New-York tribune., 1907-06-01
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.

WHO Is no" In England with her SON and that
'le forthcoming volumes of the Pentland Edi-
'''i u 9leVehSons writings will, in consequence
contain more personal material than would
otherwise have been possible" ONLY ono co,,,
ment is possible for those who have kent abrao ST
OF the books published in the years that baya
| passed since Stevenson's death-"Ts there anv
more personal material connected with Steven
son Which has not been exploited already bv his
| family" - ms
Inc June number of The Book News Month
~ contains the usual vivacious items Of ,oiscor-
Idneous literary interest but special r,ror,fpa.,>a
Is given to articles on Kate Douglas Uiegin
| anu He' BOOKS. Mr.. H w. Mabe contributes
I" ii'lls crluque on the latter. in the course of
which he pays this just tribute to the storios 90
'nliu lie that have won for their author such
| wide popularity
III, In the happy pathetic world in which liIa-o,
PPsy qad work and have the joys ana 5aTSq sorynq
and passionate interest in cbiIren' 'i an mfr genuine
her books book sP9sy ara nae with them The little people in
They have none Of thai {"u@IniGl @ 2utomatons
ness which one sometimes sc ana in ser cf2nscious,
SSutr1E Sut parents They only intensely aii,,s
belongs to childhood hey do no sneak G5 'e ang Th%4 i
! they have the tborhtt.N ht.N CllaIeh speak and act.
the deeds II their years naturally and Iyit1,nC,t %
csed They work out their W&icaed ana cru-
tho III IalS ana buoyent logic of youths before
upon them They are CAV w-iffn,,t i1 Ti nave come
less, brave their challenge of the 6 !Id oFEnt f
peflenGe without being impertncnt bright and i'm
! mems mTGShsey entsrtainng without being precocious
,htnsy are always themselves and entirely free in
yneiT b lhdyidYaity and they ere sweet normal and
sll Who mink no picture OF life which IS not
pii out Of an simple emotions and ma
corruption any more than Peter Pan" is for those
IN ,b l''Er grown lin on Sardgu and now deep
hnoW That there is wisdom faith ana purity and
Worn cnc vii be ssa aT and "1a@@ 1rd5 m Of tn the word
bF beconF snT 2TgTT Of Pats and Timothy and re
children who have kept the heart Of a child
A gentle interlude in the life Of tvrant Is de-
scrihed in the London Spectator by &C G "
who is probably Mr. CunrLughame Graham The
| 'yrant was that extraordinary person, Dr JOSS
Gaspar Rodriguez Francia Dictator Of Para
quay. a ruler who succeeded to curious degree
IN iSolatinE his country from the rest OF tho
world and who did not allow anybody 10 nc
quirc wealth &C. c." remembers meeting M
Asuncon an old lady who had seen Eel supreme"
as a girl-"a relative Of hers had suffered at his
hands I'm the 'sala de Ia verdad' or hall Of truth
as he cyucally called the torture chamber which
adjoned his apartment. where from the ease OF
mis- couch he could hear the declarations wruuy
from his victims" Francia on one occasion
after a terrific storm, rode out to the cemetery
where the torrential rain had washed away the
earth. exposing some human remains. Through
for del cieo,' had sprung into being during the
wonderful fertility Of the tropical night"
Straightway did Francia. tyrant of sometimes
almost Incredible cruelty, improvise a verse
charming in the original Spanish and not bad in
{. G's rough transation
% flower that fair before me. bloomed,
At thy birth thou didst
Meet Death face to face.
To pluck thee seems wanton act
For to leave thee stil with Iite flower.
Is not TO leave thee less with Death.
In the entertaining article. Following the
Color Line" in the current number of THE
American Magazine" Mr.. Il. $. Baker tells Il
pleasant story Illustrative of the best of the old
fashioned relationships between the two races
of the South
There is in the family Of Or. J. s Todd, wen
known citizen Of Atlanta an old, old servant
long in the family in reality 9 is served as
much as he serves; During the riot last September
night So Miss Louise. the doctors daughter, took
Uncle Bg home 9'ge 81 6 }@ rdRds @2rS rect be WhGG
much alarmed that she should venture out In
a time of much danger.
What You doing out here this time of
SSW7hy.' she replied as if it were the most nat
ura answer I'm the world Il had TO take Uncle
Billy safely home
new book Of geneaogy by Sir Edmund
Bewley discusses, without much practical result.
the ancestry of Edgar Allan Poe. He carries
back the poets known lineage for another gen
eration but beyond the eighteenth century he
does not go. and does not, the other hand,
prove his contention that Poe's family was not
derivable from the Poes of the Elizabethan.
Stuart and Cromwelan times.
In a "CornhilI" paper on "A Great Darwinian
and His Friends" Mr., Leonard Huxley has some !
interesting notes that famous group of whose
members only three are left-Sir Joseph Hooker |
Alfred Russell Wallace and Lord Avebury. Apro-
pos of Hooker, he does not remember 10 tell us
that that distinguished man is descended from
the uncle Of "the judicous Hooker" 1t was |
that uncle who sent to the university the youth
who to become a great theoIogian Re |
minding that the records of science are full |
of adventure boldly sought. Mr. Huxley sets
down anew the story of the strange exploit of |
Miklucho Maclay:
Miklucho Maclay calmly landed on tho cannibal |
shores OF New Guinea bidding the Russian frgate
mic4 i n6u Prousht nm return in years time to
take MIN OF again-if he were not, Indeed, phys-
caIy incorporated with his too eager hosts But |
me happy enrontery OF his unannounced visit took
did not even kin the Man from the Moon" as |
they called him, this man with the white skin |
came near IT, He had let them infer that he was |
inVunerabie They tested his courage one day as |
within six inches OF his head. lie guessed their |
OBJECT. ana sat quietly reading till they left off |
pleased with his unconcem. 1t was touch and go |
came up to him with big spear is it really is
with this?" The man who bestetes is jost -
Try. said Mfklucho MaClay with a quiet smile |
The Papuan swung his, spear, poised It, faltered
n laugh. IT'S no good trying Who would ask for |
a spear thrust if 1T could hurt him?"