New-York tribune., 1902-02-09
NEWS OF TWO CAPITALS.
Continued from first paEe.

have been only two large balls the West End
has been exceptionally gay for February with
an almost uninterrupted series Of fashionable
weddings and signs Of animation and movement
everywhere.
Mrs. Kendall evidently prefers plays by women,
for she mas gone from Mrs Clifford TO Miss Clio
Graves and Lady Colin Campbell st. Mar
tins Summer" produced by her at Brighton, is
simple story OF the alterations of woman's
grief and happiness. A rich widow is suddenly
exposed 10 the loss Of wealth and position
through the appearance of her husbands first
wife as the claimant Of his estate. The hus-
bands gnoble conduct is disclosed in an inter
view between the two women before the widow
calls her children around her and faces poverty.
happy ending provided by the discovery
that the first marriage was illegal. because the
woman had previously married a Cornish fish
erman. and the catastrophe is averted- The
serene rays Of ST. Martins summer brighten
the closing scene when the vicar, who has been
befriending the widow. confesses that he had
been reverently in love with her. The play is
artificial in construction hut provides Mrs. Ken
dai with a strong emotional part
Miss Berenice Agnew Young the Ohio girl
whose voice has been carefully trained at Paris,
has been favorably received at a concert in St.
James's Hall. under MI Vert's management
ness of tone rather than strength. and she sings
with deiicacy of method and sensibility Of ex-
preston the songs Of Schumann. Schubert and
Liszt.
suggestive fact disclosed by the literature
Of the day is the faith Of English writer's in the
future Of America Canada and Australia. This
is strongly brought out in an important book by
Benjamin Kidd The Principles Of Western
Civilization" which Macmillan will publish next
week. Mr Kidd served long apprenticeship
in the British Civil Service at Somerset House
before writing Social Evolution and another
volume on The Control of the Tropics Since
his retirement from office he has been preparing
a philosophic work on the processes of de-
velopment from which the essentially democratic
character Of Western civilization has been
evolved. 1t is original and remarkable book.
which lays stress upon the paramount impor-
tance Of the Western commOnwealths in deter
mining the trend Of future progress. Mr.. Kidd
visited the United States and Canada four STears
ago. and became enthusiastic admirer Of
Western institutions. He frankly discusses in
conversation the occupation OF the Philippines
and the development of American trade with the
Far East and asserts that the star OF empire
has taken a permanent westward course.
Another Englishman who is equally impressed
with the energy Of the English speaking race
whose Mastery Of the Pacific" will be pub
Hshed by Heinemann in the next fortnight. The
proof sheets reveal a deliberate attempt to prove
that the Pacific has become important as the
Mediterranean was in ancient times. or as the
Atlantic became after the voyages Of Columbus
and the wars between England and France for
the control Of the New World. The book con-
tains four chapters on the new policies and ter
ritories Of the United States and well digested
reflection on the future Of the Philippines. 1t
also has chapters on the marvellous possibilities
Of Canada, japanese progress. the Dutch en-
pire in the Far East and the development of
German enterprise in China and the South Seas.
John Morley's labors in writing the biography
Of Gladstone are continuous. and he cannot be
hurried The work has steadily increased, ow-.
ing TO the immense store Of material the Ha-
warden library. and he regards every branch
of the subject S important and requiring crit
zeal attention Macmillan still hopes 10 bring Il
out in October, but the work will be more elab-
crate than was originally planned. at least three
volumes being included in the English edition.
There will he a dozen illustrations
Funk & Wagnalls have received the manu-
script Of Mrs Craigie's new novel. Love and
the Soul Hunters" for publication in America
in the autumn. with half a dozen illustrations.
She wrote the bulk of it last summer in a coun-
try house Ventnor and refused to he hur-
ried over the revision. The heroine Of the story
is a clever girl. VINO is not drawn into an
happy marriage. A serious minded prince also
appears, and there is a background Of politics
and European society. Harpers will have the
next story which Mrs Craigie will write
Through the energy Of Edmund Gosse there will
he English competition hereafter for the Nobel
prize awarded annually by the Swedish Acad-
emy for the most eminent work of pure ltera-
ture. The Society Of Authors has appointed a
strong committee for presenting the claims OF
English men Of letters. l. n. F