The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-01
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has illustrated Mr.. Loftie's now book. The
Colour Of London. Historic. Personal and
Local." has contributed q unique chapter
to the book. in which he aays: Il am a
great admirer Of English ladies'. To me
those wilIowy figures seem more graceful
than the first crescent moon, while those
we'll built figures seem more elegant than
peony flowers. Their complexion repre-
SCENTS their own national flower, the rose.
either in white or pink. The cherry blossom
would be too shy to appear before their COM
plexions. These golden hairs are fairer
than chrysanthemum flowers. and the con-
trast OF the dark hair with the milky white
compilations is more beautiful thar the
pear blossom on q moonlight night. while
no flowers Upon this world could match
with the chocolate hair. Indeed, London is
the most beautiful living garden in every
season."
IL IL difficult to believe that the author
Of the novel Mother, which he wrote 10
America and which is being accepted as
a work OF spiritual purity, can be the same
Maxim Gorky who was not long ago turned
out OF the hotels as an undesirable person.
According to all testimony his so-called
deserted wife had already remarked sc-
cording TO Russian custom. and Gorky's
companion in america would be recognized
as his legal wife in Russia. American
public opinion has its wi way Of regulating
affairs. Gorky the man was rejected. but
Gorky the writer is accepted and restored
to favor.
Remember that in this country vice is
immaterial, but ridicule is fatal" the Due
de Coligny observed to his daughters on the
day they we're presented at court, az one
readsin the" Memoirs of Madame de Boigue."
NJ. de ~Chavannes, Of high birth, handsome,
young, rich and popular, in making his
first appearance was 40 clumsy as to fall
down while dancing at one of the Queens
balls and was so taotless as to cry Jesus
Maria" as he fell. The designation chung
TO him permanently. He volunteered
for the American wars and distinguished
himself in action, but he came back Jesus
Maria as he went out.
Mr.. ". p. Dodge, the author Of The
Real Sir Richard Burton dedicates his
work 10 President Roosevelt. The author
is OF the Middle Temple. a barrister and an
+. r. S. s., who treats the well known events
OF -Ruffian Dicks" life, his ~escapades, his
romantic marriage, the intrigues and scan
dals Of which he was the victim, with a
matter OF fact hardness not altogether
satisfactory 10 lovers Of the picturesque
and legendary.
For the sumptuous edition OF Christ abel"
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. book lovers
are indebted to the ROYAL Society of Litera-
ture of which in 1925 Coleridge was nomi-
mated a life associate-and 10 his grand
children Edith md Ernest Hartley Colerdge.
The contents include a Photographic fac
sinlile of a copy OF -Chrisiabel' made by
the poet for Sarah Hutchinson in 1900.
The MS. a valuable heirloom, has been
lentby Miss Edith C~oleridge. -Christa bel"
the editor writes in his introduction, lis
not only a fragment, il is q sequence of
fragments composed at different times
and in different places " " and marks
a slip in the bold experiment to which
Wordsworth and Coleridge had recently
pledged themselves-to rouse the sleeping
Muse Of Poetry and TO put n new song in
her mouth. Wordsworth was to take
subjects of ordinary workaday life, while
Coleridge was allotted the supernatural to
present with dramatic truth
There is nothing 10 see in France
wrote Shelley th~ree-quarters Of a century
ago, and apparently most folks are OF the
same opinion to-day writes Miss Betham-
Edwards in her Literary Rambles in
France" IL 10 in the footsteps Of Frances
great literary sons that the author leads
her readers in the new volume-to the low
lying banks Of the Seine at Croisset from
| which Flaubert watched the swind-tossed
| trees" to Saumur, home OF Eugene Gran
det"; TO Guerande. scene OF -Beatrix," and
! Limoges and ~Angouleme. on the track Of
!, Balzac. TO Lons-le Saulnier, where was born
the young engineer who wrote -The Mar
seillaise," and 20 Nahant and the Valley OF
the Creuse. the last twoi in the footsteps of
George Sand
A book on the court life Of the Second
French Empire is coming out written by
an author who does not wish to disclose his
real name because what he has TO say is
largely based on personal experience. He
has therefore assumed the name Of lie
Petit Homme Rouge" or The Little Red
Man. as people called a spirit who was long
supposed 10 haunt the Tuileries Palace. The
book is entitled The Court Of the Tuileries-
and il a comprehensive survey OF the life
and incidents Of the court between 1852
and 1870.
Mr.. J. Fl. Sears, writing Of English books,
says that the mass of English novels
to-day ara frank treatments Of sexual
matters. with their subject frequently their
| only excuse for being Among the many
Of the kind. Mr.. Sears found a leading one
that was nothing more or less than a recon-
mendstion OF the best way to be had. There
il little else h such novels 10 he found.
They are the standard kind. English life
has so grown away from its better tradi-
tions that it has changed its fiction"
The lady who writes under the name OF
George PASTOR Miss f. M. Symonds,
has discovered among the manuscripts
in the possession Of Lord Harrowby at
Sandon a number Of letters by Lady Mary
Montagu and her husband, which she has
included in the new biography Of that
famous parsonage recently published. Il