The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-28
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Victoria's Letters, which are being edited
by Lord Esher and Mr.. Benson. There
will be no revelations a Ia H~ohenlohe. for
although the Queen expressed her opinions
freely in her letters to her children. espe-
cially to the Empress Frederick, the King
has run through the correspondents from
beginning to end, eliminating every passage
hat could offend any living man or woman.
Philip Sidney has written a book on
Modern Rome in Modern England" which
treats Of the Catholic revival in England
the decline Of the Gallican element among
the English Roman Catholics, and the rise
Of the Italian element through the influence
Of the oxford perverts. The list he gives
Of the converts to Roman Catholicism
since the Emancipation Act includes be-
sides more eminent people, Oscar Wilde.
Sir F.. c. Burnand, Clement Scott and
Aubrey Beardsley.
Monsignor the Count Way do Ways and
Luskod a m ember Of one Of Hungary's
most ancient families, is the author Of q
book OF notes and recolle ctions entitled
Empires and Emperors of Russia, China,
Corea and Japan. Monsignor's mission,
which was to study the work Of the Roman
Catholic Church in all parts Of the world,
gave him access to people and places in
accessible to most travellers. and he writes
OF Russia, China, Manohuria. Corea and
ia pan as they were before the wal and
will never be again.
Mrs. st. Julien Ravenel's Charleston:
The Place and the People, furnishes the
historic background for Over Wister's
at l.. " H. 49,
fine old Southern aristocracy which still
fingers in the picturesque old city which
Mr.. Wister describes under the name of
Kings Port inspired the sto ry. and the same
artist, Vernon He wa Bailey, who drew the
scenes for Mr.. Wister's romance has Illus
trated Mrs. Ravenel's book.
The chapters of Mrs. Frances Hodgson
Burnett's novel "The Shuttle in the Christ
mas Century bring forward Bettina Wander
poel as the type of the new American girl.
self reliant and independent, the product
Of new school, methods in the training Of
children. Il have a little mon omsnia.
father" she says. Some people have a
monomania for one thing and some for
another. Mine is for not taking a bargain
from the ducal remnant counter"
Mr.. Drane's Love Stories Of Some Emil
nent Women" is made up of real romancee;
and includes those connected with Mrs.
Siddons, Lady Burton, George Eliot, Mrs.
Browning, Christina Roesetti and Lady
Lawrence.
C~oningsby William Dawson, the author Of
The Worker and Other Poems ia a young
Englishman and an Oxford graduate. The
poems show as much OF the American as
the English spirit, which may be accounted
for by the fact that many OF them were
written in this country. which Mr.. Dawson
now claims as his own.
DR.. William f.. Griffs, whose books on
Holland are we'll known, has returned from
his seventh trip OF observation and study
in Europe. He attended the Rembrandt
bioente nnial in Holland, and one OF the.
course of lectures he il TO deliver this winter
will he On Rembrandt; the Man, His Coun-
try and His Art"
Elizabeth Bisland's Life and Letters
Of Lafcadio Hearn" will he published on
Wednesday December S. The two volumes
are made up Of a correspondence which
wilrbe Of exceptional interest to admirers
of Hearn.
The Pentland Edition Of Stevenson is to
appear during the year in twenty volumes
with an introduction TO each by Mr.. Ed
mund Gosse. In connection with this
edition, which has united the London pub
fishers in its production, since Stevenson's
works are in the hands OF four or Ave firms,
it is interesting to learn OF the increase in
Stevenson's popularity as evidenced by
the increase in the sale OF his books. In
1893, the year before his death, only 1000
copies OF Treasure Island were sold, while
in 1905 1000 copies were sold. II is also
interesting TO learn that Stevenson returned
eIO of the Gao paid to him by the Pail Mall
Gazette for THE Body ~Snatcher" because,
as Prof. Sidney Colvin explains, the author
believed that he had given the proprietors
of the magazine a bad article for their
money. II is unfortunate hat Stevenson's
two great admirers, Mr.. Edmund Gosse
and Prof. Colvin, nave had a falling out
over some small matters connected with
the new editions literary quarrel which
will, however, help the sale OF some adj
ditional copies.
From Folk Lore of Women written
and compiled by T. +. ThisteItor-Dyer it
may be learned that Eastern proverbs are
highly complimentary to women. A Sans
crit adage says; Women are instructed by
nature, men by books The Burmese says
woman's intelligence is four times that Of
man; her assiduity six times In Hindus-
TAM it is written What cannot a woman
do3 What cannot the ocean contain
What oannot the fire burn2 What cannot
death destroy?"
Henry Fielding was born at Sharpham
Park, near Glastonbury, on April %, 1907.
and the Society Of Somerset Men in London
will celebrate his bicentenary next year
with a banquet at which Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle will preside.
Miles Amber, the author of Visions"
is said 20 be Mrs. Golden Sickert, a daughter
of Richard Golden. Mrs. Sickert IL now
engaged or "a second novel, which will be
published soon.
Mr.. Arthur Rickett, the author OF The
Vagabond in Literature, A" gives three essen
tial phnragtariafipa Of th. .a--