, de), L'Architecture religieuse en
on these topics, and it is satisfactory to find
to the policy of absorption.
on these topics, and it is satisfactory to find
to the policy of absorption.
Athenaeum - London - 1912a
A small girl
Werner Laurie
plishing much harm.
and a small but most precocious boy plough
We hear a great deal in this manual of the
laws of planetary influence, the casting of
Greenhoe (North), Aunt Ursula's Bequest, 1/ net.
unscathed through a series of adventures from
the first to the five hundred and fortieth and
horoscopes, Malefics and Benefics, and astro-
Murray & Evenden
logical formulæ in general. The author com-
A capital short ghost-story explicable by the
last page of the story. Personally, we dislike
fortably acquits astrology of having been in
hypothesis that ghosts are entities possessed
precocious boys who outwit Mahdis and put
their elders and betters to shame, preserving
any way associated with necromancy or the
of a single fixed idea due to peculiar distress
all the while the true chivalrous spirit of
black arts, and proceeds to demonstrate the
of mind at the time of death, and therefore
obscurantist superstitions of this form of
usually associated with revenge or remorse.
proper little gentlemen.
imposture.
Gretton (R. H. ), Almayne of Mainfort, 6/
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Though it is not acknowledged in a preface
or in the text, this novel has already appeared
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Ward & Lock
in a periodical. Mr. James Stephens's slender
A popular edition of this pleasant but diffuse
novel.
The author relates the vicissitudes of a young
volume entitled 'Insurrections, which was
Bennett (Arnold), The Old Wives' Tale, 6/
Cornish lawyer who, full of youthful ambition
published a year or so ago, was one of the
Hodder & Stoughton
and determination, and tired of the mono.
grimmest and most powerful productions in
modern verse. The novel is in lighter vein,
A new edition of one of the very few
tony of a country life, decides to seek fame and
modern novels which have survived their day,
fortune in the great metropolis. The interest-
and its limpid spontaneity and sincerity are
and seem likely to be permanently remembered
ing story is somewhat marred by its lack of
altogether refreshing.
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originality.
Warden (Florence), Mollie the Handful, 6/
F. V. White
author has largely increased his reputation, McAulay (Allan), Beggars and Sorners, 6/
but we doubt if he has done better than in
John Lane
To the two gentlemen who were her guardians
this fine and solid piece of work.
handful" ;
The book Readers whose tastes lie in the direction of
Mollie certainly proved herself a
has a preface and a picture of the author.
historical fiction will find much of genuine
throughout the book she keeps them thoroughly
Bowen (Marjorie), The Quest of Glory, 6/
interest in Mr. McAulay's work. The story
uncomfortable and alarmed, and the reader well
Methuen describes the adventures of a young Scottish
amused. The tale is pleasantly told in the
A vivid and powerful story of the time of lady who, on a visit to Holland in the year 1750,
style familiar to the author's many admirers.
Louis XV. The hero is a Sir Galahad, whose finds herself unexpectedly involved in a Jacobite | Warden (Gertrude), The Path of Virtue, 6/
strenuous pursuit of lofty ideals amongst the conspiracy. The author writes in a pleasing
F. V. White
base and ‘meretricious personages in power
and facile manner, and would appear to have
This is what it purports to be,
gives the author good opportunities for striking
considerable knowledge of his subject, while of the musical comedy stage," of a cheap and
situations and dramatic contrasts. The story his characters possess decided individuality. sensational order, though occasionally witty.
of the beautiful and mysterious Carola is well A general air of mystery and intrigue tends to The person who prevents the successful climax
told; the characters of the blasé monarch, his keep one in a state of continuous expectancy,
lives so long that we are not unprepared for the
powerful minister, and Voltaire are skilfully which is perhaps hardly justified by a somewhat
railway accident in the last chapter.
drawn ; and the gradual deepening of the tragedy
weak climax. The dialogue, though spirited, is Wemyss (Mrs. George), A Lost Interest, 6/
towards the final scene is effective.
rather too suggestive of the twentieth century.
Constable
Brooke (Emma), The House of Robersbaye, 6/ Metcalfe (Thomas), The Prince, with
The characters in this book, one and all,
Heinemann Account of his Principality and Courtiers, 6/ have the art of making light and witty conversa-
Miss Brooke belongs to the small band of
Mills & Boon tion. They belong to the Smart Set, they view
writers who are never shallow and never slip- This is apparently a first novel by a writer life with a well-bred cynicism, their manners are
sbod. She thinks out her subject-generally who has not yet mastered the rules of his craft, polished, and their remarks to the point (and
rather some moral or mental crisis than any the most imperative of which is to be clear. occasionally somewhat beyond it). We are
clash of events and keeps resolutely to it.
Since the names of actual Brighton traders are thoroughly amused, except when the author
In her present book this characteristic merit boldly introduced, the scene of the tale is allows the youthful innocence
of a pre-
becomes almost a defect, so much does the presumably within measurable distance of cocious girl of fifteen to form a cloak for
central interest, Robert Robershaye's change that town, but the odd dialect employed by remarks which go beyond any ventured by the
of heart, dominate all other matters.
some of the characters does not recall the adults. That, we think, is neither a fair nor
characters are individualized only to the degree
Sussex speech.
a pleasing feature of the book.
66
& romance
some
The very
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des villes d'impression, 328 facsimilés, et 3
Eveleigh Nash
Duckworth planches hors texte, 10fr. Florence, Olschki
A tale of mystery showing more than the The ten essays contained in this short volume This is a beautiful and illuminating catalogue,
average amount of skill, though the plot is not have the advantage of spontaneity, and will, and a tribute to the extraordinary picturesque-
strikingly original. The interest centres around we think, appeal to most readers who care for ness, variety, and vividness of Renaissance
the disappearance of a will and the appearance literary grace and charm of style.
decorative art. In graphic sequence it reveals
of an unexpected heir.
Strong (the late S. Arthur), Critical Studies and the evolution of the art of book-ornamentation
Fragments, with a Memoir by Lord Balcarres, to the period beyond the death of Albert Dürer,
General Literature.
5/ net.
Duckworth when engraving declined. The numerous speci-
A number of these studies have appeared in mens of art forms woven round the initial
Adam (Hargrave L. ), Woman and Crime, 10/6 net. The Times, The Morning Post, The Academy, letter are most interesting. The examples are
Werner Laurie The Guardian, The Art Journal, The Atheneum, mainly from Frankfort, Cologne, Leipsic,
As the author justly remarks : “ It is not a &c. , and it is convenient to have them collected Mayence, and Strasburg.
pleasant thing to have to devote nearly an and reissued in a single large volume. The Meyer (Eduard), Der Papyrus Fund von Ele-
entire volume to denouncing in unmeasured contents cover a very wide field, including phantine, 2m.
Leipsic, Hinrichs
terms—at times with unappeasable wrath- painting, fine art, history, literature, religion, What interests the author most, in this study
members of that sex which one has been reared philosophy, and archæology; in fact, Strong of the papyri discovered at Elephantine, is the
to regard with the eye of compassion. . . . ' did too much to do uniformly well. An light they throw on the part played by Persia
The book can hardly be regarded as a scientific adequate memoir, illustrations, appendixes in the external development of the Jewish
inquiry into feminine criminology. The narra- on Strong's purchases for the Chatsworth religion. The military colony of Jews, which
tive has sensational features and some illustra- Library, his contributions to Orientalism, and since the sixth century B. c. had for generations
tions.
subsidiary articles are added, with a copious inbabited this outpost, still worshipped as
Graham (Harry), The Perfect Gentleman, a Guide index. The volume is part of the Crown their fathers worshipped before the days of
to Social Aspirants, compiled from the Oc- Library.
Ezra and Nehemiah, and even possessed a
casional Papers of Reginald Drake Biffin, 6/ Tous les Chefs-d'Euvre de la Littérature Fran- temple of their own. Within the short space
Edward Arnold çaise : Paul Louis Courier, Pamphlets Poli- of 98 pages Prof. Meyer reconstructs something
A pleasing extravaganza, with plenty of tiques et Lettres d'Italie ; and Alfred de Musset, of their life and its relations to the world
laughable irony in it. Its purport is to satirize Nouvelles, 1/ net each.
Dent around them, and this so skilfully that, how-
the
excessive decorousness which is the bane Two more additions to the attractive com- ever fragmentary, the picture is definite and
of the modern jeunesse dorée, and it abounds panion series to “Everyman. ” The choice of vivid. The last part of the work deals with
in sly pleasantries at the expense of that
volumes is commendable.
the remains of literature found by the explorers,
wonderful animal. The style is one of grave,
Wilson (P. W. ), Welsh Disestablishment, 1/ net. and chiefly with the history of the wise Achigar
ceremonious mock - seriousness, and Mr.
Hodder & Stoughton -a tale widely current throughout the litera-
Graham enjoys himself with a zest which We find the preface by David Lloyd George, ture of the East, which this Aramaic rendering
is infectious. This type of work is best short as it is, more interesting than the book enables us to recognize as the oldest known
as delicate rapier-play, but if the author occa- as a whole, wbich, while it marshals its facts survival from a great substratum of common
sionally takes to the broadsword, we must clearly, and is logical, reasonable, and con- thought and art.
remember that rapiers are brittle, and that ciliatory in tone, is dull and too dependent on
the book contains nearly 300 pages.
what other people say. There is a mass of
Poetry and Drama.
Graham (R. B. Cunninghame), Success, and
statistical evidence and quotation from well- Croze (Austin de), La Chanson populaire de l'Ile
Other Sketches.
Duckworth
known authorities.
de Corse, avec conclusion de M. Paul Fontana.
A reprint of a striking collection of sketches
Pamphlets.
Paris, Champion
which we noticed favourably, and at length,
For notice see p. 250.
on November 15th, 1902. In the Shilling Net
Abercrombie (Patrick), Centripetality not Parlia-
Series.
mentarian, or the Vizier New-Visaged :
History and Biography.
Newspaper Press Directory, 1912, 2/
Philosophical Enquiry into the Results likely Karénine (Wladimir), George Sand, sa Vie et
C. Mitchell & Co.
to ensue from Certain Proposed Latter-day ses Euvres, 1838-48, 7fr. 50.
In this sixty-seventh issue due tribute is paid
Female Incontinencies, 4d.
Paris, Plon-Nourrit
to Walter Wellsman, who was responsible for
Liverpool Booksellers' Co.
For noti ce see p. 250.
forty-seven issues of the Directory, and was
An extraordinary pamphlet advocating a Mitteilungen aus der Königlichen Bibliothek,
looked upon as a walking encyclopædia on
system of eugenics for the preservation of female herausgegeben von der Generalverwaltung :
all matters relating to newspapers. Among
beauty. “Female Parliamentarianism” would
I. Briefe Friedrichs des Grossen an Thicrot,
original articles is one by Mr. W. T. Stead,
be disastrous, says our author. It would
herausgegeben von Emil Jacobs.
Then and Now,' in which he compares the
spoliate Man, and we should ultimately
Berlin, Weidmann
Press of the present day with what it was in
be plunged into a temporary Satyriasis,
We have here the first number of a series
1846. In it he states that the British Press floats
which sounds terrible.
which should attract no little attention. Prof.
on its advertising columns. As the advertiser
Persian Crisis (The), 1912, 3d.
Harnack, on behalf of the Board of Directors,
keeps the concern going, be has only to with-
This pamphlet contains the chief addresses
announces that it is intended to publish from
draw his orders, and the newspaper collapses. "
delivered at the public dinner in honour of Mr. time to time selections from the treasures
Among recent innovations Mr. Stead mentions
Morgan Shuster at the Savoy Hotel on January
contained in the Königliche Bibliothek at
the offer of The Times to insert advertisements
29th. Mr. Shuster's able and temperate Berlin—including not only accounts of MSS. ,
for servants from its subscribers free of charge. '
indictment of Russian policy is its main
autographs, old printed books, &c. , but also
The volume contains many portraits of merit.
feature, and the proposals of the Persia
Committee
The Directors have
reproductions of texts.
to the
Minister
People's Books (The):
Foreign
Henri Bergson, the
begun with these letters written by
to secure the immunity of Persia from further
Frederick the
Philosophy of Change, by H. Wildon Carr ;
Great
Crown Prince
molestation, the text of the Anglo-Russian
Botany, the Modern Study of Plants, by M. C. Convention of 1907, and a poem from the pen
to his French correspondent Thierot -- in
Stopes ; Dante, by A. G. Ferrers Éowell ;
view of the coming jubilee of the King, who
of Mr. John Galsworthy, entitled 'Persia-
Heredity, by J. A. S. Watson; Mary, Queen
was the second founder of the Bibliothek.
of Scots, by Elizabeth O'Neill ;
Moritura,' reprinted from The Nation, are
Organic
The letters themselves are interesting, though
included. We commend its solidity of reason-
Chemistry, by Prof. J. E. Cohen; The Principles
rather as giving fresh and amusing illustration
ing, its generosity and justice of feeling, and
of Electricity, by Norman R. Campbell ; Pure
of well-known traits in the character of
hope that its circulation will fulfil the expecta-
Gold, a Choice of Lyrics and Sonnets, by H. C.
Frederick than as affording much that is new.
tions of its promoters. No. 1 of the Persia
O'Neill. ; Roman Catbolicism, by H. B. Coxon ; Committee Pamphlets.
Science.
The Science of the Stars, by E. W. Maunder ; Sanders (T. W. ), Window Gardens, id.
Shakespeare, by Prof. C. H. Herford ; and
Agricultural and Horticultural Association
Caillet (Albert L. ), Traitement Mental et Culture
Women's Suffrage, a Short History of a Great One of the One and All Garden Books.
Spirituelle, 4fr.
Paris, Vigot Frères
Movement, by M. G. Fawcett, bd. net each. These booklets, fertile in suggestion and
This book covers an extraordinarily large
T. C. & E. C. Jack advice, ought to be welcomed by the public.
area, for it contains some mention of the
For notice see pp. 248 and 249.
They are condensed and scientific, and at the
histories and the teachings of the distinguished
Rees (Sir J. D. ), Current Political Problems, with same time not overburdened with irrelevant
psycho-therapeutists of all countries ; while
Pros and Cons, 5/ net.
Edward Arnold information
special attention is given to Yoga methods and
We think the author might have dispensed
the subject of mesmerism. The author of a
with his afterword of " pros and cons," which
FOREIGN
volume which deals with so many aspects
represent the popular short cuts to thinking.
of one subject cannot be accused of having an
Though he investigates the Persian question,
Fine Art and Archæology.
axe to grind, as is often the case with writers
he does not so much as mention the objections Lasteyrie (R.
, de), L'Architecture religieuse en
on these topics, and it is satisfactory to find
to the policy of absorption. In short, he has France à l'Époque romane, ses Origines, son
the use of hypnotism strongly discouraged
produced a handbook for the Conservative Développement, 30fr.
Paris, Picard
a somewhat curious prohibition in view of
partisan to“ get up" the normal controversial An exhaustive and monumental study of
the lengthy expositions of mechanical and
answers to the programme of his adversaries.
other methods of suggestion.
Romance architecture in France by the hand
Neugebauer (Dr. Paul V. ), Sterntafeln von 4000
Royal Statistical Society, Journal, February, 2/6 of a master. It embodies the quintessence of
vor Chr. bis zur Gegenwart. Leipsic, Hinrichs
The Society
M. de Lasteyrie's lectures at the Ecole des
Ruskin (John), The Political Economy of Art;
Chartes during the last thirty years, and brings
This work--to be completed in three parts,
of which this is the first is intended as an aid
Unto this Last ; Sesame and Lilies ; The Crown
us from the earliest origins of Christian archi-
to historians and students of literature who
of Wild Olive, 3/6 net.
Macmillan
tecture down to the dawn of the Gothic era.
The two lectures dealing with The Political
Admirable by reason of its broad treatment, its
are not themselves astronomers, but need to
Economy of Art' first appeared in 1857,
luminous attention to detail, and the way
check chronological statements by a reference
to astronomical data. In a series of tables it
* Unto this Last' in 1862, and Sesame and
in wbich it brings out the great lines of
gives the position of 518 stars, century by
Lilies' in 1865. They are here reissued to-
development, it cannot fail to mark an epoch
gether, well printed and got up, with a biblio-
in the study of the period. It is beautifully
century, for six thousand years. The two
graphical note. But
following parts will give : (1) tables for sun,
· Sesame and Lilies
illustrated by more than 700 plates.
moon, and planets for the same length of time;
has been issued so many times that we hardly Livres à Figures de l'École allemande des XVe. and (2) tabulated statements of such other
see the need of another edition. The volume et XVIe. Siècles : Catalogue LXXXI. , avec astronomical facts as are useful for work in
is one of the Library of English Classics.
une préface, une table des artistes, une table history and letters.
as
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Literary Gossip .
nounce
invented this doctrine, the reformers of the author has been to record various
the Zoroastrian religion borrowing it matters of public interest contained in the
from him three centuries later, or whether century covered by a father and a son
the Jews, as Prof. Moulton evidently -Samuel Thornton, Admiral, 1797–1859,
LAST WEEK there were sold in Edinburgh thinks, acquired it during the Babylonian and Percy Melville Thornton, 1841-1911,
two volumes described in the auctioneer's captivity, and carried it with them when for seventeen years M. P. for Clapham-
catalogue as Burns's Common-Place
sent back by Cyrus. In the latter case, members of the family of Thorntons of
Books,"
"*" in the handwriting of the poet. " what became of it between the days of Birkin in Yorkshire, and allied to the
Both were purchased by Mr. Hugh Hop- Cyrus and those of Philo?
Rices of Mothvey in Carmarthenshire.
kins of Glasgow for 651. each. The A MEETING of those favourable to the MR. JOHN GALSWORTHY is publishing
volumes originally formed part of the formation of a Bibliographical Society through Mr. Heinemann his first book of
Whitefoord Mackenzie collection, sold in in Glasgow was held in the Council Room poetry, entitled Wild Oats: Moods,
Edinburgh in 1886. At that sale one was of the Royal Philosophical Society there Songs, and Doggerels,' which will be
bought for Sir Robert Jardine of Castle- on Thursday, February 22nd. Dr. David ready on the 21st inst. Uniform with
milk for 310 guineas, and the other for Murray occupied the chair. After this volume will be "The Lure of the
Lord Rosebery for 270 guineas. The a statement by the chairman showing Sea,' by Mr. J. E. Patterson, whose
purchasers found, however, that the
that the the need for
a body of the sort vivid autobiography, 'My Vagabondage,'
catalogue statement to the effect that the mainly designed to cover the West of
we noticed last autumn.
thirty-three pieces in the volumes were Scotland, it was agreed to form the society,
Miss MARGARET B. CROSS has a new
unpublished was misleading, as they were and a large and influential committee
not the composition of Burns, but merely was appointed to draft the necessary rules Windus next week. The book is entitled
novel appearing with Messrs. Chatto &
transcripts of verse which was in print and constitution. Over fifty have already Up to Perrin's,' and, as the title implies,
before his day. In these circumstances intimated their intention of becoming the scene is laid in the West Country.
the volumes were returned to the Misses members. The interim secretary is the
Mackenzie, who have since died. The Rev. W. J. Couper, 26, Circus Drive,
Messrs. Chatto & Windus also an-
writer of a special article in The Glasgow Glasgow.
a cheaper issue of Sir Walter
Herald of February 24th gives good
Besant's four topographical books—Lon-
reasons for the contention that the volumes
MR. S. B. JEVONS has been appointed don,' • Westminster,'' East London, and
are not even the holograph of Burns.
literary adviser to the publishing house 'South London. ' The new edition will
of Sampson Low, Marston & Co.
Caution is needed in such cases. Some
contain all the original illustrations.
verses of similar origin were sent to us THE PASSING OF WAR,' a new book by ONE LOOK BACK,' the latest book
recently, and described as not in the Canon W. L. Grane, will be published by by Mr. G. W. E. Russell, is a volume
published works of Burns. That was Messrs. Macmillan & Co. next Tuesday. of reminiscences, not a collection of mis-
true, but the sender did not take the The work is in some sense the complement cellaneous essays, and it covers the
trouble to ascertain that they had been of 'The Great Illusion,' by Mr. Norman greater part of the social and political
familiar as the work of a well-known Angell, and is based on the author's changes witnessed by Mr. Russell during
contemporary and admirer of his for a belief that the cult of blood and iron will his life. It will be issued by Messrs.
century or so.
only be exchanged for that of national | Wells Gardner & Co.
fraternity by the growth of moral forces.
PROF. HOPE MOULTON delivered the
PICKWICK,' as is well-known, contains
first of his course of Hibbert Lectures on
PROF. J. B. BURY's new work, The
lapses, oversights," contra-
* Zoroastrianism' at the University of Eastern Roman Empire from the Fall rieties, &c. , owing to the haste and
London on Tuesday last. The course, as of Irene to the Accession of Basil I. boisterous spirit of the writer. No true
announced in the syllabus, covers the (A. D. 802-867),' will be ready shortly. Pickwickian would wish a single one away.
early history of the faith only, and the While it is an independent work, it Messrs. Gay & Hancock are issuing a col-
lecturer further announced that it would continues on a larger scale the Pro- lection of these oddities, gathered by
stop at the period of Alexander the Great. fessor's History of the Later Roman Mr. Percy Fitzgerald, who has already fur-
In his first lecture Prof. Moulton took the Empire. ' Messrs. Macmillan & Co. are nished some six treatises on Pickwick. '
view, now common among philologists, the publishers.
CANON R. L. OTTLEY's new volume
that the original home of the Aryan or
Indo-European race was in Europe, whence
MR. EDWARD CARPENTER's new book, for Lent, entitled 'The Rule of Faith
'The Drama of Love and Death :
they migrated to Asia, and there split into
a and Hope,' is announced for immediate
two peoples, one stopping short in Persia, Study of Human Evolution and Trans- publication in Mr. Robert Scott's “Library
where they became the ancestors of the figuration, will be published by Messrs. of Historic Theology. ” This work is an
Iranians, while the other proceeded to George Allen & Co. next Friday. The exposition of the Apostles' Creed from
India, and founded the Sanskrit
literature. earlier chapters will be a kind of continua- the devotional standpoint, the subject
This separation, he thought, migħt be dated of Age, while the latter part deals with the Incarnate Life,' The Reality of
This separation, he thought, might be dated tion of the author's Love's Coming headings including The Mysteries of
as early as the second millennium B. C.
the problems of death and the world Redemption,' and 'Mysticism and Prayer.
In the course of his lecture Prof. beyond. Throughout copious reference
Moulton expressed his entire dissent from is made to recent discoveries in physics, carelessness which attributed in our last
OUR apologies are tendered for the
the late James Darmesteter's theory that biology, and psychical research.
the Gâthas, now supposed to be the
issue Mendelssohn's setting of the words
oldest part of the literature of which the
MESSRS. LONGMANS are bringing out a Watchman, will the night soon pass ? ”
Zend-Avesta forms part, owed much to sixpenny edition of Dr. J. Ñ. Figgis's to Handel—a slip which more than one
borrowings from Philo of Alexandria, Hulsean Lectures, which, as was antici- correspondent has already pointed out.
generally called Philo Judæus. The re- pated in our columns, have had a remark. In answer to others we may say that
semblance between the Powers of Philo, able success. The new edition will contain The Athenaeum of April 24th, 1909 (p. 496),
whom he makes intermediate between a reply to criticisms. The same firm will contains the verses, a quotation from
God and the world, and the Amshaspands shortly publish the lectures delivered by which concluded our article on Industrial
or archangels of the Zend-Avesta, is too Dr. Figgis last spring at Harvard, which Unrest. '
close to be accidental, and affects besides will be called 'Civilization at the Cross-
BEGINNING with next week, we propose
nearly all the religious speculation of the Roads. '
to follow our 'List of New Books' with
first Christian century. There does not 'Some Things we have Remembered,' a List of Forthcoming Books, particulars
seem enough evidence to decide definitely by Mr. P. M. Thornton, will also be pub- of the dates of which we shall be glad to
whether Philo, as Darmesteter thought, I lished by the same firm. The object of receive as early as possible.
C
some
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not easy, for even geographers fail to convives, and eating-sticks seemed to lie
SCIENCE
remember the relative positions of towns
on the table merely out of deference for
or districts when they are not familiar time-honoured convention. It was curious
with their names. The simplest plan is to significant effects of that great historical
to recognize in such changes small but
imagine the scene of work as a great movement of Chinese reform’ to which
tive of Explorations in Central Asia and horseshoe set in the heart of Asia, with the Russo-Japanese War has given the final
tive of Explorations in Central Asia and the open end to the East ; the area impulse. ”
Westernmost China. By M. Aurel Stein. enclosed is mainly desert, the Takla-
2 vols. (Macmillan & Co. )
From Kashgar, by way of Khargalik
makan to the West, and Gobi to the East and Kökyar, the Kuen-lun range was
As some authors publish their works first The toe of the shoe is the vast range of explored and Khotan was reached ; the
in parts and afterwards in book-form, so hills, the Roof of the World, about the
oases are reported as extending into the
recent important contributions to geo- Pamirs, and the sources of the Oxus. desert further than they did five years
graphical science have usually been pre- From them the drainage of the western before, the result of improved irrigation,
ceded by shorter popular versions. Thus sides flows towards the Sea of Aral; which has led to expansion of towns and
Sir Sven Hedin issued Adventures in that from the eastern slopes forms the increased population. The mountains
Tibet' before his monumental Scientific Tarim or river, which, passing through were again entered, special attention being
Results,' and 'Trans-Himalaya' before the Takla-makan with ever-diminishing given to the upper basins of the Kara
another great work which has yet to volume, is eventually lost in the terminal Kash and Yurung Kash rivers. Here Dr.
appear. So also Dr. Stein sent forth and migratory lake known as Lob- or
Stein was close to where Schlagintweit
Sand-buried Ruins of Khotan' before Lop-nor. The northern boundary of the had passed, it is stated, in 1862; the date
his Ancient Khotan,' and
now he horseshoe is formed by the T'ien Shan; seems to require verification, for 1857 is,
presents two massive volumes prelimi- the southern by the Kuen-lun and the according to Chambers's Encyclopædia,
nary to a
Detailed Report. '
The Altin Tagh, which bound Tibet on the the year in which Adolf Schlagintweit
procedure is sound because there are north and extend to the
rangęs near Su- crossed the ranges and was put to death
many readers for a well-told tale of travel, chou and Kan-chou. The best-known by Yakub Beg. Hermann as well as
and few, comparatively, who would or towns in the enclosure are Kashgar, Adolf seems to have penetrated into the
could wade through the detailed works. where Great Britain and Russia have Kuen-lun range, which in 1865 was crossed
But, unless great care be taken,
the popular representatives ; Yárkand, the commercial by Johnson, a surveyor whose route Dr.
story is apt to exceed reasonable limits capital; and Khotan. Ak-su and Kara- Stein wished to verify.
and encroach on the domain of the record shahr on the north side are the gates
As winter approached, hill surveys
on which it is based.
towards Russia.
were abandoned, and excavation of ruins
The object of the present book is to
Dr. Stein approached this country by in the desert was begun: first, near Khotan,
a route nowadays unusual, though one and then westwards to Keriya, Endere,
“furnish the general reader with a personal whereby Greek influence and Buddhism Charklik, &c. , names familiar to readers
explorations which, during the years 1906- | entered. He left Abbottabad late in of Sir Sven Hedin's and Dr. Stein's
former
1908, I carried out under the orders of the April, 1906, and marched through Swát books. Relics of the usual sort were
Government of India in remote parts of and Dir to Chitral and Afghan Wakhán, found, including inscribed tablets with
Central Asia and Westernmost China. " where he was well received and taken care
seals showing classical origin, which,
In recognition Dr. Stein received the of by order of the ruler, whose liberality strange to say, old manure heaps yielded
Founder's Gold Medal of the Royal Geo- deserves recognition. Here he reached in the greatest profusion. To the lay mind
graphical Society; his detailed report, the Oxus near the part visited by Olufsen this would not seem testimony to their
we are told, must take years to compile. (Athenæum, November 25th, 1911), but value ; indeed, in view of the destruc-
and for many reasons be inaccessible to on the opposite bank, and made his tion resulting from war and fanaticism,
the general public whose interest he way by its sources to the Pamirs; thence treasure - hunting, and age and natural
desires to enlist. We hope he may suc-
he descended by Sar i-kol to Kashgar. causes, it is a marvel that anything
ceed, for his labour and judgment justify The description of this journey, fills a is left. The winter of 1906–7 was thus
a favourable result ; but many persons hundred pages, and is full of interest, spent not far from the routes of Hsüan-
will have difficulty in tackling the 1,038 recalling many events connected with tsang and Marco Polo ; at a site marked
pages of this book, whilst
others, frightened frontier expeditions, such as the Edwardes Miran many interesting discoveries were
at its size, may avoid the task.
and Fowler episode of 1895 and the siege made, the most remarkable being frescoes
The work was undertaken in favourable of Chitral.
of winged figures, and a fresco frieze in
circumstances
with the prestige of official
At Kashgar final preparations were
a Buddhist shrine, representing, accord-
patronage. The Indian Survey Depart- made, and a Chinese secretary, by name ing to Prof. Foucher, a portion of the
ment provided men and money for the
field Yin Ma Chiang, a Ssă-yeh " or candidate legend of King Vessantara, which is
operations, the results of which are shown for office, like the “ ummedwar” of India, related on p. 490 of vol. i.
in the creditable maps attached to the
was engaged. His help throughout was
Before passing from Miran and Abdal,
volumes. The Sappers and Miners sup-
of great value, and is suitably acknow it is interesting to note that, in the records
plied a Sikh corporal, Ram Singh (of ledged. Here also Chinese hospitality discovered, the name Nob seems to supply
whom more hereafter), who developed was enjoyed; the Tao-ta’i entertained the phonetic link between Na-fo-po, used
photographs, drew plans, and was in Mr. Macartney, and Dr. Stein to lunch, a by Hsüan-tsang, and Lop, by Marco
general a handy man.
small, informal feast of eighteen courses,
Polo, to describe the district. In Yule's
It is impossible to mention the names " but all so neatly served and relatively Marco Polo' (ed. Cordier, i. pp. 197–
of all the distinguished experts who wholesome that my apprehensions as to its 203 fn.
Werner Laurie
plishing much harm.
and a small but most precocious boy plough
We hear a great deal in this manual of the
laws of planetary influence, the casting of
Greenhoe (North), Aunt Ursula's Bequest, 1/ net.
unscathed through a series of adventures from
the first to the five hundred and fortieth and
horoscopes, Malefics and Benefics, and astro-
Murray & Evenden
logical formulæ in general. The author com-
A capital short ghost-story explicable by the
last page of the story. Personally, we dislike
fortably acquits astrology of having been in
hypothesis that ghosts are entities possessed
precocious boys who outwit Mahdis and put
their elders and betters to shame, preserving
any way associated with necromancy or the
of a single fixed idea due to peculiar distress
all the while the true chivalrous spirit of
black arts, and proceeds to demonstrate the
of mind at the time of death, and therefore
obscurantist superstitions of this form of
usually associated with revenge or remorse.
proper little gentlemen.
imposture.
Gretton (R. H. ), Almayne of Mainfort, 6/
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Macmillan
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376 net.
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Though it is not acknowledged in a preface
or in the text, this novel has already appeared
Baker (James), Mark Tillotson. Chapman & Hall Hocking (Joseph), God and Mammon, 3/6
Ward & Lock
in a periodical. Mr. James Stephens's slender
A popular edition of this pleasant but diffuse
novel.
The author relates the vicissitudes of a young
volume entitled 'Insurrections, which was
Bennett (Arnold), The Old Wives' Tale, 6/
Cornish lawyer who, full of youthful ambition
published a year or so ago, was one of the
Hodder & Stoughton
and determination, and tired of the mono.
grimmest and most powerful productions in
modern verse. The novel is in lighter vein,
A new edition of one of the very few
tony of a country life, decides to seek fame and
modern novels which have survived their day,
fortune in the great metropolis. The interest-
and its limpid spontaneity and sincerity are
and seem likely to be permanently remembered
ing story is somewhat marred by its lack of
altogether refreshing.
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originality.
Warden (Florence), Mollie the Handful, 6/
F. V. White
author has largely increased his reputation, McAulay (Allan), Beggars and Sorners, 6/
but we doubt if he has done better than in
John Lane
To the two gentlemen who were her guardians
this fine and solid piece of work.
handful" ;
The book Readers whose tastes lie in the direction of
Mollie certainly proved herself a
has a preface and a picture of the author.
historical fiction will find much of genuine
throughout the book she keeps them thoroughly
Bowen (Marjorie), The Quest of Glory, 6/
interest in Mr. McAulay's work. The story
uncomfortable and alarmed, and the reader well
Methuen describes the adventures of a young Scottish
amused. The tale is pleasantly told in the
A vivid and powerful story of the time of lady who, on a visit to Holland in the year 1750,
style familiar to the author's many admirers.
Louis XV. The hero is a Sir Galahad, whose finds herself unexpectedly involved in a Jacobite | Warden (Gertrude), The Path of Virtue, 6/
strenuous pursuit of lofty ideals amongst the conspiracy. The author writes in a pleasing
F. V. White
base and ‘meretricious personages in power
and facile manner, and would appear to have
This is what it purports to be,
gives the author good opportunities for striking
considerable knowledge of his subject, while of the musical comedy stage," of a cheap and
situations and dramatic contrasts. The story his characters possess decided individuality. sensational order, though occasionally witty.
of the beautiful and mysterious Carola is well A general air of mystery and intrigue tends to The person who prevents the successful climax
told; the characters of the blasé monarch, his keep one in a state of continuous expectancy,
lives so long that we are not unprepared for the
powerful minister, and Voltaire are skilfully which is perhaps hardly justified by a somewhat
railway accident in the last chapter.
drawn ; and the gradual deepening of the tragedy
weak climax. The dialogue, though spirited, is Wemyss (Mrs. George), A Lost Interest, 6/
towards the final scene is effective.
rather too suggestive of the twentieth century.
Constable
Brooke (Emma), The House of Robersbaye, 6/ Metcalfe (Thomas), The Prince, with
The characters in this book, one and all,
Heinemann Account of his Principality and Courtiers, 6/ have the art of making light and witty conversa-
Miss Brooke belongs to the small band of
Mills & Boon tion. They belong to the Smart Set, they view
writers who are never shallow and never slip- This is apparently a first novel by a writer life with a well-bred cynicism, their manners are
sbod. She thinks out her subject-generally who has not yet mastered the rules of his craft, polished, and their remarks to the point (and
rather some moral or mental crisis than any the most imperative of which is to be clear. occasionally somewhat beyond it). We are
clash of events and keeps resolutely to it.
Since the names of actual Brighton traders are thoroughly amused, except when the author
In her present book this characteristic merit boldly introduced, the scene of the tale is allows the youthful innocence
of a pre-
becomes almost a defect, so much does the presumably within measurable distance of cocious girl of fifteen to form a cloak for
central interest, Robert Robershaye's change that town, but the odd dialect employed by remarks which go beyond any ventured by the
of heart, dominate all other matters.
some of the characters does not recall the adults. That, we think, is neither a fair nor
characters are individualized only to the degree
Sussex speech.
a pleasing feature of the book.
66
& romance
some
The very
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Wright (Oliver), The Riverport Hail, 2/ net. Story (Alfred T. ), Vagrom Men, 216 net.
des villes d'impression, 328 facsimilés, et 3
Eveleigh Nash
Duckworth planches hors texte, 10fr. Florence, Olschki
A tale of mystery showing more than the The ten essays contained in this short volume This is a beautiful and illuminating catalogue,
average amount of skill, though the plot is not have the advantage of spontaneity, and will, and a tribute to the extraordinary picturesque-
strikingly original. The interest centres around we think, appeal to most readers who care for ness, variety, and vividness of Renaissance
the disappearance of a will and the appearance literary grace and charm of style.
decorative art. In graphic sequence it reveals
of an unexpected heir.
Strong (the late S. Arthur), Critical Studies and the evolution of the art of book-ornamentation
Fragments, with a Memoir by Lord Balcarres, to the period beyond the death of Albert Dürer,
General Literature.
5/ net.
Duckworth when engraving declined. The numerous speci-
A number of these studies have appeared in mens of art forms woven round the initial
Adam (Hargrave L. ), Woman and Crime, 10/6 net. The Times, The Morning Post, The Academy, letter are most interesting. The examples are
Werner Laurie The Guardian, The Art Journal, The Atheneum, mainly from Frankfort, Cologne, Leipsic,
As the author justly remarks : “ It is not a &c. , and it is convenient to have them collected Mayence, and Strasburg.
pleasant thing to have to devote nearly an and reissued in a single large volume. The Meyer (Eduard), Der Papyrus Fund von Ele-
entire volume to denouncing in unmeasured contents cover a very wide field, including phantine, 2m.
Leipsic, Hinrichs
terms—at times with unappeasable wrath- painting, fine art, history, literature, religion, What interests the author most, in this study
members of that sex which one has been reared philosophy, and archæology; in fact, Strong of the papyri discovered at Elephantine, is the
to regard with the eye of compassion. . . . ' did too much to do uniformly well. An light they throw on the part played by Persia
The book can hardly be regarded as a scientific adequate memoir, illustrations, appendixes in the external development of the Jewish
inquiry into feminine criminology. The narra- on Strong's purchases for the Chatsworth religion. The military colony of Jews, which
tive has sensational features and some illustra- Library, his contributions to Orientalism, and since the sixth century B. c. had for generations
tions.
subsidiary articles are added, with a copious inbabited this outpost, still worshipped as
Graham (Harry), The Perfect Gentleman, a Guide index. The volume is part of the Crown their fathers worshipped before the days of
to Social Aspirants, compiled from the Oc- Library.
Ezra and Nehemiah, and even possessed a
casional Papers of Reginald Drake Biffin, 6/ Tous les Chefs-d'Euvre de la Littérature Fran- temple of their own. Within the short space
Edward Arnold çaise : Paul Louis Courier, Pamphlets Poli- of 98 pages Prof. Meyer reconstructs something
A pleasing extravaganza, with plenty of tiques et Lettres d'Italie ; and Alfred de Musset, of their life and its relations to the world
laughable irony in it. Its purport is to satirize Nouvelles, 1/ net each.
Dent around them, and this so skilfully that, how-
the
excessive decorousness which is the bane Two more additions to the attractive com- ever fragmentary, the picture is definite and
of the modern jeunesse dorée, and it abounds panion series to “Everyman. ” The choice of vivid. The last part of the work deals with
in sly pleasantries at the expense of that
volumes is commendable.
the remains of literature found by the explorers,
wonderful animal. The style is one of grave,
Wilson (P. W. ), Welsh Disestablishment, 1/ net. and chiefly with the history of the wise Achigar
ceremonious mock - seriousness, and Mr.
Hodder & Stoughton -a tale widely current throughout the litera-
Graham enjoys himself with a zest which We find the preface by David Lloyd George, ture of the East, which this Aramaic rendering
is infectious. This type of work is best short as it is, more interesting than the book enables us to recognize as the oldest known
as delicate rapier-play, but if the author occa- as a whole, wbich, while it marshals its facts survival from a great substratum of common
sionally takes to the broadsword, we must clearly, and is logical, reasonable, and con- thought and art.
remember that rapiers are brittle, and that ciliatory in tone, is dull and too dependent on
the book contains nearly 300 pages.
what other people say. There is a mass of
Poetry and Drama.
Graham (R. B. Cunninghame), Success, and
statistical evidence and quotation from well- Croze (Austin de), La Chanson populaire de l'Ile
Other Sketches.
Duckworth
known authorities.
de Corse, avec conclusion de M. Paul Fontana.
A reprint of a striking collection of sketches
Pamphlets.
Paris, Champion
which we noticed favourably, and at length,
For notice see p. 250.
on November 15th, 1902. In the Shilling Net
Abercrombie (Patrick), Centripetality not Parlia-
Series.
mentarian, or the Vizier New-Visaged :
History and Biography.
Newspaper Press Directory, 1912, 2/
Philosophical Enquiry into the Results likely Karénine (Wladimir), George Sand, sa Vie et
C. Mitchell & Co.
to ensue from Certain Proposed Latter-day ses Euvres, 1838-48, 7fr. 50.
In this sixty-seventh issue due tribute is paid
Female Incontinencies, 4d.
Paris, Plon-Nourrit
to Walter Wellsman, who was responsible for
Liverpool Booksellers' Co.
For noti ce see p. 250.
forty-seven issues of the Directory, and was
An extraordinary pamphlet advocating a Mitteilungen aus der Königlichen Bibliothek,
looked upon as a walking encyclopædia on
system of eugenics for the preservation of female herausgegeben von der Generalverwaltung :
all matters relating to newspapers. Among
beauty. “Female Parliamentarianism” would
I. Briefe Friedrichs des Grossen an Thicrot,
original articles is one by Mr. W. T. Stead,
be disastrous, says our author. It would
herausgegeben von Emil Jacobs.
Then and Now,' in which he compares the
spoliate Man, and we should ultimately
Berlin, Weidmann
Press of the present day with what it was in
be plunged into a temporary Satyriasis,
We have here the first number of a series
1846. In it he states that the British Press floats
which sounds terrible.
which should attract no little attention. Prof.
on its advertising columns. As the advertiser
Persian Crisis (The), 1912, 3d.
Harnack, on behalf of the Board of Directors,
keeps the concern going, be has only to with-
This pamphlet contains the chief addresses
announces that it is intended to publish from
draw his orders, and the newspaper collapses. "
delivered at the public dinner in honour of Mr. time to time selections from the treasures
Among recent innovations Mr. Stead mentions
Morgan Shuster at the Savoy Hotel on January
contained in the Königliche Bibliothek at
the offer of The Times to insert advertisements
29th. Mr. Shuster's able and temperate Berlin—including not only accounts of MSS. ,
for servants from its subscribers free of charge. '
indictment of Russian policy is its main
autographs, old printed books, &c. , but also
The volume contains many portraits of merit.
feature, and the proposals of the Persia
Committee
The Directors have
reproductions of texts.
to the
Minister
People's Books (The):
Foreign
Henri Bergson, the
begun with these letters written by
to secure the immunity of Persia from further
Frederick the
Philosophy of Change, by H. Wildon Carr ;
Great
Crown Prince
molestation, the text of the Anglo-Russian
Botany, the Modern Study of Plants, by M. C. Convention of 1907, and a poem from the pen
to his French correspondent Thierot -- in
Stopes ; Dante, by A. G. Ferrers Éowell ;
view of the coming jubilee of the King, who
of Mr. John Galsworthy, entitled 'Persia-
Heredity, by J. A. S. Watson; Mary, Queen
was the second founder of the Bibliothek.
of Scots, by Elizabeth O'Neill ;
Moritura,' reprinted from The Nation, are
Organic
The letters themselves are interesting, though
included. We commend its solidity of reason-
Chemistry, by Prof. J. E. Cohen; The Principles
rather as giving fresh and amusing illustration
ing, its generosity and justice of feeling, and
of Electricity, by Norman R. Campbell ; Pure
of well-known traits in the character of
hope that its circulation will fulfil the expecta-
Gold, a Choice of Lyrics and Sonnets, by H. C.
Frederick than as affording much that is new.
tions of its promoters. No. 1 of the Persia
O'Neill. ; Roman Catbolicism, by H. B. Coxon ; Committee Pamphlets.
Science.
The Science of the Stars, by E. W. Maunder ; Sanders (T. W. ), Window Gardens, id.
Shakespeare, by Prof. C. H. Herford ; and
Agricultural and Horticultural Association
Caillet (Albert L. ), Traitement Mental et Culture
Women's Suffrage, a Short History of a Great One of the One and All Garden Books.
Spirituelle, 4fr.
Paris, Vigot Frères
Movement, by M. G. Fawcett, bd. net each. These booklets, fertile in suggestion and
This book covers an extraordinarily large
T. C. & E. C. Jack advice, ought to be welcomed by the public.
area, for it contains some mention of the
For notice see pp. 248 and 249.
They are condensed and scientific, and at the
histories and the teachings of the distinguished
Rees (Sir J. D. ), Current Political Problems, with same time not overburdened with irrelevant
psycho-therapeutists of all countries ; while
Pros and Cons, 5/ net.
Edward Arnold information
special attention is given to Yoga methods and
We think the author might have dispensed
the subject of mesmerism. The author of a
with his afterword of " pros and cons," which
FOREIGN
volume which deals with so many aspects
represent the popular short cuts to thinking.
of one subject cannot be accused of having an
Though he investigates the Persian question,
Fine Art and Archæology.
axe to grind, as is often the case with writers
he does not so much as mention the objections Lasteyrie (R.
, de), L'Architecture religieuse en
on these topics, and it is satisfactory to find
to the policy of absorption. In short, he has France à l'Époque romane, ses Origines, son
the use of hypnotism strongly discouraged
produced a handbook for the Conservative Développement, 30fr.
Paris, Picard
a somewhat curious prohibition in view of
partisan to“ get up" the normal controversial An exhaustive and monumental study of
the lengthy expositions of mechanical and
answers to the programme of his adversaries.
other methods of suggestion.
Romance architecture in France by the hand
Neugebauer (Dr. Paul V. ), Sterntafeln von 4000
Royal Statistical Society, Journal, February, 2/6 of a master. It embodies the quintessence of
vor Chr. bis zur Gegenwart. Leipsic, Hinrichs
The Society
M. de Lasteyrie's lectures at the Ecole des
Ruskin (John), The Political Economy of Art;
Chartes during the last thirty years, and brings
This work--to be completed in three parts,
of which this is the first is intended as an aid
Unto this Last ; Sesame and Lilies ; The Crown
us from the earliest origins of Christian archi-
to historians and students of literature who
of Wild Olive, 3/6 net.
Macmillan
tecture down to the dawn of the Gothic era.
The two lectures dealing with The Political
Admirable by reason of its broad treatment, its
are not themselves astronomers, but need to
Economy of Art' first appeared in 1857,
luminous attention to detail, and the way
check chronological statements by a reference
to astronomical data. In a series of tables it
* Unto this Last' in 1862, and Sesame and
in wbich it brings out the great lines of
gives the position of 518 stars, century by
Lilies' in 1865. They are here reissued to-
development, it cannot fail to mark an epoch
gether, well printed and got up, with a biblio-
in the study of the period. It is beautifully
century, for six thousand years. The two
graphical note. But
following parts will give : (1) tables for sun,
· Sesame and Lilies
illustrated by more than 700 plates.
moon, and planets for the same length of time;
has been issued so many times that we hardly Livres à Figures de l'École allemande des XVe. and (2) tabulated statements of such other
see the need of another edition. The volume et XVIe. Siècles : Catalogue LXXXI. , avec astronomical facts as are useful for work in
is one of the Library of English Classics.
une préface, une table des artistes, une table history and letters.
as
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Literary Gossip .
nounce
invented this doctrine, the reformers of the author has been to record various
the Zoroastrian religion borrowing it matters of public interest contained in the
from him three centuries later, or whether century covered by a father and a son
the Jews, as Prof. Moulton evidently -Samuel Thornton, Admiral, 1797–1859,
LAST WEEK there were sold in Edinburgh thinks, acquired it during the Babylonian and Percy Melville Thornton, 1841-1911,
two volumes described in the auctioneer's captivity, and carried it with them when for seventeen years M. P. for Clapham-
catalogue as Burns's Common-Place
sent back by Cyrus. In the latter case, members of the family of Thorntons of
Books,"
"*" in the handwriting of the poet. " what became of it between the days of Birkin in Yorkshire, and allied to the
Both were purchased by Mr. Hugh Hop- Cyrus and those of Philo?
Rices of Mothvey in Carmarthenshire.
kins of Glasgow for 651. each. The A MEETING of those favourable to the MR. JOHN GALSWORTHY is publishing
volumes originally formed part of the formation of a Bibliographical Society through Mr. Heinemann his first book of
Whitefoord Mackenzie collection, sold in in Glasgow was held in the Council Room poetry, entitled Wild Oats: Moods,
Edinburgh in 1886. At that sale one was of the Royal Philosophical Society there Songs, and Doggerels,' which will be
bought for Sir Robert Jardine of Castle- on Thursday, February 22nd. Dr. David ready on the 21st inst. Uniform with
milk for 310 guineas, and the other for Murray occupied the chair. After this volume will be "The Lure of the
Lord Rosebery for 270 guineas. The a statement by the chairman showing Sea,' by Mr. J. E. Patterson, whose
purchasers found, however, that the
that the the need for
a body of the sort vivid autobiography, 'My Vagabondage,'
catalogue statement to the effect that the mainly designed to cover the West of
we noticed last autumn.
thirty-three pieces in the volumes were Scotland, it was agreed to form the society,
Miss MARGARET B. CROSS has a new
unpublished was misleading, as they were and a large and influential committee
not the composition of Burns, but merely was appointed to draft the necessary rules Windus next week. The book is entitled
novel appearing with Messrs. Chatto &
transcripts of verse which was in print and constitution. Over fifty have already Up to Perrin's,' and, as the title implies,
before his day. In these circumstances intimated their intention of becoming the scene is laid in the West Country.
the volumes were returned to the Misses members. The interim secretary is the
Mackenzie, who have since died. The Rev. W. J. Couper, 26, Circus Drive,
Messrs. Chatto & Windus also an-
writer of a special article in The Glasgow Glasgow.
a cheaper issue of Sir Walter
Herald of February 24th gives good
Besant's four topographical books—Lon-
reasons for the contention that the volumes
MR. S. B. JEVONS has been appointed don,' • Westminster,'' East London, and
are not even the holograph of Burns.
literary adviser to the publishing house 'South London. ' The new edition will
of Sampson Low, Marston & Co.
Caution is needed in such cases. Some
contain all the original illustrations.
verses of similar origin were sent to us THE PASSING OF WAR,' a new book by ONE LOOK BACK,' the latest book
recently, and described as not in the Canon W. L. Grane, will be published by by Mr. G. W. E. Russell, is a volume
published works of Burns. That was Messrs. Macmillan & Co. next Tuesday. of reminiscences, not a collection of mis-
true, but the sender did not take the The work is in some sense the complement cellaneous essays, and it covers the
trouble to ascertain that they had been of 'The Great Illusion,' by Mr. Norman greater part of the social and political
familiar as the work of a well-known Angell, and is based on the author's changes witnessed by Mr. Russell during
contemporary and admirer of his for a belief that the cult of blood and iron will his life. It will be issued by Messrs.
century or so.
only be exchanged for that of national | Wells Gardner & Co.
fraternity by the growth of moral forces.
PROF. HOPE MOULTON delivered the
PICKWICK,' as is well-known, contains
first of his course of Hibbert Lectures on
PROF. J. B. BURY's new work, The
lapses, oversights," contra-
* Zoroastrianism' at the University of Eastern Roman Empire from the Fall rieties, &c. , owing to the haste and
London on Tuesday last. The course, as of Irene to the Accession of Basil I. boisterous spirit of the writer. No true
announced in the syllabus, covers the (A. D. 802-867),' will be ready shortly. Pickwickian would wish a single one away.
early history of the faith only, and the While it is an independent work, it Messrs. Gay & Hancock are issuing a col-
lecturer further announced that it would continues on a larger scale the Pro- lection of these oddities, gathered by
stop at the period of Alexander the Great. fessor's History of the Later Roman Mr. Percy Fitzgerald, who has already fur-
In his first lecture Prof. Moulton took the Empire. ' Messrs. Macmillan & Co. are nished some six treatises on Pickwick. '
view, now common among philologists, the publishers.
CANON R. L. OTTLEY's new volume
that the original home of the Aryan or
Indo-European race was in Europe, whence
MR. EDWARD CARPENTER's new book, for Lent, entitled 'The Rule of Faith
'The Drama of Love and Death :
they migrated to Asia, and there split into
a and Hope,' is announced for immediate
two peoples, one stopping short in Persia, Study of Human Evolution and Trans- publication in Mr. Robert Scott's “Library
where they became the ancestors of the figuration, will be published by Messrs. of Historic Theology. ” This work is an
Iranians, while the other proceeded to George Allen & Co. next Friday. The exposition of the Apostles' Creed from
India, and founded the Sanskrit
literature. earlier chapters will be a kind of continua- the devotional standpoint, the subject
This separation, he thought, migħt be dated of Age, while the latter part deals with the Incarnate Life,' The Reality of
This separation, he thought, might be dated tion of the author's Love's Coming headings including The Mysteries of
as early as the second millennium B. C.
the problems of death and the world Redemption,' and 'Mysticism and Prayer.
In the course of his lecture Prof. beyond. Throughout copious reference
Moulton expressed his entire dissent from is made to recent discoveries in physics, carelessness which attributed in our last
OUR apologies are tendered for the
the late James Darmesteter's theory that biology, and psychical research.
the Gâthas, now supposed to be the
issue Mendelssohn's setting of the words
oldest part of the literature of which the
MESSRS. LONGMANS are bringing out a Watchman, will the night soon pass ? ”
Zend-Avesta forms part, owed much to sixpenny edition of Dr. J. Ñ. Figgis's to Handel—a slip which more than one
borrowings from Philo of Alexandria, Hulsean Lectures, which, as was antici- correspondent has already pointed out.
generally called Philo Judæus. The re- pated in our columns, have had a remark. In answer to others we may say that
semblance between the Powers of Philo, able success. The new edition will contain The Athenaeum of April 24th, 1909 (p. 496),
whom he makes intermediate between a reply to criticisms. The same firm will contains the verses, a quotation from
God and the world, and the Amshaspands shortly publish the lectures delivered by which concluded our article on Industrial
or archangels of the Zend-Avesta, is too Dr. Figgis last spring at Harvard, which Unrest. '
close to be accidental, and affects besides will be called 'Civilization at the Cross-
BEGINNING with next week, we propose
nearly all the religious speculation of the Roads. '
to follow our 'List of New Books' with
first Christian century. There does not 'Some Things we have Remembered,' a List of Forthcoming Books, particulars
seem enough evidence to decide definitely by Mr. P. M. Thornton, will also be pub- of the dates of which we shall be glad to
whether Philo, as Darmesteter thought, I lished by the same firm. The object of receive as early as possible.
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THE ATHENÆUM
No. 4401, MARCH 2, 1912
not easy, for even geographers fail to convives, and eating-sticks seemed to lie
SCIENCE
remember the relative positions of towns
on the table merely out of deference for
or districts when they are not familiar time-honoured convention. It was curious
with their names. The simplest plan is to significant effects of that great historical
to recognize in such changes small but
imagine the scene of work as a great movement of Chinese reform’ to which
tive of Explorations in Central Asia and horseshoe set in the heart of Asia, with the Russo-Japanese War has given the final
tive of Explorations in Central Asia and the open end to the East ; the area impulse. ”
Westernmost China. By M. Aurel Stein. enclosed is mainly desert, the Takla-
2 vols. (Macmillan & Co. )
From Kashgar, by way of Khargalik
makan to the West, and Gobi to the East and Kökyar, the Kuen-lun range was
As some authors publish their works first The toe of the shoe is the vast range of explored and Khotan was reached ; the
in parts and afterwards in book-form, so hills, the Roof of the World, about the
oases are reported as extending into the
recent important contributions to geo- Pamirs, and the sources of the Oxus. desert further than they did five years
graphical science have usually been pre- From them the drainage of the western before, the result of improved irrigation,
ceded by shorter popular versions. Thus sides flows towards the Sea of Aral; which has led to expansion of towns and
Sir Sven Hedin issued Adventures in that from the eastern slopes forms the increased population. The mountains
Tibet' before his monumental Scientific Tarim or river, which, passing through were again entered, special attention being
Results,' and 'Trans-Himalaya' before the Takla-makan with ever-diminishing given to the upper basins of the Kara
another great work which has yet to volume, is eventually lost in the terminal Kash and Yurung Kash rivers. Here Dr.
appear. So also Dr. Stein sent forth and migratory lake known as Lob- or
Stein was close to where Schlagintweit
Sand-buried Ruins of Khotan' before Lop-nor. The northern boundary of the had passed, it is stated, in 1862; the date
his Ancient Khotan,' and
now he horseshoe is formed by the T'ien Shan; seems to require verification, for 1857 is,
presents two massive volumes prelimi- the southern by the Kuen-lun and the according to Chambers's Encyclopædia,
nary to a
Detailed Report. '
The Altin Tagh, which bound Tibet on the the year in which Adolf Schlagintweit
procedure is sound because there are north and extend to the
rangęs near Su- crossed the ranges and was put to death
many readers for a well-told tale of travel, chou and Kan-chou. The best-known by Yakub Beg. Hermann as well as
and few, comparatively, who would or towns in the enclosure are Kashgar, Adolf seems to have penetrated into the
could wade through the detailed works. where Great Britain and Russia have Kuen-lun range, which in 1865 was crossed
But, unless great care be taken,
the popular representatives ; Yárkand, the commercial by Johnson, a surveyor whose route Dr.
story is apt to exceed reasonable limits capital; and Khotan. Ak-su and Kara- Stein wished to verify.
and encroach on the domain of the record shahr on the north side are the gates
As winter approached, hill surveys
on which it is based.
towards Russia.
were abandoned, and excavation of ruins
The object of the present book is to
Dr. Stein approached this country by in the desert was begun: first, near Khotan,
a route nowadays unusual, though one and then westwards to Keriya, Endere,
“furnish the general reader with a personal whereby Greek influence and Buddhism Charklik, &c. , names familiar to readers
explorations which, during the years 1906- | entered. He left Abbottabad late in of Sir Sven Hedin's and Dr. Stein's
former
1908, I carried out under the orders of the April, 1906, and marched through Swát books. Relics of the usual sort were
Government of India in remote parts of and Dir to Chitral and Afghan Wakhán, found, including inscribed tablets with
Central Asia and Westernmost China. " where he was well received and taken care
seals showing classical origin, which,
In recognition Dr. Stein received the of by order of the ruler, whose liberality strange to say, old manure heaps yielded
Founder's Gold Medal of the Royal Geo- deserves recognition. Here he reached in the greatest profusion. To the lay mind
graphical Society; his detailed report, the Oxus near the part visited by Olufsen this would not seem testimony to their
we are told, must take years to compile. (Athenæum, November 25th, 1911), but value ; indeed, in view of the destruc-
and for many reasons be inaccessible to on the opposite bank, and made his tion resulting from war and fanaticism,
the general public whose interest he way by its sources to the Pamirs; thence treasure - hunting, and age and natural
desires to enlist. We hope he may suc-
he descended by Sar i-kol to Kashgar. causes, it is a marvel that anything
ceed, for his labour and judgment justify The description of this journey, fills a is left. The winter of 1906–7 was thus
a favourable result ; but many persons hundred pages, and is full of interest, spent not far from the routes of Hsüan-
will have difficulty in tackling the 1,038 recalling many events connected with tsang and Marco Polo ; at a site marked
pages of this book, whilst
others, frightened frontier expeditions, such as the Edwardes Miran many interesting discoveries were
at its size, may avoid the task.
and Fowler episode of 1895 and the siege made, the most remarkable being frescoes
The work was undertaken in favourable of Chitral.
of winged figures, and a fresco frieze in
circumstances
with the prestige of official
At Kashgar final preparations were
a Buddhist shrine, representing, accord-
patronage. The Indian Survey Depart- made, and a Chinese secretary, by name ing to Prof. Foucher, a portion of the
ment provided men and money for the
field Yin Ma Chiang, a Ssă-yeh " or candidate legend of King Vessantara, which is
operations, the results of which are shown for office, like the “ ummedwar” of India, related on p. 490 of vol. i.
in the creditable maps attached to the
was engaged. His help throughout was
Before passing from Miran and Abdal,
volumes. The Sappers and Miners sup-
of great value, and is suitably acknow it is interesting to note that, in the records
plied a Sikh corporal, Ram Singh (of ledged. Here also Chinese hospitality discovered, the name Nob seems to supply
whom more hereafter), who developed was enjoyed; the Tao-ta’i entertained the phonetic link between Na-fo-po, used
photographs, drew plans, and was in Mr. Macartney, and Dr. Stein to lunch, a by Hsüan-tsang, and Lop, by Marco
general a handy man.
small, informal feast of eighteen courses,
Polo, to describe the district. In Yule's
It is impossible to mention the names " but all so neatly served and relatively Marco Polo' (ed. Cordier, i. pp. 197–
of all the distinguished experts who wholesome that my apprehensions as to its 203 fn.
