The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-06

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this poem is devoted to visit from the
Hebrew royal poet, which gives the au-
thor an opportunity to contrast. not
| only the poetry, but the philosophy, Of
| the two artists
Mr.. Snider has devoted much Of his
me 70 study OF the great poetical
ana dramatic masterpieces. His COM
nentarles on Shakespeare are well and
favorabiy known to our patrons. OF no
| less interest and value will be found
Dantes Divine Comedy, Inferno a
Commentary" "Dante's purgatorio
ana PARADISE, Commentary" "Ho-
mer's Had, with Preliminary Survey of
the -Four Literary Tables, a Common
tary," and "Homer's odyssey, a Com
inentaryg
The kind of men who have been poets
laureate, and the kind of poetry they
have given the world, can be well as
certafned from The Laureates of Eng
land, 1616-1S92, With Selections from
Their Works, etc. by Kenyon West.
From poetry we will turn to other
forms of literary composition and will
begin with Margaret Moyes Block $
Robert l.. Stevenson" This is small
biogra phical handbook belonging to
the Famous Scots" series, and Is con-
venient summary of the life and work
Of the very talented but rather over
idlGu dulnOr. e &Hg5% s343N' 8s#
The one department of literature in
which American writer's have produced
the most distinctively original work is
humor. OF pioneers in this line Henry
y. Riley was at one time a favorite.
His "Puddleford Papers; or, The HUI
mors Of the West" is his best known
book. or pictorial humor there is moth
Ing better than the illustrations in the
New York Life. The best of these are
from time to time selected and bound
up in permanent form. So far three
series of ''Lifes Comedy" as the selec-
tions are called, have been issued, and
the third series is among the recent adj
ditions at the library.
Many Of our readers have been
amused and perhaps instructed by the
extracts from the work of Finley P.
Dunno, which have been copied far and
wide in the daily papers. He seems
to be undoubtedly the most accomplish
ed humorist of the decade. The various
papers have now been collected and
MFR. Dooley in Peace and War" loses
nothing in its permanent form.
In comparison with American humor
that of our English cousins Is very
ponderous article. Yet many of our
people are able to find some wit and
sense in the effusions of Jerome X. Ja-
rome, and for their satisfaction we have
obtained q copy Of Second Thoughts
Of An Idle Fellow"
For lack OF space we omit special
mention Of the following books Of es-
says, which are all not only eminently
readable, but practical as we'll: Nine
teenth Century Questions" by James
Freeman Clarke; Great Books" by F.
w. Farrar; "Patrins, etc." by Louise
Imogen Quincy; Literary Statesmen
and Others" by Norman Hapgood;
Book and Heart: Essays on Literature
and Life" by Thomas Wentworth Hig-
ginson; Personal Sketches of Recent
Authors" by Hattie Tying Griswold;
1.-The Poets Poet and Other Essays"
by William A. Quayle; ''Varia," by Ag-
nes Repplier, and Where Ghosts Walk,
the Haunts of Familiar Characters in
History and Literature" by Mrs. Mary
". Terllune.
Our after-dinner orators will hail with
delight The Depew Story Book" which
is collection of many of the anecdotes
with which the new senator from the
Empire state has spiced his post-pran-
dial efforts. The book is edited by VIII
NJ Clemens @ ,s
Much interest was created in the lit
erary world a year or two ago by the
publication of the memoirs Of Edward
Gibbon, the eminent historian. These,
however, We're too lengthy for popular
interest, and an abridgement of them
by Oliver Farrar will be much more
satisfactory to our readers.
Love in Epigram," by F. w. Morton,
is q collection of many short amorous
selections by various authors.
The latest study of the great 'serratie''
or original genius-just as you like
--of modern Russia, Is Leo TolStoi, the
Grand Mujik: A Study in Personal Ev-
olution," by G. Fl. Perris.
A particularly useful book for stu
dents of literature is Literary Source
Book of the Italian Renaissance by
Merrick Whitcomb. This is a collection
of extracts from many Italian mediae-
val authors, mostly understandable else
where in English. The compilation is
made under the auspices of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania.
1.-THE Adventures of the Lady Ursula"
by Anthony Hope. is a drama, well
written for the reader and finely Illus
trated.