous Friends" memoir by her
father. Mr.. J. NJ. Richards. has been
added. and Bishop Weldon has fur
| nished an Introduction.
A New Casanova.
The first volume of a new edition OF
the Memoirs dc Jacques Casanova de
| Seingalt. Ecrits par lui-meme. suivis de
Fragments des Memories du Prince de
Ligne" has just appeared in Paris. The
edition will be one Of eight volumes, is
sued monthly.
| Stories Of the Stage.
| Mr. Daniel Frohman has written a
book describing his experiences as
manager. and presenting his recollec-
| tions Of the actors and acting Of the
last twenty-five years. The volume
which is entitled Memories of Man
agcr." is coming from the press OF
Doubleday. Page & Go.
Soothing Gladstone.
In the Just published recollections OF
Thomas Calling, an English journalist
there is an interesting note apropos OF
Mr. Gladstone's eXertions during the
Midlothian campaign of 1880. Morn
ing. noon. or night" says the author
"Mr. Gladstone was ready to make a ny
ing speech or to deliver an oration Gov
ering the entire home and foreign policy
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
PiraticaI Publishing.

Russian publishers have heretotc,
comfortably pirated as many books i
the English language as they though
would be profitable. but now there is a.
apparent desire among them to see the,
country admitted TO the Berne Conye,.
ton. One publisher at least has volu..
tarily promised to pay Mr.. ZangwiI |.
royalty on a uniform Russian edition q
his works
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
Napoleon and Murat.

NJ. Albert Espeliers book, Napoleon
and King Murat, lS0S-'l5," has been
translated into English for immediate
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

publication. 1t has been compiled ,,o.
hitherto unknown and unpublished 40.
ments. Another forthcoming translar.-
IS "a Queen Of Shreds and Patches" >,
original being VI. Gastine's life OF NJ.
Tallien.
CarIyIe's Birthplace.
The house at Eccelfechan in wh,,v
Carlyle was born has become the nv
erty OF the London Trust, which a..
owns the Chelsea house in which =
lived. The interior Of the Scotch hou,.
is to be altered and furnished TO rem.
sent as nearly as possible the dweI,.
Of his boyhood An increasing number :.
pilgrims. mostly Americans, visit IA.
house every year-there were 100 la,
year. A charge for admission viii 4.
made In the future.
An American Girl.
How devotedly a daughter Of Ampr
cans. born and brought up in EurorA
loves the America she does not see una
she is eighteen is told in AN Arden,
American" novel by Mrs. Russo,
Goldman. which the Century Compa,,
will publish this spring. She dlsdah,
the foreign marriage which her moths,
who has taken German baron an
second husband. has planned for hr
and finds her rightful lord in an Amert
can.
A Whistler Letter.
A copy Of the biography Of Whisrs
Is priced at six guineas in bookseller,
catalogue. The reason is TO be found |,
q characteristic note which is pasted !,
one Of the vacant leaves Of the book.
Tite Street. Chels.,
Gentlemen.-That what you are pleas,
IN call your colour" should be out of la,
monv'' is only rational-what else vas 10 =
expected? OF course. II ls eNecrable. Ef
for this you are not 10 be repfoached. B.
fore. however. taking this rash step yos
certainly should have consulied the cor.
fort and convenience Of one Of your eah.s
IL lie decoration is monstrous Your k,r
is nov an abomination IN the sight ot ca
and mani am. gentlemen, your obet.,:
servant. J. Mcneil Whistler.
Joshua SIocum.
Where is Captain Joshua Slocur,
Where is the stout little sloop Spray,
They went out Of New York Harbor ,v,
wears ago and have not been heard <
since. Let us hope that the boat VIII.
no built with his own hands is ~
stanch. and that it's master will retr,
to publish an account Of fresh adye-,.
ures. Meanwhile, a new edition Of h
book. Sailing Alone Around the Wori'
is 70 be brought out this month.
Libraries Open Sunday.
| There are fourteen village Libraries 4
| this state which are open on Sunday
Some of these are in very small plaos
and are opened for lending immediauy
after church service for the accommods.
ton Of the country people who have a..
tended the service. The Inspector &
Public Libraries also states that thos
open in larger villages are frequented y
people who are glad 10 use the readts
room on Sunday afternoons. But this s
only limited service. II is said that onT
one library has tried the practice Of SUI.
day opening and this one has gip
it up.
PiraticaI Publishing.
Russian publishers have heretotcn
comfortably pirated as many books =
the English language as they though
would be profitable. but now there is a.
apparent desire among them 10 see the,
country admitted TO the Berne Conye,.
ton. one publisher at least has volu,.
tarily promised to pay Mr. ZangwiI |.
| rovalty on uniform Russian aditior =
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05

publication. 1t has been compiled s,o.
hitherto unknown and unpublished ao.n
ments. Another forthcoming TRANSLATE.
Is "A Queen Of Shreds and Patchesr a.
original being NJ. Gastine's life Of Nm.
Tallien.
New-York tribune., 1911-02-05
DEAN SWIFT
A Complete, Annotated Edition
of His Correspondence.

THE CORRESPONDENCE OF JONAA-
THAN SWIFT D. y. Edited by r.
Eriincton Ban. With an Introduction
by the Very Rev. J. II. Bernard. d. D..
Dean of St. Patrick's. Vol. J. svo' PIP
xviii 392 The Macmillan Company.
The evening world., 1911-08-28

NOW dld yer IeaV" the room" asked
Judge Grain.
by the door. after | had turned out
the light" said the boy. ! went home
and told Pat McGrane that had a
night with a man In the ~Ircouois end
thought l had killed him.
Mr.. Gray then had him repeat a story
substantially agreeing with the con-
fession OF which detectives have told.
explaining how he disposed OF his
stained clothes and the things he had
stolen.
The evening world., 1911-08-28
TWO KILLED ON BATTLESHlP
BEFORE TARGET PRACTICE.
Members of the Ohio's Crew Lose
Their Lives in Accident to the
AnchO- Gear.

WASHINGTON. Aug. os. 80 Word
reached the Navy Department to-day
mat the i've seamen. William A.
Crcech and Wilson d. Mickey. had been
Killed on board the battiesh.p Ohio as
the result OF an accident to the anchor
gear.
The Ohio is In Tangier Sound. Ches-
apeake Bay. preparatory to par,lcipat-
Ing In the target practice OF the At
lani!c fleet.
The official report gave no other de-
tails OF the accident. Creech was a
native of Barnwell. :. C.. was twenty
SIX years old and had been In the naval
service a little more than -four years.
His father, Richard Il. Creech. Is a
resident of Kline. $. C.
Mickey, the other victim. va from
Milroy. Penn. was twen.y-n.nc years
old and had been connected with the
navy eight years. His father. Harry
b. Mickey. lives in Pittsburgh.
The evening world., 1911-08-28
DOG BITES TWO AND ALARMS
A WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOO.
Three Policemen Fire Several
Shots at the Animal Before
1t Is Killed.

A brown dachshund, swapping and
s%narling. ran into j. T.. B~ushman's groc-
cry store at Coney Island avenue and
Venue J., F~latbush. to-day. The clerks
jumped out Of is way and urged rus
toners to leave the store. Helen Cox.
six years old, OF No. 1921 East Twelfth
street. started to run out of the door
when the dog sprang at her and bit her
leg. Then 1t ran 10 the sidewalk and
dashed down Avenue =, biting three or
four dogs. At Twelfth street 1t bit a
watchman and turned on its course. The
nclshborhood VAS in ar uprcar and the
streets were illing up.
At Coney Island avenue and " stree;
Mounted Policeman Frazier OF the Van.
deveer Park station fred two shots al
the fleeing animal, which merely quick.
ened its pace. At Elm avenue Blcycl,
Policeman Edwards took a few shots a,
the dog and also missed It.. At Elm
avenue and East Fourteenth street Po.
hceman Baxter brought the dog dowr
with ono shot. Its body was sent to the
Health Department for examination,
The evening world., 1911-08-28
HOLDS NEW YORKER
Police Say Henry pelham Admits
Forgery Charge.

LONDON. Aug. 2S.-lIenry Pelham.
alias Herman Anton OF New York, who
was arrested at southampton satur-
day after debarking from the steamship
Olympic on the Charge OF having COM
mitted forgery in the United States,
was remanded to-day In the Bow Street
Police Court for one week. The police
say hat Pelham admits the forgery
charge.
The evening world., 1911-08-28
Vile OF Novelist Defends Her
Right TO Seek C0ngeniai Mate

have come permanently out OF the dolls house.
I iored Mr.. Sinclair In the beginning very much. I had no er-
perience. I did not knoD the comparative 0dhue OF lores.
In attempting TO assert my freedom I hare pursued several
friendships uih other men, as II I Were not married.
I uas Mortified phen ! first found out that I could be interested
IN another man.
MY friendship With Harry Kemp I hare pursued more con-
sptcaouslv than nv friendships ath other men. We are very con-
genial
I stayed married to Mr.. Sinclair, and II vas a great mistake.
because it is difficult for a CONAN to pursue, a nU lOe when she
IL bound up so much In the old.
Tcmperamentdly. M. Sinclair and I are utterly different. He
has the strict, asceic. Hsbrdic temperament; I hare the artistic
Greek temperament.
Mr. Sinclair is an essential mono0amist, but he is not fitted to
the role. A husband who 8 a monogamist by nature ought to be
able TO occupy the attention Of his WUe so that there should be none
Of this attention OF hers left for other men.
A CONAN is essentially a mono0amist-phen she finds the right
man. Bm her hunger for her soulmdte Is 8 70 strong that she Is
bound TO search for him. Tuo years ago n decided, Mr.. Sinclair
and L. that ue cerc utterly unsuited to each other, and that / should
be free to ind some one else.
The evening world., 1911-08-28
CAUGHT WITH AUTO TIRES
AND HELD AS BURGLARS,
Two Fought Hard With Policeman,
Who Drew His Revolver, While
a Third Ran Away.

In the holding OF two prisoners to-day
In the West side Court by Magistrate
House 1t developed that thieves have
been working the automobile district on
tho west side OF the city for a month
and robberies of automobile tires aggre-
gate more than 500, 900.
The prisoners We're James Alwell.
twenty years old. OF No. l50 West
Fifty-seyenth street, md Joseph Seal
Ion, nineteen. OF 40. $50 Tenth avenue.
They were accused by Edward kierska,
secretary OF the Wilson Mavor Com
pany, at No, $40 West L/ty-eighth
street, who charged them with taking
three tires valued At $3.50, Both We're
held In 5000 bail for further eXamina-
ton tomorrow.
Detective Burgess was in Eleventh
avenue between Ftfty-siNth and Fifty.
seventh streets cary to-day when hs
saw Ave men come out OF the hous
at No, S3l. Two OF them. he Jays, car,
ried three tires. AS he approached tn,
men al Burgess caught two of then
who held the tires n they fought, bu
Burgess. with his revolver drawn, hel,
them.
The evening world., 1911-08-28
MAD DOG LEADS CHASE
AT THE GRAND CENTRAL.

Five hundred men and boys this after
noon chased a big white bulldog as IL
ran from the direction OF Madison ave-
nue. across the New York Central tracks
at Forty-hfth street, The dog a mad
1t frothed at the mouth and snapped at
every one In sight.
Policeman JOHN J. Caulheld OF tho
Traffic Squad. stationed at Lexington
avenue and Forty-nfth street. fred
three shots at the mad animal without
effect, Then 1t jumped upon a platform
where the mail clerks get their sack,
and attacked them. Caulheld beat the
dog on with, his club, and II jumped
into a mail ago M out to the street
again. where csulnsld shot twice AM
killed the dog.