The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-05-10

sOCI4LLIFE DURING THE TIME OF
THE VAR or THE ROSES.
The Terrible Fate That Befel Refractory
Spouse, Implying Warning For To-
day-Arber's Reprints.

It IS d matter Of cOugratuidton Tor
students OF our older literature that
Messrs. Macmillan 81 CO. has become
the agents Of Mr. Edward Arber's puDA-
cations. These works have long been
known TO the specialist ia the neld ok
the English literature, but they We're So
hard 10 get at chat very rev even ot
those whose business lt VAS 90 read aucA
books took the trouble % send 20 England
for them. Now that this great Ln5iian
nrm. which also is Publishing some OF the
best books that are written by Aneil-
can authors has added 10 the list Oh
these reprints of some of the most noted
books i'm our literature, many besides
specialists Will become acquainted Win
these works at ngsl hand. Among these
rare and interesting publications are
such as II. Meress Sketch oil English
Literature, etc., up % September JOSS,
the most important account OF Shake
speares works to, this date including
some that have apparently persisted,
the early English voyages ana travels OF
Stevens, Captain Sanders, Van Liuiclo-
ten, Sir j. Hawkins and Sir j.. Drake,
the poems OF Sir Philip Sidney. as well
as his Apologize for Poetrle, and the letter
hi. father wrote him when boy az
Talk. which, according 10 COler.dge, con-
taias more weighty bullion sense than
the same number of pages of any uniu-
spred writer, stephen GOsse's School OF
Abuse which e. thought 20 have occa-
stoned Sir Philip Sidney's Apologize,
quaint old Roger Aschams T0NOphnus,
and his SchoOlmaster; John KnoX's First
Blast Of d Trumpet against the Mon
strous Regiment of Women. Tindale and
Roy's The First printed English New
Testament: the first three English books
on America, Sir Thomas AIore's Utopia;
John Lyly's "Euphues. the Anatomy Of
Wit. very pleasant for all gentlemen 10
read. and most necessary TO remember
Nicholas Udalps Roster DOister, the first
true English comedy. celebrated IOttels
Miscellany. the first printed book OK mod
ern English poetry; Kink James's Coun-
terbast 10 Tobacco, in which the royal
author Lnu8 sums up bis opinion
- custome lOthcsOme 10 the eye. hateful
10 the nose. Aarmef4l 10 the Dralne, duu-
gerous 10 the lungs, and in tne black,
sinking fume thereof, nearest resembling
tho horrible Stlsian smoke or the PIT
that Is bOttOmless', TWO volumes Of Cap
tain John Smiths works, including a
True Relation Of Occurrences IN Virginia,
"A Map OF Virginia" THE History OK
lures, and Observations" and many other
books and pamphlets that illustrate Eng
lish life and letters and progress.
THE PASSION LETTERS.
To these has been recently added THE
Pastor Letters" edited by James Card
ner. OF the Public Record once.
This is a series OF letters written during
the War of the Roses by different mem
bers Of wealthy and respectable, bdI
not noble. family, and are invaluable pc
lures of the life OF the English gentry or
that period. The language is not 30 u"i4-
quated that IL cannot be- read by a mole tn
reader Characters known 10 us ln Shahe
speare's Henry the Sixth and ID hui-
wer's Last OF the Barons" here SPEAK IN
their own letters. For in this coHec1loN
are not merely love-letters, housenoid nc,
counts. iocular epistles, and sentlinehtai
poems' but also letters that tell OF thoso
stirring and bloody times and even state
papers not found elsewhere. here, I"'
instance we ind the indictment OF the
Duke OF surolk. also his most 'oecilns
istter IA IA, little son. written Just before
he left England. 20 be murdered al sea;
and This one may have retained, from
history and from Shakespeares' Pa,t III.
~ "Henry VI" prejudice against the
Duke: still IL is hard 70 read this letter,