New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-01

part of Falstan. gilbert met MIN De-
hind the scenes In all the enormity OF
prodigious makeup. redundant and
painting. He gazed upon handkerchief
and a streaming brow and dryly re-
marked, Your skin acts we'll" or
course the victim of this mot could not
have been Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree.
Letters of Famous Persons.
The autograph collection belonging 70
the later Mr.. HUH was sold in London
the other day and extraordinary prices
were paid for some Of the items. The
letter written by Mary Queen OF Scots TO
the Ambassado' Chateauneuf on jan
uary 81, 1856, brought no less than
s5125. Mr.. HUH bad bought 1t for
little over SO The purchaser was Mr..
Ouaritch. who also paid large price
$3.50, to wit-for letter addressed by
Shelley to Joseph Severn. This con-
tanned an interesting reference to ADO
nais":
send YOU the Elegy on poor Keats
1t was written before j could OBTAIN any
In spite OF his transcendent genius
Keats never was or ever Will be popular
poet, and the total neglect IN when
the astounding remnants or MS nlho sun
lie was hardly to be disspated by a writer
who resembles him in =.
want Of popularity
For this document Mr.. HUH had paid
only about $33. Another notable item In
the sale was a letter written from the
Tower by Sir Walter Raleigh. 1t was
addressed ITO my very worthy FRIEND,
Sir Walter Cope Knight" and was
piteous entreaty:
Ny desire unto you is that you Will be
pleased TO move my Lord treasurer IN my
behalfe that by hts grace my wife might
agayne be made prisoner withe me, as
she hath tene for six years last past
A miserable sink It IL. yet great 20 me,
who in this wretched estate can nope ioi
no other thing than peacipIe SORROW
The sum paid for this echo of SAD
life was $4,000. Mr.. Quaritch paid s4,ooo
for a letter written by Katharine or
Ara gon to her nephew, Charles V. In this
epistle the Queen begs for aid in her
difficulties and forced divorce and makes
much dolorous complaint.
The Fielding Receipt
Perhaps the most remarkable episode
OF this HUH sale was the purchase for
S5O75 by Mr.. Quaritch of Henry Field
ing's autograph receipt and agreement
with his publisher for the copyright OF
TON Jones" The London ''Telegraph'
rays:
From a. start Of $50 the bidding waxed
until Mr. Sabin was called upon, 70 MAKE S
final effort at Mr.. Quaritch's call OF tl'VV.
Il will give an Arabian Nignis Di .a mn ne 'e
"el COS" replied Mr.. ,Quaritch;. Il. 90,
last time, and at fl,ol5 Mr.. Quarltch added
the agreement TO his other prizes Wni ,,a
idea of the enhanced value OF literary reiics
will be conveyed when IL is stated mat
Messrs Sotheran sold this Fleldlng receipt
to MIR. HUH In 1868 for only Il suineas'
Better Late Than Never.
Miss May Sinclair ought to be CRATE
ful TO the wide-awake literary editor OF
the Pail Mall Gazette" He has just
discovered THE Divine Fire" the book
which made her reputation and reviews
II briefly but with great gusto, calling II
"A Remarkable Novel" He begins MS
uttIe article as follows: Some years
have elapsed since The Helpmate "a
novel quite dramatic in its intensity ap-
reared. and there could hardly be
greater contrast than the brilliant piece
of work that has just brought fresh
laurels to it's author" The DIVINE
Fire" was published in 1905; THE Help
mate" only two or three years ago. Inc
mistake Of THE Pail Mall Gazette Is
perhaps explained by the fact that, as
Miss Sinclair has herself said her hrst
arresting novel met with far greater
success in America than in England