The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-04
In THE LITERARY WORLD
WEEKLY CHAT REGARDIHG BoohS
AND WRITERS.
The Religion OF = Literary Man -" fh'
speare-Other Rec, mt Publications.

speare-Othsr Rec, mt Publications.
THE RELIGION OF A LITERARY IAN
ueligio Scriptoris). by Richard Lc
Galnc.ne O. =. Putnnms' Sons New
York. London. 81. For sale by west
Johnston & Co.
In ten chapters. TO whose contents H.
tense earnestness. wide cultivation. ana
deep reverence give an absolute fascins
ton. the author endeavors TO say "a true
word for the cause Of true religion"
In a brief preface, addressed to 4. i
Fletcher Esq, II the London "Daiii
Chronicle" Mir. lie Gallienne states thar
the book under consideration was the out
come OF a series Of articles published r.
hat newspaper, through which the writer
PLAYED David 20 Mr.. Buchanan's PHI
Iisiine because he says. che could not
stand by and see the sublime figure O.
Christ vulsarized to make an AdelYhi
holiday" Dividing the DIRECTORS who
meet the laymen on the threshold OF o
elgious inquiry. such as he IS about 70
Undertake" into two classes the Church
nan and the Man Of Science-he atate'
that he must be content to be the acosn
4 both from which his point OF We" c''n
eadly be inferred.
"fhe Wcsleyaa. The Baptist. the Ansli-
IAN. the Catholic" he says save In ms
sympathetic part Of him which is Tree OF!
lis crecd-will have none OF me
The most orthodox and conservative
'hr'sfian. however. wifi IN readfrg t's
book. find no iconoclastlc ruthlessnesa
D slightest touch Of h.~p1rcv lie CO
not agree with Mr. lie Gallienne In much,
mt AGAIN there is much in which he
AN agree with him.
II is evident in every line that tn
ritter is Il thoughtful, Independent, yel
thoroughly reverent and gentle man.
rHE ARIEL SHAKESPEARE: GROUr
THIRD Ccmpiisng Seven Tragedie
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The Ariel Edition Of the works OF :ns
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features:
L. Each play is in a separate volume.
.. Tho volumes are Of comfortable brr
Tot the pocket
8. The text IS. IN every case. complet
and unabridged. and has. by careful COM
parison, been made to conform 10 that ";
re latest scholarly editions
g. Tho page IS clearly printed from m
entirely new font Of BREWER type.
D. The charming designs by Fr2.h
toward dirst published in 1881 haV"
been effectively reproduced, making ri
series Of delicate outline plates
g. The binding ia Of flexible leather.
:. Each volume Is sold separately.
The seven tragedies comprised in Group
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as his mind was many-sided.
THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE: OK CON.
TEMPORARY PORTRAITS. BY VII
liam Hazlitt With an Introduction by
Reginald Brimley Johnson. q. p. Put
MANS Sons. New York London. 81.
For sale by West. Johnston & CO.
This volume contains seventeen selected
essays from Hazlitt's spirit of the Age.
which has been a mine OF delight to hun
dreds OF readers.
The subjects Of the seventeen essays. or
contemporary Portraits are william
Goodwin. s. 4. Coleridge. Rev. Mr. irving
Sir Walter Scott. Lord Byron. Southey,
Wordsworth Clifford. jeffrey, Goblet.
Campbell. Crabbe. Thomas Moore, Leigh
Hunt, Ella jeffrey Crayon, ana MI
Knowles.
They display all OF Habits characters
tic independence in the formation and eX-
4 "a .f..r~ -
mildest symptom Of that disease Of al
miration" whose ravagcs are not limited
10 the critics.
While according 70 each OF the men
whom he seeks 10 portray. his just due.
il 81 very evident that the artist Is not
given to hero worship. but sees me pure
Is human side Of his subjects with racy
clearness.
The sketch OF IIazlitt. by Mt. Fegi-
laid Brimlcy JOIN son. is delightful ana
adds 90 the value of the book.
In his expressions of opinion regarding
the rcaius ara tie character Of his SUD
incts. We do not invariably aeree WIN
Hazli,t but We always find him sturdiiy
independent .u Whai he thinks ana unple
iudiced 10y any Of those petty traits or
mind. which make small men unwilling TO
acknowledge mental greatness In those
q
or political. 90 not coincide with their
own. Ills keen powers Of observation,
his marvelously broad cultivation, his
originality in expression, all these Tn
part TO his Contemporary Portraits a
fascination and 4 solid value which has
always been appreciated since their first
publication.
MEN WOMEN AND BOOKS. BY Au-
gustine Birrel Charles scribner's
Sons. New York. 81. For sale by West,
Jonnstcn and co.
Dean Swift, Lord Bollngbroke, Sterne'
Dr. johnson, Richard Cumberland. Alex
andcr Knox Thomas De Quincy. Hannah
Moore Marie Bashkirtseff. Sir John Van
brugh. John Gay. Roger North's Auto
biography. Books old and New. Book
Finding. Poets Laureate Parliamentary
Candidates. Hours Ia Library.
Arnencanlsms and Criticisms and
Authors and Critics, are the subjects OF
Ills volume of essays. by Mr.. BrrelL
vhich. II occasionally nippsnt. are OK
ccedingly entertaining. and take soma
naively original views Of famous people.
The papers upon Law. Stcre. Thomas
De Quincy. and Hannah Moore are es-
pecially pleasing and in the last named.
the pioUs and dignned author OF
"Caelebs in Search OF a Wife is put
before US in most gently laUGhable light.
we are given a glimpse therein Of the
woman as well as the writer, and as tho
yrieved old lady departs for Chfton
Terrace spontaneous but most hndl5
laughter on the psrt of the reader accom-
r1nics her
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