New-York tribune., 1901-11-03

week. The kenGalS subsequently SaNt iiii
small part in Diplomacy" during a provincial
tour, and Mr.. John Hare employed him In
various parts for several years at the Court
and other theatres Not long afterward he be-
came the most popular figure in the London
music halls
Mr. Chevalier's book is filled with racy anec-
dotes of his meetings with actors and famous
people during his long professional career ana
especially Of his tour in America, which he seems
TO regard the most important event OF MS
life. One of his best stories is the romance or
a slovenly, down at the heel marchoness, VINO
cooked and scrubbed in KiIburn and was madly
in love with William Terriss, decorating her
scuery with pictures of her hero One night
she determined to have lock at him OH the
stage and attirng herself in her bravcst and
gaudiest took up her post at the Adelphi stage
door. It the night of the murder she
heard a cry and some one reel, and, rush
ing forward she was barely in time 1or d
glimpse of her hero. who had that moment re-
ceved his death blow. She disappeared from
kilburn for several days. but when she was next
seen cleaning the front door steps she wore
pinned to her torn print bodice tiny piece
Of draesled black Grape Mr.. Chevaliers I'M
pressions of America are highly favorable, but
are tempered with good natured pleasantly and
sharpened by bright intelligence Most Ameri-
cans" he remarks. ARE keenly humorous but
there are EXCEPTIONS and these, in order to sup
port the strain, cultivate a sort of facetlous
second sight. with which they viii pretend to
discover joke too subtle for the ordinary IN
teIligcnce-where probably the original intention
was quite serious-and then tell you,
American once told me that the reason Eng
lishmcn not quick at getting on to funny
point is that they lack practice" He finds it
Impossible. to do justice either to the resources
..,If.., he pf
America and becomes eloquent in praising the
hotels. There is hardly an hotel" he remarks.
in the United Kingdom in which have not
STAYED at some time or another. and | unheSl-
tatincly assert that not only are the American
hotels as a rule better far cleanliness,
lighting and the ordinary creature comforts are
concerned. but they are less expensive NJ.
ChcvalicI's book is a racy, unpretentious record
OF a life devoted to the public entertainment
of large audiences. He writes without affecta-
ton and moralizes without cant While not
making the mistake Of taking the actors pro
fession too seriously. he steruly condemns every
effort t. render music hall entertainments un-
clean and unwholesomc.
Mr Unwin's autumn publications include two
volumes OF poems which are not reprinted in
America one is The Collected Poems of Mary
F. Robinson" who has lived long abroad
that she has ceased TO be a familiar figure in
English letters. She was born in Warwick
shire. and was educated mainly in Brussels and
Italy. Her first husband James Darme-
stctor the we'll known professor of Persian lit
eraturc. and recently she became the wife of
Professor Duclaux. the principal Of the Pasteur
Institute in France. Her first book
translation published at the age Of twenty-one,
and one volume of English poems rapidly fol
lowed another until she began To write essays
and biographies in French and was more at
home in Paris than in London. This new vol
umc contains a judicious selection OF her verse.
The best examples are grouped under the head
ing. An Italian Garden and Other Lyrics,
and some Of them have the dclicacy and mel
Iowness of old Tuscan lace. "Florentine May
Venetian Nocturnc." Tuscan Cypress and
love Without Wings" are dainty in sentiment
and distinctly Italian in refinement of style: /
and "CeIia's Home Coming is lyric almost
as charming as some of Mr.. Dobsons happiest
verse and it may be regarded as a parable of
the authors return in this fresh edition To her
own country:
Maidens kilt your skirts and so
Down the stormy garden ways.
Pluck the last sweet pinks that blow,