New-York tribune., 1907-10-16

many other rare and curious items. OF course,
the volume will be illustrated
Inc A Vessels Company has in press
romance by Mrs. Chesson, called Father Felix
chronicles" The supposititious writer OF the
narrative is a fifteenth century scribe of the
Order OF st. Benedict living in the priory house
at Norwich
The John Lane Company has just published
Napoleon at the Boulogne Camp" by Fernand
Nlcolay. the study to which we have already
Ierred Of that fantastic scheme Of the Emperor's
Tor the invasion of England. The book con-
tains number of new documents and reports
OF conversations held with old men of Napo-
Ieoh S own time. Some Of the numerous illustra-
lions in color
Every one knows the important part that
was played long ago in the social life of the city
OF Bath by the dandy called Beau Nash His
reign Is to be commemorated by a volume.
Bath Under Beau Nash" which Mr. Lewis
Melville Is writing. Mr.. Melville is an indus
trlous deliver in old memoirs and his book
ought TO be amusing
We hope there will be an English translation
or the elaborate study of the life and works of
Tourgenieff which NJ Emile Haumant has just
published in Paris. This book traverses all the
salient episodes in the Russian writer's career,
his unhappy childhood his student days in Ber-
lin, his travels the Rhine. his literary friend
ships in France and so on. There is a grim note
in the retort he made to of his Countrymen
when, in his last years, cancer of the spinal
marrow had come TO inflict torments upon him.
You tell me-" he said. "to drive away my suf-
ferings by effort of will. l will do II when
you have succeeded by effort of will in get
ting rid Of a fly that has settled on your nose"
NJ. Haumant quotes Madame Viardots descrp
| ton of her old friends expression after death:
He became again beautiful to look at ne
was in the past. The first day after his death
there still remained between his eyebrows deep
his hahitual expression of goodness returned to his
face. One would have expected 10 see him smile
Rabelais was the first author TO be reprinted
in the convenient series of French Classics for
English Readers &C. P Putnams Sons),
which have previously made favor
able comment. Now the second volume is
given a selection of the essays of Mon
taigne. In Florio's translation. No doubt
Professor Cohn remarks. this is marred by wOrd
ness and inaccuracies but the English speaking
world will just the same go on reading II with
delight. His Introductory essay is well written,
'he has made a judicious selection from his
author. and the book is handsomely printed. II
is a good book for the reader who wants to make
the acquaintance of the beguing old essayist.
1t may easily serve, as the editors hope it may,
TO lead such a reader to seek I'm Its fulness the
whole picture of a man given by him TO the
world" Succeeding volumes in this series are
to be devoted TO Moere. Beaumarchais and
George Sand.
We alluded the other day TO the rapid as
sembling in editions Of the works OF the
late John Addington Symonds. To the list al
ready known will soon be added reprint of
.Our Life in the Swiss Highlands" which he
wrote in collaboration with his daughter, Mrs
Vaughan This is TO be illustrated in color,
Works of biography are not often TO be
classified as juvenilia. but young readers more
particularly ought TO be interested in the life
of G. A Henty. one Of their favorite authors,
which is to be published this fall. In fact. we
shall be surprised if his biographer. Mr.. G.
ManviIle Fem himself famous author OF
boys books does not deal with his lifelong
friend in such wise to appeal to just the
right audience. Henty left plenty of material
| for a lively book about his career. He was
versatile man who had many experiences as
war correspondent. traveller. engineer and
| athlete.
| The Youngsters nowadays not supplied
| with fiction alone. but with all manner Of lit
| erature They have, among other books. their
own anthologies. Two good books Of this sort
| have Just been brought out "Pinafore Pal
| ace" (the Mcclure Company is a capital col
| lection of rhymes for the nursery, edited by
Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald
Smith. The Golden Staircase" &c. p Put
MANS sons is a larger volume made up of
verses for children of all ages These have been
selected by Miss Louey Chisholm. A number
| Of pretty illustrations In color have been con-
| tributed by NJ. Dibdin Spooner. The richly dec
GRATED cover and the gold end papers make
this volume especially pleasing to the eye.