The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-17
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on which he is working is called The Red
City" a title which piques curiosity, since
DIR. Mitchell il a resident Of Philadelphia.
Mr.. Clement Shorter. travelling about
in Germany with the English journalists
who have had a great meeting there. finds
that the melody which 10 sung here az
America" and in British Dominions 70
God Save the King" is the national air
OF Denmark and OF Prussia and is Jung
Will national significance and much fervor
in many places in Germany. No one has
been able TO find an authorship OF this
national song earlier than that Of Henry
Carey. although IL Is admitted to be an
adaptation OF certain earlier tunes. God
ave the King" was first sung at a dinner
in l7sO to celebrate the taking Of Portobello
by Admiral Vernon The earlier claim
on behalf of DR.. John Bull, an English exile
Of Antwerp in the reign Of James l.. is said
10 be un~warranted
Two new English books which will no
doubt find their way to America deal with
opposite sides Of the old question which
has furnished so many situations 10 the
novelist. Mr.. Arthur Beckett's A" Emsnci-
patton is a special plea for woman's free
dom freedom from social bonds. freedom
in her choice of lovers. freedom from the
obligation TO enchain herself in matrimony.
Miss Meta Syrett's new novel, THE Child
of Promise. = is a revolt against rebellion and
a plea for conventionality and restraint.
Brought no in an isolated community Of
free unions" the heroine revolts against
her freedom. Brought in contact with the
world she becomes a champion Of the doc
trines from which she had rebelled.
Now that Spain has become the happy
hunting ground Of the tourist books on the
subject are Of special interest. Among
those recently brought out in England Ia
The Fscorial," by Albert F. Calvert, which
gives a full historical and descriptive
account Of the royal palace n monastery,
the rems rkable monument NJ Philip ii. Of
Spain. We feel" the author writes, that
the very stories Of the building reveal the
nature Of Philip, the king who would he a
saint, the ambitious patriot who longed for
power and vivid life and yet realized that
the placid existence in the cloister ia more
excellent than the fevered life of courts"
An interesting and a novel new book ia
the dictionary Of Dickens, to he issued.
The work is being compiled by Mr.. A. J.
Philip and will contain the whole Of the
characters and the scenes of the novels
arranged in alphabetical order. The char
scteristics Of the PLACES and the people
will be described by quotations from the
works themselves.
The Duke Of Orleans is collecting and
will publish the principal political writings
and Speeches made by the Count de Cham
hord. the Count Of Paris and himself. The
preface which he will contribute 10 the
volume will review the present political
situation in France.
The library Of the late y. X. nuysmans
is 70 he di stributed among his friends ac-
cording to the terms Of his will. The ammo
tated theological books are divided among
his two friends, his secretary and the Abb6
Fontaine. To his executor. NJ. Lucien
Descares. he has left that portion Of his
library which deals with the history Of
Paris. He stipula tes that nothing shall be
published Of his correspondence or literary
work except what is already inserted in
the books he has himself passed for press
and the three studies Of Paris churches,
which are 10 appear next season.
The Malone Society in England has for
its object the reprinting Of old plays and
illustrative documents, mostly Of the Tudor
The plays 20 far reproduced include
"Johan the Evangelist" and the interlude
Of Wealth and Health. printed from copies
discovered in Ireland; The Battle Of Al
c%azar." which follows the Bodleian copy.
and Greene's Orlando. reprinted from the
British Museum copy Of 1894. The four vol
umes have been prepared by Mr.. w. w. !
Greg and submitted TO Messrs. Arundel
Esdaile. Percy Simpson. Frank Sidgwick
and Robert Mckerrow. |
A new picture Of the ever fascinating Gus |
toms and manners Of the Creoles of Louisi-
ana will he presented by Edward Childs
Carpenter in his forthcoming novel The
Code of Victor Jallot." The Creoles. who
are the white descendants Of the French
and Spanish colonists, have supplied several
Governors to the State of Louisiana and
have distinguished themselves in Congress
in the various professions and in litera-
ture. Mr.. Carpenter may be remembered
as the author of Captain Courtsy,' a ro-
OF old California.
The sale of Mrs. Craigie's library may be
HOinetilhS Vi u sOclety event, LOT
John Oliver Hobbes was very popular and
had many friends in the fashionable world
who will value a souvenir of her brilliant
personality. To be literary is to be modish
England at present. Each Of the leading
has her book plate and her ~favorite
Many ladies' introduce into these
plates not only whatever happens to
~ their favorite musical instrument but also
heir pet dogs into the drawing. Books,
beautifully bound and if possible distin-
by being either first editions or
ssued from some special press. have become
he wedding gifts presented by some states
men, Mr.. Balfour, Mr.. Haldane and Mr..
Birrell rarely giving anything else.
OF SORE HORSES NiBBED.