New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-03-26

the documents relating 70 the two families OF
which he is an immediate descendant, he has
included sufficient miscellaneous matter 10 give
US a vivid idea OF the social life Of Irish gentry
IN the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and
20 cast not a Few interesting sidelights on the
discussions that have for centuries rent unhappy
Ireland The annals Of both manors, but more
particularly Of Castlecoole. bear much mute tes-
tirnonv IN this respect With the outbreak Of
the rebellion OF 1G4l. the Lord % Castlecoole.
or Castle Atkinson. as II was then called was
constrained TO forsalle and depart from Castle
Atkinson aforesaid. for safeguard Of his life"
The wisdom OF this course was shown by the
fate Of the purchaser Of the manor. a Mr.. Cham
pion who was cruelty murthered" by tho Ma
g,lires Half century later. IN the year Of tho
revolution Castlecoole was burned by the order
OF Governor Hamilton. AS outpost which
was in danger Of falling into the enemy's
hands" Its owner. James Cory. was hand
somely compensated b. the government, how
ever and thereafter the Corrys fourished In IN
disputed possession. The present Earl Of Bel
more is the fourth 20 bea- the title the first
having been his great grandfather Armar Cory.
who was created a baron OF Ireland I'm 1870. and
boy whom the mauors Of Cooe and Finagh were
united.
A portion OF the "Recouections Of Nine Bern
hardt.' TO be published in the autumn by =.
Appleton & Co. Will appear as a midsummer
feature Of one Of the popular magazines.
May Is the date set for the publication OF
1.-THE Virginian" as the first Of the MacmllIans'
| series OF paper covered novels.
a religious publication Of some Importance IS
a translation into English by Messrs. Bealby &
81.
! Jesu" The work is issued by the MacmilIans.
| and bears the stamp Of authority having a
preface in which its author vouches for the ao-
curacy Of the translation. the proof sheets OF
which were submitted TO him
Students Of the italian language will soon
! have another textbook at their disposal for the
! Hollis have in press an Italian grammar. by
| Mary Vance Young. The publishers claim for
this work that it presents all the essential points
| more fully than in any other Italian grammar
now In use in this country" In the matter of
! exercises" the vocabulary used will be re-
stricted as far possible to the language OF
everyday life.
'Nami-ko," the English version Of Kentiro
Tolutomgs novel of Japanese life called "Hoto-
togisu." viii be published by Herbert b. Turner
& Co. on April .
The popularity Of Mrs. Virgins "Rebecca OF
Sunnybrook Farm seems TO continue with lit
tie abatement. Houghton. Mlm!n & Co. who
publish the book. state that they have just sent
it to press for the tenth time.
Mrs. Mary Austin, whose charming THE
Land of Little Rain" was reviewed not long
ago IN this Journal has just completed a ro-
nance OF old California which will be issued
with the title OF 'Isidro."
A recent addition to the Monograph Series"
published by the United States Catholic His
torical Association contains some entertaining
"reminiscences Of life in the United States I'm the
second quarter of the nineteenth century, and
concerning people and our institutions This
work is the late Father Thebaud's Forty Years
in the United States OF America" The author
came to this country from France IN 1898 and
the following year was installed as a professor
In 81. Mary's College Kentucky where he re-
NAMED nine years before coming North He
died at Fordham in 1885. His recoIlections OF
the South are varied. ranging from meteorologi-
cal observations 10 brief studies OF social and
economic conditions. OF slavery he has not a
little TO say, and while friend to the system
does not find il unmitigated evil as prac-
tsed In the Southern States. His first impress
siOns Of the people Of ali sections were favor
able. especially in the matter OF morals. and he
plantation life OF course, the progress OF
lirl Las a1xr