view
and French and American practitioners, but I never
comparatively scarce; but that they are plentiful
saw the man so altogether admirable at the bedside enough, if men gave greater heed to their psychic
of the sick as Dr. James Jackson.” As able in powers, to supply us with a larger number of lasting
administration and in teaching as in practice, Dr.
and suggestive types of singers than we now possess.
Jackson was one of the founders of the Massa The singing instinct is more general, and musical
chusetts General Hospital, and the first to occupy
ability more latently plentiful, than many of us
the chair of clinical medicine in the Harvard Med- | imagine, as witness the behavior of an audience
ical School. Dr. Putnam's Memoir is in many
under the influence of a Reeves or a Joachim. And
respects an ideal biography, not only because it
the germ being there, the step between appreciation
presents a most attractive character satisfactorily,
and performance is not insurmountable. Given a
but because it makes the background of people and fairly keen sense of pitch and rhythm, — in other
places, from which that character emerged, just words, modest musical intuition and capacity for
clear enough. About one third of the volume is de work, — and singing becomes a mere matter of
voted to Dr. Jackson's ancestors and brothers, a pro- practical development, under the guidance of lin-
portion not too large in view of the important part guistic and imaginative thought. The strongest
they played in the early history of Massachusetts.
recommendation which Mr. Davies makes as the ideal
of the singer is to strive for mastery over all types of
The idolatry
Dr. Washington Gladden's latest book human expression, with verisimilitude as the guiding
“The New Idolatry” (McClure, Phil- principle. This implies that voice culture cannot be
lips & Co.) is "a volume of discussions regarded as something apart from general culture ;
in protest against the commercializing of government, and the singer who would satisfy the highest demands
of education, and of religion; against the growing of his profession should not confine his study within
tendency in Church and State to worship power and the bounds of the art to which he is primarily devoted.
forget the interests of justice and freedom; against The artist should not beguile his audience with lovely
the dethronement of God and the enthronement and sensuous tone merely because the power happens
of Mammon." The author's ideas are elaborated to be within his natural gifts, - he should not over-
under such headings as “Tainted Money," "Shall awe with physical prowess to the detriment of lin-
Ill-gotten Gains be Sought for Christian Purposes ?” | guistic purity. One notices the touch of sincerity
“Standard Oil and the Christian Missions," "The in Mr. Davies's work, and his chapters on Tone,
Ethics of Luxurious Expenditure,” etc. Those who “ Breathing,” and “Style” may be profitably read
know Dr. Gladden's way of dealing with great ques- by musicians as well as singers.
tions of social morality will not expect, on finishing
this book, to be left in any doubt as to his meaning
The person of sensibility who could
or his position, so lucid and trenchant is the style, history of an remain unmoved by the picturesque
so fearless and uncompromising the spirit of the Italian valley. charm, the historic association, the
His present message, however needed, is not artistic treasures, and the religious history of the
For many years past, from his pulpit Casentino, would doubtless be hard to find. But
and church-tower study in the city of Columbus, his harder still to discover is the pen that could do
ringing words have sped through the land, and have justice to that poetic valley. Miss Ella Noyes, in
fought a good fight. The second paper, “Tainted her book called “The Casentino and its Story”
Money,” as he quietly reminds his readers, was pub- (Dutton) is not lacking in the enthusiasm that all
lished in “ The Outlook" in November, 1895. The but the insensate must feel an enthusiasm that
Rights and Duties” was a Commencement has led her to make most careful exploration, patient
address delivered at the University of Michigan in investigation, and loving exposition of the scenes and
1902. Another, on “The New Century and the memories of the favored region. Unfortunately, this
New Nation,” bears date of 1900. Most of them enthusiasm, and the luxury of indulging a very lively
his parishioners have, sooner or later, heard as ser historic imagination, have betrayed the author into
mons; and they can testify to the profound impres- generalizations and theories that a scientific analysis
sion made by these utterances, when moulded into of history will not always justify; and her descrip-
oral form by a rich, persuasive voice, and weighted / tions of scenery have an exuberance that detracts
of wealth
in America.
Romance and
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one on


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scene
a
Shall the earth
habitable !
somewhat from their descriptive value. To cover in monwealth that grew out of the combination was
a volume of 323 pages one of the most picturesque necessarily individualistic. From the days of Roger
valleys of Italy, which is at the same time a great Williams down to recent times, separatism has been
religious centre both past and present, the of a marked characteristic of the little state. The
part of the exile of Italy's greatest poet as well as result of this has been a history full of internal strife
the former home of some of the most important and of opposition to national tendencies. There was
families in Tuscan Middle Age history, is no light much that was selfish and mean in these struggles,
task. Perhaps we should not be surprised that the so that the state was a thorn in the side of the states-
charcoal-burners, who are among the chief charms men who were building up the nation. But Rhode
of the modern Casentino, are dismissed with only Island history has also its glories, the greatest being
casual mention in two places in the text. In view its consistent policy of religious toleration when the
of the difficulty of portraying the Casentino ade world was intolerant. This history has been written
quately in words, one is grateful to find the pen so anew by Mr. Irving E. Richman for the “American
artistically supplemented by the brush. Miss Dora Commonwealths” series (Houghton, Mifflin & Co.).
Noyes's illustrations, twenty-five in color and twenty- While the book is loaded with names unimportant to
four line, really are illustrations, for they give an the general reader, still the main points of the his-
accurate idea of the country; but they are also much tory are clearly brought out, and the volume is a
more than mere illustrations, for they have poetic compact and useful summary.
feeling and imagination, and they add materially to
the charm of the volume.
“Il Libro D'Oro of those whose
Legends of the
Names are Written in the Lamb's
Italian saints.
A great deal has been written in
Book of Life" is the curious title of
be kept still regard to man's duty toward the a curious piece of translation from the Italian, done
future State and the citizens thereof. by Mrs. Francis Alexander. It consists of a mass
The rights of the child, the rights of the commu of miracle stories and sacred legends written by the
nity, the rights of art, have all been discussed, with fathers of the Church and published in Italy in
reference not only to the needs of the present gen the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries.
eration but of those to come. The factor that is The collection is made up from four sources : “Selec-
least considered is the earth itself, and our obliga- tions from the Lives of the Holy Fathers, together
tions toward a proper husbanding of its resources. with the Spiritual Field," dated Venice, 1623;
Nothing in law or economics can have a more impor “Selections from the Lives of the Saints and Beati
tant bearing on the welfare of posterity than mate of Tuscany,” Florence, 1627 ; " Selections from the
rial conditions, the soil, the sea, the mines, from Wonders of God in His Saints,” Bologna, 1593;
which are drawn in various ways most of the power
and Flowers of Sanctity," Venice, 1726. The
and subsistence necessary to the life of man. Yet extracts generally take the form of brief narratives,
the duty that one generation owes to another in the each having a title of its own. As a whole, the
matter of the proper fertilization of agricultural book will undoubtedly appeal to a limited and defi-
lands, the preservation of forests, economical meth nite class of readers, but the legends are picturesque
ods of mining, careful regard for the life-habits of enough to make a casual dipping into the treasures
fishes and game, is seldom urged. This duty is the of the book decidedly pleasurable. The English
theme of Professor Nathaniel Shaler's latest book, rendering of the text is simple and graceful. Messrs.
which he calls “Man and the Earth” (Fox, Duf- Little, Brown, & Co. publish the book in attractive
field & Co.). It is impossible to support theories as outward form.
to future conditions of land and sea by statistics,
because of the varying processes governing these
conditions. But Professor Shaler, with his wide
NOTES.
knowledge of natural sciences, is in the best possible “ The Life of Christ," by Dr. Alexander Stewart, is
position to draw conclusions from existing states. a new volume in the “ Temple Series of Bible Hand-
As a result, he has written an interesting little book, books,” published by the Messrs. Lippincott.
which will repay reading, and which, it is to be A monograph “On the Limits of Descriptive Writ-
hoped, will result in directing attention to the vital ing apropos of Lessing's Laocoön,” by Professor Frank
subject of which it treats.
Egbert Bryant, is a recent pamphlet publication of the
Ann Arbor Press.
The history of our smallest common-
In the Englische Textbibliothek (Heidelberg :
The history of
wealth has been a stormy one, owing
Winter), we have an edition of Longfellow's " Evan-
largely to the peculiar ideas of its
geline,” edited by Dr. Ernst Sieper. The editorial appa-
founders and the circumstances of its founding.
ratus is very full, and includes a valuable “Geschichte
Rhode Island was the refuge of those New England
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Irving's “Sketch Book,” edited by Professor Brander
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cranks, and enthusiasts ; and the policy of the com Cranford,” edited by Professor Franklin T. Baker ;
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He calls attention, to begin with, to the con-
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tradictory character of the reviewing of current
Late Discussions of the War of 1812. F.H. Costello.
fiction. It is quite common for a novel to run
THE REAL AND THE IDEAL WHITMAN. Percy the whole gamut of criticism from highest praise
F. Bicknell.
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to severest censure, when in all probability the
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Merejkowski's Peter and Alexis. - Sienkiewicz's
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living writers of fiction, and in another that he
Candles. — Hough's Heart's Desire. — Dix's The
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be
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asked, is such a critic to be a sound and reliable works of fiction sent in for review which did not
guide either to author or public?” How, indeed! | bring with them to the editorial offices a guar-
And to what confusion worse confounded are antee that they had duly passed an initial stage
we led when a novelist describes some phase of of examination, and had been declared worthy of
life with which he has himself no intimate ac the notice of the journalistic critic? And what
quaintance, and his work is then reviewed by a if the circulating libraries declined to subscribe
critic whose knowledge of the subject is even to any but works of fiction thus hallmarked?
more superficial! Thè “society” novel offers the It might, I think, reasonably be supposed that
most obvious example of this condition of things. some such purifying process as this would tend
Some portrayal of smart life is described by the considerably to reduce the flood of undesirable
reviewers as a brilliant social satire or as a new matter; that it would diminish the work of the
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intimately that society of which they write with reading public would gradually be raised.”
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critics are
Having made this suggestion, Mr. Bagot pro-
there," asks Mr. Bagot,“who can boldly tell the ceeds to enlarge upon the benefits, to both
distinguished author that he or she, has made authors and readers, that might follow in the
well-bred people say, do, and think things en train of its adoption. He develops the argu-
tirely foreign to their nature and caste tradi- ment with caution, but with a very evident
tions?”
prepossession in favor of some such method
That such defects as have above been indi as a means of stemming the flood of worthless
cated, and
many others as glaring, characterize fiction and of giving the novelist himself a
most current criticism of fiction, is a fact too kind of counsel of which he often stands in
apparent to need demonstration. And the rea dire need.
sons are equally apparent. To make a truly We can imagine the outcry of the amateur
intelligent estimate of even a novel requires novelist, and of the professional sensation-
ability of a sort so rare and valuable as to be at monger, at any such suggestion of a “ trust ”in
the command of very few newspapers or other literary criticism. And the question of quis
periodicals, it also demands an amount of space custodiet custodes could be very effectively
that cannot possibly be devoted to any single raised by such a proposal. Originality, and
book of the class that numbers its thousands even genius, might possibly for a time be sup-
yearly. The problem set the average reviewer pressed by the operation of such a plan, but we
of the average novel is simply this: What is cannot believe that in the long run it would
the most profitable employment I may make of not work more good than harm. The difficulty,
the two hours and the two hundred words which of course, would lie in the constitution of the
are all I can give to this book ? A personal im tribunal organized for this judicial sifting of
pression, a bit of description or classification, an the tares from the wheat. To accept the re-
indication of some salient feature, and a word sponsibilities of a Rhadamanthus in this matter
two about the workmanship are all that may be would be to accept a thankless task, and one
attempted under the narrow conditions imposed. certain to entail much discomfort upon the in-
Reviewing done subject to those limitations will cumbent. The rage of the rejected would be
have weight in proportion to the ability and anything but celestial, and would be declared
knowledge of the reviewer -and the brief
para in a manner both personal and pointed. Mr.
graph may often be surprisingly weighty — but Bagot appreciates the difficulty of the problem,
of course it will be anything but adequate to the and it is with no little diffidence that he pro-
claims of any book that really calls for serious poses his press-constituted academy. But the
consideration.
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criticism and the negative fact that the French suffering public, now misled by so many blind
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LATE DISCUSSIONS OF THE WAR OF 1812.
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But it has been said that all sorts of food-stuffs went
was neglected at the start, was splendidly efficient. But up greatly in price in this country after the additional
when all of this is considered there is still not enough to
British war-ships came over, so that we were in fully as
account for the result - for the readiness with which great straits as English subjects in this regard, and
Great Britain made peace. It will of course be borne in that therefore Great Britain had still an advantage.
mind that her great defeat at New Orleans — the defeat We only need to look at this statement for a moment to
that ruined her most promising plan
was not known see where the truth lies. We had a great and prolific
when she so readily entered into the arrangements for
territory from which to obtain all necessary foods; Eng-
peace. Then what was the cause? It was not the land had to import a great deal of what she used, and
problem of Napoleon,— he was defeated; and though the wages and other incomes of those who must pur-
England's expenses for the recent wars were heavy, her chase were very low. At that time the whole of England,
opportunity was good for getting a large part of it back if divided equally amongst the people, would have given
from us. Russia, our friend, was certainly not in shape but a very few acres to each person — probably not more
to go to war with the first sea power in the world to than five or six ; yet several great noblemen owned as
help us. There was just as certainly no other power to many as ten to twenty thousand acres each, and a con-
attempt it, even had there been another as friendly. siderable part of this was not under cultivation. In this
But if Great Britain could hope to recoup herself country we had hardly settled or cultivated beyond our
from our lands and goods, was she in military shape to mere borders, and there was land by the million acres to
go on? She was at the height of her military power.
be had almost for nothing.
Wellington's veterans were out of the Peninsula, other But let us glance for a moment at some actual figures
forces had been organized, and there was sufficient money of prices in England about this time. I quote from
in the war-chest for immediate purposes. And on the
« The American Merchant Marine,” though the figures
sea Great Britain stood as she had never stood before, have been published elsewhere. The work mentioned
and probably never will stand again. She numbered says:
“ In June 1813 the British people were paying the
her war-craft by the hundreds, and after the French famine prices of $58 a barrel for flour, $38 for beef,
shadow had been lifted she had more than two hundred and $36 for pork, while lumber cost $72 per thousand.
vessels to send to our coasts. We had four large
It was this economic distress, more than our brilliant
frigates, and not a ship larger, and had mustered just victories in a dozen naval duels, that brought Great
seventeen fighting vessels at the beginning of the war.
Britain at last to terms.” Here we have the story.
Before the negotiations Ghent the larger number of
Then shall we not still feel pride in our work in the
our stronger vessels were taken or blockaded in port.
War of 1812 ? We fought for our rights, we fought
Of our four large frigates, the “ Constitution” alone kept hard, and we won in the only way that we could have
the seas. True, as Captain Mahan points out, and your
And be it remembered that these privateers
reviewer does not, before our little navy was so nearly
whose work was so effective were not semi-pirates, like
crushed it had struck heavy financial blows at the enemy. some that had been sent to sea by other countries: they
This, indeed, with the possible exception of the victory sailed under regular letters of marque; they were ex-
on Lake Champlain, was its most formidable and telling pected to observe all the rules of civilized warfare, and
work. It was the work that Great Britain most seriously did observe them; and, finally, they often met and over-
felt. Her vulnerable point was not her body, but her came vessels supposedly larger and stronger than them-
pocket. Porter, in the little “Essex,” before he was selves, including some regular naval vessels.
captured, did more to harm the enemy and to help our There is somewhat of a tendency (perhaps the result
cause than all our brilliant single-ship actions put to in part of reaction) to belittle our work in the War of
gether. He practically destroyed the British whaling 1812. It is aided, doubtless, by some books now in use
interests in the Pacific.
in our schools and colleges that give wholly the British
And now we are prepared to answer the question:-
side of the contest; the writer is prepared to quote
What led Great Britain to consent to peace-terms so chapter and verse in support of this statement. Let us
favorable to us? The answer is: it was the work of our not allow the pendulum to swing too far the other way;
privateers. Even Captain Mahan, who naturally has let us try to keep within the limits of truth.
a relatively high regard for the regular service, and is
F. H. COSTELLO.
not inclined to place a great value upon an irregular Bangor, Maine, February 21, 1906.
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The New Books.
many
of the letters revert, almost of necessity,
to the old theme of the Whitmanism of Whit-
man, and, in particular, to the “priapism,” as
THE REAL AND THE IDEAL WHITMAN.*
Emerson once rather harshly called it, of certain
It is fourteen years since Walt Whitman died, passages in his poems. To the familiar defense,
and no full and formal biography of him has yet and the only defense,- the alleged harmlessness
appeared, unless we regard as such Mr. Henry of all things to those who are themselves inno-
Bryan Binns’s recently-issued work, which mod-cent, — most of us must sorrowfully shake our
estly disclaims all pretensions to being either a
heads and acknowledge our inability to make
definitive biography or a critical study. The adequate reply. In halting and contrite accents
author, an Englishman, rightly looks to America we can only confess that such a state of blame-
to produce the final and complete life of this lessness is more than we can attain unto; or,
eminently American poet. Mr. Horace Traubel's rather, it is a paradisaic condition from which
memoirs of Whitman, “ With Walt Whitman we have long ago fallen. Sin, no more than
in Camden,” extend over a period of less than disease, will be vanquished by denying its exist-
four months, and obviously make no claim to ence. Not that Whitman makes any such denial
anything like biographical completeness. They in words ; it is his whole attitude that impresses
give us, in a good-sized octavo volume, rough one as a sort of bold-faced refusal to see aught
notes of talks with Whitman, as thrown on paper
but glad sunshine and smiling fields where
from day to day, together with many letters of
others take anxious note of threatening thunder-
the period, or of an earlier time, addressed to
clouds on the distant horizon and detect treach-
Whitman. The whole book, unstudied and erous quagmires beneath the fair appearance of
unpolished, conveys a realistic impression of the flowery verdure. The very first page of Mr. Trau-
poet and the man, such as only a devoted Bos-
bel's book shows us Whitman's determination to
well is able to give.
find in nature only what he sets out to find.
Mr. Traubel is well styled by Mr. Binns « W. handed me a leaf from The Christian Union
" the old poet's spiritual son.”
Knowing and containing an article by Munger on Personal Purity, in
loving Whitman longer than he could distinctly by the Walt Whitman fallacy that all nature and all
which this is said : Do not suffer yourself to be caught
remember, it was he who held Whitman's hand
processes of nature are sacred and may therefore be
in his own when the old man drew his last breath talked about. Walt Whitman is not a true poet in this
in the little house in Mickle Street, Camden. respect, or he would have scanned nature more accu-
He was named in the poet's will as one of his
rately. Nature is silent and shy where he is loud and
bold. Now,' W. quietly remarked, Munger is all
literary executors; he was active in organizing right, but he is also all wrong. If Munger had written
the Walt Whitman Fellowship, of wbich he is Leaves of Grass that's what nature would have written
secretary; and it is probably his pen and voice, through Munger. But nature was writing through
more than any other man's, that have kept
Walt Whitman. And that is where nature got herself
Whitman's memory green during the last four-
into trouble.' And after a quiet little laugh he pushed
his forefinger among some papers on the table and
Coming from such a source,
and
pulled out a black-ribbed envelope which he reached
written almost in the poet's very presence, Mr.
Traubel's book appeals vividly to lovers of Much of the conversation reported is trivial
Whitman, and even the indifferent or scornful
to all but ardent Whitmanites. Others are at
will find matter of quaint and curious interest liberty to skip, and will do so -- whole pages at
a time. It is not of great importance to most
A book like Mr. Traubel's is not of the kind
of us to be told that Whitman said, “ Repeat
that lends itself readily to criticism. It is very that, Horace,” or “Go over that again, Horace,"
part of the poet himself, and to criticise it would
“I don't quite catch on,” or “How 's that?"
be to criticise Whitman, which is not the Needlessly faithful is the reporter in reproducing
reviewer's
purpose.
A few illustrative passages Whitman's little profanities and vulgarities;
will be given in all their unstudied informality, after a few samples the reader might well take
and then the reader will be left to seek a more
the rest for granted. Putting all this down in
intimate acquaintance with the book, or not, as
cold clear type has the effect of showing us
he may feel inclined. Much of the talk and
Whitman in a false perspective. The printed
* WITH WALT WHITMAN IN CAMDEN (March 28, - July 14, 1888). page seems in some way to emphasize unduly
By Horace Traubel. Illustrated. Boston: Small, Maynard & Co.
what in the rapid give and take of informal talk
trated. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.
falls more or less involuntarily and parentheti-
teen years.
to me.
in its pages.
or
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my hand.
cally from the lips. Yet for those to whom “W. was very affectionate in his manner to-night.
“ the real Walt Whitman" cannot be too real,
• Come here, Horace,' he said. I went over. He took
this excess of unattractive detail may be no
• I feel somehow as if you had consecrated
yourself to me. That entails something on my part: I
excess at all.
feel somehow as if I was consecrated to you. Well
A Whitman pronouncement on Matthew we will work out the rest of my life-job together: it
Arnold ought to be rather rich reading; for won't be for long: anyway, we'll work it out together,
two poets more unlike each other could hardly
for short or long, eh?' He took my face between his
hands and drew me to him and kissed me. Nothing
be imagined. Here is a part of a conversation
more was then said. I went back to my chair and we
between master and disciple soon after Arnold's sat in silence for some time.”
death :
“ Whitman adds as to Arnold: "He will not be
Of Mr. Binns's more formal treatment of the
missed. There is no gap, as with the going of men
same theme much might be said, and most of it
like Carlyle, Emerson, Tennyson. My Arnold piece
did not appear in Tuesday's Herald. I wonder if the
commendatory. A little too obvious, perhaps,
editor was a little in doubt about it? It appeared is the author's effort to establish friendly rela-
to-day, however. The Herald has a higher opinion of tions with his American readers and to give him-
Arnold than I have. I discussed Arnold in effect
self an air of familiarity with American history
throughout in such words — as one of the dudes of liter-
ature. Does not Leaves of Grass provide a place even
and American ways. The very dedication of his
for Arnold ? Certainly, certainly: Leaves of Grass has book, " To my mother, and to her mother, the
room for everybody: if it did not make room for all it Republic,” is an advance bid for our good-
would not make room for one.'”
wilī. All the carefully-studied accompaniment
Readers will note in the foregoing — for ex of political and historical matter that runs
ample, “ throughout” for “though not ”—Mr. through the book is somewhat suggestive of
Traubel's self-acknowledged carelessness as an cram, and is not at all necessary to the complete-
editor; but we gladly fall in with his humor ness of the biography. It irks the reader to
and pass the matter by as of small importance. have the Wilmot Proviso thrust on his notice,
A lack of sympathy equal to that between or the split in the Democratic party narrated
Whitman and Arnold might have been looked as a contributing cause of Lincoln's election.
for between Whitman and John Addington Sy- Whitman's anti-slavery attitude and his warm
monds. Yet the latter was an early and ardent patriotism can be understood without these
admirer of the American poet. The subjoined excursions into American history. The pride
passages are from a letter written by Symonds of recently-acquired learning - or, we might
in 1872 in reply to one from Whitman. say, the uneasiness of ill-digested erudition -
“ Your letter gave me the keenest pleasure I have seems to betray itself in this parade of irrelevant
felt for a long time. I had not exactly expected to matter.
hear from you.
Yet I felt that if
you
liked
my poem
you would write. So I was beginning to dread that I
Mr. Binns ascribes much of Whitman's best
had struck some quite wrong chord - that perhaps I development, and his attainment to the “power
had seemed to you to have arrogantly confounded your of self-abandonment," to the influence of that
own fine thought and pure feeling with the baser metal
unknown Southern woman with whom the poet
of my own nature. What you say has reassured me
had intimate relations for a few months in his
and has solaced me nearly as much as if I had seen the
face and touched the hand of you
my Master ! . early manhood. The whole affair is, and prob-
I have pored for continuous hours over the pages of ably always will be, shrouded in mystery ; but
Calamus (as I used to pore over the pages of Plato), the ascription of any such benign and fructify-
longing to hear you speak, burning for a revelation of ing influence to an illicit connection of this sort
your more developed meaning, panting to ask - is this
what you would indicate ? are then the free men of
is what one might have expected rather from a
your land really so pure and loving and noble and gen writer on the other side of the Channel than
erous and sincere ? Most of all did I desire to hear from an Englishman. The experience, whatever
from your own lips -- or from your pen — some story
its exact nature, the author thinks to have been
of athletic friendship from which to learn the truth.
Yet I dared not address you or dreamed that the
instrumental in breaking down some barrier.
thought of a student could abide the inevitable shafts “Strong before in his self-control," writes Mr.
of your searching intuition. Shall I ever be permitted Binns, “ he is stronger still now that he has won
to question you and learn from you ?”
the power of self-abandonment. Unconsciously
Finally, a few lines showing the warmth he had always been holding himself back; at
of affection existing between “Walt” and last he has let himself go. And to let oneself
“ Horace ” may serve to close this review of go is to discover oneself. Some men can never
Mr. Traubel's volume.
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emancipation. Whitman was." All this invites
MAIN CURRENTS IN SOCIOLOGICAL
discussion, psychological and ethical.
In some
THEORY.*
sort it brings up once more the old conflict be-
tween Hellenism and Hebraism, or, as Mr. Hugh
To get the force of Professor Small's book
on - General Sociology” it is necessary to con-
Black styles it, between culture and restraint.
The danger seems to lie in our failing to distin- sider that originally it was an outline or syl-
labus of a course of lectures delivered to the
guish between the masterful facility that comes
graduate students of the University of Chicago.
of perfect self-control and the counterfeit ease
that is the cheap and tinsel product of unre-
Such a course of study, with modern University
methods, usually leaves a large room for sup-
straint.
The author loves Whitman whole-heartedly,
plementary work. Hence, while we are not
and the picture he presents is sympathetically the author that in form it is rough, fragment-
willing to admit the frank acknowledgment of
drawn. Both in biographical detail and in criti-
cal comment the book is an excellent piece of ary, and unsystematic,” the book is somewhat
work, perhaps the fullest and best study of the unproportional from the standpoint of a scien-
tific treatise. However, as the author admits,
poet's life and writings that has yet appeared. it is not a treatise, but a critical analysis of the
It is written in a pleasing and scholarly, style, development and present status of sociology.
and every page bears marks of painstaking re-
search. Two passages only can
It is a conspectus of sociology or a comparative
find
space
here
study of sociological thought. Its purpose
for quotation. The first shall be an amusing show what sociology is and what it is not, and
is to
and characteristic anecdote, which is probably while it does not build a scientific system of
new to most readers.
sociology it indicates broad lines of construction
“ It is related that once in a Brooklyn church he
failed to remove his soft broad-brimmed hat, and entered
or synthesis of the same. The book is critical
the building with his head thus covered, looking for all
rather than constructive. While the author
the world like some Quaker of the olden time. The does not attempt to construct a system of sociol-
offending article was roughly knocked off by the verger. ogy, he indirectly points out the way for others
Walt picked it up, twisted it into a sort of scourge, and indicates upon what foundation they must
seized the astonished official by the collar - he always
detested officials — trounced him with it, clapped it on
build. In reference to the various phases of
his head again, and so, abruptly and coolly, left the development of sociology by different individ-
church."
uals, Professor Small has shown that the dif-
This may recall a line from the “Leaves," – "I ferences of sociologists are more apparent than
have hated tyrants, argued not concerning God, real on account of the various points of view
had patience and indulgence toward the people, and various methods of attack, and that they
taken off my hat to nothing known or unknown. are all working on the same sociology with con-
The second selection is of a critical, interpreta- verging lines of thought. Through the great
tive sort, comparing Whitman as a prophet (by mass of contributions to the science, pseudo and
no means as a man of letters) with Carlyle. real, he finds a constant line of development
“With Whitman, Carlyle recognised the underlying from the earliest authors to the present time.
moral purpose of the universe, and the organic unity or With this object in view he has brought out
solidarity of mankind; but being himself a Calvinistic
the knowledge necessary for the foundation of
Jacobin of irritable nerves, these convictions filled him, sociology in the various attempts that have been
not with a joyful wonder and faith, but with contempt
and despair. He never saw humanity as the body of a
made to construct a science. It is a masterly
Divine and Godlike soul; and though he was continu- array of material and forces and, in most parts,
ally calling men to duty and repentance, he did so from an arraignment of these before the critic's bar
inward necessity rather than with any anticipation of of justice. “Our thesis,” says the author, "is
success. For he felt himself to be a Voice crying in the
wilderness. Whitman worshipped the hero as truly as
that the central line in the path of methodo-
did Carlyle; but then he saw the heroic in the heart of logical progress, from Spencer to Ratzenhofer,
our common humanity, where Carlyle missed it; hence is marked by gradual shiftings of effort from
his appeal was one of confidence, not despair.”
analogical representation of social structures to
The two books, the American's and the En real analysis of social processes.” In other
glishman’s, may well be read together, the former words, the stress is now being laid on function
filling in with minute and realistic detail the where formerly it was laid upon structure.
more largely-sketched and more highly-idealized In the first chapter, on “The Subject Matter
portrait presented by the latter.
* GENERAL SOCIOLOGY. An Exposition of the Main Develop-
PERCY F. BICKNELL.
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of Sociology,” the author asserts that it is a accepting this, goes a step further and represents
process of human association, and then he society composed of parts working together to
proceeds to show that sociology attempts to achieve results, that he emphasized function or
interpret the whole process of human associa action of society; and Ratzenhofer considers
tion. He asserts that facts of human associa- society as a process of adjustment by conflict and
tion are not sufficient data for a science, but subsequently by coöperation between associated
that “the whence, the how, the why, and the individuals. Professor Small is very keen in
whither, of processes are essential to sociology." analysis, and while his analytical researches in
The relations, meaning, and valuations of facts the past have been of great service to students
other than the facts themselves represent the of the science, the value of the comparative study
subject matter of sociology as well as of other of these three great founders of sociology cannot
sciences. It is the passing of knowledge over be overestimated as a service to students. It is
into
power that makes a real science. It is the a demonstration of the main line of evolution
advancement of the knowledge of what occurred of sociology.
to a knowledge of the meaning of what occurred. While the incompleteness of Spencer's method
In addition to the establishment of the science is made apparent, as a foundation of sociology
of processes, the sociologist should formulate a his system is as essential as the foundation of a
programme for the promotion of more and more building to its superstructure. Where form and
rational social processes.
structure are made the essential framework of
In the following chapter, under the title of the system Spencer implies that they are brought
“Definition of Sociology,” Professor Small gives about by social activities. However, Spencer
the ordinary definitions, each of which bases the represents the first step in the analysis of human
science on the association of men. He says that association. Schaeffle, by emphasizing function
sociology is a unified view of human life and a and seeking the ultimate causes of structure, has
body of guiding principles for the conduct of taken the second step. But Professor Small
life. He shows through analysis how this ap- points out the limitations of each by saying that
pears, and adds that “sociology is an attempt Spencer “tended to seek the meaning of social
so to visualize and so to interpret the whole of structure in structure; so Schaeffle's limits are
human experience that will reveal the last dis- indicated by his tendency to see the meaning of
coverable grounds upon
which to base con social function in function rather than in casual
clusions about the rational conduct of life,” and consequent conditions in the persons func-
and finally closes the chapter with the more ac- tioning."
tioning.” That is, structure and function are
curate and inclusive definition : “ Sociology is ends in themselves, which is contrary to Pro-
the science of the social process.” Here again fessor Small's interpretation of sociology. Fol-
he emphasizes the study of the activities of lowing the analysis of these two authors, he asks
sociology. Of all the phases of society function these four questions: “First, what are the
is the real essence of sociology.
essentials of human association? Second, how
In Chapter III. Professor Small presents the do these essentials change their manifestations
“Impulse of Sociology,” in which he points out from time to time? Third, by virtue of what
briefly its reasons to be one of the sciences. influences do these variations occur? Fourth,
It is an attempt to show that the driving power what social aims are reasonable in view of these
of society arises in a philanthropic effort to conclusions from experience?” And he uses the
make the world better, and that sociology is the analysis of Ratzenhofer to show how these ques-
scientific regulating power. This is followed tions
may be answered. The analysis of social
in subsequent chapters by an historical survey processes after Ratzenhofer is the most exact of
of sociology. This survey, as the auther points any system yet presented. It includes the es-
out, is necessarily meagre. However, sufficient sential features of Ratzenhofer's “Sociologische
is given for the support of his main thesis. Erkenntnis” and also his “ Wesen und Zweck
Over one-half of the main body of the book der Politik.” Ratzenhofer clearly represents
is taken up with a remarkable comparative the three steps in the development of sociology,
analysis of Spencer, Schaeffle, and Ratzenhofer. and points out how structure occurs through
It would be impossible for the reviewer to follow function. He shows the causes of social activity,
this extended and masterly analysis. The object and in this demonstrates clearly the needs of
is to show that Spencer considered society as social analysis.
composed of differently arranged parts in which The remainder of the work, while still review-
he emphasized structure; that Schaeffle, while | ing the opinions of other sociologists, is more of
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If we say
a constructive nature than the first part. A dis-
SHAKESPEAREAN TABLE-TALK.*
cussion of the psychical, ethical, and technical
makes up the outline of the remainder of the Perhaps it is wrong to call this ripe comment
book. The most noticeable feature of this part
on Shakespeare by the name of Table-Talk.
of sociology, which is more nearly Professor
There is certainly nothing desultory, idle, ram-
Small's view of the science, represents its real- bling about it. Bnt other names do not suggest
istic nature. Society is a real thing made up of the quality of it. If we say “ lectures ” we think
the elements of everyday practice, and in its of some celebrity addressing a cultivated audi-
study we should follow human interests and
ence gathered for a little titillation of literary
human society wherever they lead. First must recollection, or perhaps some learned professor
be considered the interests of the individual giving the results of private studies while stu-
and his relation to the complete society. This
dents toiled behind with note-books.
should be followed by the relations of groups
6 studies” we think of commentaries and dis-
to one another and general social structure and sertations, sources and texts. If we say “ essays
function.
we may mean anything from the most eccentric
As a book on general sociology this is a valu- fancies about Shakespeare to an exhibition of
able contribution to the literature on the subject. universal scholarship. Here is nothing of all
While the interpretation of human experience is this. In this book we have a man who has read
sufficiently emphasized, sufficient stress is not Shakespeare long and deeply and who now talks
laid upon the evolution of human society as a
to us of typical plays. It is not talk at the
means of arriving at a correct estimate of the dinner-table, precisely, for he has his book in
present structure and activities. The processes hand, and at times will read half a page or a
through which society is made are alternate dif- couple of lines. What name can we give it? In
ferentiation and integration. While it is true
its intention it is something like a great actor's
that Professor Small says we cannot explain presentation of his conception of Shakespeare's
society as it is by comparing it with a society of creations.
savages, the course of evolution through differ As may have been already suggested, this book
entiation and integration gives a basis of under is more or less like Hazlitt's “ Characters of
standing which cannot be obtained in any better Shakespere's Plays "; more, at least, than most
way. The scientist orients his subject by remov-
of the recent well-known books of criticism. Mr.
ing complex or interfering forces. His point of
Dowden studied the growth of Shakespeare's
departure must be a simple element or condi- conceptions and their realization in dramatic
tion. Social evolution gives the student this
form. Mr. Moulton studied the special dramatic
point of departure.
art of some lyrical plays. Mr. Barrett Wendell
Perhaps some fault might be found with the
was taken up with the artistic temperament of
book on account of the voluminous nature of the Shakespeare, and sought to make us see that in
discussion and the unevenness of its make-up. all his work. Mr. Mabie gave a general account
But the vigor of the author and his familiarity of the man against a background of Elizabethan
with the content and method of sociological writ-
life. Mr. Brandes gathered together the scholar-
ings, his numerous illustrations, as well as his ship of the time and formed his own theories
masterly analysis, make for
up
and conclusions. Mr. Sidney Lee got at every-
lack of con-
any
densation of material. It is not a book for be thing that would give substantiation to any fact
ginners but for students of maturity of mind
in Shakespeare's life. Mr. Stopford Brooke does
and acquired sociological knowledge. To such none of these things, save here and there. He
it will prove of great value, and in general is an runs through each play, giving some general
impetus to the development of the science of comment, interpreting each character, following
sociology. It helps the student to realize the out the dramatic development, presenting the
great advancement sociology has made in recent prevailing ideas. He gives us not a study of
years, and what a stupenduous task is before the plays or a study of Shakespeare based upon
scholars before it is reduced to scientific pro-
the plays, but a picture of his own mind as he
portions. As Professor Small has pointed out reviews the plays. That is what Hazlitt did,
what sociology is, and what it is not, and indi- though in making the comparison, it is scant
cated what it should be, we trust he will go on
justice to Mr. Stopford Brooke to say that he
in his studies and write a treatise on the subject.
seems to have thought over his subject with a
FRANK W. BLACKMAR.
* ON TEN PLAYS OF SHAKESPEARE. By Stopford Brooke.
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was his 66
view to this particular book, much more carefully will show us what a vital factor Shakespeare is
than Hazlitt could ever have thought over his or has been in his thinking and being, he will
lectures.
be talking of something of which he knows. If
The thing about Hazlitt that most impressed he tell us of how Shakespeare created these plays
that devoted lover of Shakespeare, John Keats, and characters that may be so vital a force to us,
depth of taste.” Keats probably he may be talking of something he knows, but
meant by that expression that exactly the right it is more likely that it is something he only
thing impressed Hazlitt about each character or guesses about. And whether he know or guess,
play of Shakespeare. That does not impress me the matter is of historic or scientific importance,
so much in Hazlitt's book as the fact that what-
not of poetic. But it is to be said that the
ever did impress him, impressed him so strongly. main point of Mr. Stopford Brooke's book is not
The book is almost as interesting in the view it here. He is content, as a rule, to interpret the
gives of Hazlitt as in its view of Shakespeare. play, the character, the passage in hand, and it
Read for instance the beginning of the essay on is only here and there that he goes back to the
“ Hamlet ”: what a remarkable production to be author.
set down almost extempore. Hazlitt's power of As to the kind of comment, we have gener-
thought in his power of expression was so remark- ally to begin with, a few words about the play.
able that one of the chief interests in his criti-
“ Midsummer Night's Dream " represents the
cism is that it gives one such an idea of what temper of Shakespeare's soul in earlier years ;
art may be to an individual. That is, in fact, 6. The Merchant of Venice” is made
up
out of
Hazlitt's strong point as a critic: not his taste, as such and such materials in earlier literature.
Keats thought, or his power as a “speculator” Then generally comes an interpretation of the
as Blackwood said, although both of those things action, then comment on the character. Or some-
are apparent in his book on Shakespeare. He times instead of these last being carefully taken
is himself so wonderfully impressed by literature, up, we have a discussion of two or three topics
in this case by Shakespeare, that one gets up of chief interest, as with “ Coriolanus” where
from a reading of his work with almost a new the author deals with “(1) Shakespeare's treat-
conception of literature as an element in life.
ment of the political question in Rome ; (2) the
Such is not Mr. Stopford Brooke's especial character and fate of Coriolanus ; (3) Corio-
power. I am much more impressed by his " depth lanus and his mother.” What is said on these
of taste" than by Hazlitt's. Like Hazlitt he matters is generally, in its intention, perfectly
commonly speaks of the events of the plays, of simple. It may be well to quote a passage.
the characters, as though they were events or
Opposed to him in character, but his friend, is
characters in real life. He analyzes motives, Mercutio; wit's scintilating star, thrilling with life to
explains utterance, calls attention to beauties of his finger-tips, not caring for women save as the toys
speech or thought.* But where his mind leaves of an hour, ready to tackle, on the instant, any woman,
the play it reverts to Shakespeare and his
young or old; brave, audacious, going swiftly to his
pur-
point, keeping no thought within him but flinging it at
poses. Hazlitt's mind reverted to himself as
once into his speech; "he will speak more in a minute than
to the reader in general: Mr. Stopford Brooke he will stand to in a month '; quick in choler, ready to
thinks of the writer. I shall admit, in passing, attempt the moon and pull the sun down, loose of
a greater interest in Hazlitt's method. We nat-
speech, mocking old and young out of the racing of his
blood — the gay ruffles of Italy, such as Shakespere
urally talk of a play or a book as though it were
often met in London, such as many of the Italian novels
a piece of real life; there is often much to
enclose and paint."*
explain or describe.
But where the critic goes
Some impatient scholars may possibly put
beyond that, I like better to have him give us
an idea of the effect of it all
this aside, with an inquiry for something new
upon himself, than
in the book, something beside a re-statement of
to have him tell us of the art of the dramatist.
Literature is really of importance to us only as
the material of the play. A number of little
it affects us : otherwise it is history or science.
matters, more or less new, may be noted, as for
instance: that Shakespeare had a feeling of true
These things are each excellent, but they are not
sympathy for the common people (pp. 7, 223);
rightly followed by literary methods. If a man
that in “Romeo and Juliet " he was thinking
* There is, of course, a danger here. Consider the pages
of “ the long suffering justice who punishes
written (though not in this book) on Hamlet's madness. There
is really no such question: the only possible question is, Did quarrels which injure the state
Shakespeare conceive of him as mad? which is a very different
thing, and to be decided on grounds very different from those * It should be added that this is only the gist of several
often alleged.
(p. 35, cf.
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pp. 64-68); that Mercutio was not too brilliant
for Shakespeare to keep alive (p. 44); that
ALABAMA IN WAR-TIME AND AFTER.*
Shylock was a hot-blooded, passionate, resolute, For a long time the South was largely a
dignified man of sixty (p. 152); that Jacques neglected field to the historical student. Re-
is not a cynic, or even bitter (p. 172); that cent years, however, have seen a marked devel-
Prospero is the last of the great medieval en opment of interest in the study of the history
chanters (p. 286); and naturally many more of this part of the country, as is evidenced by
such views.
the increased activity of historical societies and
But it is not to be said that the value of the the establishment of state departments for the
book depends upon its new discoveries or its preservation and publication of historical rec-
new views, or on the new standpoint or the new ords in several southern states. In several
spirit in which the critic regards the plays. In northern universities distinct courses in south-
just this fact itself lies its great value. Here is ern history are now being given, and in other
a critic who turns on no new light, who offers respects it is beginning to receive the attention
no new theory, who proclaims no discovery, which has long been bestowed upon the history
who presents no new conception. What, then, of the northern states. Recently a number of
does he add to Shakespearean scholarship or excellent monographs on particular periods of
Shakespearean criticism. Perhaps Mr. Stopford southern history have appeared ; and it is prob-
Brooke would be satisfied if he were generally ably no exaggeration to say that the history of
esteemed to have added nothing at all. For it no other state has been so well written up as has
is clear that what he wants is not to make more the early period of South Carolina.
criticism or more scholarship, but to make his In Civil War and Reconstruction in Ala-
readers see that there is more in Shakespeare bama," a volume of over 800 pages, by Pro-
than they supposed. He puts aside critical fessor Walter L. Fleming, we have the most
apparatus and scholarly theory, and is content comprehensive and valuable work of the kind
simply with the plays. Perhaps he wrote this that has yet been written. It shows evidence
book not in a great library, not even in a well of intimate knowledge based on wide research,
provided study, but it may be out-doors is fair and judicial yet sympathetic in tone, and
with nothing but the plays and pencil and is altogether a most interesting picture of life
paper. He certainly might have done so.
in a southern state during and immediately fol-
The professional critic or Shakespearean lowing the Civil War. As a proper background
scholar is a little at sea with such treatment. for the study of the Civil War and Reconstruc-
He has not much to say: there is not much tion period, the author has described the society
to discuss or raise a dust about.
and institutions that were destroyed by the war.
you can disagree anywhere. I open at random The population of the state, its industries, the
and pretty soon read “ Orlando and Rosalind ! development of secession sentiment, the disrup-
could anyone desire to have more charming, tion of the religious denominations, the eman-
more sunshiny companions than these two en cipation sentiment in northern Alabama, are
chanting persons ? To live with them is to live some of the topics discussed. Then follows the
with moral beauty, but it is not a beauty which story of secession, the preparation for the com-
the pharisaic moralist will like at all.” I sup- ing struggle, military operations on Alabama
pose
I
may be something of a pharisaic moralist soil, the problems of conscription and exemp-
myself, for I never had any such feeling about tion, and the peace movement.
In northern
Rosalind and Orlando as Mr. Stopford Brooke Alabama, a region unconnected with the rest of
has ; so I might dissent from that dictum as the state by railroads and geographically a part
from many others in the book.
of Tennessee, the people were largely opposed
But agreement or disagreement in particulars to the war; and this locality became a nest of
is not the point. To make us see more in “ tories,” deserters, and “ mossbacks” from all
Shakespeare, that is the writer's desire. A bold over the South, and they caused the State and
undertaking, one will say, after a century of Confederate authorities no little trouble. Be-
devoted Shakespearean study, scholarship, crit- sides their opposition to the war, they com-
icism, appreciation. But in all that century mitted outrages on both Confederate and Union
there have been few books so single-minded as sympathizers and terrorized the country gener-
this.
CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION IN ALABAMA. By Walter
EDWARD E. HALE, JR.
Of course
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ally. For a time there was talk among them political machine, and the Ku Klux Klan, organ-
of seceding from Alabama, and, together with | ized among the southern whites for maintaining
the counties of East Tennessee, forming a new order, but which eventually degenerated into an
state with the name of Nick-a-Jack.
organization of persecution and murder. Inter-
Particularly instructive and fascinating is esting and unique is the author's description of
Professor Fleming's account of social and eco the effects of the Reconstruction policy upon
nomic conditions during the war: new industries the educational and religious life of the people.
created by the necessities of the war, blockade The State University was
The State University was “ radicalized” and
running and trading through the lines, the con practically broken up, and in many cases negro
duct of the slaves, educational activity, the churches were disrupted by differences of politi-
struggles of the newspapers to keep going, life cal opinion among the members.
on the farm, the hardships and destitution of Alabama was more fortunate than some of her
the families left behind, etc. The condition of southern sisters, notably Mississippi, Louisi-
the state at the close of the war, with its deserted ana, and South Carolina, — in escaping from the
and neglected farms, paralysis of business, worst evils of negro and Carpet-bag" rule; but
wrecked railroads, poverty-stricken people, law even as it was, no true American can read the
lessness and disorder, with demoralized negroes story without a sense of shame and humiliation.
roaming about the country testing their new There was not an honest white man living in
freedom and refusing to work, — these make a the state during Reconstruction, says Professor
picture which no one can now study without Fleming, nor a man, woman, or child, descended
profound sympathy. The reorganization of the from such a person, who did not then suffer,
state in accordance with the Johnson plan of or does not still suffer, from the direct results
Reconstruction, the overthrow of this plan by of “Carpet-bag" financiering.
Congress, the military régime, and the activity
JAMES WILFORD GARNER.
of the Freedmen's Bureau, are described with
detail. The author's judgment with regard to
the Freedmen's Bureau is that it did little good
and in many cases did much harm. The sub-
PRECEPTS FOR THE YOUNG, AND
ordinate agents in Alabama, he says, were mostly
REFLECTIONS FOR THE OLD.*
broken-down men who had failed at other under-
President King's new book could be described
takings, preachers with strong prejudices, and
the “dregs of a mustered-out army.” The insti-
as an inspiring guide to rational living, or a col-
tution in Alabama, he declares, was entirely
lection of amiable platitudes, according to the
It should be read especially by
point of view.
unnecessary
Cotton was worth fifty cents a
pound, and the extraordinary demand for labor
the young, for even the moderately old have not
guaranteed good treatment for the laborers. only heard the story before but, alas! they are
little able to profit by it, if they have neglected
Whatever suffering the blacks endured was
its teachings hitherto. Listen to this :
mainly due to their congregation in the towns
“Our intellectual as well as our moral day of grace
and to their own shiftlessness.
Through a gen-
is limited. It is of no use to rebel at the facts, it is
erous distribution of government rations they folly unspeakable to ignore them. We are becoming
soon came to entertain the belief that it was the bundles of habits. With every young person one must,
duty of “Uncle Sam ” to support them whether therefore, continually urge: Are you willing to retain
they worked or not. Finally, unscrupulous and
just the personal habits you have now? You cannot
designing officials took advantage of their posi- work. From your early morning toilet, through the
too quickly change them if you wish to make thorough
tion to make a political machine of the Bureau, care of your clothing and the order of your room, table
and instances were not lacking where they de manners, breathing, tone of voice, manner of talking,
frauded the credulous blacks by selling them
pronunciation, gesture, motion, address, study, to your
painted sticks which, they were told, entitled them
very way of sleeping at night - all your habits are
setting like plaster of Paris. Do you wish them to set
to forty acres of land of their own selection.
as they are?” (p. 62).
An interesting feature of Mr. Fleming's work
Excellent and pertinent advice this — for the
is an elaborate account of the various orders
young : but what about the poor old dogs who
and leagues which played an important part in
the life of the state during the Reconstruction
RATIONAL LIVING. Some Practical Inferences from Modern
Psychology. By Henry Churchill King. New York: The Mac-
period. The most notable of these were the
Union League, organized among the negroes by
LIFE AND RELIGION. An Aftermath from the Writings of the
Right Honorable Professor F. Max Müller. [Edited] by his wife.
northern white men, and which became a potent New York: Doubleday, Page & Co.
millan Co.


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ness
have learned about all the tricks they will ever Christian, he had become too intimate with the
know? They know, too well, their own frailties thoughts of other peoples, past and present, not
and inabilities; it is with them no longer a to regard their aspirations with sympathy and
question of what they may become, but of what appreciation. “ True Christianity, I mean the
they can do with such wits and strength as they religion of Christ, seems to me to become more
possess, in this wicked world.
and more exalted the more we know and the
“Clear and definite thinking, moreover, moves di more we appreciate the treasures of truth hidden
rectly and unhesitatingly toward its goal, and for that in the despised religions of the world” (p. 24).
very reason seems to be a distinct help to decisive action.
The first impression of the book is perhaps a
For all purposeful action involves the use of definite
means to definite ends. Definiteness in thinking, thus,
little disappointing ; because, from its necessa-
seems to be directly connected with decision in action, rily disjointed nature one does not instantly
and vagueness of thinking with indecision and weak- perceive the uniting thread. If a man is heard
(p. 121).
making statements about the Himalaya Moun-
Yes, indeed, poor old brain of mine! You and tains, or the Arctic regions, we are likely to
I have found that out these many years ago, give him scant attention, until some remark or
but have found, also, that it is not always easy expression betrays the fact that he has been
to see in a fog. Circumstances are sometimes there himself. So it is with Max Müller : many
too much, do what we will. But for the young, of his paragraphs sound much like the empty
could there be more admirable counsel ? Think professions of those who have learned such things
straight and hard, and rely upon your own wits! | by rote ; but one does not read far without find-
Resolve to become, and you will become, to a ing that the author speaks whereof he knows.
considerable extent! The day is young, and Everyone carries a grave of lost hope in his
the possibilities are great! (How fortunate it soul, but he covers it over with cold marble, or
is, that a new generation walks upon the stage with green boughs. On sad days one likes
every little while!)
to
go alone to this God's acre of the soul, and
All things considered, we must believe that
weep there, but only in order to return full of
President King's book will carry a real and comfort and hope to those who are left to us”
valuable message to those for whom it was in-
(p. 205). Ah yes ! good friend.
tended ; and if it seems to some barren of new No doubt the most significant message of the
thought, and not especially distinguished in book is contained in its interpretation of Chris-
style, these impressions should not be held to tianity. Max Müller believed himself to be a
condemn it; for they represent, as it were, only Christian in the fullest sense, and to me it seems
the back view of the edifice.
that he was wholly justified. Yet the orthodox,
so-called, will be horrified to read :
“Life and Religion " is a volume of extracts “ When we think of the exalted character of Christ's
from the writings of the late Professor Max teaching, may we not ask ourselves once more, What
Müller, selected and arranged by his wife. It would He have said if He had seen the fabulous stories
is not a controversial work, and should not be
of His birth and childhood, or if He had thought that
His Divine character would ever be made to depend on
treated as such ; rather, it is as though the
the historical truth of the Evangelia Infantiæ ? " (p. 27).
veteran humanist and philologist invited the If Jesus was not God, was He, they ask, a mere
reader to sit with him by the fireside, and there
A mere man ? Is there anything among the
confided to him the thoughts and aspirations
works of God, anything next to God, more wonderful,
which had guided his path during a long and
more awful, more holy than man? Much rather should
we ask, Was then Jesus a mere God ? ... A God is
successful life. Who would refuse such an
less than man. True Christianity does not degrade the
invitation ? Who would listen with other than Godhead, it exalts manhood, by bringing it back near
deferential, if not reverential, attention ? Pos to God” (p. 34).
sibly, on grounds of philosophy or science, or
· Then it is said, Is not Christ God? Yes, He is, but
in His own sense, not in the Jewish nor in the Greek
from the standpoint of our own religion, some
sense, nor in the sense which so many Christians attach
of the professor's ideas may be wrong; but to that article of their faith. Christ's teaching is that
what of that? His star served well to make his we are God, that there is in us something divine that
wagon go, and that to good purpose, and is we are nothing if we are not that. . . Let us bestow
entitled to our regard, if only for its past per-
all praise and glory on Christ as the best son of God.
.: Christ never calls Himself the Father, He speaks
formance. This very thought, indeed, is one of
of His Father with love, but always with humility and
those most cherished by Max Müller himself, reverence" (p. 21).
in relation to other peoples. Himself a true
T. D. A. COCKERELL.
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runner
enough. Peter is the embodiment of Antichrist in
RECENT FICTION.*
the eyes of the horror-stricken orthodoxy which he
The grandiose trilogy of “Christ and Antichrist," so recklessly defies. So in “The Death of the Gods”
as conceived in the teeming fancy of Mr. Dmitri Julian was Antichrist to the primitive church, and
Merejkowski, is now completed with the publication in “The Forerunner” Leonardo da Vinci was Anti-
of Peter and Alexis.” This work is possibly richer christ to the mediæval church. But is it the author's
in material than either of its predecessors, but its wish to enlist our sympathies on Peter's side as he
construction is so hopelessly chaotic as to preclude enlisted them on the side of the apostate and the
any serious claim to consideration as a work of art. artist? If this be the case, he has failed as signally
What we have is a formless aggregation of curious as he succeeded in the earlier volumes. Viewing
facts and pedantries illustrative of St. Petersburg in the trilogy as a whole, we must say that “The Fore-
the early eighteenth century, of the barbarism of a .” is immeasurably finer than either of the
people reluctantly turned toward civilization by the
other parts. Not merely is it wrought of metal more
masterful Tsar, and of strange medieval supersti- attractive, but in the manner of its workmanship it
tions mingled with wild religious vagaries. The figure also excels.
of Peter is dominant throughout, but it is a figure “On the Field of Glory,” by Mr. Henryk Sien-
of traits so contradictory that it assumes no definite kiewicz, breaks a silence of several years, during
outline in our imagination. As far as it may be which the distinguished Polish romancer has been
exhibited by a single quotation, it appears in this resting upon his well-earned laurels. It is a book
passage : “At six in the morning he began to dress. of about the dimensions of “ The Knights of the
Pulling on his stockings he noticed a hole; he sat Cross,” and deals with the period of John Sobieski
down, got a needle and a ball of wool, and began and the anxious years of the impending Turkish
darning. Ruminating about a road to India in the invasion. We confess to some disappointment upon
footsteps of Alexander of Macedonia, he darned his finding that the great victory of Sobieski is only
stockings.” Contrasted with the fiery and brutal foreshadowed in this narrative, instead of being
energy of Peter, we have the futility and degeneracy presented to us with the magnificent descriptive
of his weakling son, a maudlin character utterly power that the author knows how to apply to such
unequal to the responsibilities laid upon him. The situations; but perhaps he is keeping that theme in
action culminates with the terrific scene of torture reserve for a supreme effort. It is surely manifest
in which the life of Alexis is sacrificed to his father's destiny that he, and no other, should deal with it.
insensate rage. We say action, but of a truth The title of the present romance is thus a misnomer,
there is little action of any connected sort in the for the book ends before any of its characters have
work viewed as a whole; the treatment is episodical reached the field of glory," although they spend
and disjointed throughout. The author's immense much of their time in talking about it. In other
display of learning and his untamed vigor of de words, although the story has this background of
scription are made devoid of artistic effect by the patriotic expectancy, it is in reality a story of private
almost total absence of restraint and correlation. interest, a love-story of freshness and charm, a story
The result is absolutely bewildering. As in the pre of strange manners and exciting adventures.
ceding sections of this trilogy, the antithesis is plain Some of the younger Polish critics, it seems, have
PETER AND ALEXIS. The Romance of Peter the Great. By
been charging the Sienkiewicz school of fiction with
Dmitri Merejkowski. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
sterility, whereupon the leader of that school has
ON THE FIELD OF GLORY. An Historical Novel of the Time of
pointed to certain of his colleagues by way of refu-
King John Sobieski. By Henryk Sienkiewicz. Translated by
Jeremiah Curtin. Boston: Little, Brown, & Co.
tation, and particularly to Mr. Gasiorowski, whose
NAPOLEON's LOVE STORY. A Historical Romance. By Waclaw quality we may now appraise in “Napoleon's Love
Gasiorowski. Translated by the Count de Soissons. New York:
Story,” just translated into English. The author
THE CHERRY RIBBAND. By S. R. Crockett. New York: A. S. is a young man, and this romance is chiefly remark-
able for its length, caused by a remorseless spinning
A MAKER OF HISTORY. By E. Phillips Oppenheim. Boston:
Little, Brown, & Co.
out of dialogue and elaboration of descriptive detail,
THE FORD. By Arthur E. J. Legge. New York: John Lane Co. but it may, nevertheless, be read (or skimmed over)
MY FRIEND THE CHAUFFEUR. By C. N. and A. M. Williamson. with a fair degree of satisfaction. Its theme is
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co.
the episode of Napoleon's visit to Warsaw in 1807,
VIVIEN, By W. B. Maxwell. New York: D. Appleton & Co.
THE GREAT REFUSAL. By Maxwell Gray. New York: D.
and his resulting romantic attachment to Madame
Appleton & Co.
Walewska. The character of the heroine is depicted
THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN. By Booth Tarkington. New for us with much subtlety, while her imperial lover is
York: Harper & Brothers.
THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES. By Meredith Nichol-
the same familiar figure with which we have become
son. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co.
acquainted in other works of romantic invention.
HEART'S DESIRE. By Emerson Hough. New York: The Mac Mr. Crockett is a most indefatigable producer of
millan Co.
THE FAIR MAID OF GRAYSTONES. By Beulah Marie Dix. New
novels. His latest, “The Cherry Ribband,” is of a
York: The Macmillan Co.
piece with its predecessors; at least with those of its
BARBARA WINSLOW, REBEL. By Elizabeth Ellis. New York:
predecessors which find the author upon his native
Dodd, Mead & Co.
heath or in his native kail-yard or among his
THE WHEEL OF LIFE. By Ellen Glasgow. New York: Dou-
bleday, Page & Co.
native moss-hags,—and deals with the troublous times
E. P. Dutton & Co.
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of the Covenant. It has an abundance of stirring of William Black in this direction, we can think of
adventure, of duelling, fighting, and romance. The no others who have been quite as successful as Mr.
strong figure of Claverhouse appears upon the scene and Mrs. Williamson. And the fact that their trav-
from time to time, but plays no very conspicuous ellers have for a vehicle the modern motor-car instead
part in the action. Mr. Crockett is as good as ever of the antiquated phaeton gives to their narratives
in his characterization of eccentric Scotch types. the needed touch of timeliness. “My Friend the
The book deserves well of the reader, albeit it is Chauffeur" tells how an English baronet and an
little more than a replica of earlier ones.
Irish peer (in prospect) personally conduct a party
The Dogger Bank incident has been ingeniously of three female Americans through northern Italy
utilized by Mr. E. Phillips Oppenheim for his latest and into Dalmatia, harassed all the time by the atten-
fictive invention, “ A Maker of History.” It seems tions of an Austrian prince, who is the villain of the
that this was, after all, a deliberate attempt to force piece. (We wonder why it is that Austrian princes
England into war with Russia. A secret treaty had make such satisfactory villains.) The climax is
been concluded between the Tsar and the Kaiser reached in Montenegro, when the villain lures the
whereby the invasion of England was imminent. But heroine into a deserted house, and would force her
it so happened that a young Englishman, an innocent consent to a marriage. The marriage that really
tourist, was a witness of the meeting between the comes off is a different sort of affair, in which the
two monarchs, which was brought about by the con impoverished scion of the Irish nobility figures as
junction of two imperial trains, at a secluded point the leading man. A second marriage in prospect as
of the railway. Not only was the young English- the book closes is that of the baronet with the enfant
man there in hiding, but he became possessed of a terrible of the tale, who it seems is not a child at
page of the treaty itself, which was blown out of the all, but a maiden of seventeen, masquerading in short
window of the carriage in which the momentous clothes and long braids to oblige her mother, relict
agreement was drawn up. As he could not read of Simon P. Kidder, of Denver, U.S. A. This mother
German, he knew nothing of its significance, but has sentimental leanings toward the prince, despite
simply tucked it into his pocket. Afterwards he went whose villainy she turns a willing ear to his protes-
to Paris, talked innocently but indiscreetly about his tations. A peculiar feature of the story is that it is
adventure, and was promptly kidnapped. His sister told, in turn, by each of the five persons making up
went in search of him, and was also kidnapped. No the party in the motor-car. The attendant prince
harm was done them, but they remained in the alone has no chance to describe matters from his
custody of the French Secret Service in order that point of view, which is rather a pity.
the German Secret Service might not get hold of The name of “W. B. Maxwell” is non-committal
them. Next comes an English baronet, who sees as to sex, but “ Vivien” is a woman's novel. It is,
a photograph of the girl, falls in love with it, and moreover, one of the best novels that we have read
assumes the rôle of amateur detective. All the par for a long time, by a writer of either sex. Its ele-
ties concerned have adventures of the most surpris- ments are familiar enough -- the neglected girl, the
ing description, until the need for secrecy no longer dreary years at a cheap boarding-school, the heart-
exists, because the French government has check- breaking task of earning a living in a London shop,
mated Russia and Germany in their sinister game. the consequent privation, misery, and illness, the
Those who know Mr. Oppenheim's methods as a inevitable persecution by the wealthy libertine, and
novelist will hardly need to be informed that this the eventual rescue by the prince of her dreams.
stirring story is told with neatness and despatch. But despite the hackneyed nature of its plot, as thus
“The Ford,” by Mr. Arthur E. J. Legge, is a revealed in skeleton, the work has both originality
quiet story of English life, illustrating the relations and distinction. The interest is so varied, the nar-
between two families - one of aristocratic and an rative so broadly humanized, the delineation of char-
cient lineage, the other the social outcome of that acter so true and fine, that our attention is com-
well-known product, Harrold's Household Soap. The pletely absorbed from first to last. The spirits of
parvenu becomes the neighbor of the lord, and a tenderness and pity brood over it, and the recurrent
ford across the stream which flows by their estates note of forgiveness, however seemingly dark the sin,
provides a convenient subject of dispute. It is a adds a divine touch to the work. And a very serious
Montague and Capulet affair, but turns out happily work it is, although animated in its movement, a
in a way, although the most sympathetic character work that sounds the depths of the human mystery,
in the novel is drowned while crossing the ford, and and confronts the reader with the darkest riddles of
we shall never feel quite sure that the heroine ought life. Having these qualities, it is matter for satis-
not to have married him instead of the scion of the faction that the story is told upon a generous scale
enemy's stock. The book is simple and genuine, and - there are more than six hundred pages — and
its style has the touch of poetic distinction to be gives us comprehensive studies of character and situ-
expected of a writer who has also won the laurels of ation rather than the glimpses afforded by the im-
a singer of songs.
pressionist. Such a novel is like an oasis in the
The trick of making an interesting novel out of desert to the weary reviewer, and rewards him for
the incidents that make up the life of a party of much toiling through the arid wastes of popular
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A singularly charming and appealing book is Mr. Hough's “ Heart's Desire" is a book some-
“The Great Refusal,” by the novelist who calls thing like Mr. Wister's "The Virginian,” and quite
herself “ Maxwell Gray.” It assumes, to be sure, as much or as little of a story. Heart's Desire is a
something too much of the character of a sociological remote mountain settlement of the southwest, hav-
tract in the closing chapters, and is based upon over ing for its population one doctor, two lawyers, a few
wrought sentiment rather than upon any practical cowboys and miners, and no women. Its entire cir-
form of idealism, but is nevertheless so fine in motive culating medium amounts to about three hundred
and so graceful in diction that criticism is measure dollars, which frequently changes hands, and now
ably disarmed. The "great refusal” is made by the and then, by the fortunes of the game, is temporarily
hero, who renounces wealth and position to become collected in the pockets of some one citizen. The
a common workingman, and eventually embarks in story begins with the advent of the first woman, and
a socialistic venture having for its object the estab in subsequent chapters are chronicled the beginnings
lishment of a Utopian commonwealth in Africa. of litigation, art, music, and other accessories of civ-
These are not his only sacrifices, for love also is ilization. Presently a corporation comes with a rail-
cast aside, and it is not until the end of much suf road in its gift, and what continuity of interest the
fering that his early passion is replaced by one fixed story has centres about the project. The book has
upon far surer foundations. The characterization is both sentiment and humor, both after the fashion
excellent, alike of the two women, the devoted hero, long ago set by Bret Harte, and makes a brave pre-
and his masterful father, whose money seems to tence at showing that a free life under these primi-
the son too tainted for legitimate enjoyment. Nor tive conditions is much better worth having than the
is the hero in any sense depicted for us as a prig trammelled existence of more settled communities.
or a weakling, but rather as a genial, athletic, and The argument is sufficiently persuasive to compel
altogether wholesome specimen of the best English temporary assent, and that is all the story needs for
manhood. The style of the novel, also, is natural as its sympathetic enjoyment. There can be no doubt
to dialogue, and charmingly allusive as to description. that it is enjoyable, and that Mr. Hough has sur-
“ The Conquest of Canaan" is a thoroughly read passed his best previous efforts for our entertainment.
able book, made so by its genial description of vil Miss Beulah Dix is an accomplished artificer of
lage types of character, and enough of a story to historical romance, and has worked successfully in
make the chapters hang together. Canaan is in
the material offered by seventeenth-century England
Indiana, and it is conquered by the town ne'er-do and America, by puritans in Massachusetts, and by
well, who seems to have in him all the makings of the conflict of roundhead with cavalier. It is to the
a vagabond; but who instead develops strength and latter phase of her activity that “The Fair Maid of
determination. This transformation of an outcast Graystones " belongs, and the book turns out to be
into a leading citizen is sketched with considerable a very pretty story indeed. Besieged Colchester has
skill, and incidental humor is not lacking. A very just fallen into the hands of the parliamentary army,
pretty love story adds warmth and romantic color and one of the consequences is that Jack Hethering-
ing to this the latest of Mr. Tarkington's pleasant ton becomes a royalist prisoner. Then follows a sur-
inventions.
prising series of adventures for this engaging hero,
« The House of a Thousand Candles " is a house brought about by the fact that he is taken for a cousin
of mystery situated somewhere in the depths of of the same name, and thereby becomes responsible
Indiana. It has secret panels and subterranean pas for
many
villainies laid to the charge of that unwor-
sages, and the departed owner is reputed to have thy person. How he clears himself from this tangle
concealed vast treasures somewhere within it. This it is the business of the novelist to unfold, and she
makes it an object of burglarious enterprise on the does it without straining our sensibilities more than
part of the surrounding population, and the coming is strictly necessary for the purposes of a full-grown
of the new owner, to whom the house with all its
The historical substratum of the tale is of
contents has been left, is by no means a popular the thinnest, and chiefly takes the form of a conven-
happening. This owner is a young man of roving tional reflection of the manners and speech of the time.
disposition, to whom the property has been left “ Barbara Winslow, Rebel,” by Miss Elizabeth
under singular conditions, one of which is that he Ellis, is another historical romance with an English
shall make it his residence, and not leave it for a setting, its scene being laid just after the defeat of
full year. Since his life is attempted on the
very
first Monmouth at Sedgemoor. Here we have a fascina-
day of his arrival, the prospect is at least exciting. ting heroine, arrested for harboring rebels, and a
But he
game,
an sets about solving the mys victim of Jeffrey and the Bloody Circuit. Sentenced
tery for himself. Presently, an interesting romance to a brutal punishment, she is saved by one of the
develops, the other person concerned being an in- king's officers, who thereby becomes himself a rebel,
mate of a neighboring school for girls. Startling
Startling and the two take flight together. They are clearly
episodes occur in swift succession, the machinations in love with one another to any eyes but their own,
of all the villains are thwarted, the romance comes
but the inevitable misunderstanding supervenes,
to a happy conclusion, and in the end we have the holding them at arm's length through the requisite
greatest surprise of all, which it would be heartless number of chapters. Barbara is a young woman of
of us to reveal.
the pert and proud type so dear to the romantic
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heart, and her soldier lover has the complementary incorporated into Austria. For three centuries the
virtues that the situation requires. The story has potentates of Europe were accustomed to ask, “What
been told, essentially, a hundred times before in as action shall we take in Italy?” During the greater
many different guises, but it usually makes a pretty part of the eighteenth century, Italy was at the dis-
one, and in this case no complaint may be made of posal of Europe, furnishing a country wherein conven-
it for lack of interest or excitement.
ient principalities were found for throneless princes.
We are pot altogether satisfied that Miss Glasgow In twenty-one years, Sicily changed masters four
should again have deserted her native heath (if a times ; Parma, three times in seventeen years. Napo-
Virginia plantation may be thus designated) for leon I. created a kingdom in Northern Italy. In 1815
the allurements of the metropolis and its so-called the peninsula was again divided among princes, and
“society.” As we said of “The House of Mirth,” it was dominated over by Austria. Not until 1860
is next to impossible to make a story of human interest was the kingdom of Italy finally established by
out of the vapid and insolent life of the idle rich, and Victor Emmanuel, King of Piedmont. Ten years
even the delicate art of Mrs. Wharton was balked in later, the State of the Church disappeared from the
the effort. Now Miss Glasgow's art, although pos map of Italy, and “United Italy” was perfected.
sibly stronger, is less delicate, and by so much she During the polyarchy, Italy was the cradle of the
has been even less successful than the writer with Renaissance in art, in letters, in diplomatic institu-
whose latest work “The Wheel of Life" is brought tions, in banking, and in commerce. It would appear
into inevitable comparison. We may say in behalf an extraordinarily ambitious undertaking to write
of the newer novel that it offers us at least one the history of such a country and its people in a sin-
fine character in the person of its hero, who is in gle volume; yet Mrs. Augusta Hale Gifford, in her
“society” but not of it, and another of strong but “ Italy, her People and their Story” (Lothrop Pub-
elusive charm in the person of the woman poet lishing Company), has not only furnished a worthy
whose apparition haunts many of the pages. But companion volume to her deservedly popular “Ger-
as compared with “ The Deliverance,” for example, many, her People and their Story,” but has suc-
this work is an inferior production.
ceeded in giving a readable account of the people
WILLIAM MORTON PAYNE. who have occupied the peninsula from Roman times
down to the present day, throughout all the vicissi-
tudes of their political goverment, - a people who
have been distinguished in the fields of art, letters,
music, and government. Very naturally, the first part
BRIEFS ON NEW BOOKS.
of the work (about 400 pages ) is largely drawn from
"Lone mother
The peninsula to which the name of Gibbon's “ Decline and Fall," and brings the history
of dead
Italy has been given for long ages down to the time of Theodoric. A single chapter
empires."
presents some of the most compli of the second part serves for the course of history
cated problems in historical geography of all the from Theodoric to Charlemagne, more than five cen-
continent of Europe. Consolidated under the Roman turies. Nine chapters serve for the interesting but
rule in the early half of the third century, B. C., the complicated history of the country to the Napoleonic
peninsula was visited and pillaged by almost all of era. From 1792 to the present time, the most
the barbarians in the early Christian centuries. The interesting period, during which time the “ Italian
Ostrogoths occupied it in the fifth century, A. D., Question was continually before the world, the
until Justinian obtained possession and reëstablished history is given with considerable attention to de-
the Roman Empire there. It became an exarchate tails, and altogether the volume is of exceptional
of the Byzantine Empire about the middle of the value both from its historical accuracy and its pop-
sixth century, and a few years later the Lombards ular style. - Mr. Henry Dwight Sedgwick, in his
wrested it from the Empire. By the Treaty of Verdun, “Short History of Italy” (Houghton, Mifflin & Co.),
in 843, it was separated from the Western Empire, has not undertaken such an ambitious task as Mrs.
and in the tenth century it was united to Germany in Gifford's. He takes up the history in the year
476
the empire then formed. The Papal State then es and closes with the last year of the nineteenth cen-
tablished proved a bar to complete Italian nationality tury. He has a good sense of proportion, and good
until very recent times, and from that time until the ideas of historical perspective; he writes in a vivid
nineteenth century polyarchy existed in Italy. From style, and possesses a keen sense of humor which
the tenth to the thirteenth century, feudal principal contributes not a little to the entertaining quality of
ities and republics were established; and most of the his book. Altogether, his volume, by no means as
republics were transformed into principalities before small as its name might indicate, is entitled to a
the end of the Middle Ages. In the fifteenth century, | place in the front rank of “short histories.” A
Milan, Florence, the Papal State, the oligarchic Re- chronological table of the Popes and Emperors, a
public of Venice, and the Kingdom of Naples, formed genealogical table of the Medici, a skeleton table of
a pentarchy. The Normans conquered the southern the Kings of the Two Sicilies, and an admirably
part of the peninsula and established the Kingdom of selected list of books for general reading, give Mr.
the Two Sicilies. France and Spain at times had Sedgwick’s volume permanent value as a book of
possessions in Italy, and a large portion was once reference.


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The foremost
English thinker
from Bacon
to Hume.
cance
In writing of a man whose thorough is a mighty panorama, this, which the study of the
going egoism was tempered by none feelings and thoughts of Germany, first oppositionist,
too benevolent a spirit, and whose then revolutionary, between 1815 and 1848, unrolls
chief claim to influence upon contemporary English to our view.” And it grows ever in interest, up to
thought was his power to arouse opposition, it is per the culminating scene of 1848, when “ a long shud-
haps not unnatural that the biographer's tone should der (of pain and at the same time of relief) passed
contain a note of defense. Sir Leslie Stephen, who through the whole of Germany. It was as if a win-
has written life of Thomas Hobbes for the “En dow had been opened, and air had reached the lungs
glish Men of Letters” series (Macmillan), evidently of Europe.” This year of “great spiritual signifi-
felt that his subject was in need of appreciation, is in literature “ the red line of separation
and that the reading public ought to become better that divides our century and marks the beginning
acquainted with “the most conspicuous English of a new era.” It is difficult to keep within bounds
thinker in the whole period between Bacon and our admiration for the energy, the insight, and the
Hume.” Hobbes belonged distinctly to the period profound philosophical basis of this master-work of
in which he lived, and is indeed a product of it. Out criticism. A single pregnant sentence may be quoted
of its spirit of scientific investigation grew his ma from the final chapter: "Between the
years
1830 and
terialism; out of the disturbed political situation in 1840 something has been happening quietly, deep
England grew his famous theory of sovereignty as down in men's minds — Goethe's poetry and Goethe's
embodied in “ The Leviathan"; and out of these philosophy of life, at first championed exclusively
conditions, added to the struggle between Church and by enthusiastic women, have been steadily gaining
State, grew his somewhat strange conception of mo influence over the cultivated, making them proof
rality. His present biographer tells us that he had against theological impressions but receptive to all
“ formed and begun to execute a remarkable plan. great human ideas. The cult of Goethe leads by
He intended, like a sound logician, to lay down the degrees, even in the case of women, to the cult of
first principles of scientific inquiry, to apply them to political liberty and social reform.” The impact
what we should now call psychology, setting forth of this work upon the alert minds to which it came
the laws of human nature, and finally to found upon in the seventies, both as an inspiration and as a
this basis a science corresponding to modern soci- trumpet-call to renewed spiritual endeavor, may best
ology." His point of view is essentially scientific; be illustrated by what Dr. Ibsen wrote the author
the method of Euclid impressed and influenced him just after the appearance of the first volume. “I
greatly, as did also the fact that the one universal must turn to what has lately been constantly in my
phenomenon is motion. Since he developed all his thoughts, and has even disturbed my sleep. I have
conclusions from “undeniable first principles” (as read your Lectures. No more dangerous book could
he called them), we are tempted to look forward fall into the hands of a pregnant poet. It is one of
and arbitrarily class him with the later continental those works which place a yawning gulf between
rationalists. His actual physical speculations, admits yesterday and to-day. After I had been in Italy,
his biographer, can have no interest except as speci- I could not understand how I had been able to exist
mens of early guessing, and his theology is practi- before I had been there. In twenty years, one will
cally of no value. But his political theory is by no not be able to comprehend how spiritual existence
means so easily disposed of, and stands out, even at home was possible before these lectures. . . . Your
to-day, coherent and logical. Sir Leslie Stephen has book is not a history of literature according to the
summarized it with care and precision, and has dis old ideas, nor is it a history of civilization. I will
cussed it with interest.
not trouble to find a name for what it really is. It
Literary Ger With the publication of "Young Ger-
reminds me of the gold-fields of California when
the early
many" (Macmillan), the sixth volume they were first discovered, which either made mil-
lionares of men or ruined them.”
19th century. of the "Main Currents in Nineteenth
Century Literature,” by Dr. Georg Brandes, the task
“Louisiana, a Record of Expansion ”
of presenting that great critical work to English
is the title of the latest issue in the
readers is completed. The task has been long-
commonwealth. useful “ American Commonwealths
delayed, and its full accomplishment is a noteworthy series (Houghton, Mifflin & Co.). The author, Mr.
event. Although the average age of the six volumes Albert Phelps, a native of New Orleans, has based
is upwards of thirty years, their vitality has suffered his entire narrative upon a close study of the origi-
little impairment with the lapse of time, and we may nal sources of Louisiana history, and the result is a
read them to-day with almost the zest with which very good account of the position that Louisiana has
we made their acquaintance in the seventies. The occupied in the history of American settlement and
period of this concluding volume of the work lies the expansion of American institutions. It is worthy
between the Congress of Vienna and the great rev of note that throughout the work two important points
olutionary years of the mid-century. Heine is the are emphasized : the significance of the Mississippi
central figure in this act of the literary drama, Valley in the history of American development; and
while among the lesser performers are Börne, Hegel, the effect of negro slavery and its aftermath upon
Menzel, Immermann, Gutzkow, and Freiligrath. “It political and social problems. In developing the im-
many in
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portance of Louisiana as the key to the Mississippi The frescoes in the transept of the lower church at
basin, Mr. Phelps gives a full and interesting descrip- Assisi, which have been ascribed to Giotto by some of
tion of the French and the Spanish domination over the best authorities, he puts aside as not genuine, with-
the lower Mississippi Valley, the continual pressure out adequate discussion. He ignores not only the
of the Anglo-Americans against the southwestern little panels in Munich, which have been seriously as-
frontier, and the final annexation and absorption of cribed to the great Florentine, but also the “Presen-
the territory into the Union. The absolute neces tation" of Mrs. Gardner's collection in Boston, and
sity, political, commercial, and geographical, of the the Giotto-like frescoes in San Antonio at Padua.
possession of the Mississippi valley to the states of Added to this he casts suspicion upon the genuine-
the North is shown to have been one of the fatal ness of Giotto's altar-piece in the Louvre, without
causes of weakness to the Confederacy. On slavery giving adequate reasons for such doubt. It would seem
and the problems growing out of it, especially as com that the author lacks the trained eye and mind of the
plicated by Louisiana conditions, the author writes connoisseur, since he bases his conclusions upon the
with full knowledge and keen insight. The institu content of the pictures rather than upon that which
tion of negro slavery and its effects are traced from forms the true basis of discriminating criticism — the
colonial times to the present day. Like others details of technique and of style. Yet after all has
who have studied the race-question thoroughly, Mr. been said, this is, within its limitations, a good book.
Phelps has come to the conclusion that there “never Mr. De Selincourt very properly gives most space to
was a negro problem,” but that the mulatto is the his description of Giotto's panels in the sacristy of St.
really important factor in the so-called race problem, Peters, and of his great frescoes at Assisi, at Flor-
the black negro seldom or never being troublesome ence, and at Padua. His comments upon Ruskin's
unless made so temporarily by white or mulatto criticism of the Paduan frescoes are excellent. He
leaders. As to the future of the negro, the author loves his subject, and his enthusiasm, which is prop-
thinks that it is by no means assured; the negro finds erly tempered, is just what is needed to inspire the
it increasingly difficult to compete with the better reader with a desire to know more of the great Flor-
equipped white man in the struggle for existence.entine and his art. The prominence which the author
A fact set forth in this account, not generally known, gives to the subject-matter of the pictures, together
is that the Spanish rule over Louisiana was much with the literary flavor of much of his writing, makes
better than that of France, and better than the early his book an excellent popular introduction to the art
American administration in the territory. Seldom of Giotto.
of Giotto. So used, the text, accompanied as it is
remembered, also, is the fact that in the American with many excellent illustrations, should prove of
Revolution material assistance was given by Louisi- much value to beginners in the study of art, and may
ana to the revolting colonies. Other phases of state serve them better than would many a more scientific
history to which some attention is devoted are the but less enthusiastic work.
gradual fusion of nationalities after the annexation,
Miss G. E. Mitton's volume on “ Jane
the Burr intrigue and the War of 1812, the troubles English life and
Austen and her Times” (Putnam)
leading to secession, the Civil War period, the Butler
Austen's time.
is another attempt to piece out the
régime in New Orleans, and the Reconstruction of
the state from 1862 to 1876. The account of the
very uneventful story of Miss Austen's life with
Reconstruction, though brief, is the first satisfactory
an account of her eighteenth-century environment.
The few facts of her life have all been told
treatment of that tumultuous epoch in Louisiana
many
history. Particularly useful is the examination and
times before, and her friends and the places she
evaluation of the testimony taken by the various com-
visited have all been fully described. So Miss
mittees of Congress that investigated conditions in
Mitton goes still further afield, making Jane Austen
that unhappy state between 1866 and 1876, during simply a good excuse for a rambling, discursive,
the reign of the mulatto and the “carpet-bagger.”
but not uninteresting account of the manners and
The book closes with a short
customs of her day. This she
survey,
will
of
argues,
survey present con-
ditions in the commonwealth.
be of especial value inasmuch as Miss Austen her-
self, in her novels and her letters alike, makes so
A life of Giotto, by Mr. Basil de few references to the great events or the ephemeral
A good popular
introduction to Selincourt, is a recent addition to that interests that environed her. So Miss Mitton tells
the art of Giotto. admirable series, “The Library of us how Jane travelled, and how she might have
Art" (imported by Scribner). Its author, in follow travelled if she had ventured on to the Continent,
ing the older traditional views, stands at variance what she studied at school, how clergymen like her
with such modern critics as Perkins and Berenson. father were regarded, what people ate in those days
This fact is evident in his remarks on the Roman and what they wore, how they managed the serv-
school of painters of the thirteenth and fourteenth ant question, and how they escaped paying postage.
centuries and its relation to Giotto, as well as in his Her contemporary authors get a chapter; so does
treatment of the chronology of the master's works. the British navy, apropos of her two brothers' con-
His arguments are not always the soundest, nor is his nection with it. We are told how Jane and her
criticism as discriminating as it might be. Moreover, heroines liked Bath, what adventures they had at
liis treatnient of the whole subject lacks thoroughness. | Southampton, and what Jane saw and might have
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Mr. Birrell's
essays.
seen in her visits to London. “Society and Love during the past century in matters referring to the
making" is the title of a chapter describing the welfare of the laborer and artisan. Even to those
balls and routs of the time, telling of the exag best acquainted with the efforts that are being made
gerated head-dresses of the ladies, the gloves they for better conditions of labor and of housing, much
saved so carefully for the minuet, and the money
of Mr. Meakin's material will be entirely new, re-
they lost at cards. It ends with a circumstantial markable, and encouraging. Especially interesting
account of all Jane's love affairs, viewed in the light is the well-supported statement that the merchants
of the theories of love which her novels seem to and manufacturers who have led the movement for
enunciate. There are copious extracts from the industrial betterment have done so as business men
novels and from Jane's letters, as well as from the and not as philanthropists, and the corollary that
standard biographies. But if the present work does | improved living and working opportunities have been
not attain to, or claim, much originality, it is a clever the cause and not the result of increased business
and readable compilation, with something about it success. Mr. Meakin's book is divided into two parts,
of the sprightly freshness of Miss Austen's own work. the first section dealing largely with the elementary
Twenty illustrations reproduce portraits of the Aus efforts made by manufacturers whose buildings were
ten family and some of their friends, and scenes of situated in the centres of cities toward ameliorating
contemporary life as some of the eighteenth century the conditions of light, air, sanitation, dining facili-
artists have depicted it.
ties, and recreation; and with the efforts, more inher-
ently successful, of those who had recognized the
Mr. Augustine Birrell's latest volume, underlying principle that cheap land, away from the
More of
“ In the Name of the Bodleian
heart of the city, in a district that might be suitably
(Scribner), is characteristically full of surrounded by the homes of the workingmen, was
quaint fancies, brilliant sallies of wit and humor, the essential for real improvement. The number and
keenly-calculated judgments of men and things, and
importance of the factories in America, England, and
an erudition that pointedly avoids beaten highways to on the Continent that have taken advantage of im-
cull its treasures from odd nooks and dusty corners. proved traffic facilities to avail themselves of country
Mr. Birrell is a book-worm, but he rides his hobby sites will be only less surprising than the photographs
so gaily, with such a vivid appreciation of all the shown to illustrate the combined beauty and economy
more human relations of life, that others besides which is the result. The second half of Mr. Meakin's
book-worms find him suggestive and sympathetic. book deals with “Industrial Housing,” and is prac-
The title-essay, a delightful account of the foundatically a supplement to the first part, since it illus-
tion and history of the great Oxford library, has for trates the success which manufacturers have had, in
its occasion the financial straits of that institution.
their various and varied schemes, toward surround-
The paper on
“First Editions is a sensible and ing their workshops with ideal villages. The whole
amusing comment on the controversy between the book is strongly indicative of the trend toward
collector and the man who scoffs at him; and “Bos cooperation that modern industry is taking.
well as Biographer” is an analysis of Macaulay's
and Carlyle's respective estimates of " Bozzy,” unin-
A dictionary
To be honest, as Hamlet remarks, is
spired by the publication of any more modern opin of famous to be one man out of ten thousand.
Americans.
ion. But generally the point of departure is a new
To be famous in the United States
book or a new edition. In “Hannah More Once was of the same degree of rarity a few years ago,
More " Mr. Birrell seizes the opportunity afforded
when the first issue of “Who's Who in America”
him by the publication of Marion Harland's biogra- appeared. One out of five thousand is the present
phy to
nak an engaging apology for that other ratio, which should still be reasonably satisfactory
essay in which he rudely related how he buried Miss
to the one.
In other words, the eight thousand bi-
More's works, in nineteen calf-bound volumes, in his ographies of the first edition have become sixteen
garden. A laudatory life of Tom Paine, by Mr. thousand in the fourth, now at hand from the house
Moncure D. Conway, leads to a vigorous analysis
of Messrs. A. N. Marquis & Co. This volume, like
of Paine's peculiar genius, and the republication of
its predecessors, has been compiled and edited by
Matthew Arnold's “Friendship’s Garland” to a
Mr. John W. Leonard. A new feature is provided
trenchant description of “Our Great Middle Class.” | by the inclusion of brief references to those men-
The subjects are of a more special interest, the treat tioned in the earlier issues, who have since died.
ment correspondingly slighter and more casual, than There are more than two thousand closely-printed
in the “Obiter Dicta"; but the new volume has its pages in the present volume. We have exhausted
full share of the fine flavor imparted by Mr. Birrell our vocabulary in testifying to the usefulness of this
to everything he touches.
work in connection with the earlier editions, and will
only repeat the simple statement that it is invaluable.
Improving the
Mr. Budgett Meakin is the author of We particularly commend to the attention of judi-
workingman's
a book on
“Model Factories and Vil cious readers the preface, which is a highly enter-
surroundings.
lages” (A. Wessels Co.), which con taining essay. We may read therein, for example,
tains an immense amount of information, both inter of the clannish individual who submitted the names
esting and instructive, in regard to the progress made of thirty-three of his relations as suitable for inclu-


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us.
sion, of the female "grafter” who offered (for a of knowledge, he is not, even in his “ History of Modern
consideration ) to secure recognition for unsuspected Philosophy,” distinctly lucid and simple. And in this
genius, and of the unpublished poet whose "blank new volume, an abstract discussion of abstract princi-
(not to say blankety-blank) verse” about Lincoln ples, his style carries him beyond the possibility of ac-
was offered in evidence that the writer belonged companiment by the layman. But since the book is, in
among the imınortals. For these, and other delightful teachers of philosophy, its usefulness will not be much
the nature of the case, intended for philosophers and
matters, we thank Mr. Leonard, aside from his ser impaired by its abstruseness.
vices in providing the harassed editor with an indis-
A little manual dealing with the life and art of Ra-
pensable book of reference.
phael has been prepared for the use of art students by
Some American
A collection of brief biographical Mrs. Julia Cartwright Ady, and is issued as the four-
women of a sketches, characterized by a real in-
teenth volume of the « Popular Library of Art" (Dut-
by-gone day.
terest of subject matter and a pleas-
ton). Mrs. Ady is accustomed to the preparation of far
more elaborate studies than this, but she uses the smaller
antly unconventional manner of treatment, is Mr.
space at her command with much discrimination, writ-
Seth Curtis Beach's “ Daughters of the Puritans' ing what is, within its limited compass, a singularly
(American Unitarian Association). Catherine Maria complete account of the character and development of
Sedgwick, Mary Lowell Ware, Lydia Maria Child, Raphael's work. She is of course thoroughly familiar
Dorothea Lynde Dix, Margaret Fuller, Harriet with modern critical opinion, and as far as it goes her
Beecher Stowe, and Louisa M. Alcott are the par-
work is exact and scholarly. Fifty reproductions of the
ticular women about whom Mr. Beach has chosen to
artist's work illustrate the volume.
write. Of nearly every one of them an authoritative Mr. John Sampson has edited for the Oxford Univer-
biography or memoir of some sort has been written, sity Press (Henry Frowde) “The Poetical Works of
William Blake.” This is a new and verbatim text from
and one purpose of these essays is to call attention
to the more elaborate studies and to stimulate interest
the manuscript, engraved, and letter press originals,”
and includes, by way of apparatus, both variorum read-
in them. One of the interesting disclosures of these
ings and bibliographical material. The text of Blake has
sketches, which are studies of personality rather than been so overlain with the emendations of (not always
more formal and studied biography, is the picture judicious) editors that its restoration was highly desir-
of the early nineteenth century which they inciden able, and this Mr. Sampson has scrupulously done for
tally convey. Life was very simple in those far-off Punctuation is all that this editor has ventured to
days, and literature, too, was simple and unsophis- add to Blake's originals, and this could hardly have been
ticated; but neither life nor literature ever lacked omitted. We cannot be too grateful for this beautiful
serious inspiration. Nearly every author was also a
and scholarly edition of the great mystic.
reformer, with a pet cause to write for and to work
Poetry, romance, art, architecture, history of wars
for in other ways. Probably few of Mr. Beach's
between individuals, factions, and races, all these play
readers will care to read a book about each of the
their part in Mrs. Janet Ross's “ Florentine Palaces and
their Stories ” (Dutton). Mrs. Ross has every qualifi-
seven women with whom he deals; but there is not
cation for writing a book of this kind. Herself a resident
one in the list about whom good Americans should
of Florence for thirty-five years, and an associate of its
be willing to remain in complete ignorance.
best citizens, familar with all their traditions and customs,
and moreover a diligent student of their archives, she
has compiled a book which takes precedence of any other
BRIEFER MENTION.
in the same field. The number of palaces described is
seventy-six. A very complete index renders the mass of
Mr. Ernest Newman's volume of “Musical Studies" tradition available for ready reference, and the illustra-
(John Lane Co.) is made up largely of critical essays tions from drawings by Miss Adelaide Marchi help to
previously printed in the leading American musical and make up an exceedingly attractive volume.
literary journals. The six chapters in the book are de Seven new volumes have recently been added to the
voted to « Berlioz, Romantic and Classic,” « Faust in well-known “ Newnes’ Art Library” (Warne). These
Music,” “Programme Music,” “Herbert Spencer and are bound uniformly with the rest of the series, in boards
the Origin of Music,” “Maeterlinck and Music,” and with cloth back, gilt lettered. Each volume contains a
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Newman's groupings of principles and motives are on a tone plates, and a brief textual comment. A number
broad and comprehensive scale, and are free from the of the half-tones in the volume on Rossetti are made
ambiguity that mars so many works on musical criticism. more effective by being mounted on rough grey mats.
Professor Harald Höffding's “ The Problems of Phil Mr. Ernest Radford furnishes the text for this volume,
osophy” (Macmillan) is not an abridgment of the au and Mr. Malcolm Bell writes of Titian, Mr. P. G.
thor's philosophical theories, but rather a defence of the Konody of Filippino Lippi, Mrs. Arthur Bell of Tinto-
four problems that he holds to be the basis of philo-retto, Mr. Arsène Alexandre of Puvis de Chavannes,
sophical thought, namely: The problem of the nature of Mr. Henry Miles of “ The Later Work of Titian," and
consciousness (the psychological problem), the problem Mr. J. Ernest Phythian of “ The Pre-Raphaelite Bro-
of the validity of knowledge (the logical problem), the therhood.” These introductory sketches are largely bio-
problem of the nature of being (the cosmological prob- | graphical, except the last-named, which is an exposition
lem), and the problem of value (the moral and religious of the motives and relative positions of Madox Brown,
problem). While Professor Höffding is one of the most Holman-Hunt, Millais, and Rossetti. Beginners in art
thoughtful and learned scholars in his particular branch study will especially appreciate this very attractive series.


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NOTES.
“ Sermon Briefs,” by Henry Ward Beecher, is pub-
lished at the Pilgrim Press, New York. It consists of
transcriptions from Beecher's manuscript notes made for
sermons preached during the years 1864–5.
Attention having been newly recalled to “ Die Waf-
fen Nieder," the historical romance of the Baroness von
Suttner, by the recent award of the Nobel peace prize,
Messrs. A. C. McClurg & Co. now republish their trans-
lation of the work, as made by Mrs. Alice Asbury
Abbott many years ago. This version is entitled “Ground
Arms,” which is both idiomatic and exact.
“Model English Prose," compiled by Professor
George R. Carpenter, and published by the Macmillan
Co., is a volume of selections for the use of secondary
schools. The selections are not only representative of
their authors and periods, but are also extremely inter-
esting on their own account, and it is seldom that we
are offered a school-book which so completely deserves
to be described as good reading.
The English “Who's Who” for 1906, published by
the Macmillan Co., calls for about the same sort of
comment as previous issues. There are many new
biographies, and the selection of American names is as
capricious as ever. Removal of many tables to the
companion “Who's Who Year Book” has kept the work
within practicable dimensions, although the biographies
now fill nearly two thousand pages.
Encouraged by the success which attended the publi-
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autour de ma Chambre "in the series of Riverside Press
Editions, Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. will shortly
bring out Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's “ Paul et Virginie
in the French text of the original first edition. The new
edition will be set in type of the Didot style, imported
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of the engravings in the first French edition. These
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A delightful book of recollections, whose intrinsic charm is as great as its literary and critica
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An interpretation of Japanese character, by one of the most talented of living Japanese. Articles
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CONCERNING PAUL AND FIAMMETTA By L. ALLEN HARKER
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The experiences of a group of wholesome, natural, and delightfully amusing children,
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An illuminating and thought-provoking exposition of certain phases of the Far Eastern
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THE DAWN OF A TOMORROW
By FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT
“Glad's cheerfle' philosophy is sure to become contagious.. 'If things ain't cheerfle, people's got to be,' and other
sayings of Mrs. Burnett's quaint little gutter-snipe heroine are likely to pass into common quotation. The story is
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kind."- New York Globe.
Illustrated in color. $1.00.
THE PRISONER OF
ORNITH FARM
By FRANCES POWELL, author of “The House on
the Hudson."
The dramatic story of a unique imprisonment, under
the most remarkable conditions, near New York. The
unusual characters and the surprising idea of the plot
make a startling and yet convincing story.
$1.50.
THE DAY-DREAMER
Being the Full Narrative of "The Stolen
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By JESSE LYNCH WILLIAMS
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a genius who was a newspaper man of action. The love
story and a lively political intrigue lead up to a most
original climax.
$1.25.
BOB AND THE GUIDES
By MARY R. S. ANDREWS
The entertaining adventures of an original small boy and
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THE LAST SPIKE
AND OTHER RAILROAD STORIES
By CY WARMAN
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plot of the stories.
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THE APOSTOLIC AGE IN THE LIGHT OF
MODERN CRITICISM
By JAMES HARDY ROPES
A thoroughly popular and yet authoritative account of the Apostolic Age, the Spread of the Gospel, and the Begin-
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THE REFORMATION
By GEORGE P. FISHER
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PAUL JONES
By A. C. BUELL. New edition. With an additional
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This additional chapter by General Porter describes the
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GERMAN UNIVERSITIES
By FRIEDRICH PAULSEN
Translated by FRANK Thilly and W. W. ELWANG
A systematic account of the nature, organization, and historical development of the German University. It offers the
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LIST OF SPRING BOOKS
1906
BOSTON
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FICTION
THE MAYOR OF WARWICK
By HERBERT M. HOPKINS.
A brilliant novel of contemporary American life. With frontispiece, in color, by Henry Hutt. $1.50.
THE EVASION
By EUGENIA BROOKS FROTHINGHAM.
A powerful portrayal of society life of to-day, by the author of "The Turn of the Road.” $1.50.
BETWEEN TWO MASTERS
By GAMALIEL BRADFORD, JR.
A vivid and dramatic novel dealing with the twentieth century struggle between God and Mammon. $1.50.
THE COURT OF LOVE
By ALICE BROWN.
As light as a bubble, irresistible in its comedy, and laughable in its absurd situations and entanglements of modern life.
THE CLAMMER
By WILLIAM J. HOPKINS.
A delicate, half-whimsical love story of a witty recluse living by the sea. $1.25.
A LITTLE SISTER OF DESTINY
By GELETT BURGESS.
Unusual adventures of an independent and attractive New York girl.
THE SPIRIT OF THE PINES
By MARGARET MORSE.
A bit of delicate and attractive writing." - Chicago Record-Herald. $1.00.
CALMIRE: MAN AND NATURE.
By HENRY HOLT.
A widely discussed novel hitherto published anonymously. (Sixth edition, revised.) $1.50.
STURMSEE: MAN AND MAN.
By HENRY HOLT.
A brilliant piece of fiction instinct with originality and charm. (Third edition, revised.) $1.50.
OUTDOOR BOOKS
THE LOG OF A SEA ANGLER
By CHARLES F. HOLDER.
Exciting adventure with the big game fishes of America. $1.50 net. Postpaid, $1.63.
CATTLE BRANDS
By ANDY ADAMS.
Cowboy yarns, by the author of "The Log of a Cowboy," etc. $1.50.
IN THE MARCH AND BORDERLAND OF WALES
By A. G. BRADLEY.
Delightful rambles through picturesque England. Fully illustrated. $3.00 net. Postpaid, $3.23.
ESSAYS
WHAT IS RELIGION?
By HENRY S. PRITCHETT.
Five vigorous, broad-minded addresses to students by the President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
$1.00 net. Postpaid, $1.07.
THE COLLEGE MAN AND THE COLLEGE WOMAN By WILLIAM DE WITT HYDE.
Clear-sighted essays by the President of Bowdoin College on American college life, methods, and ideals. $1.50 net.
Postpaid, $1.61.
INDIVIDUALITY AND IMMORTALITY
By WILHELM OSTWALD.
Professor Ostwald, of Leipzig, presents the views of the modern science of physical chemistry, as concerns the
future life. 75 cents net. Postpaid, 82 cents.
MORAL OVERSTRAIN
By GEORGE W. ALGER.
Direct essays dealing with the existence and treatment of " graft" in modern business and politics.
OTHER NEW BOOKS
LINCOLN: MASTER OF MEN
By ALONZO ROTHSCHILD.
A keen and brilliant study emphasizing the keynote of Lincoln's character-his mastery over different types of
men as well as over himself. With portraits. $3.00 net. Postage extra.
WAR GOVERNMENT: FEDERAL AND STATE
By WILLIAM B. WERDEN.
A critical study, using Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Indiana as examples.
AMERICAN LITERARY MASTERS
By LEON H. VINCENT.
Compact, authoritative studies of nineteen American authors. $2.00 net. Postpaid, $2.12.
THE SUBCONSCIOUS
By JOSEPH JASTROW.
A distinctive contribution to an interesting phase of descriptive psychology.
BIRD AND BOUGH
By JOHN BURROUGHS.
The first collected edition of Mr. Burroughs's poems of nature.
THE PERSONALITY OF JESUS
By CHARLES H. BARROWS.
A stimulating and helpful study based on the four Gospels.
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Nicanor, Teller of Tales
By C. Bryson TAYLOR. With five plates in full color and decorations in tint
by the Kinneys. Large 12mo, $1.50.
Well-planned, well-written, and carried out in a broad heroic style, “ Nicanor" has the true romantic qualty,
and the publishers have no hesitation in saying that in strength and interest it is equal, if not superior, to any
of their previous successes of this especial kind. The action occurs in Britain at the time when the Saxons
were beginning their inroads upon the Romans, and this period has furnished splendid opportunities for bold
and picturesque treatment by the author and the illustrators. The pictures and decorations by the Kinneys
are far superior to any of their previous work.
For the Soul of Rafael
By MARAH Ellis RYAN. With unusual photographic illustrations and decora-
tions in tint. Large 12mo, $1.50.
This new book by the author of "Told in the Hills" is certain to have an immediate success. It is a glowing
and picturesque romance of Old California, with a marked dramatic quality. The characters are all of the
fine aristocratic Spanish type, at a period when Americans were regarded as godless invaders. It will be
found a story of strong passions and a splendid renunciation.
Dick Pentreath
By KATHARINE TYNAN, author of "The Dear Irish Girl," "Julia,” etc. With
four illustrations in pen-and-ink by George Alfred Williams. Large 12mo, $1.25.
This new English story has more popular qualities than any of Miss Tynan's many successful novels. She can
always be counted on for a delightful expression of humor and sentiment which few writers in her field can equal.
Literature of Libraries
17th and 18th Centuries. Edited by Henry W. KENT, Librarian of the Grolier
Club, and John Cotton Dana, Librarian of the Newark Public Library. Sold
only in sets. Regular edition, limited to 250 sets, $12.00 net. Large paper edition,
limited to 25 sets, $25.00 net.
Vol. I. “Concerning the Duties and Qualifications of a Librarian." Vol. II. “The Reformed Library
Keeper." A series of six reprints of rare and out-of-print works on libraries and their management. The pri-
mary object of the series is to bring within the reach of persons interested, and especially of librarians, the early
authorities on these subjects. The volumes in this series will be beautifully printed at the Merrymount Press.
The Ghost in Hamlet
And Other Essays in Comparative Literature. By Dr. Maurice Francis EGAN.
16mo, $1.00 net.
As professor of English at the Catholic University of Washington, Dr. Egan is well known both as a
thorough scholar and a charming writer. The other titles are: Some Phases of Shakespearean Interpretation;
Some Pedagogical Uses of Shakespeare; Lyrism in Shakespeare's Comedies; A Definition of Literature; The
Ebb and Flow of Romance; The Greatest of Shakespeare's Contemporaries; Imitators of Shakespeare; The
Puzzle of Hamlet.
Old Tales from Rome
By Alice ZIMMERN, author of "Old Tales from Greece." Fully illustrated.
12mo, $1.25.
A popular presentation of some of the famous myths and legends. The book is divided into three parts, the
first being given to “ The Wanderings of Æneas," the second to “ Early Days of Rome," and the third to
“ The Transformation."
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Panama to Patagonia
The Isthmian Canal and the West Coast Countries of South America. By
CHARLES M. PEPPER, author of “To-morrow in Cuba.” With new maps and
numerous illustrations. Large 8vo, $2.50 net.
The author is a distinguished newspaper man who has travelled extensively, especially in the Latin-American
republics, and who is a member of the Permanent Pan-American Railway Committee. His book aims to
point out to the American commercial world the enormous advantages conting to this country from South
America through the construction of the Panama Canal.
The Glory Seekers
The Romance of Would-Be Founders of Empire in the Early Days of the South-
west. By WILLIAM HORACE BROWN. Illustrated. Square 8vo, $1.50 net.
These are tales of the daring adventurers who became notorious as the leaders of filibustering expeditions into
the region which now forms the State of Texas. The author, William Horace Brown, knows his subject
and endeavors to present a truthful account, with the statement that “justice and patriotism were not always
the prompters of their actions." There is no question but that their exploits were dramatic and picturesque,
and the narrative of them is not only instructive, but makes highly entertaining reading.
Yesterdays
Hawaiian
By Dr. Henry M. LYMAN. With numerous illustrations from photographs.
Large 8vo, $2.00 net.
A delightfully written account of what a boy saw of life in the Islands in the early '40's. The author was a
distinguished Chicago physician, whose father was a well-known missionary in Hawaii. His book is a most
pertinent description of early conditions in a part of the world in which Americans are becoming more and
more interested.
Future Life
In the Light of Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science. By Louis ELBÉ. With
a portrait. 12mo, $1.20 net.
This is the authorized translation of the famous book which has been creating so wide a stir in scientific and
religious circles throughout France, under the title “ La Vie Future.” It will be received with widespread
interest here, and will arouse very general discussion. The subject is one which is engaging not only scientists,
but laymen, in ever-increasing numbers. This volume offers for the first time a complete presentation of all
the available evidence hitherto to be found only in the most scattered and inaccessible forms.
Remenyi, Musician and Man
An Appreciation. By GWENDOLYN KELLEY and GEORGE P. UPTON. With
portraits. 8vo, $1.75 net.
Miss Kelley was an intimate friend and devoted admirer of the famous Hungarian wizard of the violin, and
he intrusted to her a number of biographical documents. To these have been added others contributed at
her solicitation by his personal friends and members of his family, also some of his characteristic letters and
literary sketches, the whole forming a volume of uncommon charm and a valuable work of reference.
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By Professor FRANK PARSONS, Ph.D.,
PROBLEM
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This book reveals the facts in regard to railway favoritism and unjust discrimination. 12mo, cloth. $1.50 net.
THE FIGHT FOR CANADA
By Major WILLIAM WOOD.
Major Wood places the entire campaign of the fight for Canada on a new historical footing. With portraits, colored
maps, and bibliography.
8vo, cloth. $2.50 net.
THE ECONOMY OF HAPPINESS
By JAMES MACKAYE.
The present work seeks to transfer the foundation of economics from wealth to happiness ; thus substituting utilita-
rianism for commercialism and making ethics instead of the arbitrary traditions of political economy the foundation
of public polity.
Small 8vo, cloth. $2.50 net.
THE UP-TO-DATE WAITRESS
By JANET MCKENZIE HILL,
Author of "Salads, Sandwiches, and Chafing Dish Dainties," etc.
A book of inestimable value in every household where a table girl is employed. With numerous illustrations in
half-tone.
12mo, cloth. $1.50 net.
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
By CAMILLE FLAMMARION,
Author of "Popular Astronomy," etc.
An exceedingly entertaining book by the great French astronomer. Illustrated. 12mo, cloth. $1.25 net.
PETRARCH'S “TRIUMPHS.” Special Limited Issue. Translated by HENRY BOYD.
Printed from Humanistic type made especially for the edition. Send for special circular.
THE GAME OF BRIDGE
A popular treatise on “bridge,” to which have been added the laws of the game.
By FISHER AMES.
16mo, cloth. $1.00 net.
PRACTICAL ROWING WITH SCULL
AND SWEEP
By ARTHUR W. STEVENS.
An invaluable handbook on rowing; with chapters on "The Effects of Training," by Eugene A. Darling, M.D.
With diagram and 16 illustrations.
16mo, cloth. $1.00 net,
THE BOOK OF DANIEL AND MODERN
CRITICISM
By Rev. CHARLES H. H. WRIGHT, D.D.
A series of lectures in which Daniel and his Prophecies are considered in relation to Modern Criticism.
8vo, cloth. $2.50 net.
CENTRALIZATION AND THE LAW By MELVILLE M. BIGELOW, and others.
Six lectures delivered at the Boston University Law School as part of the plan of legal extension now on foot there.
12mo, cloth. $1.50 net.
FICTION
CALLED TO THE FIELD
By LUCY M. THRUSTON,
Author of " A Girl of Virginia," etc.
The story of a young married Virginia girl at the outbreak of the Civil War.
12mo, cloth. $1.50.
By SARA E. BOGGS.
12mo, cloth. $1.50.
SANDPEEP
A charming story of the Maine coast. Illustrated by May Bartlett.
KENELM'S DESIRE
A strong, vital, human romance with the hero an Alaska Indian.
By HUGHES CORNELL.
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ON THE FIELD OF GLORY
By HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ.
Author of "Quo Vadis," etc.
Authorized translation from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin.
“Other novels seem juiceless, and other heroes bloodless, after reading 'On the field of Glory."— The Independent,
New York.
12mo, cloth. $1.50. Third Printing.
A MAKER OF HISTORY
By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM.
Author of "The Master Mummer," etc.
“By far the best work of this clever author.” — Chicago Daily News.
Illustrated. 12mo, cloth. $1.50. Third Printing.
THE SAGE BRUSH PARSON
By A. B. WARD.
A story of a Nevada mining camp with a hero “whose fortunes and adventures hold one's unflagging interest,” says
The Nation.
12mo, cloth. $1.50. Fifth Printing.
MAID OF ATHENS
By LAFAYETTE MCLAWS.
Author of "When the Land Was Young," etc.
A highly romantic novel dealing with Lord Byron's career in Greece. Illustrated by Harry C. Edwards.
12mo, cloth. $1.50.
HEARTS AND CREEDS
By ANNA CHAPIN RAY.
Author of “On the Firing Line," etc.
A romance of Quebec, dealing with the marriage of a Protestant girl with a Catholic. Dlustrated by Alice Barber
Stephens.
12mo, cloth. $1.50.
THE WIRE TAPPERS
By ARTHUR STRINGER.
Author of "The Silver Poppy," etc.
A remarkable story in which the hero and heroine become by force of circumstances associated with the pool-room
wire tapper. Illustrated by Arthur William Brown.
12mo, cloth. $1.50.
THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY
A story of American political life of the present day.
By WILLIAM SAGE.
Author of "The Claybornes,” etc.
12mo, cloth. $1.50.
THE WOLF AT SUSAN'S DOOR
By ANNE WARNER.
Author of "Susan Clegg,” etc.
Another inimitable three-part Susan Clegg story to which has been added “Mrs. Lathrop's Love Affair.” With
frontispiece.
12mo, cloth. $1.00.
TRUTH DEXTER - Illustrated Edition
By SIDNEY MCCALL.
Author of "The Breath of the Gods."
With a series of eight striking and sympathetic pictures in tint by Alice Barber Stephens. 12mo, cloth. $1.50.
OLD WASHINGTON
By HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD
Delightful stories of the National Capital just after the close of the Civil War. With frontispiece by George Alfred
B Williams.
12mo, cloth. $1.50.
A MILLIONAIRE OF YESTERDAY
THE MAN AND HIS KINGDOM
By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM.
New editions of two of Mr. Oppenheim's earlier successes. Each is fully illustrated. 12mo, cloth. Each, $1.50.
POPULAR EDITIONS OF RECENT FICTION =[12mo, cloth. Each, 75 cents.
PAINTED SHADOWS, By RICHARD LE GALLIENNE. THE SIEGE OF YOUTH, By FRANCES CHARLES.
THE VIKING'S SKULL, By JOHN R. CARLING.
HASSAN, A FELLAH, By HENRY GILLMAN.
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WHAT HAPPENED
TO PAM
By BETTINA VON HUTTEN, author of “Pam," “Our
Lady of the Beeches," “ He and Hecuba.” Illustrations
by B. Martin Justice.
12mo, cloth, $1.50
COWARDICE COURT
By GEORGE BARR MCCUTCHEON, author of “Grau-
stark,” «Beverly of Graustark,” « Nedra,” « The Day of the
Dog,” etc. With illustrations in color by Harrison Fisher,
and decorations by T. B. Hapgood. 12mo, cloth, $1.25
BARBARA WINSLOW,
REBEL
By ELIZABETH ELLIS.
"A frankly romantic story, buoyant, eventful, and in matters of
love exactly what the heart could desire." - New York Sun.
Full-page illustrations and decorations by John Rae.
12mo, cloth, $1.50
THE PATRIOTS
By CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY, author of “The South-
erners,” “ For Love or Country,” “My Lady's Slipper," etc.
With illustrations, in two colors, by Walter H. Everett.
12mo, cloth, $1.50
A MOTOR CAR
DIVORCE
By LOUISE CLOSSER HALE. This clever story has
been running serially in The Bookman. With 36 illustra-
tions, 10 of which are in color, by Walter Hale.
12mo, cloth, $1.50
A LAME DOG'S
DIARY
By S. MACNAUGHTAN, author of “The Fortune of Chris-
tina Macnab,” “Selah Harrison,” etc. 12mo, cloth, $1.50
THE HILL
By HORACE VACHELL, author of “John Charity,”
“ Brothers,” etc.
12mo, cloth, $1.50
THE SCHOLAR'S
DAUGHTER
By BEATRICE HARRADEN, author of “Ships that Pass
in the Night,” “The Fowler," “ Katherine Fensham,” etc.
With illustrations and decorations, and printed in two colors.
12mo, cloth, $1.50
THE GIRL WITH THE
BLUE SAILOR
By BURTON EGBERT STEVENSON, author of “The
Holladay Case,” “The Marathon Mystery," etc. Illustra-
tions and decorations.
12mo, cloth, $1.50
THE VICAR OF
BULLHAMPTON
By ANTHONY TROLLOPE, author of “Orley Farm,”
etc. This is the second of the series of « The Manor House
Novels."
Two volumes. 12mo, cloth, $2.50
MY SWORD FOR
LAFAYETTE
By MAX PEMBERTON, author of “The Garden of
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AMERICANS OF 1776
By JAMES SCHOULER, author of " History of the United States,"
Eighty Years of Union," etc. An original study of life and manners
of the Revolutionary Period.
12mo, cloth, net, $2.00
JACQUES CARTIER
SIEUR DE LIMOILOU
By JAMES PHINNEY BAXTER, A.M., Litt.D. A Memoir of Cartier,
His Voyage to the St. Lawrence, a Bibliography, and a Facsimile of
the Manuscript of 1534, with Annotations, etc. With numerous fac-
simile maps and other illustrations. To be issued in two forms:
Japan paper edition, limited to 35 copies. Special net, $20.00
Regular edition, limited to 300 copies. Special net, $10.00
THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE: Its History
By J. H. HAZLETON. A thorough and painstaking history of the
great document by an authority.
Illustrated, 8vo, cloth, probably net, $4.50
GEORGE ELIOT
By A. T. QUILLER-COUCH, author of "The Splendid Spur," "Ia,"
The Ship of Stars," etc. The eighth volume of the "Modern English
Writers" series.
12mo, cloth, net, $1.00
gyiscellaneous Books
RUBAIYAT OF AN
AUTOMOBILE
By CAROLYN WELLS, author of "Idle Idyls," "Patty Fairfield,"
etc. Illustrations by F. Strothmann. An amusing parody of Omar
in Miss Wells's best vein.
12mo, cloth, net, $1.00
HOLLAND DESCRIBED
BY GREAT WRITERS
By ESTHER SINGLETON, author of "London Described by Great
Writers," etc. Fully illustrated in the style of her "London" and
“Paris.”
8vo, cloth, net, $1.60
THE KEY OF THE
BLUE CLOSET
By W. ROBERTSON NICOLL, author of "Letters on Life," etc. A
volume of clever and convincing essays on life, books, and affairs.
12mo, cloth, net, $1.40
MAGAZINE ARTICLES
I HAVE READ
By BURTON EMMETT. A volume for records of magazine articles
read, arranged with blanks and with index. 12mo, cloth, net, $1.00
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philosophy surpasses the reasoned deductions of Greek
CELTIC LITERATURE. Charles Leonard Moore 185 or German metaphysic. And the closing scenes
A GIRL'S IMPRESSIONS OF VICTORIAN
of the Mahabharata, at least, have a spiritual and
CELEBRITIES. Percy F. Bicknell
188 ethical significance not equalled by any European
THE MEANING AND INFLUENCE OF AMERI poem.
CAN DIPLOMACY. Frederic Austin Ogg. . 190 About the same time the Teutonic race “found
JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE AND ALLIED
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ARTS. Frederick W. Gookin
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and the Icelandic Sagas. And simultaneously the
THE GREATEST OF FRENCH DRAMATISTS.
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Celtic genius rose on the horizon, and spoke in a
192
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MILITARY CRITICISM OF THE LATE WAR.
William Elliot Griffis
194
vague and confused as it is — full of interpolations
which show the influence of Shakespeare and the
THE OLD, UNTROUBLED PAGAN WORLD.
F. B. R. Hellems .
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classics,— has yet in it the fundamental characteris-
BRIEFS ON NEW BOOKS
197 tics of primitive and original literature.
Daily life in Australia and the Philippines. — Rec-
It must be remembered, however, that one branch
ords of a naturalist in the Shetlands. -- A famous
of the Celtic myth tree had blossomed and bour-
Bishop and his work. — Umbria and its foremost
figure, St. Francis. — The civic awakening in Amer geoned long before,— had in fact become almost the
ica. — The country house and how to build it. main stem of English literature. The Arthurian
Observations of an English husband's American wife.
legend was twice a changeling, for, born in compara-
-“Even the gods must go." — A book of imagi-
nary portraits. -- An uncrowned English queen. tive simplicity or poverty in Wales, it was transported
A text-book on sociology.
to France and decked with borrowed trappings of
BRIEFER MENTION
202 chivalry and Christianity. Then it was brought back
NOTES
203 by Malory, redacted by him, shorn of something of
ANNOUNCEMENTS OF SPRING BOOKS
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A complete classified list of books to be issued by
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glish epic story. Milton indulged the dream of using
the legend as the subject of his life-work, and it is
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perhaps a pity he did not finally choose it rather than
the more high flying and difficult theme he under-
CELTIC LITERATURE.
took. At his hands we might have had something
For twenty-five centuries the stage of our so-called of the mystery and magic, the wild paganism, the
civilized world was occupied by two great groups of primitive interpretation of nature and humanity,
actors: Greek and Syrian they were, protagonists that is in the original Welsh legends. As it is we
and antagonists, with chorus and semi-chorus from had to wait for Tennyson to make more prim and
surrounding tribes. They grew up side by side, proper and conventional the already prim and proper
they made their entrances separately, but soon they and conventional version of Malory. For all the
clashed and contended and wrought out the drama redactors of the Arthurian story have dealt as
and spectacle of life. Occasionally they were swept hardly with the Welsh originals as MacPherson did
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with his Irish ones. They transformed nature myths nor the form and proportion which the best Welsh
into chivalric romances and religious poems. While stories display.
on one hand they deepened and humanized the Very probably this lack of fineness of phrase and
legends, on another they wiped out all that was most form was not so evident in the original Irish poems.
characteristic of the Celtic nature.
Dr. Douglas Hyde has told us of the poet culture
The originals, however, remained, and it is hardly which went on in Ireland during that country's great
too much to say that their resuscitation and recogni- period. There was a Druidic and Bardic organiza-
tion have been the great literary find of the past fifty
the past fifty tion, which must have included a large percentage
years. The Welsh cycle of legends and poetical of the population of the state, supported at the cost of
relics came earliest into notice, and it is on these that the state. There were colleges where the bards were
the criticism of Renan and Arnold is mainly founded. trained and disciplined in the conception and execu-
Matthew Arnold's essay on Celtic Literature is almost tion of poetry. There was an amazing list of model
the best critical treatise in the language, and it is compositions which the students had to memorize,
certainly the most curious tour de force of criticism and there was a marvellously intricate system of
which exists anywhere. Apparently he knew only versification which they had to master. If these
a few words of Welsh, had examined only a few accounts are facts, no race ever invented such a hot-
relics of Welsh literature, and was in absolute igno- house method for the production of literature. And
rance of the great mass of Irish poetry. Yet by a from the hints and glimpses we have, it is probable
divination of genius which seems almost uncanny, that the Irish bards did develop an almost unequalled
he defined and described the Celtic genius as no one technique in writing. Only their technique seems to
else has ever succeeded in doing. Perhaps with the have been mainly concerned with the music of sylla-
instinct of an artist for effect, he forced the note of bles, whereas the Welsh poets cared more for the
difference, of uniqueness, in Celtic literature further pictures in words. The difference obtains yet, if we
than there is warrant for doing. It is difficult to may consider the English poets as the descendants
believe that the main characteristics that he found of the Welsh bards. But the original productions of
in this literature have not existed in other litera the Irish poets are gone. What we have is their
tures and in all ages.
Melancholy,” “Titanism ” work reduced to writing by monkish scribes after
surely there is something of these qualities in the centuries of merely oral existence. The music would
Bible and the Greek Tragedians, in Dante, Job, and be the first thing to go out of the poems under these
Jeremiah. Prometheus, Orestes and Edipus, the conditions. Of some of the epic legends there are a
people of the Inferno, these figures certainly number of recensions extant. And these read as if
express the emotions of pessimism and revolt in a the scribes had still other versions to choose from,
larger sense than Llywarch Hên or Taliesin. And and were sò anxious not to lose anything good that
from the Iberian rather than from the Celtic race they, as it were, superimposed one upon another.
rose the arch-rebel, Don Juan. In style, too, it is In the descriptions we have adjectives seven deep
pretty hard to differentiate the Celtic natural magic, heralding the arrival of the nouns, and the same
which Arnold discovered, from the charm of expres idea is repeated over and over again in slightly dif-
sion in Sappho and Catullus. And the romantic inter ferent form. This excess of particularity and vivid-
pretation of nature in the Celtic poetry! Really there ness has almost the same effect as MacPherson's
are fine things of this kind in the Bacchæ of Euri vague monotony, and leaves the figures and stories
pides and in the wilder and weirder scenes of Virgil. confused.
Human gifts seem to be a pretty constant quantity, If the Irish legends are inferior to the Welsh in
and one hesitates to believe that an entirely new set mystic depth, in glimpse and gleam of revelation,
of talents came in with the Celts.
they are also inferior to the Icelandic Sagas in world-
However, as this may be, the qualities which wide significance, in the power of imagination which
Arnold found in the Celtic genius are qualities of grasps the beginning and end of creation and seeks
style — of personality. If one who has hardly more to explain everything between. The Irish gods and
claim to scholarship in these matters may presume to
their doings are about what a child might imagine.
judge, these qualities pertain rather to Welsh than There was no theology in the primitive Irishman's
to Irish literature. The Irish legends are the much head. He was all for this world, and if he thought
larger body of important work; they are destined, of the hereafter he conceived it merely as a place
I think, to have a greater future than the Welsh, where there were improved opportunities for eating,
but they are epic and impersonal. They are in many drinking, fighting, and the making of love. He was
respects badly written. They have neither the sense absolutely healthy and cheerful. He had a romantic
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to him - splendid attire, wine, song. Poetry has Aes Sidhe, yet no Celtic work can compare with
probably never been so much honored as by him. Shakespeare's fairy comedy. Wild Wales, both the
With a high sense of personal honor, he submitted to real land and its mirrored image in song, overflows
one singular superstition -- a sort of taboo - called with glamour, but what Velsh poem equals Cole-
geasa. He thought that no honest man could object ridge's "Christabel” in undefinable depths of magic
to having his head cut off in single combat if the meaning? Unconquered courage, stormy despair
play was fair. What, then, is the great value of the are in the Scotch Ossian, yet these qualities are
Irish epics? It consists, I think, in the clear and carried to far greater heights in Milton and Byron.
undistorted splendor with which absolutely natural The Celtic charm of expression is keen and vivid,
humanity is bodied forth. Does not the description but Wordsworth and Keats outmatch it beyond com-
I have given recall the Homeric world and the Ho pare. If we accept Arnold's view that many of the
meric view of life?
finest qualities of English poetry entered it from
Homer is indeed the name that leaps to our Celtic sources we must decide that the Celtic genius
lips as we move about among the large humanities is a fecundating pollen, powerful when blown abroad
of the Irish epics. This is not because their heroes but almost inert when it remains at home.
are half gods and perform deeds which put even In fact the Celtic mind would seem to be either
the Greek Herakles or Achilles to the blush. These too fine and frail, or too extravagant and florid, to
wonders detract rather than add to the vitality of create perfect works of art. It either has not the
the figures. But this vitality is so rich, so abounding, strength to build them at all or it overloads them
that in spite of extravagance or mediocrity of style, until they break down. The relics of Celtic poetry
in spite of bad narrative form, a whole world of rise before us somewhat like the circle at Stone-
beings, splendid, magnificent, and real, rises to us henge. This is not a quarry, for the sign of a mighty
from in the Irish legends. Essentially, taking the conception, the marks of human labor are there; it
whole round of his career, Cuchulain is a finer figure is not a ruin, for it is built of materials too indes-
than Achilles. The whole train of his mates and tructible for decay. Or perhaps a better image of
rivals, Fergus, Ferdiad, Conor, Mève, are tremendous Celtic antiquity would be Milton's description of
triumphs of projection. The love stories of Naoise the animal creation, when all the beasts were strug-
and Deirdre, of Diarmait and Grainne, rank with gling from the ground — “the lion pawing to get
the most perfect in the world. For if the men of free its hinder parts.” Half vital, half encumbered
the Irish legends recall the men of Homer, the and embarrassed by the matter of which they are
women have much of the quality of Shakespeare's made, the Celtic legends start out into the world of
heroines. The gayety, the charm, the constancy, art. Neither the Heroic Cycle of Ulster, nor the
the pathos of Rosalind and Imogen are at least im- legends of Finn, nor “The Four Branches of the
plicit in them. And the world in which these figures Mabinogi,” can, in their old shape, hope to become
are set, a world of joyous intercourse in splendid | world poems. The Celtic genius which wrought
palaces, of out-door life in field and forest, a world them had nearly all the poetic gifts, except the gift
of banquet and sport and war, might be set against to look before and after, to group
each
part in refer-
the world of either the Greek or English poet. ence to the whole.
What are we to do with this treasure trove of Therefore this magnificent poetic material lies
Celtic literature? Shall we take Walt Whitinan's open to the piracy of the poets of the world. It lacks
invitation and cross out the immensely overpaid ac the defense which the greatest poetry possesses of
count of Troy, Ulysses wanderings," and turn to this being done better than any new hand can possibly
new material for themes and inspiration? Or must achieve. Contemporary critics will probably say
we accept the fragmentary and amorphous Welsh that the modern poet had best busy himself with the
and Irish poems as final and sacred works of art? modern world. Contemporary critics probably told
Renan said sadly, “We Celts will never build our Homer and Virgil and Milton this same thing. If
Parthenon-marble is not for us,” but he claimed contemporary critics had had their way the world
for his race the thrilling, penetrating cry which would never have seen any noble or serious poetry.
shakes and inspires the world. I speak under the For in the main such poetry requires great themes
protection of Renan's name when I say that Celtic and figures, and dim backgrounds to project them
literature has produced no great work. Its most against. Such subjects are difficult to find, almost
powerful and effective production, the Arthurian | impossible to invent; but the Celtic genius has given
legend, owes only its germ and origin to Celtic us by the basketful themes unsurpassed in literature,
genius; it was built up by many hands in many as yet only slightly wrought by art.
lands. Ireland is the home of the Fairy folk, the
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of the writers, and, however one may wish to
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avoid egotism, it is not possible in a book of this
kind.”
A GIRL'S IMPRESSIONS OF VICTORIAN
Admirable, though often amusing, is the writ-
CELEBRITIES.*
er's championship, early and late and at all times,
To such of us as were young in the sixties
of the cause of literary folk. Born and bred in
and seventies, Miss Laura Hain Friswell's rec-
a literary atmosphere, that atmosphere was to
ollections of those decades will bring a renewal
her, even as a child, the breath of life, and she
of youth. (Be it here parenthetically observed could brook no disparagement of authors. Of
that we use the author's pen-name, which is also
the poet Gerald Massey, whose two little girls
her maiden name, her husband's name - unless
were her schoolmates, and of his invalid wife,
she writes :
it be also Friswell-being unknown to us.) The
genial friends, the wise and witty sayings, the
“Mrs. Massey was very delicate, and it was said the
rare good times, the thrilling experiences, of
thrilling experiences, of poet, did all his own housekeeping, and even bought his
children's clothes. This seemed to the schoolgirls not
those early years will never see their match ; and a man's business, and the elder girls did not scruple to
if a laudatrix temporis acti, her memory kindled laugh and jeer, which hurt his daughters' feelings, mak-
into a rosy glow with the enchantment of those ing the elder indignant, and the younger cry: and I, who
distant and fast-fading scenes,
writes with some
hated such behaviour, and would not have literary people
laughed at on any acconnt, stoutly maintained that to
excess of fond enthusiasm for their vanished
do the housekeeping and to buy clothes was peculiar to
glories, she certainly merits, not the censure, poets, and therefore quite right. As I was looked upon
but rather the thanks of her sympathizing con as an authority on literary manners, if not matters, the
temporaries. The famous men and women of
chaff ceased."
the past can never be made too real and living
Our author's detailed reports of long conver-
to us, and it is for the vivid presentation of their sations equal some of Madame Adam's amazing
personalities and peculiarities that we have much achievements in this department of autobiog-
reason to thank Miss Friswell, especially as she raphy. After some pages of dialogue about an
offers, for the most part, what is best and most expected call from Mr. Swinburne, the narra-
attractive in their characters. The bright daugh- tive proceeds as follows:
ter of a gifted father, she enjoyed unusual op “A little man walked straight into the room; his head,
portunities for meeting and mingling with the which was crowned by a quantity of auburn hair, was
illustrious of her own time and country, as well
held high, his eyes stared straight in front of him, and
as with some foreign notables, and she appears
he was evidently quite unconscious that he was not alone
in the room.
My mother walked forward and held out
to have made good use of these opportunities. her hand. He started, and dropped his hat; my gover-
The writer's name will recall that of her father, ness went forward and picked it up; he almost snatched
James Hain Friswell, the once popular but now
it from her. ... Mr. Swinburne sat down on the edge
little read author of the very successful essays
of a chair. He bent slightly forward, his arms resting
on his knees, his hat balanced between his fingers, and
on “ The Gentle Life," and of numerous miscel-
he kept swinging it backwards and forwards, just as I
laneous works besides. Her own “Gingerbread had seen Mr. Toole do in a farce; he dropped it and
Maiden and other Stories,” published in her picked it up several times. I think he was about twenty-
teens, and her memoir of her father
to name
nine or thirty years old at this time — not more than
five feet six in height, and he had that peculiar pallor
no other of her writings — show her to be sealed
which goes with auburn hair; and this paleness was
of the tribe of authors. The references she has heightened by study, enthusiasm, and the fierce, rebel-
introduced to her own personal appearance, and lious spirit which seemed to animate that fragile body,
to her extraordinary resemblance to Marie An-
and which glows and burns in his writings. My mother
toinette, incline one to surmise that, besides in-
and Miss W—- did all they could to put him at ease,
and I sat and repented that I had ever wished to see
heriting her father's literary tastes, she was also, him, for I pitied him intensely, he seemed so very ner-
in her physical endowment, matre pulchra filia vous. My father now appeared, and by his conver-
pulchrior. “ I have tried,” she pleads apologet- sational powers and tact soon set Mr. Swinburne quite
ically in her closing paragraph, “ to keep from
at his ease. He ceased to fidget, and talked of Coleridge
and other poets in a most interesting manner to hear
intruding too much upon my readers, but I fear
him and my father was an intellectual treat."
I have not altogether succeeded; therefore I
would remind them, and my critics, that all rem-
Interesting memories are given of Toole and
iniscences are bound to be leaves from the lives
Irving and other actors. The author has much
of Charles Lamb's fondness for the old plays and
IN THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES. Impressions of Literary
the old heroes of the footlights. With Irving
People and Others. By Laura Hain Friswell. Boston: Herbert
the Friswells were on terms of intimacy, even to
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snow
the point of making criticisms and advising with him, so that at a very early age I became acquainted
changes in some of his plays. Two passages
with authors, publishers, and printers. On one occasion
relating to this lamented genius may well find
we were walking down Wellington Street, Strand, and
just passing the office of Household Words, when a han-
space for insertion here.
som cab stopped, and out stepped a gaily dressed gen-
My mother, and indeed all of us, often used to point tleman ; his bright green waistcoat, vivid scarlet tie,
out little details that had been overlooked. I remember and pale lavender trousers would have been noticed by
one in The Bells, which my mother told Mr. Irving on any one, but the size of the nosegay in his buttonhole
the first night, when he returned to our house to supper. riveted my attention, for it was a regular flower garden.
People who have seen the play may remember that the My father stopped and introduced me, and I, who had
first scene is a small inn, in the depths of the country, only seen engravings of the Maclise portrait, and a very
and that there is supposed to have been a deep fall of handsome head in my mother's photograph album, was
in fact, it is still snowing. The innkeeper, · Mat astonished to find myself shaking hands with the great
thias' (Irving), walked in, on that first night, in ordinary novelist, Charles Dickens. His manner was so exceed-
black boots, with no snow upon them. My mother spoke ingly pleasant and kind to a young nobody like me that
of it, and afterwards · Matthias' wore high black boots, I was very much taken with him; and I was moreover
and stood on the mat while the snow was brushed off very anxious to like the man who had created Dick
them. Remarks were made in the papers as to Mr. Swiveller and the Marchioness, and Little Nell and her
Irving's attention to the minutest details, and this was grandfather."
cited as an instance."
No preface is required to the following real-
“We had been waiting for · Bob Gasset,' and now he
came, but looked so different I could scarcely believe he
istic description of Tennyson. The scene is laid
was the same man. Mr. Irving was then under thirty, in the Charing Cross Station.
had a pale, serious, intellectual face, and long, rather “A train drew up, and out of it stepped a gentleman.
wavy, black hair, and was as different from his make-
My father said something which I did not catch, and
up as Bob Gasset as can well be imagined. We all got going up to him stopped and shook hands. The gentle-
into a cab and drove home, Irving coming in to supper. man would have been tall, but his shoulders seemed
My father talked about the play, and said how much he somewhat bent; his hair was long, so was his beard; he
liked it; but the actor talked very little; he gave me wore an ugly Inverness cape and a large slouch hat; he
the idea of being melancholy, I thought he was tired. looked like a bandit in a melodrama, and I thought him
I did not know then that silence and seeming lassitude some poor actor who had come out in some of the stage
were habitual to him; but so it was, for, though I saw properties. As he talked to my father I was conscious
him often for four or five years, I do not think I ever of his looking very often at me; at last he said: “So this
saw him cheerful, let alone hilarious. His face, voice, is your daughter - you must be proud of such a daugh-
figure, proclaimed the tragedian — and yet how well he ter.' My father smiled, and replied: “I could wish her
can play comedy every one knows who has seen him as
to be stronger.' • Is she delicate ? ' exclaimed Tennyson.
• Jingle. That night he quite annoyed me, for when • Why, when I saw you coming she reminded me of the
we came into the dining-room he suddenly put up his Goddess of the Morn she quite brightens up this dull
eye-glasses, and, after a careful scrutiny of my face, said, and dreary place,' and he looked with disgust round the
more to himself than to my father and mother: •Very station, which I had always liked. “She looks the incar-
pretty — extraordinary likeness to Marie Antoinette.'
nation of youth and health,' he added."
I became crimson; but Irving was not in the least per-
turbed. I might have been a picture, from the cool way
The writer indulges in a curious lamentation
in which he looked at me, and I have never been able to over what would seem to be the exceptionally
determine whether he knew he spoke aloud.”
fortunate circumstances of her upbringing. She
A rather melancholy picture of Du Maurier, says, “I think now it was rather hard on us
sitting sadly in the twilight of increasing blind- youngsters to always have so many clever and
ness, is presented in the following, which evi brilliant people round us; we always seemed to
dently refers to a period later than the seventies. be kept at attention.” Readers of her book will
“I went and found the artist sitting alone and seem-
not echo her regret. As a record of “ Impres-
ingly rather dull. He told me he was almost blind; and sions of Literary People and Others,” it is
he spoke of my father's early death, of his hard work,
vivid, rapid, thoroughly entertaining and seldom
his philanthropy and his Christianity. He talked of his
frivolous, and, despite occasional carelessness -
own work, and seemed afraid he should not be able to
keep on drawing much longer for Punch. You think
such carelessness as one expects in a lady who
I can see you,' he said; but though I know you are is dashing off her reminiscences about as they
quite near me, you are in a grey mist, and I cannot dis-
occur to her, - generally well written. But as
tinguish your features.' ... He talked of the old days
the writer takes occasion to regret the modern
in Great Russell Street, and said that then was his hap-
piest time, and those were the palmy days of Purch'....
decline in literary style and grammatical correct-
He had not at this time written Trilby. I never saw ness among our host of “ amateur" authors, she
him after that book came out.”
may pardon a reviewer for calling attention to a
A glimpse of Dickens, whose “ Old Curiosity few slips in her own pages. The split infinitive
Shop' the author says she almost knew by heart, in the last quotation we pass over as likely to
will here be welcome.
offend none but that terror of us all, the purist.
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contains a vulgarism truly surprising in this par- foreign powers, even though with only enough
ticular sister. Of Disraeli and his wife we read historical detail to afford a fair background for
that “they mutually loved each other"; and in interpretation.
another place, “ Then we settled down to talk The point of view from which Professor
of the people we had mutually known.” On Moore has approached his subject is set forth
another page the writer speaks of playing “a explicitly in his prefatory note when he affirms
Lieder of Mendelssohn's.” The London Plague that nothing could be more erroneous than the
she makes break out in 1664, a year too soon. supposition that the United States has, as the
Last, and least, “yodle” she spells “joddle,' result of certain changes in its habits, suddenly
and for “ waltz” she writes - valse." All these become, within the past few years, a world-
are small matters, introduced here largely in power. .'” The United States is declared to have
the hope of pleasing the author by proving to been “always in the fullest and highest sense
her how thoroughly her excellent chapters have a world-power.'
a world-power.” There is nothing essentially
been conned even by the reviewer, who, as we novel, of course, in the assertion, and yet in
all know, is perfectly qualified to judge of any these times it calls for all the emphasis that
book by its weight, odor, and superficial aspect. Professor Moore has placed upon it. Six or
PERCY F. BICKNELL. seven years ago, amidst the excitement incident
to war, conquest, and expansion, it became the
custom to picture the United States as breaking
forth with startling suddenness from her tradi-
THE MEANING AND INFLUENCE OF
AMERICAN DIPLOMACY.*
tional isolation and making a highly dramatic,
not to say sensational, debut as a world power.
Many readers of “Harper's Magazine
Afterwards, however, when we became able once
during the past year or two have followed with
more to reflect sanely upon our international
rather unusual interest a series of articles con-
position, we discovered that never since we have
tributed by Professor John Bassett Moore, of
constituted an independent nation have we been
Columbia University, on the significant aspects anything else than a world-power, and that our
of American diplomatic history and practice. present status (whether for better or for worse)
They, in common with a larger public, will be
differs from that of ten or of fifty years ago
glad to know that these studies, after the ap merely in degree rather than in kind. In an
proved fashion in such cases, have been brought
essay published as long ago as 1899 Professor
together in book form, and that by a consider-
Albert Bushnell Hart drove home the fact that
able amount of revision and amplification they historically the United States has never been an
have been made even more suggestive and illum-
isolated power, and now Professor Moore builds
inating than as first published. The primary his whole argument on the thesis ; in truth if one
object of the work, in the words of the author,
cares to trace the earlier development of the idea
is “ to give, not a chronological narrative of
he will find it stated perfectly by Trescot in his
international transactions, but rather an ex-
treatise on the diplomacy of the American Rev-
position of the principles by which they were
olution, written more than half a century ago.
guided, in order that the distinctive
purposes
of
In his opening chapter Professor Moore gives
American diplomacy may be understood and
us a succinct account of the beginnings of our
its meaning and influence appreciated.” A diplomatic history. After laying down the prop-
thoroughgoing and comprehensive history of osition that the advent of the United States into
American diplomacy would be a most welcome
the family of nations was the most important
acquisition, especially if it came from the hand
event of the past two hundred years, he describes
of such a master in the field as is Professor graphically the difficulties and embarrassments
Moore ; but apparently for such a piece of work
we have yet a good while to wait. In lieu of it before it had won its way to an honorable inter-
which the young power was called upon to face
the next best thing, and perhaps for the reading national standing. The sketch contains nothing
public a really more useful thing, is such a vol-
that is new, but as a convenient summary it is
ume as that now under review. In this we have distinctly worth while. The method of the suc-
at least a very readable presentation of the prin- ceeding nine chapters is topical rather than chro-
ciples and spirit underlying the dealings with
nological. The first subject taken up is The
AMERICAN DIPLOMACY, its Spirit and Achievements. By System of Neutrality.” The years of the Con-
John Bassett Moore, LL.D. Illustrated. New York: Harper &
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period of our early national history, but the ex and influence in the Western hemisphere. ... The
pression might be applied with almost equal principle of American policy. To its explicit acceptance
Monroe Doctrine ... is now generally recognized as a
propriety to the years between 1791 and 1796
by Great Britain and Germany there may be added the
during which American independence was totter declaration which was spread by unanimous consent upon
ing under the impact of European turmoil. As the minutes of The Hague Conference, and which was
Professor Moore points out, the perils which the permitted to be annexed to the signature of the American
nation encountered at this time were greater than
delegates to the convention for the peaceful adjustment
of international disputes, that nothing therein contained
the old Confederation could have withstood, and
should be so construed as to require the United States “to
were a very severe test of the efficacy of the new depart from its traditional policy of not entering upon,
Constitution. The temptations to wander from interfering with, or entangling itself in, the political
the straight and narrow path of neutrality were
questions or internal administration of any foreign state,'
all but overpowering. Almost alone among the
or to relinquish its traditional attitude toward purely
American questions.'
statesmen of the time Washington kept a level
head, and it was his decisive action more than
The three topics of expatriation, international
anything else that warded off the danger. Pro- arbitration, and territorial expansion are taken
fessor Moore's account of the Genêt mission, up in order and traced rapidly through the whole
while very brief, is illuminating. Of Genêt him-
course of our national history. And finally
self it is remarked that he “ has been the subject Conditions,” in many ways the most valuable in
of much unmerited obloquy; in circumstances
the book. Here Professor Moore attempts an
exceptionally trying his conduct was ill-advised,
estimate (which he would be the first to recog-
but not malevolent."
After an interesting chapter on the contribu-
nize as only partial) of American diplomacy in
tions of the United States toward establishing the respect to its influence upon civilization at large
freedom of the seas, - especially with respect tions of intercourse among states.
and particularly upon the methods and condi-
He finds
to the Mediterranean pirates, the impressment that this influence has been at least three-fold.
of seamen, the right of search, the African slave-
trade, and the free navigation of sounds, straits, States has fostered political, commercial, and
In the first place, the diplomacy of the United
and other water channels, we find a useful
sketch of the fisheries questions which represents emphasized the principle of legality in the con-
maritime liberty; in the second place, it has
the studies. And of course there is a chapter
duct of international affairs; and lastly, it has
on the much-discussed, if not over-worked, Mon- promulgated ideals of honesty, good-faith, sim-
roe Doctrine. For the most part this chapter
plicity, and directness which foreign offices and
is of necessity a rehearsal of facts already well diplomats have always been much too prone to
known, but it contains also some general obser- ignore. To the general assertion with which
the volume closes, to the effect that American
vations and conclusions which, coming from such
a man as Professor Moore, are worthy of the diplomacy has been identified with the cause of
most thoughtful attention on the part of our
freedom and justice, many individual exceptions
might easily be taken ; yet that it is true in all
people. Says the writer:
essential respects no one at all acquainted with
“A tendency is often exhibited to attach decisive
the subject would undertake to deny.
importance to particular phrases in President Monroe's
message of 1823, or to the special circumstances in
Professor Moore's task in this book has been
which it originated, as if they furnished a definitive test to search out the things which the United States
of what should be done and what should be omitted un has stood for in the realm of international poli-
der all contingencies. The verbal literalist would, on
tics and to make an exposition of them in the
the one hand, make the United States an involuntary
This under-
party to all controversies between European and Ameri- light of briefly enumerated facts.
can governments, in order that the latter may not be taking he has accomplished with signal success.
oppressed '; while the historical literalist would, on the One may question his assignments of space or of
other hand, treat Monroe's declaration as obsolete, since historical importance to one topic or another, or
the conditions to which they specially referred no
longer exist. But when we consider the mutations in the
his judgments of men and events, though to the
world's affairs, these modes of reasoning must be con-
reviewer these seem on the whole to be admir-
fessed to be highly unsatisfactory. The Monroe Doc- 1 able; but there are practically no misstatements
trine' has in reality become a convenient title by which is of fact, and of affirmations of opinions which do
denoted a principle that doubtless would have been
not grow out of the most careful thought there
wrought out if the message of 1823 had never been writ-
ten — the principle of the limitation of European power
are none at all.
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anese architecture at its true worth, — but be-
JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE AND
ALLIED ARTS.*
cause it is the view that must prevail when that
architecture is more widely studied. Still, as the
The reader who takes up Mr. Ralph Adams Philistine in matters of art is not easily turned
Cram's “ Impressions of Japanese Architecture from his traditional notions, Mr. Cram's conten-
and the Allied Arts” is likely to lay it down tion would be more convincing were more of
again with a sigh of regret that there is not
the details filled in. These, let it be hoped, will
more of it, albeit thick paper, wide margins, and
some day be forthcoming. Meanwhile, there is
the sixty full-page illustrations swell its propor-
reason to be grateful for a competent and illum-
tions to a good-sized volume. Four of the ten inating summary of the historical development
chapters were written for architectural period of the art, and some account of the more impor-
icals; one is a paper that was read before the
tant buildings that have been preserved from
Boston Society of Arts and Crafts. Necessarily, ancient times.
they deal chiefly with generalities, and there is
All of the book is not given over to architec-
some repetition, or rather reiteration, of the same
ture. The chapter on “The Genius of Japan-
ideas. This reiteration does not, however, de-
ese Art” is a clear and forcible presentation of
tract from the charm of the book, and the ideas fundamental truths ; the “ Note on Japanese
thus reinforced are sound and are cogently Sculpture” affords an excellent introduction to
expressed. It is evident that Mr. Cram has
a much neglected subject; and very charming
studied his subject with painstaking care, keeping is the chapter on “Temple Gardens.” In speak-
the larger relations ever in mind; and the
ing of “The Minor Arts” there are lapses here
essays that make up this volume are thoughtful and there into such extravagant phrase as “that
and discriminating. He tells us that we must
from the very first whatever had been made by
consider the art of Old Japan, and particularly any workman had been beautiful.” Would it
the religious architecture, as the visible expres-
were so! Strict regard for truth, however, com-
sion of the ancient civilization of China and pels the admission that not all Japanese work-
Japan, which from the seventh to the twelfth
men are artists. With little that Mr. Cram says
centuries was the highest civilization then exist is there occasion to quarrel. His spelling of
ing in the world. But, as he says,
kakimono " (whatever that may mean) instead
“ From the standpoint of the casual traveller, even of of “ kakemono” will not pass muster. The color
the architect, Japanese architecture is at first abso-
lutely baffling; it is like Japanese music, so utterly for print by Yeizan, not “of Yeizan” as he puts it,
eign, so radically different in its genesis, so aloof in its
is well characterized as “not a masterpiece.'
moods and motives from the standards of the West, that But when he asserts that "it says as much, per-
for a long time it is a wonder merely, a curiosity, a toy haps all we can ever understand, of the pictorial
perhaps, or a sport of nature, not a serious product of
art of Japan,” the statement may be challenged
the human mind, a priceless contribution to the history
of the world. Partly by inheritance, partly by educa-
squarely. The qualities he proceeds to comment
tion, we have been qualified for thinking in one way, upon are for the most part wanting in the print
and in one way only. From Athens through Rome, he takes as a text, and of which a half-tone re-
Byzantium, the Auvergne, Normandy, the Ile de France, production is given. The other illustrations are
to Yorkshire and Somerset, there is running an easily
traceable thread of unbroken continuity of architectural
from photographs, selected with excellent judg-
tradition; but from Athens through Ionia, Persia, Hin-
ment, but they might have been better reproduced
dustan, China, and Korea, to Japan, while the line is and printed.
FREDERICK W. GOOKIN.
equally continuous, it is through lands aloof and barred,
and by ways that are blind and bewildering. We can
think forward in the terms of the West, we can hardly
think backward in the terms of the mysterious East.
THE GREATEST OF FRENCH DRAMATISTS.*
Yet when the revolution is accomplished and the rebel-
lious mind is bent to the unfamiliar course, this strange So little has been written in English about
architecture comes to show itself in its true light. It is
Molière that admirers of le grand comique, as
more nearly Greek than any other, for it is the perfect-
ing of a single, siinple, and primitive mass by almost
Frenchmen call their genius of comedy, will
infinite refinements of line and proportion.”
hail Mr. Henry M. Trollope's biography as a
This is a significant utterance, not only from
commendable attempt to add a necessary work
the novelty of the view put forth, — no other
to a meagre literature. To quote Mr. Andrew
author having ventured an appreciation of Jap- Lang’s article in the Encyclopædia Britannica
on this great Frenchman, " The English biog-
* IMPRESSIONS OF JAPANESE ARCHITECTURE AND THE ALLIED
ARTS. By Ralph Adams Cram. Illustrated. New York: The * THE LIFE OF MOLIÈRB. By Henry M. Trollope. With
portraits. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co.
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are
raphies of Molière are few and as a rule abso many Frenchmen to believe the charges brought
lutely untrustworthy.” Considering that in the against her legitimacy; according to French
literature of the modern drama Molière stands, law she is guilty because not proved innocent,
after Shakespeare, in the foremost place, and whereas an Anglo-Saxon judge would dismiss
that in the literature of France his is the greatest the charge against her because of insufficient
name, this dearth of English works about bim testimony.
becomes indeed remarkable.
Throughout his book Mr. Trollope shows
No point need be raised as to the timeliness painstaking and accurate scholarship. M. Paul
of Mr. Trollope's book. The questions for con Lacroix’s “ Bibliographie Moliéresque
sideration are its accuracy, construction, and tains perhaps a hundred and fifty titles of books
charm. In the case of the first of these quals and articles relating to Molière's life or the his-
ities only praise may be given. The author tory of his troupe ; yet La Grange, Vinot, Gri-
has examined all French authorities, both orig- marest, Bruzen de la Martinière, Tallemant des
inal and commentative, so thoroughly that the Réaux, De Vizé, Loret, Boulanger de Chalussay,
most captious critic would find it difficult to Brossette, and the anonymous author of a pam-
gainsay his knowledge of the topic upon which phlet entitled “ La Fameuse Comédienne
he writes.
the authors from whom all modern biographers
The earlier period of Molière’s life is veiled, have drawn their material. When a few his-
to a great extent, in mystery; yet it is a matter torical sidelights, such as Chappuzeau and the
of small moment whether he left Paris with a Brothers Parfaict, are added, together with the
band of strolling players in the autumn of 1645 documentary discoveries of Beffara, Jal, and
or the spring of 1646 ; or just when he joined Soulié, a fairly complete repository of knowl-
forces with a provincial actor named Dufresne. edge upon the subject has been catalogued. The
The points of human interest are that Molière, work of these and many lesser authorities Mr.
the son of a well-to-do upholsterer to the king, Trollope has thoroughly digested.
preferred the stage to a shop-ridden life, and Although there have been many modern bio-
that after failure in Paris as an actor and im-graphers of Molière since Taschereau, the first
prisonment for debt he had the courage, upon of them, Mr. Trollope is justified in selecting
his release from gaol, to flee to the provinces MM. Despois and Mesnard as his literary guides.
and follow the calling of a strolling player for Having their superb definitive edition of Moli-
thirteen years rather than return to his father's ère's works at hand, and the numbers of the
shop. Nor does it matter whether - L'Etourdi” Moliériste magazine, so ably edited by the dis-
was first produced at Lyons in 1653 or 1655.tinguished archivist of the Théâtre Français, M.
The fact which interests posterity is that an Georges Monval, he need look no further for
itinerant actor, who had previously written only accuracy of information. It is not hyper-praise
rough canevas—or frameworks of plays—sud- to say that he alone, of all English-speaking
denly turned his pen to verse and wrote a five- writers upon Molière, has thoroughly mastered
act comedy that electrified a Lyons audience his subject; yet one is compelled to qualify this
and acclaimed the birth of a new king.
approval by adding that he has presented his
The one contested point in Molière's life of knowledge in a manner far from commendable
prime importance to biographers is the parent as regards construction and charm.
age of his wife, Armande Béjart. Though pre In considering the matter of construction, it
sented, in her marriage certificate and various should be borne in mind that Mr. Trollope's
other documents of the period, as the legitimate book is intended for English readers ; therefore,
daughter of Joseph Béjart and Marie Hervé, an intimate knowledge of French should not be
still the calumnies heaped upon Molière by jeal required, else it may be asked why the book
ous rivals have made the majority of his biog- exists at all? A reader able to comprehend the
raphers persist in believing his wife to be the many French extracts, in both verse and prose,
illegitimate daughter of Madeleine Béjart, an which adorn its pages must be sufficiently versed
actress whom he loved in his youth. Volumes in the language of Molière to consult French
have been written upon this subject, and the biographies, far more charmingly and quite as
end is not yet. To Mr. Trollope's credit, be it accurately written as Mr. Trollope's bulky work.
said, he takes a judicial view of the case, adjudg- It is admittedly difficult to translate French verse
ing Armande Béjart, in accordance with unre into English, yet even an abortive attempt would
futed documentary evidence, to be legitimate. have given the general reader a clearer idea of
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confronting him with Alexandrine strophes in a “ Ladies must be known to the hostess, or known well
foreign language, the meaning of which it is by her intimate friends, and they must be of good birth,
before the invitation would be given. If a gentleman
necessary to understand in order to grasp the
had pleasant manners and could talk well, and espe-
author's comments.
cially if he was in any way distinguished, he might gain
In the arrangement of his material Mr. Trol admittance inside her doors.”
lope shows a decided lack of orderliness. Being Aside from its archaism, this description, like
thoroughly imbued with his subject-matter, he many others in Mr. Trollope's book, is tauto-
continually presupposes a like knowledge on the logical. All he has told us in these fifty-three
reader's part. Particularly is this true of Chapter words might have been expressed far more
VIII., devoted to Molière's ideas of comedy and clearly in sixteen by saying: “The hostess in-
a comparison between Shakespeare and Molière. vited only well-born women; men were admitted
Heretofore, the reader has been made acquainted within her doors by cleverness or charm.”
with but four of the poet's plays; yet Mr. Trol In speaking of comedy the author argues that
lope proceeds to discuss technically the poet's “a sort of magnetic influence is at work, carry-
methods of work throughout the entire range
of ing with it delight or boredom, and the infection
his thirty-four comedies. This chapter, with the is caught.” The same is true of other forms of
single exception of the introductory view of literature; for the magnetic influence in both in-
French comedy before Molière, by far the most stances is artistic ability. Mr. Trollope's erudi-
thoughtful in the book, should have been placed tion is praiseworthy to a degree; yet his manner
in conclusion. Its résumé of Molière's work is of imparting it is ponderous.
not intelligible to one unfamiliar with his plays ;
H. C. CHATFIELD-TAYLOR.
its discussion of Shakespeare and Moliere is out
of place at the moment, if not altogether so, on
the principle that comparisons are likely to prove
odious. Certainly there are many critics willing MILITARY CRITICISM OF THE LATE WAR.*
to cede Shakespeare the foremost place in the
The tendencies of advancing civilization are
drama who will stoutly contest Mr. Trollope's all against the settlement of international ques-
assertion that he is the Frenchman's superior tions by force of arms. The energies of humanity
in comedy.
are now for peace rather than for war. Never-
In viewing the construction of Mr. Trollope's theless, a conflict at arms will always have fasci-
book one is reminded of a dingy attic heaped nation for the intellect of man, because the play
with a pile of dusty books upon an admira-
of forces is so great, the theatre so vast, the
ble subject. A scholar with the time and in-
human interest so compelling, and the influences
clination to ferret out knowledge will find it
so far-reaching, that, despite those aspects from
there, but the general reader will prefer a corner which humanity would avert its gaze, the trained
in a cosy library beside a shelf of well-selected
mind will love to dwell upon the elements in the
volumes. In other words, a book less volumi- problem and long to foretell the outcome. Every
nous, but more entertaining, than Mr. Trollope's
man is more or less of a prophet, and those out-
would find a much wider field.
side the game are even more eager to foretell
In charm, as well as in construction, this
the outcome than the players themselves.
biography leaves much to be desired. Molière's
When diplomacy dropped its pen, in Febru-
early struggles, his wanderings as a strolling ary, 1904, and war unsheathed the sword, it was
player, his triumph at court and strange inti- positively comical to listen to the vaticinations
macy with Louis XIV., the assaults of his ene-
of so-called experts at Washington, Berlin, and
mies, the heartlessness of his wife, his friendship Paris. Mighty generals and admirals, versed in
with such men as Boileau and La Fontaine, his
the dogmatics of Occidental ballistics and har-
tragic death and burial, make his life-story one
dened in the orthodoxy of their schools, forthwith
of strong human interest, demanding skill as a
proceeded to tell exactly what would happen.
word painter in the telling. This is a quality
The old story of believing in things because they
in which Mr. Trollope is singularly deficient.
were big, was repeated. It was the usual routine
His style is so cumbersome, his language so ver-
of ready-made philosophy without a knowledge
bose, that he wearies when he should charm.
of new facts, and of prediction without any basis
Take, for instance, this extract in which he en-
of history. Yet, all the way through, it was a
deavors to describe the character of the people
game of the unknown. Of Russia, tradition had
Madame de Rambouillet invited to the assem-
THE WAR IN THE FAR East. By the Military Correspondent
blies in her famous Blue Room :
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made much. It was supposed that our knowl Through some 700 pages, with a few illustra-
edge of Czardom was tolerably complete ; but tations of the leading promoters of or actors
with the whole body of Occidental conceit and in the great drama, and what is virtually a
ignorance of Oriental Asia set rock-fast in the complete portfolio of maps and plans up to the
ideas of " white-manism,” it was an article of Mukden operations, with a diary of the war, an
faith that Japan must be defeated in spite of order of battle of the Russian forces, with only
some initial successes. Nevertheless, those of the a paragraph on the Japanese system, a conspec-
noble five thousand who between 1868 and 1900, tus of the fleets in February and in May of
in the early days of Japan's awakening, had 1905, and a capital index, we have chiefly
served as schoolmasters, technicists, or instruc-crticism, criticism, criticism. Day by day as
tors in any line of Japan's multifarious activities, the correspondent saw the situation, as repre-
had no fears. They did not “prophesy” very sented by one railroad, two fleets, two armies, so
much ; they did not “ predict ”'; they simply told many sabres, bayonets, and guns, with a knowl-
what they saw. They knew what Meckel and
and edge of the power of both the Russian and the
Douglas had taught Oyama and Togo. They Japanese stomach to consume rations and of the
knew, too, that it was not " yesterday” when the ability of hosts of war-locusts to devastate the
Japanese began to learn. They recalled that the land, we have pictures in words and diagrams of
Dutch at Deshima, from 1630 to 1868, had fer what is more like a game of chess than a series
tilized the Japanese intellect during all the time of events and episodes.
of her so-called seclusion, and that long before Here is an array of mathematical units rather
Perry had come to Japan there were awakened than of human beings. There is no blood on
spirits and alert reformers. These from 1868 these pages; one hears no cry of the wounded,
have controlled the palace and the mind of the and looks into no ghastly battle-trenches. We
god that dwells therein. The seeing ones knew find rather a cold blooded and for the most part
also that however diligent or brilliant were the accurate account of collisions of opposing forces.
teachers, the pupils were even more so. They He who wishes to learn the science of modern
felt, moreover, that the Japanese realized that war must read this book. One word tells the
this was a fight for food, for growth, for life. story,— training. One word dominates the situ-
They were persuaded also that the spirit of the ation, -science. One word links initiative with
Samurai and “the virtues of the Emperor” had, consummation in the chain of success, -art.
after thirty-five years of public-school training, The Japanese have never let up for an instant
into the common people. So, during the past
So, during the past decade. They wrested the secrets
with the military system that was German in its of power from the West, a whole generation ago,
thoroughness and Yamato in its spirit, the Ja- and then with a faculty for adaptation amounting
panese, after fifty years of historic propædeutic to genius they made the art, which comes from
and ten years of special preparation, rushed with a mastered science and as expressed in training,
eagerness to the fray. No David ever went tell at every point. Continuous victories, a hun-
more assuredly to victory than the Japanese. dred thousand prisoners against two thousand,
Nevertheless, however much or in whomsoever the conquest of disease and wounds in the hos-
or whatsoever they trusted, they kept their Shi- pital even more than supremacy over the enemy
mose powder dry.
in battle, and, grandest of all, self-conquest at
Now we have a critical estimate of the detailed the treaty council, all show the superiority of
operations of the war, written by the capable the Japanese.
military correspondent of the London “Times." It is needless to go into the details of this book.
Let no one buy this book thinking that he is The author dwells on the outlook for either side
going to get a consecutive narrative, or a picto when the war broke out, and outlines all the
rial presentation of the various conflicts. No; movements until his fiftieth chapter winds up
this book is magnificent, but it is not a story. the long dithyramb (we call it so, for all glory is
Let us look at it outwardly, and then appraise ascribed to the Mikado) of continuous success
its inward contents. Take it for what some may with the appropriate “ Nunc Dimittis.” Just
think it to be, and it will yield disappointment how the Russian camel could not get through
and even wrath. Read it for what it purports the eye of the Siberian needle is the negative
to express and actually is, and it will be found proposition herein fully explained. But lest the
to have hardly a peer in its class of literature, reader might think the "Times” critic has no
and probably will have no equal or successor descriptive power, let us quote from the author's
for many years.
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“When at last the giants [the battleships] came out Paganism. In the present work, however, Mr.
and gave battle, the other classes of warships resumed
Dickinson must appear to a fair critic not as a
at once the very secondary place which they legitimately
hold in fleet action. The Russian cruisers fled and scat-
partisan but as a sane and able interpreter with
tered. ... It was superior gunnery and rapid accurate
a pardonable dash of enthusiasm.
fire that decided the day. Those three twelve-inch The book has five chapters, — (I.) The Greek
shells that struck the Tsarevitch, within a few minutes View of Religion, (II.) The Greek View of the
of each other, wrecked the Russian line of battle.
State, (III.) The Greek View of the Individual,
The flag-ship was no longer under control, and, worse
of all, the death of Admiral Vithöft deprived the line
(IV.) The Greek View of Art, (V.) Conclu-
of guidance. The supremacy of the gun, and of the sion. Each chapter has its divisions carefully
heaviest gun most of all, becomes overwhelmingly planned and succinctly treated, and concludes
manifest."
with a useful summary. In this way the author
No notice of this book would be just that touches most topics of importance. But one
leaves out high praise of the forty maps and omission is immediately noticed and regretted :
battle plans by Mr. Percy Fisher. While critical
there is no adequate or consecutive presentation
knowledge of the country traversed and fought of the Greek love of knowledge. This formed
over will illuminate the masses of red and blue the subject of the third, I think, of Dr. Butcher's
which seem to move over the brown spaces rep recent Harvard lectures; and readers of THE
resenting hills and the white representing plains, Dial will recall also Mr. Percy F. Bicknell's
with the black threads standing for rivers, yet article on “The Greek Love of Detail” (Oct.
these diagrams are superb from the point of 16, 1905). “The Greeks are ever children,”
view of one who knows the difficulty of making said Herodotus, — anticipating Dr. Stanley
a good battle-plan. The maps are all that Hall's declaration that the Greeks represent the
could be desired. For its special purpose, this “eternally adolescent," but wording it rather
book is of unique value.
better, - and they went about with the open
WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS. eyes of bright children questioning everything
and everybody merely for the sake of knowing;
and many of their questions are still on our lips.
However, Mr. Dickinson doubtless felt the limi-
THE OLD, UNTROUBLED PAGAN WORLD.*
tations of space, and on the whole has used his
Under the title - The Greek View of Life”
two hundred and thirty-three pages admirably.
Mr. G. Lowes Dickinson has put forth a sym-
The world to which the author invites our
pathetic interpretation for which he deserves the attention is the “old, untroubled, pagan world
thanks of all readers who believe in the desira of beauty," and herein he manifests the same
bility of an historical basis for the pursuit of the spirit with which he pleaded so winningly for the
things that are more excellent. “The following substance against the shadow in his remarkable
pages are intended to serve as a general introduc-
“ Letters of a Chinese Official,” who, by the way,
tion to Greek literature and thought, for those has many strange points of resemblance to an
primarily who do not know Greek” is the open-
Athenian gentleman. In this world, if we may
ing of a modest preface to a well-balanced and trust our interpreter, harmony was the truth of
well-written book from the hands of a competent
all existence; the claims of the State, of art,
author. It is true that Mr. Dickinson is an of religion, and of the individual with his human
avowed philhellene, who believes that Greek cul- cravings, claims which clash and clang in such
ture “is still, as it has been in the past, the most disheartening discord to-day, were more nearly
valuable element of a liberal education," and
harmonized in ancient Greece than in the history
has been both acclaimed and derided as an apos-
of any other land. That the harmony was in-
tle of the neo-Paganism about which we have complete even in that golden age our author is
heard so much of late. It is to him that Mr. to
too intelligent to deny and too honest to dis-
Gilbert Chesterton devotes his essay on “Pagan- semble. One finds now and then a Greek coin
ism” – perhaps the most meteoric flight of
on which a glorious obverse is joined to an un-
brilliant pertness in the “Heretics” volume, - sightly reverse, and Mr. Dickinson in displaying
speaking of him as “the most pregnant and
the latter exhibits an honesty that wins at once
provocative of recent writers on this and similar our respect and our confidence. In the sec-
subjects,” and arraigning him as the mislead tions, for instance, dealing with the Greek view
ing advocate of a return to a misunderstood of woman he does not blink the fact that the
attitude of the Periclean or the Demosthenic
* TAB GREEK VIEW OF LIFE. By G. Lowes Dickinson, M.A.
age
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tractive phases. Again, in the paragraphs on view and with music and the dance will be found
the Greek view of the State his devotion to his particularly fruitful for the reader not thoroughly
land of charm does not prevent him from giv- at home in Greek life and thought.
ing an adequate treatment of the faction and It is really difficult to take leave of our Cam-
anarchy so rampant in Greek politics. Orange bridge essayist, and one would like to speak of
and Green in Ireland's most pugnacious days many things, — of his style, for instance, now
were doves of
peace compared to Democrat and and then deepening to the genuine Tyrian hue,
Aristocrat in many cities of Greece. What but never patchy; of his quiet literary appreci-
Athens represents to him is shown by this sen ation ; of his little touch of rather lovable pes-
tence: “ All the beauty, all the grace, all the simism as he dwells on his theme with the
joy of Greece ; all that chains the desire of man thought that “no perfection of life delivers
kind, with a yearning that is never stilled, to from death”; of his realization that the Greek
that one golden moment in the past, whose fairview of death and a future life breathes but
and balanced interplay of perfect flesh and little consolation.
little consolation. The fear of age and death
soul no later gains of thought can compensate, is the shadow of the love of life; and on no peo-
centres about that bright and stately city of ple has it fallen with more horror than on the
romance, the home of Pericles and all the Greeks. The tenderest of their songs of love
arts, whence from generation to generation has close with a sob, and it is an autumn wind that
streamed
upon ages
less illustrious an influence rustles in their bowers of spring.” These and
at once the sanest and the most inspired of all many other topics insist on presenting them-
that have shaped the secular history of the selves ; but they must be left for the many
world.” And yet in the same section he tells readers that this excellent book deserves to find.
us that “this democracy dissolved into an an “ The Greek View of Life” ought to stimulate
archy of individuals, drawn deeper and deeper, a real interest in a period that invariably fasci-
in pursuit of mean and egotistic ends, into po-
nates our eyes
if we we will turn them but once
litical fraud and commercial chicanery. Hon to “ the fairest and happiest halting-place in the
esty of presentation could go no further. secular march of men.'
The sentence quoted above in laudation of The material book presents a pleasing appear-
Athens will serve as an illustration of the 66
par ance, and is of convenient size. The printed page
donable dash of enthusiasm in our author.
is legible, and there is comparative freedom
Only once or twice does this enthusiasm draw from typographical slips, although on page 122
near the borderland of extravagance; but even the substitution of as for at is very irritating
the warmest admirer of Greek plastic art will particularly in a third edition. In these days
read the following passage slowly before yielding of "eye-mindedness"and the constant purveying
his approval : “ Their mere household crockery, thereto, Mr. Dickinson and his publishers are
their common pots
and pans, are cast in shapes to be commended for resisting the temptation
so exquisitely graceful, and painted in designs to improve his little work with illustrations.
so admirably drawn and composed, that any one
F. B. R. HELLEMS.
of them has a higher artistic value than the whole
contents of the Royal Academy; and the little
clay figures they used as we do china ornaments
BRIEFS ON NEW BOOKS.
put to shame the most ambitious efforts of mod-
It must seem strange to the general
ern sculpture. Who, for example, would not
reader to find volumes on Australia
rather look at a Tanagra statuette than at the the Philippines, and the Philippine Islands included
equestrian statue of the Duke of Wellington ?” in the “ Asiatic Neighbors” series ( Putnam), even
But after all, has not William Morris stood though the native stock of the Philippines is Ma-
champion for the lesser crafts, for the beauty of layan, the typical brown man of the Asiatic seas and
the web, the cup, or the knife, telling us how all their confines. Australia has been an English colony
the arts hang together, and summoning us to
since 1788, and the Philippines were Spanish colo-
follow the goddess to the kitchen as well as to the
nial possessions for more than three centuries before
art gallery ? That the Greeks “ were artists becoming subject to American influence. Both have
through and through, quite apart from any the-
been more closely related to Europe than to Asia,
though nearer to Asiatic than to European coasts.
ories they may have held,” we are not allowed
to forget at any point in the chapter on Art, in However, one ought not to be captious about the
series in which such admirable books as the present
which the sections dealing with the Greek iden ones are included. In “ Australian Life in Town
tification of the æsthetic and ethical points of and Country," Mr. E. C. Buley, an Australian by
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birth as well as by other ties, exhibits Australia as a whoever gives himself the pleasure of letting Mr.
continent, not only in the extent of its territory (three Selous tell him will straightway be ashamed of his
million square miles ), but in comprising a number skepticism. In the first place the author is convinc-
of states, with a goodly amount of mutual jealousy, ingly in love with his subject — even with those
though united under a Federal Constitution; having “desolate and wind-swept isles” where November
several important cities, though its entire population comes in August, and the sea never sleeps. “Would
is little more than half that of the city of London; God my home were here,” he exclaims, " that I might
maintaining relations with England somewhat re make a life-long and continuous study of the wild
moved from the conventional love for the dear old sea-bird life about me!” – and he adds, “Oh, is there
Mother Country"; and having some aspirations after anything in life more piquant (if you care about it)
national life, fostered by the “ Australian Natives' than to lie on the summit of a beetling cliff, and
Association.” He does not recognize Botany Bay or watch the breeding sea-fowl on the ledges below!”
the penal settlement as having influenced the life and Contagious as this enthusiasm is, however, it is the
development of the continent. A convict settlement excellence of his watching that gives the greatest
was no part of the plan of the early advocates of colo value to his book. Mr. Selous believes with Darwin
nization in Australia, though the 26th of January, that “every creature is ready to alter his habits, as
the date when Captain Phillip landed, in 1788, at the opportunity arises, and the greater number of
Port Jackson with the first load of convicts, is now them are, in some way or another, always in process
annually observed by Australians as “ Anniversary of doing so." Consequently his observations, always
Day.” The real development of Australia began patient, loving, and interesting, often have a further
with Captain John MacArthur, who, with sure in point in recording variations from accepted for-
stinct in agricultural and pastoral matters, seems to mulæ. Many of these discoveries seem insignificant;
have grasped the possibilities of the Australian con others, it is more than likely, may lead the way to
tinent immediately upon his arrival. The pastoral important results. In any event, the definiteness of
industry which he introduced led to exploration and the records is delightful. The coloring of the Arctic
the development of various branches of agriculture. skua, fifteen variations of which are carefully dis-
Gold was discovered in 1851; but the greatest factor tinguished; the cuddling of the guillemot chick under
in the development of the resources of the country its mother's wing; the flight of the fulmar petrel
was the experiment in the ocean carriage of perish which “suggests a soul,” while other birds are only
able produce, by which in one year Australia sold bodies; the sporting of a young seal with a spar of
one hundred millions worth of produce in excess of wood (for the sub-title of the book promises "some
her purchases. The book deals most entertainingly notes on seals”); and the manners of “Falstaff,” the
with Australian life, and is well illustrated. — Mr. big seal who “expatiates ” luxuriously upon his rock
James A. Le Roy's “Philippine Life in Town and ** with such great yawns, such stretchings, heavings,
Country” differs in style from the other volumes of and throwings back of the head, with supple cury-
the series, and has many advantages over the vast ings of the neck !” — all these and more are vivid
number of books upon the Philippines which have enough to the reader to become an appreciable part
appeared in the English language since 1898. It of life. The fine scorn of civilization on which
was found impossible for the author to divide the they are embossed adds further zest to them. “To
life of the Philippines, as he has seen it, into urban me,” Mr. Selous says, “a live snake is much more
and rural. Mr. Le Roy is qualified to write of the interesting than a live man or woman.” He clings
Philippines, both by a previous experience with the to this preference good-naturedly, amusingly, until
Spanish Americans, and by virtue of his connection he speaks of the cruelty of men to animals; then
with the United States Philippine Commission dur his scorn bites and stings. They conquer, these
ing the establishment of civil government in the Philistines, and the finer-touched spirit lies bleeding
islands. Yet he writes with no intention of main and suffering beneath them. that the 'pale
taining any particular theory, or of supporting any Galilean’ has not conquered here, but that Thor has,
policy with regard to the “Philippine question” which though often in his rival's name." The only real
enters so largely into the politics of our country to-
fault of the book - unless account is taken of some
day. In his pictures of the life of the "Filipinos” obvious inaccuracies of style — lies in the illustra-
(whom he defines as the Christianized inhabitants tions, which are taken from drawings altogether too
of the islands as distinct from the Moros or Moham much “made up,” instead of from photographs, as
medan Malays of the southern regions), he quotes any American is bound to think they should have
largely from the novels of José Rizal, a native lit been.
terateur and political martyr. Some entirely new
The task of collating and editing the
A famous
photographs of scenes in the islands illustrate the
Bishop and abundant materials existing for an
volume.
his work.
adequate history of Trinity Parish in
Records of a
The goodly size of Mr. Edmund the city of New York, undertaken by the Rev. Mor-
Selous's volume called “The Bird gan Dix, S.T.D., D.C.L., ninth rector of said parish,
the Shetlands. Watcher in the Shetlands” (Dutton) bore its first fruit in 1898, in a large and handsome
is a temptation to the uninitiated to ask what there volume setting forth the history of the parish from
is in that barren region to write so much about. But 1686 to the close of the rectorship of Dr. Inglis in
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1783. That volume was somewhat fully reviewed it is a valuable contribution to the history of the
in these columns at the time of its publication, as Diocese of New York, of the Protestant Episcopal
the history of Trinity Church during the period cov Church, and of the times in which Hobart lived ; and
ered was to a large extent the history of New York it gives to the third volume of this series an inter-
City and province, and of far wider than merely est like that of the first and second volumes, far
parochial interest. After an interval of three years, wider than the limits of a parish, albeit the largest
a second volume appeared, bringing the history down and most influential parish in the land.
to the close of Dr. Moore's rectorship in 1816. This
volume also received due notice in these columns.
Umbria and its The past year has produced a remark-
It was then supposed that a third volume would suf foremost figure, able number of books about the
fice to cover the rectorial terms of Dr. Hobart and Saint Francis. small but fascinating region of Italy
Dr. Berrian, the seventh and eighth rectors, and to known as Umbria, and about Umbria's foremost
conclude the labors of Dr. Dix as editor. The third figure, St. Francis. Two late additions to the list
volume which now appears (Putnam) but partially are Miss Emma G. Salter's “ Franciscan Legends in
fulfils the expectation of the completion of the history, Italian Art” (Dutton), and Mr. Edward Hutton's
principally because of the discovery of a large mass “ The Cities of Umbria” (Dutton). The distin-
of letters containing so much of interest and of im guishing feature of the former work is its very com-
portance in the history of Trinity Parish as to de- plete classified lists of everything in art connected
mand considerable attention. This volume is there with the life of St. Francis, even those pictures and
fore devoted to the rectorship of Dr. Hobart to the statues which, though not great as works of art, are
year 1830; and a fourth volume will be required to yet extremely interesting to Franciscan students.
treat of the rectorate of Dr. Berrian.
John Henry Pictures of the saint began to be made as early as
Hobart was a man of great prominence in his day. the thirteenth century, and are usually to be found
He was a native of Philadelphia, in which city he in rather out-of-the-way places, such as Greccio,
began his ministry. He was but a short time settled Subiaco, Pescia, etc. Not the least valuable por-
over churches in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and
tions of Miss Salter's book are the few pages of
Hempstead, Long Island, before he was elected an “ Practical Hints” for the traveller, showing him
assistant rector in Trinity Church, New York, in how to reach these places. An opportunity is often
1800. He became Secretary of the Diocese of New missed by the traveller, even when close at hand,
York, and was some time Secretary of the House of because of the lack of just such practical knowledge
Deputies of the General Convention. When con as this. Tradition
says
that the Greccio picture was
secrated Assistant Bishop of New York in 1811, painted from life for a friend; but whether it was
there were but six bishops of the Episcopal Church or not, the type of face of St. Francis, his dress
in America. In 1816, by the death of Bishop Moore, and symbols, make him one of the most easily recog-
he became Bishop of the Diocese, and the same year nizable figures in Italian art. As frontispiece to
was elected rector of Trinity Church. His relations this volume, the author has selected Raphael's repre-
to Trinity Church by no means restricted the sphere sentation from the left-hand corner of his famous
of his influence. He was temporarily in charge of Madonna di Foligno in the Vatican Gallery at
the Dioceses of Connecticut and New Jersey, and
Rome. — Mr. Hutton divides his book into three
had the general oversight of the church in the West parts : “Impressions of the Cities of Umbria,” “The
ern Reserve. He was influential in the establish Umbrian School of Painting," and "Umbria Mystica.”
ment of the General Theological Seminary of How thoroughly the author is under the spell that
Geneva (now Hobart) College, and of the Church affects all who dwell long enough in Umbria, may be
press in this country. He carried the gospel to the judged from such a passage as this, from the chapter
Oneida Indians, and awakened the Church to the on Spoleto : “I came to her in an evil mood, hating
needs of missionary efforts in what was then con my fellow-men and especially the tourist; I left her
sidered the far West. He was a man of strong after a long time, refreshed and rested, at peace with
convictions, and the phrases “the Gospel in the all men, having understood her beauty and her joy.
Church” and “ Evangelical Truth and Apostolic ... Climb up to the great Roman aqueduct that
Order" are associated with his name. He was some spans the profound ravine which isolates Spoleto on
what of a controversialist, and one of his opponents her round hill, and at evening look across the val-
in a once famous controversy was so impressed with leys to the hills and the mountains; that luminous
his ability that he declared, "Were I compelled to softness, a delicacy so magical that you had thought
entrust the safety of my country to any one man, only the genius of Raphael or Perugino could im-
that man should be John Henry Hobart.” The agine and express it, is just reality.” In the division
editor of the history of Trinity Parish has wisely devoted to Umbrian painting, the author has well
embraced the opportunity afforded by the connection characterized its profound and delightful sentiment
of such a man with that important parish, to publish as distinguished from the intellectual travail of the
a careful selection from the more than three thou Florentines or the magnificent acceptance of life of
sand letters known as the “Hobart Correspondence." the Venetians. In “Umbria Mystica,” St. Francis
So far from this giving to the present volume the is of course the chief figure, though Joachim di Flore,
character of a personal memoir of the famous Bishop, St. Clare, Brother Bernard, and Brother Elias are


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The civic
America.
treated also. Sabatier's monumental work on St. Co.). The book is an attempt to save the would-be
Francis is criticized as showing limitations due to builder from such expensive and annoying prelim-
the fact that this biographer is a Frenchman and inaries by giving him a clear idea both of the diffi-
not a Catholic. Of the thirty-two illustrations in this culties he should avoid and the beauties he may
volume, twenty are in color, and are of great beauty. attain to.
attain to. Mr. Hooper begins by giving special
Taking both matter and manner into consideration, advice about the choice of a site. General consider-
Mr. Hutton's book is perhaps the most exhaustive ations governing the selection of the plan are next
and attractive of the long list of Umbrian books of discussed, and there is a detailed account of the
the past year.
proper way of putting up a house under varying
Refreshingly interesting is Professor conditions, and of finishing it outside and in. Next
awakening in
Charles Zueblin's little volume en Mr. Hooper turns his attention to details, such as
titled “A Decade of Civic Develop doors, windows, and fire-places. He has something
ment” (University of Chicago Press), consisting of to
say
about each room in the house, making endless.
nine essays reprinted from “The Chautauquan,” and suggestions for variety of treatment. Next he
in a way a supplement to the author's “ American attacks the problems of heating, lighting, ventilation,
Municipal Progress” published some years ago. In and plumbing. A chapter on “Water-Supply and
content the book is a record of civic development Drainage" discusses these important matters from
and progress in the United States during the past a practical point of view, and also considers various
ten years, with suggestions for many new lines of artistic disguises for wells and wind-mills. Out-
improvement. The spirit of optimism pervades the buildings, gate-ways, and the garden with its acces-
entire work, and certainly the facts which Professor sories are all duly considered. There are specimen
Zueblin marshals abundantly prove his thesis that contracts for the enlightenment of the inexperienced
American cities are rapidly becoming more attrac builder, and any details not previously disposed of
tive and fit for the homes of the millions. The are brought together in a final chapter entitled
agencies which are contributing to the civic trans “ Hints." Prices and architects' names are attached
formation are social settlements, university extension to most of the illustrations, thus adding to their
schemes, free lecture courses, municipal art societies, practical value.
practical value. Æsthetically, the illustrations are
recreation schools, movements for the establishment of course a decided feature. There are a great.
of parks, playgrounds, and free libraries, and vari many of them, and the photographer, Mr. E. E.
ous municipal and private organizations. We are Loderholtz, has shown skill in treating his subjects
now entering upon a period of “civic awakening,” | in such a way that the points of the text are always.
he says; a new "civic spirit” is spreading as never made clear without sacrificing the beauty of the
before, and a new conception of public responsibility pictures. To people who are not looking forward
is taking possession of the minds of the people who to building a country home, Mr. Hooper's book will
dwell in cities. The duty of training the citizen be interesting as showing what has been done in that
for life in a democracy is also coming to be more direction in America; in the end it will probably
generally appreciated, and as a result many semi- inspire them with a great desire to carry out some
educational movements are now contributing to the of Mr. Hooper's suggestions. Intending builders
development of higher civic ideals. With increasing cannot fail to profit by reading the book, - except
prosperity have come leisure and culture, and these in one respect: it offers so many enticing hints for
in turn have conduced to social and municipal re elaborating and beautifying the house and grounds
form. Less attention is being given to political in unusual ways that, though the house when built.
methods and machinery, and more to municipal may exactly suit its owner, it will probably cost him
improvements. The housing of the people, the a good deal more than it would before he realized
adornment and beautification of the streets with the full possibilities of “The Country House.”
monuments and fountains, the creation of archi-
tectural unity, and the laying out of new parks are Observations of The bright talk of a witty and observ-.
an English
some of the problems to which the “new spirit”
husband's
ant woman, gifted with a sense of
has given rise. Professor Zueblin's account of the American wife. humor, is always worth listening to;
“ remaking” of Chicago, Harrisburg, Boston, New and even when it is addressed to the general public
York, and Washington is a record of municipal through the medium of print, it need lose little or
progress which no one can read without a sense of none of its fine quality. Mrs. John Lane's “The
civic pride and a feeling of hope for the future. Champagne Standard” (John Lane Co.) treats
Deplorable as is the condition of many cities, says lightly and briskly of her domestic and society expe-
the author, the record of progress in the decade is a riences upon removing, as she and her husband
proud one, and compels the belief that the cities recently did, from New York to London. The ser-.
will be redeemed.
vant problem, domestic architecture, the fight with
The country
“It is said that a man must needs London smoke and smut, the hide-bound conserva-
house and how build three houses before he will tism of our English cousins, and various other topics
have one to suit him,” remarks Mr. suggested by her new surroundings, are handled in
Charles Edward Hooper in the preface to his volume an entertaining and often amusing manner. The.
about “The Country House” (Doubleday, Page & reader may perhaps wonder, on reading Mrs. Lane's.
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A book of
Iliad of domestic woes, why this energetic New cults, archæological remains, etymological data,
England woman (she appears to be Boston-bred) sub classical authors, and Roman topography, - Profes-
mitted to such martyrdom at the hands of her bond sor Pais has brought together a mass of materials
women. With a family of two only, why not assert of a most bewildering character, which he builds
one's American independence, dismiss the retinue of into an argument that seems almost irrefutable. It
supercilious and at the same time sycophantic serving- will be found, however, that in many instances he
folk, and enjoy the dignity and freedom of one's God claims more weight for his evidence than his critics
given self-sufficiency – even at the risk of British are likely to allow. Throughout the work, he main-
stares and frowns ? The chain that fetters the slave tains his earlier negative position; but he also tries
at one end is bound to the master at the other. Only to give his studies a positive value by attempting to
those worries fret us for which we have an affinity. explain how the myths originated, tracing a number
Nothing but our own can come to us. Mrs. Lane of them back to Italian worship. “Lucretia and
is worthy of better things than kitchen squabbles, as Virginia, in origin two goddesses, became mere
her pen has already proved. Of things one might mortals; Vulcan was changed into the lame and
criticize, if critically inclined, are Mrs. Lane's asser one-eyed Horatius Cocles ; . . . the god Minucius
tion that “the days have passed in America for the was transformed into a tribune of the people.” Such
making of sudden and great fortunes,” her calling conclusions are not likely to be accepted without dis-
the whale a fish, and speaking of “a protoplasm" as pute, although most who read them will agree that
if it were a form of animal or vegetable life, her every chapter is the work of a master.
The English
occasional use (despite her Boston training) of will version is by the author's countryman, Mario E.
for shall and of would for should, and her indulgence Cosenza. While in the main satisfactory, it fre-
in such looseness of sentence-structure as this,- " It quently lacks in point of clearness, the involved
is, therefore, rather startling, as a blushing stranger, parenthetical structure of the sentences making it
to see the loving couples that emerge out of the leafy difficult at times to follow the author's argument.
paths of Kensington Garden. . On the other
hand, we must commend her freedom from Anglo-
Mr. Arthur Symons's prose work is
imaginary
mania, and her censure of such follies of English
always strikingly individual. Indeed
portraits.
conservatism as the insistence that no woman, how-
so little kinship has it with current
ever old, shall be considered fully dressed unless she
modes that it is perhaps best described in critical
be entirely undressed as to neck and shoulders.
slang as “precious.” His latest volume is called
With the passing of good Queen Victoria, let this
“Spiritual Adventures” (Dutton), and is dedicated,
particular item of court usage, so dear to her other-
not unfittingly, to Mr. Thomas Hardy. In order to
wise compassionate heart, pass also, and let the
enjoy it, one must have a strong taste for analysis, for
shivering shoulders be clothed.
intricate psychological problems, for self-revelation
so searching as to be decidedly foreign to the Anglo-
When the great Italian scholar, Pro Saxon temper. The first sketch in the book, “A
“Even the
fessor Ettore Pais, published his Prelude to Life,” is written in autobiographic form,
gods must go."
Roman History, about seven years and details the experiences — whether real or imagi-
ago, the world of classical scholarship experienced nary only Mr. Symons can tell — of the author's
a profound and somewhat unpleasant sensation. The childhood. Its uniqueness consists in its bald frank-
Storia di Roma is primarily a criticism of the ness, its utter freedom from reserve, its absolute lack
earlier sources; and after the author has thoroughly of glamour. There is no rose-color in the recollec-
sifted them, practically nothing remains. Every tion. He remembers that he was indifferent to his
thing handed down from the regal period, with most father. “He never interested me,” he says coldly.
of what is credited to the first century of the repub His mother seems to have been his one friend, for
lic, is swept into the rubbish heap of historic myth he either despised or disliked his teachers and school-
and legend. It is readily seen that a work of such mates, and hated the “commonplace, middle-class
a destructive character would encounter hostile criti people” among whom his family lived. He loved
cism on every side. But the unsympathetic attitude music passionately, and books; but he discovered
of conservative scholars seems merely to have spurred Humanity only after reading “Lavengro,” which
the author on to a more detailed investigation of his sent him gypsying. Eventually he went to London
subject; and he now gives us what seems to be a and found there the strong sense of life that he had
reply to his critics, in a volume of about three hun sought in vain before. He admits to being a vain,
dred pages bearing the title, “ Ancient Legends of selfish, and idle child, and then he snaps the “ Pre-
Roman History" (Dodd, Mead & Co.). The vol lude ” off short without giving the least hint of
ume is mainly a collection of essays, “special and how the queer boy grew up to manhood. The next
minute demonstrations of subjects already succinctly sketch lays bare the inner consciousness of a Jewish
treated” in the author's earlier work. As a rule, garment-worker who becomes a great actress. Others
each chapter is devoted to the examination of some trace the spiritual experiences of a mad musician,
well-known tale, such as the story of Tarpeia or the of a realistic painter who found it necessary to live
legend of the Horatii. From a close and untiring the sordid life of his models, of a minister beset by
study of the most diverse sources, - myths, ancient doubts of the gospel he taught, and of half a dozen


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others. Most of the “experiences” are tragic; all have been taken out of a work on political science.
are thoroughly subjective and tantalizingly incom The parts of the book which deal with socialization,
plete. Indeed one wonders whether it is by intention social control, and social ideals are not subject to
or chance that Mr. Symons always keeps back the the same criticism, yet they are not altogether satis-
salient point of the story. His skill in analysis must fying; probably the space devoted to these subjects
be admitted, and his command of telling epithet and is insufficient for the successful exposition of a
of a certain poetic, though wholly undramatic, charm. philosophy of society. The chapters on social
But his very cleverness and facility make it more to pathology bring the science down to earth, and con-
be regretted that he has wasted his time in portrai- stitute probably the most valuable part of the book;
ture, brilliant but without significance, of subjects there is a reference to " the criminal germ ” which
that are hardly worthy of such distinction.
looks at first sight like an extreme application of the
biological analogy; but this is probably only one of
The latest, and let us hope the last, numerous expressions which would have been im-
exploitation of the royal marriage of proved upon in a careful revision. There are two
English queen.
Mrs. Fitzherbert is a volume by the suggestive chapters on the field and method of social
late W. H. Wilkins entitled “Mrs. Fitzherbert and investigation; and, finally, an historical sketch of
George IV.” (Longmans, Green, & Co.). The au social philosophy and sociology which will be found
thor has been an accomplished defender of unhappy a convenient introduction to the literature of the
queens, Mrs. Fitzherbert being the fourth whose subject.
career he has chronicled. His undertaking has had
the full cooperation of Mrs. Fitzherbert's family,
who have freely loaned portraits, letters, and other
BRIEFER MENTION.
documents to the end that the biography might be
We have previously noted the appearance of the first
complete. The publishers have done their part by
three volumes in the “Journals of the Continental Con-
producing a handsomely bound, well printed, and gress," as edited by Mr. Worthington Chauncey Ford
lavishly illustrated volume. In addition to his able for the Library of Congress. The fourth volume of this
manipulation of materials and lively style of narra important work has now appeared after a long delay,
tion, Mr. Wilkins was fortunate enough to secure a
easily to be accounted for by the size of the volume,
privilege stubbornly withheld from previous chron which contains over four hundred pages. It takes us into
iclers; he was given the King's gracious permission
the epochal year of 1776, and covers only five months of
to see and to quote from the famous Fitzherbert
the year at that, so many and serious were the activities
of the Congress during the period between the Canadian
papers. These, it will be recalled, Mrs. Fitzherbert
expedition and the first steps toward the Declaration.
placed at Coutts's Bank in 1833, with the specific
The many who had not the privilege of viewing the
purpose of vindicating her character, exactly when
annual Royal Academy exhibition of last summer may
or how she did not determine. From them the fact
console themselves very comfortably with the volume of
of her marriage with George, Prince of Wales, is “Royal Academy Pictures, 1905," recently published by
proved beyond a doubt, and the famous controversy Messrs. Cassell & Co., which sets before us for the
is happily settled, - not, however, at all to Prince eighteenth consecutive time an adequate record of the
George's credit. The marriage is naturally the national achievement in British art for the year. The
pivotal point of the book. Very little space is de quality of the reproductions, both half-tone and photo-
voted to the previous life of Mrs. Fitzherbert, and
gravure, is no less excellent in this than in previous vol-
afterwards the varying status of the marriage and of
nes of the work. More than two hundred paintings
the Prince's devotion to her was of course the chief
and sculptures are reproduced, and there is a brief in-
troductory note by Mr. M. H. Spielmann.
consideration, both to the lady herself and to the
A new volume in the «
gossiping public. Mr. Wilkins has nothing but praise
Drawings of the Great Mas-
for Úrs. Fitzherbert, who is represented as acting Adolph von Menzel. The illustrations are introduced
ters” series reproduces about fifty of the drawings of
throughout her intercourse with the Prince in a
by a brief appreciation from the pen of Professor H. W.
manner uniformly to her credit. George's life and Singer, who gives a vivid and sympathetic picture of
character are touched upon only in the aspects in Menzel's bitter struggle for recognition, and an account
which they affected Mrs. Fitzherbert.
of his most important lithographs, wood-cuts, and paint-
ings, and of the great mass of his drawings, some five
“The Elements of Sociology" (Mac thousand of which were recently exhibited at Berlin.
A textbook
on sociology.
millan), by Professor Frank W. Only one of the fifty representative sketches in the pres-
Blackmar, is not a book calculated to ent volume has ever been reproduced before. There is
convince doubters that there is a well-defined science
a wide variety in subject, style, and finish, but all are
of society. The author maintains that sociology has
interesting.— In similar form, though in this case appear-
a field and purpose distinct from those of the special ing in “ The Master Etchers” series, is a volume de-
social sciences, but of this his book is not convincing forty-eight excellent reproductions of the master's work,
voted to the etchings of Charles Méryon. There are
evidence; the chapters on the production and con-
an account of his unhappy career from the pen of Mr.
sumption of wealth and on exchange seem to belong Hugh Stokes, and a useful annotated list of his output.
for the most part in a treatise on economics, while The form of these volumes, which are imported by
that on the theory and functions of the state might | Messrs. Scribner's Sons, is in every way worthy.
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NOTES.
A “School History of the United States,” by Mr.
Henry William Elson, is published by the Macmillan
Co. Mr. Elson's previous success in the popularization
of our history bespeaks favorable consideration for this
excellent text-book.
Mr. Schuyler Staunton, author of “The Fate of a
Crown,” will issue early next month through the Reilly
& Britton Co. a new novel entitled “ Daughters of Des-
tiny.” Eight drawings in color, three of them the work
of Mr. Thomas Mitchell Pierce, will illustrate the book.
We are glad to note that a collection of Mr. Thomas
Bailey Aldrich's “Songs and Sonnets” will be issued
this Spring as a Riverside Press Edition, in similar form
to “The Love Poems of John Donne "and Sidney's “Cer-
taine Sonets." For this edition Mr. Aldrich has made
a wholly new selection and arrangement of his poetry.
The volume of “ Reminiscences of My Childhood and
Youth,” by the great Danish critic George Brandes, is
an interesting Spring announcement of Messrs. Fox,
Duffield & Co. Simultaneously with its appearance
in
this country, the book will be issued in London by Mr.
William Heinemann and in the original Danish at
Copenhagen.
“Great Pedagogical Essays,” edited by Professor
F. V. N. Painter, is published by the American Book
Co. The contents include extracts from twenty-four
authors, from Plato to Herbert Spencer, besides a small
amount of anonymous matter. There are biographical
sketches and a very few footnotes, but the volume is
practically one of texts alone.
The old-fashioned method of silhouette illustration is
pleasantly revived in a booklet entitled “Great-Grand-
ma's Looking-Glass," recently issued by Mr. Robert
Grier Cooke. The text consists of a poem by Miss
Blanche Nevin, a verse or two of which appears on each
page. The full-page illustrations are the work of Annis
Dunbar Jenkins, who has achieved charming results.
In the series of bibliographies of American authors
which Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. inaugurated last
year with Miss Nina E. Browne's “ Bibliography of
Nathaniel Hawthorne," there will appear this Spring a
Bibliography of James Russell Lowell” compiled by
Mr. George Willis Cooke, and a “ Bibliography of the
Writings of Henry James" compiled by Mr. Le Roy Phil-
lips. Both volumes will be issued in limited editions.
Mr. A. C. Benson has written a volume on Walter
Pater for the “ English Men of Letters” series, and the
book
may be expected in the course of a month or two.
We note that Mr. Benson has acknowledged the author-
ship of “The Upton Letters," published anonymously
last Fall; and that he is soon to bring out, through
Messrs. Putnam, a series of papers which have been
appearing in “The Cornhill Magazine” under the title
“ From a College Window."
“The Liquor Problem: A Summary of Investiga-
tions conducted by the Committee of Fifty, 1893-1903 ”
is a small book issued by Messrs Houghton, Miffin &
Co. It contains chapters on the physiological, legislative,
economic, and ethical aspects of the liquor question,
and one on substitutes for the saloon. It is very con-
densed and statistical, being a summary of four large
works prepared and published under the auspices of the
committee; and while it will undoubtedly prove useful,
it should not take the place of the larger books as a
source of information.
“ The Journeys of La Salle and his Companions,"
edited by Professor Isaac Joslin Cox, form two new
volumes in the “ Trail Makers" series of Messrs.
A. S. Barnes & Co. The work includes translations
of the memoirs of Tonty, Membré, Hennepin, Douay,
Le Clercq, Joutel, and Jean Cavelier, besides other
minor pieces, and an introduction.
The late George Birkbeck Hill's editorial labors in
connection with the writings of Samuel Johnson are now
(presumably) crowned by the publication of a stately
three-volume edition of the « Lives of the Poets."