New-York tribune., 1907-04-17

Much in the history of his reisn ha hi5herfo been
current account Of his death from faLeT while on
d LouT n Southern Russia has been regarded with
seems would be inclined 20 maintain that he died
no man knows when or where"
The new volume os the correspondence Of
Alfred &c Musset, which will soon be issued in
Paris. is to contain many letters hitherto ur
published, while passages suppressed have been
restored to the other letters. De AIusset's copy
right expires next month, and a selection Of his
best work will then he brought out by the
soc!ete du Mercure DC France.
In his new novel. "Chippinge." Mr. Stanley
Weyman says OF Lord Brougham: His high
chcekbCnes and queer, bulbous nose familiar
to US; for something exaggerated by the carl
c2tuTist. they form. week by week. the trailing
mask which mars the cover Of Punch" John
Forster repeats Lord Carlisle's remembrance Of
what Brougham said TO him of those Punch
people" expressing what was really his fixed
belief: They never get my face and are
obliged" (Which, like Pope, he always pro-
nounced 'obleesed'D ''to put up with my plaid
trowsers!"
The Tauchnitz collections are 10 include at
least one book by Lafcadio Hearn-his 'Koko-
ro.' French translations of some of his sketches
are coming out in Paris.
Several Jewish historical works which promise
10 be valuable are coming from English presses.
Mr.. A. NJ. Hyamsons History of the Jews in
England is nearly ready for publication. So
too. is Mr.. f. T. Abbott's book Israel in
Europe" Mr. Elkan Adler is at work on a
volume Of Inquisition records based on historical
documents in his possession. and Mr.. 1. Abra-
hams well known Anslo-Jewish writer is pre-
pairing literary history of the Jews.
In its effort TO furnish a complete collection
of Early English dramatic literature, the Early
English Drama Society has made excellent
progress It's first series of twelve volumes in
clnded a great many anonymous plays. well
as the works Of John Haywood and Nicholas
TIDAL 1t now announces second series. two
volumes of which contain Pseudo and Attrib-
uted Shakespearian Plays" Among these are
Arden OF Feversham" Edward III Sir John
oldcaste.' The Yorkshire Tragedy and that
very curious production. The Merry Devil Of
Edmonton" All these have been newly col
lated. The volumes OF anonymous plays
also Of considerable interest. for !hey contain
king Lear and His Three Daughters" "The
Tanning of a Shrew," "Histrio- Mastix'' and
'Sir Thomas More" The small paper edition
OF the first series has been oversubscribed and
If the second series finds similar good fortune
the society Will probably bring out a third
series.
The old house near London in which Defoe
wrote Robinson Crusoe'' IS to be destroyed at
the fiat Of the speculative builder.
The next reprint Of old travels 10 be brought
out by AIcElhose. Of Glasgow. and the Macmn-
Ian Company. OF New York. viii be that of the
work of "Fynes Morrison. Gent" The book has
original edition OF 1917. It is TO appear in four
volumes.
Mr.. Coll, police inspector in Copenhagen, has
written book the criminal types dealt with
by Shakespeare. He anaIyzes the characters Of
Macbeth. Iago. Brutus and Richard III. It is
supposed that the Danish original will be trans
lated into English
A picture of English society from a Canadian
point Of view has been presented in a series Of
papers recently published in London. The writer
is supposed TO be a young Canadian who has
arrived in the English capital with good intro
ductions and who essays to describe his expert
ences for his brother at home. We are told that
one Of the first things which strike the colonial
visitor about the average upper class English
man is the smallness of his vocabulary He
notes only ABOUT two hundred words in COM
mon use" He adds
This curious scantiness OF expression does not
tend 20 conversational brilsncy. But brilliant
conversation is the las- thing which Eng
lish cousins set any store. As rule they are
rather suspicious Of H. and apt 90 stare at you
in mild surprise if you emit sentence OF more
than about consecutive words. To be fluent IN
speech. at least if you under forty IS indeed
considered slightly bad form You ought 70 be
elderly. Cabinet minister, something OF that
kind TO venture on this indulgence.
Petrarch's Life Of Cesar" the second of his
two known autograph manuscripts, is in proc
ess Of publication by subscription. The Biblio
theque Rationale has this manuscript among its
treasures. The edition is TO be enriched by
ninety-seven quarto plates.