New-York tribune., 1900-10-09
{" THE MONTHLY REVIEW"
A NEW VENTURE OF THE HISTORIC
HOUSE OF MURRAY

The famous publishing house of AIbemarle-st.
IN London. the house of John Murray. has been
distinguished for its conservatism. This trait is
visible in its latest enterprise, THE Monthly
Review" a periodical of great solidity, but it is
also plain from this publication that Mr.. Murray
end his colleagues have been more than ordi-
nsrily impressed by the spirit of the time. Every
body with printing machinery at his disposal
Nowadays publishes magazine. Mr.. Murray
could not lag behind. So he puts this monthly
IN the field, taking pains. however, TO give it a
character fully expressive of the traditions of his
firm. From the dignihed cover. with its title
stamped in black letters on blue ground above
classical cameo to the last detail of the press
work inside this is obviously Murray" pub
iication.-and an uncommonly good one. Even
the advertising pages are beautifully printed on
hne calenderad paper.
Mr.. Henry Newbot. the well known author Of
"Admirals All" is the editor. He contributes to
the first number. as he will contribute to its
successors, a score Of pages of editorial COM
ment on public affairs. He also prints THE
Nile" an ode of his own for the inauguration
OF the Gordon College at Khartoum. Seeing in
Egypt "one mute burial ground" and asking
Q Mile and can it he
No memory dWes with thee
OF Grecian lore and the sweet Grecian singer?
he wonders IT, then, all must be lost indeed
that falls within the grip of that slumbrous re-
gion, and closes on these admirable lines:
Yet have there been on earth
Spirits of starry birth,
Whose splendor rushed to no eternal setting;
They over all endure,
Their course through all is sure.
The dark worlds light is still of their beget-
ting.
Though the long past forgotten lies
Nile. in thy dream remember him
Whose like more shall rise
Above twilight's rim .
Until the immortal dawn shall make all glories
dim.
For this not great
BY gold kngly state,
OR the bright sword, or knowledge Of earth's
But more than all his race
lie life face TO face
And heard the STILL small voice above the
thunder.
o river, while thy waters roll
BY yonder white deserted tomb.
There. where clear a soul
So shone through gathering DOOM
Thou and thy land shall keep the tale Of lost
Khartoum.
In this Ode Mr. Newbot sets standard which
future contributors of poetry to the magazine
under his charge may well keep in mind. he
has a good body of prose in this first NUMBER.
4he Ameer of Afghanistan contributes some
pages from his forthcoming autobiography; Dr.
BowIby. Lieutenant Bellairs and Mr.. Spenser
wilkinson deal with important questions spring
ing from the South African war; Professor
Turner writes on recent eclpses, Mrs. Hugh
Bell ''On the Influence of the Stage" and Mr.
Roger e Fry on Art Before Giotto," this last
paper the first in a series, being illustrated
with clear half tones on special paper. o. re-
views the Letters of Thomas Edward Brown"
shortly to be brought out in a volume, and a
pleasant little essay On Loss Of Time" by Miss
NJ. E. Coeridge, lends further variety TO the
periodical. Fiction is represented by Mr.. An
shony Hope whose ''Tristram of Blent' is go
ing TO be- if we may judge from the three chap
ters given in this number. of his most in
teresting novels. Thus The Monthly Review"
starts with everything in its favor, good prose
good verse, a good serial. and luxurious form
Doubleday, Page Co. are the American pub
fishers of the magazine They do not include in
4heir edition the serial by Anthony Hope.