New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-25

26s. John Lane.
Each new volume of The Anglo-Saxon" diff
fers as to its binding from its predecessor. This
one the last in the first year of the periodicals
existence reproduces the dark green covers
a beautiful Venetian design of the sixteenth
century. The volume is artistic on the OUTSIDE
Within il is no less interesting in fact this is
particularly good number. War is still the theme
for more than contributor. Major Arthur
Grifiths draws a suggestive parallel ana con-
trast between the Crimea and the Cape, Mr.
Poultney Bigelow gives the fruit of wide OBJ
servation and Of shrewd thought in a chapter
on The Latter Day Fighting Animal, ana
besides opposite paper on Pretoria by Mr..
C. W. Boyd. there are some editorial notes on
the subject which is uppermost in all English
minds. But the tone is not persistently mar
tiaI as 1t was in the third volume of the review.
There is much else that is in light and enter
tanning vein.
Lady Dorothy Nevills sheaf Of Letters and
Recollections'' contains some welcome anecdotes
Lord Beaconsfed is her principal figure. She
portrays him in Of his most attractive
aspects. as a private friend. fond OF the little
graces Of life Lady Dorothy often sent him
baskets Of strawberries. She is inclined to think
that he cared more for the fruit than for the
flower which is associated with his name Prim-
rose Day was celebrated the 18th of this
month. Those who in all good faith placed the
modest blossoms around his monument nust be
surprised reading this note Of Lady Doro-
thy's: Il remember meeting Mr.. Gladstone some
time after Lord Beaconsfeds death, when ne
turned our converse ton upon the supposed love
of his dead rival for the little yellow flower
Tell me- Lady Dorothy he said, upon your
honor have you ever heard Lord Beaconsfeld
EXPRESS any particular fondness for the prim-
rose?' | was obliged to admit that l had not
upon which Mr. Gladstone said, The gorgeous
lily 1 think was more 20 his taste!' In writ
ing of Thackeray the author of these recollec-
tions confesses TO an awkward blunder of her
own Dining at the same house with the novel
list one night. she sat next TO Venabes. Noticing
that he seemed to be we'll acquainted with the
great man, she suddenly said to him: can you
tell me whether the maformation of Mr.. Thack-
erays nose is natural the result of an acct
dent?" To the lady's surprise Venables was
much disturbed. and finally said, stammering.
1T was injure1 in accident at school,
After dinner IS Lady Dorothy, I asked
some one what harm there could have been in
my inquiry, and was told in return that Mr..
Venables had been the boy who had broken
Thackeray's nose in a fight"
There are several other things in this number
of the review on which would like to dwell,
especially the Countess of Malmesburys charm
Ing Angling "reminiscences in England and the
Tropics" Mr.. Herbert Pau's spirited defence of
Macaulay against his critics. and the portraits
of Marie Antoinette and Poe, with the notes ac-
companying them. These are all unusually IN
teresting But perhaps the most brilliant pro-
duction in the book is The Likeness of the
Night" a drama by Mrs. w. K. Clifford. The
motive is tragic Both in the motive and in her
treatment of 1t Mrs. Clifford makes us think of
Ibsen. But the charm of the work lies in its
essential individuality, which almost makes us
forgive the tnge Of Ibsenism. 1t deals with
rather squalid episode in modern English So
ciety but the squalor very nearly disappears
beneath the play of the authors insight and
Imagination. The Likeness of the Night would
proba bly, be dreary on the stage. Within the
pages of a book 1t has strange fascination.
A portrait of Lady Randolph Churchill, by Mr.
Sargent fifty serves frontispiece to this vol
ume. At the end there is printed first list of
subscribers indicating by its great length that
both in England and America The Anglo
Saxon" has found generous support and has
taken a permanent place in the field Of period
ical literature. We may add that the next four
volumes will not only present new designs upon
the covers borrowed from historic bindings, but
will have new color. The dark green will be
replaced by red.