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he IL. He Il keenly interested In the life
Of all the people be meets, also In local
politics, and during his rambles frequently
stous At country taverns and shops where
quaint characters may be gathered, In
whose discussions he Ia gr, atty Interested.
IL Ia interesting to read that In the stRid
old CITY Of Glasgow the best selling novel
at present Is Mn. Gyms 'Vicissitudes OF
EvanReline.T Einor Glyn has a sister who
Is court dressmaker, and her books are
naturally very popular In London, for 1t is
generally known that her episodes are
founded on fact and her characters are real
personages thinly disguised. But Glasgow
we had thought better things Of that old
Scotch city. Stil you never can tell,
"a William the matchless waiter says.
The interest In rare books has increased
during the last Ave years at rate which
will soon place the United States on par
with England in this delightful branch Of
dilettanteism. and has resulted In the found
ing Of private presses and in the publishing
OF Especial editions Of unique charm and value.
closely following the old models in typo
graphical style and variety, The Riverside
Press has sent out the Last Fight Of the
Revenge at Sea- by Sir Walter Raleigh, In
bold Caxton type and page which resemble
the old time broadsides Of the Elizabethan
period, while the Michelangelo Sonnets
were printed from an old Italian italic and
bound in boards decorated in gold in a
volume having the true favor Of the FloTen-
tine renaissance. The reissues Of rare
Americana are plain and simple, but the
reprint Of Xavier de Maistre's Voyage
autour de ma Chambre' in the original
French has all the decoration in illustration
and design which belongs TO the French
models Of a hundred years ago. The I'M
rnistakable sign Of the times is the fact that
these unique and necessarily expensive edi-
lions are usually subscribed before they are
issued.
Some years ago Giovanni Rosadi. a
Florentine lawyer, reputed to be one Of
the most famous criminal lawyers and
Parliamentary leaders Of Italy, delivered
a lecture upon the legal aspects Of the I rial
Of Jesus Christ In which he condemned
the trial as a miscarriage Of justice judged
merely by the standard Of Roman law.
The lecture was instantly assaulted, both
on the ground that his idea was irreveTent
and that he had attempted 70 present Jesus
simply as a social reformer and thus give
expression to his own Socialistic views
Feeling that his reply should be adequate
to the charges made against him and to
the Importance Of his subject, Rosadi has
spent seven years in preparing his defense,
devoting to the work his wide legal learning
and a very thorough knowledge Of Roman
law, and setting forth bis conclusions in
q book entitled THE Trial Of Jesus The
volume has been translated into many
languages, Ia the most widely read book
In Italy to-day and has attracted much
attention in Germany. The English trans
lation IL one Of the import ant books Of the
spring list.
The interest in and demand for Ibsen's
works are increasing 30 rapidly that an
authorized American edition Of the famous
plays Is to be published by Scribner 4 Sons.
The edition will consist Of seven or eight
volumes made up In the main Of the Archer
TRANSACTIONS and will contain biographi-
cal, photographed and critical apparatus,
including introductions TO the plays notes,
dc. which viii be Of much service to students