New-York tribune., 1908-04-01
Literary NesUs and Criticism.

pointed you commiSSdfre fn rot on purpose 10
hsteh 10 my play. 1t is your duty TO
hsten 10 my play-you shall hear my play"
There are. Of course. in the Memoirs" many
echoes of the Napoleonic era. Dumas knew the
great surgeon Larrey and describes him as re-
latlnG quaint anecdotes about the ignorance of
son1c Of the Euperor's splendid leaders Larrey
once asked Augereau to dine with him pronlis-
ing to show him a mummy brought back from
Egypt After dinner they went into the study
10 see the curio. He went to the box opened
II. and revealed the mummy. Then Augereau
approached and touched il with his finger. 4
declare. he exclaimed contenlptuously, 1T is
dead" With odds and ends OF this sort the
Memoirs are so filed that they do not con-
tain single dull Page, It is good 70 have them
in Mr.. Walters vivacious translation. we'll
printed. and published in convenient form.
The same publishers by The way. have just
completed the edition IN four volumes OF
the Grimes Celebres~ OF Dumas The third
and fourth volumes now before US. treat Of the
AIarQuise Of BrinviIliers. the murder of the Mar
qUise de Ganges. the execution OF Mary Queen
Of Scots. the life OF Ali Pacha, and divers other
dramatic themes In some instances the chap
tors ara due TO collaborators. but this curious
work is marked nearly always by the pctu-
resqueness and warmth of color which Dumas
alone knew how 70 bring to the romantic re-
handling Of history. Il admirable idea
70 bring out these volumes in a style uniform
with that chosen for the Memoirs"
A correspondent Of The Tribune writes in
reference 10 the exception taken by Notes and /
Queries" 70 Kipling's use OF the word Plea
room in The Last Chanty." May I take the /
liberty Of calling 70 your notice that during the
seventeenth and carly eighteenth centuries this
word was repeatedly used in English maritime
ba --Iy-
enemy. usually Spanish, although Pepys in his
Diary applies It at least once to q Dutch vessel?
\ Suaniard would probably never have called
his snip 'picaroon.- hut TO the English seaman
the word meant much. while Of rigadoon he
most likely had never heard"
oufda. it IS recorded by NIr- Z; H Cooper was
onr,- sixteen or seventeen when a story Of hers
was accepted by 4 ma agazine- Mr. Cooper adds |
lade-loIseIIe lie Ia Ramee-the de la was.
,c ,S 10 " ne +. Tame of her father Who vas plain
Louis Rarnse-decljned resolutely. however - J
personal sketches Of famous folk NJ
Raree was apparently an educated man: during
his daughters daily walks with him in ParlS ne
talked mathematics to her steadily. bur FANNY
friend hints 70 me that he may have gampie9
lorneEvrat freely. and that as a result Louise and
her mother were not veil OF WIEN they same same
gambling hollis was certainly extensive II some
Tie yoang lady and her mother passed, how
ever. some very pleasant Years IN London IN ne
$.
->lg2ar1 ana l-ao2 .'" ,eraa0- T3aIGantire
rzyio- M1Ele Me-Elle sra-le% and
cousin Of Hamilton Aide. at whose house IN
george Lawrence ,"CiuT Livtngstonei who had
Just come with rush into PUBIC nouce aho
who exercised great and lasting and most IN un-
fortunate influence on the Young writer lie was,
0F course. The legitimate successor Of The am
ly Herald stories Win W[lcn s had sPe& Pe.4@j ,e
-oy.tn7 r,,1'G%< o. 1-E tSa end ef
,he 6o-s. and tie new novelist was very famous
and wealthy young person by that time, much
= .-zFf al 81 tn -1 1ef D.
lions ar the LanEham Hotel Then in the early
-esr Sr9-aS - stories about her wonderful fash
ion of living The stories are all common prop
7f this adv taking her daily drive through the
streets in an orange coiored dress WIN a man nan
tia Of black lace. her carriage lined with tuT, @
,ouId exaggerate the absurdity-
DR.. Newman Sn1yth's new book entitled Pass
ng Professionalism and Coming Catholicism has
lIst been published by the Scribners His con-
fusion IS that the difficulties in the way Of
possible future union Of the Protestants and
Roman Catholics into united Christian
,hurCh are not insuperable that they are grad
rally being overcome in the natural process Of
he growth OF thought among men OF both
,hurches. and that one United Christian Catholic
-hurch Is 70 be hoped for and confidently ex-
1eCJe6.
"Preudes and Romances" IS the title Of
forthcoming volume Of verse by F. W. Bour-
suIon who is known chiefly as the author Of
light lines beginning The night has thousand
yes" The book Is framed upon an odd device
The romances which are related by poet 10 Il
y-oup Of holiday making friends are supposed 70
- taken from q raedHvaI manuscript written
9y worldly minded monk Over this produc-
ion vas written a theological treatise by an
ther hand but in time the poor ink OF the latter
AIDED and the stronger ink OF the rornances re-
ppeared-
In Z review Of Lord Crorer's just published
work the critic Of the London Spectator recalls
story of the earlier occupation Of Egypt-a
tory illustrating belief that what the Eastern
0oks for above all things in government is
trength and stability
An English official found himself in difficulty
With reCalcirranr TurCo- Egyptian official Of the
Id school who showed strong dislike Of the new
kzire. and did AL he could 10 tnwart il The
-nEIiS man, unwilling 10 be harsh. put or
ong he could recourse 70 an absolute com
7and. for nomlrally he only adviser. At
81 became SXaSDeraref beTO1Q n