The times., 1898-05-29

People who remember the Atlantic
| Monthly as 1t was in the days of '61, will
recollect that it bore on its cover flag.
Before that time ii had picture of John
| Winthrop as It's emblem. In its June
number the Atlantic will publish the
same flag on it's cover. 1t may also be
recalled by those who knew the old maga-
zine in its palmy early days, that such
| choice literary contributions as paul
| Revere's Ride" Barbara Frietchie, -
| The Battle Hymn1of the Republic" 4" and
The Man Without Country" enriched
its pages.
Mr.. ]. A. Altsheer's romance, "a Sol.
| der of Manhattan" In spite of some
| rather severe structures on the English
| attitude toward the American colonists
of '76, Is meeting with considerable sue
| cess in England.
The San Francisco Argonaut needs to
| study English literature a. little. 1t re-
marks in recent issue that Old Ben JON
son sat up all night for the pure delight
OF reading ''Evelina.' Considering the
fact that rare Ben" died in 1887 and
EVelina" appeared in ITS this state
ment must be branded as some sort of
| untruth.
Sydney Rosenfeld and Mark Twain are
to write play in collaboration. 1t will
be comedy, and Mr. Clemens has al
ready evolved the scheme of it.
II Will probably be useless to protest
once more against the fashion of uncut
leaves for books but every one who has
hunted several minutes for a suitable
paper-cutter, and then had to stop in
the middle of an interesting chapter to
IoIioW the ldiosyncrasies Of the folder,
VIII probably join in such protest There
Is no earthly reason why the reader
should be made to play the part Of a book
binder, and cut leaves. any more than
that embroidery should be sold, as ii used
to be, uncut, and left for the purchaser
TO trim-any more than a man should be
asked to pull the basting-threads out of
MS new suit Of clothes When one reads
a book one wishes To forget everything
except the thought of the author one
desires to rise above material things into
the realm of pure idea; and how is this
to be done If every three minutes one is
recalled to earth by the necessity of cut
ting a leaf? Especially provoking is this
1ashlon II the book in question is the
companion Of n day in the woods. or in
some place where the paper-cutter IS not
Let the bookbinder cut the Iesves of the
book, as he should. and the book will be
Just as pretty and much more useful.
Little. Brown & Co. publishers If Cur
TN translation of "Quo Vadis," have
discovered another book with the same
title. 1t is by Bishop Hall of Woolwich,
and the fun title is: "Quo Vadis?
Just Censure OF Travel: as is Commonly
Undertaken by the Gentlemen of Our
Nation, London, 1917"
Richard Henry stotiard in writing of
the new Dumas romances just issued by
Little Brown q Co, says Of Dumas:
lie was not biographer but historic
grapher and as such the most truthful
and the most romantic the world has ever
known. When We have another Shakes
peare we may have another Dumas
One Of the new books which is of pecu-
mar interest just now IS Mr William
Laird CLOVIS THE Royal Navv." A few
years ago a German bookseller so,d tho
author collection Of documents relating
TO the navy under William and Mary
and Anne, The interest Of Prince George
of Denmark and leading admiralty on
claIs made him suspect that the pauers
one time belonged to the admiralty and
had been either stolen or sold for old rub
blsh; but they contained information or
much value 10 him.
The Lippincotts are just about 10 pub
Hsh a second edition Of the memoirs Of
ADMIRAL Ammen, in which there are some
letters from Grant The following, Dass
age occurs IN one Of them:
1t is hard to foreteI the future ~ c,,;r IT,
people are good enough IT, Is Won saw fbaJ corII
see any return for their lahor But as II Is
mere seems 10 be no integrity among the ruling
muse VINO DO WorA receive tut the barest
Suslste"te. II man raises pig. he cannot Kill
ana eat IL without paying an CoGivaIent 10 s. ~
our money The revenue officers are 81 sF,-,,,I,,t
that there IS no chance Of escaping any tar ey-
ctpt by bribery, which is resorte6 to to tba
extent OF deprylng the government Of a very
large percentage Of its revenues There is The
greatest dlscontent, and the least thing would
start revolution. have 10 idea that the ex !
lstlng state Of affairs can last long II will not
be long before the experiment of a republic viii
M Mne trled again, and probably with more success |
than the last time.
Mr.. S. r. Crockett IS ta5;ne, va1lir,c,
tour in Spain just now If he can taIk |
spanish with the Scotch burr and look at |
spain with Scotch conscience. his expe |
rienees will probably be thrilling.
Andrew r.d Lang has been giving his views |
ON Quo Yadis" He says:
what nhe doss P0puartg gs.a, Of 9gq yadisn
2I TINS unwieldy success which follows the fairy
feet of ''Trilby?' The fact seems "a no +bat |
early Christian novels have always an attrae,
ton for what may call the jnteIleot,,aI Ii
die classes. That they are interested in aarI, |
christianity IS much TO their credit Vu+ thot |
they should prefer TO see the most lninentous |
ana ana sacred spectacles through the spectaces of NJ
Sd SSdiehklewlcz: or Miss Corelh, or the author Of |
Ben Hur (Which sounds like tile name q, n |
mountain IN the Highlands), is certainly c,lrious
we have the Gospels, and the authors of tbe
Gospels even on the newest and most insane
system OF criticism were a GOOD deal nearcr Ar
events than Miss Corelh and the other noreiists
ihere IS also large body OF instructed com
nentary, but you do not find the public I've.
'leging the libraries for that
Not everyone has read the Gospels but eyfrv |
1ne has read Of the principal aet5rs 1n,t ~
me puonc does not read books (excaot few
loVelS), but likes 10 read about The authors Of |
he books 'at home" so II likes to read lively |
'hetch OF an apostle at home. Peters vifa's |
mother would make good "copv.'' also tho traa+
nent OF Peters wife by the local ,neIicire ,nsn |
nave only read the early Christian rsnanres
-ytt9n $ Lockharts and ''AlaTius the Epicurcan."
Jut / always know what is coming There ic Il
ways Briton, enslaved and vrtuous TbfTe l. |
Ii%ays NICE, good Christian girl with a Roman |
Dlstrlct. Ihere Is alwaysa luxurious Roman |
a-wlnklng at her with his wicked old eve - !
There IS always 4 Christian pere noble ,vbo &C
o the lions with dignity. There Is oIyr,,sSs SO,
;ladiatorial set-to, and Nero with his EMERALD |
ye-glass. and the Catacombs The noble Rriton
utter performing prodigies Of valor, is usually
converted, and marries the pleasing early Cbris |
ian girl There is commonly a Greek pb:ineo.
lher, parasite, and a minor poet
10 like to read such stuff proves lack nj I'm,
nor, OF imagination, and, one would say. Of ,ev
renee; but many OF the clergy seen, az as
erent opinion, and it is their business prbar
We should look at these books as analogous to |
ne old miracle plays, and as proof thar the NH
le though familiar. is not conternptuous but
'len pensant Perhaps they ''do pood Tbie !
hink, is why so many of the clergy apnroye of
arly Christian novels. They exactly answer in
ur day, and granting our social conditions to the