New-York tribune., 1905-06-09
LITERARY NOTES.


,y.teo a now story which he cells THE PASS
port" He is engaged upon volume OF
the italian lakes one which will recah pissAA
A.vx to many a traveller. 1t is 70 have many
illustrations In color
Another novelist who Is making ready q nc"
book IS Mrs Craigie John Oliver Hoooes). ehe
q. wor,,,nz in the Isle of Wight NJ Rosny' inc
vreroh novelist is translatine her story Il nc
Flute OF Pan"
Tn Germany last wear 2S S7S books were pub
lished- OF this number only s.soa Voiuihes W.
ranked as bellies lettres." Fiction was inoiuoeo
,,6.r tht. head The output is not SO astonish-
ing a. Il seems. for pamphlets and university
leaflets are reckoned books In the list
Anroros Of Charles Dickenss work. tho Lon
don Academy notes that he had many things
temporarily in his favor mot tho least OF whicn
was that he employed his novels a 'enio'sS
for the conveyance of political and moral les
sons"
1t was time when the idea Of ssif-improyernsnt
was in ths air. and people lost sight Ct the eis-
m life II viii teach exactly what life teacher
and no mora. At the moment when the writer
e ssv. f. srs'
o5 and S m m nnSfna record the true
and genuine impression that II has mad. IN mis-
v1 Ena So..bS e .nd in Failure after all and
assurediy 90 SO unless the writer be possessed OF
ss..o iss. noet 81 as5ortsd e r.s Q, ne nsvta
e b sDDsTsns .ona ~ hs otSerxise I have been mus
S,xh motirs Is not .n itself any guarantee OF great
nssa
m. Hsv e J. Hardys book, How 10 Be
zapry Though Married" had a great vogue In
III day, snd those who remember It may DO
tsnpted 70 try his new book my Life Among
"a. Chinese" In this he describes mis- ezpe-
s.Tbs Bur!esque Napoleon is the title OF
volume In which Mr. Philip W. Sergeant teils
ths story Of Jerome. the arnsable WeaNlnB OK
wsstphsls3- Thsre few scenes In history
that ere more comic than that In which Jerome.
as,d tventy-three dressed In white silk and
pu1pis uaantlA, with plumes and diamonds on
his empty head. exhorted his legislators to Work
in concert with him, 'I king and father'
you - faithful and anectionate subjects"
Eers IL . wholesome Judgment from NThs
AxhAneurn.- pronounced concerning novel
whose characters mostly be identified with
real pe-sonsi ~Close portraiture Of the kind Is
both had art and bad manners"
THE Coming Churohi Plea for a Church |
Simply Christian" Is the significant title Of
powerful preachers OF British Congregational |
ism II is 10 be brought out almost Immediately
Nr. Msarteu Maartensts new long novel is |
not to sppsar until after he has published a |
book Of short stories.
A valuable contribution TO legal literature, |
and also 10 that Of Spanish-Araerioan history. |
has just been made IN the publication by the |
Isthuian Canal Commission OF an English |
translation of the Civl Code Of the Republic |
OF Panama and Amendatory Laws. This is the |
code which put Into force by the fourth
decree of the Provisional Government of Pana-
November 4. 1903. and which was con-
tinued IN force in the Canal Zone by executive
order of May 8. 1904 Its practical value to all
who may visit or have dealings with the 18TH
mus is therefore apparent It's historical inter
est as derivetive from the Colombian Civil
Code which. in turn. a derivative of Span
ish and Roman law, is likewise great The
translation has been made with accuracy and
discretion by Mr.. Frank I. Joannini Of the
War Department at Washington under the
direction Of Judge Magoon, formerly general
counsel to the Canal Commission. and now a
member Of the commission and Governor of the
Canal zone 1t Is especially reassuring to those
VINO may make professional use of the work
that Mr.. Joannini has scrupulously avoided any,
thing Ike making interpretations of law instead
OF renslattons, but has always aimed at an ac-
cuats rendering Of the letter and spirit of the
original. even at the risk sometimes. of sacri-
noins what might be called good English to
fidelity TO the Spanish text. Such sacrifices are
few, however, and the whole well printed and |
Hnutely inde1ed work may be regarded as cred
liable to Its translator in a high degree
Even II the theories advanced by Thomson
Rutherford and other physicists to account for |
the phenomena OF radio activity are not vet |
generally accepted, they are profoundly inter- |
esrng; and many people besides professional |
devotees OF science find them fascinating Hence |
there has been need of an exposition OF |
them ineligible to a man of average education |
In THE New knowledge" CA s. Barnes & Coz. |
Professor Robert Kennedy Duncan has sought |
TO supply that demand Some of his material |
the story of Lockyers researches into the dis
soctation Of elements in the sun, for instance |
Is rather old, but ft has logical connection |
with Ra-nsay's conjectures about the possibility
Of transnlutation- It is to be wished that since
Professor Duncan saw fit to mention the re- |
cent demonstrations Of the pressure of light he |
had seen ft TO recognize the significance of |
Crookes's radiometer One of his phrases in |
ter-atomic energy" is open to criticism too |
That expression signifies forces at work be- |
tween different atoms whereas the writer refers |
TO play of forces inside single atom 'Intra-
atomic or "inter-corpuscular' would have been |
petter. However, in spite Of these trifng faults
the net result OF his work is admirable. He |
mas presented in single volume facts and |
hypothesis which until now could be found
only in several. Of the latter being reports
OF society proceedings which are inaccessible TO
the laity Moreover, his recital is characterized