, so filled with a long-
ing for travel that " pictures of palm-trees and
the very word 'colony' were enough to make
him wildly excited" is a vivid one; and it is
not easy to get away from the account of his
first sight of the sea, which was to fill so much
of his life with love, and fear, and sadness.
"He had gone with his parents to a village on the
coast of Saintonge. On his first arrival he had not
been able to catch a glimpse of the ocean, hidden behind
sand-hills. But as soon as dinner was over, he could
contain his curiosity no longer. He escaped alone, and
in the darkening twilight made his way down a wind-
ing path through the sand-hills to the shore. There
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never before experienced. He heard in the distance
a dull sound, at once loud and indistinct. Suddenly
there opened out before his gaze the ocean wrapped
in the glow of the evening sky. Paralyzed with
fear, he stood still, while this dark roaring mass seemed
to come up from all directions. Of a dark green
color, almost black it appeared, unstable, perfidious,
engulfing."
The youth of Anatole France is described as
sympathetically, although very differently; in-
deed, it was a very different sort of youth. As
he himself says, in our present author's trans-
lation:
"At seven years old, I did not know how to read;
I wore divided skirts; I cried when my nurse wiped
my nose, and I was devoured by ambition. If I had
been able I would have gone forth to win immortality
on the battle-field; but a horse, a uniform, a regi-
ment, enemies, were not for me. Therefore I thought
of becoming a saint. The profession of saint has fewer
requirements and wins greater renown than that of a
soldier."
So he set about becoming a saint. But his
attempts at fasting brought his mother down
upon him with tonics and nostrums; the servant
refused to allow him to imitate Stylites on the
kitchen pump; his father pronounced him crazy
when he emulated St. Nicholas of Patras by
throwing his playthings and twelve new sous
out of the study window, and unfeelingly
thrashed him when he tried to manufacture a
hair-shirt out of the cushions of the stuffed
chairs. So he became sympathetic with the
hermits who renounced all intercourse with their
fellows and took up their abode in desert
places; and he thought seriously of retiring to
a secluded corner among the wild animals of
the Jardin des Plantes.
The doctrinaires are not so amusing. I ques-
tion if their work is as significant, even. It is
possible that the gentle playfulness of "The
Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard " and the infinite
sadness of "The Iceland Fisherman " will be
remembered when all the romans a these are
forgotten; and that it is not Bourget the tradi-
tionalist or Prevost the reformer whom succeed-
ing generations will admire, but Bourget the
consummate story-builder and Prevost the sym-
pathetic student of female character.
"French Novelists of To-Day " is written for
the "general reader." It presupposes very
little knowledge of the subject, and each chapter
is headed with a complete list of the works of
the novelist, with dates. The author also gives
the date of each writer's birth, with the excep-
tion of Pierre de Coulevain, who is a lady and
hence exempt from chronological scrutiny.
Roy Temple House.
Holiday Publications,
i.
Illustrated Art Books.
Those to whom " a tiny rivulet of text meandering
between broad meadows of margin" signifies the
acme of luxurious book-making will take much com-
fort in the sumptuous setting given to Mr. Otto H.
Bacher's " With Whistler in Venice" (Century Co.).
If, because of the large type and broad expanse of
blank paper, these reminiscences seem to have less
substance than when printed in the pages of the
"Century Magazine," they have lost none of their
entertaining quality, and exemplify once more the
pertinency of the saying that personal recollections
furnish a most agreeable form of literary dissipation.
Especial interest attaches to these because they deal
with a period in Whistler's life about which com-
paratively little is known. Bankrupt as a conse-
quence of the famous lawsuit with Ruskin, he went
to Venice toward the end of the year 1879, having
accepted a commission to make a series of etchings
for the Fine Arts Society of London. There Mr.
Bacher first met him, and the friendship was formed
that continued unbroken as long as Whistler lived.
Many anecdotes are related of the days that Whistler
spent in Venice. These picture" Jimmy "as an
indefatigable worker, as the helpful and inspiring
associate of a group of young artists of whom the
narrator was one, and, in spite of his eccentricities
and his dominant personality, as an ever-charming
comrade and faithful friend. Incidentally they
furnish considerable information about the methods
employed by the master, which were often so pecu-
liarly his own as to be inimitable. Bearing on this,
an amusing tale is told of the Russian artist Wolkoff
(otherwise Roussoff, as he is known in London),
who ridiculed Whistler's pastels, declaring he could
execute others that could not be distinguished from
them. A wager followed; then a long delay which
Wolkoff explained was caused by his inability to buy
in Venice the brilliant pastels with which Whistler
obtained his effects. He was then accorded an
opportunity to select some pieces from Whisder's
own box; but they proved no better, the brilliancy
lying not in the materials, but in Whisder's use
of them. The volume is embellished by reproduc-
tions of a number of the Venice series of etchings,
and of several etchings by Mr. Bacher of views from
the windows of the Casa Jankovitz, where Whistler
roomed. Facsimiles are given of four letters writ-
ten by him to Mr. Bacher. In one of these mention
is made of Theodore Duret, the Parisian connoisseur,
whose portrait is one of Whistler's masterpieces.
Strange as it may seem, neither Mr. Bacher nor his
publishers have been able to read the name, though
it is plainly written; and in the text of the book it is
printed "Ducet (?)." The good taste of including
the letters of " Maud Whistler" is perhaps open to
question; and in always making Whistler refer to
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this was his customary manner of speech, whereas
the troth is that such an affectation was most unlike
him. For printing Whistler's own version of the
well-known goldfish story, the artist's friends owe
Mr. Bacher a debt of gratitude. Even Mr. and Mrs.
Pennell ascribe the exploit to Whistler himself.
This ascription Mr. Bacher stigmatizes as a libel,
and says the actual performer was a clever French-
man, once Whistler's roommate in Paris.
The late Grant Allen, who had a mind so many-
sided and keenly sensitive to life in all its aspects
that he has been described as "naturalist, anthro-
pologist, physicist, historian, poet, novelist, essayist,
and critic," always contrived to invest his chosen
topics with fresh interest by considering them from
some novel point of view. One of his early efforts
was an investigation into the physiology of aesthetics,
upon which he published a treatise in 1877. He
was not an art critic in the ordinary sense of the
term, but being compelled by ill-health to spend
many winters in a climate less rigorous than that of
England he bad abundant opportunities for visiting
Italian and other art galleries and utilized them in
studies for which his early work had been a prepara-
tion. The outcome of his observations was a series of
papers in the " Pall Mall Gazette "and the " English
Illustrated Magazine," which are now reprinted in
a handsome volume with their original title, " Evolu-
tion in Italian Art" (A. Wessels Co.). These papers,
left practically complete at the author's death, have
been revised and brought up to date by Mr. J. W.
Cruickshank, who supplies a useful historical intro-
duction. The novelty of Mr. Allen's treatment of
the subject is in "the conception of the individual
composition as an organic type evolving along lines
of its own." Taking up the principal themes of the
Italian painters, such as the Marriage of the Virgin,
the Visitation, the Madonna, the Adoration of the
Magi, etc., he shows that each picture should be
viewed as a variant upon a central type, and that "the
variations themselves follow fixed laws of develop-
ment." This applies also to the separate figures of
saints that appear in many different compositions.
The conditions under which the early Italian artists
worked made the course of evolution peculiarly
direct. The artists themselves were free agents only
to a very limited extent, receiving as a rule commis-
sions for some definite work, such as a Transfigura-
tion, or a Madonna and Child attended by certain
specified saints, it even being required in many cases
that the treatment should closely follow the repre-
sentation of the same subject in such and such a
picture by another hand. That Mr. Allen has proved
his contention must be admitted. Incidentally, by
the exercise of the close analysis and comparative
method employed in scientific research, he throws
light upon various items that help to better under-
standing of the works of the primitive artists. His
cogent argument is pleasant to read and by the aid
of a large number of excellent illustrations is made
easy to follow. Mr. Allen based his work on studies
made in the Italian galleries during his many visits
to Italy, and the illustrations represent the master-
pieces of those great collections.
A history of "British Water-Colour Painting,"
at once comprehensive, authoritative, and readable,
is that of Mr. H. M. Cundall, published by Messrs.
E. P. Dutton & Co. Fifty illustrations, beautifully
reproduced in color by the best modern methods,
both elucidate Mr. Cundall's descriptions and make
of his book a sumptuous art volume. Mr. Cundall
does not lay claim to any fresh discoveries, but his
classification of the artists in water-color in eleven
distinctive categories gives a new turn to the mate-
rial; and his appendices, containing lists of members
of five great British Societies of water-color artists,
will be of great value to students. The arrange-
ment is by groups, and in general is chronological.
The first chapters are devoted to miniature paint-
ers and topographical draughtsmen, two branches of
art little practised in the nineteenth century. Gir-
tin, Turner, and Constable, forerunners of the En-
glish landscape painters, are discussed together in an
interesting chapter. Another discusses " The Influ-
ence of Pre-Raphaelitism." Each Society is repre-
sented by a chapter, and "The Last Decade of the
Nineteenth Century" speaks of Whistler, and, in a
very general way, of the Impressionistic School.
Sane and balanced judgment, and careful economy
of space by judicious selection from a wide field are
the best points about Mr. Cundall's method.
The high standard of excellence set in the earlier
volumes of "The Art Galleries of Europe" series
(L. C. Page & Co.) is fully maintained in "The
Art of the Netherland Galleries," by Mr. David C.
Preyer. Compelled by the nature of his material
to adopt a method of treatment different from that
followed in the rest of the series, the author, who is
a Hollander by birth, has taken advantage of the
circumstance that the great majority of the paint-
ings in the galleries described are by Dutch artists,
in order to present a complete history of Dutch art.
Strange as it may seem, such a history has not be-
fore appeared in English, nor in Dutch in the same
completeness. Comparatively little information
concerning the early painters is available, as most
of their works perished during the two decades of
the Spanish war and the fanatical outburst in 1566
known as the "Image Storm." Even in the case
of an artist so distinguished as Lukas van Leiden,
only one easel picture was saved. But from the
middle of the sixteenth century onward, the mate-
rial is ample, and the list of artists who are repre-
sented in the galleries of their native land is a long
one. Many of these men are known chiefly by
their works, few biographical details concerning
them having survived. Mr. Preyer's account of
these lesser men, as well as of their more noted
fellows, is written with intelligence and discrimina-
tion. The history is brought down to the present
day, even the younger living artists being included
in the purview. Following this section of the book,
five chapters are devoted to "Walks through the
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an index. The illustrations, which are reproduced
in a pleasing sepia tone, in duogravure work of
fine quality, are as distinguished in their way as
is the text.
Accurate scholarship and painstaking workman-
ship are manifest throughout "A Short History of
Engraving and Etching," by Mr. A. M. Hind of
the British Museum, Department of Prints and
Drawings. The scope of the book is unusually
wide. The history of the art is traced from its
earliest beginnings, and the course of its develop-
ment is followed through all the countries of
Europe, even present-day etchers and engravers
being included in the survey. The views expressed
are sound and conservative, and fairly represent
the consensus of well-informed opinion. Consider-
ing the necessity for terse statement to keep the
work within the limits of a single volume, the
amount of information given is surprisingly large.
Extended comment upon individual men is pre-
cluded, only the more eminent artists being treated
with any fulness; but the inadequacy in this respect
is more than offset by the extensive bibliographies
and compendious indexes that are provided. The
students and collectors for whose use, according to
the title-page, the book has been prepared, will find
these of great value. They occupy no less than a
hundred and thirty-one of the book's four hundred
and seventy-three pages, and are alike admirable in
substance and arrangement. The " Classified List of
Engravers" supplies data about more than twenty-
five hundred members of the craft, grouped by coun-
tries. Following this is a " General Bibliography,"
which the author claims is more ample than any
similar list attempted in any other publication.
There is also an "Index of Engravers and Indi-
vidual Bibliographies" which serves as a general
index to the book. Coupled with the names of the
engravers in this latter index are the titles of publi-
cations containing information concerning them and
their works, a feature that will be appreciated by
every student having occasion to consult the list.
A considerable number of well-chosen illustra-
tions add to the attractions of a most useful book,
which is issued in this country by the Houghton
MifHin Co.
"Cathedrals and Churches of Northern Italy"
by Mr. T. Francis Bumpus, the latest publication
in the "Cathedral Series" (L. C. Page & Co.),
might be described as an ornate hand-book, so closely
does it combine the useful and the ornamental. An
introductory chapter traces with unusual clearness
the development of the cathedral from the Roman
basilica. The remainder of the volume describes
over one hundred cathedrals and churches, grouped
according to location. A large mass of detail is
condensed in the four hundred pages, for to com-
ments on architecture, paintings, and mural decora-
tions is added more or less of the history of build-
ings, architects, and bishops. Most of the technical
matter is clear enough to be easily understood by
the novice in art-study; and this is saying much for
a writer who deals in apses, pilasters, ambons, bald-
achinos, and such-like " ecclesiological" material. To
the ordinary reader, however, and to students not
intending an early pilgrimage to these shrines, the
more general comments will appeal with greater
force; and these are many and valuable. The fail-
ure of Italian architects to master the Pointed
Gothic, the prevalence of great unfenestrated wall
spaces, the scarcity of stained glass, and other pre-
dominant features of Italian churches are logically
accounted for. The book closes with a list of pictures
and wall-paintings in the churches described, which
will be a convenience to students. Over thirty
photogravures are placed well for further elucida-
tion of the text. The light covers with ecclesiasti-
cal designs in red and gold, elaborate cover linings,
and marginal traceries of sacred emblems around
the illustrations, give the volume a sumptuous
churchly look.
Messrs. A. C. McClurg & Co. have inaugurated a
remarkably attractive series of " Little Books on Art"
with four volumes — " Enamels," by Mrs. Nelson
Dawson; "Miniatures, Ancient and Modern," and
"Jewelry," by Mr. Cyril Davenport; and "Book-
plates," by Mr. Edward Almack. Each volume is
fully illustrated, the frontispiece being in color;
and their small size and simple but attractive bind-
ing suggest their suitability as gifts for those whose
interests centre in the artistic handicrafts. The text
is necessarily general in scope, but it is in each case
authoritative, comprehensive, and readable, — in-
tended for amateurs in search of accurate informa-
tion which is not too technical for the amateur
understanding.
Books of Travel and Description.
Lovers of Dr. van Dyke's books — and what
reader of them is not a lover ?— will rejoice that
their number is increased by a record of the author's
recent journey to Palestine. The volume is entitled
"Out-of-doors in the Holy Land" (Scribner), and
is bound uniformly with others by the same author.
The conventionalized design of the cover suggests
the "flowers of the field," and the unusually beauti-
ful illustrations, in delicate pastel tints, are such as
might adorn a much more expensive book. Dr.
van Dyke has discovered that "Christianity is an
outof-doors religion," and journeys in the faith that
"the shut-in shrines and altered memorials are less
significant than what we find in the open, among
the streets and on the surrounding hill-sides." His
"impressions of travel in body and spirit" (his
sub-title) are therefore not heavy with human creeds
and contentions, but breathe the spirit of the land
itself. His writing always combines poetry, religion,
and the love of nature, and this threefold felicity
could not be more appropriately displayed than in
celebrating the birthplace of Christianity. From the
"city that is lifted up" to the Sea of Galilee,
"sleeping in still, forsaken beauty among the shelter-
ing hills, and open to the cloudless sky which makes
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these long-loved places are at once refreshing and
reverent. Psalm-like, unrhymed songs at the close
of each chapter, beautiful enough to deserve publica-
tion as a book of poems, recall " The Welcome Tent,"
"The Distant Road," "The Unseen Altar," and
other memories of the journey.
If we cannot quite apply the poet's words to Mr.
Robert Hichens and say of him that he has seen the
mystery hid under Egypt's pyramid, we can at
least admit that he has potently felt that mystery in
his recent re-visit to the "land of sand, and ruins,
and gold," after an absence of fourteen years. In
a large octavo, nothing short of luxurious in its
appointments, entitled "Egypt and its Monuments"
(The Century Co.), he writes of the pyramids and
the sphinx, of the colossi of Memnon and the tombs
of the kings, of Cairo and Karnak and Luxor and
the Nile, with a rich accompaniment of full-page
illustrations from the camera, and from the brush of
Mr. Jules Guerin. The size of these illustrations,
corresponding with the ample page and the large
print, makes the book an impressive work of art.
To be sure, the brilliant greens and yellows, reds
and blues, of the reproduced paintings are a wide
remove from nature and realism; but probably they
express the spirit and the spell of the scene better
than do the severely literal photographs that accom-
pany them. Of the sixty pictures, twenty are of
Mr. Gue'rin's execution and in his well-known style.
The eighteen leisurely chapters of the volume have
nothing suggestive of the guide-book about them.
It is the fascination of the country, and not its hotels
and routes of travel, that the author of "The Garden
of Allah " has dwelt upon, and not a few of the thou-
sands who now every year visit Egypt will find
pleasure and stimulus in his pages.
With that genially serious attention to minute
details, that humorous circumstantiality in treating
the commonplace, which we have all come to know
so well and to like (or dislike) so heartily in Mr.
Howells, he has filled a substantial volume with his
easily-flowing narrative of a Mediterranean vacation
journey, naming his book "Roman Holidays and
Others" (Harper). The first landing of his party
was made at Madeira, whence they proceeded to
Gibraltar, and then to Genoa, Naples, Rome, Leg-
horn, Pisa, Genoa again, and Monte Carlo. The
style of the narrative — if it is necessary to indicate
it at all — is well illustrated by the opening words
of the second chapter: "There is nothing strikes
the traveller in his approach to the rock of Gibraltar
so much as its resemblance to the trade-mark of the
Prudential Insurance Company. He cannot help
feeling that the famous stronghold is pictorially a
plagiarism from the advertisements of that institu-
tion." Mr. Howells says of the present-day Romans
that they have "a republican simplicity of manner,
and I liked this better in the shop people and work
people than the civility overflowing into servility
which one finds among the like folk, for instance, in
England." The great number of half-tone illustra-
tions, done in a pleasing brownish tint that suggests
etching, are a feature of the book, which in general
appearance is uniform with Mr. Howells's other
recent volumes of travel and comment.
"The motor-car has restored the romance of
travel." Thus alluringly does Mrs. Edith Wharton
begin her account of "A Motor-Flight through
France" (Scribner). One may question the truth
of her statement, feeling that a mad rush along
dusty roads, past flying scenery and frightened
peasants, has little of the "restored" charm of the
old post-chaise. But the further one reads, the
less he is inclined to dispute with Mrs. Wharton.
Motoring may not strike the average person as
a romantic means of transit, but she finds it so.
It makes possible the quick transitions, the easy
blotting out of non-essentials, in the fashion best
suited to her impatient, restive, and luxury-loving
temperament. It snatches her from a cathedral
door, drops her before a chateau in the next village,
blurs all impressions between save the few great
moments, and leaves those distinct, etched on a
background of flying clouds. It furnishes bird's-eye
views, salient yet subtle pictures, simple because
their complexity is too deep to do more than fasci-
nate the eye of " the woman in the car." So, while
most automobile tourists see nothing, Mrs. Wharton,
with a mind extraordinarily alert, sees the gist of
everything, and fully justifies her initial- hypothesis.
Her sketches appeared originally in the "Atlantic
Monthly," of course without illustrations. In book
form they are supplemented by a very generous
allowance of excellent photographs, and the gain in
readability is very great. Readers who enjoy style,
readers who are fond of automobile riding, readers
who are interested in rural France, whether for its
art, its architecture, or its landscape, will enjoy
Mrs. Wharton's book.
A sumptuous and — what is more —highly read-
able volume entitled "Florida Enchantments" has
been written by Messrs. A. W. and Julian A.
Dimock, and published with almost innumerable
illustrations from photographs, by the Outing Pub-
lishing Co. The pictures, however, are not strictly
numberless; there are 120 of them, all large plates
to match the generous pages of the book. Accounts
of crocodile-hunting, tarpon-fishing, canoeing in the
surf, searching for wild honey (and finding it),
crossing the everglades in a power boat, capturing
a sea-cow, intercourse with the Seminoles, and other
more or less thrilling adventures, fill the volume in
a manner acceptable to the reader, adventurous or
unadventurous. The book is not the inspiration of
a moment. "Florida the Fascinating," writes one
of the authors at the beginning, "cast the spell of
her witchery upon me many years ago. I felt it
then, I know it now. We were sailing, my family
and I, up the lovely Hermosassa and approaching
the little islet which sentinels the small bay that
fronts on Tiger Tail Island, once the home of the
famous Seminole, afterward the manor of the late
David L. Yulee, and at the time of which I write,
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is at hand. The book would be an excellent one
to read before going, or on the way, or even after
arriving there.
The Chinese character is a veritable Chinese
puzzle to us, and any contribution toward its solu-
tion is welcome. Mr. J. Macgowan, of the London
Missionary Society, and author of previous works
on China, has given us, in his " Sidelights on Chinese
Life" (Lippincott), a series of informing and in-
teresting chapters on such subjects as the family life
of the people, child life, servants, amusements, the
farmer, the mandarin, schools and school-masters
and school-books, religious forces, the seamy side
of Chinese life, and other matters of which he has
intimate personal knowledge. The book is well
made, has an outside wrapper of cloth, an agreeably
flexible binding, and numerous illustrations—twelve
of them in color, the others in the familiar but ser-
viceable half-tone. The colored views, landscapes
chiefly, are so gaudily tinted as to be caricatures of
nature, unless nature's aspect in China is utterly
unlike her appearance in western lands. In view
of recent noteworthy occurrences in the Celestial
Kingdom, and the prospect of still more noteworthy
ones to follow, this authoritative account of condi-
tions there prevailing should minister to a natural
and legitimate curiosity on the part of readers.
A more readable book of travel than Mr. Clifton
Johnson's "Highways and Byways of the Pacific
Coast" (Macmillan) is not often published. Jour-
neying with his camera from the Mexican to the
Canadian frontier along the coast and as far inland as
Arizona, Nevada, and Idaho, this experienced " high-
way and byway" traveller and author has contrived
to encounter a good many interesting experiences,
to see many unusual sights, and to meet and talk
with a number of highly original and entertaining
characters. As in other volumes of the series, he
has described the rurally picturesque and typical,
and has avoided the urbanly conventional and unin-
teresting. The difficulty of getting into close and
unconventional contact with the people, he has
admirably surmounted, and his book abounds in racy
talk from the unspoiled rustics he has met. This
abundance of conversation gives his pages a human
interest and an inviting appearance not found in the
ordinary book of travel. To make his chapters
more serviceable to intending travellers over the same
route, Mr. Johnson has continued his previous prac-
tice of appending to each a useful note of desirable
information. The sixty-three full-page illustrations
from the author's photographs are excellent; and
the binding and type are all that one could ask for
in such a work.
Much in the manner of her "Roma Beata" and
"Two in Italy," Mrs. Maud Howe Elliott has given
her impressions of "Sun and Shadow in Spain"
(Little, Brown & Co.) in chapters that treat of
Gibraltar, Seville, Cordova, Granada, Tangiers,
Madrid, Toledo, the Carnival, the King's wedding,
and various other interesting matters, all profusely
illustrated with half-tones and colored drawings.
An abundance of conversation gives the pages an
inviting appearance, while there is enough of serious
attention to art and architecture and matters of his-
toric interest to preserve the book from the charge
of frivolity. It is pleasant to read, apropos of an
incident illustrative of Spanish courtesy: "I think
this could not happen outside of Spain, the most
democratic of all countries. Here every man is
equal, not merely in the law's eye, but — what's far
more important — in his own eyes, and proves it by
allowing no other man to show better manners than
he." This speech is put into the mouth of one of
the characters of the book. For promoting a more
intimate understanding and a warmer friendship
between Americans and Spaniards, this attractive
picture of the land and its people is likely to do
good service, besides affording considerable enter-
tainment.
Picturesque Ireland is very agreeably presented,
with pen and camera, in Mr. Plummer F. Jones's
"Shamrock-Land" (Moffat, Yard & Co.), which has
just enough of historical and statistical information
to be useful without being tiresome, and a wealth
of personal observation and experience that make
excellent reading. The people, lively, emotional,
keen of wit, receive sympathetic treatment at the
author's hands, and on the whole appear to be light-
hearted, kindly disposed to all the world, and living
their lives with admirable heartiness. Of the gentler
sex we read: "Perhaps no other women of the
world have just that piquancy and vivacity of man-
ner which characterizes the women of Ireland.
There is an animation, a force of manner, a spon-
taneity of expression which makes them attractive
in the extreme. One cannot come in contact with
them without feeling that with the proper environ-
ments they might furnish the world a type of the
perfect woman." In seeking places of interest and
scenes of beauty, of course the author visited Lissoy
( now better known as Auburn, Goldsmith's Deserted
Village), the Lakes of Killarney, Blarney Castle,
the Giant's Causeway, the Golden Vale of Tipper-
ary, and other inviting districts. Of the sorrows of
Ireland he refrains from speaking, nor do they seem
to have obtruded themselves very painfully upon
him. There is much more of the sunshine of the
Celtic temperament than of its occasional gloom in
this study of Pat and his Emerald Isle. The pic-
tures are excellent, as is in fact the entire workman-
ship of the volume.
Between the English "trippers " and the travel-
ling Americans, England is pretty well tourist-
ridden; so that Mr. Henry C. Shelley's title for his
book of sketches — " Untrodden English Ways " —
provokes at once both interest and apprehension.
Investigation proves the title, in some cases at
least, unwarranted; surely Bath, the Poets' Corner at
"Westminster, and the graves of Thackeray and of
George Eliot, are not unvisited by tourists. On
the other hand, St. Ives and its artist colony, Inver-
ary Castle, Hursley with its relics of John Keble,
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by Mr. Shelley, are mere names to most travellers
in England or to readers of books of English travel.
Mr. Shelley's style is easy and readable, bespeaking
intimate acquaintance both with the subject in hand
and with the "untrodden ways" of English litera-
ture. Pictures in color and line from the work of
Mr. H. C. Colby, and reproductions of photographs
taken by the author, furnish a varied and beautiful
adjunct to the text. (Little, Brown & Co.)
General interest in the preservation of Niagara
Falls makes not untimely Mr. Archer Butler Hul-
bert's elaborate descriptive and historical work on
"The Niagara River" (Putnam). By a reversal
of what would seem to be the more natural method,
he has, in his first six chapters, considered the
Niagara of the present, with its problems and inter-
ests, while in bis concluding six he dwells on the
history of the region and some of its heroes. His
sixth chapter, "A Century of Niagara Cranks," is
an entertaining review of the many tight-rope-
walking and cataract-shooting performances by
which a raging thirst for fame has sought to assuage
itself. Chapter V., on "Harnessing Niagara Falls,"
has an even greater interest — to the practical,
utilitarian mind. The illustrations throughout are
good, the winter scenes being especially beautiful.
The ample page permits most effective work of this
sort. In mechanical execution, as well as in liter-
ary style, the volume has decided merits.
Standard Literature in Holiday Form.
Thoreau's popularity as an author has greatly
increased since he died in 1862 at the age of forty-
four, with only two published books to his credit.
Since then the publication of even his informal diaries,
with all their imperfections of form and repetitions
of thought, seems to indicate that the world can never
have enough of that keen-witted Yankee dreamer of
Concord. Emphatically worthy of this posthumous
publication, however, was his "Cape Cod," which
appeared in print three years after the writer's death
and has gone through many editions. An unusually
attractive reprint of the work, prefaced and fully
illustrated by Mr. Clifton Johnson, is now issued by
Crowell & Co. The illustrations, thirty-three in num-
ber, are from photographs taken at different points
along the identical route travelled by Thoreau, and
in the same month of October to which his descrip-
tions mainly refer — although his book was the fruit
of more than one pilgrimage over those shifting sands.
So delightfully slow of progress, so sturdily tenacious
of the tried and tested, are the good people of the
Cape that we may safely assure ourselves that we are
looking out, through Mr. Johnson's camera, on very
much the same scenes as met Thoreau's shrewdly
observant scrutiny half a century ago. The typog-
raphy of this edition is large and clear, a luxury to
failing eyes; and the binding is not only handsome,
but strong and flexible.
The charm of " Marjorie Daw " was so irresistible
when first she gleamed upon our sight — a lovely
apparition sent to be a moment's ornament — that
the story was immediately translated into several
foreign tongues and even enjoyed the honor of repub-
lication in the Revue des Deux Mondes. That was
a generation ago. Now, for the first time, and in
suitable accompaniment to Aldrich's biography, his
little masterpiece appears in a volume by itself
(Houghton), with colored illustrations by Mr. John
Cecil Clay. Heavy paper, wide margins, and very
large type (great primer, or nearly that) combine to
make a fairly large book out of the story — which,
as some may recall, was first printed in "The
Atlantic Monthly " for April, 1873. The drawings
would be better without the splashes of color; but
they help to a better conception of the characters,
especially of the incorporeal heroine.
It is surprising how long it took for "Lorna
Doone," first published in 1869, to struggle into
anything like popularity. It had been on the mar-
ket three years when a chance association or confu-
sion of Lorna's name with that of the marquis who
had lately wedded the much loved Princess Louise
brought the book into general notice and caused it
to be read. It had been rejected, as Blackmore
himself has written, by all the magazines and by
many publishers; yet as soon as the great reading
public became aware of its existence, the demand
for it kept the printing-presses busy. The author's
account of the rise and prosperity of his masterpiece,
as contained in his preface to the twentieth edition,
is quoted in part by Mr. H. Snowden Ward in his
fifty-page introduction to the " Doone-land edition,"
which is published in this country by the Harpers.
Much has already been made known concerning this
elaborate re-issue of the book, — its topograhical and
antiquarian and historical features, as supplied by
the zealous editor's pen; and its equally elaborate
pictorial embellishment, as furnished by the indus-
trious Mrs. Ward's camera. It is hard to see how
the work could have been better done. The numer-
ous views, even the wide landscapes, have an admir-
able clearness and finish. The editor's lore will
please the curious, and will be at least skimmed by
the indifferent and careless. The exigencies of a
one-volume edition have necessitated rather small
type and a somewhat crowded page; otherwise the
appearance of the book is excellent.
Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons have anticipated
the Poe centenary by issuing a sumptuous illustrated
edition of the "Complete Poems of Edgar Allan
Poe," with a critical introduction by Professor
Charles F. Richardson, and pictures, reproduced in
photogravure, as well as ornamental head-pieces and
tail-pieces in line, by Mr. Frederick Simpson Coburn.
Nothing could be worse than Poe badly illustrated;
but those who know Mr. Coburn's style will feel no
doubt of his competence. The simple, sensuous,
mystical, yet picturesque quality of Poe's verse, its
elegant aloofness, contrasted with its human thrill,
are all suggested in the photogravures. The head-
ings, symbolical or merely decorative, and a taste-
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A decidedly inviting edition of Sterne's "Senti-
mental Journey," with an engraving of Joshua Rey-
nolds's portrait of the author, and a great number of
line drawings by Mr. T. H. Robinson, comes from
the press of J. B. Lippincott Co. The little story,
without the impertinence of an introduction, has been
so treated by printer and illustrator that it spins its
slender length through 442 pages (including those
that are blank and those that contain pictures only).
But it is meet that this leisurely stage-coach ramble
through France and Italy should, in its telling, pre-
sent no appearance of stress or hurry, or vulgar con-
sideration of the value of economy, whether of time
or space. The drawings are spirited, the print
delightfully uncrowded and legible, and the binding
is evidently designed for wear even more than for
looks.
To the "Thumb-nail Series" of small but dis-
tinguished reprints The Century Co. has this year
added two titles — Keats's "Odes, Sonnets, and
Lyrics," with a preface by Edmund Clarence Sted-
man and a note by Mr. Richard Watson Gilder;
and Emerson's essays on Power, Success, and Great-
ness, with an introductory appreciation, also by
Mr. Gilder. Both volumes have portrait frontis-
pieces, and embossed leather covers specially designed
for them by Mrs. Blanche McManus Mansfield.
The newest volume in the "English Idylls " series,
with a dainty binding and colored illustrations
after designs by Mr. C. E. Brock, is Miss Austen's
"Mansfield Park" (DemVDutton). This is the
fourth of Miss Austen's novels to be reprinted in
the series, for which their old-time humor, with its
wide scope for the illustrator's art, makes them
particularly well suited.
Miscellaneous Gift Books.
It is dangerous to use superlatives about any
particular holiday book, especially this year when
the publishers have vied with one another, as it
seems, to produce luxurious effects. But if not the
most sumptuous, one of the most sumptuous and
artistic publications of the season is "The Book of the
Pearl" (Century Co.). The volume is royal quarto
size, and the cover-design shows a net-work of gold
filagree inset with pearls. The illustrations, of which
there are over one hundred, are in photogravure,
color, tint, and black-and-white. They include por-
traits of famous women wearing superb pearls, pic-
tures of crown jewels, of notable stones, and of jewels
with unusual settings or adapted to unusual uses, be-
sides scenes from the pearl fisheries throughout the
world. The text is the joint production of Dr.
George Frederick Kunz and Dr. Charles Hugh
Stevenson, one the gem expert of Tiffany & Co.,
the other a statistician of acknowledged authority.
It touches upon every conceivable phase of the sub-
ject: the artistic uses of pearls in all ages; their
pictorial values; all obtainable facts and many
theories concerning their origin, growth, and struc-
tnre; their commercial value; their mystical and
medicinal properties; the proper way to preserve I
their beauty; the history of the pearl-fishing indus-
try in all parts of the world and its methods; the
neeessity of husbanding the natural resources for
pearls and the possibilities of their artificial culture.
In short, there is nothing to know about pearls that
may not be found somewhere in the six hundred
pages of '■ The Book of the Pearl." Encyclopedic
in character, and representing an appalling amount
of the most laborious research, the book is neverthe-
less thoroughly readable — a strong proof of the
patience and genuine interest of the authors in their
work. It would doubtless require a very strong
interest in the subject to cause any reader to go
through the whole book in sequence; but whatever
the ground of his attraction to the pearl he can find
much to elucidate it, and once having begun to read
it is safe to say that he will not soon stop. The his-
tory of the pearl fisheries reads like a romance. The
account of the supposedly mystical qualities of the
queen of gems, from the first reference in the
Atharvaveda, at least 2400 years ago, to the al-
most contemporary recommendation of pearls as a
medicinal cure-all, by a native Indian prince, makes
a fascinating chapter. Readers who do not care
for mysticism may turn to the following chapter, a
very practical account of the money-value of pearls.
No more beautiful gift than this could be desired,
either for lovers and owners of pearls, or for lovers
of fine book-making.
An imposing quarto over which a lover of gardens
might dream by day or night is entitled "Gardens
Old and New," and is the third in the series called
"The Country House and its Garden Environment"
(Scribner). The work is, first of all, a gallery of
garden views, and contains about four hundred half-
tones from photographs by Mr. Charles Latham,
many of them full-page in size and all of them fas-
cinating in subject. The thirty gardens chosen for
this royal noticing are either English or Welsh, and
are situated between Newton Ferrers, Cornwall, and
Bramham Park, Yorkshire. To make it possible for
stay-at-homes to imagine truly the historic box-maze
and ancient cedars of Wilton, the Italian terraces of
Bowood, the immemorial yews of Gayhurst, the rose
garden of Treworgey, the gorgeous parterres of
Holland House, the broad lawns across which rise
the turrets of Hatfield, and many other scenes of
delight, — this is what these pictures accomplish.
The text, though subordinate, is not at all a mere
sign-post. An introduction, presumably by the editor,
Mr. H. Avray Tipping, records the characteristics of
English gardens both humble and aristocratic from
the time when Markham timidly suggested the separ-
ation of flowers and vegetables because "your Gar-
den flowers shall suffer some disgrace if among them
you intermingle Onions, Parsnips " etc., through the
times when "Capability" Brown destroyed the
beautiful past to make room for his "artificially
natural serpentines," up to the present, with its
encouraging harmony of nature and art. The chap-
ters supply much information about the architecture
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occupy them, besides pointing out detailed beauties
of the gardens which might otherwise escape obser-
vation. The volume is bound in dark blue cloth
with elaborate Renaissance decorations in gilt, and
forms a notable addition to garden literature.
In a lavishly illustrated quarto which he en-
titles " Historic Houses and their Gardens" (John
Winston Co.), Mr. Charles Francis Osborne has
brought together descriptions of over thirty of the
world's most famous dwelling-places, from Tokio to
Mount Vernon. A brief introduction by Mr. Frank
Miles Day states some principles of garden archi-
tecture which are worth remembering. Mr. P. H.
Ditchfield contributes six of the chapters, and some
twenty writers furnish the others; so that the essays
are interesting from variety of personal predilec-
tion and view-point as well as subject. A scholarly
study of ancient Roman country houses, elucidated
by many sketches, is supplied by Professor Hamlin
of Columbia University, and an ingenious compar-
ison of the mediaeval and modern plans of the Taj
Mahal gardens is made by Mr. Havell. National
characteristics shown in landscape gardening are
pointed out in chapters on Indian, Persian, and
Mexican gardens — such, for example, as the pre-
eminence of the Grand Moguls in "the art of plan-
ning and planting gardens in direct harmonious
relation to the house, palace, or mausoleum to which
they belonged." The descriptions are all brief,
occupying much less space than the illustrations.
Whether accidentally or not, it has come about
that those of English places, Blenheim, Moor Park,
Claydon, Stowe, and Warwick, are given almost
wholly to the houses, their histories and occupants,
while those of Italian and Spanish villas are chiefly
concerned with the gardens. And no wonder these
gardens monopolize attention! The only wonder
is that people who could wander through such
vistas as the pictures show, beside such fountains
and parterres, and feast their eyes on such visions
of distant mountain and valley, should ever have
cared to build houses at all. Would anyone who
found his feet on the hedged ramps of vine-clad
terraces of the Villa Lante, or among the mosses
and ferns of the Villa D'Este, where "man has
created where Nature does not provide, but with
Nature as his perception," ever care to enter even a
palace in which '• there are servants and furniture"?
Yet when one comes to think of them, these lordly
pleasure palaces all have their own beauty, ranging
from the ornate harmony of the Spanish arcade and
the airy lightness of the Indian pavilion to the gray
solidity of the English keep. The book will bring
travellers' joy, whether reminiscent or imaginary,
to those who turn its pages.
A series of unusual distinction, both in subject-
matter and as examples of artistic book-making, is
"The New Mediaeval Library " of Messrs. Duffield
& Co. The series makes its advent this fall with
five volumes. Its object is to offer reprints, in
translation, of the choicest mediaeval romances and
other interesting works, especially those that are
little known to modern readers. The mediaeval
note is emphasized by the antique style of binding,
in brown pigskin with metal clasps. The texts are
clearly printed on pure linen paper, and illustrated
with photogravure or wood-cut reproductions of the
original illustrations contained in old editions of the
work reprinted. But the mechanical perfection of
the series is no more alluring than befits the delight-
ful works chosen for reprint, and the fine and dis-
criminating quality of the editorial work and the
translation. "Of the Tumbler of Our Lady, and
Other Miracles" has been translated from the
Middle French, with a sympathetic introduction, by
Miss Alice Kemp-Welch. Miss Kemp-Welch is
also the translator of the fifteenth century French
romance by Christine de Pisan, "The Book of the
Duke of True Lovers." The ballads which occur
in the old tale are translated in the original metres
by Messrs. Laurence Binyon and Eric R. D. Mac-
lagan. "The Chatelaine of Vergi," a thirteenth
century romance, also translated by Miss Kemp-
Welch, is short enough so that the original French
text has been reprinted after the translation. Mr.
L. Brandin furnishes a delightful introduction for
this volume. "The Legend of the Holy Fina, Virgin
of Santo Gimignano" is a thirteenth-century Italian
legend chronicled by Fra Giovanni di Coppo. It is
translated and furnished with preface and notes by
Mr. M. Mansfield. Quaintest of all, perhaps, is
"The Bailees' Book: Mediaeval Manners for the
Young," done into modern English from Dr. Furni-
vall's texts by Miss Edith Rickert. These curious
codes of good behavior form the intricate basis for
the whole fabric of the mediaeval romances, so that
their intrinsic human interest is heightened by their
relation to the social organization and the literature
of their time. Each of these little books will be
treasured by those who appreciate rare things, culled
in literary by-paths and fittingly presented.
That Madame Mary King Waddington knows
her Paris perfectly, we have already learned from
her "Letters of a Diplomat's Wife." That she
also knows her rural France almost as well is now
made clear in a fresh book of very agreeable descrip-
tion and anecdote, entitled "Chateau and Country
Life in France" (Scribner). Sojourns at various
country places in different parts of France are
described in the author's now well-known style; and
illustrations, sketchy and suggestive rather than de-
tailed and finished, help to place us amid the scenes
and characters successively chosen for our entertain-
ment. As a sample of the book's quality, this pass-
ing pen-portrait of the dowager Comtesse de Florian,
at whose chateau on the outskirts of Valognes the
writer was hospitably entertained, is good: "She
does n't take much interest in the outside world, nor
in anything that goes on in other countries, but is
too polite to show that when she talks to me, for
instance, who have knocked about so much. She
doesn't understand the modern life, so sans gene and
agitated, and it is funny to hear her say, when talk-
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sont pas de notre monde.'" Speaking of the pres-
ent Marquis de Lafayette, great-grandson of the
famous Lafayette, she says: "There is something
in perfectly well-bred French people of a certain
class that one never sees in any other nationality.
Such refinement and charm of manner — a great
desire to put every one at their ease and to please
the person with whom they are thrown for the
moment." It is the human element in Mme. Wad-
dington's book, rather than her references to archi-
tecture and landscape, that makes it especially
enjoyable.
To Mr. Francis Gribble the love affairs of cele-
brated characters are extremely important and
worthy of the minutest study and the most pains-
taking research. The follies of their unguarded
moments shall not be suffered to lapse into chari-
table oblivion if he can help it. Having already
given us the details of Madame de StaeTs and of
George Sand's unlicensed loves, he now selects still
another French character for similar treatment.
"Rousseau and the Women he Loved" (Scribner)
is a substantial octavo of nearly five hundred pages,
admirably printed, and adorned with two portraits
of Jean-Jacques himself and with five of women to
whom he felt sentimentally inclined. Justification
for this new life in English of one whom Mr. John
Morley (as we still like to call his lordship) has
made the subject of an excellent biographical study,
is sought for in the recent discovery and publica-
tion, by certain delvers in French archives and
private papers, of many letters and other documents
that throw new light on the philosopher's idiosyn-
crasies and demonstrate the palpable untruth of cer-
tain portions of his own autobiography. If one is
interested in Rousseau's life—and who can help
being more or less interested ?— it is better to have
the real facts than falsehoods; and so Mr. Gribble
has rendered a not unuseful service.
The fresh-looking green covers of Mr. Stanton
Davis Kirkham's "In the Open" (Elder) give
promise of a spring-like quality in the book which
the reading of it finds fulfilled. The author is quite
capable of the more wintry acumen of scientific pre-
cision, as is proved by his remarkable account of a
battle between red and black ants. But one feels
that the scientific spirit is secondary with him and
that his mood is first of all that of gentle responsive-
ness to Nature's "perpetual invitation." "To count
among his friends the birds and flowers and trees"
is his ambition. Through intimate companionship
he reaches a power of delicate characterization
unique even among trained nature-lovers. To his
eye the beech in the winter woods is a "stripped
athlete, every muscle and sinew in evidence"; the
stones of a New England pasture "are almost as
individual in appearance as men." To his ear " the
brook seems as if inhabited by a number of spirits
throughout its length, some whispering, some laugh-
ing, others singing." He feels in the forest "imper-
turbable calm, that stable equilibrium of the granite
ledge and the great tree trunks"; and adds, "the
forest has its luxuries, and they consist, in a meas-
ure, of freedom from those things considered lux-
uries in the city." In the mountains, he says, " one
would better wander alone, for in our deepest
moments the mountains are company enough."
His readers will often pay him the subtle compli-
ment of exclaiming, "That is just what I have
thought." The book has several dainty half-tone
illustrations, and a beautiful frontispiece, after a
painting by Louis Agassi?. Fuertes, which fixes in
color that vision never clearly enough seen in real
life, a wedge of wild geese in full flight.
No city in America is richer in historic associa-
tions than Boston. Miss Mary Caroline Crawford,
already known for her studies in New England his-
tory and antiquities, has prepared a work, fnll of
zealous research and written in an agreeable style,
on "St. Botolph's Town" (L. C. Page & Co.). It
is especially the human and personal element that
appeals to her in reviewing the past, and so she has
given considerable space to Winthrop and Vane, to
Samuel Sewall and the two Mathers, to Anne Hutch-
inson and Dorothy Quincy, and to other picturesque
or otherwise interesting characters of that olden time.
"History," she says in her preface, "seems to me
worse than useless unless it illustrates the times of
which it writes as those times affected the lives of
its men and women. A book like this has no justi-
fication, to my mind, save as it makes us understand
just a little better the part New England, in the
person of its chief town, has played in the mighty
drama of nations made up of thinking, feeling men
and women." The many illustrations from old paint-
ings and engravings reproduce the persons and places
treated, and a map of 1722 strikingly demonstrates
how little of the present city stands upon soil that
was in existence when the waters were gathered
together unto one place and the dry land appeared.
The book is clearly printed on substantial paper of a
creamy yellow tint, and the binding is appropriately
decorated.
For moral uplift and sane optimism, Dr. Henry
van Dyke's essays are of acknowledged excellence.
In a little volume called "Counsels by the Way"
(Crowell) are reprinted nine of his best productions
of this sort, selected from the still smaller booklets
that the same publishers have brought out in the last
few years, and that have met with deserved favor.
A prefatory note explains that "the little gift books
containing single essays may still be had as for-
merly," but that requests for a single volume suit-
able for the library has induced the publishers to
issue the present collection. The subject matter of
the several essays is indicated by the titles, —
"Pilgrims of the Sea," "Whither Bound?" "The
Haven of Work," "The Haven of Character,"
"The Last Port," "The Poetry of the Psalms,"
"Joy and Power," "The Battle of Life," and
"The Good Old Way." The book is well printed
and of pleasing aspect.
"My Lady of the Fog" (Lippincott) is one of
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and whimsical romances. Beginning four or five
years ago with " Kitty of the Roses," Mr. Barbour
has written a novelette a year, each more original
in plot and better finished than its predecessors.
The "Lady of the Fog" is lost off the coast from
Gloucester, and rescued by a stranger, who is, as it
turns out, an employee in one of her mines in the
West. And in the end the foreign count who has
been looking for an heiress finds that he has to
look further. Twelve illustrations in color, by Mr.
Clarence F. Underwood, and dainty page borders,
also in color, by Mr. Edward Stratton Holloway,
make the story the prettiest possible sort of Christmas
remembrance.
One cannot see the title of Miss Helen A. Clarke's
recent volume, "Browning's England" ( Baker &
Taylor Co.) without thinking of Mr. Winter's
"Shakespeare's England," and wondering if the
new book is analogous to the old. As a matter of
fact, there is scarcely any resemblance between the
two, for Miss Clarke's is a book of literary criticism
pure and simple. This is confined to poems which
are at least partly English in inspiration — hence
the title; and as their number is considerable and
most of them are quoted entire, the volume is of
appreciable size. Studies which furnish new and
valuable material are made of such subjects as these:
the poet's early adoration of Shelley and Keats; his
feeling toward Wordsworth, and toward Shake-
speare; the historical background of "Strafford,"
and the social aspect of "A Blot in the 'Scutcheon";
the relations which various Englishmen bear to
some of the poems — Alfred Domett to "Waring,"
Bunyan to "Ned Bratte," and so forth. A charm-
ing portrait of Browning serves as frontispiece,
and numerous illustrations recall the persons and
places mentioned.
With "The Open Road," "The Friendly Town,"
and "The Gentlest Art," Mr. E. V. Lucas has
achieved an enviable position as artistic compiler.
This year he has edited "The Ladies' Pageant"
(Macmillan), a collection, as delightful as the rest
that he has made, of feminine portraits, real and
fictitious. As usual, the captions for the various
groups — "The Buds," "Daughters of Erin,"
"Wayside Flowers," "Good Company," "Saints,"
"The Blues," "Aunts and Grandmothers," "The
Tyrants," and so on — give an individual quality
to the small volume. The theme offers plenty of
scope for variety, and there is no lack of that
quality in Mr. Lucas's book, the selections in which
are culled from all imaginable sources, both in prose
and poetry.
The Roman villas, " asleep in lap of legends old,"
have been chosen by Mrs. Elizabeth W. Champney
for the latest volume in what might be called her
romance-of-turrets-and-towers series. An earlier
work of hers (" Romance of the Italian Villas ")
dealt with famous villas outside of Rome. Now her
"Romance of Roman Villas" (Putnam) presents,
with a generous embellishment of song and story,
the historic villas of the sacred city itself, of the
Renaissance period. "Still unrivalled," she says
in her introduction, "after the lapse of four cen-
turies the villas of the great cardinals of the Renais-
sance retain their supremacy over their Italian
sisters, not, as once, by reason of their prodigal
magnificence, but in the appealing charm of their
picturesque decay." Her book is a highly orna-
mented, profusely illustrated, handsomely printed
volume of almost four hundred pages.
Maeterlinck's poetic drama, "Pelleas and Mel-
isande," appears in a new edition (Crowell) with
pictures in color and half-tone. These are repro-
ductions of photographs representing scenes from
the Debussy opera on the same theme, as it was first
presented in New York with Miss Mary Garden as
Melisande. The translation is that of Mr. Erving
Winslow, and an introduction by Mr. Montrose J.
Moses puts the reader in touch with Maeterlinck's
point of view and with this particular example of
his work, and explains the relation between it and
Claude Debussy's music-drama. Colored page bor-
ders lend an additional decorative touch to the new
edition.
Readers of "Life," "Puck," and "Judge" will
recall the clever nonsense verses of Mr. Thomas
Ybarra, often accompanied by Mr. Hy. Mayer's
humorous drawings to give an added zest to their
absurdities. Some of the verses have now been
collected in a small volume entitled " Davy Jones's
Yarns, and Other Salted Songs" (Holt). Davy
Jones is a delicious caricature of the Ancient
Mariner, with many mad adventures to relate. The
Swiss Admiral, the Mince Pirates, the Cuban Rev-
olution Bug, and the Icecreamberg, figure conspic-
uously in the five "Yarns." The "Salted Songs"
are in similar vein, with a fantastic quality in their
humor that is as unusual as it is delightful. The
pictures, which are printed in two colors, are a dis-
tinct attraction.
A collection of brief essays on various things that
make up the fascination of city life—beauty, human
interest, fellowship, opportunities, holiday-making,
the charms of a great past and a glorious future —
written by Mr. Charles Mulford Robinson, appears
from the press of Messrs. Paul Elder & Co. with
the expressive title "The Call of the City." The
book is beautifully printed on handmade, deckle-
edged paper, with a photogravure frontispiece and
a novel binding. Verses, selected with the same
discrimination and originality that mark the style
of the essays, appear as headings for the prose.
"The Christmas Book" (Griffith & Rowland
Press), by Miss Jane A. Stewart, is full of informa-
tion about the origin of the universal holiday, and
its characteristic sports and observances in this land
and many others. There are also two Christmas
exercises for children and some suggestions for
home-made Christmas gifts. Illustrations, some of
them in color, decorative headings, gay end papers
and cover design, add a Christmas touch to the
appearance of a book that is full of the Christmas
spirit.


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The Season's Books for the Young.
f The following is a list of all children's books published
during the present season and received at the office of The
Dial up to the time of going to press with this issue. The
titles are classified in a general way, and brief descriptions
of most of the books are given. It is believed that this list
will commend itself to Holiday purchasers as a convenient
and trustworthy guide to the juvenile books of 1908.
Stories foe Boys Especially.
Harry's Island. By Ralph Henry Barbour. The story of the
fun that Tom, Dick, Harriet, and Roy had camping on an
Island in the Hudson. Illustrated. Century Co. $1.50.
The New Boy. By Arthur Stanwood Pier. Another "St.
Timothy's" story, with a jolly, athletic Western boy for its
hero. Illustrated. Houghton Mifflin Co. $1.50.
Had Anthony's Young Scout. By Everett T. Tomlinson. Sequel
to "The Camp-Fire of Mad Anthony," with the same hero
still undergoing many thrilling adventures. Illustrated.
Houghton Mifflin Co. $1.50.
Jack Harvey's Adventures; or, The Rival Campers among the
Oyster Pirates. By Ruel Perley Smith. Jack Harvey is
kidnapped by pirates, and rescued by Henry Burns, the
Ellisons, and "little Tim." Illustrated. L. C. Page & Co.
$1.50.
In Texas with Davy Crockett. By Everett McNeil. A tale of
adventure in the days when Texas won her Independence
from Mexico. Illustrated. E. P. Dutton A Co. $1.50.
The Good Sword Belgarde. By A. C. Curtis. Belgarde Is s
famous old Crusader's sword, which comes into the posses-
sion of an English boy of the time of King John. Illustrated
In color. Dodd, Mead & Co. $1.50.
The Boy Forty-niners. By Everett McNeil. Two Ohio boys
hear about the gold of California and go with the other
"Forty-niners" In search of it. Illustrated. McClure Co.
$1.50.
Three Years behind the Guns. By "L. G'. T." The hero ran
away and enlisted just in time to have a share In the Battle
of Manila Bay. Illustrated. Century Co. $1.60.
Pete, Cow Puncher. By Joseph B. Ames. A faithful picture
of a cowboy's life from the viewpoint of a "tenderfoot cow-
puncher." Henry Holt A Co. $1.50.
All among the Loggers. By C. B. Burleigh. A boys' story of
adventures In the lumber camps. Illustrated. Lothrop, Lee
& Shepard Co. $1.50.
From Keel to Kite. By Isabel Hornlbrook. A sea story for
boys, all about bank fishing and shipyard life. Illustrated.
Lothrop. Lee A Shepard Co. $1.50.
Bob Knight's Diary with the Circus. By Charlotte Curtis
Smith. Bob Knight tells of his adventures with a travelling
circus. Illustrated. E. P. Dutton A Co. $1.50.
Four Boys on the Mississippi. By Everett J. Tomlinson. The
third volume of a series describing the travels of four boys
through America. Illustrated. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.
$1.50.
Reminiscences of a Ranchman. By Edgar Beecher Bronson.
The story of the author's adventures, first as cowboy, then
as ranch owner and manager. Illustrated. McClure Co. $1.50.
The Trail of the Badger. By Sldford F. Hamp. A story of
the Colorado border thirty years ago. W. A. Wilde Co. $1.50.
In Ship and Prison: A Story of Five Years In the Continental
Navy with Captain Samuel Tucker. By William Pendleton
Chlpman. Illustrated. Saalfleld Publishing Co. $1.50.
Wrecked on a Coral Island. By Edwin J. Houston, Ph.D. Tells
of what three boys and two men did and learnt on a coral
Island of the Southern Pacific. Illustrated. Griffith A
Rowland Co. $1.25.
A Full-Back Afloat. By A. T. Dudley. Seventh volume of the
"Phillips Exeter Series." Illustrated. Lothrop, Lee &
Shepard Co. $1.25.
The Young Alaskans. By Emerson Hough. Three Alaskan boys
go on a fishing and hunting trip and are cast away in a dory
on a lonely shore. Illustrated. Harper & Brothers. $1.25.
A West Point Cadet, By Paul B. Malone. In bis last year at
West Point, Douglas Atwell wins football honors and a race,
and helps to abolish hazing. Illustrated. Penn Publishing
Co. $1.25.
The Eagle's Badge. By Holman Day. The eagle's badge Is
worn by the "Mayor" of the Maine woods, who has exciting
times there among the log-drivers. Illustrated. Harper &
Brothers. $1.25.
On the School Team. By John Prescott Earl. The first of a
boys' preparatory school series, in which athletics play a
leading pitrt. Illustrated. Penn Publishing Co. $1.25.
A Sophomore Half-Back. By T. Trnxton Hare. The second
story about Bob Walters, a college athlete. Illustrated. Penn
Publishing Co. $1.25.
The Boat Club Boya of Lakeport. By Edward Stratemeyer.
The Lakeport boys form a boat club and have many jolly times
sailing and racing. Illustrated. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Co. $1.25.
In West Point Gray, By Florence Kimball Russel. A second
volume in "The Boys' Story of the Army" series. Illustrated.
L. C. Page A Co. $1.25.
An Annapolis Youngster. By Edward L. Beach. Cadet Robert
Drake's second year at Annapolis Includes an excltlug. cruise
on a battleship. Illustrated. Penn Publishing Co. $1.25.
Under the Great Bear. By Kirk Munroe. A young mechanical
engineer goes off to Labrador for an Iron and copper com-
pany, his ship Is wrecked by an Iceberg, be is captured by
Indians, and so on. Illustrated. Harper A Brothers. $1.25.
Jack the Young Explorer. By George Bird Grlnnell. A boy's
experiences in the unknown Northwest. Illustrated. Frederick
A. Stokes Co. $1.25.
The Story of a Wireless Telegraph Boy. By John Trowbridge.
Alexis, the hero, is a Russian boy who flees from bis country
with his father and his teacher. The "wireless" plays an
Important port In the story. With frontispiece. Houghton
Mifflin Co. $1.25.
The White Trail: A Story of the Early Days of Klondike. By
Alexander Macdonald. A strangely assorted band of pio-
neers force their way into the Klondike when the first news
of Its gold startles the world. Illustrated. H. M. Caldwell
Co. $1.25.
Rivals and Churns. By Kent Carr. A story of English public-
school life for boys. Illustrated. J. B. Llppincott A Co.
$1.25.
How Canada Was Won: A Tale of Wolfe and Quebec. By
F. S. Brereton. The hero Is captain of a band of scouts, and
goes through many thrilling experiences at the time of the
capture of Fort William Henry and Quebec. Illustrated.
H. M. Caldwell Co. $1.25.
A United States Midshipman Afloat. By Yates Stirling. Jr.
Two Annapolis graduates are mixed up In a South American
revolution, and have many exciting adventures. Illustrated.
Penn Publishing Co. $1.25.
Arizona Series. By Edward S. Ellis. Comprising: Off the
Reservation, or Caught In an Apache Raid; Trailing Geron-
lmo, or Campaigning with Crook; The Round-up, or
Geronlmo's Last Raid. Stories of the stirring days of 1885.
Illustrated. John C. Winston Co. Per vol., $1.
The Auto-Boys. By James A. Braden. A Btory for boys, of
automoblllng, business, fun, and adventure. Saalfleld Pub-
lishing Co. $1.
How Richard Won Out. By Mary Kulght Potter. Full of life
and those sports which are most attractive to children.
Illustrated. W. A. Wilde Co. 75 ctB.
The Phantom Auto. By Edward S. Ellis. Illustrated. John
C. Winston Co. 75 cts.
Fire, Snow, and Water, By Edward S. Ellis. John C. Winston
Co. 75 cts.
Two Stowaways. By James Otis. A story of the fishing banks.
T. Y. Crowell & Co. 75 cts.
The Galleon Treasure. By Percy K. FItzhugh. A stirring tale
of adventure at sea. T. Y. Crowell & Co. 75 cts.
Adventures at Sea. By T. II. Stevens, F. H. Converse, and
others. Illustrated. Harper A Brothers. 60 cts.
The Pony Express. By William L. Vlsscher. Illustrated.
Band, McNally A Co. 50 cts.
Stories for Girls Especially.
Sidney at College. By Anna Chopin Ray. Sidney Stayrc is
now a freshman at Smith College, where she and her friends
enjoy life to the full. Illustrated. Little, Brown, & Co.
$1.50.
Six Girls Growing Older. By Marion Ames Taggart. A sequel
to "Six Girls and the Tea Room." Illustrated. W. A.
Wilde Co. $1.50.
Princess Wisla. By Sophie Swett. Peggy Piper, a little Maine
girl, fell into a river, and many amazing things came of it.
Illustrated. Little, Brown, & Co. $1.50.
The Wide Awake Girls. By Katherine Ruth Ellis. A story of
girls living In Wisconsin, Oregon, and Germany, all of whom
belong to the girls' club of a popular magazine. Illustrated.
Little, Brown, & Co. $1.50.
The Court-Harm an Girls, By L. T. Meade. Court-Harman is
a run-down English estate, and the girls are twins who live
there with their mother. Illustrated. E. P. Dutton & Co.
$1.50.
The School Favourite. By Laura T. Meade. A new story
of school girl life by a popular writer. Illustrated. J. B.
Llppincott Co. $1.50.
Betty Wales, B. A. By Margaret Warde. Betty and her
college friends go abroad and have many queer adventures,
beginning with the sight of a ghost In a Scotch castle.
Illustrated. Penn Publishing Co. $1.25.
Hiss Betty of New York. By Ellen Douglas Deland. Betty
and her friend Chris are both lovable young people, who hare
some queer experiences In leaving New York for the country.
Illustrated. Harper & Brothers. $1.25.
Wee Winkles at the Mountains. By Gabrlelle Jackson. A
seven-year-old girl, with her pony, her dogs, rabbits, goat,
and canary, camp for a summer in the mountains. Illus-
trated. Harper A Brothers. $1.25.
Clotilde. By Margaret Bouvet: illustrated by Maglnel Wright
Knright. The story of n little French girl and her life In
the gay capital of Louisiana. A. C. McClurg A Co. $1.25.


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Grant, Graduate. By Amanda M. Douglas,
back to ber college as a teacber, after bi
Helen Grant
having a little
taste of romance. Illustrated. Lotbrop, Lee, A Shepard Co.
11.25.
Peggy Owen. By Lucy Foster Madison. Tbe berolne Is a little
Quaker maiden In Revolutionary Philadelphia. Illustrated.
Penn Publishing Co. (1.25.
Irraa In Italy. By Helen Leab Beed. In this second "Irma"
book, tbe little heroine goes to Europe. Illustrated. Little,
Brown, & Co. $1.25.
A Little Heroine of Illinois. By Alice Turner Curtis. Edith
Austin Is a daring and patriotic little pioneer, illustrated.
Lotbrop, Lee A Shepard Co. $1.25.
The Turn of the Tide. By Eleanor H. Porter. A sequel to
"Cross Currents." Illustrated. W. A. Wilde Co. $1.25.
Little Kiss Evangeline. By Evelyn Raymond. Like her cele-
brated ancestor, this Evangeline lives in historic Grand Pre.
Illustrated. Penn Publishing Co. $1.25.
Heroines of a Schoolroom, By Ursula Tannenforst. A school
story for girls. Illustrated. John C. Winston Co. $1.25.
O-Heart-San. By Helen Eggleston Haskell. The berolne Is a
little Japanese maid, who, although the daughter of a
bumble wood-carver, is famous throughout Toklo for her
beauty. Illustrated and decorated in color. L. C. Page &
Co. $1.
The Quest Flower. By Clara Louise Burnham. Tbe story of
how a little girl "made up" a family quarrel. Illustrated In
color. Houghton Mifflin Co. $1.
Dorothy Dainty's Gay Times. By Amy Brooks. The seventh
tale of Dorothy Dainty's doings. Illustrated. Lotbrop, Lee
A Shepard Co. $1. ,
Carlota: A Story of the San Gabriel Mission. By Frances
Margaret Fox. Carlota Is a little Spanish girl who lived in
California before It was a part of tbe United States. Illus-
trated and decorated In color. L. C. Page & Co. $1.
Felicia. By Elizabeth Lincoln Gould. Felicia Is the new
minister's daughter, who, at thirteen, manages the family.
Illustrated. Penn Publishing Co. $1.
Little Sister Prue. By Amy Brooks. First volume In a
projected series by a popular writer of girls' stories. Illus-
trated. Lotbrop, Lee A Shepard Co. $1.
Little Maid Marian. By Amy E. Blanchard. A story for little
girls from eight to twelve. Illustrated. George W. Jacobs
A Co. $1.
Grandpa's Little Girls at School. By Alice Turner Curtis. A
second book about the little Newman glrla, telling how they
ran away to escape school and how they found they liked It
after all. Illustrated. Penn Publishing Co. $1.
Jeannie's Journal. By Althea Randolph. A boarding-school
story, told by means of the diary of its berolne. Illustrated.
Bonnell, Silver A Co. $1.
Stories for Boys and Girls Both.
The Adopting of Rosa Marie. By Mrs. C. W. Rankin. A
sequel to "Dandelion Cottage," telling of the fate and for-
tunes of a little Indian papooBe. Illustrated.' Henry Holt A
Co. $1.60.
The Christmas-Makers' Club. By Edith A. Sawyer. A story of
Christmas fun and jollity, with a lesson, cleverly bidden,
about bringing good cheer to others. Illustrated. L. C. Page
A Co. $1.50.
Uncle Tom Andy Bill. By Charles Major. Marvelous tales of
adventure, told by a quaint old man. Illustrated. Macmlllan
Co. $1.50.
Jack Lorimer'a Holidays. By Winn Standlsh. Lorlmer and his
friends spend tbe summer in camp. Tbe girls of Mlllvale
High share In the fun and the athletic events. Illustrated.
L. C. Page A Co. $1.50.
The House of Prayer. By Florence Converse. A mystical story
of a little boy who saw angel visions. Illustrated In color,
etc. E. P. Dutton & Co. $1.50.
The Browns at Mt, Hermon. By "Pansy." A new story by
an old-time writer for young people. Illustrated. Lothrop,
Lee A Shepard Co. $1.50.
The Fortune* of the Farrells. By Jessie De Home Valzey.
The Farrells are put through a queer test before they get
their fortune. Illustrated. George W. Jacobs & Co. $1.50.
Holly House and Ridge* Row. By May Baldwin. A tale of
old and new London. Illustrated In color. J. B. Llppin-
cott Co. $1.50.
The Kidnapped Campers. By Flavla A. C. Canfleld. Catching
fish, snaring squirrels, exploring a cave, and hunting bears
are some of the sports that tbe young campers enjoy most.
Illustrated. Harper A Brothers. $1.25.
The Hero of Pigeon Camp. By Martha James. Pigeon Camp Is
as Jolly aB ever, and the hero earns bis title. Illustrated.
Lothrop. Lee & Sbepard. $1.25.
Persia Putnam's Treasure. By Myra Sawyer Hamlin. A new
volume In the "Nan of Camp Chicopee" series, especially
interesting to girls who like out-door life. Illustrated.
Little, Brown, A Co. $1.25.
The Street Singer. By John T. Mclntyre. By singing, "Chub"
Foster supports himself and a younger friend, and helps the
latter find bis family. Illustrated. Penn Publishing Co.
$1.25.
The Miller* and their New Home. By Clara Dillingham
Pierson. The fourth "Pencroft" book, In which the Millers
move Into the country. Illustrated. E. P. Dntton A Co. $1.
A Little Gipsy Lai*. By William Gordon Stables. The hero-
ine, a little English girl, was stolen when a child, and
brought up by a Gipsy comedian. Illustrated. J. B. Llp-
plncott Co. $1.25.
The Tower Angel. Translated from tbe German of Tony
Schumacher by Mary E. Ireland. Tbe "tower angel" Is the
beautiful daughter of a German church keeper. Illustrated.
Saalfield Publishing Co. $1.
Pixy's Holiday Journey. By George Lang; trans, by Mary E.
Ireland. Pixy la a little dog, wbo with three German boys,
takes an eventful summer trip through the country. Illus-
trated. Saalfield Publishing Co. $1.
History and Travel.
The Chronicles of England, France, and Spain. By Sir John
Froissart. A condensed version of Frolssart's romantic his-
tory, for young readers. Illustrated in color, etc. E. P.
Dutton A Co. $2.50.
Roy and Ray in Canada. By Mary W. Plummer. A new
volume In a popular travel series for children. With map
and Illustrations. Henry Holt A Co. $1.75 net.
Journeys of the Kit-Kat Club in England. By William R. A.
Wilson. Four American boys and their tutor automobile
through England, having a good time and picking up a great
deal of entertaining Information. Illustrated. D. Appleton
& Co. $2 net.
The Story-Life of Lincoln. By Wayne Whipple. A biography
composed of fl>e hundred true stories told by Abraham
Lincoln and bis friends. Illustrated. John C. Winston Co.
$1.75 net.
Famous Indian Chiefs I Have Known. By MaJ. Gen. O. O.
Howard. A noted Indian fighter's story of his experiences,
friendly and hostile, with Indian braves. Illustrated. Cen-
tury Co. $1.50.
Abraham Lincoln: The Boy and the Man. By James Morgan.
A simple dramatic life of the great War president. Illus-
trated. Macmillan Co. $1.60 net.
Famous Cavalry Leaders, By Charles H. L. Johnston. Sketches
of Attlla the Hun, Bayard, Prince Rupert. Marshal Ney,
Custer, Marlon, Sheridan, and others. Illustrated. L. C.
Page A Co. $1.50.
Daniel Boone: Back-woodsman. By C. H. Forbes. "Keep*
true" to historical facts, but tells the story of Boone's life
In a way to fascinate all boys. Illustrated In color, etc.
J. B. Llpplncott Co. $1.50.
American Hero Stories, 1492-1865. By Eva March Tappan.
Stories of tbe men wbo made America. Illustrated. Hough-
ton Mifflin Co. $1.50.
Peeps at the World. By Ascot R. Hope. Glimpses of life
In foreign lands, with numerous pictures In color by well-
known artists. Macmillan Co. $1.50 net.
Life Stories for Young People. Translated from the German
by George P. Upton. New vols.: Marie Antoinette's Youth,
by Helnrlch von Lenk; Duke of Brittany, by Henrlette
Jeanrenaud; Arnold of Wlnkelried, by Gustav Docker;
Undine, by Baron de la Motte Fouque. A. C. McClurg A Co.
Per vol., 60 cts. net.
The Story of Frederick the Great for Boys and Girl*. By Kate
E. Carpenter. Illustrated from famous paintings. Lothrop,
Lee A Sbepard Co. $1.
Little Cousin Series. New vols.: Our Little Australian Cousin,
by Mary F. Nlxon-Roulet; Our Little Egyptian Cousin, by
Blanche McManus; Our Little Grecian Cousin, by Mary F.
Nlxon-Roulet. Each illustrated In color. L. C. Page A Co.
Per vol., 60 cts.
Fairy Tales and Legends.
Christmas Every Day- By William Dean Howells. A Christmas
story, about a little girl and her father, and another little
girl and a fairy—and Christmas. With Illustrations and
decorations in color. Harper A Brothers. $1.75.
The Book of Princes and Princesses. By Mrs. Andrew Lang;
edited by Andrew Lang. All the tales deal with historical
characters. Illustrated In color, etc. Longmans, Green A
Co. $1.60 net.
The Elm-Tree Fairy Book. By Clifton Johnson. The third
volume of fairy tales that Mr. Johnson litis edited, omitting
all undesirable features. Illustrated. Little, Brown A Co.
$1.50.
The Story of Sir Galahad. By Mary Blackwell Sterling. A
modernized version of the Holy Grail legend. Illustrated in
color. E. P. Dutton A Co. $1.50.
Top o' the World: A Once-Upon a Time Tale. By Mark E.
Swan. Tells how a little girl went to fairyland In an air-
ship. Illustrated. E. P. Dutton A Co. $1.50.
Stories of Persian Heroes. By E. M. W. Buxton. Tales of
brave deeds and high adventure. Illustrated and decorated.
T. Y. Crowell A Co. $1.50.
Fairies—of Sorts. Ey Mrs. Molesworth. Fairy-taleB with real
people in them as well as fairies, by a popular writer for
young folks. Illustrated. Macmlllan Co. $1.50 net.


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Brownyboo. Verses by Florence Lapen; illustrated In color by
Henry Miller. Tells of the visit of a little girl to a won-
derful land of princesses, elves, and fairies, ruled oyer by a
magnificent Fairy Queen. Saalfleld Publishing Co. $1.25.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz. By L. Frank Baum. The
"Wonderful Wizard" here reappears for the first time since
"The Wizard of Oz" was published. Illustrated in color.
Beilly & Britton Co. $1.25.
The Land of Lost. By Allen Ayrault Green. A new fairy book
by the author of "The Good Fairy and the Bunnies." Illus-
trated In color. Small, Maynard & Co. $1.25.
The Story of Grettir the Strong, By Allen French. An old
hero tale from the Norse sagas. Illustrated in color, etc.
E. P. Dutton & Co. $1.25.
The Flaming Sword, and Other Legends of the Earth and Sky.
By Edith Ogden Harrison; Illustrated In color and decorated
by Lucy Fitch Perkins. Quaint little tales of stars, birds,
flowers, and so on, Interwoven with some of the Bible stories.
A. C. McClurg & Co. $1.25 net.
A Child's Guide to Mythology. By Helen A. Clarke. The
author has for years written and lectured on the great myths.
Illustrated. Baker & Taylor Co. $1.25 net.
Toodles of Treasure Town and Her Snow Man. By Frederic
Chapln. Toodles goes to Treasure Town In a fairy boat.
Illustrated In color. Saalfleld Publishing Co. $1.50.
Wonder Stories from the Mabinogion. By Edward Brooks.
Folk-tales of Wales, with knights, dragons, imprisoned
maldeus and much strange adventure. Illustrated. Penn
Publishing Co. $1.2$.
King Time; or, The Mystical Land of the Hours. By Percy K.
Fltzhugh; Illustrated by L. J. Brldgman. A little boy sitting
In front of a tall clock, wondering where the hours go, falls
asleep and dreams of Father Time, and the imps of the
hours. Illustrated. H. M. Caldwell Co. $1.25.
Old Man Coyote: A Sheaf of Indian Legends. By Clara K.
Bayliss; Illustrated in color by E. Warde Blalsdell. Old
Man Coyote Is a sort of Indian Brer Rabbit. T. Y. Crowell
& Co. $1.
The Fire-Fly's Lovers, and Other Fairy Tales of Old Japan.
By William E. Grlflls; illustrated in color by native artist*.
T. Y. Crowell & Co. $1.
The Moons of Balbanca. By Mrs. M. E. M. Davis. Tells bow
some children in the French quarter of New Orleans enter-
tained themselves In original ways. Illustrated. Houghton
Mifflin Co. $1.
The Good Wolf. By Frances Hodgson Burnett. A new fairy
story by the author of "Little Lord Fauntleroy." illustrated
In color, etc. Moffat, Yard & Co. $1 net.
The Tortoise and the Geese, and Other Fables of BIdpal.
Retold by Maude B. Dutton; Illustrated by B. Boyd Smith.
Indian folk-tales and fables much like jEsop's, told in simple
style. Honghton Mifflin Co. $1.
Fairy Talcs from Folk Lore. Compiled by Hersbel Williams.
A collection of fairy-tales from the early lore of different
nations. Illustrated. Moffat, Yard & Co. $1 net.
Garden Fairies. By Samuel S. Paquln. A little child, playing
in a garden, falls asleep under a tree, and meets all the
falrlea. Illustrated In color. Moffat, Yard * Co. $1 net.
A Little Maid in Toyland. By Adah Louise Sutton. Sally eats
a piece of cake, shrinks to doll size, and visits Toyland.
Illustrated In color. Saalfleld Publishing Co. $1.
Bumbletoes. By Gltha Sowerby; Illustrated In color by
Milllcent Sowerby. A gay little fairy tale In verse, with
gay pictures in Kate Grcenaway style. Duffleld & Co. 75 cts.
Grandmother Goose Stories. By John Howard Jewett. In four
small volumes, each Illustrated In color. Gay little verses
and pictures, by the author of "The Bunny Stories." Small,
Maynard & Co. Per vol., 75 cts.
Every Child's Library. Edited by Tbomas Cartwrlght. First
vols.: One for Wod and One for Lok; Sigurd tbe Dragon-
Slayer; The Old, Old Myths of Greece and Rome; The Seven
Champions of Christendom. Attractive, pocket-sized volumes,
profusely Illustrated In color and black-and-white. E. P.
Dutton & Co. Per vol., 50 cts.
The Spring Cleaning: As Told by "Queen Crosspatch." By
Frances Hodgson Burnett. Illustrated In color. Century Co.
80 cts.
The Princess Winsome: A Fairy Play for Old and Young. By
Annie Fellows Johnston. With frontispiece. L. C. Page &
Co. 35 cts.
Nature and Out-door Life.
Black Bruin: The Biography of a Bear. By Clarence Hawkes.
Bruin was brought up as a tame bear, and when he finally
ran away to the woods be didn't know how to behave.
Illustrated. George W. Jacobs & Co. $1.50.
Rover the Farm Dog. By Lily F. Wesseluoeft. About two
country children with a grandmother who knows a lot of
good dog stories. Little, Brown & Co. $1.25.
Bird Legend and Life. By Margaret Conlson Walker. Nature
study is combined with a large number of legends and classic
tales about birds. Illustrated. Baker & Taylor Co. $1.25 net.
My Pets: Real Happenings in My Aviary. By Marshall Saun-
ders. A new book by the author of "Beautiful Joe."
Illustrated In color. Griffith & Rowland Press. $1.25.
Father Crow and his Crew. By Franklin H. Olmsted. Stories
In which birds and animals play the leading parts. B. W.
Dodge & Co. $1.
In the Open: Stories of Out-door Life. By William O. Stod-
dard. Illustrated. Harper & Brothers. 80 cts.
Old Favorites in New Form.
The Children's Longfellow. Contains eighty favorite poems of
the children's favorite poet, with colored pictures and deco-
rations. Houghton Mifflin Co. $3.
The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby. By Charles
Klngsley; fully Illustrated in color, etc., by Arthur A. Dixon.
Beautiful print, paper, binding, and illustrations make this
the best edition that has yet appeared. E. P. Dntton & Co.
$2.50.
Tbe Aeneid for Boys and Girls. By Alfred J. Church. Mr.
Church's work in adapting tbe Homeric poems for children
will Insure a welcome for hU version of the Latin epic
Illustrated in color. Macmlllan Co. $1.50.
The Chaucer Story Book. By Eva March Tappan. A dozen of
the stories In the "Canterbury Tales" retold for young
readers In modern prose. Illustrated. Houghton Mifflin Co.
$1.50.
Alice in Wonderland. By Lewis Carroll; Illustrated In color by
Milllcent Sowerby. In her drawlnga, Miss Sowerby has made
a special feature of the Wonderland animals. Duffleld ft Co.
$1.25.
The Princess and Curdle. By George Macdonald. Illustrations
In color and decorated chapter-headings sdorn the new edition
of this classic fairy-tale. J. B. Llpplncott Co. $1.50.
TJie Spinning-wheel Series. By Louisa M. Alcott. New Illus-
trated edition, comprising: Spinning Wheel Stories, Silver
Pitchers, Proverb Stories, and A Garland for Girls. Little,
Brown & Co. Per vol., $1.50.
Tales That Never Die. By Maria Edgeworth; edited by Charles
Welsh, with introduction by Charles Eliot Norton. A collec-
tion of old-fashioned stories that are always dear to children.
Illustrated. U. M. Caldwell Co. $1.25.
The Queen's Treasures Series. First vols.: Cousin Phlllls, by
Mrs. Gaskell; Six to Sixteen, by Juliana Horatia Ewlng.
Each illustrated In color by M. V. Wbeelhouse. Pretty
reprints of stories which delighted young readers of the last
generation. Macmlllan Co. Each, $1.
Undo Tom's Cabin. Adapted for younger children by Helen
Ring Robinson. Emphasises tbe pleasant parts of the story.
Illustrated in color. Penn Publishing Co. $1.
The Lamb Shakespeare for the Young, Illustrated by Helen
Stratton; with songs set to music by T. Markell Hardy.
New vols.: Cymbeline, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of
Venice. Duffleld ft Co. Per vol., 80 cts. net; leather, $1 net.
Mr. Wind and Madame Bain. By Paul de Musset. New
edition. Illustrated. Harper & Brothers. 80 cts.
Books for Little Tots.
The Pinafore Picture Book. By Sir W. S. Gilbert; illustrated
In color by Alice B. Woodward. Tbe atory of the well-
known operetta told by the autbor in a way to please tbe
children and Illustrated like the "Peter Pan Picture Book."
Macmlllan Co. $2.
Tommy Trot's Visit to Santa Claus. By Thomas Nelson Page.
Two small boys make a trip to Snnta Claus land, see bis
houses, shops, and helpers, drive his reindeer, and hunt bis
bears. Illustrated In color, etc. Charles Scrlbner's Sons. $1.
The Book of the Little Past. By Josephine Preston Peabody;
illustrated in color by Elizabeth Sblppen Green. Poems of
and for children. In somewhat Stevensonlan vein. Honghton
Mifflin Co. $1.50.
The Happy Chaps. By Carolyn Wells; Illustrated by Harrison
Cady. The Happy Chaps are not brownies, elves, or fairies,
but own cousins to them all. Century Co. $1.50.
In Peanut Land: Verses and Pictures. By Eva Dean. The
Peanut people and their adventures will amuse tiny readers.
R. F. Fenno & Co. $1.7$.
Little Sam in Volendam. By Estelle Kerr; Illustrated In color
by the author. Little Sam goes to Holland, and sees new
boys and girls, In strange and fascinating attire. Moffat,
Yard & Co. $1.50 net.
The Muffin Shop. By Louise AyreB Garnett. A merry tale in
rhyme, for youngest readers, about the Muffin man, his
delicious wares, and bis wonderful visitors. Illustrated in
color. Rand, McNally ft Co. $1.50.
Dream Blooks. By Alleen Cleveland Hlgglns; illustrated In
color by Jessie Wlllcox Smith. Verses after the order of
Miss Hav's "Bed-time Book," with pictures and decorations
by a well-known illustrator. Duffleld ft Co. $1.50.
The Sandman: His Sea Stories. By William J. Hopkins. More
of the Sandman's bed-time stories. Interesting and at tbe
same time instructive. Illustrated. L. C. Page ft Co. $1.50.
Little Ned Happy and Flora. By Gertrude Smith. Flora Is a
real girl, but Ned Happy is a "pretend" playfellow, the only
one she has on the beautiful southern Island where she lives.
Illustrated in color. Harper & Brothers. $1.30 net.
Our Own Story Book. Stories, rhymes, and pictures (many In
color) by popular English writers and artists. E. P. Dutton
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Brownie Clown of Brownie Town. Verses and pictures In color
by Palmer Cox. The first Brownie book to be printed In
colors. Century Co. $1.
Bill: A Cheerful Dog. By Frederick White. A humorous story
told Id verse for young children. Illustrated. Moffat, Yard
& Co. $1 net.
The Make-Believe Boys. By Julia Dalrymple. When other
people thought David Kent was playing with wooden toys,
he was really hunting fierce beasts in a Magic Wood. Illus-
trated. Little, Brown & Co. $1.
Told in a Little Boy's Pocket. By Sarah Beaumont Kennedy.
The things that every small boy treasurea in his pocket
become endowed with life, and tell their life stories. Illus-
trated In color. Moffat, Yard & Co. $1 net.
Our Farm: A Story Box. By Virginia Bennett. Comprising:
The Pigeon Tale, The Duck Tale, The Windmill Tale, The
Field Mouse Tale. Four illustrated stories for smallest
readers, put up together in a decorated box. E. P. Dutton &
Co. SI.
The Nursery Picture Book. A large oblong volume of bright
colored pictures aud rhymes. K. P. Dutton & Co. $1.
Hew Little Americans, By Mary Haielton Wade. Stories
about children who live In our new possessions. Illustrated
In color, etc. W. A. Wilde Co. II.
Billy Whiskers' Vacation, By Frances Trego Montgomery.
A new "Billy Whlfkera" book, illustrated In color, etc. Chi-
cago: Brewer, Baree & Co. $1.
Good-Night Stories. By Mrs. Frank Slttlg. - Bed-time stories
told to u little boy. Illustrated. Robert J. Cromble & Co.
Barbara and the Five Little Purrs. By Elisabeth L. Gould.
Tells of Barbara's experience with Madame Purr and her
five little kittens. Illustrated. H. M. Caldwell Co. 75 eta.
The Christmas Letter; or. How Dorothy Vandevare and Her
Family Spent Their Vacation. Illustrated In color, etc. New
York: Cupples & Leon Co.
The Little Adventures of Kitty Tipsy-Toe. By Margaret Mor-
gan. Verses about kittens and their adventures, with luany
plctures. B. W. Dodge & Co. 75 cts.
The Little Mother Stories. By John Howard Jewett. New
vols.: Bunnies, Birds and Blossoms; Wild Rabb and His
Bunnie Friends; Tame Bunnies and Wild; Toy Bearkins at
School; Warriors Brave; A Day with the Gnomes. Each
illustrated In color. E. P. Dntton & Co. Per vol., 50 cts.
Colored Pioture Books. Comprising: The Motor Car Model
Book; Dolly's School ABC; The Book of Donkeys. Large-
sized books of brightly-colored pictures for smallest children.
E. P. Dutton & Co. Each, 50 cts.
Jumbo and His Family. By Hy Mayer; illustrated in color,
etc., by the autbor. E. P. Dutton & Co. 50 cts.
Cats and Kitts. By Frances Trego Montgomery. Illustrated
in color, etc. Chicago: Brewer, Barae & Co. 50 eta.
The Doll's Story Book. Edited by Mary I. Lovejoy. Illus-
trated. W. A. Wilde Co. 60 eta.
Story Book Frienda. By Clara Murray. Illustrated in color.
Little, Brown & Co. 50 cts.
The Pig Brother. By Laura E. Richards. Illustrated. Little,
Brown & Co. 40 eta. net.
Good Books of all Sorts.
A Treasury of Verse for Little Children. Compiled by M. G.
Edgar; illustrated in color, etc., by Willy I'ogany. Mr.
Edgar has sought out the most charming songs of childhood
from the best poets of England and America. T. Y. Crowell
& Co. |2.50.
The Boy's Book of Steamships. By J. R. Howden. Telia all
about steamboats of every kind and description. By the
author of "The Boy's Book of Locomotives." Illustrated.
McClure Co. $2.
Bad Cap Adventures: The Second Series of Red Cap Tales
Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of the North.
By S. R. Crockett. Mr. Crockett doea for Scott's Waverley
Novels what the Lambs did for Shakespeare, retelling the
most interesting parte in simple language. Illustrated in
color. Macmillan Co. $2 net.
Harper's How to Understand Electrical Work. By William H.
Onken and Joseph B. Linker. A simple explanation of elec-
tric light, heat, power and traction. Illuatrated. Harper &
Brothers. $1.75.
Photography for Young People, By Tudor Jenks. Explains all
about taking pictures, from choosing a camera and a subject
to developing and printing one's negatives. Illustrated.
Frederick A. Stokes Co. $1.50 net.
The Children's Treasure Trove of Pearls, Edited by Mary W.
TUeston. Stories, largely taken from old books now out of
print, for children from five to nine. Illustrated. Little,
Brown & Co. $1.50.
Fresh Posies. By Abble Farwell Brown. A companion volume
to Miss Brown's "Pocketful of Posies"—verses for children
that "grownups" will like to read, too. Illustrated in colors.
Houghton Mifflin Co. $1.50.
A Child's Guide to Pictures. By Charles H. Coffin. The well-
known ert-critlc explains in a simple way what makes a
picture great, using as examples well-known pictures, many
of which are shown in the illustrations. Baker & Taylor
Co. $1.25 net.
Tales of Laughter. Edited by Kate Douglaa Wlggln and Nora
Archibald Smith. Amusing tales chosen from Celtic, Indian,
Russian, French, Japanese, and many other literatures. Mc-
Clure Co. $1.50.
Letters from Colonial Children, By Eva March Tappan. Imag-
inary letters written so as to show what sort of life the
children had in Colonial days, illustrated. Houghton Mif-
flin Co. $1.50.
Christ Legends. By Selma Lagerlof. A translation from the
Swedish of the best of the many legends centering about the
Savior. Illustrated. Henry Holt & Co. $1.25 net.
Uncle Sam's Business. By H. Crittenden Marriott. Meant to
show young readers how Uncle Sam serves his people and
carries out their orders. Harper & Brothers. $1.25.
When the King Came. By George Hodges. New edition of
this life of Jesus, with illustrations from famous paintings.
Illustrated. Houghton Mifflin Co. $1.25.
Pictures Every Child Should Know: A Selection of the World's
Art Masterpieces for Young People. By Dolores Bacon.
Doubleday, Page & Co. $1.20 net.
How It Is Done; or, Victories of the Engineer. By Archibald
Williams. How great engineering achievements in all parts
of the world have been accomplished. Illustrated In color,
etc. Thomas Nelson & Sons. $1.25.
Poems Children Love. Selected by Penelyn W. Coussens. A
treasure trove of favorite poems for young people of various
ages. Dodge Publishing Co. $1.25.
Every Child's Library. Edited by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut. New
vols.: Stories about Children of all Nations; The Leather
Stocking Tales; Stories of Our Naval Heroes; Lives of Our
Presidents; Stories of Great Americans; The Story of Jesus.
Each Illustrated. John C. Winston Co. Per vol., 75 cts.
When Mother Lets Us Cook. By Constance Johnson. A book
of simple receipts, with cooking rules In rhyme, together
with handy lists of materials and utensils needed. Illus-
trated. Moffat, Yard & Co. 75 cts. net.
Home Occupations for Boys and Girls. By Bertha Johnston.
Practical suggestions for amusing and keeping busy children
of all ages. George W. Jacobs & Co. 50 cts.
Notes.
A revised edition of Miss Mary £■ Lang's " Reading:
A Manual for Teachers," is published by Messrs. D. C.
Heath & Co. in their " Pedagogical Library."
The Macmillan Co. publish a new translation, by Sir
Clements Markham, of that famous picaresque novel,
"The Life of Lazarillo de Tonnes." Considerable edi-
torial apparatus goes with the translation, and there are
numerous illustrations.
"The Origin and Early Development of the English
Universities to the Close of the Thirteenth Century,"
by Mr. Earnest Vancourt Vaughn, is an important
study in educational history, now published in the
"Social Science Series" of the University of Missouri.
"Poems of New England" is a reissue, in a single
volume, of that section of Longfellow's "Poems of
Places" which relate to the New England country.
The compilation is now thirty years old, but it is well
worth bringing before the attention of the new genera-
tion. It is published, of course, by the Houghton
Mifflin Co.
The Oliver Ditaon Co. publish " Panseron's A B C of
Music," as revised and extended by Mr. N. Clifford
Page. This little book is a primer of vocalization by a
musician who died half a century ago, and it has long
been favorably known as an elementary text. Its first
American edition dates from 1846, and has had a wide
circulation.
The first two volumes of a new "Readers' Library,"
published by the Fleming H. Revell Co., and edited by
Messrs. W. J. and C. W. Dawson, are devoted to "The
Great English Letter Writers," and give us a classified
selection of examples from a wide range of authors.
Considerable ingenuity has been exercised by the editors
in bringing together letters from widely scattered
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as "Tribulations of Genius," "Pocket Philosophies,"
"By-gone Lovers," and "The Artist and His Art."
Future volumes in this attractive series are to be devoted
to essayists, historians, nature-lovers, "accusers," and
other interesting groups.
The "Dictionary of Quotations," compiled by Mr.
Norman MacMunn, and published by Messrs. George
W. Jacobs & Co., is a small volume of " extracts old and
new from writers of all ages " — too small a volume, in
fact, to be of much use in running down any given
quotation, although it may benefit the writer in search
of an appropriate text for some discourse.
To reduce " Les Mise'rables " to text-book dimensions,
allowing space for much editorial matter and a fairly
complete vocabulary, means pruning of a rather merci-
less sort, and we are not sure that we consider the task
worth undertaking. However, it has been performed
by Dr. Douglas L. Buffum, and the work is now issued
for school use by Messrs. Henry Holt & Co.
Three German texts just published by Messrs. Henry
Holt & Co. are the following: Moser's "Ultimo,"
edited by Professor Charles L. Crow; Moser's "Der
Bibliothekar," edited by Professor Hollon A. Farr; and
Frau von Ebner-Eschenbach's "Lotti, die Uhrmach-
erin," edited by Professor George H Needier. The
American Book Co. publish " Fritz auf Ferien," by the
writer who calls herself " Hans Aruold," edited by Miss
May Thomas.
Almost the last piece of literary work from the pen
of the late Professor Charles Eliot Norton, if not quite
the last, was the writing of an Introductory Note for
a new edition of the famous stories of Maria Edgeworth,
whose work Mr. Norton admired, believing that the
pictures of good breeding and pleasant manners of their
time cannot fail to have a helpful influence on the
young people of to-day. The volume is edited by that
veteran purveyor of children's literature, Mr. Charles
Welsh, and is published by Messrs. H. M. Caldwell &
Co. with the title " Tales That Never Die."
One of the most impressive peace documents ever
prepared is Pastor Frenssen's story of "Peter Moor's
Journey to Southwest Africa," which is a plain narra-
tive, in the first person, of the experiences of a private
soldier in the inglorious German campaign. It is the
naked reality of warfare, not its blaze and glory, that
confronts us in these pages, and no one can read them,
we should think, without taking their lesson to heart.
The translation, which is authorized, has been made
with exceptional skill by Miss Margaret May Ward,
and the little book is published by the Houghton
Mifflin Co.
Herr Axel Olrik is one of the most learned and in-
dustrious modern students of the civilization and liter-
ature of the old Scandinavian peoples, and already has
a dozen or more works to his credit. His latest book
is a condensed account of " Nordisk Aandsliv i Vikinge-
tid og Tidlig Middelalder." Beginning with the age of
the myth-makers, this monograph carries the story of
the Norseman's spiritual life down to the early Christian
era and to the time of the folk-songs. The work is
beautifully printed and illustrated. Herr Olrik has
also issued a new edition of his selection of " Danske
Folkeviser," with an extensive introduction and notes
adequate to the purpose of the work, which is especially
planned for the use of Danish schools. Both these pub-
lications come to us from the Gyldendalske Boghandel,
Copenhagen and Chicago.
Topics in Leading Periodicals.
December, 1908.
Abnakee Rugs. Making of. Hellen R. Albee. CrafUman.
Adult Minor, Plea lor the. K.P.Murray. Atlantic.
Alaska's Coal Resources. G.E. Mitchell. Review of Reviews.
Alaska's Railroad Development. P. H. Chase. Rev. of Rev:
American Esthetic Activities. Gutzon Borghem. CrafUman.
American Art. Louis H. Sullivan on. CrafUman.
American Fleet, Cruise of the—III. R.D.Evans. Broadway.
American Language, The. Brander Matthews. Munsey.
American Male. The Unconquered. Harrison Rhodes. Bookman.
American Music, Movement for. A.Farwell. Review of Reviews.
American Oberammergau. An. Harlan I. Smith. Putnam.
American Prima Donna, Rise of the. E. Lonergan. Munsey.
Author's Full Dinner Pail. Arthur B. Maurice. Bookman.
Barnard, George G„ American Sculptor. Review of Reviews.
Barnard, George G., 8culptor. Katharine M. Roof. Craftsman.
Bear Hunt, A Chromatic—conclusion. Rex Beach. Everybody's.
Belasco, What's the Matter with 1 Broadway.
Berlin: City of the Emperors. R. H. Schauffler. Century.
Berry Industrial School at 'Possum Trot, Ga. Everybody's.
Birds with a Handicap. H. K. Job. Outing.
Bulgaria: A Nation Reborn. A. D. Howden Smith. Putnam.
Caine, Hall, Autobiography of— IV. Appleton.
Centuries New and Old. Edward Fuller. Bookman.
Charity, The New View of. E. T. Devine. Atlantic.
Chicago Finding Herself — II. Ida M. Tarbell. American.
Children who Will Be Kings. Theodore Schworz. Munsey.
Christmas at Mount Vernon, The First. G. Hunt. Century.
Christmas Cheer at Country Homes. E. Post. Everybody's.
Christmas Dinneron a Ranch. Theodore Roosevelt. Everybody's.
Christmas Giving, Proper Spirit of. Anne Hard. Broadway.
Christmas Memories of My Denmark Home. J. A. Riis. Century.
Christmas Plans Tested. L. A. Smith. World's Work.
ChristmaB Presents. Appleton.
Christmas Reflections. Samuel M. Crothers. Atlantic.
Churchill's Challenge in " Mr. Crewe's Career." Appleton.
Civic Righteousness via Percentages. R. L. Bridgman. Atlantic.
College Woman, The. Margaret F. Coughlin. Appleton.
Corn Exposition, National. W. A. Campbell. Rev. of Reviews.
Corporation Shareholders in America. F. Fayant. Appleton
Damascus, A Day's Adventures in. Norman Duncan. Harper
Dramatic Reminiscences. Montgomery Schuyler. Bookman,
DuckB, — When they Begin to Fly. H. D. Trieper, Jr. Outing.
Election, Lesson of the. Craftsman.
Europe, — As It Sees Us. Emily J. Putnam. Putnam.
Farm, New Spirit of the. Agnes C. Laut. Outing.
Ferrero, Guglielmo: Greek Historian. S. Aleramo. Putnam.
Fire Protection, High-Pressure. H.T.Wade. Rev. of Reviews.
Florida Winter Garden, My. E. P. Powell. Outing.
Foraker of Ohio. Sloane Gordon. Broadway.
Forest Fires. Forbes Lindsay. CrafUman.
Furnace Problem, The. Eugene Wood. Everybody's.
Genius, Prodigies of. Lyndon Orr. Munsey.
Ghosts. Frank Crane. Atlantic.
Giving. The Difficult Art of. John D. Rockefeller. World's Work.
Grenfell of Labrador. P. T. McGrath. Review of Reviews.
Heredity. Applied. R. C. Punnett. Harper.
"Herr Kapellmeister" of Yesterday and To-day. Atlantic.
Herrick, Robert. Frederic T. Cooper. Bookman.
Higher Education, Organization of. H. 8. Pritchett. Atlantic.
HBinKiang: "New"ChineseProvince. E. Huntington. Harper.
Investors, When Caution Pays. World's Work.
Italian Affairs in Last Two Years. Homer Edmiston. Atlantic.
Jack Tar Ashore. Harris M. Lyon. Appleton.
Japanese, A Western View of the. W. T. Prosser. World's Work.
Juvenile Book World, A Glance at the. Bookman.
Legends of the City of Mexico. T. A. Janvier. Harper.
Life Insurance Policy Holders, Two "Dont's'' for. World's Work.
Literary Light. A New. "Mr. Dooley " on. American.
Man who Gave Himself, A. World's Work.
Men, Moulding of. A, L. Benedict. Lippincolt.
Milton and Keats. Century.
Milton Tercentenary, The. Wilfred Whitten. Putnam.
Mind-Curing, a Rate-Maker. W. G. Eggleston. American.
Monarchies: Why they Endure. W. T. Stead. Appleton.
Muscular Work, Appetite and Energy. G.E.Flint. Outing.
Napoleon the Less. Harry T. Peck. Bookman.
Nevada Town with a Past, A. C. Johnson. Outing.
New York's Budget Exhibit. W.H.Allen. Review of Reviews.
Nonagenarian Peers. H. J. Markland. Munsey.
Noorian, Zado. Craftsmanship of. Craftsman.
Novelist in Politics. A. S.Johnson. World's Work.
Old Age Pensions. Charles E. Russell. Broadway.
Orient, Our Opportunity in the. J. E. Burks. World's Work.


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Painters of the New Salon, Leading. C. H. Caffin. Harper.
Panama and the Canal-Builders. Hugh C. Weir. Putnam.
Pern, River Adventuring in. W. T. Burres. Outing.
Phillips, Stephen, Tragedy Writer. F. B. R. Hellems. A tlantic.
Plain Folic, Outlook for. E. A. Ross. Everybody':
Poe, The Fame of. John Macy. Atlantic.
Poetry, Modern Minor. Mary K. Ford. Bookman.
Quebec: Britain's French Empire. Review of Reviewt.
Races in the United States. William Z. Ripley. Atlantic.
Railroad, Lions that Stopped a. J. H. Patterson. World't Work.
Religion and Science. Charles F. Aked. Appleton.
Russian Folk-Tales in Pictures for Czar's Children. Crafttman.
Salaries and Wages, Loans on. S.M.Lindsay. Rev. of Review.
Sardou. The Personal. Stuart Henry. Bookman.
Siege of Vicksburg, Reminiscences of. W. W. Lord, Jr. Harper.
Silver Fox. Study of a — I. Ernest T. Seton. Century.
Ski-Running. Herbert H. D. Peirce. Muntey.
Snow, Reading the. Raymond S. Spears. Atlantic.
Spiritual Unrest—I., Emanuel Movement. American.
Spooks and Telepathy. G. Stanley Hall. Appleton.
Sportsmen of Tradition. Q. Hibbard. Outing.
Stage, The, and Morals. W. D. Wegefarth. Lippincott.
Sunday Recreation. Caspar Whitney. Outing.
Sunday School around the World. E.A.Forbes. World't Work.
Tariff, Views upon the. Andrew Carnegie. Century.
Torio, Jano: Seer of Atami. Richard Barry. Broadway.
Travel by Sea: How it is Made Safer than Land. World't Work.
Ullman, Paul: Portrait Painter. K. E. Chapman. Craftsman.
Valley Quail: Liveliest of Birds. T. S. Van Dyke. Outing.
Waterfall to Haul Mountain Trains, A. World't Work.
Wealth, The Right View of. Andrew Carnegie. World't Work.
Whale-Hunting To-day. Roy C. Andrews. World't Work.
Woman, The Mind of. W.I. Thomas. A merican.
Woman's Art Achievement, Quality of. Q. Edgerton. Crafttman.
Women who Work — H. Wm. Hard and R.C. Dorr. Everybody'!.
Work, Study, and Play for Every Child. Crafttman.
Yankee Ship at Guam, The First. R. D. Paine. Outing.
Herbert N. Casson. Broadway.
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No. 540. DECEMBER 16, 1908. Vol. XLV.
Contents.
PAGE
THE COPYRIGHT QUESTION 443
CASUAL COMMENT 445
Some idiosyncrasies of Sardou. — Types of ped-
antry. — Dead authors who ought not to be buried.
— The book-lover and the tree-lover. — The tender
grace of a day that is dead. — Recognition by one's
fellow-craftsmen. — The Boston public library's
Miltoniana. — A translator of unexampled popu-
larity.
COMMUNICATIONS:
The " Dissidence of Dissent" among Esperantists.
Julian Park 447
The word "meticulous." W. L. D 447
THE AUTHORIZED LIFE OF WHISTLER.
Frederick W. Gookin 448
THE PEARL. Katherine Lee Bates 450
HENLEY'S LITERARY MONUMENT. W. H.
Boynton 458
RECENT FICTION. William Morton Payne . . . 4:>4
Mrs. Ward's The Testing of Diana Mallory. —
Pemberton's Sir Richard Ea combe. — Castle's
Wroth. —Palmer's The Big Fellow. — Hyatt's
The Little Brown Brother. — Mitchell's The Red
City. — Eggleston's Two Gentlemen of Virginia.—
Fox's The Trail of the Lonesome Pine. — Craw-
ford's The Diva's Ruby. — Webster's The Whisper-
ing Man. — Godfrey's The Man Who Ended War. —
Miss Knapp's The Well in the Desert.
HOLIDAY PUBLICATIONS —II 458
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NOTES 468
LIST OF NEW BOOKS 469
THE COPYRIGHT QUESTION.
Sometime during the coming year, the story
of "The Celebrated Jumping Frog" will be
removed from the protection of our law of copy-
right and become the prey of the irresponsible
publisher. Its aged but still sprightly author
will have no legal means of preventing anyone
from reproducing, in any form that may suggest
itself, even a form inaccurate and mutilated, this
pleasant tale of the guileful stranger who took
a mean advantage of his unsuspecting fellow-
countryman. The case is of no consequence in
itself, but is typically important because it illus-
trates a great wrong done by American law-
makers to the profession of American authorship.
The author of this particular bit of writing was
among those who went to Washington two years
ago to plead with Congress for a fairer system
of copyright protection, and was welcomed as a
humorist, but treated with indifference as a
champion of the rights of literary property.
Briefly stated, the grievance is simply that every
American author who lives to the age of seventy
or thereabouts must see his earlier writings pass
out of his control, and his income from their
sale become a vanishing quantity. The present
decade has witnessed the expiration, during the
author's lifetime, of copyright upon important
works by Stedman, Aldrich, Norton, Dr. Mit-
chell, Colonel Higginson, and Mr. Howells. In
this respect we are far behind the rest of the
civilized world, for most countries respect an
author's rights in his own books as long as he
lives and for a considerable term of years after
his death.
This is only one of many defects in our tangled
copyright legislation, but it is a particularly sali-
ent one because of the personal injustice which
it so clearly works. We consider the principle
of ]>erpetual copyright, although logically sound,
to be of academic interest only; for we believe
that substantial justice would be done by pro-
tecting literary property during the author's life-
time and for one or two generations beyond. To
secure such protection should be the primary
aim of the American Copyright League, which
is about to renew its demands upon the national
legislature. The League may have seemed mori-
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efforts brought about the imperfect although
considerable triumph of International Copy-
right, but its Council has been doing a good
deal of quiet work all the time, and the activities
which it now plans will not constitute a new
departure. The membership of the League is
now being reorganized, "so that the full force
of American authorship may come to the sup-
port of the Council, and that many authors
who have achieved distinction in the last twenty
years may have the honor and responsibility of
contributing to the improvements in the pres-
ent statute."
The failure to protect authors in their liter-
ary rights during their own lifetime and that of
their immediate descendants is one of the two
major evils of our copyright law as it now exists.
The other is the " manufacturing clause " in the
act granting copyright protection to foreign
authors. To say that an Englishman shall have
no rights under our law to the product of his
brain until that product shall be put into mar-
ketable form by American labor, is precisely
like saying that the same Englishman, landing
in New York, shall have no right to personal
protection against violence until he has pur-
chased American-made garments and clothed
himself therein. Looked at in this light, the
sheer economic waste of the duplicate type-
setting becomes a less important aspect of the
evil than the downright wrong done the indi-
vidual by this piratical demand. We are well
aware that without the acceptance of this obnox-
ious requirement the Act of 1891 would have
failed of its passage, and as a temporizing ex-
pedient, resorted to for the sake of securing an
instalment of equity, we were willing to justify
it. But every friend of fair dealing is bound to
lift up his voice, in and out of season, to protest
against a supine acceptance of this condition as
a part of any final settlement. It is a compro-
mise essentially revolting to the sense of inter-
national justice.
We could wish that the agitation for copy-
right reform might be narrowed down to the
discussion of the above two evils only, until they
were effectively remedied; but this wish would
be futile. We may reasonably hope for an
extension of the term of copyright, but there is
little immediate likelihood of our giving more
than the present half-measure of justice to the
foreign author. The unholy alliance of special
interests which has made "protection " a syno-
nym for "oppression" is too firmly in control
of the law-making machinery to allow us to
hope that the grip of its typographical tentacle
will be loosened in the near future. There
seems to be nothing for it but to keep on tem-
porizing, and work for improvements in small
matters, while the large question of principle is
left for another generation to settle. But we
repeat that this large question should never be
lost sight of, and that its equitable settlement
should be the underlying aim of all who honestly
work for a more enlightened law in copyright
affairs.
Among the reforms just now thought prac-
ticable by the League are an extension of the
term of copyright, the abolition of the manu-
facturing clause in its application to foreign
languages only, the establishment of penalties
for violations of copyright and stageright, the
protection of copyrights assigned to corporations,
the simplification of certain details of the law
as now existing, the abolition of the disfiguring
copyright notice on works of art, and the recog-
nition of the rights of composers in mechanical
reproductions of their music. The whole ques-
tion of copyright legislation is exceedingly com-
plicated, and is becoming more so all the time.
The problem last named in the above list has
been injected into the discussion very recently,
and has made a great deal of trouble. It was
the opposition of the mechanical music pirates
that nullified the efforts of the League two years
ago, when a determined attempt was made to
induce Congress to amend and rationalize our
law of copyright. We presume that the com-
poser ought to be protected against the manufac-
ture of mechanical devices for the reproduction
of his music, but we wish that his grievance, so
comparatively new, might be separated from the
long-standing grievance of the authors' guild,
and dealt with on its own account. That it may
not be thus distinguished means simply that a
new " vested interest" joins hands with the old
ones in opposition to the rights of intellectual
workers, and makes their prospects seem darker
than ever before.
Probably some of the reforms now urged by
the League will be effected by its activity.
We may perhaps get, instead of a few patches
here and there, a general revision and codifica-
tion of the entire body of law relating to intel-
lectual property. This is an aim worth working
for, even if the law should remain bad in some
of its essential features. As matters now stand,
only an expert (and he not always) can tell
what the law is upon many points. It may be a
necessary preliminary to the securing of a wise
and just law that we should first be enabled to
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have. At all events, it is clear that much work
remains to be done, and it is work in which
every American author should take an interest,
which means, among other things, contributing
both money and personal effort to the campaign
now about to be inaugurated anew.
CASUAL COMMENT.
Some idiosyncrasies of Sabdou have been
recalled by his friends since his death. That he
had an eagerly acquisitive and (in a good sense)
inquisitive mind, need not surprise us. "You should
have watched him turning the leaves of a book,"
says one who knew him, "or scrutinizing a picture.
Thoughts, ideas, images he devoured. He trans-
formed them and made them his own." In his
youth, when, poor and often in need of food, he
roamed about Paris seeking employment, it seemed
as if nothing unusual could happen without his being
on the spot to see it; and he was also an indefatigable
questioner of those who had been eye-witnesses of
memorable events beyond his reach. "I have heard
him tell of his meeting with Mine, de Metternich,"
writes another friend. "As soon as he knew of her
presence in the house where he was a guest, he
hastened to interrogate her. He asked for her recol-
lections of Metternich, of the Vienna treaty, of
'l'Aiglon'; then he asked whether Metternich was
wont to talk much about the emperor, and burned
to find out what he had said of him. That is how
he came by the anecdotes he used to relate with
such spirit" Still another friend, visiting the great
dramatist in his illness, found him distressed at his
inability to work. "All the same," he cried abruptly,
"I have strength enough to reply to the wretch who
has been guilty, in an article on Beaumarchais, of
saying that when the author of 'Figaro' came to
Paris he lived in the third house on the left of the
boulevard, whereas God knows it was the first house
on the right!" And then he indulged in a fine burst
of wrath against the inaccurate historian. He appears
to have been almost as passionately alive as the famous
actress for whom he conceived some of his greatest
characters. ...
Types of pedantry that afford no little entertain-
ment in the amusement or the amused exasperation
that they excite have been created in considerable
number by the great novelists and playwrights.
Scott's Antiquary and Dominie Sampson, Shake-
speare's Holofernes and George Eliot's Mr. Casau-
bon, are a few of the pedants that live and long will
live in our literature. Worthy to be ranked with
these — in fact, almost a twin brother to Mr.
Casaubon — is Lucas Malet's Dr. Casteen, the exi-
gent and patience-trying father of the heroine in " A
Counsel of Perfection." A recent reading of the
book impresses one with the admirable skill displayed
in the portrayal of this purblind, self-absorbed, and
altogether unamiable scholar. "Lucas Malet," as
perhaps not all readers may remember, is the pen-
name of Mrs. St. Leger Harrison, youngest daughter
of Charles Kings-ley. In the Rev. Dr. Casteen,
learned author of "The Heretical Defections from
the Early Church," the world of letters gained a fit
companion to Dorothea Brooke's mummified hus-
band, the sour-visaged recluse whose interests were
wholly centred in his projected but never completed
"Key to All Mythologies." Compare the unrespon-
sive hardness of the two men. In the midst of a
little discussion with Dorothea in which Mr. Casau-
bon's position threatened to become untenable, he
broke off with the dry suggestion, "We will, if you
please, say no more on this subject, Dorothea. I
have neither leisure nor energy for this kind of
debate." No wonder the young wife exclaimed to
herself in despair: "What have I done — what am
I—that he should treat me so? He never knows
what is in my mind — he never cares. What is the
use of anything I do?" Much in the same manner,
Lydia Casteen finds herself continually misunder-
stood and put in the wrong by her father despite all
her uncomplaining devotion to him and his great
book. Dr. Casteen checks a debate with Lydia in
which he is not distinguishing himself for openness
and liberality, by saying: "I must entreat you to
exercise a little more self-control; pray spare me
any more of these protests — this emotion — this
instability of thought and intention. I am really
unequal to further discussion. ... It behooves me
to husband carefully the remnants both of my mental
and bodily strength." No wonder Lydia'8 "heart
was sore for a little affection, her thoughts bitter,
her sense of injury keen. Her father, as usual, had
contrived to put her in the wrong." For concen-
trated selfishness under a cloak of pedantic devotion
to a magnum opus, these two desiccated embodi-
ments of dead learning are a pair hard to equal.
That the creator of Dr. Casteen has studied appre-
ciatively the valetudinarian Mr. Casaubon is evident,
but need not redound to her discredit. She is a
writer of distinctly original quality.
...
Dead authors who ouoht not to be buried
in oblivion are repeatedly coming to the notice of the
literary rambler. For example, there is Mortimer
Collins, author of "Sweet Anne Page," a story of
acknowledged charm, and of "The Inn of Strange
Meetings," a volume of clever verse; and it was his
daughter, Miss Mabel Collins (let it not be inferred
that she too is dead), who wrote the novel with the
very taking title, "The Prettiest Woman in Warsaw."
A chance newspaper paragraph on the father gives
a most prepossessing picture of the man, and makes
one wish for a shelf!ul of his books (if he wrote so
many) and a week's vacation in which to read them.
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Although it is over thirty years ago, I can still recall
the magnificent frame and leonine head of Mortimer
Collins when, on one bright summer day, he sailed
into the office of his publisher, Mr. Henry S. King,
on the historic spot from whence the Cornhill
Magazine was first issued under Thackeray's editor-
ship, and I can again hear in fancy the sound of his
deep, melodious voice, as I first heard it then. . . .
He was every inch a man, a self-proclaimed artist
and poet, and his books and his looks revealed
another side of his character also. . . . The pleas-
ure of dining at his table, garnished as it was with
his own wonderful wit, was a never-to-be-forgotten
experience. He was, as may be judged from the
foregoing, the most unconventional of men in every
respect; but he was not, like many a poet and
scholar, 'gey uncomfortable to live wiV On the
contrary, he made a poem out of life and fun out of
everything. He was as big-hearted and boyish,
genial, guileless and lovable as a great Newfound-
land dog. The celebrated journalist, George
Augustus Sala, characterized him as 'a ripe
scholar and skilled mathematician, an antiquary, a
botanist, a most melodious and facile versifier, a
humourist and a wit.'" We are wont to complain of
a dearth of great writers; but, once having con-
sented to seek enjoyment in authors not perched on
the very apex of the pinnacle of greatness, how
many of them there are with whom even a well-read
person may find himself astonishingly unfamiliar.
• • •
The book-lover and the tree-lover may
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knowing it, a tree-destroyer, and so an enemy to
trees. To provide wood-pulp for the paper that goes
into the great bulk of our books and magazines and
other periodicals and newspapers, there are annually
denuded one thousand eight hundred and thirty
square miles of woodland. (This interesting fact
was brought to public notice at the recent investiga-
tion of the so-called paper trust, when a representa-
tive of newspaper interests argued convincingly for
unprotected paper-manufacture.) How many square
miles are left bare each year by the cutters of timber
for building purposes, we cannot say; and how many
are left in blackened ruin by forest fires, we shudder
to imagine. But the buyer of books, or of printed
matter in almoBt any form, is adding his infinitesimal
fraction to the demand for more wood-pulp; he is
unconsciously calling to the woodman not to spare
that tree; and he is hastening, however innocently,
the time when treeless, freshet>washed wastes, de-
nuded of fertile soil and incapable of retaining the
refreshing rains, shall give unpleasant premonition
of the ultimate cessation of vital activity on this earth
of ours. Not that this melancholy end is near enough
to keep us awake nights, — it may be millions or
even billions of years in the future, for aught we
know. But it is well for the reader to be reminded
in due season that when this ruthless denudation of
old mother earth shall have been accomplished, he,
little though he may now be dreaming of any such
thing, will have been a particeps criminis.
• • ■
The tender grace of a day that is dead
haunts the house in Plymouth Grove, Manchester,
England, where "Cranford" and "Mary Barton"
and the other delightful stories of Mrs. Gaskell's
were written, a house that for nearly half a century
has remained a centre of social warmth, of refining
influence, of a certain old-fashioned human charm
and hospitality. The recent death, in that house, of
Miss Julia Gaskell, the youngest daughter of the
novelist, and herself one of the best known person-
ages in the social life and the philanthropic under-
takings of Manchester, carries us back once more to
that vanished Victorian age in whose prime her
childhood was passed. She had, says one who knew
her, the eager sympathy and communicative quick-
ness that make good talk possible; she was ardently
interested in letters, painting, the theatre, and
music, and her convictions and point of view were
always unmistakable and characteristic. With an
elder sister, also unmarried, she had continued to
live in the house where her mother and her father,
the Rev. William Gaskell, of Cross-Street Chapel,
had years before settled in what was then a rural
suburb of the manufacturing city, but is now a
crowded urban quarter in which almost the only
breathing space is a recreation park recently pre-
sented to the city by the Misses Gaskell. Wealth
and fashion have moved to the more attractive
green spaces outside, but the Gaskell house remains
a now somewhat melancholy reminder of the good
old days. Yet a little while, and it too will have
vanished. ...
Recognition by one's fellow-craftsmen is
always a sweet reward for toil. A curious instance
of such recognition on the part of a noted playwright
recently deceased may be worth relating, or recall-
ing, at this time. In that unusually interesting and
perhaps too little known life of Robert Buchanan
which his sister-in-law, Miss Harriett Jay, wrote
immediately after his untimely death, occurs the
following pleasant incident in connection with
Buchanan's dramatization of the Cupid and Psyche
legend. "The Bride of Love" was the name he
gave to his poetical and imaginative rendering of
the ancient myth. "There is no modern instance,
I think," writes Miss Jay, " of a poetical play attract-
ing audiences on its own merits apart from the arts
of the showman and the tricks of the scene-painter.
This experiment cost him some thousands of pounds,
nor was he much consoled, I fancy, by the almost
daily receipt of letters from unknown admirers con-
gratulating him on the work. One of these letters
was so remarkable in the tone of its compliments as
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long ceased to find in the theatre the enjoyment
and the interest of his early years; the glamour
had all passed away, as he thought, forever; but in
witnessing the 'Bride of Love,' he said, all the
charm and all the glamour had returned, and he felt
again the delight and enthusiasm of his boyhood.
The signature to this letter was that of the distin-
guished American dramatist, Branson Howard."
• • ■
Thb Boston Public Library's Miltoniana,
rich in number and variety, were temporarily aug-
mented to form an exhibition in memory of the great
poet's birth three hundred years ago. On the ninth
of this month (Milton's birthday) there was opened
to the public such a display of Milton books and
manuscripts and portraits as had never before been
gathered together in this country. To the treasures
of this sort already owned by the library, valuable
additions were made in loans from Mrs. J. Mont-
gomery Sears's collection and from the large stock
of literary rarities accumulated in London by that
genius of the book-trade, Mr. Bernard Quaritch.
Perhaps the most interesting item in the exhibition
was an autograph loaned by him in the form of an
old parchment, about two feet long by eighteen inches
wide, dated 1623 and bearing the boy Milton's sig-
nature at the bottom. It was a post-nuptial settle-
ment between the poet's sister Anne and Edward
Phillips. Milton's extant signatures are so rare as
to give great value to this document In connection
with all this tercentenary celebration the natural
query arises, Will it prompt one person out of half
a million to open his "Paradise Lost" and read it
through from cover to cover, or even one book of it?
Somehow the poem does not irresistibly appeal to
twentieth-century cravings. One would like to know
what is the present demand for it at public libraries
and book-shops. , . .
A TRANSLATOR OF UNEXAMPLED POPULARITY
has been taken from us, to the grief of thousands
of readers — especially young readers — by the
recent death of Mrs. A. L. Wister at the home of her
brother, Dr. Horace Howard Furness, in Philadel-
phia. To find another American writer who has
made for herself such a place in girls' affections, one
would have to go back to Louisa Alcott. Mrs. Wister's
books, translations though they were, seemed to
breathe her own personality; they all had her charac-
teristics. To be translated by Mrs. Wister must have
been felt, by the German story-tellers whom she thus
distinguished, to be a high honor. There was a sin-
gular prophecy in the dedication to her last published
work, "The Lonely House," by Adolph Streckfuss.
She wrote: "I take pleasure in inscribing this
translation — the last I shall ever complete — to
the children and grandchildren of those who so
kindly welcomed the first, published a lifetime ago."
By generations of children yet to come her versions
of wholesome and homely German romances are
likely to be read with all the delight that hailed their
first appearance.
COMMUNICA TIONS.
THE "DISSIDENCE OF DISSENT " AMONG
ESPERANTISTS.
(To the Editor of The Dial.)
The letter of a correspondent in your last issue,
advocating "Ido" in place of the universal language
Esperanto, has caused some amusement among Esper-
antist circles in the East. Mr. Me Pike is neither con-
vincing nor consistent. "Simplified Esperanto" (called
"Ido ") is no more practical than simplified English,
and the ultimate result of the two will be the same. It
is not generally known that the author of "Ido" is
M. de Beaufront, and that what seems to be his chief
reason for publishing this rival to the language which
he formerly endorsed is his dissatisfaction with the
subordinate position that up to this time he has been
content to take. Even the title of his language is an
Esperanto word, meaning a descendant!
This defection has caused some indignation among
Esperantists, who have been working for twenty-two
years, spreading the language all over the world and
meeting with remarkable success; and all who have used
it — such men as Count Tolstoy, Sir William Ramsay,
Professor Ostwald, and Mr. George Harvey, president
of the national Esperanto association — unite in declar-
ing it entirely satisfactory for representing every shade
of meaning of which the human speech is capable. If
the new generation, they protest, is to be informed
that changes are proposed in this perfectly practical
language by a band of childish malcontents, the people
will naturally hesitate before taking up the study, not
only of Esperanto but of any universal tongue whatever,
arguing that if "reforms " are once started (where they
are unnecessary) there would be little use in giving time
to acquiring a language the fundamentals of which are
likely never to remain constant.
The author of " Ido " is nothing less than a plagiarist,
for it is evident that he has appropriated nearly all the
advantages of Esperanto and has added to them ideas
of his own which improve Esperanto little. These
ideas, if published broadcast with the mantle of a
former authority on and adherent of the tongue which
he now seeks to supersede, may work havoc with the
cause of any universal tongue.
But Esperantists, knowing the history of " Ido " and
its iuventor, do not apprehend any serious rivalry.
Julian Park.
Williamstown, Mass., Dec. 4, 1908.
THE WORD "METICULOUS."
(To the Editor of The Dial.)
In your issue of December 1, in a paragraph under
the heading "Casual Comment," you are rather severe
on the English reviewer of " Diana Mallory " for using
the word "meticulous " in the place of over-careful. In
my Century Dictionary the word has just this meaning.
"We are none of us infallible — not even the youngest."
W. L. D.
[No, not even the youngest dictionary. We
should have to reprint the entire paragraph from
our last issue (p. 396) to make clear our objection
to the use of the word made by the English critic.
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ftfrt gtto §oohs.
The Authorized Life of Whistler."
Whistler's selection of Mr. and Mrs. Pennell
as his biographers was an exceptionally happy
one. Whatever may be thought of their esti-
mate of him as " the greatest artist of his time"
and one of the commanding figures in the art of
all time, there can be no question that Mrs.
Pennell, upon whom the literary workmanship of
"The Life of James McNeill Whistler" devolved,
has written a most enchanting book. This much
must be admitted even by the Philistines who
neither know nor care anything about art.
The charm with which the relation has been
invested is indeed compelling. The abundant
material, brought forth by painstaking effort, has
been arranged with consummate skill. Much
was learned from the lips of the master himself.
This has been supplemented by the recollections
of his friends and of many people who in one
way or another had been brought into close
contact with him. The book is a conscientious
endeavor to put before the reader Whistler as
he really was — as he appeared to those privi-
leged to know him intimately. So to tell the
tale that his unique personality would appear
in its proper light, that his idiosyncrasies would
not obscure the vision of the inner man and
rob the portrait of verisimilitude, was not an
easy task. Its successful accomplishment is
largely due to the straightforward simplicity
and directness of the narration. The numerous
anecdotes with which the pages are enlivened are
so introduced that each one contributes some-
thing to our understanding of the man. No
attempt has been made to gloze over his faults.
Frankly set forth, they are left to make what im-
pression they may; and if they seem not greatly
in evidence, it is because such things are, after
all, always relative, and in Whistler's case they
were far outweighed by his finer qualities.
The world is dominated by conventional ideas
from the bondage of which few have the pre-
science or the courage to break away. To
strive long and suffer much in the effort to im-
press new truths upon the inert mass of their
unthinking fellows has been the usual experi-
ence of the bearers of important messages that
did not square with prevailing notions.
It was Whistler's lot to be the bearer of a
message for which the world is not yet ready —
•The Lifb op Jambs McNeill Whistler. By E. R. and
J. Pennell. In two volume*. Illustrated. Philadelphia: J. B.
1 ippincott Co.
an intellectual concept easier of apprehension
than comprehension by the mass of mankind,
and likely therefore to be fought over by oppos-
ing factions for many generations to come. The
concept is not a new one, nor was Whistler its
first prophet. It is merely that subject as such
and art as such are separate, although not sep-
arable, things; that the appeal of art is solely
to the aesthetic sense, and that, as a necessary
corollary, the artist has no mission except to
create beauty. This concept Whistler presented
in concrete form. His pictures were its visual
exponents. He called them "arrangements"
in certain colors, and the conventional world
about him knew not what to think of them or
of him. His own words in this connection are
pertinent:
"I know that many good people think my nomen-
clature funny and myself 'eccentric' Yes, 'eccen-
tric' is the adjective they find for me. The vast
majority of English folk cannot and will not consider a
picture as a picture, apart from any story which it may
be supposed to tell. ... As music is the poetry of sound,
so is painting the poetry of sight, and the subject-matter
has nothing to do with harmony of sound or of colour."
Readers of the book will enjoy another famous
utterance, too long to be quoted here, wherein, in
terms of witty and withering sarcasm, Whistler
paid his compliments to "the British subject."
The critics and the people were alike bewildered.
"He had," says Mrs. Pennell, " robbed them of
their only pleasure in art." Accordingly they
scoffed at what they could not understand. They
laughed at the paintings, and they laughed at the
painter, refusing to take seriously one of the most
serious of men.
As unfolded in the pages of this delectable
biography, the story of the long years of patient
effort before recognition came is an impressive
human document. With delicate tact and sym-
pathy Mrs. Pennell depicts the life-struggle of
the great man, high-strung, abnormally sensitive,
hurt to the quick by lack of appreciation and
persistent misunderstanding, yet in the face of
ridicule, open antagonism, and even personal
affront, holding tenaciously to his artistic creed,
and waiting until past middle-age for the meed
of praise he had earned early in his career.
Whistler's militant spirit did not permit him
to take the buffeting meekly. Nature had
endowed him with exuberant vitality, extra-
ordinary social talent and personal magnetism,
and wit of the most brilliant and pungent quality.
These were alike his saving graces, the defiant
masque behind which he hid his real self from
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much to defer merited honors. For the pleasure
of impaling real or fancied enemies upon the
shafts he forged for their undoing, he paid a
heavy price. If he wished to be taken seriously
he should not have made the world laugh. Yet
we could ill spare even one of these witticisms —
so nicely calculated, exquisitely polished, irre-
sistibly amusing, and withal so deadly. One
might almost fancy the victims expiring in hys-
terics between their laughter and their tears.
His quick resentment was, alas, often aroused
by affronts that were not intended as such, and
it was incomprehensible to the offenders whose
feelings would not have been hurt had the rela-
tive positions been reversed. The misunder-
standing was sometimes mutual. In being mis-
understood he took whimsical and contemptuous
delight, born of conscious superiority to a public
incapable of perceiving truth which to him was
self-evident. What he could not forgive was
pretense to knowledge of art. That irritated
and provoked him; it was a crime against art,
and he felt impelled to take up cudgels in her
defense.
There were other sides to Whistler's character,
as Mrs. Pennell shows. Not less salient traits
were unfailing kindness and tender affection for
his friends, of whom he had many throughout
the entire course of his life. Despite the insist-
ent egoism that made him always a law unto
himself, few men have ever inspired more ardent
friendship. The veneration in which he is held
by his biographers is indeed almost overpowering,
and might raise doubts as to the veracity of the
portrait were not adoring witnesses so many.
Those who knew him well are all alike worship-
pers at the shrine; and it is impossible that their
love could have been undeserved. Even his ser-
vants, Mrs. Pennell tells us, were always devoted
to him, and endured without complaint the incon-
veniences caused by his unconventional ways and
habitual unpunctuality.
In a very special sense, Whistler's art was
his life. It was "the beginning and end of
his every thought and ambition." To separate
Whistler the man from Whistler the artist
woidd be impossible. Quite properly, there-
fore, this biography is full of details about his
methods of working, his paintings and drawings,
his etchings and lithographs, when they were
executed and where they were exhibited. The
transcendent quality of his etchings was admitted
from the very first; but, although his greatness
as an artist has long been conceded, there is still
rather halting recognition of the artistic worth
of his paintings. Yet, to those who have passed
beyond the childhood stage of art-appreciation,
they make no uncertain appeal, and the best of
them belong in the category of the world's
masterpieces. As a colorist he has had few
superiors. Upon color and composition he
lavished all his knowledge and skill. To make
the color "grow out of the gray" of the back-
ground, as he expressed it, was his constant
effort. This could be accomplished to his satis-
faction only by painting his pictures at a single
sitting. Bather than retouch them he preferred
to scrape out what had been done and begin
over again. In this way countless sittings were
required for his portraits. The method involved
sacrifices, — among them, minute accuracy of
draughtsmanship. Out of this grew the charge
that he could not draw. Hands and feet in
particular gave him difficulty, as to delineate
them with precision would have taken more
time than was available. He could of course
draw, and draw divinely; but the truth is that
drawing was not his strongest point, and that
rhythm of line sometimes gave him infinite
trouble, as he admitted to his friend Fantin-
Latour in a letter in which he "deplored the
mistakes of his early training."
All human accomplishment is circumscribed
by the limitation that attainment in any direc-
tion is at the expense of shortcoming in some
other. No criticism is fair that does not take
this into consideration. Whistler's art should
be judged in the light of what he aimed to do.
It was not the only thing worth doing, though
to him it may have seemed to be; but the lesson
he taught was one of great importance, and in
teaching it he produced many works of power
and beauty for which the world has reason to be
profoundly grateful. No artist ever strove more
earnestly to realize his ideal. From the Jap-
anese he had learned that in the finest compo-
sitions there can be nothing superfluous, and
that every shape, every line, every hue and tone
must be right in relation to every other and to
the combined effect of all. Therefore, whatever
entered into his pictures was subjected to the
fire of the most critical taste. He was " always
striving for the little more that meant perfec-
tion," nor, within the limits he set for himself,
did he fail to achieve it.
Where art was concerned, Whistler could
endure no trifling. Like all men of genius, he
had infinite capacity for taking pains. His
letters were as carefully constructed as his
pictures, and it is impossible not to regret that
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to lose these than the very interesting account
of the Academic Carmen contributed by Mrs.
Clifford Adams, or Mr. Santer's description of
his visit to Haarlem with Whistler in 1902 and
the rapturous exclamations of delight with which
he revelled in the handiwork of Franz Hals:
"Look at it — just look — look at the beautiful
colour—the flesh — look at the white — that
black — look how those ribbons are put in!"
"There," says Mr. Sauter, "was the real
Whistler — the man, the artist, the painter, —
there was no ' why drag in Velasquez' spirit —
but the spirit of a youth, full of ardour, full of
plans, on the threshold of his work, oblivious of
the achievements of a lifetime."
The outward appearance of Mr. and Mrs.
PenneU's fine volumes is in keeping with their con-
tents. The form is that of the large-paper copies
of "The Gentle Art of Making Enemies," which
Whistler himself designed; and the typography
is in accord with the most exacting taste. A
few inaccuracies have crept in, some of them
plainly attributable to the haste with which the
proof-reading had to be done to get the book out
before the holidays. Whistler's funeral was not
on July 23, as stated, but on Wednesday,
July 22. By a slip of the pen, the date of his
father's death, which occurred on April 7,1849,
is given as August 9, 1849, although upon the
next page that is named as the date when the
widow and her two sons landed in New York.
Another error is the designation of Howard
Mansfield's catalogue of Whistler's etchings
and dry-points, shortly to be issued by the
Caxton Club of Chicago, as "the great Grolier
Club catalogue."
The numerous illustrations constitute a fea-
ture of great interest. Many of them are in
photogravure, and as reproductions they give
all that could be asked for save color. Taken
together, they afford a more extended glimpse
of the range and character of Whistler's art
than has hitherto been available.
Frederick W. Gookin.
The Pearj.,.*
Within three years we have had five versions
of that exquisite Middle English poem, "The
Pearl." It voices one of the most poignant of
human griefs — grief for the death of a little
* Thb Pbarl. A Middle English Poem. A modern version,
in the metre of the original, by Sophie Jewett. New York:
Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.
The Pearl. An English Vision-Poem of the Fourteenth
Century. Done into modern verse by Marian Mead. Portland.
Maine: Thomas B. Mosher.
child; and imparts, through dream and vision,
the Christian consolation. Few lovers of the
poem doubt its genuine elegiac character. The
father's sorrow is too sore for allegory.
"Alas! I lost my pearl of old!
I pine with heart-pain unforgot."
"I mourned my pearl, dear beyond cost,
And strange fears with my fancy fought;
My will in wretchedness was lost,
And yet Christ comforted my thought."
There falls upon the mourner, praying at the
flower-grown grave, a sleep in which he beholds,
beyond a sundering river, a maiden "glimmer-
ing white" in fair linen bordered with pearls,
the Bride of the Lamb, his little daughter
already a queen in heaven. She teaches him
the mysteries of faith, and guides him to a hill-
top whence he catches glimpses of the New
Jerusalem. The essential content of the thren-
ody — its anguish of loss, its wistful look into
Paradise — is of universal appeal; and we may
well be grateful to any and all translators who
re-phrase the mediaeval into modern without
sacrifice of the original pathos and beauty.
"The Pearl" but barely escaped oblivion,
surviving the centuries in a single manuscript.
Bound up with three other Middle English
poems, "Purity," "Patience," "Sir Gawain
and the Green Knight," it long lay unregarded
among the riches of the British Museum. The
Early English Text Society gave it to scholars
in 1864; and Mr. Israel Gollancz in 1891 ex-
tended the gift to us all, printing the text on
the left-hand pages, with a line for line and
stanza for stanza rendering on the right. This
translation, though making no attempt at
rhyme, has the look of stanzas and a certain
rhythmic movement, together with a force and
fineness of phrasing that contribute to a general
poetic effect. The sixth stanza, for instance, is
thus rendered:
"My spirit thence sped forth into space,
my body lay there entranced on that mound,
my soul, by grace of God, had fared
in quest of adventure, where marvels be.
I knew not where that region was;
I was borne, iwis, where the cliffs rose sheer;
toward a forest I set my face,
where rocks so radiant were to see,
that none can trow how rich was the light
the gleaming glory that glinted therefrom,
for never a web by mortal spun
was half so wondrous fair."
Some readers may prefer to this the literal
prose translation (privately printed at Prince-
ton in 1907) of Dr. Charles G. Osgood, who
in the year preceding had brought out in the
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The corresponding passage in Dr. Osgood's ver-
sion reads more simply.
"Thence sprang my soul aloft while my body lay at
the grave-mound in dreams. For in God's grace my
soul set forth on a strange journey to behold marvels.
I knew not where in the world it was; I only saw that
I was brought into a place where great cliffs stood
cleaving together. Toward a forest I took my way,
where were seen rocks of richest hue. The light — the
gleaming glory that flashed from them might no man
believe; no fabric woven by men was ever half so bright
and rare."
More readers, perhaps, would respond to Dr.
S. Weir Mitchell's version (Century Company,
1906 ; reprinted in Mosher's "Bibelot'' series,
July, 1908), which renders a poem by a poem,
though in different stanzaic form.
"Thence sped my spirit far through space,
My body tranced upon the ground,
My soul's quick ghost by God's sure grace
Adventuring where be marvels found.
I wist not where on earth that place
With cloven cliffs, so high and sheer,
But toward a wood I set my face,
Borne whither radiant rocks appear.
Their light more golden than the sun,
A gleaming glory glinted thence:
Was never web of mortals spun
So wondrous fair to mortal sense."
Yet Dr. Mitchell's rendering, altogether sympa-
thetic and poetic, falls in two points short of the
ideal translation. It does not reproduce the
complicated but most effective metrical scheme
of the original, and it gives less than half of
the elegy, — forty-six stanzas out of the one
hundred and one.
The technical structure of "The Pearl"
might well be the despair of translators, com-
bining as it does the old alliteration with an
elaborate system of rhyme. Each stanza con-
sists of twelve verses, carried on three rhymes,
one occuring six times, one four and one two.
The closing verse of each stanza constitutes a
refrain repeated, with slight variations, for a
group of five stanzas that are further linked
together by echoing in the first line of each new
stanza the chief word in the last line of its
predecessor. By way of illustration, here are
stanzas 82 and 88 in the rendering of Miss
Marian Mead (Mosher's " Old World Series"
1908). To the father, longing for a sight of
the City of God, the daughter gives direction.
"' Wilt thou see the spot where it doth hide,
Bend thy steps up toward the river's head,
And across from thee upon this side,
I will follow, till thou to a hill hast led.'
Then there would I no longer bide;
By fair-leav'd boughs I softly fled,
Till a hill before me I espied,
And beheld the city, as up 1 sped.
Beyond the stream, far from me, that stead,
That brighter than sun, with clear beams shone;
In Apocalypse its fashion is read,
As describeth it the Apostle John.
"As John the apostle saw the sight,
Saw I that city high renown'd,
Jerusalem the New, full royally dight,
As it new alighted from heaven was found.
Of pure gold all that burgh was built,
Burnish'd, it gleam'd like glass around,
With precious gems beneath it pight;
The base with courses twelve was crown'd,
Foundations twelve, full richly bound,
And a special stone each tier thereon;
As well that city's praise doth sound,
In Apocalypse, the Apostle John."
The above passage is fairly representative of
Miss Mead's version throughout, exemplifying
its general accuracy and literary skill and also
its occasional lapses in rhyme (sight, dight, built,
pight) and more frequent roughening of the
music, with a lack of ease, here and there, in
phrase and sentence-turn. Yet as a whole Miss
Mead's version is a marked advance upon Mr.
Coulton's (Nutt, London, 1907), the first to
attempt the difficult metrical scheme. Mr.
Coulton's rendering of these same stanzas is as
follows:
"1 If I that spot shall now un-hide,
Bend upward to this streamlet's head,
And I against thee on this side,
Until thou see a broad hill spread.'
Then would I no longer bide,
But stole through many a flowery mead;
Till, from a hill that 1 espied,
I saw its dazzling radiance shed.
Beyond the swirling river-bed
It shone more radiant than the sun:
In Apocalypse is its fashion said
As deviseth it the Apostle John.
"Even as it met the Apostle's sight,
Saw I that city of great renown,
The New Jerusalem, royally dight
As it was let from heaven adown.
Its bulwarks burned with gold so bright,
As burnished glass that gleams around,
With noble gems all underpight,
And pillars twelve on their bases bound:
On twelve great slabs the Lord did found
Those walls, and each a precious stone;
As standeth written of this fair town
In Apocalypse of the Apostle John."
It will be seen that under the stress of his
exacting task Mr. Coulton has had resort not
only to grossly defective rhymes (mead, shed;
renown, adown, around, bound, found, town),
but to words (as "un-hide ") that can hardly
pass muster under his term "archaic." If we
must offer a glaring example of his eccentricities
in diction, his forty-sixth stanza stands ready.


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"The date of day the lord did know
And called to the Reeve: 'Let pay my meinie:
Give them the hire that I them owe;
'And further, that none may me repreny,
Set them all upon a row
And give to each alike one penny.
Begin at the last that standeth low
Till to the foremost thou atteny.'
And then the first began to pleny,
Aud said that they had travailed sore:
'These but one hour did strive and streny;
Us think us ought to take full more.'"
Surely this cannot be accepted as modern En-
glish, or as English at all. Of our six transla-
tors, Mr. Coulton alone has failed, and that not
through defect of scholarship but for want of art.
In turning to Professor Jewett's recent version
(issued in holiday form and also in plain binding
for class-room use) we soon realize, as with Dr.
Mitchell's, that we are reading a poem trans-
lated by a poet. To illustrate the full group of
five stanzas, and to make, at least in part, com-
parison with these two other renderings in the
original metre, we cite the New Jerusalem sec-
tion, one of the most difficult in the whole elegy.
"< This flawless sight I will not hide;
Up toward the brook's head thou must go,
While I will follow on this side,
Till yonder hill the city show.'
And then I would no longer bide,
But stole through branches, bending low,
Till from the summit I espied,
Through green boughs swaying to and fro,
Afar, the city, all aglow,
That brighter than bright sunbeams shone.
In writing it is pictured so,
In the Revelation of St. John.
"As John the Apostle saw the sight,
I saw that city, standing near
Jerusalem, so royal dight,
As if from Heaven alighted here.
The city all of gold burned bright,
Like gleaming glass that glistens clear.
With precious stones beneath set right:
Foundations twelve of gems most dear,
Wrought wondrous richly, tier on tier.
Each base was of a separate stone
As, perfectly, it doth appear
In the Revelation of St. John.
"John named the stones that he had seen,
I knew the order that he made;
The first a jasper must have been,
That on the lowest base was laid,
Beneath the rest it glinted green;
A sapphire in the second grade;
Chalcedony, from blemish clean,
In the third course was fair arrayed;
Fourth, emerald, of greenest shade,
Fifth, sardonyx, was raised thereon;
The sixth a ruby, as is said
In the Revelation of St. John.
"John joined to these the chrysolite,
The seventh gem in that basement;
The eighth, a beryl, clear and white;
The topaz, ninth, its luster lent;
Tenth, chrysoprase, both soft and bright;
Eleventh, the jacinth, translucent;
And twelfth, and noblest to recite,
Amethyst, blue with purple blent.
The wall above those basements went
Jasper, like glass that glistening shone;
I saw, as the story doth present, —
The Revelation of St. John.
"I saw, as John doth clear devise:
The great stones rose like a broad stair;
Above, the city, to my eyes,
In height, length, breadth appeared four-square;
The jasper wall shone amber-wise,
The golden streets as glass gleamed fair;
The dwellings glowed in glorious guise
With every stone most rich and rare.
Each length of bright wall builded there
For full twelve furlongs' space stretched on,
And height, length, breadth all equal were:
'I saw one mete it,' writeth John."
Here we have verse moving as simply and
with as little apparent self-consciousness as
prose — translation whose fidelity is instinctive,
grace answering to grace. It is not too much
to say that Miss Jewett's translation crowns the
series. The original stanza is kept through the
whole poem, without a single concession to
imperfect rhyme. Monotony is avoided by
special skill in the placing of the caesura and
the sentence-stops, giving an effect of variety
and ease. The movement is completely musi-
cal, though occasionally asking of the reader, as
above in "basement" and "translucent," the
stressing of a normally unaccented syllable. The
wording, at once simple and poetic, has distinc-
tion. Imagination and feeling are in full play,
the translator seeing what the mediaeval dreamer
saw, and, with him, wondering and rejoicing at
the vision. This unknown author of "The
Pearl" is thus apostrophized by Miss Jewett in
a prefatory stanza:
"Poet of beauty, pardon me
If touch of mine have tarnished
Thy Pearl's pure luster, loved by thee;
Or dimmed thy vision of the dead
Alive in light and gaiety.
Thy life is like a shadow fled;
Thy place we know not nor degree,
The stock that bore thee, school that bred;
Yet shall thy fame be sung and said.
Poet of wonder, pain, and peace,
Hold high thy nameless, laurelled head
Where Dante dwells with Beatrice."
Katharine Lee Bates.


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Henley's IjIterary Monument.*
No writer could ask of the piety of his sur-
vivors a more substantial memorial than has
been reared to Henley in the new edition of
his works. But the cere perennius nobody can
build out of a mere fulness of fair, clear pages:
an artist has to rear his own monument. Mean-
while, it is pleasant that so rich a token should
be laid like a wreath upon the memory of a
strong man in his and our day. Henley's career
did not go altogether as he had planned it.
Years ago he wrote of himself (in a preface not
included in this edition): "After spending the
better part of my life in the pursuit of poetry,
I found myself [about 1877] so utterly un-
marketable that I had to confess myself beaten
in art, and to addict myself to journalism for
the next ten years." The implication is that he
recognized prose art to be not within his prov-
ince. And indeed it was not. He produced
no prose comparable with his verse, though all
of it was useful and much of it brilliant. How-
ever, his journalism was of the type which has
produced and maintained the great English
reviews. One of his most remarkable attributes
was his extraordinary faculty of discovering and
bringing out young or unrecognized talents.
He was a great editor. But as we are now for
the first time in possession of everything of his
which is likely to be reprinted, as we see it
all together and get its effect as a whole, the
question we naturally ask ourselves is what he
amounted to, not as a man but as a writer.
His prose occupies in this edition five of the
seven volumes. The two volumes of "Views
and Reviews" suggest, he says, "less a book
than a mosaic of scraps and shreds recovered
from the shot rubbish of some fourteen years
of journalism." But it is a patchwork of
exceedingly rich materials. These brief and
flashing notes upon great writers and painters
express a criticism personal and impressionistic,
but full of life. Here, indeed, rather than in
the two volumes of essays, we find the prose
Henley whom we like to remember. For leisure
seems to have had a queer effect of developing
in him a tendency to truculence, above all a
tendency to dwell with a sort of defiant gusto
upon those aspects of greatness which the world
as a whole is anxious to ignore.
Henley has been called a Pagan, perhaps
believed himself to be one; but there is no such
person in the modern world — or at least no
* The Works op W. E. Henley. In seven volumes. London:
David Nutt.
such person is now articulate. We protest too
much, and in the end prove ourselves to be mere
inverted Puritans. Henley's hatred of cant and
sentimentalism led him to extremes of utterance.
His Introduction to the Centenary edition of
Burns had not the obituary ring and lacked the
dispassionateness fairly to be demanded under
the conditions. That was not the place for a
protest or a manifesto. The substance of his
contention as to Burns's character is hardly to
be seriously disputed; we have the poet's own
frank evidence to go by. Nor do we suppose
that Henley was unjust to the memory of
Stevenson in the substance of his unguarded and
greatly resented protest against Balfour's fancy
picture. To cover his friend's memory with
silver-gilt really seemed to him an act of treach-
ery. But in his hasty attempt to set that friend
before the world as a man human in his faults as
well as in his virtues, he allowed himself to be
offensive. He could not be calmly judicious,
and often appeared cynical, because he could
not bear the thought of appearing sentimental.
But this is not all. As you read over these
two volumes of carefully considered essays, you
are aware of a tendency to dwell upon sexual
frailty which represents not merely a revulsion
against prudery. He is not prurient, but he
has that dangerous pride in his faculty of call-
ing a spade a spade which ends in keeping one
unnecessarily on the lookout for that useful but
not ornamental object. He is very severe with
Burns for his lewdness, but (although he resents
Taine's label of Fielding as the " Good Buffalo"
and pronounces him one of the best of men)
declares that he has no doubt there was a Lady
Bellaston in Fielding's own experience, and that
"The Matthews and Bellaston episodes were
profitable to Fielding: profitable and deemed
in no sort reprehensible." It is hard enough to
stomach the Lady Bellaston relation in connec-
with Tom Jones: are we to be required to ac-
cept it of Fielding with this bland complacency,
while in the same breath we call him, with
Henley, "a humane, stately, and honourable
gentleman "? Even so he dwells upon the
fleshly failings of Smollett and of Hazlitt, —
above all, of Balzac; so that in the end one
wearies at the insistence with which this one
harsh string is sounded. Henley's criticism
has notes far sweeter and sounder, though it is
his nature and intent to be robustious rather
than agreeable. Get him away from his hobbies,
absorb him in his theme and not in his effect,
and you find yourself in the presence of a crit-
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The volume of plays, joint work of Henley
and Stevenson, is disappointing to read, if one
takes it up with the expectation of finding
therein anything of real dramatic importance.
"Beau Austin" is a finished comedy of eight-
eenth century manners. We can easily under-
stand why it should have "acted well," but it
is, after all, no more than a bit of pleasant arti-
fice. The three other plays are meritorious
studies in melodrama. "Deacon Brodie" is a
sort of Dr. Jekyl reduced to the Adelphi con-
vention; it would have a real and lively interest
for the gallery. "Admiral Guinea" is less
conventional, and therefore less acceptable as
melodrama. "Macaire" the authors call a
"melodramatic farce"; but it seems to be rather
a piece of very light romantic comedy suddenly
cut short by a shocking catastrophe. The sketch
was successfully produced, but it is hard to see
how any gallery can have put up with it.
In the end, our judgment of Henley's achieve-
ment rests upon his two volumes of poetry. For
here is a true and fresh lyric note. He was one
of the few veritable singers of his day, whether
the burden of his song might be war, or love, or
work, or the life of the street. His poems of
the London hospital and the London highway
have naturally been more highly praised for
their originality, their modernity, — in short,
their timely or journalistic quality. They are
excellent poems in their class; but the poet's
reputation will linger rather in the perfect lyrics
of " Hawthorne and Lavender" or in the stout
war-songs of " For England's Sake."
H. W. Boynton.
Recent Fiction.*
There can be no doubt that Diana Mallory is
one of the most attractive of Mrs. Humphry
Ward's heroines. She may be too completely
good for this wicked world, but it is pleasant to
dwell for a season in the brave world of imagin-
ation that has such people in it. The test that
tries her is a severe one, but her spirit proves
equal to it, and her character emerges from the
• The Testing of Diana Mallobv. By Mrs. Humphry
Ward. New York: Harper & Brother!.
Sib Richard Escombe. A Romance. By Max Pemberton.
New York: Harper & Brothers.
Wroth. By Agnes and Egerton Castle. New York: The
Macmlllan Co.
Tbb Bio Fellow. By Frederick Palmer. New York: Moffat,
Yard & Co.
The Little Brown Brother. By Stanley Portal Hyatt.
New York: Henry Holt & Co.
The Red Cut. A Novel of the Second Administration of
President Washington. By 8. Weir Mitchell. M.D., LL.D.
New York: The Century Co.
trial in renewed strength and purity. Grown
to womanhood in Italy, in the companionship of
her father, a scholarly recluse, she comes back
to her own English land after his death, and
takes a country house. She has become fitted
into her new sphere of life, and has given her
heart to a rising young statesman, when the
blow falls, and she learns the secret of her
father's secluded existence, and of the tragedy
that had darkened his life at the time of her
early childhood. For it seems that her mother
had been drawn into a network of wickedness,
had killed a man in a moment of passion, and
had been the central figure in a murder trial
that had been the sensation of its day. Diana's
new friends know of this tragic prelude to her
life, but cannot bring themselves to break the
truth to her, and she learns it just as she has
become betrothed. She imparts the revelation to
her lover, who is not strong enough to accept the
situation thus changed; he thinks too much of
his career and too little of his love, and weakly
lets her go. The scene of the story then changes
from England to Italy, whither Diana flees with
her wounded heart. Presently her former lover
discovers that his weakness in the critical hour
of their relationship has reacted upon his politi-
cal career, that his power is broken, and he is
on the point of physical collapse. He realizes
what he has lost, and in the end persuades Diana
to return to him. This is the bare outline of
the story which Mrs. Ward has told us with all
the technical mastery we have learned to expect
from her. The merit of the work rests almost
wholly upon its technical virtue, and upon the
author's intimate and accurate knowledge of the
social and political circles in which her charac-
ters have their being. It is all so extremely
well informed, and so thoroughly well done, that
it is difficult to understand why we should not
be more deeply moved by it and why it should
not make a more lasting impression. For the
story, even in its climactic scenes, leaves us
comparatively cold, and seems to illustrate anew
the fact that the ultimate aim of creative art
may be defeated by an excess of calculation and
a too obvious reliance upon literary artifice.
Two Gentlemen of Viboinia. A Novel of the Old Regime
in the Old Dominion. By George Cary Eggleston. Boston:
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine. By John Fox, Jr. New
York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
The Diva's Ruby. By F. Marion Crawford. New York:
The Macmillan Co.
The Whispeeino Man. By Henry Kitchell Webster. New
York: D. Apple ton & Co.
The Man Who Ended Wab. By Hollis Godfrey. Boston:
Little, Brown, & Co.
The Well in the Desert. By Adeline Knapp. New York:
The Century Co.


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Unless Mrs. Ward can escape from the well-
defined pattern which her latest novels have
assumed, the continuance of her vogue will be
a matter of mere momentum, and not the sign
of a vitalizing influence.
Mr. Max Pemberton has given us a surpris-
ingly good novel in his " Sir Richard Escombe,"
a tale of England in the middle years of the
eighteenth century. It has for its central feature
the notorious doings of the dissolute roisterers
who made Medmenham Abbey a name of evil
import, and it relates the manner in which the
disreputable Society of St. Francis was brought
to an end. It is, of course, Mr. Pemberton's
titular hero who is the appointed means of so
praiseworthy an achievement; and we follow
his career with deep interest, although his type
—that of the daredevil Irish soldier — has been
worked pretty hard by earlier novelists. The
heroine also, appropriately named Kitty, is of
the sort that always goes with this particular
kind of hero, being by turns witty, pert, wilful,
and unreasonable, yet all the time sound at heart,
and the pattern of constancy. Mr. Pemberton
has worked up his "manners and customs " in
a way that we find rather surprising, when we
recall the extent to which he has hitherto relied
upon sheer invention for his effects. He may
have done this by a diligent reading of other
novelists, from Thackeray down, but he cer-
tainly has achieved an easy familiarity with the
dialect and the fashion of the period. His tale
is thus given an unexpected richness of texture,
and this, in addition to a fairly creditable plot,
makes it a highly readable piece of work.
Curiously enough, there is an echo of the
revels at Medmenham Abbey in "Wroth," the
latest romantic invention of Mr. and Mrs.
Castle. Lord Wroth, known as " Mad Wroth,"
comes into possession of his ancestral estate,
Hurley Priory, just before the time of Waterloo,
and, with the aid of certain choice and reckless
spirits of his acquaintance, renews the sort of
sacrilegious revelry that had made the Society
of St. Francis notorious some two generations
earlier. One wild autumn night, when the
revels are in full swing, the Lady Juliana,
Contessa di Belgiojoso dei Vespi, travelling by
post in that neighborhood, is captured and
brought into the Priory, being mistaken for a
lady of light virtue whose arrival has been
expected. The effect upon Wroth is magical,
for he becomes her champion, expels the rout
of his followers, and sends his guest upon her
way with due honors. This constitutes the
prologue to a romance of tense emotionalism and
happy outcome. Wroth develops into a truly
Byronic hero, pursues his lady all over Europe
(after the death of her aged and wicked spouse),
defends her against all comers, and eventually
wins her. The tale is prolonged by a curious
invention. The hero is on the verge of bank-
ruptcy, and a marriage is the only condition
upon which he may preserve his fortune. With
characteristic recklessness he offers himself in
the open market, and weds, as he supposes, the
brazen creature for whom Lady Juliana had
been mistaken in the prologue. But his bride
is veiled, and is no other than the heroine her-
self, who has effected an ingenious substitution
at the critical moment. Consequently, the sub-
sequent long pursuit is really the pursuit of his
lawful wife—the fact known to her, but un-
dreamed of by him. This raises a pretty moral
issue, for the love which he offers her is an
unlawful one, as far as his own knowledge goes,
and she would feel degraded by its acceptance.
It is only in the act of desperate renunciation
that he learns the truth, thus redeeming himself
in the sight of his lady, and winning her by his
very willingness to make the sacrifice. The
interest of the situation becomes fairly breath-
less as we near the close, and it is with a sigh
of relief that we witness the untangling of the
coil.
A stirring and hearty tale, written in boyish
humor, about a hero who remains a boy in spirit
all the way through, is given us in "The Big
Fellow," by Mr. Frederick Palmer. Even at
college, James Harden towered over his fellow-
students, and his thews won for him athletic
distinction. Fortunately, his moral plan was
upon the same large lines, and his personality
was magnetic as well as imposing. We first
meet him as he is about to leave college, and go
home to his native town in the Middle West,
where he is eagerly awaited by a household
consisting of mother, an aunt, and an adopted
daughter. He finds their affairs at a crisis,
and learns at how great a cost of privation his
education has been secured. It will be a task
to set the family upon its feet, but he feels equal
to it, and goes to work with health, strength,
and temperamental optimism for his sole assets.
Going to the city, he takes the first employment
that offers, and joins a gang of laborers engaged
in street railway construction. He also studies
law, and gets an occasional job of newspaper
reporting. He is the sort of man who is bound
to succeed, and hence we are not surprised to
find him, a few years later, a lawyer waging
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judicial robes, and the one man who is chosen
by the President to take charge of our island
possessions, then recently acquired. In the
story of his Philippine career is the real sub-
stance of the book, for he engages in the work
with zest and high purpose, slowly acquires
the confidence of the natives, becomes their
friend and counseller, sets about providing them
with schools, and successfully opposes the
humanitarian ideal to the ideal of military
harshness in the management of their affairs.
It will be seen from this brief statement that
the author is a believer in "benevolent assimi-
lation "— that catchword which at its best
stands for uninformed sentimentalisin, and at
its worst for cant and hypocrisy. He seems to
have espoused in entire sincerity the "sacred
obligation" theory of our dealings with the
Filipinos, and he does what is possible to genial
rhetoric in making that theory seem plausible.
It is, of course, easy to identify the Big Fellow,
as far as many of the traits of his character and
incidents of his career are concerned, with a
certain conspicuous personage of our times,
although the drawing is more or less composite.
But Mr. Palmer's envisagement of the whole
problem is essentially superficial, and his mouth-
ings about duty and destiny will ring hollow to
readers who have followed with anything like
close attention the history of our unfortunate
experiment in imperialism. There is a love
interest in the book, as prettily sentimental as
the political interest, and the story is very
agreeable to read, despite the underlying falsity
of its conception.
"The Little Brown Brother" is a story that
proclaims by its very title that it has to do with
Philippine affairs. It is the work of an English-
man, Mr. Stanley Portal Hyatt, who fought in
the American ranks at Samar, and knows the
scenes whereof he writes. Its point of view is the
antipodes of that from which Mr. Palmer's roseate
picture is painted, for the American writer is on
the side of the civil government, whereas the
Englishman reserves all his sympathies for the
military branch, and treats the civilian rulers as
incompetent and even criminal in their methods.
Mr. Hyatt's view is urged with great force, and
illustrated with vivid pictures; logically consid-
ered, it reduces Mr. Palmer's argument to a
sentimental "frazzle." If a civilized people is
going to burden itself with the rule of savages,
it must perforce adopt stern measures. As be-
tween the imperialism of British tradition, and
the imperialism diluted with sentiment of our
recent American concoction, it seems fairly clear
that the former gets the better of the argument.
Once admit the general principle that superior
races have a right to govern inferior ones, and,
as a corollary, the justice of our own wanton
subjugation of the Philippine peoples and Mr.
Hyatt's conclusions follow logically enough.
The Asiatic, whether Indian or Malayan, must
be made to "know his place"; his conqueror
must "civilize him with a Krag"; since gentler
methods are wasted upon him, all talk about
"the little brown brother " must be stigmatized
as pestilential nonsense, and the very mention
of humanity must be met with a sneer. This
standpoint Mr. Hyatt consistently assumes, and,
writing from it, has passed scathing judgment
upon our management of the whole wretched
business. We must not, however, convey the
notion that he has written a mere tract; he has,
on the contrary, told a story of absorbing
romantic interest, although a story involving so
complicated a tangle of faction and motive that
it is not altogether easy to understand. Of
course, neither Mr. Hyatt nor Mr. Palmer faces
the underlying fact that our original occupation
of the archipelago was without any real justifi-
cation, and was undertaken in violation of the
most sacred principle of our national existence.
France was the focus of the world's interest
in the years 1793-7, and things happening
elsewhere at that time seem relatively unim-
portant in the pageant of world-history. Yet
the period of the Terror and the young French
Republic was one of much excitement through-
out Europe and even in America, which excite-
ment was, of course, largely occasioned by the
turbulent doings on the banks of the Seine.
In our own country, these were the years of
Washington's second term, and the years when
the French Revolution became an acute issue in
American politics—the years of Citizen Genet,
and Jay's Treaty, and the Whiskey Rebellion.
All this material, besides much of minor signifi-
cance, is utilized in "The Red City," a novel
by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, linked at a few points
to his " Hugh Wynne," but quite independent
in its interest. The hero is a young emigri,
who does not sulk in his tent, but fits himself
into the life of the new country, even becomes
one of the smaller cogs in its system of govern-
ment, and finds happiness in the love of a
Quaker maiden. The story is related with all
the deft literary skill to which Dr. Mitchell has
accustomed us, and enriched by all the wealth
of his minute historical knowledge. In French
matters, he slips occasionally, for enfantillage
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and a performance by Mademoiselle Mars
could not very well have been witnessed by an
eighteenth-century hero. But these are trifles,
and in general Dr. Mitchell's picture of life,
political and social, during the later years of
Philadelphia's glory as the capital of the nation,
is rich and satisfying. But we would not be
taken as meaning that " The Red City" is an
archaeological narrative only; on the contrary,
it is a real story of real human interest, and
its action is often exciting beyond the limits of
Quaker sobriety.
Mr. George Cary Eggleston, in his "Two
Gentlemen of Virginia," does not take us as
far back in our history as Dr. Mitchell, and
does not concern himself so largely with public
matters ; but the method of the two novels is in
so far similar that both rely largely for their
effect upon close attention to details, and are
written from fulness of knowledge. Mr.
Eggleston's knowledge is the product of his own
boyhood recollection, and is for that reason the
more exact and vivid. He writes of the period
just preceding the outbreak of the Civil War,
and his book is an honest one, although rather
commonplace in style and invention. It more
than redeems the pledge of its name, for it
acquaints us with at least three gentlemen of
Virginia, and the finest of the three is the old
Colonel, of whom the title-page gives no promise.
We also have portraits, much after our own
heart, of two ladies of Virginia, one young and
one old, and both of the kind in which it is
good to believe.
"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine " is melo-
drama, but it is also conscientious and artistic.
Mr. Fox has upon several previous occasions
given proof of his quality as a novelist, and of
the peculiar sympathy which he brings to the
study of the Kentucky mountaineer; but his
latest book is even better than its predecessors,
for it is more richly wrought and more secure
in its grasp of character. Its interest centres
in the heroine, whose growth from rudeness to
refinement is portrayed with nicety of shading
and a clear comprehension of the evolutionary
process. The wilding charm which is hers by
nature is not effaced by education or by contact
with the outside world, and she returns to her
native surroundings unspoiled by culture. Once
only, we fear that she is going to disappoint us;
for the man who loves her, and to whom she
owes her education, has had a hard struggle
during her absence and has grown careless of
his person and his ways. The revelation of this
fact is a shock to her, and her gratitude is for
a moment in abeyance. But this temporary
revulsion of feeling soon gives way, and his love
is returned in rich measure when she realizes
all that he has done for her. A mountain feud
supplies the melodramatic element of the narra-
tive, and is the basis of its most exciting epi-
sodes. Of this the author makes an effective
psychological use also, as he portrays the struggle
between the clan-spirit and the conception of
social order, between the personal view and the
impersonal one, in the minds of the heroine and
her kindred. Another main feature of the
story is provided by the growth and collapse of
an industrial "boom," the account of which is
almost as well done as Theodore Van Dyke's
account of a similar happening in Southern
California a quarter of a century ago. These
are but suggestions of the substance of the book,
and of the reasons why it offers so much more
than mere entertainment.
"The Diva's Ruby" completes the trilogy of
novels in which Mr. Marion Crawford has un-
folded the career of Margaret Donne, and even
before this story is ended, we cannot but feel
that the prima donna lags superfluous on the
stage. The magnate of the nickel trust wins
her in the end by promising to build her an
opera house in America. The Greek financier,
thus plante la, consoles himself with an untu-
tored Tartar maiden who has been wandering
over Europe in male attire, peddling stolen
rubies, and seeking to rim down a certain Rus-
sian who has treated her so brutally that she
wishes him for a husband. Learning that the
Russian is dead, she philosophically puts up
with the Greek. These are among the prepos-
terous inventions to which the author resorts in
his endeavor to keep alive our interest in " Fair
Margaret" and her entourage. The whole
affair is fustian, and will add nothing to Mr.
Crawford's reputation.
A mysterious murder, and a group of char-
acters upon each of whom in turn suspicion for
the crime is fastened, — this is a fairly familiar
programme, carried out more or less successfully
by every writer of detective stories. Mr. Web-
ster's "The Whispering Man" belongs to the
class of the more successful, because of the pre-
cision with which the parts of the plot are fitted
together, and the clock-work regularity of the
action. When the mystery is cleared up, our
surprise is genuine but not violent, for reflection
reveals the fact that it has been foreshadowed
by a series of carefully calculated incidents, and
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the story as disclosed by analysis; but the man
who tracks the murderer depends upon sheer
intuition, and goes straight to his aim without
resorting to the laborious process of deductive
reasoning. The "whispering man," who pre-
tends to join in the search, turns out to be the
criminal himself; his vocal affection seems to be
an irrelevant matter, attributed to him solely for
the purpose of providing the book with a non-
committal and alluring title.
When Bulwer wrote "The Coming Race,"
basing it upon his conception of " vril," a means
of destruction so potent and far-reaching as to
make warfare henceforth impossible, he set the
model for a long line of romantic inventions
founded on the same general idea. The latest
of these inventions is "The Man Who Ended
War," by Mr. Hollis Godfrey, and the author's
"vril" takes the form of Hertzian waves, which
are brought under such control that they may
be projected from any distance to fall upon a
given object, wiping it utterly and instantan-
eously out of existence. The force acts upon
metals only, which are at once dissipated by its
attack. Having perfected his invention, the hero
(if we may apply that title to one who works in
secret and makes practically no appearance upon
the scene) notifies the governments of the great
powers that he will, unless disarmament is effected
within a year, proceed to destroy one by one all
the battleships of the world. The communica-
tion is treated lightly enough until the year
passes, and then, as one battleship after another
is mysteriously annihilated, it becomes a subject
of pressing concern. The climax is reached when
two great navies, arrayed in battle-line against
one another, are destroyed before they have got
fairly into action. Meanwhile, three light-hearted
young people, being a brother and sister who are
electricians, and a newspaper reporter who is in
love with the sister, are engaged in fathoming
the mystery, and in tracking the agent of destruc-
tion. Science, good luck, and inspiration, all
aid them in the task, and they are on the point
of success when the annihilation of the fleets
brings the nations to their senses, and a plan of
general disarmament is adopted. The ingenious
inventor is disposed of at the moment when his
figure stands revealed. He is, figuratively speak-
ing, " hoist by his own petard," since he becomes
a victim of the very force which he has wielded
for the destruction of others. This is a conven-
ient outcome, but it would otherwise be difficult
to know what to do with him.
A man unjustly sentenced for a crime of
which he is innocent contrives to escape from
his Arizona prison, and wanders far into the
desert. He hides in a remote oasis, with a
burro for his only living companion, and lives
a Robinson Crusoe existence for some years.
Incidentally, he discovers a gold mine in his
retreat. During this season of solitude, he
undergoes both physical and moral regenera-
tion; and when he at last ventures forth into
the civilized world, he is endowed with renewed
health and an altruistic purpose before un-
known to him. Then a young woman comes
into his life, and makes it worth while. As a
matter of poetic justice, the scoundrel who had
been the cause of the unjust conviction gets his
desert, and evidence turns up which clears the
name of the hero. This is the substance of Miss
Adeline Knapp's "The Well in the Desert," a
story in which the rough realism of frontier
life in the Southwest is curiously blended with
delicate sentiment and spiritual motive. The
combination is effected with singular skill, and
the product is deeply interesting, equally so
whether we view it as a picturesque and dra-
matic recital of incident or as a study of the
development of a human soul..
William Morton Payne.
Holiday Publications,
ii.
Essays and General Liteeatube.
"Why has the reign of peace and good-will upon
the earth been so long delayed ?" asks Dr. Crothers
in the opening essay of his collected pieces entitled,
as a whole, " By the Christmas Fire" (Houghton).
This question the five bright and suggestive essays
of the book may in a general way be regarded as
attempting to answer, although the fourth, on "The
Ignominy of Being Grown-Up," is rather entitled to
be ranked as pure literature, delightfully guiltless
of a purpose except to amuse. The others — " The
Bayonet-Poker," " On Being a Doctrinaire," " Christ-
mas and the Literature of Disillusion," and "Christ-
mas and the Spirit of Democracy " — chime in very
well with this holiday season of peace and good-will
and of attempts (on the part of the Salvation Army
and others) to promote the happiness of the many
and hasten the coming of the millennium. But the
fortunate ones who, with large means or command-
ing abilities, are dealing telling blows at poverty and
wrong, are not encouraged in self-complacency. The
Spirit of Democracy, we read, " laughs at the preten-
tions of the Strong and the Wise and the Rich to have
created the things they possess. They are not the
masters of the feast. They are only those of us who
have got at the head of the line, sometimes by unman-
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table. . . . They are not benefactors, but benefici-
aries." A symbolical frontispiece and other ingen-
ious drawings, from the pencil of Miss Frances Bassett
Comstock, adorn the book.
In a small volume most inviting to bibliophiles
not yet so desiccated as their parchment or papyrus
treasures, Mr. Austin Dobson has reprinted sundry
short, light, and often amusing pieces in prose and
verse that were originally published in various period-
icals. "De Libris" (Macmillan) is the book's short
and sufficient title. Scraps of curious and interest-
ing book-chat alternate with exquisite fragments of
Dobsonian verse. Here are a few headings from the
table of contents, to whet the appetite: — " Some
Books and their Associations," "The Passionate
Printer to his Love," " A Pleasant Invective against
Printing," "The Books of Samuel Rogers," "Fresh
Facts about Fielding," " Gross Readings—and Caleb
Whitefoord." Caleb Whitefoord, let us add in
explanation, wrote in 1766 a letter to Woodfall's
"Public Advertiser," complaining of the miscellan-
eous, unconnected, and altogether profitless character
of newspaper reading matter, and suggesting that
more pleasure and quite as much profit could be
derived by reading straight across the page, regard-
less of column divisions. He then gave examples of
the sprightly and astonishing news items thus discov-
ered in even the dullest sheet: as, — "Yesterday the
new Lord Mayor was sworn in and afterward toss'd
and gored several Persons." Delicate line drawings
from various sources enliven this enjoyable volume.
That it is often reminiscent of the eighteenth cen-
tury was to be expected from its authorship.
Quaintly archaic is the sub-title of Mr. Arnold
Haultain's treatise on "The Mystery of Golf"
(Houghton). It reads thus: "A briefe Account of
Games in generall; their Origine; Antiquitie; &
Rampancie: and of the game ycleped Golfe in
particular: its Uniqueness; its Curiousness; & its
Difficultie; its anatomical, philosophical], and moral
Properties; together with diverse Conceipts on
other Matters to it appertaining." That is a tour
de force, surely enough; but little attempt is made
to carry the archaisms through the book. It is
simply a present-day golf-enthusiast's enamoured
account of the delights of his favorite pastime. The
half-dozen pages given to "The Origin of Games"
do not suffice to take one very far back into the
investigation of the play-instinct in man; nor are
the remarks on the " anatomical, philosophicall, and
moral properties" of golf unfathomable in their
profundity. But the well-conceived and cleverly
executed little treatise is amusing, especially to
golfists; and if they wish to own it they should take
early action, as the edition is "strictly limited."
The author, be it noted, is not a Frenchman, despite
his name; he is described as "an Anglo-Indian by
birth, who has been for many years the literary
assistant and co-worker of Mr. Goldwin-Smith, in
Toronto, Canada." The book, like the series of
limited editions to which it belongs, is a beautiful
piece of work.
The delicate banquet of choice literature which
Mr. Mosher sets before his guests every year is
always awaited with eager interest by the lover of
books. This year its piece de resistance is a superb
edition of "The Poetical Works of Oscar Wilde," a
volume for whose beauty of mechanical production
and painstaking editorial equipment it would be
difficult to find words of praise that should be ex-
aggerated. Every detail of this edition is marked
by faultless taste, and the volume is a delight to the
bookish sense. It is, moreover, a definitive edition,
for it includes all the poems before published, and
two dozen hitherto uncollected pieces. The " Poems
in Prose" are also included. There is an editorial
introduction, a bibliographical index, and a set of
facsimile title-pages of the original editions. A
portrait, dated 1892, is the frontispiece. A dozen
smaller books are also included in Mr. Mosher's out-
put of the present year. Of these, none is more
welcome than that which gives us Eugene Lee-
Hamilton's "Sonnets of the Wingless Hours," a work
that seems fairly assured of a lasting place in our
literature. Mr. John Vance Cheney's "The Time
of Roses " is a volume of thirty-five (Shakespearian)
sonnets, with lyrics interspersed, which quicken our
sense of the charm of this delicate melodist. Three
English poets who have recently died — Henley,
Lionel Johnson, and Francis Thompson — are rep-
resented, the two former by volumes of selections,
the last by a single poem, but his most famous one,
"The Hound of Heaven." Wordsworth's "Immor-
tality" ode is another single-poem booklet. The
poetry of a primitive age is represented by that
fourteenth-century gem, "The Pearl," done into
modern English and provided with a critical intro-
duction and a bibliography by Miss Marian Mead.
The rest of Mr. Mosher's offerings are prose:
Hazlitt's "Liber Amoris" heads the list, and has
for a suitable companion "Ann: A Memory," by
De Quincey. Then there are "Three Legends of
the Christ Child" and "Nature Thoughts," being
two little books by " Fiona Macleod," and, last of all,
"Toward Humanity," a selection of brief passages
from the writings of Robert G. Ingersoll. On the
whole, we should say that it would be a difficult
taste that could not find satisfaction in some part of
the menu which Mr. Mosher has provided for this
season.
Travel and Description.
In two large octavos, "The Rivieras of France
and Italy " by Mr. Gordon Home, and " Venetia and
Northern Italy" by Mr. Cecil Headland, the Mac-
millan Co. begin a series called "Old World Travel,"
which is designed to include books on Italy, Greece,
Palestine, and Egypt. "It is hoped," says the an-
nouncement, "that the various volumes will not
only prove welcome to the traveller during his visit,
and serve as pleasant reminders of bygone days,
but will also bring the different districts vividly
before the minds of those who are unable to leave
home." The volumes at hand, are well fitted to
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clear, brilliant Italian color — from paintings by
Mr. Home, and both contain also numerous black-
and-white reproductions of his drawings. Both
give — usually in outline, sometimes in detail —
the history of places described, and both avoid
dreary enumerations of hotels, trains, and other
mechanical matters. Mr. Home says of the Riviera
that it " may be described as a collection of jewels
strung together at irregular intervals on a rough
mountain chain"; and he deprecates the fact that
the English have disregarded the jewels at the east-
ern end of the chain, especially the Gulf of Spezia,
and Lerici. He conducts the traveller from Mar-
seilles to Pisa, stopping at every point of beauty,
and projecting its present charms against a carefully
studied background of the past. The stay-at-home
reader will perhaps wonder if this background is
not too intrusive; but the traveller who uses the
volume on the spot will be grateful for all the facts
given. Mr. Headland says of his book that "it
deals in outline with the history, architecture and
art of the towns of Northern Italy which lie within
the triangular plain bounded on the north by the
Alps, on the west by the Appenines, and on the
east by the Adriatic Sea." Beginning with the
Lombard Lakes, "the Gates of Italy," he opens
the whole region to the appreciation of the art-lover
and the traveller. He writes delightfully, and his
characterizations are so clear and beautiful that they
linger in the mind. If the additional volumes of
the series unite as well as this the artist's vision
with the tourist's zeal, they will become, as the pub-
lishers desire, "indispensable to the traveller."
Mr. Frederick S. Dellenbaugh has shown no un-
seemly haste to rush into print with his account of
the important Powell exploring expedition down
the Green and Colorado Rivers, in which he took
part nearly forty years ago. But now, Major John
W. Powell and Prof. Alvin H. Thompson, the
leaders of the enterprise, being dead, and no one
else likely to leave on record a full account of this
memorable and at times dangerous piece of inland
waterway exploration, he at last overhauls his
diaries and notes, and collects other related matter,
to furnish a substantial and extremely interesting
volume on the subject. He names his book, "A
Canyon Voyage: The Narrative of the Second
Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River
from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in
the Years 1871 and 1872." The first Powell ex-
pedition was made in 1869, and of this, as well as
of the second expedition, Major Powell wrote an
official report in his well-known "Exploration of
the Colorado River of the West, 1869-1872,"
which, however, goes into no such details as Mr.
Dellenbaugh has favored us with in his work. He
calls the book "practically volume two" of his
earlier " Romance of the Colorado River," and it
might almost as well be considered a supplement to
his "Breaking the Wilderness." No one could well
be more at home in his subject than Mr. Dellenbaugh.
His illustrations, half a hundred in number, are
chiefly from photographs, and are clear and good.
There is a colored frontispiece of the Grand Canyon,
and a serviceable index. The volume is handsome
and strongly made. (G. P. Putnam's Sons.)
Tourists to Spain, and also those whose travels
are of the fireside sort, will find in "Southern Spain"
(Macmillan), as chromatically illustrated by Mr.
Trevor Haddon and described by Mr. A. F. Calvert,
a sumptuous and well-informed handbook. It is to
the pictures rather than to the letterpress that the
modest author himself calls the reader's appreciative
attention, and they certainly are a conspicuous
feature of the book, being seventy-five in number,
all full-page and all most strikingly colored — too
strikingly, in fact, one might maintain. But some-
thing must be allowed for impressionism in the
treatment of life and landscape in the sensuous,
sunny South. A few words from Mr. Calvert's
preface will indicate the plan and purpose of the
volume. "Few travellers," he says, "have leisure
enough to traverse the wide realm of tawny Spain
in its every part. Those who must confine their
attention to a single province naturally select
Andalusia, where all the Northerner's preconcep-
tions of the South find realization. . . . The pre-
sent volume, mainly the embodiment of personal
impressions and observations, is intended partly to
supply the place of a guide-book to this part of the
Peninsula, and with that object I have brought
together as much of history, art, and topography as
the traveller is likely to assimilate." The book is
uniform with Mr. Edgar T. A. Wigram's "Northern
Spain," and is provided with a good map.
Miss Esther Singleton has added a volume called
"Great Rivers Described by Great Writers"
(Dodd, Mead & Co.) to the numerous compilations
she has already made. Even to a person who had
thought of rivers as furnishing a possible subject
for a book, it must be a surprise that there was such
a wealth of material to draw from. Victor Hugo's
glowing words repeat his impressions of the Rhine
and the Loire; Dickens tells of a trip down the
St. Lawrence (was he so fair to it because it is more
Canadian than American ?); Pierre Loti pictures
the Ganges, Thoreau the Concord and the Merri-
mac, and Mrs. Richings the Irrawaddy. All the
rivers of the earth which are great either in size or
in association are described by competent writers.
It is a disappointment to find Mark Twain barred
from the Mississippi, but perhaps that was a case
of "no bottom." The accounts are various in
character, some statistical and some impressionistic
and they show entertaining variety of style, the
height of dignified propriety being reached by Dr.
Timothy Dwight, who notices in the Connecticut
"a frequency and elegance of meanders, and an
absolute freedom from all aquatic vegetables." But
for all the "personal importance " of the mightily
flowing streams, the little Oise brings the reader the
happiest memories, because it won Stevenson to
sing its praise. Fifty excellent half-tones enforce
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in the same series is devoted to "Switzerland
Described by Great Writers," and again shows
Miss Singleton's careful editing. The first division
of the book deals with the country and the race, the
second with their history, the third with Alpine
climbing, the fourth is descriptive purely, the fifth
sets forth social life among the Alps, and the last is
devoted to statistics. The names of Ruskin, Tyndall,
Goethe, and Victor Tissot are in the list of writers.
Mr. Edward Whymper's exciting account of the
first ascent of the Matterhorn alone makes the book
notable. The many half-tone illustrations give beau-
tiful views of mountains and lakes.
Miss Lilian Whiting disclaims for her fascinating
volume on "Paris the Beautiful" (Little, Brown,
& Co.) any pretense of being a complete study of the
city, but says it is "a little record of the crystalized
enchantment of many springtimes and early sum-
mers " spent there. It is, in truth, just such a record
as actual and would-be lovers of Paris will welcome,
because it shows the city not only in its outward
fairness but in its beauty of intellectual and artistic
achievement. Nor is it a "little" record, for the four
hundred pages are literally packed with what one
would most wish to know about streets, buildings,
paintings, statues, men, and events. Most unique
and satisfactory of all, it pictures Paris in its activity
to-day. The work that is being done by scientists
is reported as if from the laboratory, and that of
artists from the Salons of last spring. Men like
Rodin, Richet, the scientist Landor, and many others,
are described in connection with labors now in hand.
Miss Whiting's spirit is that of enthusiastic admira-
tion of the Parisians, whose chief characteristic she
considers is " imaginative intensity"; and admiration
also of the city, whose atmosphere she finds not one
of frivolity and wickedness, but of "light and color,
of the keenest and most sympathetic human response
in joy or sorrow,—an atmosphere, too, that is peopled
with lofty visions and with ideals of loveliness." The
volume is acceptably bound in cloth, with a vista of
the Bois de Boulogne in color on the cover, and
numerous half-tone illustrations, many of them from
recent paintings.
The serious-minded go to Egypt to see the Pyra-
mids and study inscriptions. But even they — and
still more all frivolous travellers who go to Egypt,
and elsewhere, for amusement — will appreciate Mr.
Lance Thackeray's effort to picture and describe "The
Light Side of Egypt" (Macmillan). Mr. George
Ade, in a brief but pungent preface, characterizes
the book thus: "For a real picture of Egypt —
prop up the dusty antique in the background, put
bewildered tourist into foreground, then flood with
sunlight. This is what Mr. Thackeray has done."
Crafty dragoman, "very good donkey," and easy-
gaited camel are also conspicuous and entertaining
foreground features. Mr. Thackeray's comments
on his pictures allow none of their amusing implica-
tions to escape the eye of the reader, so that his
appeal is by no means limited to those who have
climbed the Pyramids themselves (see illustration
entitled " The Climbers ") or engaged in an involun-
tary game of cup and ball — the "camel's favorite
game." Especially will it be valuable to persons who
are planning to visit Egypt in the near future, and
are not averse to seeing themselves as others may
see them and getting all the possible fun, as well as
profit, from the adventure.
No writer on American birds is more thoroughly
at home in his subject than Mr. Frank M. Chapman,
Curator of Ornithology at the American Museum of
Natural History, and author of several well-known
works on the bird-life of our continent. His latest
book, "Camps and Cruises of an Ornithologist"
(Appleton) is the fruit of seven years of field work
in which, he tells us, he has devoted the nesting
season of birds to collecting specimens and making
studies and photographs on which to base a series of
what have been termed "Habitat Groups" of North
American birds, for the Museum. Two hundred
and fifty photographs from nature have supplied
pictures for the book; and in photographing the
birds care has been taken to provide a suitable back-
ground. Great panoramic views, some of them
twenty-eight feet in length, have been painted to
give in each case the characteristic shore, marsh,
prairie, plain, desert, forest, or mountain height, as
the proper haunt of the bird or birds before the
camera. The descriptive matter has, of course,
been prepared with equal attention to accuracy, and
the whole is a notable contribution to bird lore.
As long as rivers run down to the sea the Rhine
will continue to be a favorite stream with travellers
and nature-lovers. No river is so rich in both natural
beauty and historic and legendary association. Not
even the Tiber or the Thames or the Danube fills so
large a place in song and story, in politics and his-
tory. Mr. H. J. Mackinder's book on " The Rhine"
(Dodd), illustrated in-color after Mrs. James Jar-
dine, is a substantial and handsome volume, histori-
cal and descriptive, tracing the course of the great
river from its origin in the Grisons to its many-
mouthed discharge in the Netherlands, and bestowing
a side glance on some of the river's chief tributaries.
Physical geography, political history, and romantic
legend contribute each its share toward the making
of the book. The colored views have the merits and
the faults of such attempts to catch the hues of nature
in the pages of a printed volume; but some of the
plates are at least pleasing in effect. The work
shows careful study and patient labor, and is good to
read by itself or to use as a supplement (even though
a "colored supplement") to Murray or Baedeker.
The two elaborate maps of the Rhine basin (northern
and southern sections) and the four simpler charts
of smaller districts are valuable additions.
"New Zealand, painted by F. and W. Wright,
and described by Hon. William Pember Reeves, High
Commissioner for New Zealand" (Macmillan),
carries us to a land little familiar to general travel-
lers, but much written about of late, and sometimes
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Reeves takes pleasure in referring to the enviable lot
of the New Zealand laborer and artisan, and quotes
the testimony of Mr. Keir Hardy, who, "after a tour
round the Empire, deliberately picks out New Zea-
land as the most desirable country for a British
emigrant workman." The reading matter of the
book, divided into seven chapters, deals with country
life, sport and athletics, the fast disappearing forests
of the colony, the outlying islands, and other mat-
ters, with a concluding word to the tourist Seventy-
five illustrations, each having as many colors as
Joseph's coat, give an aspect of gaiety to this sober
but interesting account of a far distant country. A
folded map at the end of the book helps to a better
understanding of New Zealand geography.
Miss Anne Hollingsworth Wharton has an agree-
able way of making her European travels narrate
themselves in the conversation or letters of various
fictitious or disguised characters endowed with
wholesome curiosity and with alertness of observa-
tion. The characters are also well-read and, in gen-
eral, of the literary habit of mind. "An English
Honeymoon" (Lippincott) treats of certain favorite
haunts of England very much as the earlier "Italian
Days and Ways" pictured pleasantly a number of
scenes and events in the travels of three women in
Italy. Mrs. Walter Leonard, in the later book, is
supposed to describe her wedding journey in a series
of letters to her friend Mrs. Allan Ramsay. Canter-
bury, York, Warwickshire, Cornwall, the Lake re-
gion, the Land of Lorna Doone, and other districts
rich in tradition and historic or literary association,
are visited by the happy pair, who also devote some
time to their kodak, or otherwise procure a number
of very good photographs of scenes visited, and re-
produce them for the reader's benefit in the book.
It is an attractive volume and written in Miss
Wharton's best style.
So acceptable to book-buyers have Mr. Gordon
Home's pictures and descriptions of Yorkshire scenes
proved themselves that he is encouraged to collect
and issue in one generous volume his three smaller
works treating of different parts of that largest of
the English counties. "Yorkshire" (Macmillan)
is uniform in general appearance and in excellence
of workmanship with the other similar works issued
from the same press. It is preeminently a picture-
book, having seventy-one brightly-tinted illustrations,
as well as a map of the region described. The pages
given to Whitby and the adjacent stretches of coast
recall Lowell's love of the old red-roofed town and
its abbey, which became very familiar to him in
the last summers of his life. Scarborough, with its
castle, and with its curious story of the mayor who
was once tossed in a blanket, is another interesting
place. Mr. Home knows well how to give variety
of interest to his pages—pages, too, that are admir-
ably printed in the clearest of Scotch-face type.
The " Greater Abbeys of England" (Dodd) receive
a worthy tribute in the goodly volume by Abbot
Gasquet, illustrated in color after Warwick Goble.
The book is devoted to the history of these build-
ings, not to the more frequently considered subject
of their architecture. If the general reader is not
interested in all the details of the revenue and estate
of the monasteries in their times of prosperity, he is
profoundly glad of a book which brings together the
facts of their building—and alas! in most cases of
their partial destruction also — and which holds
consistently to the subject with which it intends to
deal. Canterbury, Tintern, Westminster, and all
the others, will seem even more wonderful to him
when he views them through the ideal perspective
of their legendary and historic past The pictures
of them in this volume, even of those most patheti-
cally "ruined, dismantled, and time-worn " are very
beautiful, and a possession in themselves.
Generously illustrated from photographs, paint-
ings, and old prints, Mr. Frederick W. Watkeys's
two-volume work on " Old Edinburgh" (L. C. Page
& Co.) is an attractive and serviceable book of its
kind. The character of the work is more specifi-
cally indicated by the sub-title, "An account of the
ancient capital of the kingdom of Scotland, including
its streets, houses, notable inhabitants, and customs
in the olden time." The outcome, as the author
explains in his preface, of a recent pleasant sojourn
in the Scottish capital, his book will be a welcome
companion to other sojourners and of interest to
intending visitors. It makes no claim to being
exhaustive, nor does it seek to supersede older and
more learned historical accounts of the famous city.
"Rather," says the author, "has it been my inten-
tion to bring before the reader the principal and
interesting events in the history of the Old Town
which have made her famous. With these has been
given some account of the manners and customs of
her old-time citizens, together with certain details
relating to the ancient life of the city, which are
not obtainable without considerable research among
antiquarian lore." Wilson and Chambers have been
drawn upon for much information. Especially inter-
esting are the chapters on the Castle, the Canon-
gate, literary Edinburgh and the University, the old
Tolbooth, and old manners and customs.
"Washington: the City and the Seat of Govern
ment" (John C. Winston Co.) is a compact useful,
and also ornamental volume from Mr. C. H. Forbes-
Lindsay's practiced pen. History and description,
and sufficiently minute details concerning our
governmental machinery, are relieved with numer-
ous agreeably tinted photographic views of principal
buildings and places of interest The pages that
treat of journalism in Washington, the educational
institutions of the city, the Library of Congress, and
other matters relating to learning and literature, are
especially inviting. The chapter on the social life
of the capital is also good reading, but (best of
praise) too short. Of importance to the antiquary
are the appended reminiscences of one Christian
Hines, who was twenty years old when the city was
founded, and died in his ninetieth year, leaving
behind him some memoranda descriptive of early
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published in his eighty-fourth year, are now made
more easily accessible in Mr. Forbes-Lindsay's book.
Biography and Memoirs.
The fierce light that beats on a throne seldom
spares the near relatives of that throne's occupant
Napoleon's brothers and wives have received their
share of attention from the historian, and his mother
and sisters are the subjects, collectively or singly, of
several French studies in minute biography. But
in English there has been little attempt to make us
intimately acquainted with "Madame Mere" and
her three daughters, Elisa, Pauline, and Caroline.
Now, however, Mr. H. Noel Williams sees his
opportunity and offers us two substantial volumes
on "The "Women Bonapartes" (Scribner). His
previous studies in French female biography have
fitted him for his present task, and he seems to have
undertaken it with zeal and relish. The treatment
of his theme is chronological, and necessarily intro-
duces many important characters, both male and
female, besides the Bonaparte ladies. The events
of the period also call for due mention, so that the
work is really an account of the life and times of
Napoleon from a fresh point of view. The numer-
ous portraits and other illustrations are all that could
be desired.
"Cornish Characters and Strange Events " (Lane)
industriously compiled by Mr. S. Baring-Gould, and
adorned with " sixty-two full-page illustrations repro-
duced from old prints, etc.," is a volume of nearly
eight hundred pages filled with all sorts of curious
matter. In general arrangement it is a collection
of biographies of those Cornish celebrities who have
escaped interment in the National Cemetery so ably
planned and laid out and filled by Leslie Stephen
and his successor in the editorial chair. Cornwall's
comparative isolation, as the author remarks, "has
tended to develop in it much originality of character;
and the wildness of the coast has bred a hardy race
of seamen and smugglers; the mineral wealth, more-
over, drew thousands of men underground, and the
underground life of the mines has a peculiar effect
on mind and character." A forty-three-page index
conveys some idea of Cornwall's wealth in note-
worthy characters. How the subject could have been
more exhaustively treated, the reader of this thick
octavo would find it hard to indicate. In form and
substance it is a companion volume to the author's
"Devonshire Characters and Strange Events."
From the pen of Sir Walter Scott's great-grand-
daughter, the Hon. Mrs. Maxwell-Scott of Abbots-
ford, there comes a well-written, clearly-printed,
and handsomely illustrated biography of "Madame
Elizabeth de France, 1764-1794" (Longmans).
The "angelic Princess," youngest sister of Louis
XVI., has probably never been so engagingly pre-
sented to English readers as now by Mrs. Maxwell-
Scott; and she has moreover based her narrative on
contemporary and other French authorities whose
writings, as a whole, have not been available to earlier
students in this field. The life and times of Madame
Elizabeth are not wanting in dramatically effective
incidents, and the writer has turned them to good
account, especially in the chapter describing the
tragic end of her heroine. Fourteen illustrations,
four of them colored, are scattered through the book,
and an index, a list of authorities consulted, and
occasional footnotes are also provided.
Some people, including Charles Lamb and Mr.
Crosland, cherish a constitutional antipathy for the
inhabitants of North Britain; but a good many others
find something exceedingly winsome in the Scotch
character. To these others a new edition of Dean
Ramsay's "Reminiscences of Scottish Life and
Character" (McClurg), with some very lifelike and
often, in a sober, quiet way, delightfully humorous,
illustrations in color by Mr. H. W. Kerr, will be wel-
come. As a rule, books of jokes are, for uninterrupted
perusal, rather tiresome reading; but this famous col-
lection of Caledonian traits and humors and oddities
has sufficient body and substance, enough connecting
tissue, so to speak, to make it capable of yielding sus-
tained enjoyment. Not the least remarkable feature
of it is its objective and detached manner, even
though it is from the pen of a thoroughbred Scotch-
man. The author recognized — no one better — that
cautious and canny element in his countrymen which
is so often turned to ridicule by outsiders. "Can you
play the fiddle?" was once asked of an unmusical
Scot, and his finely non-committal answer- was that
"he couldna say, for he had never tried." This and
all the other peculiarly Scottish idiosyncrasies and
obstinacies and whimsicalities are most entertain-
ingly illustrated in the book.
A "new and revised edition" of Mr. H. Noel
Williams's "Madame de Pompadour" (Scribner),
first published six years ago, has made its appear-
ance. As this is the only formal biography in
English of Louis XV.'s accomplished and skilful
favorite, it is not surprising that it should run into
a second edition, especially as it is written in an
agreeable manner and at the same time bears
evidences of careful and scholarly workmanship.
Besides other claims on the world's attention,
Madame de Pompadour was the prime mover in the
establishment of the Sevres porcelain works, and in
the founding of the Ecole Militaire, which in its
twenty-seven years' existence furnished France with
many distinguished military commanders, including
Napoleon. As the author further reminds us, "she
protected Voltaire and Montesquieu, rescued the
elder CreT>illon from poverty and neglect, encour-
aged Diderot and d'Alembert in their herculean
labours, and made the fortune of Marmontel"; so
that, whatever may have been her faults, she has
certainly deserved well of the republic of letters.
A portrait, engraved from Boucher's painting,
serves as frontispiece.
Holiday Fiction.
"The Ruby of Kishmoor" (Harper) gives full
play to Mr. Howard Pyle's gift for inventing wild
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his matured pictorial art at its best. Jamaica is
the scene of the story. There the splendid ruby of
the Rajah of Kishmoor is the centre of a romantic
tale in which pirates of the high seas mingle with
Quakers from Philadelphia, mysteriously lovely
women, and desperate villians with one eye, silver
ear-rings, or a broken nose to distinguish them from
peaceful citizens. In the end the ruby goes
a-begging, for Jonathan Rugg turns his back on
fabulous wealth and tropical romance to marry a
Philadelphia Quakeress and live quietly and happily
ever after.
The Countess Diane, in the novelette named after
her, walks barefoot on a Breton beach, is kidnapped
and carried off in a motor-car by a terrible Russian
Prince, is pursued and rescued by two benevolent
American automobilists, one of whom speedily finds
himself desperately in love with her, in spite of the
ill-fitting peasant costume in which she has disguised
herself. Needless to say, the tale furnishes plenty of
excitement, while colored pictures and decorations
by Mr. John Rae, and a dainty cover, make of it a
very attractive gift-book. (Dodd, Mead & Co.)
No part of General Lew Wallace's "Ben-Hur"
could better serve the purpose of spirited illustration
than that descriptive of the chariot-race and the
events immediately preceding. In a thin octavo, en-
titled "The Chariot-Race from Ben-Hur" (Harper)
this fragment of the popular novel is republished with
four colored pictures designed by Mr. Sigismond
Ivanowski — not counting the blue-and-gold cover
illustration showing the four-horse chariot in full
career. The frontispiece represents the victorious
quadrigcB straining for the goal and leaving a con-
fusion of inter-tangled rivals in the rear. The next
picture shows us Ben-Hur leading forth for trial
the horses he is to drive. Then comes the scene
where the memorable wager on the race is accepted;
and finally we have a group of eagerly expectant
faces watching in agonizing suspense the progress of
the competing chariots.
Mrs. Hugh Fraser's "The Heart of a Geisha"
(Putnam) is the sweetly pathetic story of a Japanese
dancing girl, whose wit and beauty saved her lover's
life. Colored border designs are gay with lanterns,
flowers, and Japanese garden scenes. Every alter
nate page is devoted to a small picture of some
Japanese flower, and a photogravure frontispiece
adds a touch of elegance to the book.
Anthologies and Compilations.
The success of Mr. E. V. Lucas's anthology of
English letters, "The Gentlest Art," has inspired the
publishers (Macmillan Co.) to issue a companion vol-
ume devoted to the productions of American letter-
writers. Miss Elizabeth Deering Hanscom is the
editor, and the title is "The Friendly Craft." The
division headings and the titles for the separate letters
have a decided Lucas touch, and the choice of material
is based on the personal appreciation of the editor
that puts Mr. Lucas's work so far above that of the
mechanical compiler. As for the letters, all patriotic
Americans will be proud to find that the epistolary
art has flourished so gaily amid the bustle and hurry
of the New World. Everyone who owns "The
Gentlest Art" will want "The Friendly Craft" to
place beside it on his shelves.
A group of poetical anthologies in dainty bind-
ings may properly be counted among the year's gift
editions. "The Rose-Winged Hours " (Longmans)
is the suggestive title that Mr. St. John Lucas has
chosen for his collection of English love lyrics. It
is not intended to be complete, but is merely, as
Mr. Lucas describes it in the preface, " a garland of
familiar flowers " meant to appeal to the jaded taste
of a public too hurried to cull the flowers of poetry
for itself. The book is prettily bound in blue and
gold, with decorated end-papers. — An anthology
that will appeal to nature-lovers and especially to
bird-students and lovers is "The Bird in Song"
(B. W. Dodge & Co.); edited by Robert Sickert
A photogravure of the king of birds forms the
frontispiece. The poems comprising the collection
are, with one or two exceptions, from English
sources, the range of dates extending from Shake-
speare to Tennyson. — Many famous poems, from
Gilbert's "Bab Ballads" to Hood's "Song of the
Shirt," first saw the light in the London "Punch."
Mr. Francis C. Burnand has taken advantage of
this fact to collect some "Poems from Punch" not
so well known as those just referred to but well
worth knowing. His book is issued as a new vol-
ume in Messrs. H. M. Caldwell Co.'s "Remarque
Series," a popular miniature edition.
There is certainly no lack of attractive year books
for 1909. Mr. WaUace Rice is the compiler of two,
"The Washington Year Book " and " Catchwords of
Patriotism," both published by Messrs. A. C. McClurg
& Co. The former is a companion volume to the
"Lincoln Year Book" of last year. The maxims
and morals of "the Father of His Country" are
embellished with marginal sketches in tint, and the
cover is adorned with tiny silhouettes of the first
President. The patriotic " catchwords " are printed
on pages whose borders show the American eagle,
and Simmons's picture of Liberty forms an appro-
priate frontispiece. —" The Carolyn Wells Year
Book" ( Holt) of "old favorities and new fancies"
will help to make 1909 more amusing for almost
anyone. There are verses, anecdotes, "twisted"
proverbs (nonsense and fun for all seasons), with
pictures by a variety of artists, including Mr. Oliver
Herf ord. — " Keep up Your Courage" ( Lothrop,
Lee & Shepard Co.) is the alluring title of Miss Mary
Allette Ayer's book of quotations. The sub-title,
"Keynotes to Success " will suggest the character of
its quotations, which, while they are not arranged
for special dates, are meant to serve the same general
purpose as the regular year books. — " The Pleasant
Thought Year Book" (Holt) is compiled by Mr. R. J.
DuBois, who has gleaned its contents in many delight-
ful literary byways. The small size of the volume
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Not the least valuable, though possibly the small-
est volume in the year's crop of Lincoln books, is
"The Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln" (A. "Wessels
Co.), being extracts from Lincoln's speeches, state
papers, and letters. The make-up of the volume is
exactly similar to "The Pocket R. L. S.," a fact
which attests to the good taste, but scarcely to the
originality, of the publishers.
"Catchwords of Friendship" (McClurg) is a
collection of two hundred wise and witty sayings
about the making, keeping, and value of friends.
Each page is decorated, and the frontispiece, title-
page, and end-papers are printed in two colors, which
gives a holiday touch to the little book.
Holiday Editions of Standard Litebatube.
It is twenty-one years since the poet-naturalist
(he was a novelist also, as well as a miscellaneous
contributor to periodicals), Richard Jefferies, died at
the age of thirty-nine, leaving an astonishing num-
ber of books to his credit, the majority of them deal-
ing with those aspects of nature and forms of wild
life with which he had early cultivated a loving
familiarity. There are now republished, with
appropriate illustrations in color, two of his most
characteristic and interesting works, "The Life of
the Fields" and "The Open Air" (Lippincott).
Miss Maud U. Clarke furnishes colored illustrations
for the former, and Miss Ruth Dollman for the lat-
ter. The drawing is good, and the coloring some-
times shows much painstaking skill, but necessarily
has its faults in the printed reproduction. How-
ever, the pictures do bring back the country air and
scents and sounds. It was in 1884 that " The Life
of the Fields" first appeared in book-form with
prefatory acknowledgment to those periodicals from
which the several chapters were reprinted. The
republication now, without date, of this preliminary
acknowledgment conveys (however unintentionally)
an impression of first publication—to the unwary.
The reprint is timely; nature study is in vogue;
and Jefferies is almost as pleasant to read as is our
own poet-naturalist whose name has long been a
household word.
Mr. George Alfred Williams, who has already
illustrated Dickens's "Carol" and "Cricket," and
other selected portions of his works, now turns his
skilful hand to the pictorial interpretation of "The
Chimes" (Baker & Taylor Co.), providing for this
ever-popular Christmas story six full-page illustra-
tions in color, four in black and white, and a number
of smaller line drawings in the text. An introduc-
tion from his pen traces the history of the tale from
its conception in September, 1844, to its completion
in November, its illustration by the four celebrated
artists, Leech, Doyle, Stanfield, and Maclise, and its
publication in successive editions, of which the later
ones have been illustrated by artists whom he thinks
even more in sympathy with the human quality of
Dickens's work than were the illustrators who were
his friends and contemporaries. Mr. Williams has
studied his predecessors' efforts in the difficult task
of depicting the Dickens characters; and while
one would hesitate to affirm that he has on the
whole surpassed them, he has certainly given us pic-
tures that have character and are pleasing. A hand-
somer edition of "The Chimes" could not well be
asked for.
"Tales by Edgar Allan Poe," with colored illus-
trations by Mr. E. L. Blumenschein, is a handsomely
printed, wide-margined, but somewhat inflexibly
bound volume from the house of Duffield & Co. The
words "Centenary Edition" on the title-page remind
one of the near approach of that wonderful year in
which Poe and so many other celebrities were born.
Seven of the best known tales are selected, and each
is provided with an appropriately weird and horrible
picture, both the drawing and the coloring doing their
best to intensify the shivers and the shudders of the
spellbound reader. Especially gruesome is the design
accompanying "The Masque of the Red Death."
The pictures as a whole are like nothing on or under
or above the earth, but so are the stories, for that
matter; hence their reciprocal fitness.
Three of the most popular of the Waverley
novels — " Ivanhoe," "Kennilworth," and "The
Talisman" — have been issued by the J. B. Lippin-
cott Co. in a handsome holiday edition. Each vol-
ume contains twelve beautiful full-page illustrations
in color, from drawings made especially for this
edition. The type is both readable and attractive,
the paper of fine quality, and the binding of dark
red cloth, with decorations in gold leaf, is rich and
appropriate. Prefaces by the Hon. Mrs. Maxwell
Scott of Abbotsf ord add to the interest of the edition,
which is well worthy of Scott's best work.
Longfellow's "Song of Hiawatha" is reprinted
in the so-called "Minnehaha Edition" by Messrs.
Rand, McNally & Co. There are many full-page
pictures in tint, besides appropriate headings and
decorative initials. The canvas cover shows an
Indian design reproduced in the gay colors that the
Navajo rug-weavers love. — "Evangeline" is issued
this year as a companion volume to the " Wooing of
Hiawatha," published last winter by Messrs. John
W. Luce & Co. Paper and board-covers cleverly
simulate birch-bark; there are dainty decorations in
colors, and a lacing of leather thongs adds a further
touch of novelty to the little book.
"Tennyson's Love Poems" is the title of a com-
pilation arranged by Miss Ethel Harris and pub-
lished, with illustrations from famous paintings and
border designs in tint, by Messrs. Rand, McNally
& Co. Over seventy of Tennyson's poems are
reprinted. The cover is attractively designed, but
the coloring is decidedly crude.
Holiday Booklets and Calendars.
Among the Christmas booklets of serious import,
Mr. Hamilton Wright Mabie's "Christmas To-day"
(Dodd) will be sure to find many readers. Its
theme is the meaning of the old Christmas story for
the world of to-day, and it is handled in Mr. Mabie's
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no decorations except on the very attractively
designed board covers. — " The Higher Sacrifice,"
by President David Starr Jordan of Leland Stanford,
is published by the American Unitarian Association.
Presswork, paper, and board covers are all attract-
ive, and the subject, the free gift of one's best
powers to those less fortunate, is well suited to the
holiday season, with a new year of life imminent. —
President Woodrow Wilson recently made a Bacca-
laureate address to a class of Princeton seniors on a
theme very similar to President Jordan's: the joy
of sacrifice. This is now published in a dainty
booklet, entitled "The Free Life" (Crowell).—
"Quatrains of Christ" (Paul Elder & Co.) is
described, in a brief preface by Mr. Julian Haw-
thorne, as a sort of Christian Rubaiyat. Not only
are the stanzas in form like FitzGerald's, but the
symbolism is oriental. The spirit, however, is quite
different, being reverent, virile, optimistic. A frontis-
piece, cover design, borders, and initial letters espe-
cially drawn, are the decorative features. — " What
Does Christmas Really Mean?" is the suggestive
title of a little book whose title-page explains that it
contains a "sermon begun by John T. McCutcheon,
continued by Jenkin Lloyd Jones, and published for
Santa Claus by The Unity Publishing Company of
Chicago." The McCutcheon cartoon supplies a cover-
design and a frontispiece, as well as a point of de-
parture for the text. The page borders suggest
Christmas greens. — In "The Sea of Faith"
(American Unitarian Association) Mr. Milton Reed
shows that there have always been doubts and dif-
ferences of religious opinion in the world, and that
scepticism is not so modern a disease as one might
think. His optimistic outlook gives to his essay the
appropriate tone for the Christmas season.
A handful of gift-books of an unpretentious but
not unattractive sort must be noticed in a group. No
one understands the art of writing amusing trifles
better than that versatile artist-author, Mr. Oliver
Herford. "Cupid's Almanac and Guide to Hearti-
culture" (Houghton) is the joint production of Mr.
Herford and Mr. John Cecil Clay. The latter is
responsible for half of the daintily colored illustra-
tions; while the other half, the absurd jingles, and
the ingenious descriptions of the Proposal Plant, the
Hammock Vine, the Cosey Cornia, and many other
flowers and weeds that grow in Cupid's garden, are
Mr. Herford's.—Mr. Robert Williams Wood, who
last year taught many appreciative readers "How
to Know the Birds from the Flowers," has written
and illustrated some "Animal Analogues" (Paul
Elder & Co.) in which the subtle but unmistakable
resemblances between the eel and the elephant, the
puss and the octo-pus, the P-cock and the Q-cumber,
and others, are deftly set forth in Mr. Wood's char-
acteristically bouyant and convincing style. — " The
Smile on the Face of the Tiger" (Bacon & Brown)
is the diverting title of a diverting collection of
limericks, new and old, the one about the confiding
young lady of Niger being accorded the place of
honor at the head of the list. The sources are
indicated at the end of the book, the names of well-
known "limerickians" jostling those of dignified
citizens like President David Starr Jordan and Pro-
fessor Arlo Bates.—"All in the Same Boat " (Life
Publishing Co.), text and pictures by Mr. James
Montgomery Flagg, is a made-to-order gift for any
friend with a sense of humor and a European trip
to look back upon. Diverting quatrains and absurd
caricatures depict the familiar types to be found on
shipboard, and in some other places too, since the
ship is really the world in miniature.—"The Sim-
ple Jography ; or, How to Know the Earth and Why
It Spins " (Luce) acknowledges Mr. Oliver Herford
as "editor " and joint illustrator with Miss Cecilia
Loftus, whose contribution consists of "imitations
of pictures." The book contains many laughable
remarks on an amazingly wide variety of topics,
including some delicious bits about President Roose-
velt. — Hitherto Mr. Robert Seaver has contented
himself with illustrating other men's verses; but in
"Ye Butcher, Ye Baker, Ye Candlestick-Maker"
(Houghton) he has written some quaintly humorous
characterizations of old-time types, which are exactly
suited to illustration in the antique wood-cut style
that he uses so successfully. Spelling, print, paper,
border-patterns, and binding are all in harmony
with the old-style pictures and text. — The Cynic's
Calendar for 1909 (Paul Elder & Co.) is entitled
"The Perfectly Good Cynic's Calendar," and Mrs.
Ethel Watts Mumford Grant, Messrs. Addison
Mizner and Oliver Herford have cooperated in its
production. There is the usual assortment of cyn-
ically distorted proverbs, and a new feature in the
shape of "perfectly good prognostications," their
object being to "Enable Everyone to enjoy Every-
thing without Remorse, Expense, or Indigestion."—
"Cupid the Surgeon," by Herman Lee Meader, with
pictures in color by "Pal," is a treatise on the fine
art of love-making, with fulj directions for pursuing
it to a successful finish. Pictures printed in red and
a fat Cupid repairing a broken heart on the cover
give the decorative touch. (Altemus Co.)
Two fables, "The Little Brown Hen Hears the
Song of the Nightingale" and "The Golden Har-
vest," both by Mrs. Jasmine Stone Van Dresser,
are printed together in a small volume, with illus-
trations in tint, colored page-borders, and cover of
Japanese wood-boards with pictorial inset (Paul
Elder & Co.). Both fables teach the lesson of
patient contentment; the little brown hen knew
how to find sweet notes among barnyard noises,
and the russet apple-tree hid her sorrow over her
green apples that would not redden.
From Mr. T. Hasegawa of Tokio comes a delight-
ful array of Japanese calendars, all made in Japan,
and done up in slip covers of Japanese paper or in
Japanese boxes. The larger calendars are decorated
with modern reproductions of rare old prints. There
is a Hokusai calendar, with two prints slipped in so
that when the owner is tired of one he may put the
other on top; and a Hiroshige calendar to corre-
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one for each month; and there are twelve street
scenes in silhouette in a dainty case that has the
effect of a frame. For lovers of the grotesque
there is a fat and ugly idol, with depending paper
streamers which hold the calendar. Panel prints
make effective calendars, with a decidedly Japanese
air about them. Booklets of various sizes, printed
on crinkled paper, with gay decorations, combine
the utility of a calendar with the unique interest
attaching to a foreign book. Altogether we know
of no more artistic calendars than these from far
Japan.
Messrs. E. P. Dutton & Co. have followed their
usual custom in issuing a large and attractive variety
of calendars for 1909, and a number of pretty wall
mottoes and cards. The mottoes are most of them
illuminated after the style of the old missals, and
many of the calendars are in the same style, with
Scripture passages or stanzas of poetry on the dif-
ferent sheets. The "Brooks Calendar," with selec-
tions from Phillips Brooks's sermons, is a pleasing
example of this type. Another " Brooks Calendar,"
less ornate but more comprehensive, has a pad with
a selection for each day in the year. The " Ingoldsby
Calendar" and the "Mother Goose Calendar " are
very cleverly illustrated in bright colors. "The
Lullaby Calendar " and "Our Cats" will appeal, re-
spectively, to lovers of babies and of fluffy angoras.
The "Lincoln Calendar" is timely in view of the
Lincoln centenary. The "Madonna Calendar," in
various sizes to suit different tastes and purses, and
the Fra Angelico calendar, are beautiful examples
of color-printing. And these are only a few among
the many titles which the Messrs. Dutton have to
offer.
The object of the "Rubric Series" of Messrs.
Duffield & Co. is to reproduce in handy and attract-
ive form some great documents not easily obtainable
in any desirable reprints. Two recent volumes con-
tain, respectively, "The Sermon on the Mount" and
"Poor Richard's Almanac," printed, like the rest of
the series, in two colors, with marginal borders and
pleasing covers.
Miscellaneous Gift-Books.
One can imagine no more delightful subject for
an artist's brush than "The Flowers and Gardens
of Japan" (Macmillan). Miss Ella Du Cane is
the illustrator, and Miss Florence Du Cane furnishes
the text. The Japanese theory of landscaping is
interesting in all its details — and its details are
almost endless. Then there are the temple gardens,
planted and arranged with reference to their sacred
character. There are the nurseries where the dwarf
trees, in infinite variety of size and species, are
grown with infinite patience. There are the fav-
orite blossoms, — the plum, the cherry, the chrysan-
themum, the wistaria, the lotus, — each with its
especially beautiful gardens and the quaint and
charming festivals associated with its blossoming
time. Surely no excuse is needed for writing a
book, —the first of a popular character, — about the
flora of "The Land of Flowers." But if one were
needed the pictures would furnish it. The artist
has chosen her subjects with regard both for beauty
and variety of theme, and the resulting color-plates,
printed by the finest modern processes, are exquisite.
As a garden book or a book about Japan this one is
full of interest.
A series of books devoted to art and literature,
and called the "Art and Letters Library" (Duffield
& Co.), is inaugurated by three volumes, " Stories
of Flemish and Dutch Artists" by Mr. Victor
Reynolds, "Stories of English Artists" by Mr.
Randall Davies and Mr. Cecil Hunt, and a new and
enlarged edition of Mr. T. W. Arnold's translation
of "The Little Flowers of St. Francis of Assisi."
These initial volumes present excellent examples of
book-making, comfortable to the hand as well as
delightful to the eye. The cover decorations and
the title-pages are replicas, in one case from a man-
uscript, in the others from books, of the sixteenth
century, and arrest attention for their delicate beauty
of design. The illustrations are many, and are
reproductions, either in four-color process or in
black-and-white, of famous paintings. The two art
books aim to present in easily available form the
best material from numerous old and bulky his-
tories — a list of which is carefully given in each
volume. In quality of text, the "Flowers of St.
Francis" is wholly different, being a direct trans-
lation from a pious MS. which records episodes in
the "seraphic life of St. Francis and his compan-
ions." The present edition contains, besides numer-
ous illustrations after Giotto and others, some quaint
drawings from a fourteenth-century manuscript.
A book of goodly size, and having a quiet elegance
of appearance which harmonizes with its subject, is
Mrs. Lillie Hamilton French's "The House Dig-
nified: Its Design, Arrangement, and Decoration"
(Putnam). Seventy-five illustrations show both
exteriors and interiors of palatial American homes,
most of them in New York or on Long Island, in
which wealth and good taste have joined to produce
the best results. The principles which should guide
the builders of such homes in planning halls and
stairways, in furnishing salons, dining-rooms, and
boudoirs, and in selecting fire-places, mirrors, and
even lamps, are persuasively set forth. Failures in
such matters are tactfully treated in words only,
while that which is good is emphasized by photo-
graphs. Lovers of beautiful and spacious houses
will find their knowledge and enjoyment increased
by the volume, while those who are content with
more humble dwelling places can learn from its
expert criticism much which they can apply to their
own uses.
A picture-book full of precious memories to most
of us has been made by bringing together all the
illustrations, eight hundred and sixty-six in number,
that were drawn for the "Household Edition"
(1870) of Dickens's works. "Scenes and Char-
acters from the Works of Charles Dickens" is the
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Scribners. The artists contributing to that widely
popular edition of the then lately deceased novelist's
works were Fred Barnard, Hablot K. Browne
( " Phiz "), J. Mahoney, Charles Green, A. B. Frost,
Gordon Thomson, J. McL. Ralston, H. French,
E. G. Dalziel, F. A. Fraser, and Sir Luke Fildes.
Their designs are reprinted "from the original
wood blocks," and they fill a volume of 584 pages,
two cuts appearing on a page, for the most part
The contrast, combined with a certain general
resemblance, between the fantastic caricatures of
"Phiz " and the more humanly possible creations of
Barnard is most interesting. Barnard, in fact, is the
leading illustrator of this edition, having supplied
pictures for eleven of the twenty-five separate works,
while "Phiz " appears only in " Pickwick," and the
others in one or in two instances in three works
each. It would have greatly added to the interest
of the volume if other early illustrators, especially
Cruikshank and Seymour, could have been repre-
sented with " Phiz"; but that was not in the plan.
The scheme was happily conceived, and has been
well executed. It is timely too, for there seems to
be a decided revival of interest, just at present, in
the work of Dickens.
Mr. Will Garleton's name carries so definite a
connotation that it is unnecessary to characterize a
new volume from his pen. "Drifted In" (Moffat,
Yard & Co.) is the rhymed narrative of a journey
on a railroad train, with episodic songs developing
thoughts by the way. One ballad which will start
sympathetic vibrations in many hearts is called
"The Auto and the Saint," and tells how a mule
who had never been known to kick lost his saint-
liness at sight of an automobile and kicked it to
slivers. When the train is stopped by snowdrifts,
the passengers make their own Decameron by each
telling a story. These are various in subject, and all
is as whole-souled in character as the people them-
selves. A number of them, such as "The Merry
Tennis Girl," "Farmer Stebbins at the Rummage-
Sale," and "Up-train and Down-train," prove that
the author's spirit has kept up with the times.
In "The Henry Hutt Picture Book" (Century
Co.) seventy-five of Mr. Hutt's best drawings are
collected from various sources and printed on heavy
sized paper in a volume of the ordinary picture-book
dimensions — nine by eleven inches. About half of
the plates are colored, and they are all extremely
clever — in no invidious sense of the word. A
biographical notice of the artist, with portrait, is
prefixed. The apparent ease and the undeniable
rapidity with which he has made his way to the
front, and has become an illustrious illustrator at a
comparatively early age, is set forth in an interest-
ing sketch of his professional course. To say that
the book is almost wholly devoted to the "Henry
Hutt girl" — a type now nearly as familiar, from
the pages of " Life," "The Century," "Harper's,"
and other leading periodicals, as was the "Gibson
girl " a few years ago — will sufficiently indicate its
character.
Notes.
The Macmillan Co. publish " Specimens of Exposition
and Argument," a text-book for the guidance of college
students, prepared by Messrs. Milton Percival and
R. A. Jelleffe.
Lafcadio Hearn's translation of "The Crime of
"Sylvestre Bonnard " forms a new volume in the hand-
some library edition of the works of M. Anatole France,
now in course of publication by the John Lane Co.
"The Redeemed Captive," being an account of the
experiences of the Rev. John Williams, taken prisoner
by the Indians at Deerfleld in 1704, is now reprinted,
under the editorship of Mr. George Sheldon, and pub-
lished as the third issue of the "Indian Captivities
Series " by the H. R. Huntting Co., Springfield, Mass.
A second volume of piano composition by J. S. Bach,
edited, like the first, by Mr. Ebenezer Prout, is pub-
lished by the Oliver Ditson Co. in their "Musicians'
Library." The volume contains sixteen of Bach's
larger compositions, including six fugues, three toccatos,
and two suites. There is an introductory essay, descrip-
tive of these works, and the usual portrait frontispiece.
"The Poetical Works of George Crabbe," edited by
Messrs. A. J. and R. M. Carlyle, are published in an
"Oxford Edition" by Mr. Henry Frowde. The arrange-
ment is chronological, and the text is complete, with
Crabbe's own notes. Six hundred double-columned
pages of fine print are required for this edition, which
will probably remain the standard form of the poet for
many years to come.
Volume VIII. of the " Proceedings of the Aristotelian
Society" (N. S.) is sent us by Messrs. Williams &
Norgate. The papers included are nine in number, and
one of them, at least, is upon a "live " topic. We refer
to Mr. G. E. Moore's trenchant analysis of the philoso-
phy of pragmatism as expounded by Professor James.
The papers of Messrs. R. B. Haldane, A. Caldecott, and
Shadworth H. Hodgson are notable, if not exactly lively.
Two monographs recently published in the Columbia
University series of "Studies in History, Economics,
and Public Law " are distinguished from their fellows
by their unusual dimensions, being volumes of five
hundred and seven hundred pages, respectively. One
is a study, by Miss Bertha Haven Putnam, of "The
Enforcement of the Statutes of Laborers (1349-1369),"
and the other is a history of "The Province of New
Jersey (1664-1738)," by Dr. Edwin P. Tanner. Both
bear the imprint of Messrs. Longmans, Green, & Co.
"Essays and Addresses of Edwin Burritt Smith " is
the title of a memorial volume now in course of prepar-
ation by Messrs. George L. Paddock, Albert H. Tolman,
and Frederick W. Gookin, all intimately associated
with the man whose life and work are thus sought to be
perpetuated. The volume will include a memoir and
a portrait, besides a selection of a score or more of the
late Mr. Smith's papers on municipal government, anti-
imperialism, and other topics. It cannot fail to be a
work of great interest and value. Subscriptions (32.50)
may be sent to Mrs. Edwin Burritt Smith, 5530 Cornell
Avenue, Chicago.
Sir Edward Creasy's "Fifteen Decisive Battles of
the World " has been a minor classic of popular history
for more than half a century. Scholars have spoken
kindly of it, although they have taken exceptions to the
author's choice. Quebec and Yorktown, in particular,
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anonymous editor of the new issue of the book (Harper)
has repaired this fault by adding accounts of these
two battles, and of six others —Vicksburg, Gettysburg,
Sedan, Manila Bay, Santiago, and Tsu-Shima — fought
since the middle of the last century. Most of the new
chapters are signed by names that represent scientific
scholarship.
Messrs. E. P. Dutton & Co. are the publishers of
"The Illustrated Bible Dictionary," edited by the Rev.
William C. Fiercy, and making a volume of nearly nine
hundred pages. The position of the editor is conser-
vative, and he tells us that he means by conservative
"that attitude of mind which, while welcoming all ascer-
tained results of investigation, declines to accept any
mere conjectures and theories as final conclusions, and
believes that the Old Testament will emerge with rein-
forced authority from the ordeal of criticism as the New
Testament did in the last generation." This should be
reassuring to timid souls who may hesitate about domes-
ticating this imposing tome. Besides the very numerous
illustrations in the text, there are thirty-six full-page
plates. The Church of England supplies most of the
contributors, and the list is one to inspire respect.
John Bell Henneman, M.A. (University of Virginia,
1884), Ph.D. (University Berlin, 1889), Dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences, and Professor of English
Language and Literature in the University of the South,
Sewanee, Tennessee, since 1900, died suddenly in
Richmond, Virginia, on the 26th of November. He
was in his forty-fifth year. For nearly a year he has
known that he was ill with a fatal disease; and his in-
dustry, unselfish devotion to his various duties, cheer-
fulness, and courteous regard for others, have been
nothing short of heroic. In Professor Henneman's
work as an educator he probably did more than any
other man in the history of Southern Education to
raise the standards of the Southern colleges and uni-
versities. Two weeks before his death he read a not-
able paper upon that subject before the Southern
Association of Schools and Colleges. His contributions
to literature included his work as Editor of the " Sewanee
Review" since 1900; his edition (with Prof. W. P.
Trent) of the complete works of Thackeray; the "Best
American Tales"; editions of Shakespeare's " Twelfth
Night"; Thackeray's "Henry Esmond"; Kemper Bo-
cock's "The Antiphon to the Stars"; and as General
Editor of the Johnson series of English Classics. At the
time of his death he was the editor of the Literary de-
partment of " The South in the Building of the Nation,"
issued by the Southern Historical Publication Society.
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Memoirs of the Dukes of Urblno, illustrating the Arms.
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Cornish Characters and Strange Events. By S. Baring-
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"Ian Maolaren": Life of the Rev. John Watson. By W.
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Henry Stuart, Cardinal of York, and his Times. By Alice
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& Co.
Henrik Ibsen: The Man and His Plays. By Montrose J. Moses.
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Thomas Pownall, M.P., F.R.S.: with a Supplement compar-
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Charles A. W. Pownall. Illus., large 8vo. London: Henry
Stevens, Son & Stiles.
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Readings in Modern European History. By James H.
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Mirage. By E. Temple Thurston. l2mo, pp. 320. Dodd, Mead
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The City of Encounters. By Horace Hazeltine. Illus, 12mo,
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The Marooner. By Charles Frederick Holder. 12mo, pp. 306,
B. W. Dodge & Co.
The Country Band. By Henry A. Shut*. Illus., 12mo, pp. 146.
Boston: The Gorham Press. $1.
The Sundial. By Fred M. White. Illus., 12mo, pp. 346. B. W.
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Menotomy: A Romance of 1776. By Margaret L. Sears. 12mo,
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Mrs. John Vernon: A Study of a Social Situation. By Julia
DeWolf Addison. With frontispiece, 12mo, pp. 206. Richard
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TRAVEL AND DESCRIPTION.
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After Waterloo : Reminiscences of European Travel, 1815-1819.
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Sidelights on Religion. By J. Brierley. 12mo, pp. 286. New
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Francis H. Allen. With photogravure portrait, large 8vo,
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