The record-union., 1896-06-21

Messrs. Houghton Miff1in & co. CBos-
tom have published Tennysons ne
Coming of Arthur and Other Iuylls VI
the King" as volume 8 of Rolfe's stu
dent Series. The Idylls contalIfeu A'
this book are 1.-The Dedication, ne
Coming of Arthur, Gareth and Lynette'
..The Marriage of Geraint, Geralnt ana
Enid. RaIin and Balan, and Merlin ano
yiyien." DR.. Rolfe has brought 10 the
work the same ability and care that mas
made the other volumes or thls seiie'
valuabIe to the student and teacher.
The notes include the history on The
poems, the various readings anu ca
plantations of all obscurltles, allusioh0,
etc. There is frontispiece portraAe "a
Lord Tennyson taken from the piio'o-
graph by Mrs. Cameron.
This edition of the "ldylis on the
King" which will be completed III Au-
gust by the publication OF Lanceio'
and Elaine and Other 1dylls or the
King" a volume 9 of the same SERIES
will be the first annotated edition or the
entire series of Idylls published III this
country or in Europe.
1t NAV be added that Dr. Rolfe's eol-
tions of Tennyson's poems are maoe
with the consent and approval OF the
author and of the present LORD Ienny-
son. both of whom have furnished MN
with valuable helps and suggestions.
.
A volume of short stories by Henry
James is shortly to be published by
Macmillan & Co. CNew York;, unoer
the name "Embarrassments- Inc
studies are entitled ''The Figure In the
CARPET" GLASSES" THE Next Ilme,
and 1.-THE Way 1t Came" and are
sketched in Mr.. James usual minute
and clever manner.
"a Review of Bryce's American Com
monwealth: A Study in American Con-
stitutionaI Law" is the subject or
monograph by Professor Edmund j.
James. of the University of Chicago,
which the American Academy Of Polit-
ical and Social Science has just issued
i'm its series of publications. Professor
Bryce's work on the American Com
monwealth'' has been before the Eng
lish and American public for several
iected to a thorough going criticism.
Taking the latest edition as text, FRO
fessor James undertakes to criticise the
authors views. The paper is not mere
Iy a review of the book, but is an elab-
crate discussion of certain Of the fun
damental principles Of American con-
stitutional law in regard to which, in
the critics view, Mr.. Bryce's eXposl-
ton is incorrect The authors presen-
tation of the relation between the Fed
eral Government and the States; or
the nature of the Federal judiciary; OF
the responsibility of officials to the peo-
pie in the United States; Of the pr1ncl-
pies of constitutional Interpretation; OF
the basis Of distribution of powers be-
tween State and nation, is treated at
length, while in many minor points,
such as the suspension of the privilege
of the writ of habeas corpus, the locas-
ton of ultimate sovereignty in our body
polite, the effect of the thirteenth
amendment on the right to vote, the
results of the Civil Rights Act, etc, the
views of Mr.. Bryce are carefully re-
viewed and corrected.
Mr. Shorter, the well-known editor of
the illustrated London News" etc, is
to publish shortly book on the
Brontes, which has long been looked
forward to in literary circles. An arti-
Gle in ''The Bookman" for June on the
work will be read with universal in
terest 1t contains many hitherto un-
published letters from Charlotte Bronte
10 Mrs Gaskell Miss Nussey and
others. Fresh light is thrown on the
Brontes' life In Brussels. The article
is illustrated with portraits of Mrs.
Gaskell; Charlotte Bronte's husband
the Rev. A. B. Nichols, whom Mr.
Shorter has visited many times in his
Irish home; of the three sisters, Char
lotte, Emily and Anne, and of their
father, Patrick Bronte. There are also
reproductions OF the Bronte group from
q chalk drawing by Bromwell Bronte,
or a drawing by Charlotte. and a pic
ture of the Rue d'Isabelle. Brussels
showing the Pensionnat, where Char
lctte studied. Some of these illustra-
tions are now published for the first
time. All the papers in Mr.. Nichols
possession have been placed in Mr.
Nussey have both expressed their ap-
>
The June "Donahoes" (Boston) is a
John Boyle O'Reilly memorial num-
Der, pertinent TO the unveiling
OF the poets monument in Bos-
ton. The frontispiece of the mag
azine is a handsome half-tone repro
duction of the allegorical group in
bronze, the chief feature Of the memo
rial. The leading article is a careful
and sympathetic study of O'ReilIy as
a poet, contributed by Judge Daniel j.
Donahoe, and the editor of the maga-
zine sums up In a lengthy editorial the
significance of the memorial. The re-
naming contents are we'll in keeping
with the customary and interesting and
varied articles of this periodical Pres
idential Conventions and Candidates, y
with pictures of all the leading aspir-
ants. James Connolly writes, supple
mented with many pictures, on Re
storing the Old California Missions -
Ethelyn Friend presents a romantic
sketch, profusely illustrated, of the
Empress Josephine during her sunny
days at Malmaison chateau, before her
many troubles crushed her light and
happy spirit. The Marquis de Nadail-
lac follows up his recent article on the
cliff-dwellers. which the publishers
have embellished with illustrations OF
the buildings OF these prehistoric Amer
lean inhabitants. These leading papers
are set off with a series of lighter ar
ticles, poems and short stories, and an
abundance of editorial and depart
ment matter that make the June issue