The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-23
BOOKS AND AUTHoRs.

always been a brilliant conversationalist
and an appreciative listener. and has known
intimately many Of the great men and
women Of the Victorian era-politicians,
lawyers, authors, artists, sportsmen, art
collectors and aristocrats, including the
King. Her "reminiscences range from the
Derby OF 1885 down TO the present day, and
her observations of men and women, man.
ners and customs, are humorous and en-
tertaining. She knows society as il was
and is, and though she has a caustic word
for the methods Of the day. her attitude is
on the whole tolerant and her book is a
cheerful retrospect Of sixty years spent
among the most notable people OF her time.
Lady Dorothy is an eager collector OF pic
lures, furniture and china. and has for
some time been living quietly. devOting
herself TO thinking and writing.
Lawrence Gilman, the author az The
Music of Tomorrow. will publish in a few
weeks an analytical guide to Richard
Strauss's -Salome.- which Mr.. Conried will
produce at the Metropolitan Opera Honse
early in the year. The book will contain a
description Of the drama and a full analysis
OF the score, with musical illustrations. IL
is dedicated TO the conductor, Alfred Hertz.
who will direct the performance.
Old Q.-the Marquis of Q~ueensberry-
whom the author George s. Street calls
the presiding genius OF Piccadily." is the
subject of an interesting paper in the De-
cember Putndm's. 1t IL illustrated with a
caricature and portrait Of the picturesque
character, Old O., whose reputed daughter
married the Marquis Of Hartford. who Is
supposed to be the original Of Thackeray's
Marquis Of Steyne.
The English translation OF the Hohenlohe
Memoirs will be published In this counhry
in tbs first week OF December.
Dudley Kidd's new book on Savage
Childhood" describes the life OF the children
Of the South African natives. begining
with birth customs, the naming OF the
child, milk charms. lullabies, &C, the ideas.
sentiments, ambitions and habits are passed
In review. Chapters are devoted to the
games of children, n a number ofhitherto
unpublished fairy tales are included. The
boob will be Of interest to those engaged
in child study. anthropology and folk lore.
OOIIt ItpIIlltlNCCIlGNs vi " lAloiLA III
Rossetti" is. according to the preface, the
eighteenth work more or less connected
with his family for which Mr.. Rossetti Is
responsible. OF the Pre-Raphaelites gen.
erally, among whom the prominence Ia
assigned TO Mr.. Holman Hunt, il is said that
they belonged to the middle or lower
middle class of society. Not one Of | ex-
cept my brother and myself had had the
sort Of liberal education which comprises
Latin and Greek, nor did any of them
not even Millais. though associated with
J~ersey-read or speak French. Faults OF
speech and of spelling occurred among them
pdssim. or any access to the upper classes
through family ties there was not a trace
Admirers of Christina Rossetti will be in
terested to learn of a proposal OF marriage
which she received from Charles Bagot Cay
lev and which from religious scruples she felt
herself compelled to decline. To him she
dedicated sonnets and poems, and on her
death bed she spoke Of her love for him.
NJ. CASTOR Boissier is giving up his chair
at the College de France after lecturing on
Latin letters for more than forty years.
He is a brilliant writer and intends to de-
vote his time TO a study Of the Helleniza-
ton of Rome.
Felix Draeseke, the composer, nov in his
seventy-second year, recently published an
article in the Stuttgart Neue Zeitung, called
"Konfusion in der Musk" Fifty years ago,
he saws, there was bitter party spirit, but
musicians fought for a principle, whereas
present day musicians scarcely know what
they are fighting about. The writer was
among the early champions OF the new school
of Wagner and List music.
aThe Art Of Garden Design in Italy" by
Fl. lingo Triggs. should be a book Of unusual
interest, for Italy is the classic home Of the
architectural garden. The historical in
PRODUCTION is devoted to the progress Of
garden design from the time when Lucullus
| carried out the garden works described by
Plutarch. The book deals with the Renais-
sance. when under the patronage OF the
Medici the art of horticultural design was
revived, and during the centuries that fol-
lowed the greatest artists were employed
in making plans for magnificent gardens in
all parts Of Italy. These gardens we're
treated as an integral part OF the general
scheme of the house worthy OF the greatest
architectural skill in arrangement.
Constance Lady De la Wars life OF a
-Twioe Crowned Queen" Anne OF Brittany
who successfully married two French
kings. ia a refutation Of the theory that the
modern woman is so much more advanced
and improved than her forebears. Ann OF
BRITTANY belonged to the fifteenth century
hut she wa firmly convinced that men
could not stand comparison with women,
deeply resented the injustice shown by men
10 women, and ordered all her court poets
10 avenge her sex. She encouraged de-
hates on poetry, omance and history,
made a huge collection Of books, was a
generous patron OF letters and pictures,
spent much money on her table plate and
| the decorations Of her rooms. and besides
all this insisted on her warm bath daily
and kept all her belongings perfumed with
! silk sachets filed with roses, musk and
violets.
Among the -Old New England Churches
! described by Dolores Bacon in her forth