New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20

their own characters and to suspect nothing Of
the matter. blessings the writer who first
made of Roman names II is only calling
Tomkins Caius and Jenkins Titus: or whipping
Hopkins upon the back Of ScavoIa, and YOU
have the pleasure of executing sentence with no
pain To the offender This hanging in effigy is
delightful. it evapOrates the spleen Without
souIins me blood ana IS altogether tie MOI
Eentlemanly piece of Jack ketchery mag sab'i
Egomet then; has been my desk fellow
thiLty years lie Is remarkable species Oi
seltshress. | DO not mean that Fe is attentive
10 his own gain. ! acquit him of that common,
place manifestation Of the foi''e ] shoot e
such small deer Eut his sin is n total absorb
tion Of mind in things relating To- hi-use!f-E,
hcuse-biS horse-HtS stabIe-hiS gardener etc
Nothing that concerns himself can Ea imagine
To he Indifferent 10 YOU He does NY sympathy
too much honor. The worst -. p" takes sort
Of interest whatever i'm E0Hr horse. house. stable,
gardener etc. If you begin dis, curse about
your own household economy and small matters
he treats it with the most mortifyiug indiffer-
ence. lie has discarded all pronouuS for the
first personal His intention. or. rather, aver
sion. TO hear. is no morn than what is a proper
return To a self-important babhler of his own
little concerns; but then if he will not give. why
should he expect 10 receive, hearing There
is no reciprocity in this.
The additions to the poetry are not numerous.
and none OF them is important. Here again.
however there are some lines that it is not un-
pleasant to have in the defnitive edition II
Lamb. They entitled Love VIII Come"
From the smooth Intruder free:
Cage thy heart I'm bars Of c-ysta.
Lock It with golden key;
NoiSeieSs footStsp. accent dumb.
Watch, or watch not Love viii c'-'
His approach to none revealing
Watch, or watch not. Love will come-l-"ve.
Watch. or watch not Love will come.
scornfIl Beauty may deny him
He hath spells TO charm dsdain;
Homely features may defy him
Both At length must wear the chain
naughty Youth in Courts Of Princes
hermit poor with age o'erCome-
His soft plea at last ConvinceS:
Sooner. later. Love will come.
His soft plea at length couvinccs.
Sooner. later Love Viii Gene
The external aspects Of Mr.. Lucass edition
are agreeable. Good type and paper have been
used, the frontispiece portraits are photograv-
ures of fine quality, and the Illustrations and
facsimiIes provided all opposite. The notes.
We may add are judiciously placed at the back
of the book. The binding alone is open to crit
cism. Though becomingly sober iu taste, I
lacks the quality which is visible in the paper
and presswork- MI Lucas Will give The Is
says Of Ella" and The Last Essays of Ella. in
his second volume, and will devote the third 10
the Books for Children" Both these volumes
will appear at an early date. The fourth. which
viii not be long delayed, viii contain the ORA
matte Specimens" and the Garrick plays. The
sixth and seventh volumes will be given to the
correspondence; and Mr. Lucas states that Il
will embrace lin addition to other letters.
a fuller share of Mary Lambs correspondence
/ than has previously been considered needfuL"
He has also in preparation a life Of Lamb. 10
/ be published in two volumes. Altogether. re
seems resolved upon rearing a serious monu-
ment TO Lamb and his sister, and to judge from
/ what he has thus far done, his work viii
/ doubleday be OF permanent value.
! The "Caxton Thin Paper Edition" Of the works
| OF Lamb published by Newnes in London and
! imported here by the Scribners is one Of the
/ most welcome reprints which We have encOuu-
/ tered in this delightful series. Though so much
has been crowded into the little pocket volume.
. the type Is quite clear enough, and the book
! is readable though il had been printed "a
7 a larger scale. Mr. SuIIiyan's ideal portrait #
Lamb. which serves as frontispiece is Z. brill
liant study, artistic and full Of character. In
its dainty cover of limp lambskin this Is an cl.-
ton which 10 lover of Lamb do without.
1t is the very TO be slipped into u travelling
bas.