New-York tribune., 1907-08-03

A new book by Ellie Metchnikoff figures in the
! list of the Putnams. 1t is a kind of companion
volume to THE Nature of Man" Its title is
Mature, Science and Optimism: Study IN
the Life of Man" The authors general ideas
will be illustrated by reference to famous men,
among them Byron, Leopard Schopenhauer
and Goethe.
Mr. Francis Gribble has written book on
Madame de StaeI and Her Lovers" He has
piquant subject, for his heroine was undoubtedly
what he calls her, "a woman with a passionate
heart" and she let herself go in her affairs
with an ease in curious contrast to her intel
lectual strength. We hope that Mr.. Gribble does
justice to the little soul of the man on whom
she wasted too much of her best feeling. Ben
jamin Constant.
The book on "The Court Of the Tuileries.
1S02-1S7O." by lie Petit Homme Rouge" which
reviewed by our Paris correspondent some
time ago. and shown to be work of singular;
amusing gossip. turns out TO have been written
by Mr.. Ernest A. Vizetelly. It appears that in
addition to his reColleCtions he drew upon
family papers and information in the possession
OF his wife's kinsfOk, who were connected with
the imperial court. The AthenRum'' states
that he is preparing somewhat similar
volume on the Presidents of the Republic their
establishments at the Elysee, the foreign policy
OF France, and Partisan society generally from
1871 onward.
Mr.. Robert Dunn tells in The Shameless
Diary of Explorer the Outing Publishing
Company the story Of expedition through
Alaska undertaken with the aim Of reaching the
top Of Mount Mckinley. Il hold" he says at
the outset, that il is unfair to nature ana the
blessed weaknesses which make Us human lo
divert by one hairs breadth in any record OF
the trail from facts as you saw them, enotlohS
as you felt them at their time. To distort or
hide IN Difference TO any custom or so-calIed
senes OF pride or honor, simply is to lie IN pur
suance Of these convictions he has set down in
frank terms some OF the most unpleasant eN-
periences attending exploration. Dirt, decay
hunger, sickness, senshness bad temper, shirk-
Ing. quarrelling-so it goes, day by DAY.
Though the days are all too alike. the dazhhg
tension of travel never relaxes; herdlnS horseS
one by one over miles of muck; boiling beans
mixing bread, burning Callous fingers on the hot
collapsing reflector: never an hour TO pest 70
dry off from the tortures of rheumatism menu
tattered boots and clothes. forSet the roar OF
icy water about your waist. the Grazing cloud
of 'skeets." The book IS long record on mis-
cries. Hero IS another example:
We're In a plague-green inch-worms- Jack has
Just looked up in forketIu 81 SnEpTST7 anu ,r, Sd ~
blankets you have 10 pick off hundreds to avoid
the packs. Every ieaf and tyg they have eaten;
the alders and willows are pestilence stTlcken, me me
rs thew hit the Ugh places for the brches. Their
GSss G6Wn '5ii your back We have to eat tent At
supper Simon counted thirteen on the inside or mo
..Tbats uniucky for the worms said ne. squash
ing them with his spoon
The Empress Eugene continues to be the
theme OF the makers OF popular monographs.
new book about her has been written by MI
Philip ". Sergeant. 1t will presently pe pup
Iished under the title OF The Last Empress OF
the French"
a disciple OF the late William Ernest Henley.
whose recently unveiled memorial IN 81 fau1
we Illustrated last Sunday, contributes sketch
az hin, as poet to The London Outlook This
anonymous writer. himself maker of verses.
speaks Of having received instruction, In the
days OF his youth. from more than one poe
browning used to say to him. Get a personal
it, and YOUR style Will come OF ITSELF and do
not mistake n tasto for poetry for the true ana
singular inspiration" From Edwin Waugh t'e
Lancashire poet he received TINS acFi't- say
what v0u must say, but be nelghboTiy always
Henley perhaps kicking against the prtcks OF
Journalism in the desire - give hlinaeit %
poetry alone. would tell his young iFirhd 10
avoid newspaper offices as You W"u'u '.S
mouth OF the pit. Inc BlSt oI II'9 '''''70' -
given as follows:
For the rest ns he would say as well as t "r!{e2,
his tcachIrg might be summed up IN Il L.'VeiSlol
~ ~ he eift Of vision we're vouchsafed a birth
right you must acniieE@. E@u ] ~ xitrfraoTling
enI the avoidance q all the wornout m"taphois
ana defaced simes Wigh raa @Tf TS ygifs Tn" a
prentice TO poetic mystery must tlke l,LtLi'7
Tor granted must question all si the ola G@3"t To-
put behind himself
Tho comfortable dream and so
ArnoreI and militant .,, 80 ., ..a,s
s TeT tn@sa 5snsa sleat sit,gGcs tsrea,
Tie i've, n@5, eso ha ta sye ffy ana suer and acnieve
Accordingly it was the poet high Inn1tion, 10 10
discern the uncommon in the common III ",
form Not that Mr.. Henicy ever dfsr,std the 4ta 9
inetrcal devices which as he s2id' were as IA s
out to writer how well adapted VII tlt Una on m
forthwith their recurr"nt rhymes 2nd hyt"itS ms
for the poetic treatment Of l.nEI'Sn E,T W. It
which he was deeply Interested as any pubic
school bow with their. alternating NicIssitudes-
Nr Rufus Rockwell Wilson viii publish in the
fail a hook on New York in Literature II
will treat not only of the literary associations
OF this city but of those of Long Island. the
Hudson River and lake regions ana New
Jersey The Illustrations viii he from old prints
and from photographs b w. Dodge * co.
will issue the book
When MI George Broadhurst produced his
pav called The Man of the Hour ne was
warned by Phiadelphian that the latter had
already copyrighted the title Application was
tbereupon made 10 the Librarian OF Congress
To make q search" and The Washington Her
aid. prints the list which was made, showing
how often the title had been used before ana
the titles similar to it which had been copy
rjehted 1t is worth reprinting as an illustra-
ton OF the queer situation in which the Whoie
copvright question is involved
The Man of the Day -
The Man and the Hour .........................
The Man of the Times -..-.--..-.--.-..--. u
The Peoples Choice -
The Peoples Idol
chosen by the People :.-.....-.- !
The Man, tho Chance and the Hour '--'..---...-
"A Man for the Hour
DIR. Hubert II. S. Anes is bringing out
through q. p. Putnam's Sons "A history OF
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