New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-02
LITERARY NOTES.

-. ,,,.. .nnaared has been chosen by the PM
Re4a kappa Society Of the University Oh IN
csgo To deliver the annual address before ma
society at the university on June H. HIS SUD
feet will be- shall Cromwell Have NloI
ment2"
T, San American at Oxford" John Corbln teils
q story Of Jowett, the Master or Balhol- AN
undergraduate named Barnes had been SO III
denendent of his tutor that he was sent up u
the head of the college" which is not at an q
rro,,o+fon When he reported the master was
writing and merely paused TO say: @ll uo"
Mr. Barnes. You are working with MI JONAH
.-e Won not7" The culprit said he was, ana sat
down. Jovgett wrote on, page after page WINE
.L ,,-ae-praduate fdgeted. Finally Jo"etI
,,.5 ~, and remarked: Mr.. Donkin says you
are mot Good morning After that the uliuet
gra5uate was more inclined to work with MT
Donkin.
One Of the most interesting chapters IN III
r,sor,,, uoyrara.s hook on Prisoners of Rus
S,a " which the Appletons viii bring out speeu-
i1v 90 that on the use of the knout he saw
what very few travellers have ever seeh lhe
administration Of a hundred lashes WIN lii9
instrument which he says Is reserved only Ioi
the uaeauest most cowardly. merc1less ana IRE
cla,roahIe rnurderers and which, notwlthstaho-
ing ifs horrors he cannot wholly olsdpploN|
The subject, after his punishment "14NN' ~
~ Howard describes it. is really most dread
mi is taken TO the best ward in the hospl1al
and receives the best treatment. In thls' as III
otber matters DR.. Howard is disposed 10 hhu
,,,,,c, more good in the Russian prison system
shan most other visitors He speaks as a meo-
zeal man and a penoIogist, and it is likely that
his studies will be valuable addllon 10 INC
literature on the subject
Archibald Duff the author of The Iheology
and Ethics of the Hebrews, is great oe-le'et
q, walking as a counter to much study. ana
tours afoot constitute his chief recreation occu-
nving much Of his vacation intervals In TINS
way he has wandered pretty much over 1ol-
land Germany Russia, Switzerland. Italy ana
even Canada He is a Scotchman, as his name
indicates and comes of his prediction naIuf-
aIlv. He is Professor of Hebrew and Old Testa-
rnent Theology in the United College Congre-
ssfionaD Of Bradford. England
CARLYLE was writing of something different
from the present copious output when ne Cd
served as to the "Wayerley" novels
Tbesa Historical Novels have taught all men
this truth which looks like trutsn, yet Mas s
as good as unknown to writers OF history anu
others TIL so taught: that the bysone ages %
the world were actually filled by living men
and not by protocols state papers. controversies
and distractions Of men
But the remark applies in varying degrees 10
all historical novels Of any value IL is quo'eu
by Jonathan Meld the title page OF his hltie
.sCzuide 10 the Best Historical Novels and IaIes
that bids fair 10 be useful in many quarters II
is q classified list of such novels. arranged &C
cording to the different periods treated Put
mans are publishing it in this country
Unstable as Water is the title Of new novel
nv Mrs. J. H Needen, that will soon be issued
nv Frederick warne & Co, Of this city Mrs
Needen is the author of stephen EHlcotts
Daughter" and Phillip Methuen & Co"
Mr.. John Lane. the publisher, who has been
making long visit to New-1ork, arrived IN
London on the day of the appearance In punch
of Bernard Partridge's cartoon on the Auafllc
steamship trust that reproduced In The
Tribune recently. Without delay he approached
the artist, who is his friend, and from him ne
was lucky enough to secure the original draw
ing of his -eMorganatic Marriage Mr. Lane
thinks that 'in few years this sketch may
have fancy value for certain Americans"
Professor Nicholson, of Chicago University,
writes the preface to Paul Drudes Theory or
Optics" which Longmans, Green & Co. are pub
fishing and calls it "a remarkably original and
M consecutive presentation of optics by one who
optics III the last ten years.
What Lowell called the most wonderful thing
su France will be the subject of the next vol
ume in the Macmillans' Medieval Towns
series-Chartres The book is by Cecil Head
lam, and has illustrations by Herbert Railton-
Cesar de Saussure was restless Frenchman
of the early eighteenth century. who departed
from fhe usual custom of his countrymen in
leaving home and travelling for dozen years
or so. and writing an entertaining narrative Of
his experiences. He spent some time in Eng
land and his account of this visit is contained
in a book lately published by E. P Dutton
& Co. entitled "A Foreign View of England in
the Reign of George 1 and George II; the Let
tiers of NJ Cesar de Saussure to His Family"
IT is translated and edited by Marie Van NIuy-
den. This is what VI. de Saussure says Of the
English people Of 1l25:
do not think there is a people more preju-
diced in its own favor than the British people.
and they allow this TO appear in their talk and
manners They look foreigners in general
with contempt and think nothing is as well
done elsewhere in their own country, and
this good opinion of themselves-their love Tor
their nation, its wealth. plenty and liberty and
the comforts that are enjoyed
Miss Myrtle Reed is said to have invaded the
territory discovered by Mary E. wilkins in her
book. Lavender and Old Lace that the Put
mans are going to publish before long. 1t is a
novel Of New England back country life Of the
present time Miss Reed will be remembered
as the author Of two series of Love Letters
of a Musician" and 1.-The spinster Book
The Macnillans have ready for publication
7 s-,y,s- hoOl- Noa Of