The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-11

the vsrses written up 70 i7ei, not the best
Introduction to the poet, perhaps. The
editors life OF Freneau, which y predxed,
IN by no means satisfactory; there seems
TO be vagueness about the statements OF
fact that was perhaps unavoidable, but
important personal events are hurried over
and we seem to get little idea Of the man
or Of his work.
One Of the most interesting. Of recent
discoveries among Egyptian papyri has
been fair-sized fragment Of poem on the
Persians by Timotheos Of Miletos, . poet
hitherto known only by a few scattered
lines. preserved by other writer's. The
papyrus was found In grave at Abusir
last year, and yields over 100 consecutive
whole lines Of text besides seventy lines
more or less fragmentary. 1t has been
edited with an elaborate commentary by
Prof. Ulrich Won wilamowits- M6llendof
Of the University Of Berlin, who b one
Of the great pathological higher deities OF
Germany to-day. under the title Die
Perser' Persae), u. c. Hinrichs; Lemcke
d Buechner). The professor believes that
the manuscript. which Ii now In Berlin.
is contemporary with Aristotle and Alex
ander the Great. That would put II In
the fourth century before Christ. and would
make it the Oldest Greek manuscript ex-
tant. The fragment saved Ii an i'm
portant addition TO the stock Of classical
Greek literature.
A good deal has been written about the
impressionist school Of paintings In maya
zines and single articles. but q general
survey Of this work will be welcome even
In the very short form Of Camille Mauclair's
The French unprecedented (Duckworth
Co.; E. p. Dutton a co.,. It was inevitable
perhaps that the essay should be impres-
sionistic, too, and that moro stress should
be put on opinions than on mere facts.
Nevertheless. q readable and Ineligible
account Of the chief artists is given and
some idea Of what they tried to accomplish.
The little book is illustrated by a great
many half-tone pictures. How they can
convey to any one any idea Of Manet or
Monet or Renoir or the rest, whose art Ia
expressed almost wholly In color, we fail
to see.
From a new Arm Of publishers, Fox.
Duffield 4 Co.. we receive the frat book
they issue, the old Elizabethan morality
play sEveryman.' which has been per-
formed Of late before London and New
York audiences. In typography. In paper
and In makeup the edition il admirable.
1t Is good beginning and sets very high
standard.
The Tragedy Of Othello' appears in the
handsome edition OF the Works Of William
Shakespeare issued by the Bowen Merrill
Company. The editor IL n. c. Hart, who
supplies an introduction and explanatory
notes.
W. Hepworth Dixon's A History Of
William Penn 10 the latest addition to
the neat and pretty volumes Of the Com
monwealth Library published by the New
Amsterdam Book Company.
Miss Mollie Elliott Seawell's Children Of
Destiny which appeared first ten year,
ago, is published in a new edition with
illustrations by A, B. Wenzell by the Bobbs-
Merrill Company II Ii much better
story in construction and In English than
some OF the authors later tales. and In II
she has the advantage OF describing q
country and people that abe Is familiar
with
The Ghetto has become the fashion.
We have had it in fiction and In description.
and some OF it's literature even has emerged.
Now, apparently we are to have It's sociology
and philosophy, too. Mr.. Bernard @. Rich
ards In -Discourses OF Keidansky' (Scott-
Thaw Coz introduces US to q philosopher
OF the slums who lectures at length on
general subjects and on matters more
specifically Yiddish. The lectures first
appeared in the Boston Evening Transenpt.
In passing from the Yiddish philosophers
mind into that Of his interpreter the ideas
undergo q strange change. Not only 10
the language In which they are expressed
extremely colloquial and idiomatic Eng
lish. but the standpoint Of the speaker
becomes that Of an American observer.
We hardly believe that Yiddish foreigner
brought up in the surrou ndings Of the
Ghetto could look at things in exactly
the way that Mr. Richards puts them.
The ideas that the sociologist thinks his
victims have are usually far different from
their real ideas. However, some OF Mr..
Richards observations are interesting, and
people who like sociological talk may
take pleasure In Yiddish coloring to 1t.
careful outline Of the life OF one of the
signers OF the Declaration Of Independence,
Matthew Thornton Of New Hampshire"
has been prepared by Mr.. Charles Thornton
Adams Dando Printing and Publishing
Company. Philadelphia). It includes many
original letters and other papers. Thorn
tons life was one Of unusually varied
activities. even for an early settler. He was
q physician and q Judge. besides holding
town. provincial and State Offices during
q great part Of his life. His changes OF
residence, too. were frequent. He was
one Of the three signers who were born In