New-York tribune., 1906-09-02

I
/ returns to the theme that always brings out
ms finest abilites-tireek poetry Homer and
MS Age ne calls this latest study of his and
IN IL ne argues that the Homcric epics pres M
| an historical unity; a bright c0rnpIrfe ana
I larinohlous picture Of single age probably a
Iiti age IN IT'S political, legal, social and re-
HSl'us aspects, in lis customs. and in ITS mill
d tdry equipment re maintains that anachro-
/ HisI'S are I" b" discovered only in disuut,bi.
passages Longmans, Green x 90 will publish
/ the book '' fN'''>''
!
The new novel by the late Mrs Crairie ,,hi.h
th mas recently been announced. is not certainly
m ent Iast piece Of fiction which shall have
/ from her pen. 1t is said thar she eft also a
| romance entitled "The Princess Of Eenav.nto
one 9i her friends. who has published brief inn
/ methods Of composition She told him tbaf She
made practice of writing her comedy sons
when she felt most serious. and her scenes -
passion and melancholy when She feit most CAV
obtaining 10y this means a stronger restraint"
| SON" p""pie are never happy unless they arc
! lsdlinE into public notice on the skirts of a
great man II - proposed il London thar there
shall he "Thackcr.ty club Th, best cou,Inent
on the 80 hrne is hluntly made 10y Mr. Frederick
| 'TrtenW""i. who expresses the opinion that
Thackeray would not have liked IT, But irfaeIn.
mat making any difference To the people who
want the club,
| Another porteutous find is recorded Tho
| no K u household expenses KEEP, at Longwood.
the sc"nt Of NapOleon's captivity has been
brought to light. and from it Mr. G X shorter
has gathered that eggs cost five shiliings dozen
] at St Helena At th;t time. The great man
would place he initial on the page after he had
reduced The pounds 70 francs. Mr. Shorters
| soul Is deeply stirred. Altogether" H. *
claims 'tIs a FAR cry from the victories OF Aus
tcritz ana Jena That the greatest master OF
detail the modern world has known should have
devoted his mind % considering the price os
! eggs and checkers and To- turning shillines into
francs surely has In II abundance Of food for
reflection IL was clever OF Nj Shorter 20
| think of that
The rno,her-in-aw. that much abused type
provides the main source OF interest in Mrs
Mary Mann next novel. The Eglamore I'or-
/ traits Mr. Arnold Iienn"tt has written "a story
around the familiar prphleul OF marriage ard
divorce 1t will apUear under the title Of Whom
| God Hath Joined -
Two books for lovers of the stage will the
| Iight In The season no" opening Mr. II
Wyndham will publish in TWO volumes The
Annals Of C0vent Garden Theatre. from 17;i2
20 1897 II WAS To- John Rich. the founLer II
this theatre that CTin the comedian. signifrd
ms Willingness - enter into negotiations by
sending this simple statement Dear Rich.
Quin stay there and t- damned. Rich" The
other theatri,a al volume Will be about Gar
rick and MS circle, 10y Mrs Clement Parsons
'T-e Mercure Dc France" the organ of the
younger. more revolutionary spirits In current
French literature pays much attention 20 the
writers of other countries Here IL "a fragment
Of recent article In its pages about the late
George Gssing
Gl>s.ns is 10th s"ntimeotalist and Horalrt: rs
profess some pessimisr thy nevertheless cling
Nruy tO liISintte hopes indUiEt FoIIiauti:
i dreams II pFrchdfice. meets III his =
[ which resembles the work of the French
rptiSts. brcause tiisSlnE knows how TO observe
and describe. and then ne has certainly read ZuiI
/ the Cuncourts Maupassaut. b. admired Dickens
/ TNlrgenien and D4ud,t. he infected with
Meredith. Anatoe Frarc, and toUrset. anal these
influences united to LIS qualities and 10 his per-
sonal gifts enabled oiiSsins To achicv' for himself
place apart in tn countless ItlInN "t CoHtFulfo-
i>nEllSl TUmaHCerS H' j. much nearer tu tn N
than "a m" French naturalist school but whIi' his
CoufTcres submit for tA' most part to Tho t,l-
the Nonc0Yf, rrnIst oOrScicnce.'' SprCt
conVcrto-I dccoruuL ard employ all the T'r'SSt-y
toward the public. iIs> writes "Nr' u
with vrracity and the "onpletv tral'"g of h~
ual faculty.
Mar Martin HulID. sa@.,, ious ',,zni.'thGn
scholar and devoted student of Spanish nter;--
ture. has turned translator of fiction. ite has
put into English stories 10y Fran i.CD Ace