New-York tribune., 1904-09-23
LITERARY NOTES.


lRst volume. the seventh. Of Slang and It's
Anslogues." the work which he began, with the
ate w. z. Henley. 10 publish as far back as
1890. THE AthenRum." reviewing the work.
which is printed only for subscribers. speaks OF
Il and OF this concluding volume in terms Of the
highest praise. It has this TO say apropos Of
the contributions OF Amer.ca to the subject:
Bret Harte Mark Twain and other masters Of
many words into common use which would have
made our grandfathers stare and gasp. This new
phooess 0 bt rs Rvdncss is nDs sroGs
mendaton. and since philologists do not make
much Of Il Is By this time lneradicable, even II
one desired 70 eradicate it, II s nothing like so
offensive at worst as false formations from learned
sources.
Three new volumes are to be published this
winter n the series IN which Dr. GrOnaus
Titan" recently appeared. One win be on
Medieval Art" and viii be written by Mr.. W.
r. Lethaby; Mr.. I. Surge Moore is contribut-
ing monograph on ''Durer" and Miss Maud
cruttwell has book on 'VerrOcchio" in hand.
Benjamin Hayden was very far from being
great artist. Keatss tribute to him is an in
stance like Matthew Arnold's coupling Of the
names OF Beethoven and NIendelssohn IN one of
bis poems Of the way in which poet sometimes
nnds himself at when he moves outside his
own province. But Hayden was a character,
and his Autobiography" is packed with inter-
esting matter. It Is good 10 know, therefore
that the LADY who writes as George PASTOR"
has. with the aid OF this unduly neglected book
prepared a volume entitled Passages from the
Life OF BENJAMIN Hayden" in which she will
bring forward many readable details concern
Ing the once noted Englishman and his circle
George Paston." by the way is a daughter Of
The late John AddingtOn symonds.
Mr.. ID. 3. UpdilOe, of the Merrymount Press
IN Boston, has just issued therefrom two very
artistic pieces OF bookmaking. One is an edition
IN a thin folio Of the minor works Of Tacitus
The Latin text is superby printed on a page OF
precisely the right proportions and the bold type
used makes an effect Of great dignity The
other book, much smaller in scale, gives US in
some fourscGre pages a translation by Mr.. Her
bert p Horne. OF Ccndivi's Life Of AIlchelag-
nolo BuonarrOti. The charming types and orna-
rnents used in this book were designed by the
translator for Mr.. Updike. and they deserve at
tention for their simple beauty; but while we
appreciate the handsome bookmaking here. we
are more interested in what Mr.. Horne has done
in his version OF the famous biography Of the
italian sculptor. Sir Charles HOlroyd's transla-
taon or the same work We praised not long ago,
and we praise lt still. His book is Of uncommon
excellence. and it contains. moreover. a useful
logues OF Francisco D'Ollanda. But for felicit-
GUS Interpretation Of the nuances Of COndivfs
text and for a certain sympathetic quality In
his diction. Mr. Horne Is to be commended for
having achieved even a finer success than that
OF his predecessor. In illustration of his happy
style we may cite the passages in which Con-
divi essays 10 put the great man before US in
his habit as lac lived:
AEichelagnolo has ever been very frugal in his
cessity than for pleasure; especially when he has
not he has been content with I Dieoe o5s Of bread
Tho1sh from certain period Of his lie he hs:
lived mere carefully since his age already more
heard him say: Aseaaio. for the rish man thai
nave & oeen nave eyer & lsea S as poor , 9pe d ana
which, as he himself says. has rarely done him
ra6iy suTers from pain n the Sf head: ndesd TOO
more robust he Often Sept in lis clothes. and With
hts buskins on his legs; and these he has always
r9s S1 On saTed az and faT oher @ Tasons ae and
sometimes he has gone 50 long before taking thsm @
that Of snake. along with the buskins.
He has always had good color in his face; and
his stature IS as follows: He Is OF a middle height.
proporTiohate 10 them. but rather 81 Spare re- tRaH
otherwise The form ,EII Of that part Of the head
IN such q that above the ears Il makes a
% % proeo @ a more 9hSa fSS tbe eara ss and
the ears more than the cheeks, and these mere
face must be called large The forehead IN this
view Is square. the little Aattened, though
by turC: for u he, he child. Tor
sigiano de TorrigiaEi a bestial man and proud.
nose: that he carried home for dad. This
TOTTigiano, therefore, having been banished from
Florence. on that account. came 10 an EVIL end:
and MickelagnolOs nose thus as II Is. is pro-
pOrionate the forehead and the rest OF the face
The lips are thin. but she lower somewhat
FULLER: that when seen in profile, IL projects a
little. The chin well with the parts afore-
said. The forehead. when seen In pronle. almost
projects beyond the nose. and this would appear
little less than broken were II not for little lump
IN the middle. The eyebrows have few hairs; the
eyes might be called small. rather than Otherwise
Snd Of the color of horn. but varied and marke d
with yellow and blue sDeckE The ears are well
rropOrtioned; the hair is black and Is the beard
she hairs co?iously streaked with white: the
beard moreover is forked from four TO fve fingers
3n length. and not very thick, as may partially DC
from his portraits.
The last two numbers OF Masters in AT" !"
the monthly issued by the Bates Guild Com
pany OF Boston show wisely catholic editorial
policy. One Of them IS given TO Meissonier and
the other 70 Hubert and Jan Van Eyck. The
plates are. as heretofore. uncommonly satisfac-
tory. The reproduction OF Jan Van Eycks
''lEan with the Pink IS IN its way, remark
able piece OF process work
A new and revised edition Of Major Martin
Humes book. THE Courtships OF Queen Eliza
BETH" which was first published eight years ago.
has haa1 l,ry RFrGsl, a