New-York tribune., 1901-04-17

Of independence of the South African revolu-
tion, and several other interesting episodes, pay
ing especial attention to the personalities in
yolved His narratives are brief and pctur-
esque. and among younger readers especially
should win some passing success.
The same publishers send us two prettily made
booklets one containing the address Abra-
ham Lincoln delivered by Ambassador Choate
before the Edinburgh Philosophical Institute last
November, and the other presenting, under the
title of Questions of Empire" Lord Rosebery'
RectoriaI address delivered before the students
of the University of Glasgow last November.
Both ora tfons are welcome in their present at
tractive form. Crowell & Co. put in another
booklet two papers by Stopford Brooke-"Relig-
ion in Literature and Religion in Life" In
the former. beginning with Keats, he speaks of
that poets going back to the past for his
themes. painting "the loveliness. the passion
the heroism of the Greek world and of the days
of chivalry and romance" All this, the lecturer
says. Keats gave to us; but he protests the
revelation OF beauty fell dead on the world to
which he spoke. Continuing he makes these in
teresting remarks:
Keats prophesied. but could hear his
prophecy. Nor. indeed, standing alone, unmiXed
with mighty moral aims, unaccompanied with
deep interests of mankind, without joining love-
illness to its immortal fountain in the duties of
roots in the present. only replanted. like cut
flowers. from the past. could his prophecy or his
religion of beauty knde the world in which he
lived. or engen0er new poets in that world This
was his own opinion. Both in his letters and in
some OF his last poems ne spoke Of the necessity
OF getting into inspiring touch not only with
the past. but with the present humanity. Il
have not been human enough he thought Il
need another and deeper emotion from sym
would have attained his end and won a loftier
seat on Parnassus than that he holds.
And this experience Of Keats adds another
PROOF 10 the truth that, in any age the highest,
imperial poetry, must find its motive and its
passion in the existing thoughts and passions.
acts and anticpations of the world in which this
poet lives. Poetry about the past poetry not
vitally connected with the present human life
as the nerves with the muscles. is pleasant
lovely, II great poet like Keats write it. but if
small poets write it, it becomes mere meodious
words. with a false semblance OF passion in 1t
ana flnally ends in thin and ghoStly verse
fainter and fainter, until ii disappears IT.
again, great poet like Keats write it, his work
is finally taken up into the whole body of song
but then it has children during the poets
lifetime Similar conditions of society may in
the future produce similar kind of poetry in
the hands of future master OF song; but when
ever such poetry is written-only about the
beauty and glory of the past-it ends with itself
Its religion of mere beauty breathes and burns
and charmS-and dies; and the ten years which
followed the death of Keats were the wears in
which poetry faded into mere sentiment alsm
and melody: and literature blOssomed into a
pienteous crop Of the crab apples of and
of Creation. and the throne must have longed
for its rightful lord
'Harper's Official Golf Guide for 1907 QIar-
per & Bros) is illustrated volume of over
three hundred pages which we imagine no golfer
could well afford to be without 1t comprises a
directory Of all the golf clubs and associations
in the United States together with statistical
tables of the rules Of golf, and much general
information The illustrations include snapshots
OF well known players and photographs Of many
links
We may aptly commend in this place Golf
Donts Doubleday. Page & Coz a handy hook
let, in which Mr. H. L. Fitzpatrick gives lad
ihohitlons that VIII help the novice to play we'll
and the scratch man to play better" The au-
thor knows his subject well. and is at once terse
and clear in the advice that he gives
Francis p Harper has begun the nubIication
IN ten parts, Of a work entitled early New
ork Houses, with historical and genealogical
notes. by William S. Peetreau A NJ We have
received the first part and it gives promise of
hrst rate work. The illustrations reproductions
from Photographs. are printed on separate
pages, each faced by brief text which gives for
al its brevity. sufficient inform. alton on tbe
building and site commemorated. There are also
small pen sketches by Mr. c. G. Moler ir
a
contribution to the typographical and dramatic
history of New-York which NAV he freely con,
manded 10 all who are Interested in tho CITY
To lovers Of dogs may be commended the
booklet The Dog by a. c. Piesse and w s
Furneaux, published by George Phillip e. Son
of London 1t contains instructive notes on the
external and internal characteristics of the ami
NAL, and has several text illustrations. supple
mented by five plates in color.
A N interesting souvenir of the recent Interna-
tlonal Exposition at Paris comes to US in the
shape of Official Catalogue: Exhibition of
tine German Empire" published by the Imperial
Commission and sold by j. a. Stargardt of
Berlin. 1t is already we'll known that the Ger
mans made an extraordinarily complete and i'm
portant showing at the Exposition This book
gives very useful record Of what was done.
every exhibit being entered in a scheme of
notable ucidity, and the whole being provided
with a good table Of contents The book is adj
mirably got up the text being printed in red
and black. with decorative chapter headings and
other artistic embellishments The binding is of
silk Altogether it is a creditable piece of work
like everything that the Germans did
at Paris. to the enterprise and thoroughness of
the nation
The Lippincotts add to their Readers Refer
ence Library" volume by Hugh Percy Jones,
"A New Dictionary Of Foreign Phrases and
Classical Quotations" The quotatic ms are from
Latin, Greek. French. German. Italian Spanish
and Portuguese sources. Each language has
department TO itself. The quotations are printed
In double columns. the translation being given
directly opposite the original. The collection is
but is brought within convenient
the five hundred pages making an
octave that is small and too heavy in the