New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-28
AN ABSORBING NOVEL OF
AMERICA AND ENGLAND

Mr.. Renton writes. Happily, I was
spared anything OF the kind, for the
old man, reserved as he was to the
point of moroseness-surliness his
enemies called it-hoarsely flung g.
query at me. The tide was out. 1
may mention, the river being at Its
lowest. Where goes it? Where goes
I'll? Smilingly l replied that
II returned to the sea. Right, sir.
right. he snapped out Then, relap-
sing into his meditative mood, he said
softly, The great, great sea Of God
Almighty's goodness. and We are all
returning that way. Don't forget that.
sir! returning to the seattle great
illimitable sea- With that he abruptly
turned away"
Carlyle on the Gulses.
An unpublished manuscript Of Car
lyle's has survived and is on sale In
London. IT is a study OF "The Guises"
in autograph, and is 10000 words in
length. 1t was written in 1853. while
the author was stu engaged upon his
Frederick the Great"
Tho Same Title.
Two more clever travellers OF to-day
have. like various contemporaries, hap
pened to hit upon the same title for
their recent work. Mr.. Henry Norman
called his lively description Of an auto
mobile Journey The Flowing Road"
and now Mr.. Caspar Whitney has
affixed the same title to his interesting
story OF adventure In South America
These things are often merely a coinci-
dence; sometimes they are an innocent
and unconscious alteration OF MEM
DRY.
A NoVeist's Original.
The readers OF Walter Besant's NOV
ing story, "All Sorts and Conditions Of
Men," viii not easily forget its heroine,
Angela Messenger. the heiress who
goes into the London Sums 10 test in
actual experience the life of the pow
erty-stricken there. 1t appears that
the novelist found his suggestion for
the character not In a girl but In a
young man, one Frederick Charrington,
a university graduate. who resigned all
share In his fathers great business to
take UP unselfish work among the poor
He has not ceased his efforts for the
last forty years.
Hardy's Farewell.
The burial Of Emma Lavinia Hardy,
wife Of the novelist. took place in the
little village which figures as West
Mellstock" In Under the Greenwood
Tree" One OF the wreaths on her
coffin bore the dedication In Mr..
Hardy's handwriting. From her lonely
husband with the old affection" Mrs.
Hardy was seventy-one years old.
A Musical Biography.
We are TO have a new biography Of
Richard Wagner. the author being Mr..
J. +. Runciman, who has long been
the musical critic Of the London
Saturday Review
To Fiaubert.
Another step has been taken IN Paris
toward the erection OF a monument to
Gustave Flaubert In that city. A COM
mittee OF well known men has been
formed to manage the matter, NJ. Ana
tole France being tho chairman.
A Playwrieht's Opinions.
A forthcoming book on the drama
has for its author the eminent Henry
Arthur Jones. The volume will con-
tain the essays and lectures which have
come from his pen in the last fifteen
years. Some Of the lectures, II will be
remembered. were delivered in this
country. The title of the book is to
be THE Foundations of q National
Drama"
The Popular Novel.
II lie said that the sale OF the so
called popular novel in England Is fall
ing off, that the supply has become
greater than the demand and that the
author is now compelled to share his
profits with too many fellow workmen
HE has forced his wares" says q
writer in "The Daily Mail" upon the
public in masses so vast that the pub
lie IL tired of them"
HEREDITX.