BOOKS AND BOOKMEN.

Evening Star, Issue 14963, 24 August 1912, Page 4

BOOKS AND BOOKMEN.

A PATHETIC LIST. . I The Imperial Government nave £1,200 'j a ve.tr at lueir disposal to distrioute 1 among men and wornm who have contnI biue.i to literature'and science, or to their' ] relatives and dependents. It is not a i huge sum tor a nation that can afford to .' • give Viscount Cress and Lord George Hamilton £>,COJ a \ear each, and tiie Right Hon. -Mr C'hap'ui, Lord Baltour of Biaiei<:h. and the Right Hon. G. W. Baltour £I.UoO a year each for political services. Tlie dispensers and disposers of the oonnty have a difficult task in dividing • '-. tins JJI.iJO among the main worthy people 3 i or their loved ones v. ho in'their day have 1 1 done almost as much for their country | and generation as Viscount Gross and . ! Lord (i. Hamilton. The harvest is small . \ and the gleaners are many. The follow- • • iug are some ot those whose name; appear ! in the last Gtiicia! List, with a brief resume 1 ! ot their particular work and the reason i | whv tne pension is given : Ln - 'Bernard i'yne Urenieil £IOO t In recognition of his researches and dis._o.enes as an areiiieoiogist and a cias ioal scholar, ;ind in consideration ot tne bre.ii.duun in his health. l)r GrcnKll. who is a Fellow of Queen's L'onege, OxiorJ, and of the B.iiish Atv.aemy, was, ap- - . pointed in laOo iVcnessor of I'apyro'l.gy at Oxtord. Fits excavations j ii: Egypt have brought many vulu- . | aole manuscripts to light. , ' Mr Frank Thomas Builen ICO In coiU'Lieiation of the literary merits of his writings. tMr Bul- ; len must iiave maue laige sums > of money by his books, lectures, and Tress ■ work, and the appear-, ance of his name in this list will come as a surprise to manv.) ■Mr Cecil Sharp ... ' ... ... ICO 1 In consideration of his service in ' the coilection and preservation of ! English foil: songs. ! Mhs Mary Rosamond Earle 60 In consideration of the services of her father, the late Pi ores .or John Ear!?, to English literature and philology, and oi ner state of health and inadequate means of support. ; Mr .khn Arthur Blai'-ie 50 | In consideration of his literary merits and ir!ade;;_i..te means of support. Mr J. A. Blaikie was [ l.'Oin in 1349. _He has contributed ' to most of the leading literary, artistic, and musical journals. From ; 1c34 to 1834 he was on tiie stall' of the ' Saturday Review,' and subse- ' queiitly on that of the 'British i.e- ---' view.' He has published volumes ' cf songs and lyrical poems. Ar.toinet'ia, Lady Russell 80 ' In recognition of the literary abilities and the public services of her '. husband, the" iate Sir William 1 Howard Russell, C.V.0., and in ' con-idevi'tion of their straitened circumstances. •' Ellen. Lady Orchards - , .n '.'. " ... SC In ton. ideialion of the eminence as a p:ii::ter of her husband, the . late Sir William Q.dllei - Orchard- ' son, R.A., and' of' her inadequate means of support. ". j Mr Charles Francis Ke-nry 70 In recognition of the merits of j his writings. Mr C. F. Reu'y has . puidished a number of novels and • other works on history and pliilo- . soiiliy. and on aittiqinrian subjects. He was formerly on the staff of tiie British Jlu.-enm. The i best known of- his .novels is ' A Marriage de Convenarce.' . | Mrs Eleanor Foumor.e ... .... ...- .60 . ! In consideration of the valuable!-..; . j contributions of her husband,- the , , late Mr Frank Fodmore, to the erii tical study of Spiritualism, and of her inadequate means of support. [ I Mrs Bertha Julia Skinner 50 , In recognition of the valuable j services of her husband, tiie late Mr Arthur Banks Skinner, in connection with the art collections m. the Vicoria and -\lbe;t Musc-ttm. ' s.nd in consideration of the circumstances in which she has been placed by his premature 'death. ? Miss Alice* Shi Mel 40 I', n c 0..;: it ion o? ihe merits of her hLtciical writings. 1 : b \ TENNYSON AND THE GIRL. ! In 'Edward Whtniper as I Knew Him,' i by C'oulsor. Ke\ nahan. there is this sto»y 5 ! told oi Tfciiuvßo:) • . I At a garden party a rather gushing i j young gin went up to the hostess ami ? i said: "Oh, is that rcaoy, as I am told, I j Lord Tennyson sitt. ig tne.e by himseli r sinckir.g on th;u rt st.c seat*' I " Yes, my dear, that is he," was the [ reply. , ■" Oh, I should so like to meet him. Do . intioduce nie," sai.l the girl. • "Lord Teanyson," said the hos.t«?s. when - tb.e two had walked together to the seat [ where tne Lauieat-e was smok_ng, "this is c Miss B , daughter of an old fiien.d ot . mine, who is. very, very anxious to have ' the honor of saying 'How do you do?' to ■ you-" s "How d'you do?'' responded Tentiyson, 5 giuttly, and scarcely looking up. Seating 1 herself beside him, the. girl. attempted " awkwaidly to carry on fonie sort of eonversf.ti<>:i,' but as- ail the got in leply was : an occasioiu-.l "Hunph!" or else stony : . i silence, she. lost, her nerve, and began, 1 j schooigirl-wise, to wr'ggle and to fidget •| in her seat. 'Then ihe great man spo e. ''"You're like the rest 'of them," he 5 | giuntcd. "You're laced too tightly. I 3 : can h;ar your stays creak." J i Abashed and the girlwith- • j drew. Later in the afternoon Tei'.nvson 1 | came behind, her,-and, laying a hand on 3 her shorider. said kindly.: "I was.wrong s ; just now, yovtig ia ly. It wasn't your 3 ; stavs I henid creakii g, but my braces. • They're hitched up t,-.o tightly. Sorry." " And' he lounged away. 3 A MAETERLINCK STORY. • ' In a -recently-published book, 'Martin ' Harvey: Some' Pages of His Life,' we r nave, among.other things, an account of 3 [ the impression Mr Harvey's ' Peileas ' made !. i upon Maeterlinck. ' ' j I "I ca'inot recall without a profound j | emotion," writes Maeterlinck hj mself, _ j —"the most intense, perhaps, of my whole D I career as a dramatic author —his. fast apI i pearance in 'Peileas.' . .■ . As lelleas ~ I advanced slowly upon the scene, pale and | | marked bv fat* with mortal beauty, like ' a soit of pre-Renahsance Florentine Ham--1 let, I heaid in the very depths of my heart the secret but all-poweifni cry of that mvsttrious voice which seems to come from a a legion bevo.id the human.and which. only - ssunds at the great moments oi existence. 0 ]t was the-unlooked ior'but : u'nmistakee able soul of my dream.!-' We read'that after. bSre ,;fjvst; perform--2 ance of 'Peileas and Melisande' Mr Har« 1 vey went home tired' .and. out of spint3. j H* fiavs himself: ■'.■.'.■-■ i\ "I walked home alone. I felt so miser; e able that, iiisteid of go'ng Straight to our r ! 100 ms, I walked tip aiid down Baker.street. ? ! lor an honr in the rain and gloom. When fjl did decide to enter the house, I shall u never forget my •delight. - My wife bveatae lessly told me that Maeterlinck was waits ing in on« of our rooms impatient to see a Peljeas. •. .-. she- -said,. hj 'bae paid yon the-highest compliment one ;■ man has paid, another. He says jou h»v« - ti stolen his soul.'"

11 CARLYLE AND ROUSSEAU. I The following story is recalled apropos t Lord MorleyV refeienoea in his recent • Manchester Univeasity address to Rous--1 sean. It io told by the late Marion C'raw- » ford: 1 "It was at a dinner party, and Carlyle 1 sat silent, listening to the ta.k of lesser 1 men, the snow in bis hair and the fire in his amber eyes. A young Liberal was i? talking, theory to a beefy old Corse;va-j \ tive, wljo despised youth and reason in 1 an equal degree. 'The British people, 1 sir,' said he of the beef, ' can afford to j " laugh at theories.' ' Sir,' said Carlyle, | 1 speaking for the first time duiing dinner, j ;, 'the Fiench nobility of a hundred years -■' ago said they could afford to laugh- at '., theories. Then camea man who wrote a ;,' book called "The Social Contract." The I ' r.ian was called Jean Jacques Rousseau, '' ; and his .book was a tlieoiy, and nothing | but a theoiy. The nobles could laugh at i his theoiy, 'but their skins went to bmd the second edition of his. book.' " THE LATE MR BARREIT BROWNING. Mr Robert. Barrett Browning, the only child of Robert Browning and Elizabeth ) ! Barrett his wife, passed away at Asolo on i i July 3 in his 6'-lt.h year. He will al.tay.-s ■ | lx! 'remembered by the references to him •"j iti the Tetters of "his father and mother. • j When Mrs Browning died, the bereaved > j father tried to. be both father and mothei '1 to his eon. To the las.'t the "Id poet cher- ! i ished th'j son with a touching a:.d co.ts.tut ' | devotion. The lad took to painting, ami ! attained a moderate succe.-s. Ho married ! in 1887 a wealthv American lady, to ins ! father's great delight. In 1839 the poet I I died, and after that we fear things did ' i not so well. There was a shadow over ' \ the last yea is. But Barrett Biowning I had qualities of generosity and' cour.esy i which won for him the affection_ of not a ■ I few, and he was very popular in Asolo, ' where he wrt's best known. He continued ' ! steadfast in his loyaity to the memory of ! : hi* father and motce'i, thorgh the high : i hopes with which tiny viewed his futu.e I \st-re never to hi" fulfilled.—'British 1 i Weekly.' 'JAPANESE EPIGRAMS. In the "Open Court'-for May there are three pages devoted to trnnsla.icns of poems by Confuuianist philosophers and others from the pen of the late Arthur Lloyd. Some aio worthy of being remembered : The child of thee Possesses his own soui; that self-same soul ( Is his at sixty. How t-.tie to everyday life arc tiie follow- | itig two sougleu: : j \ our shoe sting's broken, but beware j you stoop ■ - - I To nie:.d it till you've crossed that melon j patch, _ _ | Lest those who see, you misinterpret you. i ! And again : ! A thief 'liny ' sometimes take a holiday; j . I A watchdog, never.- ■ I j How many oi us would live happier lives, ai.cl pet'ciame accomplish gleat thni_,s. wtre we to ieain, wi.h t..e Japanese p.iiio v-opker: j here is a gate, whereby good luck and ui May enter in. But'ot tnaL gate, jioiu. t.ie one Key. [ SHAKES!EARE 6 FIKSTFOUR FOLIO EjjTMO-so. The set of tne first four Folio editions of Shakespeare, s woiks, part of lno libiaiy tonnecr <!l;rieg iae eai.y pa.t ot the last eeuuiry by mi- lieiKy i>. H. Beautoy, weie to be oikiCd for r-o.ie in our iot on July id. Ihe j.'i:.-.t iolio (1623, seven years after j the poets deat'i) is a veii tali-copy, wim ; few and only minor impel icettoiia. It u ) | -No.- lb in S.r Sidney-iice s 'Census.' it | was the propc.ty m 'tait: 17t.ii century oi tiie Snaiieri-ey ta.r.ily, oi l.hcsiiiro, tiieo nhich niairwa t>ji - \'v atk.n W.h.ams-\Vynn, tniid baionet. Sir \s-alkins son. the.. Rtg:U.. Hon. C'iia..-.cs W. \V. \V\nn ! (i?75-ite. ; ;,.owned the copy till his dviit.i. ' i It. was purena.-CJ i>y Jjjiito -Beaufoy on j FeLraaiy ±&, Ibol, for £i-tl l.s. Its inteKit" howive.j do.-A not lio so much I in its history as in tne tact that it is tiie J cmy copy recoldtd bound by linger Payne i and including tne. orig aal bid. e-ronVthis ' ! bill it seems u.at tne giCi-n.e : ;t oi En-Is:! boonbii.de.s Os 6d per day lor cleaning and- tneiia.ng tne volume, wiiiie the line Rns.ia exua binding v, as changed at £o Bs. ' Ihe lexample of the Second Folio (1632; is in a splendid ius;-ia leather b.n.i i\j,. In the cen.re of each cover is a piece |sj.in 1 by 4iii) of the original mulberry uee in- , la'id, with a wills and be-autifui.y tjoltd ' bt>ider in the style .ot, Roger Pa_. ne, and inscribea in gold: " All' shall yield to tiie rn til be try tiee, mat-idiless was. he-who planted thee, and thou like him immottal shalt be." , The Third Folio (1664), likewise both fine, and tail, is remaikable in having the estiemely rare original and suppressed title added, with the blank spate for the pomait and the imprint "I'r.nted tor Philip Chetwinde, 1663." The Fourth Folio (1686) was formerly the propelty of, and much used by, j Thomas Southerne, the dramatist,- while j ; it has the signatures of other owners. j This set of the first four Folios is one I of the finest, in existence.