New-York tribune., 1907-08-25

tribution to Dickensiana in a letter to The
Athen@um." Abiding to the Pickwick exhibit
| ton which has recently been attracting much
| attention in London, he says:
| l venture to think the following items L have
all lovers of Charles Dickens the more as it is
wholly Impossible for him, or for any any one one con con
In September. 17l6. the Dean and Chapter in their
ed Pickwick Manor, Co Willis. In 1880 they or
another progress took with them '-Mr; WinGkles
one Of the Ghrter & seTyamts m coins In l0S IN M Wf
15So-o they granted leases to Samuel Weller OF
Among Abbey grants of land is one temp. Edward
II, from BILL Skies" under the Latinized form
of "Willelmus dictus Sykes ana IN another paper
Mark Coe.' which ne adopted for himself when he
Eden. RsSaI"e partner with young '''" 0"uNAs"'' IN
| Doubleday, Page & Co announce a book
| The Passing of Korea by Homer b. Hubert
| 1t surveys the entire history of the land. carry
ing the story down to the present time and in
| the concluding chapter the author gives ms
! ideas on The Future of Korea
| A quaint competition has lately been going
forward in The Westminster Gaaette.' That
London paper offered prize of $50 for the best
| essay the question as to what would nave
happened if Napoleon had won the day at Wa
! eroo, and persuaded Mr.. Herbert Fisher,
author of Studies in Napoleonic Statesman
shi:,' to act as judge The prize was won by
| Gir. George Macaulay Treveyan, one of the
Younger writers in the field of history, who has
| already put some admirable work to his credit
| In Tolstoy's novel called Resurrection there
| is a character drawn, with anything but sym
| pathy, from the late DR.. Frederick William
| Baedeker, 2 cousin of the guide book Baedeker'
| in the prisons of Russia A book about this
| good man has lately been written by Mr. X ;.
! I4atimer. OF course it contains references 20
| Tostoy, and among them is this description or
| a talk that DR. Baedeker had with the noVeilst
| in Moscow:
o + y%qr he ospe Go oq chr f' in Ru
sian PRISONS he replied. There ought not to be
9hS IS n in he 8dd there fhs % 6e
the quiet rejondGr of the evangelis There ought
| Il that if people were properly taught sin
E0r Foq anf%er tSe Dr. Baedeker quoted Luke x q and
THAT is a parable Of the soul Of man and the
counts for sin Whsre h is tha5 o iPGg5Tsd the he
| replied
| While we are speaking of the name Of
Baedeker, may note that the ScrihnerS have
lust imported the fifth edition of Kari Baedeker's
the twenty-second edition of his 'SW1tZeriahd'
which also treats Of the adjacent portions or
Italy Savoy and the TyroL 1t is late IN the
cay to overhaul any volume of Baedeker 1t IS
always Irl:pt ccable and always as fascinating as
novel
Marshall p Wilder the humorst, is bringing
out a book through the Funk Nagnahs
Company He calls II Smiling Round the
World
As we noted the other day new biography
Of Richard Jeffcries the English naturalist and
essavist is in preparation. Meanwhile. I. Y:
CroWell &, co. bringing out new editions OK
his Nature Near London The open AIR aIo
The Life of the Fields" The introductlOnS WIZ
be written by Thomas Coke Watkins.
Some time ago Mrs. GustaVus W. Hamilton
rendered a valuable service to students in trans
Iatinl, into English the History of the City or
Rome. in the Middle Ages of Ferdinand Gre
goroyius. She is now engaged in transiatlhg
from tho second German edition the Roman
journals Of thu same historian. These are
said by the editor. Friedrich Althars. to CON
stitute an interesting contribution to the bog-
raphy of a distinguished author and man. and
bring vividy before the reader a picture 81 the
authors time drawn under the immediate I'M
nrcSsion of historical evcnts-the great epoch OF
the modern transformation of Rome ana Italy
of which from 1852 until 1871. he was an eye
witness" Mrs Hamilton's translation VIII be
published in this country by the MacfniilhfS
some time during the coming season
Collectors Of mczzotints owe debt 10 MI.
| Alfred Whitman of the British Museum. FOR ms
| admirable monographs on Cousins ana : W.
REYNOLDS They Will be glad 10 hear that he ~
on Charles Turner AS in the earlier volumes.
the biographical matter will be followed by
catalogue.
Mr. NJ r. Solon. who has done such cNctilrnt
| work in the field of ceramics, both as an ARTIST
and as "A writer has in press new Noium"
which will be eagerly welcomed by all who arc
interested in this subject. 1t is "Th" History
and Description of Italian Majolic;-' The Illus
| trationS Will consist Of tWenty-foHr CoIortd
plates and many halftoncs The Casscls will