New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-27


Was known chiefly for his freaksh style. His
,,sr,,-atio, as = writer more vivacious than
o4assfcal stiiI fingers but ne j. showing a DIS
,,,e,t;on Ia counterbaiance his levity by putting
as much solid scholarship possible to MS
credit His History Of Criticism was COM
Melted a year or 50 ago. Now he has under-
taken a History Of English Prosody from the
Twelfth Century to the Present Day. II VIII
81, ,bree volumes. The first which IS nearly
completed and may be expected 70 appear next
year. covers the period from the origins 10
Snenser The treatment in the text will he 4
stYictfv historical survey Of the verse forms IN
sll important poets and poems. minor as We'll as
major with copious illustrations ana JUSTIN
catory extracts At the page foot. There viii he
summaries a the end Of each sub-perlod; and
appendices in some number at the end OF each
volume will deal with general points, such as
the principal metres. rhyme, ALTERATION etc
In the two later volumes It IS intended TO MAKE
the history and discussion of previous prosodlo
theories an important feature
Among the autumn books Of The Macmillan
Connanv are several important reprints one
f. alfred Lord Tennyson,' the memoir written
by his son. In this edition the two stout vol
,,Tnes in which the work was originally published
inst eight years ago are compressed into one
The paper is thinner but the bold clear type
4S che SINE Though none of the portraits are
,o,,,seS the book IS otherwise intact, and in its
,srviceable binding OF green cloth it offers
xvsIcon,e opportunity to lovers Of the poet with
slender purses. The publishers have performed
s5rnIlar Office for Mr.. Crawford's Southern
T4aIv and Sicily and the Rulers of the South"
The two volumes of 1900 are packed within the
covers Of a single convenient octave, and this
with no sacrifice regards the size of the type,
thin paper permitting the condensation. In this
case the familiar illustrations are retained. In
lighter vein the Macmillans reprint Mrs. Hum
phry Wards "Sir George Tressedy,' the two
volumes in one. and Mr.. Hamilton Wright
Nabie's Book of Old English Love Songs the
charming anthology which we have praised be-
fore both for the editors good taste and for the
artistic quality OF Mr.. George Wharton Ed
wards decorations
The novel by Justus Miles Forman. which the
Rarpers have published under the title Of THE
Island Of Enohantment." is a romance Of
medieval Italy. The scene is laid in Dalma-
tian island. Venetian possession, and the hero
IS young officer sent TO that place by the Doge
70 fight the Bosnians. The illustrations in color
are by AIr. Howard Pyle.
The biography Of Kate Greenaway by Mr..
NJ h Speilmann and Mr.. G. s. Layard, which
has for some time been under way, will be
brought out this winter. It will, Of course. pay
much attention to her art, and we are delighted
to hear that many of the illustrations will be
reproduced in color. Some fifty hitherto unpub-
lished letters by Ruskin will be included and
these souvenirs of his affectionats friendship
with Kate Greenaway are said TO reveal him |
at his best. showing him in every mood. playful
or pathetic.
President F. W Atkinson who was the first
general superintendent of education in the Phil |
ippines has brought out through CHM & Co, or
Boston. an excellent book, called THE Philip |
pine Islands" It is to be commended because 1t |
gives in brief compass an unusually clear and
systematic account of the subject There are
Introductory chapters on the geography and his !
tory of the islands. and these are followed by
discussions of the climate and similarly impor-
tant topics. Manila IS briefly but adequately
dealt with and the author gives three chapters
to the characteristics Of the people. His book IS
particularly well illustrated with halftones from
photographs OF course his survey Of the edu-
cational system already established is peculiarly
authoritative He does not let his enthusiasm
run away with him, but he is optimistic on the
question of what education will do for the ISL
ands What the future has in store for the
Filipino people, he says, no one knows; much
will depend upon the character of the coming
generation Of teachers" But experience has
shown that there is every reason for US to be
ucation." he adds. gives to our efforts the
promise Of permanent results"
Miss Nellie K Blissett has new novel COM
ing forward "Beggars' Luck We hope it will
be as good as 1.-THE Concert Director a story
which has kept Miss Blissett's name in our
mind ever since it published, some four OF
Ave years ago. Mr.. ". Clark Russell's forth
coming sea novel The Yarn of Old Harbor
Town." is. we believe. story Of the year Of
Trafalgar.
Pickering. in Yorkshire, is the place whose
story is told in Mr.. Gordon Homes book, THE
Evolution of an English Town e. P. Dutton
&, Coz It is among the Oldest OF English towns
Stow In his Chronicles declares that it was
built in the year 10 B. G. but Mr.. Home be-
lieves that it had an earlier origin. In the days
before Pickering was even the ''Pykeryng' of
ancient MSS. great Roman road wound
through the Vale and great Roman camps were
established near by. and later the place an
Anglo-Saxon village Of Importance It appar-
entity got its present name in the time of Will
lam the Conqueror, whose enterprising follow
ers built churches and castles upon the lands
he had ravaged there. The Forest of Pickering
became Crown property, and Mr.. Home quotes
many quaint memories of the hunting parties
of Plantagenet kings held therein Richard II
was for a time imprisoned in Pickering Castle,
whose ruins are still richly picturesque. The
author gives curious details of the life Of the
region in Plantagenet and Tudor times To the
latter period belongs this sarcastic epitaph in
"a church Of the neighborhood: Heir Lieth
lanes Westrop, who in Wars his Greit
charges Starved Din Kyng and Tow Qvenes
with DVo BeoIens and With Owt Recvmpens"