New-York tribune., 1905-02-10
LITERARY NOTES.

The recently discovered copy of the first
Quarto edition Of shakespeare's Titus Andron-
.cus'' has been purchased by a London firm for
$4,000 1t is supposed that the book will come
TO America
Sir Frederick Treves the English surgeon,
has lust published pleasant book OF travel. in
which appears this "reminiscences of his visit TO
Washington: LAS Mr.. Roosevelt burst into the
room It was impossible not to feel that he who
had written upon the Strenuous Life had writ
ten upon what he knew. Here was a man of
intense vigor and activity, who looked In every
inch OF him what he is-a strong man. He met
me without formality of any kind. but with
breezy heartiness. One could hardly fail to be
electrified by his irrepressble energy"
The last Of the twelve volumes in which Mr..
A R. Waller and Mr.. Arnold Glover undertook
10 bring out their edition of 1.-The Collected
Works OF William Hazlitt.' has been published
by Mcclure. Phillips & Co It contains what
the editors call Fugitive Writings" which is to
say contributions to five six forgotten mag
azines Some of this material has not hitherto
been republished At the back Of the book
there is the usual supply Of helpful notes. with
certain addenda to the notes included in the
previous volumes The frontispiece is a porrait
Of Grace Hazlitt, the essayist's mother.
The editors have done well to open this vol
ume with OF the most familiar things writ
ten by their author, that paper called 1.-THE
Fight" which appeared in THE New Monthly
Magazine" more than fourscore years ago. The
passage of time has not dinmed the vitality of
this famous rhapsody on the battle between Bill
Neate and the Gasman. There is nothing like
Il in English literature save Borrow's immortal
description OF the fight with the Flaming Tin
man. It is certainly rather strong meat for
hal hes huf &c - WV ifs
picturesqueness and its richness in that gusto
which is one OF Hazlitts chief merits. He loved
a spectacle. matter where he found II, and
he could paint it in most exhilarating fashion.
His qualities as a connoisseur Of sensations
come out in more than one OF the essays here
collected. He is delightful In his dithryamb on
Free Admission"-that is, a complimentary
pass TO the theatre. "a gift ticket an emanation
Of the generosity OF the managers a token Of
conscious desert" How he loved the theatrei
Hear him in the inveterate playgoers fond
mood;
corner a lsacs cove Garden & F6s u a and Gs0Hsa ne
other as and at an andeP % efsng f9agh 5hd t9o
SronS mot TtagS5 9sIictv Its fha is bnan to me the
would detain me from this. nut II off
iii the morrow: il have friends that cali in just
ng my R f hsm MSst & the R
ole-quarter Of an hour at the .'witching time OF
night? II Il is Indifferent subjects, II is fat
and tnsipid; IL IL grows animated and interesting 1t
requires painful effort, and begets a feverssh
nitement. But let reach and fairly estab-
gay defiance TO mischance, and leave debts and
duns, friends and foes, objections and arguments
far behind I would II I could have it sur
rounded with balustrade of gold. for It has been
unbidden betide me and golden visions come TO me
There the dance the laugh, the song the scenic
cepcon greet me; there waited Shakespeare's
winged words, Otways plaintive lines; and there
how often have I heard young Remble's voice,
trembling at his own beauty, and prolonging its
On sopnding shores
No doubt this sort Of thing is not precisely
inspired, but it makes very pleasant reading.
and this volume. like its predecessors in the new
edition Of Haztt, is full of 1t. We congratu-
late the editors the successful completion
Of a fine task
Miss Alice Corkran has been publishing in
"The Girls Realm" some "reminiscences of
Robert Browning. She includes what is sup
posed TO have been his first poeticaI effusion
We wonder what tremendous mystery of life or
death the Browningites will see in this gem
from the workshop Of budding genius:
Good people all
Who wish to see
boy take physic
LOOK at me!
The Putnaus send US the first three parts In
"A History Of English Furniture" by Percy