New-York tribune., 1907-05-11

T.. CAIUR RDA I. MAY IL.
and a number of hitherto unpublished frag-
ments OF the noted critics writings. The from
tispiece will be portrait
The name of John baskerville is held in high
honor by collectors of books. This eighteenth
century Birmingham printer type of thor
oughness and good taste. and his pages are a
delight to the eye. memoir of him has just
! been brought out by Mr. Ralph Straus and Mr..
R. K. Dent. It presents much new material
and includes one especially welcome feature,
full photography.
Literature socalstic milenniums continues
TO be as irrepressible spring poems. and
sometimes. as in the case of Prince Kropotkin's s
THE Conquest of Bread" &C. P Putnam's Sons).
quite entertaining. In this latest fantasy of
the distinguished 'communistc anarchist" as
he calls himself the principle OF village COM
munism formerly Widespread and still consider
ably used in Russia. is universaliZed. The
prince recognizes that mankind has not yet
found the proper form for combining on COM
munistic principles agriculture with a suddenly
developed industry and international trade; out
he finds in trade unions. cooperative enterprises
and municipal ownership three important eX-
periments In bringing nearer the day when all
private property will be appropriated, not py an
act Of law but by a revolution, peaceaole or
violent All work will be made agreeable ana
nobody will toll for wages for wage work Is
self work 1t cannot. it must not, produce All
that II could produce" Many of the pictures
the writer sketches of what will happen when
the great revolution comes are far more inter
estng than the chapters OF the average summer
novel. although unfortunately less convincing
than the latter. Every lover of political poetry
will reading the book and doubtless not
a few will take 1t seriously.
Professor William T. Brewster. Of COLUMBIA
University is issuing through the Macmillans a
book entitled Specimens of Modern English
Literary Criticism 1t embraces unabridged
selections from about fifteen representative Eng
lish and American critics, among them Dryden,
CoIeridge Lamb Poe Arnold. Pater and Leslie
Stephen.
The Harpers have just printed new book
written and illustrated by Mr.. Howard Pyle
Stolen Treasure" is its title and the stories it
contains deal with pirates and the like.
Mr. Swinburne's celebration OF his seven
tieth birthday produced. of course many lauda-
tory articles and some reCollections. In THE
Sketch" of his eulogists has drawn atten-
ton to the portrait of him that his friend
MeTeultn put lnto f-iIlllld III E-H6ieiIlu ih1i'
years ago. The poet there presented as
Tracey Runningbrook. whose poetry was H.
Illustrated in line
Large eyes 1T up by some imperial SIN
and whose talk was shown to he quite forth
right as anything know of In Swinburnes
declamatory prose. When Runnngbrook wishes
to pay hts compliments TO a philistine critic, he
says. Let the fellow bark till he froths at
the mouth and scatters the virus of the beast
among his filthy friends. l am mad-dog proof"
Authors may come and authors may go. but
Mr.. Quer-Couch goes forever We
always welcoming book by him. Fortu-
natey he seems TO keep up the quality Of his
work for all that he is facile and prolific.
We look forward, therefore. with anticipations
OF pleasure to the early appearance this spring
Of his latest collection Of short stories. Merry
Garden" it Is called from the first of the seven
stories in the book. nearly all Of which are based
on material drawn from the authors blissfu
Duchy.
Doubleday, Page & Co. announce for pubTI-
cation toward the close Of this month a new
volume in their Geographical Library 1t will
be called The Awakening Of China" and the
author is Dr. W. A. Z. Martin
The Putnams have just brought out The
Friends OF Noltaire." by 5. @. Tallentyre This
clever sister of the late Henry Seton Merrman
the novelist, has gift for writing entertaining
biographical pages. and the present volume
gives the sprightliest possible impressions of
Diderot, Gallant Grimm and the other wits of
their circle. Here is a typical fragment from
the chapter Diderot:
There re has surely never been such good natured
open not only TO all his friends out TO all lie
Diderot purified his friend d'HoIhach's German
French. and profusely helped his dearest Grimm i'm
for Hevetius, Raynal and Gallant. gave lessons in
metaphysics TO a German princess and was for
an ART critic and playwright He also wrote
dedicatory epistles for needy musicians 'reconced
planned a comedy for unsuccessful dramatic
author. and. in roars OF laughter indited an ad-
hairdresser The story has been ed a" oftn 5erS1e 5
sun bears telling afresh, OF the young man who
came 70 him with personal satire against Diderot
himself. Il thought says the satrist you
would give me few crowns to suppress it" L
can do better for than that says Diderot mot
in the least annoyed Dedicate It to the brother
him and he will give you assistance" .'But / do
not know the prince" sit down and will write
th tne dediGauon for you. he did and so ably that
woman who had been deserted by the Due de la
Ieeiinss While lived In the light Of your love
there only remains To me your portrait-and thai
! must sell tomorrow for bread" The duke sent
her nifty louis
contributor to Notes and Queries" sends
TO that invaluable little journal a striking pass
age from an almost forgotten work the Mem
oirs of Marie Groshotz. afterwards Madame
Tussaud When young she lived with an uncle