New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-12-09
LITERARY NOTES.

"a 4 l-TE % q i
eodd work done in the world for literature mas
,eesa done by an American. From paragraph
~ 1.-THE Bystander" we gather that Mr.. A H.
Bulien the London publisher. els an American
& ressmbIng Mark Twain in his keen, alert feat
u-as ard even more so in his voice and manner.
& we have watched and admired Mr.. Bullen's pro-
ceedings for a number OF years. Again anu
again. IN his dealings with the Elizabethan
3rd matists and with the old song writers, ne has
shown the most enlightened kind Of scholarship
and the most delicate taste. He it was who
& practically rediscoYered Thomas Campion, that
enchanting lyrist. Moreover, when Mr.. Bulien
! hak not only edited books but published them.
/ h7l has made the volumes bearing his imprint
n1c1eIs of the art Of bookmaking. Just now he is
engaged upon notable enterprise, the prepare
tieh OF complete edition of Shakespeare which
he i-iil print. bind and publish at Stratford-on-
Avpn carrying on the work in q house which
Nak originally inhabited by one of the poets
frfnds. We wish him well.
A Tariorum Edition Of the works of Beau
mont and Fletcher is to be published in twelve
volumes by the Macmillan Company. Mr..
BslIlen. under whose general direction the edi-
ios has been planned has intrusted the editor
ship of the individual plays to various eminent
British scholars Volume l contains THE Maids
Tragedy ''Philaster." "A King ard No King
The ScornfuI Lady and THE Custom OF the
CaunSry''; there also abundant footnotes.
facsimile title pages and introductions
fohn Lane continues in the laudable task of
seissuing Anthony Trollope in convenient and
tni inexpensive form. In his New Pocket Lii
orhry, a series of well made reprints he has
3uyt brought out THE Bertrams." It is a rather
duPnpy little volume. which was to be expected,
SINCE The Bertrams' is long story and re-
qutres IN this edition more than eight hundred
pages But do not mind the dumpiness 1t
is IA boon 10 have Trollope so printed as to be
carried easily in the pocket
Although fer the last dozen or so years Rider
Haggard has been known to the world prfn-
eisaliy as writer of stories. he has other
cisins 10 distinction. Back in the 70s he was a
niE man in South Africa-master of the high
court OF the Transvaal, and the man who with
Colonel Brooke, hoisted the British flag over the
south African Republic He was q famous hunt
er IN his South African days and manv Of the
exciting shooting adventures described in his
ss7yeis are written directly from his personal
experiences. In the Sos he began TO produce
Ass successful novels. and in 1901 he took I'D the
Investigation of the condition of agriculture in
England. and Is now doing tireIess work in the
Interest Of the British farmer
James Jeffrey Roche Editor OF "rrha Rostor
iNloS is as amusing in his conversation az he
y IN ms books One of his friends thus identified
ffrn 70 an unknown sdmirer who wanted Mr.
ssSche pointed out at his club: IF you see two
men sitting together. and one of them is all
YoEen up laughing The other enc is James JEFF
Grey Roche" He is an all around cosmono1,to,
Race ne was introduced to a French--anad,ap
aotary by his friend the Seigneur NJ 1ar.,..4.-
- half Irish. half French half 6,anadta,, -
altogether American" anu
mere nave been many editions of LBbkes
onlhnes Of the History Of Art" thar tbor-
enghsoing survey Of the subject which mas er.4
ep'isi.ee nlo;e imam forty years ago; but It has
S'eNs' ni'herlo been put forth go satisfactorily
lle Hew edition. in two volumes. which
HPooG Mead & Co. have recently brough+ o,,+
This has. according to the title naea 49,
edited infinitely revised and 1ar1e1,r -
en- oy Ar. RUSSELL Sturgis and on goinz ooa
he4y Through the text we have found bis ,,
4aVne SO vel as TO give the old book really
iNs" tease OF life. Research and the rnodisca-
!, 'He Oest critical opinion many points
- o+e4se"4oglcal ana aesthetic scholarship have
iHst naucn OF the German doctors material in a
a1's~ nEhI Successive editions of his book were
Ilarked by certain changes, but it needed the
ioFerhaulng given to fl by Mr.. sturgis That
Experienced editor while preserving abundant
respect for Lubke, has not hesitated IN hrs,
jam np TO date with determined hand His
ihl'oWleuge and his skill show everywhere In
ioI' lhe s'ouE volumes making them an au-
lthoI1tatlYe source OF information. The nub-
is5shera nave done their share in the work SO
generously. up 10 a certain point that we wish
iSAey cea'a nave seen their way to making the
penetration OF the book complete They have
added many new illustrations. good fuu nasa
half tones from photographs, but they have re-
famed the old line cuts, some of which. ike tha
jone from Michael AnRelo's "{iiuliano de Medici"
iea page 116. i'm the second volume are Of a
phenomenal badness Nc doubt it would havA
added 70 the cost 10 have provided new illustra
liions throughout, but believe the experiment
INc1id have proved profitable. The presswork
rs 70 be commended. and so is tie binding.
letter OF Browning's lately placed on sale
IN London, contains "a curious reference to Glad
stone. Writing to Dear Friend" in the sum-
inner Of 1881. the poet says: This week have
fEice excused myself from dinners because
Gladstone was to be present. Now years ago
used 10 like the notion that SO many of my
friends were in the habit OF asking me to meet
him. and. now. TIE meeting and the handshake
lvouid be toe painful. oh. world where all
things change ard nought abides''
/ Tnoer the title Of ':John Gilley: Maine Farm
/ Pr and fisherman" american Unitarian Asso-
esatson). President Eliot OF Harvard University
1 has reprinted the grateful and hearty appre-
ciation Of one OF 'the forgotten millions" which
he contributed TO the pages OF ''The Century
1dagzzine." Il appears as the first volume of q
lew series. in which it Is intended to set forth
short sketches Of the sterling American man
hood which travels along the byways of life
rather than the highways or fame" The
etory of John Giiey is simple narrative of
earnest endeavor, crowned with what was to