Life — January 17, 1907 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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friends who contributed, out of their sh ” kly support... were surprised that in 1891 he had spent nearly $4,000 upon a mass- ive tomb in Harleigh Cemetery, and that during his last illness, when he was supposed to be penniless, he had several thousand dollars in the bank.” w this is all wrong. His friends knew all about tomb, and those who contributed we lo so. Their contributions were to provide the n with comforts, not to keep him from sta . No one believed him penniless who listened to wha at he said himself, when his English frie! made 1, for then he had distinctly i he had his * to provide for. A few thousand dollars in the is not a very munificent provision for the hat were then continuously there. ENT PARSC d the Par- ents’ National Educational Union in Eng- land, says the Sun, have arranged a guide to children’s books, divided into sections according to age, subject, etc. Books to be read aloud to children are distinguished from books that children read to themselves. Some one has re- marked that they considered Jane Austen too own up for a girl of fourteen, to which the | Academy replies: “It is, in our opinion, much better for a child to read Jane Austen or some ther book above his intelligence, and under- stand a little, than to read a book below his | intelligence and understand it all.” HE Dial calls attention to a retreat for literary workers and other brain-weary and world-we folk—a sort of conventual settle- ment of cl nd that is planned by a Swiss gentleman named Bignami. In a circular outlining his project he invites those who feel a craving for retirement and isolation, and an opportunity to commune with their souls in quie join him and oth e-minded in forming a community, whose exact location seems not yet determined. Weariness of the struggle and di: cord and aimless rush of modern life, he argues, ake necessary such a retreat, and he hopes to gather togethera congenial groupof tired worker: y men, journalists, artists, scientists eve: fraternal intercourse in an atmosphere of ce, liberty and friendliest brotherhood. Lire can mention several American authot it would like to have go into such a retir —provided, of course, that they might never rd from again. \T NBORN, who writes literary criti- cisms for the New England Magazine, is full singer.” In commenting on B ¢ of Walt Whitman,” she says, Walt: I met him once in Germantown at a home famous its hospitality and the notables who loved to go and know he was urged to leave out of the next edition certain poems. But no was the only er. It was Art and must never be disturbed. Willard was also a guest and Walt w: her; said he hated a crusading temperance fanatic, ‘ woman, She perfectly unrufe: ft the room. But before long he return zed in the sweetest way. Up sta id to me, “What a grand old man to be willing tooon he was sorry for his remarks." I; aw YORK. | Ge KNOX HAT is universally recognized as the Standard by which all others are judged. 452 Sth Av, cou Ath Se, 194 Sth Ay Sth Av. Hotel 19 Broadway, near Dey a } Punctures Seared oar ‘JENNER & COMPANY Undivided Estates Exclusively 55 BROADWAY, NEW YORK Telephone 40504031 Kertor © + + Calle Address “demalean™ UNDIVIDED ESTATES Set estate Interests, fnctuatings to life We purchase comicbooks.com