The Washington herald., 1907-05-19

By sucking yen. the wise like bees Do grow
Healing and rich. though this they do most slow
Because most ch0icely. for ss great a store
Have we If books as bees Of herbs or more:
And the greu. task 10 tn. then know. the good
TO discern. weed and Judge Of wholesome food
Is q rare scant performance.
Henry Vaughan to his books.
In all the talk there was recently about
the two-hundredth anniversary Of the
birth Of Henry Fielding. scarce a word was
said about the last resting place of the
father Of the English novel" As a mat
ter OF fact the author of tom Jones
lies buried amid the cypress trees Of the
English cemetery of Lisbon, where he
died. Not long after his death a tomb
was erected to mark the spot-a memorial
which an English visitor in l112 found
nearly concealed by weeds and nettles.
In 1880 through the eXertions Of the gem
tleman who was then British chaplain
al Lisbon. q large sarcOphagus was sub
stituted for the ill-kept tomb and this
was repaired about thirty years ago. and
the inscriptions. Il long one in Latin on
the front and on the back the words,
"Luget Britannia gTemiO non dari foyere
uatum.' were carefully restored.
In his bible in Spain, Borrow tells us
that he visited and reverently Kissed the
cold tomb-of the author Of America,
the most singular genius which this island
ever produced. whose works it has long
been the fashion to abuse in public and
TO read in secret" In 1853 Tennyson. then
on a visit 10 Lisbon, attempted TO find the
tomb. but could ind no one to let him
into the cemetery. in which il may be
noted another noted Philip
Doddridge-lies buried.
Mr.. Charles Menmuir i'm an essay in
the Westminster Review. calls attcn-
tion 10 the fact that the birth of George
Buchanan four hundred years ago prac-
tically conceded with the spread of hui
manism outside Of the confines Of Italy
into that larger arena within which it
was n lelveulug influence throughout the
sixteenth century. Buchanan died only
twenty years before the Union of the
Crowns. which may be broadly considered
as the termination Of this epoch I'm the
history cf the humanistic movement so
far as England and Scotland were con-
cerued Iu his birth and his death as a
huwauist hs was fortunate. siTfce il is
given tp few tO share I'm the promise and
also % enjoy the fulfIlment, 10 fu a
great place iu the brunt Of battle. and iu
Old age 90 lly down their arms with the
ideals and ambitions Of a long lifetime
well ius-Idod-ft reward for one who first.
last midst. and without end, honored
truth AS he knew It,. hy use.
The record FOR book popularity at the
Public Library during the week just
passed shows that i'm n1nfction the call
was for Titchonav's outlines OF Psy-
chol1Ey." and Beusou's From a College
Window" Tn fiction. Lucas Malets The
Far Horizon" and Meredith Nicholson S
The Port Of Missing Men, had the
largest call, and among the Juveniles.
'L8uEs Orange Fairy Book" and the
Arabian Nights" we're most in demand
Echoes Of NaiUand's Life Of Leslie
Stephen still continue to be heard in the
magaz zines, the latest being an article by
G. W Prothcro in the Nineteenth Century
Most of the paper is in the nature of an
extended review. going over the subject
matter of the book with proper comment
but there are more personal notes here
and there. showing the writer's intimacy
with the critic one Of the closing para
graphs gives q particularly happy picture
of Stephens life as Il whole:
As age and mfmity came upon him. his charac
tsr seemed 90 mellow. Instead If becoming m1r'
gIz'r under Affections as is the case wHh iguoh'
suil= be hreme. without losing ans particle o.
moral gr u'..rerm' fnIca softer and Eer-ler. and
when death was ar hand calmer and more resigned
Ha knew wen that the end was near What
think. De wr1ra 90 Mr. Maitland Is that I an
CIUs t1 the last EiEzag. every step viii DE- down
LiI. and. with an w'rvg-ttah'a expression ON hl
face Dr. usej The same phrase u conversation viii
another friend The last ziUaE. what a world o
meaning and Association is there The hiil 0f life
Up wb5aI lgo l8bG1GIsiy and slowly tolls. d0vI
which ono slides with such .minus ease was al
tu- crossed And what memories # happy Alpin
days must fhe phrase have stirred I'm his mind, Th
mist dawn the clearing PEAKS flushed by the risiri
sum- the 'ne and steady toll. upwards and upwards
the r-u-sa ~ the top the welcome reTast. the sti
more welcome pipe uUier rl-udlsss hluehlacs sky
then tia descent. tl7 thrilling C'I5s7de the rCilz1m
Urulne. tl- grass slopes with their rhaets and -nk
ling herds the pine wood ryhsli1g thCir delic0U
glrs iu The warmth n 'hs evening sun. 'he lon
81 1v path winding ever down until the last 7iEza
Is reached and below. c7 the shades deepen tGUau
night. the final resting place comes into UeU.
a movement toward an advance in the
price Of novels has been started by Henry
Holt d. Co.. who on the 25,h Of May vii
publish Alice for Short" at the excep
tionsl price of SL75. They are emboldeneS
and justified I'm taking the step, they lold
by the increased price in the cost of man
ufacturiug books. 10y the length of this
particular storv-It extends to 10000 words
and especially because they believe tina
there should be a closer relation betweer
the price and the quality of fiction. "Alic'
for Short" is tho work of William de Nor
gan, whose Joseph Vance. recently pub
Hshed by the same house. is a novel o
exceptional Importance. and its fourtl
edition. now I'm press, viii be listed a
the same price as its successor.
"A Short History Of Medieval People
from the Dawn of the Christian Era t.
the FAN Of C0nstantiuo3le" by Robinson
Souttar. has just been brought out on thi
side of the water. 1t is a clear an,
accurate summary of events from tn,
reign of Augustus 10 the fall Of IN,
Eastern Empire, written in a straight
forward and interesting way. and touch
ing on an the important matters, withou
cUmbering the narrative with details
The book is supplied with maps and pre-
sents clear account Of a confused bu
highly interesting and exceedingly Pictur
esquc period Of history.
During the present month will be pub
ushed "The Miltants. Some Stories O
Parsons. Soldiers. and Other Fighters il
the World. by Mary Raymond Shipmar
Andrews, the author of The Perfec
Tribute" Another volume in the serie
of Original Narratives Of Early American
History" dealing with the voyages O
Samuel de Chgmplain, will also appea