New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-16

very happy. and am sure was very dsagreea-
Die Il doubt now il I was ever boy except for
q short period. when by rights should have
been man"
Mr.. III ,wlett Is a barrister. but has never prac-
llseC az inc par. He has upon occasion leetured
on medieval themes at South Kensington and
University College.
Mr.. Henry G. LEAFS new volume 'srhe Morfscos
or spain: Their Conversion and Expulsion" is
nearly ready for publication Mr.. Lea has OBJ
documents which have enabled him TO an up the
gaps left by other historians and thus to give
the first clear and detailed account OF the tTag-
edy or the Spanish SaTacens. We are told that
incidentally the story illustrates nearly all the
causes and influences contributing 70 the
tionai self-destFuctiOn OF Spain
us Life Art?'' is the taking title OF a forth
coming book by M. de Maulde la Claviere author
OF the interesting book on the women OF the Re-
halssance which was reviewed in these columns
| last Sunday The author processes to answer
the question Of his title.
Mr.. Henry NJ Alden. recalling in his new
Editors Study the publication In "Harper's''
! or Mr. Howells's April Hopes" prints this
| pleasant note on curious circumstance con-
nected with that novel: The mice-who had
never before and who have never since in our
office been known to do such a thing-gOt at the
manuscript copy. making havoc Of one paTtic-
( Ular passage in which the author had allowed
/ his young lovers unusual freedom of emotional
eXpfesslOn-for now. indeed. could there be
| April Hopes or anything thus intimatiVe OF
loves Springtime. without the gracious unre-
serve that Nature herself so fOTcefUlly cOmDels?
/ Having yielded to a command imperative
MIR. Howells. we remember. seemed somewhat
perturbed because he obliged to do
again what in the first place he had done under
/ the Tesistiess urgency of the situation. He was
/ inclined. think. to infer malice prepense on
/ the part of the mice in selecting that passage
| OF all others for their destructive work But
again he invoked the gentle influences OF the
/ Pleiades and reproduced the lovers dialogue.
We don't believe he Gisliked this sort Of writing
as much as he appeared to- ii may be that. after
/ all. he has generally avoided il who
| denies himself an indulgence"
! NJ lola is about to begin the serial pubiica-
! ton Of the second work in the group OF novels
known as 1.-The Four EvangeIists." This is the
/ story Of Mark. and is entitled Travail"
! chose who remember the excitement reused
/ long ago by Miss Elizabeth Stuart PheIps's
| little book THE Gates Ajar, viii read with
| some curiosity that lady's new work. "The
/ Gates Within" Many years Of thought and
| experience she has passed through since she
/ published that attempt to solve the greatest
/ problems known to man. II is understood mat
she considers this production her most i'm
pOrtant utterance on those problems.
Mr.. KipliEg sees no charm for him in the
| lecture field There is such thing" he wrote
| some time ago. "aS paying hundred and TWEEN
| ty-five cents for dollar and though I suppose
I there is money in the featuring business, il
I seems to me that the bother. the fuss the being
at eveFybOdy's beck and call. the night journeys.
| and so on, make it very dear. I have seen a few
| men who lived through the fight, but they did
not look happy"
| Mr.. William Young, the author af ''PendragOn''
and Of many delightful lyrics. has written
| long narrative poem which r. Fl. Russell viii
soon publish II is entitled All What Riddles
These Women Ber'
The verses written by Mr.. Lowell to a friend.
and published in THE Atlantic" are gentle and
\ kindly enough But, aside from their pleasant
friendiinesS. they have not much title to cOnsid-
4 Grafton. and We doubt if the poet would have
/ thought them worth printing The most attrac-
tive lines are those in which he adjuFes the lady
| In taking the gift of one of his books. to
Put IN your sunny fancieS,
Your feeling quick and fine
Your mirth that sings and dances,
Your natures graver glances,