Jakob makes a valuable
contribution
to
History and Biography.
History and Biography.
Athenaeum - London - 1912a
Critical of excitement of the usual transpontine
readers will be irritated by the affected and order. The narrative describes a sort of
COWARD, 6/ Hodder & Stoughton
didactic archaism of the style ; but the intellectual duel between the arch villain, the hero, the despicable meanness of the
The loyalty and long-suffering nobility of
simple-minded will doubtless be impressed a doctor, and the inevitable and preter- villain, the sweetness of the heroine_all
by it.
naturally stupid detective.
these things could never be excelled, and
Beresford (J. D. ), A CANDIDATE FOR TRUTH, Hardy (Thomas), FAR FROM THE MADDING only equalled in a Drury Lane melodrama.
6)
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volume, which is written with a certainty of istics of equipment as the first of this
ness of purpose to his aims in life, and
detail which is admirable. But this very handsome
edition. Mr. Thomas often leads him to excesses. Readers who
conscientiousness will mislead many readers Hardy contributes an interesting Preface to
like an exciting story will not be dis-
as to the fascination for women with which this volume, explaining that Far from the appointed in this book.
the hero is evidently intended to be en- Madding Crowd was the first novel to Shore (W. Teignmouth), OH MY UNCLE, 3/6
dowed. The questions as to whether law is which the appellation
net.
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but expediency, and convention a synonym applied by him, The Examiner of July The title of this book belies its nature, for
for convenience, are without doubt debatable; | 15th, 1876, being the first to adopt one of it is not really boisterous. It consists of a
and that the dictates of the individual the happiest place-name crystallizations not unpleasing jumble of airy fancies and
conscience are the true guide to morals that have obtained universal currency in amusing contes, which, while they scarcely
many will doubtless agree. But for Jacob, | English literature. Mr. Hardy deplores the merit the lengthy eulogy on the cover, will
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yet serve to while away some time for best work is familiar will find pleasure in Critchell (James Troubridge) and Raymond
those who have not entirely lost their love another opportunity of communing with a (Joseph), A HISTORY OF THE FROZEN
of fairies. The occasional poetry is weak. genuine lover of good letters. In the first MEAT TRADE, 10/6 net.
Constable
Snaith (J. C. ), FORTUNE, 7d. net.
Nelson half of the volume we are introduced to the This exhaustive and monumental twork
This novel formerly appeared in Messrs. poet's workshop, and see him inventing must necessarily exercise a restricted appeal,
Nelson's Two-Shilling Library. A book of phrases, coining similes, and seeking this for its scopo does not extend into the social
80 whimsical and excellent & fancy well way and that to find expression for the and economic aspects of the industry. It is
deserved a reprint.
beauties of nature, which he loved SO simply an account of the ramifications and
intimately and observed so closely.
development of the trade in frozen and chilled
Swain (E. G. ), THE STONEGROUND GHOST
The phrases are not always notable, meat, the methods of transportation, pre-
TALES, compiled_from the Recollec-
tions of the
Rev. Roland Batchel,
Vicar But if we are left to wonder at the fatuity completeness of the survey are unimpeach-
nor are the expressions invariably happy. paration, and marketing. The accuracy and
of the Parish, 3/6 Cambridge, Heffer
of the word motionless " in this,
able, but we should have liked some in-
Nine short stories describing various
formation as to the conditions of the workers.
supernatural episodes at & country par-
And like & solid vapour, motionless
A gray-blue mountain on the horizon stood,
sonage in the Fen district. Some of the
Langdon (Ida), MATERIALS FOR A STUDY
tales are quaint and original, but the benign we are quickly rewarded by such a fine, OF SPENSER'S THEORY OF FINE ART,
and inoffensive character of the ghosts imaginative phrase as
a Thesis submitted to the Faculty
is at variance with the traditional
of Arts and Sciences of Cornell Uni-
The forest leaves in pleasant idleness
awe they inspire. The style is at times a
Are fingering the cool air.
versity in Candidacy for the Degree
trifle prosy, but is often relieved by a certain But though these pages reveal Allingham as
of Master of Arts.
dry humour.
Ithaca, New York, the author
an artist in words ever striving after great
Vachell (Horace Annesley), BLINDS Down, a phrases and the magic of words, here, as
Miss Ida Langdon's ‘Materials for &
CHRONICLE OF CHARMINSTER, 6/
Study of Spenser's Theory of Fine Art
elsewhere, he seems to achieve real success
Smith & Elder when he is most simple, with something of the poet's
prose and poetry, and a mediocre
consists of 120 pages of quotation from
Hog Lane was an eyesore to those in the artful naiveté, the curiosa simplicitas Introduction of half that length. Con-
habitants of Charminster whose good for- of William Blake :-
tune it was to reside in the more pleasant
sidering the unreality and barrenness of
In the Night Time,
Elizabethan criticism, should not
parts of that diminutive English village.
Before the Sun was made,
The house which was the residence of the
expect much light from Spenser as a
I heard sweet music chime
leading spirits of the local élite, two some-
Through the world-shade.
deliberate and theoretic critic. It is chiefly
what supercilious but worthy spinsters, was The remainder of the book is composed of ate, pronouncements that
with his deliberate, or apparently deliber-
Miss Lang-
so unhappily situated as to overlook the reflections upon literature and contemporary don has dealt. She has discovered for
squalid exterior of the poverty-stricken authors, little essays in criticism, in manner
and unsavoury street before mentioned. not dissimilar to those 'Guesses at Truth
us little or nothing that can reasonably be
The Hon. Misses Mauleverer had cultivated which delighted earlier generation.
supposed to represent the poet's own view
" the habit of ignoring what they did not wish As
or experience. Thus she quotes the passage
& critic Allingham knew his own
to believe," dreaming placidly of things as mind, and could express his point of view in waters, all agree
where “birdes, voices, instruments, windes,
1. in one harmony, with
they had been rather than as they existed telling phrases. But that point of view was
when the story opens.
With them resided not inevitably right. After
the critical opinion, cited by Hallam, that
generous
& young and beautiful stepsister, whose eulogy of Browning, and the acute observa-voices and instruments, the interruption
“ to a person listening to a concert of
nature, although antagonistic in many ways tion that Clough wrote in verse, not from
to that of her sisters, possessed in common
of singing birds, winds, and waterfalls
any natural impulse, but because it lent would be little better than the torment
with them the power of enduring and enjoy- his shyness a veil, and excused his dislike of Hogarth's enraged musician. "
ing respectively the hardships and oppor- of uttering a definite opinion,” he commits
tunities of life. The story is divided into himself to the opinion that FitzGerald's
But it is not from such a poet that we
two sections, the second being in many ways Omar Khayyam is commonplace beyond or account of his own practice. He spoke
can expect a clear-eyed theory of poetry
a repetition of the first, which forms a expression, and “not worth thinking twice of the poet as inspired by " celestial rage
romantic narrative of the multitudinous about," and Meredith’s ‘Egoist' is
of love," and also by lavish cups and
and varied aspirations of the sisters. The cessively clever, and tedious. As a critic, thriftie bits of meate. " He said that it
author's descriptive powers as applied to for all his eager love of literature, Alling- was the pride of poets “ virtue to advance
English country life, and the careful study, ham seems to have been more honest than and vice deride. He declared it his own
and portrayal of his characters, will compel inspired.
interest from beginning to end, though
particular end to fashion a gentleman
subconsciously the reader may be aware of a Bayley (Stanhope), THE CAMPAGNA OF ROME, or noble person in virtuous and gentle
lack of originality in the incidents.
A SYMPHONY; IN THE SLEEP OF THE discipline. " As to the Irish bards, they
Sun, 1/ net.
Wodehouse (P. G. ), THE PRINCE AND BETTY,
Elkin Mathews
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6/
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they themselves do
deserve to
Mr. P. G. Wodehouse, whose fertile inven- Auous sentiment which cloys after a page or
tion and airy style wooed grown-up readers two.
The author is familiar with the
be sharply disciplined " for praising the
bold and lawless, &c. ; but he does not
to the pages of The Captain, has given elements and the sun and the hills and the
Miss
novel-we had nearly said an trees and the stars and the sky. He is also deny them the title of poets.
ordinary novel-in The Prince and Betty much interested in beauty and appears there was, if any, between Spenser's
Langdon has not inquired what relation
It is gay, well written, just enough exag- to be conscientious in his art, but a touch of
Clever characterization, but there is nothing baseless fabric, and leaves us with the Spenser's words his debt to his predeces-
gerated to be piquant, and not devoid of real life or a gust of passion destroys the practice and his scattered fragments of
in it so good as the delightful impertinences notion that the whole business is only a
of the admirable Psmith in Psmith, trick, and the style only a skilful mosaic.
sors must be studied with exquisite close-
Journalist. ' But 'The Prince and Betty If any one likes poetic prose, he will find
ness, yet, we believe, with no great hope
is an original and humorous variant of the it here, with all its vices, and, at any rate, accomplishing the impossible task of
of success ; for to succeed would mean
Zenda motif.
some of its virtues.
getting at what Spenser intended, as well
General.
Begbie (Harold), THE ORDINARY MAN AND
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This small volume of rather jerky essays
Lovelace a place in English Literature, a to write a book describing the con- and aphorisms seems to be little more than
place whereto one kindly welcomes him, versions of " ordinary ? ? In the book a restatement of the Superman theory of
looking at his portrait, the handsome, high- under notice he gives us the history of the life. It lacks charm of style, but gives the
bred, melancholy face. " So writes the Young Men's Christian Association, and impression of genuine sincerity.
author of this book (p. 103), and, if we put describes many striking, instances of the Stevenson (Robert Louis), WORKS, Vols.
Allingham for Lovelace, the sentence might influence of that institution. He lets most XI. -XV.
Chatto & Windus
serve well enough for his own literary of his characters tell their own story, so The volumes before us of the Swanston
epitaph. The present collection of frag- that the book as a whole savours of the Edition include Catriona," "The Master
ments in prose and verse will add nothing journalistic interview. We have seen far of Ballantrae, The Wrecker,'_ ‘A Child's
to his reputation ; but those to whom his I better work from his pen.
Garden of Verses, and Other Poems, and
ex-
were
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us
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had notable residents goes on steadily. A THE REV. E. D. STONE, who was
stone tablet has been affixed to No. 28, formerly a master at Eton, has compiled
Literary Gossip . Finchley Road, N. W. , to commemorate a volume of selections from the writings
the residence of Thomas Hood, who of the late Dr. Herbert Kynaston. The
THE celebration of the Browning Cen- lived there from 1843 until his death two book, which will be entitled 'Herbert
tenary at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday | years later; and a bronze tablet has been Kynaston : a Short Memoir ; with
afternoon last was impressive. Sir Hubert affixed to No. 32, Craven Street, Strand, Selections from his Occasional Writings,'
Parry's setting of some lines from 'Saul' where Heine lived for a few months in will be published by Messrs. Macmillan
as a bass solo was fine; and the music, 1827. The cost of the latter tablet is & Co.
to words of Mrs. Browning, composed by being borne by subscriptions obtained by
Sir Frederick Bridge for Browning's Mr. R. B. Marston.
THE PRINCESS OF CLEVES,' by Madame
funeral, was happily revived, and rendered
de la Fayette a lively romance of the
in a style worthy of its beauty.
THE COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF Court of Henri II. —is a book to be issued
LEEDS, having decided to develope the by Messrs. Harper in one volume, with
The papers read afterwards revealed no
striking novelty, which, indeed, is hardly to Mr. L. Rodwell Jones as Assistant Lecturer France, in an interesting Preface, refers
teaching of geography, have appointed etchings and other illustrations. Anatole
be expected at this date. Verses by Canon in Geography in the Department of Eco- to the work as a classic, and classes the
Rawnsley are a familiar feature of these
nomics.
author with Molière and Racine. Hitherto
occasions. Two speakers suggested that
Browning should be read aloud in order MR. J. W. OZANNE, the chief Paris it has been available only in an édition de
luxe.
to simplify difficulties-a view we have correspondent of The Daily Telegraph, is
heard contested more than once.
MESSRS. HORACE MARSHALL & Son
“ Brown leaving the city after thirty-three years'
ing thought in shorthand,” said the chair- residence. His departure will be regretted will publish immediately The Journal of
English Studies. Appearing three times
man, Lord Crewe, quoting Aubrey de by many friends.
Vere.
a year, in May, September, and January,
The Cambridge Review of this week notes it will be mainly concerned with the
The Committee of sympathizers were the lively interest of University scholars study of English in schools and uni-
presented by the poet's publishers, Messrs. in the study of early Greek religion. versities, but will also contain articles of
Smith & Elder, with a neat little book Recently we had Miss Harrison's remark- a general character. In the first number,
containing their names and the addresses able • Themis,' and in the near future we
the 20th inst. , contributions
delivered.
may expect books by Mr. A. B. Cook from Mr. William Archer, Mr. J. M.
On the same afternoon two interesting and Mr. F. M. Cornford, as well as further Robertson, M. P. , and Mr. Thomas Sec-
discourses were delivered before the Aca- researches from the original and always combe will appear.
demic Committee of the Royal Society stimulating pen of Prof. Ridgeway,
WE regret to learn that the distinguished
of Literature at Caxton Hall. Sir A. W.
THE Revue Historique for this month Swedish author and dramatist, August
Pinero, a craftsman of long experience in contains a well-deserved tribute to Prof. Strindberg, is at present lying seriously ill
the drama, dealt faithfully with Browning Gabriel Monod, the admirable French in Stockholm.
as a Dramatist. ' The poet's failure was
historian, who died on April 10th. The
both technical and psychological. He founder of the Revue and its busy editor Bishop of Truro, who died on Saturday
DR. CHARLES WILLIAM STUBBS, the
suffered from inability to make his story for a long term of years, he was a dis- night last in his sixty-seventh year, was
clear to his audience, also from a “ser- tinguished teacher and writer of history. a Auent and
pentine discursiveness. "
agreeable writer. His
Jules Michelet: Études sur sa Vie et numerous books and sermons on questions
In The Novel in “The Ring and the ses Euvres' attests one great enthusiasm of democracy and labour are regarded as
Book " " Mr. Henry James had a subject of his career, but he was too scientific the best expositions of Christian Social-
which suited his fine powers of analysis, in his methods to follow any one master. ism. An accomplished writer of verse,
and gave a remarkable appreciation of Director at the École des Hautes-Études he devoted his Hulsean Lectures in 1904–5
Browning's unique treatment of the theme
from 1868 to 1905, he won the respect to 'The Christ of English Poetry. His
an unprecedented scale. We look
and affection of his pupils as much by his Cambridge and its Story' is a capable
forward to reading in a worthy form his sincerity and goodness as by his learning. monograph, and his Handbook to Ely
subtle and delicately worded address.
MESSRS. MACMILLAN & Co. will publish years, deserved its success.
Cathedral,' where he was Dean for several
At the Victoria and Albert Museum a
small collection of original manuscripts shortly a monograph, by Col. J. Shake-
FROM California, by private cable,
and early editions of Browning is on show, spear, of interest to students of anthro-
comes news of the death of Mr. Robert
occupying two cases in Room 108. The pology, entitled The Lushei Clans. ' Cameron Rogers, the writer of many
exhibits are part of the Forster Bequest. The work forms one of a series, of which excellent verses, and of one very popular
a volume on The Kacháris,' by the piece The Rosary'-made everywhere
and testify to Browning's regard for his
& "
'
“ early Understander.
readers will be irritated by the affected and order. The narrative describes a sort of
COWARD, 6/ Hodder & Stoughton
didactic archaism of the style ; but the intellectual duel between the arch villain, the hero, the despicable meanness of the
The loyalty and long-suffering nobility of
simple-minded will doubtless be impressed a doctor, and the inevitable and preter- villain, the sweetness of the heroine_all
by it.
naturally stupid detective.
these things could never be excelled, and
Beresford (J. D. ), A CANDIDATE FOR TRUTH, Hardy (Thomas), FAR FROM THE MADDING only equalled in a Drury Lane melodrama.
6)
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volume, which is written with a certainty of istics of equipment as the first of this
ness of purpose to his aims in life, and
detail which is admirable. But this very handsome
edition. Mr. Thomas often leads him to excesses. Readers who
conscientiousness will mislead many readers Hardy contributes an interesting Preface to
like an exciting story will not be dis-
as to the fascination for women with which this volume, explaining that Far from the appointed in this book.
the hero is evidently intended to be en- Madding Crowd was the first novel to Shore (W. Teignmouth), OH MY UNCLE, 3/6
dowed. The questions as to whether law is which the appellation
net.
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but expediency, and convention a synonym applied by him, The Examiner of July The title of this book belies its nature, for
for convenience, are without doubt debatable; | 15th, 1876, being the first to adopt one of it is not really boisterous. It consists of a
and that the dictates of the individual the happiest place-name crystallizations not unpleasing jumble of airy fancies and
conscience are the true guide to morals that have obtained universal currency in amusing contes, which, while they scarcely
many will doubtless agree. But for Jacob, | English literature. Mr. Hardy deplores the merit the lengthy eulogy on the cover, will
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yet serve to while away some time for best work is familiar will find pleasure in Critchell (James Troubridge) and Raymond
those who have not entirely lost their love another opportunity of communing with a (Joseph), A HISTORY OF THE FROZEN
of fairies. The occasional poetry is weak. genuine lover of good letters. In the first MEAT TRADE, 10/6 net.
Constable
Snaith (J. C. ), FORTUNE, 7d. net.
Nelson half of the volume we are introduced to the This exhaustive and monumental twork
This novel formerly appeared in Messrs. poet's workshop, and see him inventing must necessarily exercise a restricted appeal,
Nelson's Two-Shilling Library. A book of phrases, coining similes, and seeking this for its scopo does not extend into the social
80 whimsical and excellent & fancy well way and that to find expression for the and economic aspects of the industry. It is
deserved a reprint.
beauties of nature, which he loved SO simply an account of the ramifications and
intimately and observed so closely.
development of the trade in frozen and chilled
Swain (E. G. ), THE STONEGROUND GHOST
The phrases are not always notable, meat, the methods of transportation, pre-
TALES, compiled_from the Recollec-
tions of the
Rev. Roland Batchel,
Vicar But if we are left to wonder at the fatuity completeness of the survey are unimpeach-
nor are the expressions invariably happy. paration, and marketing. The accuracy and
of the Parish, 3/6 Cambridge, Heffer
of the word motionless " in this,
able, but we should have liked some in-
Nine short stories describing various
formation as to the conditions of the workers.
supernatural episodes at & country par-
And like & solid vapour, motionless
A gray-blue mountain on the horizon stood,
sonage in the Fen district. Some of the
Langdon (Ida), MATERIALS FOR A STUDY
tales are quaint and original, but the benign we are quickly rewarded by such a fine, OF SPENSER'S THEORY OF FINE ART,
and inoffensive character of the ghosts imaginative phrase as
a Thesis submitted to the Faculty
is at variance with the traditional
of Arts and Sciences of Cornell Uni-
The forest leaves in pleasant idleness
awe they inspire. The style is at times a
Are fingering the cool air.
versity in Candidacy for the Degree
trifle prosy, but is often relieved by a certain But though these pages reveal Allingham as
of Master of Arts.
dry humour.
Ithaca, New York, the author
an artist in words ever striving after great
Vachell (Horace Annesley), BLINDS Down, a phrases and the magic of words, here, as
Miss Ida Langdon's ‘Materials for &
CHRONICLE OF CHARMINSTER, 6/
Study of Spenser's Theory of Fine Art
elsewhere, he seems to achieve real success
Smith & Elder when he is most simple, with something of the poet's
prose and poetry, and a mediocre
consists of 120 pages of quotation from
Hog Lane was an eyesore to those in the artful naiveté, the curiosa simplicitas Introduction of half that length. Con-
habitants of Charminster whose good for- of William Blake :-
tune it was to reside in the more pleasant
sidering the unreality and barrenness of
In the Night Time,
Elizabethan criticism, should not
parts of that diminutive English village.
Before the Sun was made,
The house which was the residence of the
expect much light from Spenser as a
I heard sweet music chime
leading spirits of the local élite, two some-
Through the world-shade.
deliberate and theoretic critic. It is chiefly
what supercilious but worthy spinsters, was The remainder of the book is composed of ate, pronouncements that
with his deliberate, or apparently deliber-
Miss Lang-
so unhappily situated as to overlook the reflections upon literature and contemporary don has dealt. She has discovered for
squalid exterior of the poverty-stricken authors, little essays in criticism, in manner
and unsavoury street before mentioned. not dissimilar to those 'Guesses at Truth
us little or nothing that can reasonably be
The Hon. Misses Mauleverer had cultivated which delighted earlier generation.
supposed to represent the poet's own view
" the habit of ignoring what they did not wish As
or experience. Thus she quotes the passage
& critic Allingham knew his own
to believe," dreaming placidly of things as mind, and could express his point of view in waters, all agree
where “birdes, voices, instruments, windes,
1. in one harmony, with
they had been rather than as they existed telling phrases. But that point of view was
when the story opens.
With them resided not inevitably right. After
the critical opinion, cited by Hallam, that
generous
& young and beautiful stepsister, whose eulogy of Browning, and the acute observa-voices and instruments, the interruption
“ to a person listening to a concert of
nature, although antagonistic in many ways tion that Clough wrote in verse, not from
to that of her sisters, possessed in common
of singing birds, winds, and waterfalls
any natural impulse, but because it lent would be little better than the torment
with them the power of enduring and enjoy- his shyness a veil, and excused his dislike of Hogarth's enraged musician. "
ing respectively the hardships and oppor- of uttering a definite opinion,” he commits
tunities of life. The story is divided into himself to the opinion that FitzGerald's
But it is not from such a poet that we
two sections, the second being in many ways Omar Khayyam is commonplace beyond or account of his own practice. He spoke
can expect a clear-eyed theory of poetry
a repetition of the first, which forms a expression, and “not worth thinking twice of the poet as inspired by " celestial rage
romantic narrative of the multitudinous about," and Meredith’s ‘Egoist' is
of love," and also by lavish cups and
and varied aspirations of the sisters. The cessively clever, and tedious. As a critic, thriftie bits of meate. " He said that it
author's descriptive powers as applied to for all his eager love of literature, Alling- was the pride of poets “ virtue to advance
English country life, and the careful study, ham seems to have been more honest than and vice deride. He declared it his own
and portrayal of his characters, will compel inspired.
interest from beginning to end, though
particular end to fashion a gentleman
subconsciously the reader may be aware of a Bayley (Stanhope), THE CAMPAGNA OF ROME, or noble person in virtuous and gentle
lack of originality in the incidents.
A SYMPHONY; IN THE SLEEP OF THE discipline. " As to the Irish bards, they
Sun, 1/ net.
Wodehouse (P. G. ), THE PRINCE AND BETTY,
Elkin Mathews
of another mind, and so far from
6/
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they themselves do
deserve to
Mr. P. G. Wodehouse, whose fertile inven- Auous sentiment which cloys after a page or
tion and airy style wooed grown-up readers two.
The author is familiar with the
be sharply disciplined " for praising the
bold and lawless, &c. ; but he does not
to the pages of The Captain, has given elements and the sun and the hills and the
Miss
novel-we had nearly said an trees and the stars and the sky. He is also deny them the title of poets.
ordinary novel-in The Prince and Betty much interested in beauty and appears there was, if any, between Spenser's
Langdon has not inquired what relation
It is gay, well written, just enough exag- to be conscientious in his art, but a touch of
Clever characterization, but there is nothing baseless fabric, and leaves us with the Spenser's words his debt to his predeces-
gerated to be piquant, and not devoid of real life or a gust of passion destroys the practice and his scattered fragments of
in it so good as the delightful impertinences notion that the whole business is only a
of the admirable Psmith in Psmith, trick, and the style only a skilful mosaic.
sors must be studied with exquisite close-
Journalist. ' But 'The Prince and Betty If any one likes poetic prose, he will find
ness, yet, we believe, with no great hope
is an original and humorous variant of the it here, with all its vices, and, at any rate, accomplishing the impossible task of
of success ; for to succeed would mean
Zenda motif.
some of its virtues.
getting at what Spenser intended, as well
General.
Begbie (Harold), THE ORDINARY MAN AND
as at what he does, in fact, convey.
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This small volume of rather jerky essays
Lovelace a place in English Literature, a to write a book describing the con- and aphorisms seems to be little more than
place whereto one kindly welcomes him, versions of " ordinary ? ? In the book a restatement of the Superman theory of
looking at his portrait, the handsome, high- under notice he gives us the history of the life. It lacks charm of style, but gives the
bred, melancholy face. " So writes the Young Men's Christian Association, and impression of genuine sincerity.
author of this book (p. 103), and, if we put describes many striking, instances of the Stevenson (Robert Louis), WORKS, Vols.
Allingham for Lovelace, the sentence might influence of that institution. He lets most XI. -XV.
Chatto & Windus
serve well enough for his own literary of his characters tell their own story, so The volumes before us of the Swanston
epitaph. The present collection of frag- that the book as a whole savours of the Edition include Catriona," "The Master
ments in prose and verse will add nothing journalistic interview. We have seen far of Ballantrae, The Wrecker,'_ ‘A Child's
to his reputation ; but those to whom his I better work from his pen.
Garden of Verses, and Other Poems, and
ex-
were
more
us
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had notable residents goes on steadily. A THE REV. E. D. STONE, who was
stone tablet has been affixed to No. 28, formerly a master at Eton, has compiled
Literary Gossip . Finchley Road, N. W. , to commemorate a volume of selections from the writings
the residence of Thomas Hood, who of the late Dr. Herbert Kynaston. The
THE celebration of the Browning Cen- lived there from 1843 until his death two book, which will be entitled 'Herbert
tenary at Westminster Abbey on Tuesday | years later; and a bronze tablet has been Kynaston : a Short Memoir ; with
afternoon last was impressive. Sir Hubert affixed to No. 32, Craven Street, Strand, Selections from his Occasional Writings,'
Parry's setting of some lines from 'Saul' where Heine lived for a few months in will be published by Messrs. Macmillan
as a bass solo was fine; and the music, 1827. The cost of the latter tablet is & Co.
to words of Mrs. Browning, composed by being borne by subscriptions obtained by
Sir Frederick Bridge for Browning's Mr. R. B. Marston.
THE PRINCESS OF CLEVES,' by Madame
funeral, was happily revived, and rendered
de la Fayette a lively romance of the
in a style worthy of its beauty.
THE COUNCIL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF Court of Henri II. —is a book to be issued
LEEDS, having decided to develope the by Messrs. Harper in one volume, with
The papers read afterwards revealed no
striking novelty, which, indeed, is hardly to Mr. L. Rodwell Jones as Assistant Lecturer France, in an interesting Preface, refers
teaching of geography, have appointed etchings and other illustrations. Anatole
be expected at this date. Verses by Canon in Geography in the Department of Eco- to the work as a classic, and classes the
Rawnsley are a familiar feature of these
nomics.
author with Molière and Racine. Hitherto
occasions. Two speakers suggested that
Browning should be read aloud in order MR. J. W. OZANNE, the chief Paris it has been available only in an édition de
luxe.
to simplify difficulties-a view we have correspondent of The Daily Telegraph, is
heard contested more than once.
MESSRS. HORACE MARSHALL & Son
“ Brown leaving the city after thirty-three years'
ing thought in shorthand,” said the chair- residence. His departure will be regretted will publish immediately The Journal of
English Studies. Appearing three times
man, Lord Crewe, quoting Aubrey de by many friends.
Vere.
a year, in May, September, and January,
The Cambridge Review of this week notes it will be mainly concerned with the
The Committee of sympathizers were the lively interest of University scholars study of English in schools and uni-
presented by the poet's publishers, Messrs. in the study of early Greek religion. versities, but will also contain articles of
Smith & Elder, with a neat little book Recently we had Miss Harrison's remark- a general character. In the first number,
containing their names and the addresses able • Themis,' and in the near future we
the 20th inst. , contributions
delivered.
may expect books by Mr. A. B. Cook from Mr. William Archer, Mr. J. M.
On the same afternoon two interesting and Mr. F. M. Cornford, as well as further Robertson, M. P. , and Mr. Thomas Sec-
discourses were delivered before the Aca- researches from the original and always combe will appear.
demic Committee of the Royal Society stimulating pen of Prof. Ridgeway,
WE regret to learn that the distinguished
of Literature at Caxton Hall. Sir A. W.
THE Revue Historique for this month Swedish author and dramatist, August
Pinero, a craftsman of long experience in contains a well-deserved tribute to Prof. Strindberg, is at present lying seriously ill
the drama, dealt faithfully with Browning Gabriel Monod, the admirable French in Stockholm.
as a Dramatist. ' The poet's failure was
historian, who died on April 10th. The
both technical and psychological. He founder of the Revue and its busy editor Bishop of Truro, who died on Saturday
DR. CHARLES WILLIAM STUBBS, the
suffered from inability to make his story for a long term of years, he was a dis- night last in his sixty-seventh year, was
clear to his audience, also from a “ser- tinguished teacher and writer of history. a Auent and
pentine discursiveness. "
agreeable writer. His
Jules Michelet: Études sur sa Vie et numerous books and sermons on questions
In The Novel in “The Ring and the ses Euvres' attests one great enthusiasm of democracy and labour are regarded as
Book " " Mr. Henry James had a subject of his career, but he was too scientific the best expositions of Christian Social-
which suited his fine powers of analysis, in his methods to follow any one master. ism. An accomplished writer of verse,
and gave a remarkable appreciation of Director at the École des Hautes-Études he devoted his Hulsean Lectures in 1904–5
Browning's unique treatment of the theme
from 1868 to 1905, he won the respect to 'The Christ of English Poetry. His
an unprecedented scale. We look
and affection of his pupils as much by his Cambridge and its Story' is a capable
forward to reading in a worthy form his sincerity and goodness as by his learning. monograph, and his Handbook to Ely
subtle and delicately worded address.
MESSRS. MACMILLAN & Co. will publish years, deserved its success.
Cathedral,' where he was Dean for several
At the Victoria and Albert Museum a
small collection of original manuscripts shortly a monograph, by Col. J. Shake-
FROM California, by private cable,
and early editions of Browning is on show, spear, of interest to students of anthro-
comes news of the death of Mr. Robert
occupying two cases in Room 108. The pology, entitled The Lushei Clans. ' Cameron Rogers, the writer of many
exhibits are part of the Forster Bequest. The work forms one of a series, of which excellent verses, and of one very popular
a volume on The Kacháris,' by the piece The Rosary'-made everywhere
and testify to Browning's regard for his
& "
'
“ early Understander.
