The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-21
THE WORLD OF BOOKS
BY HECTOR FULLER
By HECTOR FULLER.

TO take. "The father of the English nov
ell" Sir Walter Scott called him, and
Thackeray frankly owned TO The enor-
nous debt he owed Fielding.
The record of popularity OF books at
the Public Library for the week just past
shows that IN nonhetion the most called
for volumes were '.Thc Upton Letters"
and From a College Window" both by
A. C. Benson, In fiction the call was for
Edith WhaTt0n's -Madame dc Treymes'
and Meredith Nicholson's Port Of Miss
ing Men, while the juveniles stil cling
with unwavering fidelity TO andrew
Lang Orange Fairy Book, and the Red
Fairy Book.
Arthur Christopher Bensons beside
Still Waters" is announced Like all Mr..
Benson's books. the new volume deals less
with action and achievements than with
the caImer resources OF the life of medi
tation. Most of Mr.. Bensons books have
been published anonymously. and in this
form gained recognition. Two Of his
earlier books. THE House of Quiet and
''rhe Thread of Gold" recently repub
lished with prefaces by the author, have
received renewed attention The House
of quiet, from its first publication in 1901,
has been printed nine times, and THE
Thread of Gold has been printed five
times within year Mr. Benson also has
written a biography of TenHyson less gen
orally known. Oue-thiTd of the volume is 1
given zip to the events of Tennyson's life, 4
the rest is devoted 20 his personal char
acterstics his relations with Carlyle. /
Fitzgerald. Jowett. and others. and 20 a I
criticism and Interpretation of his work /
Noting the adverse criticisms which /
journals in this country have directed /
against those of our students who are
numbered among the Rhodes scholars at
oxford. well informed correspondent of !
the London Athenaeum remarks that the |
American students may be assured that +
ia the opinion of the college tutors there /
are not the slightest grounds for the /
charges made against them by the press /
of their own country. The writer says it /
may take those students q little longer /
time TO orientate themselves. but that
they have shown that they are thorough /
~ adaptable to their new environment.
The critics are again busy with their
scalpels, and this time 1t is with the
author Of "Wuthering Heights An
drew Lang says. i'm his letter to the IL
lustrated London News;
"a critic in the Fortnightly Review at
tributes to Charlotte Bronte the TO-
nance of 'Wuthering Heights, though all
mankind, including Charlotte herself, have
E D.
author. 1t would be as sensible 10 at
tribute the frst ode OF Horace TO the
combined efforts Of ovid and his Julia. /
/ have read the most intimate letters of
/ Charlotte Bronte which BrOnte special
] lists never saw They did not confess the
! secret of 'Wuthering Heights.
/ IN a highly Mandatory review of ". d.
( Howells' Certain Delightful English
! Towns" the London Times says the
/ pages of that volume weave chain as
/ fast as it is fragile between the heart Of
/ one American at least and the hearts of
an the English who care to read what he
z says" The reviewer adds that few Eng
+ fish writers recall the language of Shake
E speare as constantly as Alr. HOWells. ii
Is as If this very book had been dipped in
Shakespeare-had come out with the
words sticking 10 it."
Good friend for Jesus sake forheare
To dig the dust enclosed here
Bleste be the man that spares these stones
AND cuTst be be that moves my bones.
This prayer has been granted so far as
/ the remains of one poet are concerned,
but the persons of the sons of his spirit
have been held fair game for the liter
AIRY anatomist, and this to the augmenta-
ton Of the bard's fame and the moral
and psychological illumination OF the
world IN general Among the most fruit
full of the clinics which the critical doe
tors have held these many years was
I that of Werder over Hamlet, late Prince
Of Denmark The results Of it were re-
Gently offered to the public in an Eng
lsh translation of Werders essay, by
Miss Elizabeth Wilder. This work has
deservedly received the careful attention
of Shakespearean scholars. i was intro
duced by Or. ". J. Rolfe. and published
by G. p Putnam's Sons. under the title
The Heart of Hamlets Mystery
Messrs. Henry Holt & Co. expect to
issue. within a few days Of the close OF
the Peace Congress in New York City
AS the Hague Ordains: Journal of a
) Russian Prisoners Wife in Japan" The
book gives a remarkably intimate inside
view Of persons and events in the late
war: in fact, so intimate a view that the
author declines to reveal his identity.
Sarah Orne Jewett has recently re
celved a legacy Of s20,00G from Mrs. Susan
{ B. Cabot Miss Jewett was born in Maine
in the middle Of the last century, edu-
Gated at Berwick Academy, and holds the
degree Of Lift D., Of Bowdoin College.
Her first book was published in 1871 and
she has been writing books and articles
, / for the magazines ever since. She has
also Travelled extensively in the United
States, in Canada, and in Europe. Miss
Jewett is a member of the Mayflower
Club in Boston, and of the Lyceum, in
London.
A new book by Israel Zangwll, "Ghet-
TO Tragedies, win be published late In
the spring A doubIy warm welcome
awaits it because Mr.. zangwill has been
modest in the quantity Of his productions
of late. II viii contain practically all
I the literary work Mr. ZangwiH has done
e for two years Simultaneously with its
publication VIII appear a new edition OF
S Ghetto Comedies"
AS result Of reading the article writ
+ ten by w. H. Wright, Strengthening
, Elks for Elks. - which appears in the cur
rent Worlds Work. President Roose-
welt has written personal letter Il
Philip Stuart. of the Denver branch OF
the Elks. requesting that the Elks cease
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