Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-29
u,cuw.ys AND BYwAys IN DORSET.

HIGHWAYS AND BYwAYs IN DORSET
Nv Sir Frederick Treves, Bart. GC.V
o. CB LID. With Illustrations by
Joseph Pennell. New York: The Mac
milan Company. Washington' breh-
tanos.
This Is noteworthy addition TO the h'er-
ature of the highway. The eminent au-
thor-for he is sergeant surgeon to ii. NJ
the king" as well as lord rector of the
University of Aberdeen and the author Oh
various books-has the zest of the antigua
rian the eve of an artist and the humor of
a genial lover of his kind. All these gifts
are not always possessed by eminent au-
thors.
Following the itinerary which Sir Fred
erick Treves clearly traces for him, the
reader is carried over the whole OF a most
interesting county, savoring in turn rlch
farming land. wild moor and picturesque
coast. At the end of the Journey ne Is VIII
Ing to admit what has been asserted III the
beginning that this one small county CON
tains-in minature-every aspect Oh tlie
scenery of southern England. Moreover py
the wayside he has been treated 10 iegehu'
20 incidents I'm important epoehs of Eng
lands history. with which the inhabitants
Of Dorset have managed inextricably 10
associate themselves, and, above all, ne mas
had the fellowship of a scholarly ana ripe
personally. Highways and Byways In
Dorset cannot but prove storehouse OF
charm and of information to the casudi
reader: and to the one who would use II as
the basis for ike rambles and as a COM
panion in them. veritable treasure.
What words however graphic, cannot per-
fectly accomplish the illustrations OF Mr.
PennelI succeed in doing. Ihey 90 more
tbar illustrate they interpret. both the IN
tent of the author and the ineffabie quaiity
of the land over which author ana artist
appear to have wandered together. Ihelr
perfect product is a volume Whch no JUN
lover can afford to miss.
THE SWARM. From the Life Of the Bee
BY Maurice Maeterinck. Translated
bv Alfred Sutro. With Frontisplece
and DECORATE by Anthony Euwer
New York: Dodd. Mead d CO. WASH
ington: Brentanos.
MIR. Sutro has performed service to
poetry in this sympathetic translation With
complete appreciation of the subtlety of
coloring the charm and grace of the orig
,nal he has rendered the content of Maeter-
Inck with fidelity. and given to his English
a flavor of the original without in any
manner permitting the idea of translation
to intrude. One need have neither the
fascinations of apiarist for the bees
nor the philosophical trend of mind OF
Maeterlinck to enjoy thoroughly this con-
trast he makes of the winged royal repupHc
and the low estate of man
So redolent is the whole with the glamour
Of style the alarum of pealing phrase ana
the Kaleidoscope of fancy, that no agree
ment of the principles expressed is heces,
sary for keen enjoyment of the text ANA
Vet the antitheSes are striking, ana the
poetic insight into the psychology or the
bee full of point. Maeterlinck is too sincere
a naturalist, too reflective an observer ana
A man too profoundly impressed with the
tragic unreason of humanity not to hnd IN
the orderly remuneration OF the hive pro-
found symbolism. .r His tribute to the un-
wayering obedience of the honeyed throng
10 the my sterious spirit of the hive is, how
ever not merely fraught with human inter
pretations and luminous Imagination: ne Is
at the same time essentially simple In pre-
een;ing the actual chronicle of the hive, and
is not less scientist in being poet. The
Swarm has the double effect of stimulat-
ing the latent love of nature In one, and
of satisfying all aesthetic demands. The
decora tons and frontspiece by Mr.. Euwer
conceived in appropriate vein.
THE COLLECTORS MANUAL. BY N.
Hudson Moore. author of The Old
Furniture Book" With 33G Engr&v-
ings and with Borders by Amy Rich
ards New York: Frederick A Stokes
Company.
The table of contents of the Collectors
Manual lists thirteen topics of charm
They are tables and sideboards, English
pottery and porcelain, chairs and sofas,
antique glassware. chests and cup
boards. brass and copper utensils,
old-fashioned bedsteads, luster ware.
old-fashioned timepieces. desks and sec
retaries. old pewter. bureaus and cot
tage ornaments That there should be no
hint of ill-luck in the devotion TO a study
OF the antique a fourteenth section is
added in very complete index. n. HUI
son Moore's interest in old china, lace old
pewter and Sheffield plate. as has been
shown in series of excellent books
makes what is said in them authoritative,
and the method Of presentation Is so prac-
teal that each becomes guide TO
purchase and identification. The present
volume is particularly attractive in form,
Illustrations. decorations and text and
will in its comprehensive scope serve as a
valuable aid for lovers of the antique. The
chapter on cottage ornaments is new and
will prove of exceptional interest to col
lectors The book is altogether charming
and will appeal to all homemakers.
THE COMPLETE DRAMATIC AND PO-
SHAKEsPEARE. Edited from the
Text of the Early Quartos and the
First Folio by William Allan Nelson,
professor of English, Harvard Uni
Versity Cambridge Edition. Boston:
Houghtcn. Mtflin * Co.
This complete Shakespeare in one vol
ume is thoroughly satisfactory Not too
bulky on good paper, with clear type, the
whole of the great master in easy ham
ding a long felt want Is completely filled.
Beyond these requirements of the general
reader the scholarly independence and
scholarly reserve of DIR. Nelson in the Sc
lection of the text. which he bases upon
personal examination of quarto and first
folio editions. has produced for the student
a version of great merit. The management
of the editorial features. the chronological
order of the poems. comedies and tragedies
as produced and the historical order of the
histories the agreement of line numbering
with standard works of reference, the CLOS