New-York tribune., 1903-06-07


| fell; Moores creation Of the Light Division az
ShorncIiffe the expedition to Sweden and the
campaign in Spain up to Sahagun
Miss Josephine Preston Peabody has written
sufficient verse since the publication Of her third
volume to fill fourth which is TO be brought
out in the autumn. Miss Peabody has added To
her poetic work the task of teaching English
literature at Wellesley.
The author of The Letters Of Her Mother to
Elizabeth" was, as even the unpractised reader
might discern, a man. His name is w. r f.
TrOwbridge, and he is about to publish book
which he calls The Situations OF Lady IA
tricid-'
Emersons delight in Thoreau's gifts was
never failing In the current Atlantic" j.
quoted a letter in which he demonstrated with
a certain writer who had underrated his friend
''ThOreau. he wrote. was superior genus
read his books and manuscripts always with
new surprise at the range of his topics and tn
novelty and depth of his thought. nan Of
large reading of quick perception. of gIa1J
practical courage and abiIity-wh0 grew gre;t,.-r
every day. and had his short life been prolonSrl
would have found few equals TO the power and
wealth of his mind.
The first volume of the new edition Of the
Hakluyt ''Voyages' is nearly ready Professor
Walter Raleigh is at work upon essay devoted
to the famous nayigator's life and work.
We have just received from Samuel Buckley
& Co. agents for the periodical in this country.
the second number of The Burlington Magst-
zine" about which had much that was fl
yOrabe to say when it started in London
short time ago. This second number more than
fulfls the remarkable promise of the first, be
ing, indeed, both as regards text and iIlustra-
tiOn quite the most credtable piece of work OF
its kind ever issued in England. 1t opens with
most interesting account of those quaint Old
drawings in the British Museum which illustrate
the life of Richard Beauchamp, Earl of War
wick several facsiniIes ACCOMMODATING the arti-
hX- no first iucra Tura-
Of some notes calculated to be of good service 10
collectors. on the evolution of form and decora-
tton in English silver plate. Mr.. Campbell
DOdgsOn writes about Dr. Pauli'S new catalogue
of the prints of Hans Sebald Beham his review
being enriched by many reproductions. and Mr..
Weale continues his study OF the early Neither
landish painters
Mr.. Herbert Cooks contribution is of Pc
Culiar interest. He deals with three hitherto
unpublished Italian portraits in England all
of them important. One great Titan, the re-
Gently discovered portrait of Isabella D'F,ste
recorded in The Tribune a short time
ago has left England to pass into Partisan
collection; but as though TO console connois-
SeuTS. an English collector has JUS acquired the
Titan OF which Mr.. Cook writes portrait OF
GacomO DOrid- 1t is described as a really no
table work, and the reproduction bears out this
Jud$1hent. Ihe second of the portraits treated
by Mr. Cook is a fine Luini; the third is a fasc-
mating representation of FEDERICO Gonzaga the
son OF Isabella D'ESte. by Francesca RaibOlini
more familiarly known Francia. This ap-
pears to be n little masterpiece. The Burline-
tom begins in this number a series of iIIustr,q-
Of art belonging to private collectors or to
dealers of repute- IL is a valuable addition "
the magazine, making acquainted with in
teresting material that might otherwise remain
unknown to the general public. We NAV reit-
crate our approval of the general quality OF tn,
text in this periodical. and of its Illustrations
which are numerous. we'll chosen and we'll made.
Only three copies of Shelley's pamphlet called
Proposals for Association of Philanthro-
piStS'' are known to exist one copy was Idteiv
sold for the prodigious price of S2,6J0t 1t was
accompanied by letters exchanged between the
Postmaster General and his agent at HOlyheId
relative To the seizure OF a boXful OF the so
called seditious matter. The pamphlet inspired
by the political grievances of Ireland was writ
ten when the poet was only twenty years Old
We cannot imagine the British Postmaster Cen
eral of to-day concerning himself with the
idealistc theories of any boy of genius
Mr.. Sidney Lee during his recent visit to this
country delivered fifty-three lectures and tray
elled about ten thousand miles
Ibsen hOvers the borders OF the grave. 4
frail and feeble man. He may live for months
or he may die any moment-he cannot recover.