New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-25

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binding OF vellum paper. stamped dehcatey IL
rod 10 one OF The most beautiful PRODUCTIONS CT
the sort which the Houghtons have Issued Ihey
have adhered throughout 20 the Spirit o. me
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Naturalization with the perfection OF cTaiIsHasil''
You g2b COME, have been printed. We may
note that the third volume IN the magnificent
folio edition OF Montague brought out by this
house is expected 10 appear within the next
few weeks This viii contain the exhaustive
bfbliorraphy which the editor. Mr. Ives, has
complied. q contribution 10 the literature 81
afontaiEne which students have been awaiting
with Keen interest
Mr.. J. p. Baddeley. writing 70 The London
Spectator" on authentic hlunders says that he
can vouch for che following:
AT the Paris Exhibition OF 1878 an English
family paused in front Of a marble group Of a
man standing in the bows Of a boat looking
hand. Underneath was inscribed "Canars a
scio" After n puzzled silence. paterramllias
exclaimed. 7 have g. Scio I know: Canaris
the Canary Islands It's the discovery Of the
Canary Islands by Columbus Many years later
at Penshurst. when the old housekeeper point
ing 10 q portrait above doorway, informed a
miscellaneous group OF visitors that Il repre-
scented the famous Sir Philip sidney gentle
.nan who had already annoyed the company
sufficiently added. quite seriously: Supposed by
many 10 have been the author OF JuniUss let
tiers; but have my dOubts""
Two books which are especially sppossts at
this time are sent 20 us by the Macmillan Com
psny IN new editions. one Of these is Mrs
Hugh Fraser's delightful Letters from Japan"
now reissued in one volume. but with al OF the
fnuetrations retained. The other Is NJ Writ
Gsrrsre's Greater Russia which appears IN
its original form. Both books. which have been
reviewed az length IN The Tribune. are inter
sstirg and authoritative. Mrs Frasers style
,nade familiar fn several clever novels. Is light
ard Rowing She studied the japanese with
svupatheic eyes and her letters are vivid
throughout. Mr. Gerrarcs narrative records the
observations q e. shrevd traveller who insisted
upon seeing much in Russia that r. ordinarily
kept from the eyes OF the foreigner. and brought
20 the writing of his book the reflections OF an
experienced student OF European affairs. The
Illustrations in these volumes are half tones
from good photographs.
AR sidney Lee lately read a paper on the lie
and work OF Francis Bacon. which was Il IS
implied IN slight report. a healthy tonic for the
victim % the Shakespeare Bacon heresy. One
OF ~. Lees striking points ives The emphasis
plsced on Bacon's failure 20 read human char
soter.
The Celebrity IT Home" Is the title OF Miss
Violet Hunts new novel. This clever writer
with her particularly Hight and piouant touch
ought 70 draw very well this picture OF lfe IN
a Literary household, as seen through the eyes
OF q sstirical maiden of seventeen"
IN another forthcoming novel. ODDLY entitled
The Poet and Ills Guardian Angel" Is told the
story OF the poet Cowper ana Mrs. Irwin. the
most melancholy pair u friends n English biog-
rsphy n might DO wished that Cowper should
be left unmolestea by the novelist 50 bitterly
SD is the story 81 the gentle and shrinking
poets life. The author % this new book is
Sarah Tytler. or Mss Henrietta Keddls who is
now. BY The way. seventy-seven years old.
Gems OF the East Is 10 be the title % Mr.. A
H. Savage Iandor's forthcoming book The
gems" aforesaid are the Islands OF ths sulu
Archipelago The author r. himself illustrating
the volume
TIE Rome correspondent OF The London Morn
ing Post" states that Father Earle the head
% inc Vatican Library, whose opinion has been
ael1ed as 20 the best method OF restoring some
~ the half burned and damaged manuscripts
rescued from the recent disastrous FIRE az the
Turin University, has discovered that some OF
xhern are already showing signs OF rotting. owing
20 the action OF damp. IL seems that the COM
hined effect Of heat and water on certain kinds
az parchment produces rapid decay. Immedl-
ately after the discovery was made the threat
encd manuscripts were taken 20 the chemical
laboratory Of the university. and they ere 20 be
suhsected 20 a treatment which VIII prsservs
them from per1shing further
Ar Arthur Pen6enys has come forward 20 sug.
rest that the best OF the Creevy papers remain
~ lar unpublished. II is 20 be hoped that Il
any more OF this manuscript is really avauabl,
4 WIN be printed without unnecessary delay
Tor Creevy was a beguiing soul A correspond
ent a ''The AthenRum.' by the way. has writ
ten 20 that journal 70 point out that the smiabl
Enelishmsn was a good deal more than a oleve
rattle that he played a more serious part q
Indicated
The Dean o. Durham. in a recently published
book ~ essays tells some interesting snecdote
~ RuslSin 81 oxford. one OF them. he says
was told 20 him By ola Rymsn, the prln; seller
re snid that Rusldn as an Undergraduate use