The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-01
Literary Notes.

III Nv ~ Truly nduDnai iltfidlhit III '"'l
country. Does he mean the development
OF the f" iarbaric yawp." or what Mr.. james
! Whitc0mb Riley looks forward to as new
classlcs-cut in our own chaste marbles
and brayely wrought into beroics OF oui
own great types and timesV
There is an odd phrase in letter from
! swinburne 20 Lord IIOughtOn. Doctors
having recommended to him light reading
and repOse." he writes in an amused vein,
/ aJust as if | ever read and did anything
seriOus?"
/ The Shakespeare Society OF New York
/ announces that il has in hand four-tex'
edition Of Hamlet" presenting "a r'aral'
! lelization Of the three versions Of that play
which appeared in 1903, 1904 and 1917, ex-
actly reproducing the archaic typograpn!
and characteristics Of the same, verb. III.
/ ct punct Accompanied by translation Oh
! the German version performed in Dresden
/ in 1925. aud supposed 10 have been brought
| into Germany from London by English
actors in 1908, and which throws a
curious historical light upon the &C
/ ual stage reading Of the tragedy
AS presented by the London actors.
| Tee project of fOur-teXt Uamle,
was a flyorite with the New shakespeare
Society Of London, which as long ago a.
! 1874 promised one. but succumbed TO the
! {, biographical difficulties OF the work and
finally abandoned the project. The New
York Shakespeare Society believes that 1t
has surm0unled those difficulties. and I'M
deltahes TO furnish its subscribers, in or
about the tall Of 1891, with the four texts;
Volume in folio about l6Xl0, printed on
laid paper, de luxe, in the best style Of the
Riverside Press, about 300 pages, and bound
in boards, parchment back. Bankside or
ROXburge style" The work will be sold
only 10 subscribers at $3.50 per volume.
Rudyard kipling's novel, 1.-The Light that
Failed is coming out again. IN book form
and with various additions. His New York
publishers say that "Mr. Kipling suddenly
decided that he did not like the ending Of
his novel as it had been delivered 10 the
American purchasers, and cabled that he
had added a third 10 its length and radi-
caily changed the denoument." How the
Philadelphia publishers who br0usht out
the story a. originally written like this Is
not stated.
Mrs. Thorpe wrote "Curiew Must Not
Ring Tonight when she was sixteen, and
has lately been rewriting IT, She has added
a stauIa which "is. nm her opinion she
says, "a beautiful thought
"The Faith D0ctor"i is the title Of DR.. Eg-
gleston's forthcoming century" serial.
lnattitle explains the leading motive of the
story. while tIe subtitle. The Origin OF a
Man of Fashion, indicates It's excursions
into the regions of society"
Bancroft as "a young man had a ferycnt
admiration for Byron, and when aboard Am
American frigate al Leghorn he met the
English poet. \ correspondent Of the BOs-
ton Transcript notes that Byron took an cs-
perial fancy TO the young American and
asked MIN 10 visit hin. During this visit
Byron happened 10 mention that ha had
never read Faust" Bancroft said be was
glad % hear 10, because il would remove
G0ethe'- unjust suspicion expressed O. him
that the Eugli-hmIu had stolen "Manlred'
from "Faust.' Byron earnestly desired
him 10 make known 20 Goethe that Faust |
was perfect, unknown % him. As Byron |
ana nor know German at all, and as Faust !
had not then been translated, 10 is easy 90 !
understand wis be bad not read the Ger |
man masterpiece. A that time Byron was |
writing Don juan and a volume contain !
Ing several cautOs had already been pub |
llsned. lie gave one Of these 20 llr. Ban
croft, writing his name IN it-'FrOm George
Noel Byron "
The novel found among the Mss. Of the |
late Frederick :. COzzens is to be brought |
out Dy Lippncott under the title Of The |
sound Of Voice, or the song OF the |
Dtomdeur.' some passages Ot"Ihe Spar !
rDWgrass Papers suggested that MIR. |
Col/en' might nave written good novel. |
Mr.. jerome, the English essay ist and |
after "a lashlOu-hum0rlst, has written a /
series az buriesque ghost stories. II well l
done lhis gives scope TOR great deal fun |
Hot viii pd0li-h the book here under the |
title Of Told After supper"
The pupils Of American schools will shud- |
|IT a. # a @
study, when, Us he said the other day. b. !
bad at schOo. % work thirteen hours day.
lt gave MIN 40 time wherein - keep mp bits
music, though b. was and is, he declares.
1nd oi II above everything, especially !
beethoven. II is true, am not the man o.
axe ticket in order o. SIT and listen iO
music uu 90 narrow seat. but have AWAY.
iNed mIs.c.dt home. p % my thirties.
men ] made tue acquaintance OF my very
musical wife. ! always regretted that !
'9uld not Keep the music hour in nay plan
ll lessons
Moncure -. Conway is engaged on
'heich ot the lii' Oi Thomas Paine, aud de-
ifes the Use ot letters and other fresh ma
trial.
The fifty lnr-e,t libraries IN Germany
''s-es' ~. 4u"N" volumes, against those of
england with about 6.4jO.OOO. and North
tt'-.H ffANit N''fNA pf i''s'NN fNlNilths q
Dr.. kggeston's new novel, "The Faith
)9ctor' % opcu ia the FEBRUARY Century.
'ill relate the faith healing. Christian
cience and The social struggle in New
,ork city.
Father lgnatius lgs written reply 20 an
rticlc by Ouida on he Impotence OF Chris.
.aniiy. Both articles will appear in The I
february number Of the North American :
.eyiew.
I'D a volume be il preparing on New York ,
my. Mr. Theodore Roosevelt will show that
Zoe great admiNture Of races in that rity is ,
% me-" thing. for toe population was quite +,
heterogeneous ia the beginning.
Mrs. r. a. Proctor, the astronomer's wild. / !
w. VIII undertake. to raise so 900 by lee n
lrns. The sum is % De used for the build. j
DIX OF ~ mortal observatory 10 her nus :
Drnia. "''
Count Moltke read I0mer's "uiad" I'm
anslatlOl when a bOy Of nine. II has sine. !