New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-29
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
SHAKESPEARE AND ELlZABETHAN
sPORT-"THE SPECTATOR" IN A NEW
EDITION-A FRENCHMAN'S BUM
ON WORDSWORTH.


lin has essayod a study Of Elizabcthan sport IN the
light Of shakespeare's plays and In the DiS'y Oh
Master William Silence Q-ongInais' O't'' ~
he has Illustrated the subject al great le's'" "'.'
with much erudition. The scheme OF the "o'N -
partlv disclosed by the preface. The au'hoF says.
Baginninz and ending with the Ions v4ci.on; , ,ns
wild sport Of tagnuntng oHerru nanS AZ hin 10
10 on whose professional aooIs Aoi"'' ,,1 irish
yield 10 stronger temptations piesehtS" ~! 80
sport during the WORKING nouns hs q" hunting
Again ana again revisited nose , nap3' -" fh5r-
grounds and in each succeedns a9t uy md
OF it's surroundings impressed me NOR @r The
began by collecting passases ,rbn cane
the idea OF a st9gnui| 49, Of Exmoor in which
Noble Ar,e OF .ba yerous incidents Of the chase
might serve 20 illustrate and TO connect u nd II
tered paSsagss IN Tn tSn 6arboring the unharbor
Ing Inc hunting the haying ana the pe"N Nstsr
ns Tho hart Tie hounds were OF necessity MS ~
SbaIov;s and the tale naturally told Dy ma
Ter William Silence, the letterod McinIV, % F,iiz-
l nbethan sport and gaining seme knGwlease
what Zen Jonson calls 1he einnSesnIshire friends
pYS Certain additions to their number thT8HgiIh a
Sas src ho records his experience in diary; anh
Mo enaly collects certain notes the io sS 90 rbn
sndeqyO T, to sqpey IN Every lover Of horse
who is a student OF Shakespeare ,as of his
Teferences to horses and 70 horsenansIp and
Thus te by tt ,ne IN a5d n varying scenes the
book grew and With It my ,nst INMATE secrets
speares hn2w ars faiconry and above all Of the
0a,wre and disposition Of the horse IN ms c6ar
scer thought and action ne stahus "'o"0 -.
This brief excerpt indicates the charac'el "
hcok which is a deep mine OF curious 'nioi o-'
I, forms a delightful reply to DIT. 'ohns'" cX.I,a
80, ,hs, "IIe that will understand ohahe
ro nu., not be content to study MIN IN '''e
80. n. must look for his meaning soihe'iii'e'
among the sports OF the helo
rs,.-a Arnold has published a popular eoition
nd
~, hooL bo. been shortened 10 some extent iOi
49, ts,y form tho author having exciseo some -
On. purely historical passages but II mas los.
ing Of its charm through the operation ~ ie 49,.
ono NJ the most thrilling AND absoroihs i", =.
=, adventure in Egypt, and II Is gooo 10 nov -
,~,, y, an accessible price The type Is eN-
pm.". go IN. manufacture Of the book generally
Is acceptable
r.w edition Of Tho Spectator Is to Do re-
-, rIac,duy as a rule. but In the case oi
~, so,t,on which the Scribners haVe Jus' 49,
=. ,rh,ish a special feeling OF ao'uia"o" " r.
oLsa n Is TO be compeced IN e's"e Vim,
su.d and annotated by Mr.. G. Gregory o"i''' on
the first OF these contains an ih'roouo's naaaers
,u..,r Dobson which would go far 10 win readels
.n,s r,ost n,ounnt Of old misce!lanies II II "eio
unlikely to get .hem unaloeo' , =, &c
rha form Of the edition is also invtihs' ~ 70
trus that tho page has an unduiy narrow maj st
ord that the full-faced type printed win IN
tnk In lines close together OH NO''
e. somewhat dazzling and threatens 10 hu'' .n'
80 ~ a reader who takes the books up TOT p'o
longed sitting But nobody reads me Speo'a'o
On ina, fashion The volumes are meant i0i U
curs,ve reading even for those VINO are ioiio VI '
o,gbteenth century For this purpose the new
edition ought to prove irresistible. The weight anu
ai,nansons OF the volumes make them nght ana
convenient in the hand and the text sets OUT 10 oo
n perfect one The last volume Is 10 contain
biographical index Of the contemporary persons
mentioned IN The Spectator with prlei account
of each. a new subject index has been coinpiled'
ord Mr. Smiths notes are admirable. frontls-
niece portrait OF Addison in this first volume is
beautiful little plate and the succeeding volumes
will presumably be as we'll adorned In oriel, thls
edition Is one which lover OF Addison and Steele
can afford TO be without.
A series Of popular volumes on Tho Romance OF
Colonization Dodd. Mead Coz is begun by
THE United States" narrative peced out with
much quotation by Mr.. G. Barnett Smith The
book covers the voyages Of Columbus and the
Cabots the operations of the Virginia and Plym-
outh companies. and the doings OF all the colonzing
nations from the earliest times to the landing OF
the Pilgrim Fathers Written in an unpretentious
style and fortified by careful and copious array
OF dates and facts the book illustrates a series
which ought TO be useful and entertaining to the
public which demands brief chronicles OF important
events in the history Of the world. That public Is
large one and 1t Is well served by Mr.. Smith.
II we are to believe Mr.. Arthur Lille It is a fact
that Mark Pattison used to play croquet Ave hours
day and was happy in so spending his time. II
counteracted the effects Of overwork. Mr. Lille
mentions II in the introduction TO his handbook on
"Croquet" Gongmans Green Coz. No doubt Mr..
LILLE is safe In his documents. and he cites
tain Mr. Dunbar Isidore Heath as having been
built up In the same way But wonder II even
this clear and enthusiastic account of croQuet will
detach many American readers from their golhng
and their bicycling Those sports are not merely in
the ascendant now they have absorbed three
fourths Of the playtime of the Nation, and We
fancy that Mr. Lille will find 1925 off year for
croquet For the few who linger on the croquet
lawn. however, his book will be amusing
NJ Emile Legouis. a professor In the University OF
Lyons. wrote book not long ago on THE Early
Life Of William Wordsworth" Of which Mr. Leslie
Stephen thinks much that he mas allowed his
tribute to 1t to be prefxed 10 the English transia-
ton published by the Scribners. NJ. Legous has
put much philosophy into the WORK He has also
put much anecdo,e. Hare so:3e specimens:
He was true boy, AMI none OF the gentest
From his earliest childhood he b.eathed
Among wild appstss and blind Sa,, desires
Motions Of savage instinct his delight
And exatation.
Nothing so fascinated him dangerous feats
Already he sought
Deep pools. tall trees black chasms, and dizzy
And Offering towers: he loved to stand and read
Their looks forbidding, read and diSobey,
Sometimes in act. and evermore in thought"
The same fearless disposition drove him TO a
defiance such of his relations as had no hold on his
affections Before he had completed his eighth
wear he was stubborn hayward and intractabe
His uInanageable temper became particularly
manifest at Penrith. the occasion of Ions
visit TO his mothers relations. The Cooksons seen
TO have been narrow and unyieldng people, sus
pcious and harsh in their treatment OF children
whom they did no; hesitate to address with re
nroach and insult. one day. when undeserve(
indignity had been put upon him. William went w
70 the attic with the firm intention Of killing him
self with one OF the foils which he knew TO b,
KENT there He took down the weapon. but his
courage failed him.
Al lines ne actually provoked punishment. Or
one occasion when with mis- elder brother Richard
Ia was whipping tops in the drdwing-roOm IN,
wallis OF which were hung round with family pict
ures he cried, Dare you strike your whip throuel
.'Then here goes And he struck his lash through