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New-York tribune., 1906-10-27
LOVELY MELIS4NDE.
Her Hard Hearted and ETpensiUe
WQuS.

Mr.. Z. V Lucas has been added to the long
list OF literary men who have been unable TO
Withstand the beguiling loveliness of the cat
tribe He has INDUCED himself in the acquisi-
ton of a beautiful blue Persian, a cat which
he has found even more unsatisfactory than the
generality of her selfish kind Her life" he
says in the London Outlook" rs more reso
lutely detached from that of her owners. her
return for any Kindness that is shown her is
even less spontaneous and noticeable"
This cat began her career of tyranny bv r,,L,,,
walk FIVE miles instead of two al tha and -
a firing day, but a houseful of beautiful aiI5
creatures, blue and elusive wood smoke w.
compensation enough Mesande (as We viii raf
her here was one or them, and her second act ~
tyranny was 10 make US pay far too much for baT
third to eaten an expensive cold her fo,irtb
to have expensive COnSO-t her 6ftT -
have four expensive ana dehcate children. What
their deicacy cost l have no notion. but thara is
a firm OF veterinary surgeons whose books wopId
For these kittens may remark MeIisanda ooro,
nothing and il is no exaggeration TO say thai ~
first display OF anything like affection for her
mistress coincided with the departure OF the Last
who puts end TO unfortunate ANNALS At
Shilling head. Nothing in life indeed SO becarra
these Kittens as their departure from it. for noae
of their medicaments to keep them alive had cost
so little as this extremely reasonable coup de-
We were soon TO discover however thar Mki,
sande's callous treatment OF her first children re-
suited less from the want OF maternal feeling than
from a deep rooted and almost passionate radical
base her blood and 10 despise everything that
was of equally high lineage For her long pedigree
now reposing in my desk (Which goes back even
To DARIUS she cared less than nothing She be-
lieved in the people and was prepared TO back her
beef-even TO consorting day and night with a
perfectly awful sandy cat with g permanent black
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27

1t appears that there are people who regard
the invention of printing as a very much quail
fed boon. What will be asked" says THE Pail
Mall Gazette" when the printing press and the
nopular library put upon their trial. is
whether they have not weakened the authority
OF good literature II is. doubtless. very
proper TO ask If public libraries are to be consd-
cred as sailing institutions. mere dumping
grounds for the false. dull. sentimental and clap
tran literature which generation of Uniformed
tastes consumes with unparalleled avdty. But
there will be no clear decision to that question
until our critics preach the truth more boldly
that worthy literature is not and peysr can be
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27
Literary Nese,s and Criticism.

men who come to claim their share o. the land
usurped by the Cattle Trust. The tale Is full
OF action, OF midnight rides, OF fights and
iynchings. and the war between the opposing
factions finds its echo in the heart OF the
heroine. Logically and historically, as we'll as
romantically. there be but one deterrnina-
uon OF such conflict. In spite of a tendency
TO the melodramatic in his construction and
IN the descriptions of the episodes that go to
make up the story. the author succeeds in
giving in the main. truthful picture OF the
events leading up to the limitation OF the
powers of the men who long nonopoiized the
prairies.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27

The Maine coast affords the background for
the novel The Open Shutters" which Mrs.
Clara Louise Burnham has Just written. and
which is published to-day by Houshton. Milf
fin & Co. The heroine is the orphan daughter
of a ne'er-do-weel artist, who comes from her
home in the West to a farm at Casco Bay. The
closed shutters of old mill in the neighhor-
hood are used to symbolic the bitter. discord-
ant attitude of the girls mind and the story
treats of the influences which cause both to be
opened.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27

The publication by the Macmillan Company OF
a volume of Lectures Modern History by
the late Lord Acton. comes as somewhat be-
lated contradiction 10 the onetime current
characterization of the author as historian
who had never written line OF history" Al
though it IS true that Lord Acton's productive
ness was small. as compared with the enormous
extent OF his learning. yet he managed TO pack
a great deal of significant material into the
work he actually produced. The Cambridge
Modern History is. of course. his monument
although of the actual writing is credited
10 him.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27

Small Maynard s. Co, announce that the hrst
popular edition OF fifty thousand copies of George
Horace Lorrimer's Letters from Self Made
Merchant TO His Son. having been promptly
exhausted" they are about issue a second
popular edition. likewise absolutely limited TO
nifty thousand copies" No doubt, If this edi-
ton is also promptly exhausted" they will be
prepared 10 announce y third
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27

To Henry Francis Lyte the author OF the
hymn abide with Me- memorial is nearing
completion in England. 1t takes the form or the
rebuilding of the tower OF Lower ErlNham
Church. the church of which he was the rector.
The hymn was written the evening OF the
Sunday during which he officiated for the last
time in the most solemn ceremonial Of his re-
ligion.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27

democratic. Literature must assert it's ancient
dignity: the litera scripta which is to remain
demands. nowadays. much more energetic
scorn of the litera scripta which is TO perish"
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27

in many American books. One is hard, orazen,
underbred, smart" young person-and this one
strange to say. is much beloved by novelists-
and the other is a hopeless fool impulstve as she
is illogical. They are both bores.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27

NV meeting with Conrad took place IN March
1895 on the sailing ship TOrrens. in Adelaide har-
Dor. He engaged the weight of her bur
with heat, worry and dirt, had the air of pirate
had come aboard to choose whether should
Barr of him or of his captain promptly chose the
captain. We made voyage OF two months to-
gether TO Cape Town. Conrads watches-he was
first officer-were to the gems OF the voy
age. II YOU know him q raConteur you will
understand. He had with him then the manuscript
reluctantly produced) of about half of 'Almeyer's
FoIly"-hIs first book. 1 certainly the first per-
connected with literature who knew Conrad in
this country. on the other hand, barring encour-
agement and Indictment. had nothing do with
introducing him to literature. for my connec-
ton with II did not begin TIL later
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27

It is a pleasure to mention that the remark
able collection of Unknown or Lost Books"
made by Mr.. w. voynich, OF London has at
last found a purchaser and g home which prom
ises lasting preservation. It has been presented
+o q public institution in London.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current TaK of Things Present
and to Come.

The curious title of Miss Elizabeth Robbins
new novel is Come and Find Me- 1t is re-
ported that it is to run as a serial through The
Century in the coming year. Miss Robbins Is
also writing book of Esquimau fairy tales.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27

Mr.. Joseph Conrad. we are informed. wa
discovered" by Mr.. John Galsworthy the Eng
lish novelist and playwright In a letter TO (
friend Mr. Galsworthy writes:
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27

Sefor Martin Rico, the Spanish painter mas
inst published his autobiography. He describes
therein the fashion in which painting was
taught in Madrid in 1915. His "reminiscences
eo far back. for he is now an old man.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27

ROMANTIC CITIES OF PROVENCE. BY Mona
t'aird Illustrated from sketches by joseph
Pennell and Edward NJ. Synge. Svo, PIP 4l6
Imported by Charles Scribner,s Sons.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27

Mrs. Gertrude Atherton's new novel is nearly
ready for publication. 1t is entitled RezAnov-"
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27

forthcoming four-act play in verse has
Shakespeare for hero. Its author is Mr.. w
T. Saward and it is intmated that his treat
ment of the subject throws new light on the
Bacon Shakespeare controversy. What next in
the way of folly?
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27

"Periwinkle' is the title of novel which has
been written by Miss Lily Grant Duff daughter
of Sir Mountstuart. Grant Duff, the genial au
thor of one of the most entertaining Diaries"
of the last half century.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27

Some of Randolph Caldecotts most humorous
sketches have been collected in two neat
pocket volumes. One contains John Gipin
The Three Jovial Huntsmen" and "The Mad
Dog" In the other volume are included The
House That Jack Built" Sing Song of Six
pence" and The Queen Of Hearts"
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27
GERONIMO.
The Apache CMeftain from His O7cn
Point of Viezc.

GEROEIMO'S STORY OF HIS LIFE. Taken
Down and Edited by s. NJ. Barrett With thir-
teen illustrations from photographs. 12mo, PIP.
xviii. 2l6. Duffield & Co
New-York tribune., 1906-10-27

smudse on his left cheek And she has three
new kittens-one let black, rather like herself
but sadly democratizad, and tabby-and she
loves them to distraction
New-York tribune., 1906-09-23

Evelyn strongly recommended the young man
and his work to King Charles. and that lazy
monarch commanded that both should be
brought to WhitehalI-where. to Mr. EveIyn's
huge indignation. "a French peddling woman
in attendance on Queen Catherine found fault
with the work which she understood no more
than an asse or n monkey" and he carried il
away in a huff. If. on this occasion. he failed
TO advance the fortunes Of his protIg6 he bod
better luck later with Wren. the architect. who
as We know. did employ the young "inconpara-
Die Evelyn's taste in art was. as a rule. of
the best. and his record of travel in Italy has
an uhdercurreht Of keen enjoyment of beautiful
things.
AS IN art so in literature Mr. F>veIvn's tos+a
WIS pure and fine His own literary stvIe os
seen in the Diary is delightful in its si,,rIiit,
ana directness- He takes his reader with hin,
INTO the tragic horror of the Great Fire +,
L'ndon-so vivid is his account that We forget
the writer In the "hideous storme" he pictures
iiiS sketches of character are as sIilf1I as tbe,
dr' shre"d- Where shall we find a better char
dcterlzltlon OF the second Charles who in his
'''IeieSS way was always good TO his eminent
subject and whom Evelyn loved and coDdar,,..1o
create imperfeetions: debonlire easv ~ an, y nilny
yoice eor nor cruet ms eountenance fierce his
I'm. In a lover or the sel and skiifuI in sbinfir.
- IScCIHs oIter studies, yet he had n I1boIt trv.
l,Ii MI" or many empirical medicines ana -
- iiiii5,'hahcal mathematics: he l0V'd rIanti-',-
@ anu ouiiIlhS and brought in Il pOiter vyav 81 it
IIs S%ucn % pissed 70 luxury and intoerabIe exnenrs
tj 'u q ptIIlIuIar talent in telling "A story and
4 LSS'tIouS passages Of which he Iad rr,,,-, ~
TINS hllde some bufoons and vitious W. t-i . >iS,
80 THT ana iaiIIlIar. not worthy th. favour
sot4S u certainly never had X kiD.. me-
lo,lIS oIport 4nltiSi 10 have mad. bius,If. a.
lSoIiT 1hd an Europe happy. and prpvcDteJ frr,t
isS \ pc ais'leiS had not his too easy nature -
,I.,,. III 70 pc ht'naS by crafty men and some
q ana prOrane wretehes h0 corr7IDt,I -
S wise sufficient parts. diseiplind as he nj ~
~ H+tiy dHdcuOnS during his bdnis hmeDt vvti.h
gave hin much experience and knowledge OF ~, 49,
New-York tribune., 1906-09-23

fun store Of that original. and there is no rea-
son TO suppose that William Bray's Judgment
as 20 what should be chosen and what rejected
was faultless. Some day. doubt, the desira-
BILE complete edition will be provided but evil
IDENTIFY not in the lifetime Of the present repre-
sentative of the Evelyn family. This gentle
man, whose strong point is certainly not patri-
otic appreciation of his country's literature has
even refused to allow verifcaton of the printed
text with the MS This version is therefore all
that can be hoped for nOw-perhaps all that
viii ever find its way into print. since in the
chances and changes of life the original MS
may not survive. Mr.. Wheatley's memoir of the
author and the full photography of Evelyn's
works are additions TO Bray's edition which his
readers duly grateful for: and fresh series
OF illustrations must also be welcomed
1T is impossible" says Mr. WheatIey. "in fol-
lowing the various incidents Of Evelyn's life. not
to be struck by the almost perfect character of
tho man" Just, generous, active unseIfsh
turning far might be his ideals for his
kind and his country into practical realities
John Evelyn did his duty he saw it and left
a memory blossoming in the dust of Time 1t
was not from the literary side his biographer
reminds Us. that he considered his many books
They were not written to display his own abiIi-
ties or merely 10 entertain the reader. but 10
give needed help and information. If in the
writing Of them this man of culture found hap
piness and distraction in a troublous period. il
was deserved reward. Long ago they served
their purpose and are now practically forgotten.
but not 50 the aim of their author. Even Gym
ical Horace Walpoe says of him; The works Of
the Creator and the mimic labours of the creature
were all objects of his pursuit lie unfoIded the
perfection Of the one and assisted the imperfec-
uons Of the other" He was man OF fun and
eager mind busted with matters OF life. nature
art and letters. gifted himself and quick to So.
New-York tribune., 1906-09-23

gifts in others. There is a pleasant Description
in the Diary of his first meeting with that IN
comparable young man." Grinling GiDoons'
whom" says Evelyn. Il had lately met Win
in an obscure place by meere accident as was
walking neere a poor solitary matched house.
in a field in our parish. neere Says Court;
I found him shut in. but looking In at the win
dow perceiv'd MIN carving that large cartoon or
crucifix OF TintOret a copy Of which had myseire
brought from Venice, where the original painting
remaines- 1 asked il / might enter; ne Opend tne
door civily TO me ard saw him about such
work as for ye curiosity Of handling. drawing ana
studiOus exactnesse never had before scene IN all
my travels. / questioned him why he worked IN
such an obscure and lonesome place; he told me
il was that he might apply himselfe 10 his profes
sion without interruption and wondered not little
how L had found him out / asked II ne was un-
willing To be made knOwne To some create man.
for l believed it might turn 10 his prOnt ne an.
swer'd he was yet but beginner. but would not
be sorry to sell off that piece on demanding the
price he said 100 In good earnest the very frame
was worth the money. there being nothing in nat
ure tender and delicate the flowers and feS-
about il. and yet the worke was very strong.
i'm the piece than 100 figures OF men. etc
sober. and discreete IN his discourse
New-York tribune., 1906-09-23
TIE NOBLE LOVER

From The London Saturday Review
The greatest love is the love that wells
\ something from the common ~.E.-,
The love that loves and always fI.s
To bring 10 pass what others might
That holds its image in q shrine,
y holy hidden sanctuary,
That makes the thing it loves divine
And loves 10 all eternity.
That does not touch but only longs
In loneliness its whole life thrO,
And thinks good thoughts and writes i-- -''..-..
Which lonely lovers always do
The love that makes life happiness.
IL only hove doth uear abide.
And death itself hath distress
IL love die happy BY his side
New-York tribune., 1906-09-23
JOHN EVELYN.
II Handsome Edition of the Diary
and Correspondence.

DIARY OF JOHN EVELYN. Esq. F. r. s To
which added "A Selection from his Familiar
Letters and the Private Correspondence be-
tween King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas,
between Sir Edward Hyde tafterWdrd
Earl Of ClarendOn) and Sir Richard Browne
Edited from the original MSS. by William
Bray. +. =. 4. A edition in four volumes,
svO, with life of the author and new preface
by Henry r. Wheatley. F. s 4. With numer-
Gus Illustrations Imported by Charles Scri0-
ner's Sons.
This new edition of John Evelyn's immortal
Diary is in beauty and dignity a fitting memo
rial to that noble Englishman and is appropri-
ateIy produced on the bi-centenary of his death.
We must regret with Mr. Wheatley that he
was not permitted 10 give to the world a com
plete edition of Esyelyn's original The Diary
as we know it offers only a selection from the
New-York tribune., 1906-09-23
G4RRLCK IS 1rrH0R

From The London Sphere
Writing of Garrick's literary Efforts 7 suppose
not every one knows that d. was the author of
such well known lines as.
Tleir cause plead. plead it i~ heart ard mind;
a fellow feeling makes one woIdrcus Kind
Or this again
Let others hail the rising sun.
bow 10 that whose course has run
Or again
Hearts OF oak are our s1.rS
Hearts OF oak are our men,
But / suppose every one knows his epiEram N
Goldsmith. who wrote like an angel and ta-k i
like poor POlr'-an epigrlm that conveyed p..S
half the truth. as Garrick would have been c-e
of the first TO admit
New-York tribune., 1906-09-23

Literary rubbish, which is always with us.
has lately been the subject Of renewed discus
sion in the correspondence columns Of '"The Lon
don standard" The worthless novel has more
particularly been taken in hand 10y the dehatprS.
Some of them attribute its survival primarily
10 those responsible for its OverinduIgent notice,
IN the press Of the country" We have our
selves repeatedly pointed out the harm done in
thiS direction by incompetent or unscrupuIouS
editors and reviewers. But We are glad 10 see
That one contributor to the discussion. an experf
enced publisher, cOnfesses that, whatever the
cause Of the increase in worthless fiction. "tba
remedy lies chiefly with those Of us who pubIish
books" He protests against the idea that .
publisher must deal in rubbish as we'll os in
gool literature TO make his business pay. "SoDo
OF rs" he says, 'have proved TO our own salts
faction. and / think to that Of oUr outbors
that this is not strictly true. | venture IN say
that even in the matter of fiction a publisher
may. with profit, exclude all matter which has
DO PretcnSlons TO be literature providing he
really understands his business. am
c"h'ihced ulat the publisher who understands
hiS business may make much more money bv
cohhhing ms attention each season to q very
lew carefully selected and really good novels
c2'h or which IS worthy of careful treatment
tE'h he can by rushing out portentous list Of
The sort OF rubbish which is issued In niles NV
certain firms every season" All that tbe nph-
Usher needs, in his opinion. is to be \ man of
taste and education 10 employ good literary
Men as readers and TO remember. in season ana
out IF season, the honorable traditions OF his
craft Then he may set his face like flint
against rubbish. and still prosper.
New-York tribune., 1906-09-23
THE SIGN.

TIE SIGN.
BY p. L. ROBERTS.
sAs like as brother to brother
Is Love to Lust:
How can / tell, my Mother,
Love from Lust?
SThe eyes of each are as springs
Clear and sweet:
on the shoulders of each are wings"
"Chid, on the feet.
"On the feet of Love are wings,
on the feet Of Lust
For a sign and warning clings
A little dust"
New-York tribune., 1906-09-23
Gbe Getoi2lnrk Grib1r,as
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER %, 1906.

Looking over the announcements Of the pub
fishers for the season which has just opened, we
observe that while fiction occupies it's usual
conspicuous place even more attention is this
year being given to biography. Indeed, books
having personal interest lead all the rest. The
HoughtOns will presently issue Mrs PennelTs
biography Of her kinsman, Charles Godfrey Le-
land, and they will follow this work with Miss
Bislands Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn"
and Mr.. Perry's book Walt Whitman. The
Macmillan Company has in press Mrs Barring
tons Life, Letters and Art Of Lord Leighton"
and two volumes of "Reminiscences of Henry
Irving" by his old manager, Bran StOker.
From the Scribners will come 1.-The First Forty
Years OF Washington Society,"" by Mrs. Samuel
Harrison Smith CMargaret Bayardl. From half
a dozen different publishers we may expect
books Of historical gossip like Mr.. Williams's
"Five Fair Sisters" recently brought out by
the Putnams, and reviewed in this place last
Sunday There seems to be something like
a craze for anecdOte, especially anecdOte of old
court life such as Mr. Williams found profitable
for his work on Cardinal Mazarns nieces
New-York tribune., 1906-09-23


Poetry is nothing" says 'The Saturday Re
view" 'if not the language of the plain man
rapt above himself" and the critic does not be-
Ieve that 10 the true poet would naturally come
artificial self-conscious epithets and phrases.
With which sage prOnOuncement we are in the
fullest possible agreement. 'sThe average minor
poet Of the day" he declares ais merely tire
some" True, o critic, he is immeasurably tire
Some. There is so much that is wise in the
remarks that follow that we must quote them
intact:
We are conscious that real poetry, new poetry.
Is IN the air of our day if only somebody could
capture it. Hence We have little patience with
echoes OF Tennyson, hints Of ROssetti and broken
lights OF Swinburne. Ten years ago we might
have received these things more toIerantlv-
nothing better was to be looked for the voice
or the age was obviously exhausted and the
prattle OF accomplished parodists mildly agree
ane Mr. stephen Phillips came along with his
oeluSlNe trick Of whipping the cream-nOt with
out subtlety at times-from the older masters
or verse, but we We're soon undeceived The
ne" poet is not yet; the hope of him lies in
the fact that we believe he will come One
6I'ihce at the pages Of our average minor poet
Is enough TO assure that we are off the scent
Even poet like Mr.. William Watson-a poot of
hIsh merit had he been born in another gen.
grafton mas nothing to say about the world
as We know it. He issues no challenge to the
mind - 'No
If the absolutely unimpeachable truth which
is here set forth were more generally recog-
nlZed, we would hear less of that talk which is
peculiarly offensive, about the minor poets
meaning so Well. Because he has ideals. is
clever and conscientious and all the rest we
are constantly asked to take him seriously But
poetry Is poetry, and not all the good intentions
in the world will ever make the average minor
stuff tolerable