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Lake County Press, Issue 904, 29 March 1900, Page 2

Few thihgvs gratify Mr. George Mere(iith more than the fact that he had something 4o do with Mr. Thomas Hardy's first success as a novelist. The M.S. of Mr. Hardy's book " Tinder the Greenwood Tree" was sent in vain to several publishers, and at last reached Messrs. Chapman and Hall. Mr. Meredith, who was then, a.s he is still, one of the "readers" for the firm, read the story, and was so struck with its merits that he advised its publication, and wrote the author a letter of cordial praise, which was greatly appreciated by Mr. Hardy. Bicycling has become bo popular in fashionable Hyde Park, London, that the First Commisioner of Works is to be asked whether he cannot exclude carriages from the bicycle track for two hours in the forenoon, as they are a source of inconvenience and danger to the bicyclists. ( There is a well-attested Instance in England In which a robin formed such an attachment to two ladies that he was in the habit of accompanying them In their country walks. When they went to reside in another dlßtrlct he took his departure wl*h them, Oyiag: along by the aide of the Artftee.