New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-13

OF Chaucer" and TN the Days of Shakespeare"
Is carried out on the same general plan which
is 10 present and interpret the subject In the
terms OF his own times TO show the influences OF
this period on the work of the author, and, con-
versey, the influence that the author exerted on
his own times and the centuries that have
followed Puritan and Cavalier life are wildly
pictured and contrasted in the present volume.
without prejudice. but in q manner to indicate
the forces that conspired to develop the charac-
ter and genius of Milton. Like its predecessors,
the book rests upon human interest rather than
upon mere scholasticism and criticism. since the
series is intended for the young; but comments
and a sufficient photography serve helpful
purpose In guiding the more ambitious reader to
q sympathetic understanding OF English liter
allure.
French appreciation OF English literature has
just been illustrated In the publication Of what
is said to be q singularly brilliant book on
Charles Lamb. Sa Vie ct SEES oeuvres." The
author is Nd. Jules Derocquigny, OF the Unfver-
sity of Lille.
Other welcome French books Of the coming
season are NJ Brunetiere's "Balzao" and NJ
AnatoIe Frances Jeanne dare"
W. I. Mackenzie King Deputy Minister of
Labor of the Dominion Of Canada, has written
a volume entitled 'The Secret Of Heroism," as
a memorial to his late assistant. Henry Albert
Harper who lost his life in attempt TO rescue
q young woman who had fallen through the Ice.
Although Mr.. Harper was still young man at
the time Of his death. his services to the Depart
ment of Labor and his personal character had
made such an impression that by public sub
gcrfption statue in his honor was presented to
the Canadian government and erected on the
grounds of the Parliament buildings Ottawa
Mr.. Kings volume is written geographically with
extracts from Harpers writings Mr. King was
a college mate of Norman Duncan the autnor'
and Wilfred Campbell. the Canadian poet Inc
volume is published this week by the Fleming
81. Revell Company.
Considerable curiosity has been aroused as 10
the authorship Of the papers entitled prom
College Window" which have been appearing
in the "Cornhill Magazine anonymously
They are delightfully."- informal. personal go
as-you-pleass sort OF essays, in which, from
a passing suggestion, a sunbeam. shadow or
what not, the writer wanders into apt ana
scholarly reflections on all sorts and conditions
of topics There is about these contributions TO
the "cornhill" character closely akin to that
of 1.-THE Upton Letters" a volume reviewed IN
these columns not Ions ago. and purporting to
be letters written by an English schoolmaster
to an invalid friend in Madeira, with whom ne
was on such terms Of intimacy that he would
write not so much the news as the thoughts
that events suggested. 1.-THE Upton Letters
were signed '"T. B." These initials stand for
Thomas Benson, a brother Of q T. Benson the
author of ''Dodo," and a son Of the late Arch
bishop of Canterbury. In the latest issue OF the
'.Cornhilr' the author Of From a College
window acknowledges having been an Enshsh
schoomaster for twenty years. This ana the
general similarity of style would seem to identify
him with the at D." of 1.-THE Upton Letters"
A personal letter from an English correspondent
confirms the suspicion.