New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20

1900. no, no This IL news So is the an
,o,,rcor,en. that George Meredith belongs 10 the
sacred circle: but this ought not. perhaps 10 oe
.urrr,s,ny since the introduction AYERS OF the
o,,,a ~ Keats that Il "is as cOnvincingly Ceiuc
In TIC DISTINGUISHING qualities as though he were
oh,e to trace his descent from Oisn or FERGUS
IIonovmouth OF the Fingallians. why III 'he
name Of all that Is nonsenscal. this should DE y"
,ve cannot guess nor does Mr.. Sharp tel U.S.
Tho truth is the whole book anthology ana III
troduction IL but one more illustration o' '"e
fever,sh. faddsh taste which Is no taste the
criticism which is no criticism, the enthus'"S"
which spends itself upon the first new tn'ns
without reference to It's value Celtic innings III
1ust now in evidence among the uie''a"'' Va
London Accordingly we must nave Hy'"
Celtica" But three-fourths OF II prove un''"-
portant and the remaining poems, wri'te" oS
some of the younger men and women OF the Jay
might better be left to make their way alone i"'
q while They will get into proper anthoogies
whom there are enough Of them to make such
books seem necessary and logical, to say ho'hhs
Of poetical Mr.. w. Roberts. In his i'ooh
Verse" has compiled a discreet ana spr'sn.y
volume 1t Is a good addition TO lhe DUN
Lovers Library" "A well-made series which car
ries the reader through byways OF literature
without losing sight Of the serious ISSUES VI TIC
tourney The present volume is not alone pleas
ont IN read II IS useful, for Mr.. Koberts mas
como az far back as the fifteenth century for his
specimens and he prints much which Is "o'
readily accessible elsewhere. Mr.. Oswald Craw-
fIrd's Lyrical Verse from Elizabeth to victoria
reveals good Judgment in the Illustration OF
neriod which is full of pitfalls for indiNfuuai
taste and the volume is especially artistic
,Io tvnp
and white binding.
OF the English classics more than one Va'uap'e
edition has been published Charles Co"uc"
Clarke's Riches Of Chaucer presents WIFI 10
expurgations and modernized spelling very
different text from Mr.. Skeats monumeh'a' WI
rm.s. hut il is boon to the unambitious reader
who thinks less of strict scholarship thah Vi se'
,,no GOOD idea Of Chaucer into his head. Clarke
makes this possible. and the new eu'''o" VI ,''1
,,ort ia fine piece Of book making, popular
hut excellent The albion" edition OF Mii'o"
is also admirably edited and printed for popular
- Tho "EversIev" Wordsworth is to he com
,o.od In sixteen octavos, including the poems
xa ,,rose the journals Of the poet and ms slstei
~, ,a,tors and the Life" written by the editor
rrofoseor William Knight He warns the reauei
.hot tbis new edition will add little TO the 'iia-
,or,aI already familiar in the library volumes
which have for some years held the honoreo
nIace among the books OF good Woros"ol'"-
ions Rut there have been corrections reNlsio"S
and rearrangements. and when hnisheu ''"eie
ore only five of the volumes ready now 'i'i' VII
probably take rank as the detnitiVe eoi''o" VI
the poet At present it may be observe" va ','e
manufacture of the volumes Is all tla' couiu
desired. and the price is small MI " imam
Wallace's new edition Of THE Life ana "oi"'
~ -, purns" bv Dr. Chambers. is to be
49,, l., four Volumes Of which two have
., .. boon nublished. The presswork ana
general appearance Of the DOCKS are ~,ao
-. od,,or,a, mart Of the enterprise would also
.., 80 have been adequately accomplished; but
, &, ,otbirc which calls for specific discus
Ito, tho EDITORS criticism being reserved as he
,,os In his preface for the last of the Volumes