The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-02-19
RECENT LITERARY NEWS.
"RECORD-UNIoN'' NOTES OF
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Historic Matters-New Work.
Bookmen Of the World
Critical Comment.

Critical Comment.
One of the San Juan dailies Is at
present printing a series of English and
Spanish lessons for the benefit of its
readers, the idea being to give a num-
Der of phrases useful in everyday inter
course. Here is q sample, with the
English on the left and the pronuncia-
ton of the words according to the San
Juan conception on the right:
How are you
Sc pronuncia Hau IA iu?
Quite well, thank you.
Sc pronuncia Kuait well, zenk III.
And your family?
Sc pronuncia Find iua famili?
Sc pronuncia Matt veri uel.
Who is sick?
Sc pronuncia HUI IL six?
Ny boy. Z
Goodby.
Sc pronuncia Gud bal.
As a sample of conversation 1t ap-
pears to close in rather abrupt and un-
sympathetic fashion, but this does not
lessen the phonetic beauty of Mai boi'
or "Kuait well, zenk iu.'
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Russia is not usually associated with
newspaper progress, but it is singular
fact that the 'sViedomosti" of ST. Pc
tersburg is one of the oldest newspa-
pers in Europe, for it can boast q con-
tinuous existence Of Up years. Print
ing was unknown in Russia until a
short time before its first appearance.
Just two centuries ago Peter the Great
licensed one Ivan Andreivich Tossing
10 int 81 a,-7a int
Russia certain books, for the most part
of an educational character. In 17O4
he himself had types cut and sent them
with a font cast by Tossing to Mos
COW, where, under priestly direction, a
specimen number of the "Viedomosti'
was got up. 1t was not, however. until
1926 that the ''yiedomosti' started on
its career in ST. Petersburg.
An entirely new edition Of the DE
velopment and Character of Gothic
Architecture" by Charles Herbert
Moore, Professor of Art at Harvard
University, is announced.
When Julia Ward Howe visited Eng
land as bride she wished much to see
the poet Wordsworth, and her husband
INDUCED her in this longing. Bearing
a letter of introduction from Mr.. Tick
nor, they went into the Lake country,
and, arrived at an adjacent inn, DR..
Howe called at the Wordsworth resi-
dence and left this letter and his card.
I'm return" says Mrs Howe in THE
Atlantic "a note was soon sent, in
viting us to take tea that evening with
Mr.. and Mrs. Wordsworth. Our visit
was a disappointing one The wild
owed daughter of our host had lost
heavily by the failure of certain Ameri-
can securities. These losses formed the
sole topic of conversation, not only be-
tween Wordsworth and Dr. Howe, but
also between the ladies of the family,
my sister and myself. The tea to
which We had been hidden was simply
a cup Of tea. served without a table.
The only remark of Wordsworth which
I brought away was this: The misfor-
tune of ireland is that it was only a
partially conquered country When we
took leave the poet expressed his will
ingness to serve us during our stay in
his neighborhood We left it. however,
on the following morning. without see
ing him or his again.
Lady Jackson's entertaining volumes
of French memoirs have been out of
print and difficult to get in England. A
new edition is therefore on the press,
and this is to be in fourteen volumes,
handsomely illustrated
The English Dialect Dictionary is
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each part is to be increased hereafter
without extra cost to the subscribers
The next part, due in April, will con-
tair the conclusion of D and the whole
of E. Professor Wright is reported
to have his material so well in hand
that he is certain he can issue the re-
naming parts at regular intervals of
six months.
The propriety of claiming four copies
of every publication for the British Mu-
scum has elected a strenuous protest
from John Lane of the Bodley Head.
who denounces the custom as a hard
ship on authors and publishers. Since
works of fiction are withheld from
readers in the library for twelve months
after publication, Mr.. Lane says 1t is
difficult to see what service the museum
renders to their producers in exchange
for this arbitrary toll, unless it be in
giving a proof Of publication. In the
case Of very elaborate expensive, and
numerically small editions a tax of
four copies is decidedly onerous. 1.-THE
nation buys its pictures" says q we'll
known London review, land every other
kind Of specimen for its museums.
Why should it only be Barabbas of
books?"
A full biography Of Daniel O'Connell
is in course Of preparation by Michael
MacDonagh, a clever IriShman, who
has recently come to the front as q
picturesque and careful writer.
The papers left by the late Mrs Ed
ward Fitzgerald have been intrusted to
Canon Anger. who is qualified above
most editors to treat the people and
the period with which they are con-
cerned. These papers include letters
addressed by Fitzgerald to Bernard
Barton and to Lucy. his daughter. the