New-York tribune., 1902-02-10
LITERARY NOTES

rrunicated to the newspapers his astonishing
discovery that spelling Shakespeare without
the final we find there are four vowels and
six consonants. Writing these numbers down.
we get forty-six. Now turn TO the Forty-sixth
Psalm, and the forty-sixth word from the be-
ginning IS found to be shake: count forty-six
from the end and the word spear is found,
Thus il appears that the word Shakespear may
have been coined from this source"
Are we to have "a new -zorld Of culture the
result of the growing activities Of women?
Professor Georg Simmel seems to think this
possible. "It is very proba ble.' he says in THE
International Monthly that in the admins
tration Of justice in medicine and art. in the
Interpretation of history, in business matters
snd in religious affairs, indeed in technique, in
the narrow sense, distinctly feminine shadings
are possible: and that these may produce
changes and transformations in the highest de-
gree fruitful A few very slight and fragment
ary proofs Of this are 10 be observed, here and
there. least in the domain of art; there
some women writer's among who are not
ambitious 10 write like a man.. but who are
proud OF the specially feminine note.
Mr.. Henry Holt deals vigorously in The Re-
view Of Reviews with the question of pun
ishing anarchists. The law he notes, can say
With irrefragable logic: You declare yourself
can't expect organized society either move
away and leave its territory to you. TO re-
tain in its midst pronounced enemy whose
like have proved themselves dangerous the
world over IF you don't clear out, or if you
ever return. of course you leave the only
resource of putting you out by methods that
will make return impossible. Moreover. if you
alive. not going to be put in the
position Of unloading you other organized
Of
flying you. If they are wise. they will also
clude you. and the only place where you can
actually stay is the only place where you can
logically stay-where there is no organized So
ciety-the desert
a small octave printed in black letter on
whatman hand made paper is coming from
The Grafton Press OF this city. 1t is to hold
Chaucer's Nuns Priests Tale" that shrewd
story Of Chanticleer, his fair Partelote and the
fattering fox. Four illustrations will accom-
parly the text-a reproduction of the first page
Of the tale from the Pynson Chaucer Of 1880;
reproductions of two portraits Of the poet and
one Of an old print OF the Canterbury Pilgrims
A note the pronunciation of Chaucers words
and the glossary are TO be printed a loose
folder TO be inserted in the volume. There
10 be 101 numbered copies in this edition, which
will be bound in japanese vellum. A special
edition Of twenty-siX copies will have iumi-
mated title pages and six large initials painted
by Mr.. ". C Bamburgh. These editions 10
be sold only by subscription
Here is a picturesque anecdote concerning a
clock at Balmoral Castle. which is related in a
recently published book by a Scottish author
The hands on its face are bare, and sometimes
during winter the snow has been known to stop
them. There a snowstorm the day
and the order was given to hoist the flag half
mast high the paused to look at the clock
Its laden hands were standing, pointing
10 the time their Queen had passed away. 1t is
an old Scottish custom to stop the clock when
the head OF household dies They had not
needed to do So And so it was left until after
the funeral"
Next week John Lane will publish THE Story
of Eden.' by DoIf wyIlarde, a novel Of life at
Cape Town. IN South Africa That most barren
of all cities is not itself introduced into the
book, but the scenes are laid in the fashionable
and beautiful suburbs surrounding the town.
Neither is the Boer element in it, but
the action occurs year before its outbreak,
with occasional premoniion of the conflict.
The second series of 'Miscelanies" by Austin
Dobson. that Dodd, Mead & Co. preparing
TO publish, consists mainly of eighteenth century
studies. Part I IS entitled Essays and Intro
ductions." Part H. Occasional Verses and In
scriptions." 1t includes some poems overlooked
by the author in compiling his earlier volumes,
and some others Intentionally omitted by him.
but since inquired for by friends and, finally
some Of those little votive pieces dispersed in
presentation copies of his books for the publca-
ton Of which wish has been expressed.
The interesting announcement is made by
Houghton. Mifflin & Co. of a new edition. in one
volume. OF Bayard Taylors poems. 1t has been
prepared by Mrs. Taylor. and has had the bene-
fit Of her scrupulous oversight. The book will
be printed from new plates. and will contain
all Tsylor's poems. except the dramatic pieces
II will be uniform with the volumes of Long
fellow. Whittier. Lowell. Holmes. Aldrich and
others of this series. and will contain portrait
and other illustrations There will also be
library edition. embellished with photogravure
portrait OF Mrs. Taylor and other additional
illustrations. including autograph facsimile
OF the well known "Bedoun Love Song"
Mr. Harris Dickson, whose novel, The
Siege Of Lady Resolute,'' is about TO be pub
lished by the Harpers. is another Of the rapidly
increasing number Of authors who compose on
the typewriter. 3Ir Dickson says that II is so
much easier to use the machine than the pen
that the writing and rewriting Of page after
page has no terrors for him. and that he has
spent three times many months the fin
ishng OF The Siege of Lady Resolute' he
did on The Black wolfs Breed" which was
his first venture in fiction. 1t would appear
therefore from this statement Of Mr.. Dickson's
that the typewriter, so far from tending, as
have feared, to encourage the author in slip
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