Show BRIEF LITERARY NOTES PAUL BOURGET the distinguished literary rival of dumas was once a parisian ian reporter LORD ALFRED TF TENNYSON is the eleven hundred and seventy tb third ird person buried in westminster abbey tm tin longest word in the new century dictionary is the next longest is THE manuscript of edgar allen alien poes tale of the ragged mountains was sold in new york at auction recently for 1 tim THE number of pilgrims to the house at ecclefechan in which carlyle was born is yearly increasing during the past three months three hundred names have says the glasgow mail been added to the visitors book GEN CASSIUS ina M CLAY CLAX the veteran diplomat soldier and antislavery anti slavery advocate of kentucky has presented his fine library and his statuary and paintings to the county in which he lives for the nucleus of a public library gen clay is eighty years of age EVERY year a great many hero wor pilgrims go to the house in which carlyle was va born and try on the sages old hat which is preserved as a relic of interest iii ia ii i terest of the thousands of visitors during the last few years only thirty four had heads large enough to fit the hat bat |