The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-11-29
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

From the Leonard Scott Publishing COM
pany. No. Al Barclay street, N. Y, we have
ShakesperidaG, new monthly magazine de-
voted TO the publication of critical papers,
notes and readings, in connection with the
study of the works of the master poet. The
initial number promises well. Among the con-
tributors are some OF the most profound stu
dents and able critics Of the day, and in typo
graphical appearance the magazine is all that
the most scholarly taste could ask. The table
of contents is as follows: Curst be He that
Moves Ny Bones" by VIM. Leighton, Jr.; Por-
traits of Shakespeare, the Stratford Bust,-by
]. Parker Morris King Lear's Arrangement
with His Daughters" by Robert Ellis Thomp-
sou; i" Introduction of Shakespeare into the
Schools" by William Taylor Thorn; can I'm
priced Maid, )" by Gharlottes Porter; On the I'M
barring of Crooked Titles" by Alvey A.
Adee g Hamlets Dram of Eale and What it
DOTH by Charles 2. q. Scott; The Exhuma-
tion by Edward Betty; John Payne Collier
Notes and Queries: Introduction, by Joseph
Crosby; The Drama; Henry Irving; The
Dramatic Season; shakespearian Societies;
Old Cambridge; Montreal; Philadelphia; New
Philadelphia; Avon, New York; Atlanta.
Reviews: Thom's Shakespeare Examinations;
Shakespeare for Young Folks; Shakespeare
and Gurdano Bruno.
From g. r. Putnam's Sons, New York, we
have a new book by Clara LAMA, author Of I
Z" Mr.. Perkins Daughter entitled A Right
a
story itself is even stranger and more curious. +
Indeed it is in some respects so improbable as
to try the faith of the reader to the utmost, /
although the irnpossibilities of the plot are in
measure atoned for by the charming style in |
which the book is written, the clearneSs and !
sharpness with which the characters are drawn |
and the atmosphere of sentiment which per- /
vades it.
The heroine of the story is Miss Cordelia
Hericourt who is made the victim of an in
famous scheme on the part of cousin and !
aunt to wrest from her the fortune which she !
has unexpectedly inherited through her French
connections, and the story exhibits to an I'M
usual extent the workings of the most ignoble
passions OF the human heart-ayarice and envy.
The young girl, discovering too late the char
acter of the conspiracy against her, in vain
seeks through the courts to establish her right
to the estate of which she has been unlawfully
dispossessed, and she is on the point OF return
ing to her early convent life when fate brings
her face to face again with her loyer-a priest
who has twice offered, out of his desperate love
for her, to renounce his vows, and as often been
denied-and she finds happiness at last III his
affection. The plot, as we have said, is out of
all reason, and it is calculated to excite sur
prise that writer of such evident ability and
such elegant and charming style should have
made such an i'll choice of vehicle for the
delineation of her characters. The book is for
sale in this city by A. Brentano & Co.
From Dodd Meade & CO., New York, we
have "A Knight of the 10Th Century" one Of
the series of fascinating novels by the Rev
&. 2. Roe. Ii depicts the long and bitter
struggle for the recovery of the respect and
! confidence of the world and society, which
| series of youthful indiscretions, but step re-
moved from actual crime, entails upon Young
4 fellow who has been led astray by the tempta-
1 tons which the unstinted use OF money and
/ the mistaken indulgeneeof fond mother have
( placed in his way. 1t is, indeed, sort of
| modern Pilgrims Progress in which the hero
/ this knight of the 18th century-is forced to
! contend with all the evil impulses of his own
nature and only regains the love and regard of
| his friends when he has become entirely master
Of himself. This is book which every young
man ought to read, for,wlile it is deeply re-
| ligious in tone, it is entirely free from cant,
| and is plainly inspired by noble purpose.
| The story in itself is extremely interesting,
and its per1sal cannot fail TO give the reader
clearer idea OF the perils and temptations
| which envelop youth, and the importance of
surrounding it with pure and ennobling in
fiuenees, as we'll as protecting it with whole
some safeguards.
From j. P. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia,
we have translation in English line and blank
verse of the 0des Of Horace. by Henry Hubbard
Pierce, adjutant of the 2lst infantry, e. S. A.
and the author of most admirable transfa-
ton of Virgips Eneid Mr. Pierce is one of
| the few officers of our Regular Army who has
found time, in the midst of the engrossing du-
ties of his profession, to pursue his literary
studies and this little work shows him to be
| not only most accomplished and conscienti-
GUS scholar, but poet of lively fancy and I'M
usual metrical skill. In his TRANSACTIONS of the
Odes, he has in no case departed from the
exact meaning of the text, but has endeav-
ored rather to reproduce the spirit and the
nlodr- +tr,a
the original. He gives Us in flowing metres
all the beauties of versifcation that distin-
guished the verse of the Roman bard and re-
produces in the idioms of our own tongue all
the beautiful ideas and forms Of expression
which have endeared old Horace to the
lovers of the classics. Among the especially
happy examples of his skill and beauty of trans
| lati0n are his rendering of the ode To Lydia"
! -ParciaS Ju5lctas- that To TorquatGs -
Difagere Nires. We quote few verses from
the first:
The knock repeated by the wanton swain
Less rudely shakes thy bolted lattice now.
No eager tapping at the window pane
Doth Danish slumber from thy faded brow.
Thy chamber door that once too freely swung
Now hugs the theshold seldom yields again;
And less and less these tender words sung
Beneath the moonlight by the sutton train:
All cruel maiden, while thy lover pines
Doth quiet slamber seal those radiant eyes
! The i1yeiOnR night, until the mountain shines
With borrowed splendor from the eastern skies p,
Equally beautiful is the following extract
from the ode to Torquatus:
Each day of every Fastening year,
Each hour of kindly greeting,
Reminds rs all by oInens clear
That earthly scenes are deeting
The cold will yield when zephyrs blow;
Spring moves the summer weather;
When autumn comes the drifting
Soon wells the dowery heather.
The SHOWS are fed, and verdure green
| Now covers hill and fallow.
The groves rejoice in emerald sheen;
Fast blooms the downy mallow.
New charms adorn smiling land;
Soft flows the ebbine river;
The nynnphs and graces hand in hand
Now press the lea together.
Indeed, this is without exception the most
spirited, faithful, and truly poetic translation
of the Odes that American scholarship has yet
produced, and we congratulate Dir. Pierce on
the successful issue of his labor. As Prof
Frieze, of the Michigan University, says of this
translation of Horace, Mr. Pierce has been for
Z tunate in transfusing into his lines the mind
j and spirit of the genial bard We commend
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