New-York tribune., 1906-08-04

/ Brittany viii be dealt with In a book which Mr..
| N. A. vachen Is writing. il IS 70 give all the
I picturesque information which guidsbooi1s have
no room for.
Mrs. Flora Annie Steel's novel is 70 be
called 1.-THE Sovereign Remedy" Its action takes
place in Wales The author herself lives in tho
region of which she writes.
4 Mr. Andrew Lang writing eat the Sign Of ST.
Paul's." relates amusing experiences
spropos OF the extremely bewildering nature OF
modern English. TN new and famous book"
be says. ION points wholly caviare 70 the general
! ] found the author an eminent savant making
statement which seemed 70 contradict all that
he had already told us:
] read his page again and again; I could only
NIX as one meaning out OF T. what IS more. an
! about the matters in question Savage marriage
same sense as ! did.. but thought them 'all very
capital and indeed: they suited his opinions pTnS
Naturally, poured out walls OF criticism IN special
ist holes and corners Then. last week, the illus
in which he expressed wonder rather than indigna-
ton. How could eay such things about him? What
the precise reverse of what he seemed to me TO
he had eTnlained it, Could be found in his words
When once l was told what he meant; could 7 run
shock to person who has taste for fairness, and
other author All is due TO the success with which
language, even when perfectly grammatical con-
In the same discussion the victim of my misun-
derstanGng B quoted passage fr0m I59it my pager Per
certain factp ana then went on TO say that spoke
05g Of Rs IN high 1 esree ss BGt the Confusion Was
caused Gas the Athenian feet was saved from de-
case standing whore it ought not.
Mr.. Lang cites another instance-historical
this time:
critic said that had entirely misconstrued ST. a
in % OF aG99t agS dI also to sup
pose that the old author wrote his narrative on
f os Be ec leSfs visw 81 Of the matter would be
to be correct But really ecu could mot gyS " are re
endless and do infinite mischief. in politics and
cnse @ people angrily Of misrepresentng us Nobody
or next to nobody means 70 bring Talns vpTss qSes
themselves with entire lucdity. and critics fan -
errors made in transating the dead and foreign
There was room for misapprehension when
lady OF my acquaintance; most intelIgent g per- per-
to the late DR.. George Macdonald the poet and
R0yeS RT d6 dc e mgGh m aTtPdTs
like praise but DR. Macdonald was 2pzzled In
Taff WbonF Ie aagy nae The miss phra red l
me of stanza from an ode to the moon. by a
poetical lady's maid quoted by Mr.. Ross in The
Academy
Oh. beautiful Moon
When I gaze thy face.
GsTessins . among . i5s 5hs Boundaries 5 RI Of space
L even sss sha 's see 9fs sg sGS s0Pos Behind na
NdpOleOnS private correspondence caSkeC ana
the desk at which he sat planning the campaign
Of 1905 now to be seen at Malmaison, the
house in which his Josephine lived after their
divorce. Restored and filled with furniture Of
the Napoleonic period, the house is opened
to the public a museum. Much of the old
furniture is the gift Of the Empress Eugenie
Mrs. Gertrude Atherton is writing novel of
California life. She has lately been making
studies Of her subject
The discussion aroused by the book on 1.-THE
Kings English" has reached Matthew Arnold,
and it must be acknowledged that IL that de-
nghtful poet were alive he would be obliged to
cry. "1 1uche!" 1t is his use Of the cockney
rhyme Vmorning' and "dawning' that '"The Lon
don Chronicle objects to-and incidentally the
! critic observes.
the words alike. although the Americans do not,
having strange way Of suggesting an ''r" some
nose sound not to be heard in any other part OF
But though we may pronounce the words alike.
we must not rhyme them Other rhymes. like the
others. again, may be bad and unlawful; but
rhyme OF the language And here il is in the verse
written by the fastidious Matthew Arnold about
! 1850, and lying for nearly forty years under his
Blake. who claimed kind of inspiration for his
the cOckney rhyme. which appears two three
y. II
twice. but whether justly not. are always in
clined to attribute some heat of haste Mr.. Kip
HngS verse at any rate, We know that he has not
contemplated it for forty years
That piquant little book. The Visits Of Eliza
beth which came out about five years ago. has
actually passed through fourteen editions in
England-a goodly number for so slight a story
The latest edition is a six-Denny one Other
modern English novels coming out i'll this
form the list including by the way Mr. Hall
Gaines Drink a story which fell more or less
flat when published a serial It is the first
time that this author has tried his fortune with
a book at this price. Another new six-penny
book is Mr.. Bullens fascinating Cruise of the
Cachalot
A correspondent of Notes and Queries" says
that so far he knows nc translation has ever
appeared in English of the dainty verse form
known in Spanish as a "soledadilla":
This surely be the shortcs; OF all existing
the quatrain, which have borrowed from the
Persians. has four; but the sOledada has only
three, ana of those the first. which rhymes wit h
the thlrd IS always nuch Snorter than rho others
Now that the study OF Spanish has received such
noteworthy impetus, The following specimens of
this quaint measure may be welcome to many
readers
(a) Fatigas
Yo por Ia calle no Iloro
PorQue la gente olga.
,b) Por ii
Las horitas de Ia noche
Ne las oaso sin dorMiF
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