The Washington herald., 1907-05-05
BY HECTOR FULLER.

and tragedies. and a few months ago of
q volume of his best lyrical poems, some
how added 10 the impression.
Mr.. SwinbuTue, however is alive and
cheerful and vigorous, and his home is a
charming place called "The Pines, at
Putney, in England.
The English like to say Of him-ascrib-
ing the pleasantly TO Theodore Watts
Dunton. the poets close friend-that
"Swinburne has linked Parnassus and
Putney, making them as alike as two
P's."
The report comes from London that
Mr. Edmund Gosse is TO relinQuish the
editorship OF the Daily Mail literary sup
plement This viii be a regrettabie change.
for ia many ways Mr.. Gosse has made his
paper the most distinctive Of its kind.
Doubtless his lab0rs as librarian OF the
House OF Lords are too arduous for his
retention of dual task.
The publication. last week, of 'The
Long Trail" by HamHn Garland, gives
additional interest to the fact that he
plans to set forth on a fascinating long
trail some time this summer.
lie is an experienced horseman and
trailer" and his plan is 10 start at some
point in the Canadian Rockies and work
his way southwark, with a pack train. to
Colorado. following the line Of high noun
tains, and necessarily living ana camping
out Of doors
That he is familiar with the Alps and
Europe. as well as with our own Great
West, makes him far better equipped for
such an undertaking. and will. of course.
add greatly TO his own pleasure, by COM
PARSONS and contrasts, on the long trip.
Many years of practical service with pub
fishing houses have resulted in a store of
Information that Mr. William stone Booth
now shares with the public in "A Prac-
teal Guide 10 Authors. II deals mainly
with their relations with publishers and
printers, and it follows the aspirant
through every phase OF his literary labors.
The preparation OF the manuscript is first
described. and thereupon Mr.. Booth pro-
ceeds TO a discussion of royalties and the
literary agent. 10 copyright and serial
rights. 10 agreements and contracts, and
to such typographical matters as proof
reading. types, rules of spelling and pune
tuation, and cover designs. An index 20
the volume. which Is published by Hough-
ton, Miiffin Co, makes every point
readily available.
The two concluding volumes of the Lit
erature OF Libraries, seventeenth and
Eighteenth Centuries" are shortly 10 be
issued by A. c. AlcClurg * Co. under the
of the Newark Public Library. and OF
Henry ". Kent assistant secretary or the
Metropolitan Museum OF Art They viii
comprise De Biblothecis Syntagma,' by
JusJus Lipslus. and News from France;
OF, a Description of the Library of Car
dinal Mazarin' by Gabriel Naude, and
viii be printed and bound in the artistic
style of the Merrym0unt Press.
The early notebooks of Ernest Renan
hitherto unpublished and which are only
just now seen in the light, have Won
derful pathos in them. Here one can see
Renan. the great thinker, in his lonely
moments, before he had become accus-
toned 10 his new life From his early
childhood. the rites and ceremonies Of the
Catholic Church meant very much to him,
and with all the candor and simplicity of
the true Breton he had grown up consid-
eTing Jesus as his closest and most in
innate friend:
Il have mst been 10 confession. he writes and
! am very happy. although il has somewhat dis
turbed ms mind ! wanted 10 speak 90 the
Jtsl1 Of the GOspsi Oh this time He penetrated
was With regard 10 Him. He is the uny man be-
fore whom 1 Weld told Him so, and think
that pleased Him. lt Is true. I would not for
ANYTHING IN the world pay the homage of superiority
o. ans man ~ the present. past and scarcely o.
the future. I said 20 Him with an ms heart: You
my master morally which is The chief thing Yo,i
are God beside ne. ! hsye an idea more than
Aou, d is true. an idea which A0u could not and
Here hot intended 10 have: Il is science. which
has its claims, too, But Oh, how Yen sunsszsd
mg la the great vital science, Oh If I lad
known YUu how ] would have been Your disciple.
Love me- beseeeh You, do Persuade nc if You
eill. ] VII do what You wish in order 10 please
Yci
Would You like me 10 b. d little child again.
10 even give up my science! 2 am willing TO do
this. but ] cannot believe You would ask It Of me.
How I should like TO know that You love me- for
anyhow You cannot be dead. Yoa know
very wen that when ! hear foolish PEOPLE, who
do not know You. speaking evil Of 1ou OF not talk
ing If NOu at al (which Is still more ridiculous
and supericlaI I shTug my shoulders. I have new
CT biasphemed You Appear 90 me once ia ms life
and I shall be content. At my DEATH at least I
hofe that ia the other life we shall be friends
and be together consciously. You viii forgive me
everything then, Viii You mott But I mist believe
that You love me now.
Il is 10 arouse the interst OF the stu
dent of one striking manifestation Of the
literary instinct that Evelyn May Al
bright. of Ohio Wesleyan University, has
prepared THE Short Story: Its Princi-
pies and Structure" Her aim is not TO
trace the origin or development of the
short story, but TO set down the stand
ards Of its appreciation, and TO that end
she describes the successive stages in its
writing, from the gathering of material to
the plot. the mechanism. and the dialogue.
Good and bad examples Of the short story
make clear her technical discussion and
advice and separate chapters upon the
realistic movement, the element of fan
tasy. the emotional element, and the spirit
Of the author give the book an added
aesthetic and artistic value. biblio-
graphical note and extended and cIassi-
ned list of distinctive short stories point
the readers attention in the right direc-
tion. The volume is published by The
Macmillan (or7uqnv