New-York tribune., 1903-04-01
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Eouuenirs of Oeford, and Some
TransIations from the French.

NJ laurence Hutton having dealt in certain
huterestins and valuable little volumes Win 'he
hiterary landmarks Of London, Edinburgh 1ohie'
t-lorence Venice, and Jerusalem, now aoos 10
khe series work the Literary Landmarks
bf OXFORD CCharles Scrfbner's Sons). Lake i's
nr,decessors il is a judicious mixture OF fact
Ena anceoote sober history and amusing per
eonaIia The author has consulted hundreds
ef volumes Of local history, biography au'o
biography, correspondence and remlrlseeiioe,
end he has asked hundreds OF questions VI aii
manner of people at Oxford, from beais anu
lions or Scouts and Hall-porters. The result Is
IA great mass Of Information packed within the
covers of a small book. chsrmngly ILLUSTRATED
s,y the wav with drawings by Mr Herbert heii-
son whose touch is unrivalled in the expression
pf that antique beauty which does so mucn 10
make the enchantment of a place ike oAhOi"
Nr Hutton was very happy, he tells u.s. In the
si-1 weeks vacation he recently spent aIiioiie
she university buildings. and he makes US snare
his pleasure Taking the colleges in alphabet-
cal order, he records their important Gates anu
ehen wreaks himself upon their salient literary
6e1,res taking pains TO choose, whenever ne
kan such quotations throw light upon the
Hlace as well upon famous men, mus
epropos of Evelyn's receiving an honorary oe-
gree at the opening OF the Sheldonian theaIre
Ia 1889 he cites from that old worthy an III
sarrsting note on the humors of the occasion
the source Of some quaint data on seventeenth
renturv conditions I'VE came TO oxford" says
The diaris+ "a very sweet place" and Mr. Hut
hon proceeds to quote him as follows;
Psid our guide one pound two and sixpence;
barber two and six: boy that showed me the
coIleges before dinner, one shilling 10 uull!e55 5
knd then out with ng wife, ana Peofe' o. tho
landlord: and to him that showed US 'he
School and Library, ten shillings oI go 10
bee Christ Church with my wife, seeing se'eI a a
rtbers very fine alone and did give the boy
khat went with me, shilling. StraWpeF
Enne and rUopence: dinner and servants, one
ko,,-6 sn5 sjxnence After coming home from
she schools / out with the landlord TO Brase-
- S-3J5eSa- "a the hutteries Butler, two shi-
kinsrs- Then with e~5ch and people TO see the
6hTsic Gardens botanical Gardens), one shil-
hing So TO Friar Bacon's STUDY; L up anu saw
esct for the landlord one shilling. oxford
knigbty fine place. and well seated, and cheap
Entertainment
! Mr Hutton is illuminative on certain points
necessarily unfamiliar to Americans Most OF
KS know how to pronounce Hertford, "one OF
khA three colleges of oxford which do not pro
s,ounce themselves as they are speiled-the other
Two being Magdalen and Worcester. but few
rf US know that 10 generations OF unoer-
graduates ST Mary's Hall has been known as
Sskinmery,' St. Edmund as 'Ted's, or TEDDY
hall" and Worcester as -'WuggiEs Mr. Hut
hon has of course. had to condense his material
with the utmost care. but since he can find room
sauous recommendation of Matthew Arnold S
epuhlished lectures on poetry very good read
eng" we wonder that in his passage on Cal
frerley he does not find it possible to so much as
mention c. s C's chief title TO fame. his per
fect work as a parodist- However, TINS is d
krihing detail. In general we find this book as
comprehensive as could be expected, consider
eng its scale and it is certainly most enter
Gaining.
Another book redolent OF the oxford spirit is
the slender octave entitled Matthew Arnold's
elote Books (The Macmillan Company. which
aas been published by his daughter the Hon
Mrs Wodehouse. It consists Of copious extracts
from the notebooks or diaries in which, for
n7e-iod OF nearly forty years. the great critic
sentered any passages that struck him IN ms
daily reading In some Of these he drew up
lists of all the books he wished to study during
The year carefully checking those which he sue
reeded in reading. Remembering the impor-
sance which Arnold attached TO literary frag-
s11ents of d certain order as touchstones of ex-
reIlence one turns these pages with eager curl
t7sity. Ones expectations of suggestive matter
ere not disappointed. though the purely literary
N aspect for which looks is not often visible.
rhe ethical motive is in the ascendant the bulk
rf these quotations driving at conduct. Some
pf them ara delightfully."- significant Of Arnold's
nature For example: Hope together with her
she ancients under the name of the Three
s,rsces'" Two which Mrs. Wodehouse re-
heats in her preface. have extraordinary ap-
positeness. For Sunday, April IL. 1883. the day
of his sudden death he had chosen from Ecclesi-
nsttcus these words: Weep bitterly over the
dead as he is worthy and then comfort thy
felf; drive heaviness away; thou shalt not do
him good hut hurt thyself-' For the following
ySundav the Sunday after his burial, he had
kaken another passage from the same source;
sWhen the dead is at rest let his remembrance
rest: and be comforted for him when his spirit
g derarted from him" The book will be placed
with affectionate appreciation beside all those
rthers cherished by the lover Of Matthew Ar
mold though one may wonder a little If he HIM
eelf would have cared to give publicity to this
Eliminate souvenir Of his spiritual life. One
sbing is certain no man could stand better than
ARNOLD such an unveiling he suffers in this
hook 1t testifes from beginning to end TO moth
snz save the beauty and nobility Of his char
hcter.
From the Macmillan Company we have also
seceived q pocket volume entitled The Study
- Poetry and a Guide to English Literature" "
The first of the two essays being the one which
sArnold wrote as a general introduction to
Nvard.s English Poets in 1880, the other being
t,s sn,n,itable review of Mr.. Stopford Brooke's
s.prfrner Of English Literature" Both are full
nj inspiration Will not say Tor the studcnt
eIone but for the mature reader The essay Oh
ste study Of poetry especially is to this day as
eefreshing as a cup Of cold water. 1t Is good TO
nave these stimulating pages in form enabling
,nne 70 carry them everywhere