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be published by the Harpers in August he
has been at work on 1t for two years. and IT Is
apparently a radical departure from his pre-
vious books. "Eben Holden and "D'rt and l.
The hero is young patrcian OF Rome. and the
time is just before the Christian Era
Colonel D. F. Boyd the founder OF the Louisi-
ana State University, at Baton Rouge, was the
subject Of address delivered by A A Gunoy
on the occasion OF laying the cornerstone OF the
Alumni Memorial Hall last May. The address
has just been issued In book form. Colonel Boyd
was In the Confederate army during the Civil
War. and was captured and brought before Gen
eral Sherman. with whom he had been asso-
ciated the faculty of the Louisiana State
Seminary.
When Boyd was ushered in Sherman grabbed him
Professor oS ana to se SS yGS cd
sir! Very elad. indeed sir:. Commodore Porter.
and
He is no snc thing Bssd He s Proesr
lie then said: Boyd; what in - am going to
AS a matter Of fact. he took Major Boyd to
New-Orleans and turned him over to General
Butler. by whom he was confined for some time
In one of the big compress prisons. During all
the time of his capture and confinement he had
$4,000 in his bootleg that he had secured to pay
off the soldiers at Fort De Ruse. and brought it
back safe.
II Is always interesting to observe one master
OF style when he is praisng another. and we
have read with something like eagerness, there
fore. the article on NJ. Anatole France which
Mr. Joseph Conrad has contributed to the cur
rent number OF The Speaker" He approves
the Characterization of the creator of NJ. Ber-
geret as the Prince of Prose" He thinks that
NJ. France Expresses his conviction with Ieis-
ure. restraint and harmony. which indeed |
prlncely
He is great analyst of illusions He searches |
and probes their innermost recesses if they
consists his humanity: this is the expression Of !
his profound and unaterable compassion. He will |
market place His lucid thought is not not beguiled
sco feels that men 6oTn IN ignorance
S IN Inc house of an enemy and condemned to
of hepe fp De spared the supreme cruelty
best hopes irreastic; that it is the almost in
credible misfortune OF mankind but also its highest
men have never failed to defeat their highest aims |
conceive the most sisante raaSs but leaves them
b tnaT Sefore their rremedable itteness He
master " ~ ~
The GrevilIs Memoirs" those rich volumes
OF tttle-tattle written by Charles Fulke Gre
vile. were not the only contribution of the sort
made TO Victorian literature by this family. The |
oarists younger brother Henry. who died IN |
1872. also had access the court life of the Vic
torian era, and left diaries a portion Of which
his cousin, the Viscountess Enfield published a |
few years ago. The lady. who is now
Countess Of STAFFORD, is editing a second series
of Henry Greville's memoirs and will publish
the work in the coming season
The Nicomte de Spoelbergh de Louvenjoul has
brought out in Paris a book called La Verita-
BILE Historic d'Ells ct Lu" in which he en-
beavers to clear up all the obscurites In that
celebrated episode in the life OF George Sand
The collection OF posthumous and unpublished
articles by the novelist, which has recently been
put in print. deals with such subjects as Jules
Janin, our Civil War. Victor Hugo. women in
politics. acting and the play. characteristic
ally quaint contribution to tho George Sand
furore OF the moment Is offered by Mr.. Max
Beerbohm. He makes IL In the course of some
remarks on the disposition Of many woman
engaged in artistic labor to choose for herself
q certain kind OF pen name.
She She; to ward OF our cruel chivalry. shields her
self behind a masculine pseudonym. The surname
Is matter of choice but George" seems TO be al
Edouard Sand. George Eliot would undoubtedly
have a been Edward Eliot. and all other literary
was the obvious choice for the would masculine
think Especially must II irritate sfrntng .riGk
having been baptized George. must either shed the |
name ma or be ever dimly associated with womanhood
Tor Christian name. and moreover. they seem to
ROB the surname OF all character. A very distinct
authors name! George Street" would be fully
rate mage-but for its instant suggestion OF femi-
Inihlty ma Mr.. Meredith were writing Richard
world as G eS 9pa burst on the
mouiu suppose him To be a lady. Even after we
an Feaq ahe hTf few pages and had discovered
authentic man. we should always be- hampered by !
markable lady.
1t is droll to find Max. of all people in the
world. talking OF Georges Sand
The August number of The Bookman' con-
tains a brilliant caricature by Max, showing
Matthew Arnold lounging against the wall and
looking down with ironical smile upon Mrs
hunlphry Ward who is represented as child
IN snort skirts The legend accompanying the
craving is perfect: Mr. Matthew Arnold-To
NM MISS Mary Augusta (his niece afterward
Mrs Humphry Ward. Why Uncle Matthew,
On why. will not you be always wholly seri-
ous?"
henry Seton Merriman's posthumous novel
Inc Last Hope" will be published by the
"criohers early In the autumn This story. which
was completed some months before the authors
death deals with attempt on the French
throne during the Presidency Of Louis Napoleon
The hero is of French wair who was
picked up adrift in fishing boat shortly after
the supposed escape OF the OF Louis XVI.
lhis lad was brought up In English fishing
Fiiiage' and was by many loyalists believed to
be the Dauphin The efforts of his son to seize
the throne backed by a strong party OF legtti-
mists, forms the plot of the novel