New-York tribune., 1905-11-16
n Tragic Chapter IN the History
of English 4rt Retold.

NN.,,h century, and Immediately after his
" a. hoard more, When the Life was pub
49, ,v Tom Taylor, In 1852, 1t took the WIND
:, .b. sails Of Lord John Russelfs Life OF
ou. Moore" and further publications fixed
sn0 ~ the painter. at least an interest
- ,ersopality. Yet In recent years ne has
ns ,,+c. neglect, and there was good reason
UA ,rbunation of 3D. r. Hayden and His
s.s :" n P. Duttor & Coz. book in which
..-S,c,ous deliver In old memoirs who calls
.r George Pastor has entertaininsly re-
~, .-,nortant facts IN q curious career
iA' u.vdon's misfortune TO cherish ambi-
= ,svond his powers OF fulflment and to De
w .,.,4tonaJly incapable Of seeing his own Inn
o -. The tale would stop there If 1t were
he possessed striking traits O, character
naSnetis1n potent in winning fr,enoA BIS
grange blend of happiness and tragic
II was happiness TO love Keats ana 10
-. bv him. It was tragic to be unable 10
&c - ,eb, SO that life went steadily from
- 90 worse, suicide bringing 1t to close
pe- .-,,,bI. with poor Hayden was that ne
mediocre artist and yet wished 10
~,rk akin Ia its grandeur to the celnHs o1
- c,,+,,s Chapel. The presence ID EnsiaiAo a.
-. +,,os Of an extraordinary band OF fnch VI
-, e,t not mean that the level OK taste Was
&C. a, -,atters OF art Keats, for example.
..,,, not see the precise vsiue OF hASoon
-. y. and others by their praise OF the
,.,n..r confirmed him in his mistaken zea- AS
r,..r-.. are to-day IS dead as nan IN door,
pes -,,.- Won consider that he dreamed
.r,.,sous dreams, is as terrible Tragedy Is
..-..,rs of his own throat. George Pastor
.o.s IN her book q few of these la1neh-
-, u-,,-+s notably 'rThe Assassination or Den
-. r.,en in the little half tone 1t is pialh
r.v8o, was not within fifty parasangs OF
,, +bA touch of q master. If only ne hao
s., content TO I'LL a modest role. he might nave
.o,,-orlisbed better things, and lived hapPier
~. His portrait Of Leigh Hunt SHOWS 'lfi''
-.,h,, limits he was competent crallsiiiai1
ur, n. tried to soar 10 heights ana so rs '
..,sr,hered to-day more as the nero Oh many
.-.csotes as the friend Of men ike Meats anu
rsmh than as a painter.
~. s.or,es Of his vanity would be dron enough
., .r., were not pathetic When he goes TO see
hssttano del Pionlbo's Raising or LazaEus'
:. the Angerstein Gallery, and writes III MS
..r-nsI IF God cut not my life prenatureiy
.,or. hope shall leave one behind me 'ha+
IN so more honor to my country than this has
so,. .o Rome" we cannot bear 70 smile. for ms
s,.o.-I+v touches the heart. But we can read
- NV. endowment a passage like that in
,,h,cb n. describes his first meeting with Shelley
., ~. bouss of James Smith. where Keats and
Horace Smith were also OF the company. ne
says:
seated myself right opposite Shelley, as becfo Was
,ei. asterward for I did not know what s: hecll9,
spare weakly yet intelle5t9ai ioekang gd baen the
substantial wing Of a chicken In rev nliut III ~
s 1RsRsd s the ssns voie y fhaa
t.stshie religion the Christan"-I looked astoulh-
ID hui eagtng ganee s set Touno az that evening Vi ct
srTnis I felt like a stag Ct pay saP6 aPa tbe
Massio and Christian dispensat1ons were ineon- con
Iistent swore they were not ana .hAs ue eii
sSs codes Of law on earth. Shelley denied it
arirned they were, neither Of Us using an hroIn Vi
loTia
uis because he shared In many episode
Ek. TITS, because he heard much of the talk OF
some Of lsngland's most fiery spirits-and gave
back as good as was sent TO hiIn-that Hayden
Is remembered to-day But as g. painter he Is a
hitter warning TO those men who would achieve
greater things than they are fitted to achieve
The Macmillan Company publishes the second
volume n the series of ten in which II is print
tng an edition de luxe OF the works of Maur1ce
Hewlett This one IS given 70 The Lie ana
Dsa,n of Richard Yea and Nay q book in
which Mr. Hewlett is often. If not always, at
lis best We have always found something
little rneiodranlatic in certain Of the Eastern
scenes and especially in those which involve
The Old Man of Musse. But, as It happens
shee. do not occupy q disproportionate amount
Of spaoe: and. moreover. in what is most TO the
point. the portraiture of Richard, Mr.. Hewlett
Is superb. Dipping again into this fascinating
romance we feel how wise the publishers were
TO reprint the works of this writer in luxurious
form.
From James Pott & Co. have received
good book on "The Ruined Abbeys of Great
Britain" by Mr.. Rauph Adams Cram With
The authors pious resentment Of Henry's spolla-
ton Of the monasties we are only partly
ia sympathy. If it is true that he and Crom-
well were needessly destructive. it is also true
that the Kings relation TO the Reformation was
TOO Important to the ultimate welfare Of Eng
land for to carry denunciation of his icono-
elastic work to extremes But it is not neces-
sary to dwell on Mr.. Grants rather naive wrath
fuln.ss; It does honor to his artistic enthusiasm
n II does not approve him a master OF historical
perspective. On everything that concerns the
ahbeys themselves he is delightful. He does
much to reconstruct their past. enabling us to
see what manner of buildings they were when
they were in their glory, and what kind of life
went On within their walls In those ancient
Gays. His pages abound In interesting informa-
Ton, put into unpretenlious but adequate prose.
Best Of all his chapters enriched with num-
esors full page halftones-uncommonly well
pT1nted-from really beautiful photographs. To
81 those who love the old English abbeys and
me associations which cluster around them this
volume is to be warmly commended.
The Princess Priscilla's Fortnight" (Charies
ec'ibners sonsl. the new story by the author
OF Elizabeth and Her German Garden" is
be|itching one. 1t is fresh and vivid, pleas
Auy satirical. and wholesosnely sweet-in
spite Of q melodramatic episode which. how
ever necessary the machinery Of the moral
iesson, seems incongruou with the spirit OF
fte hOnlx .-lo.- Ir fron