NEWS AND NOTES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15551, 7 March 1914, Page 4 (Supplement)

NEWS AND NOTES.

A series of "Tales from Ariosto," edited by Professor Nicholson, the economist, is published by Messrs. Macmillan, giving an interesting selection from the works of the author, who has been called " the Southern Scott." •

Mr. Budyard Kipling's father, John Lockwood Kipling, was principal of the School of Art at Lahore from 1875 to 1893, and the author of " Beast and Man in India," published in 1891.

The first volume of a new impression of Macaulay's " History of England'" is issued by Messrs. Macmillan. The work is well bound and printed, and is profusely illustrated with plates oi historic and antiquarian interest. The completed issue pro-' mises to present this great historical work in an excellent form.

A symposium of opinions upon the question " Has W. T. stead Returned ?" has been edited by James Coates (Fowler, Loftdon , Upton and Co., Auckland). The work contains statements by various people, who believe that they have received manifestations since the wreck of the Titanic, and is prefaced by an introduction written by Ustelle W. Steady

A handy little manual ig " Signalling," written by an officer of the aruiy, and edited by E. J. Solano (Murray, London). The information contained is largely identical with that to be found in the instruc-tion-book issued by the War Office, but the author permits himself more freedom of discussion and illustration than an official manual allows.

The object of " Anatomy and Physiology for Nurses," by Amy E. Pope (Putnam, vNew York), is to provide a text-book containing more physiology than the books on anatomy and physiology hitherto provided for nurses. The book is very fully illustrated, and contains a number of questions for each chapter; also an extensive glossary, which includes a detailed explanation of all the chemical' and physical terms used.

It is related of Mr. Israel Zangwill that many years ago, when an obscure lad teaching in a Jewish school in .London, he sent a short poem to one of the bestknown American monthly magazines. The poem came back by the first mail. But he kept it by him, and a long time afterwards sent it on again to the same magazine. This time, on its receipt, he received a cable from the proprietors of the magazine offering to buy the " world's rights," and almost immediately they issued a huge poster intimating that their next issue would contain a poem by Mr. Zangwill. This was the same poem, word for word.

The eloquence and ingenuity exercised by counsel in the now famous "Drood Trial" are not to be left unrecorded for posterity. Among those seated on the reporters' bench was Mr. J. W. T. Ley, for several years secretary of the Dickens Fellowship, and a well-known West Country journalist. Mr. Ley took down in shorthand a verbatim report of the case, recording every word of the counsels' orations. no less than the quips and cranks of the foreman of the jury, which have so far monopolised the attention oT the newspapers. This report will be published as soon as it can be printed.

Some vastly interesting reminiscences of Bacon and his connection with Gray's Inn were given recently at the Lyceum Club at a dinner held to commemorate the 353 rd anniversary of the birth of Sir Francis. Mr. Harold Hardy, who is a member of the inn, recalled some of the quaint regulations which marked its conduct in Bacon's time, such as the embargo on the wearing by the Benchers of hats, spurs, and top-boots in hall; thj regulation of the length of the beard of members; the prohibition of the act of standing with one's back to the fire; of remaining out-of-doors after six o'clock, and of engaging laundresses under forty; and the binding to celibacy of all the officers, except the steward, the butler, and the chief cook. Bacon, he isaic'lj served as treasurer of the inn for the unprecedented period of eight years, his resignation taking place only 'when he became Lord Chancellor. The magnificent hall was built in his timo, and ho was an active promoter of masques and theatrical nei formances. Bacon was not the cold philosopher some people imagined, but was a man of great human sympathy, although, perhaps, in his early days he was by temperament something of a recluse. During the years he was connected with Gray's Inn Bacon's friends were numerous and his popularity unbounded. He always regarded it as his home, and it was there after his fall that he spent the last five years of his life. He did a great deal for Gray's Inn, and his memory would always be regarded with affection and gratitude.