New-York tribune., 1907-08-31

but his first volume Of extracts will not be
ready for year two He is quoted as say
ing that no f1nancier who has TO protect the
treasure Of a bank ever invented a system Of
keys so intricate and burglar proof as the one
that defends Legrands secrets"
Announcement was made the other day Of an
other volume TO be added to the "Connoisseur's
| Library" one on "Goldsrniths' and Silversmiths'
Work" but II appears that a second volume IN
the series is also scheduled for early publica-
ton This will be "A History Of Seals" by DR.
! De Gray Birch.
| A writer whose name IS not for the present
| at least to be revealed-though why he should
| remain anonymous cannot see-has written
| book on the Roman Catholic Cathedral at
Westminster II is said that this volume, soon
| to be printed. will contain some frank criticism
and shall not be sorry if. as is foreshadowed.
its structures bear largely upon rhe scheme of
| interior decoration. This building has been
sadly disfgured by the founders of chapels. who
have evidently been allowed follow their own
sweet will in embeshing % their walls. In
some cases the work is intrnsically unlovely.
and to make matters worse neighboring chapes
| have been decorated without any attempt to
make them harmonious. The cathedral, vast
| it is. planned that the achievement of
decorative unity within its walls Is absolutely
| Indispensable
| II is to be hoped that anonymous critic
| will be content with an attack upon the chapes
| We have noted and not attempt to trace in petty
mood this that triiing defect in the broad
| architectural character Of Westminster Ca
| thedral That building remains when all is
said, the greatest example of really creative
architecture produced anywhere in the world
in the last hundred years. at once the most
| hear and he shall be
glad If the forthcoming volume is abundantly
| illustrated The building is not half as well
known TO Americans It ought TO be.
| The late Guy Boothby left behind him novel
| which had just been published under the title
! Of THE Man of the Crag." The mystery In 1t
revolves around an old gentleman who is found
murdered in his bed. but disappears by the time
the police arrive to examine the body. The
Baroness Won Hutten's novel. THE Halo
| has a French fiddler for hero and an English
| girl for heroine In THE Marriage Lease Mr.
Frankfort Moore takes for his motive the silly
| matrimonial scheme which getting itself
talked about 80 voluminously little while ago.
| In Mrs Gertrude Athertons new story of social
| life in San Francisco. Ancestors the scene is
| laid sometimes in California and sometimes in
| England.
Prince Borghese's automobile drive from
Peking to Paris which has been In all the dis
| patches. is naturally to be made the subject Of
a book. This is TO be written by Signor Barzini.
| the Italian journalist who travelled with the
| prince for The Daily Telegraph" He made
more than a hundred photographs which will
| be reproduced in his volume.
There have been too many books written
about Italy in recent years. too many volumes
OF superficial travel notes. and half baked art
criticism but there is still much to do along
serious lines, and welcome the announcement
of a new series Of histories Of the Italian States.
II will be edited by Mr. Edward Armstrong, who
has won his spurs historian. and Mr.. r
Langton Douglas, whose repute Is firmly based
on a good book relating to Siena, several ex-
cellent studies Of old Italian artists. and the
new edition Of Grove and CavalCaselle. in which
he has already brought out two volumes Every
book in the new series will be a work of original
research and all will be illustrated The first
to appear will be "A History of Milan Under
the Sforza" by Miss { NJ. Ady. Other volumes
on Italian subjects which may be expected this
season are The Builders of Florence" by J.
Wood Brown: "Tasso and His Times" by W.
Boulton. and "Petrarch and His Times" by II.
c. HoIlway- -Calthorp.
A monument has been erected over the grave
Of Mrs, Craigie IN ST Mary's Cemetery Kensal
Green. II bears this inscription:
To the dear memory of Pearl Mary Teresa
is died London ADJUST 49, 1896 "A Aged Pf5iFy- thiry
eight years Work while il is day; the night |
Gold @ in the dust this pershed heart may lie.
But that which warmed It once shall never die.
That spark unburied IN its mortal frame
With living light. eternal, and the same.
Shall beam JOYS nferminahle
Unveiled by darkness -unassuaged by tears
The poem by Mr.. Swinburne TO appear in !
The Fortnightly Review" for September, which /
we recently announced is TO consist of about a |
hundred lines the death of Karl Blind. Ac- |
cording TO The Atheneun' It gratefully recalls |
the fact that il was To Karl Blind that the poet |
was indebted for his introduction 10 Mazzini
Mr.. D. W. Rannie has in press an illustrated |
volume Wordsworth and His Circle" 1t |
will include chapters on Southey, De Quincy |
Charles Lamb and Coeridge. Coleridges COM
plete poetical writings by the way. are to be
published by the John Lane Company in d |
volume with more than hundred Illustrations |
This is the first time that an artist has at
tempted TO provide a pictorial accompaniment |
for all of the poems. Mr. Gerald Metcafe is the |
ambitious man. The text has been prepared by
Mr. Ernest Hartley Coleridge largely from the
edition of 1884. He has included several poems
not hitherto published in book form
The late Davta Christie Murray was writing
his memoirs at the time of his death They are
to be published under the title of The Recollec-
tions Of a Lifetime" He also left a novel called
THE Grip
BOOKS or THE WEEK.