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pose. anxously waiting for it. Mr.. Holbrook
Jackson is presently to publish book entitled
Bernard Shaw: A Monograph" and in this
work it is said that he will maze bold at
tempt 20 answer the question. What does Der
nard Shaw mean?' OF course the solving OF
this great riddle is a matter of prodigious i'm
pOrtance.
Mr.. G. W. E. Russell, whose Collections and
Recollections' and other books of gossip are
pleasantly remembered, has another similar vol
ume in press. He calls it A POcketful of Six
pences,' from sentence in of Lord Bea-
cOnsfields nONels-"He not an intellectual
Crusus, but his pockets were full of sixpences."
Sometimes the deliver in old manuscripts
makes n most enviable discovery. Who would
not rejoice to have had the experience OF NJ
Pierre Champion. He making researches
in the history of FRANCOIS Villon, in order to
supplement, if possible, the discoveries of the
late Marcel SchwOb and in the midst of his
labOrs fate vOuchsafed him a work in manu-
script which he presently identified as contain
ing the poems of Charles d'OrIeans. written in
the poets own hand and bearing his corrections
Among the poems are several in English, hith-
ertO unknown. NJ. Champion, who is preparing
the manuscript for the press will do his best TO
settle the question to whether these poems
were composed by Charles d'Orl6ans or were
copied by him from English poet
The father of the late Dean Stanley. who was
and 1916 and wrote letters home in which he
described certain of Napoleons marshals, Nine.
de Stael and other notabilties. and dealt with
divers historic scenes including those of several
great battles. These letters have now been
edited for publication. and will appear in the
autumn under the title of Travels Before and
After Waterloo"
OF all the books which are announced for
early appearance IN Paris there is just one for
az French literature
will wait with peculiar interest. This is the
book which NJ. Anatole France has been writing
on Jeanne dare. Any work OF his is sure 10
possess charm and In this he has a theme
which must have given him n special inspira-
ton We shall be surprised If it does not turn
out to be the kind of book which simply clanors
10 be translated into English.
When Sir Walter Scott writing his Tales
of a Grandfather he made of facts set
forth in the journal" of David, Lord Elcho.
who served under Prince Charles In the 70.
This Jacobite manuscript has just been pub
lished IN Edinburgh. with memoir and ammo
tations by the Hon. Evan Charters, a kinsrnan
Of the authors II is described by Mr.. Andrew
Lang as full OF pictures Of society in London,
Edinburgh Paris and Rome. but beyond his
bravery the critic finds nothing TO admire in
Lord F,lcho. whom he characterizes as all bit
terness, an ungracious and by no means too
scrupulous man; a pursuer of heiresses."
The Harpars have just published, under the
not very promising title of Bud" novel by
Mr. Neil Munro that is in many respects
charming book. The little American born hero
Inc is "A quaint child. and her Introduction of
the Chicago atmosphere into the household OF
bachelor uncle and two maiden aunts in
Scotch town provides much lively entertainment.
There is genuine fun. sweetness and goodness
in the young Bud. and it is a pity that the win
ming effect she produces should be sometimes
married By a superabundance of slang supposed
IL nd
and illuminatIve but II IS overdone and is the
one serious blemsh of an attractive book II Is
not entirely easy. perhaps, 10 believe IN the I'M
canny powers Of perception. the initiative fac
ulty. the prodigioals reasoning ability and the
elderly ironicaI of little Bud. but as the at
tributes of "A genius" and a born actress they
may pass unquestioned. Uncle Dan Dyce Is a
delightful parsonage, quite irresistible IN MS
soft -heartedness aud his philosophical humor
Equally delightful in her way is Kate the maid
servant from Colonsay In his sketches ol
amusing characters in the little Scottish town
Mr. Munro is at his best-and in saying this we
should add that his book does not belong in any
sense Is the Kailyard School What little dla-
Iect 1t offers. for example. is Of the most be
coming sort. lending flavor without Whlch the
story would not be half so engaging
There is n delightful example Of literary art
In the August number of The Atlantic Month
"" Mr. James Huncker writes therein on The
Evolution of an EgOist: Maurice Barres," and
II is stimulating to observe the skill with when
he extracts the very last drop of vitality from
stubborn theme. Maurice Barres is one of those
ideoIoeues who mix prodgious quantity of
sawdust into their works, but Mr. HuneAer
serves up the product of his young Frenchman
with a sauce that almost persuades us that
sayduSt has its merits. He draws capital
pict11re of the youth living in an ivory tower
thcn moving upon the conquest OF Paris ana
ultimately winning a seat in the Academic
no character
ESSAY is well Illustrated by the following pas
sage
In 1854 appeared mad little review Les
raches dEncre.' irregular in publication Despite
IT'S literary quality the young editor display yea
como knowledge of the tactics OF new Journalism
When NORM assassinated by NINE tloViS
Hughes sandwich men paraded the pou!evarus
carving their boards this inscription NORM
ra,ds no longer Les Taches Il Encre! Perseverance
e,ch n This should have been rewarded; but little
..Trl,anots' quickly disappeared. BarTeS rounded
~, ra,.iey in 1886 Les ChrOniques, in company
with some brilliant men Jules Claretie about this
time remarked Make a note Of the name OF
Maurice Barres. | propheSy that II VIII become
r,rno,,s Barres had discovered that RaSugnac
rucnacious methods were obsolete in the battle
with Paris. though there was no folly ne Wouo
be incapable of committing II only ne could attract
ottention-even 10 walking the boulevards in the
misc of orimeval man. Far removed as his ex-
9uisite art now is from this clustering desire for
nuhIicty this threat uttered in jest or not Is sig
nifcant Maurice Barres has since stripped his
souI hare for the worlds ire or edifcation
wonder children do not always pursue their nat
,,raI vocation Pascal mraculOusly endowed
as a mathematician: he ended a master of French
prose- an haIlucinated. wretched man franz
,s,t WAS n prodigy but aspired to the glory OF
beethoven Raphael was painting prodigy. and
luckily died so young that he had not time TO
1900 b,s profession. Swinburne wrote faultless
,,ersa as q youth He IS a critic to-day. Maurice
Rarras was born a metaphysician; he has the meta
nbvsical faculty some men nave hddIe hahu'
lie might with Prosper Merimee; WEAKNESSES s
y,Iaases me because 1t IS never ending But not
a. kant Condiac William James-to name
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