New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-06

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/ with which she carried herself ar 60 q
so. the world might long since bava' - 2's
her with scorn if she had not paid -ass
penalty for her sins while she Hvod 1afs1l
years of happiness were followed bv
period of cruel suffering Even a ~ "'a
fading of her beauty was ininnical IN &c
| fidelity. and when her enforced assoeia,s. ~s
the new favOrite drove her TO make - Fa
plant she made to feel how bo,ar'
her future. The situation is thus da,o-s
| He told her col by that he was too e.
ceive her any longer; that u was true thar 81 lei
Nine de MOntespan: but that neverfhsIa..a s ~ =
not ceased to feel for her very sincere s-ss< o.
that he was doing things for her witb Sea.sts frt
had every reason to be satisfed-thaf 80 8 -,
did not think she could desire more. and ss - e
was too intelligent not 70 be aware tbst "a III
of his type did not like to be under a. = e 80,
| restraint So hard and cold a rs,i ~ ~
definitely authoritative manner ova-sgss tul
Nine de la VaIiiere entirely She went sFnsss ,fr
ed Nothing could move the Kin -
mind was made UP. and he interr1rDfe5 bas q tns
CURLY that Il she wished 70 retain he . raj
she must ask nothing from him that h &c
give of his OWE free will oD
| ua
Her story is not long one. nor Is e.. -.
| incident She is not one Of the great go. IN,
courtesans- From the laughter ard r,bso- -,
a young maid Of honor to the sonnbrs ~ -
heavy garb Of nun she passes sxif,rv ssr
with little in her experience beyond Sto-- .sr
emotion NJ Lair relates her ephera-,r ~.
nance concisely. sympatheticaIly. and v,,s tar
ceIient good taste One great merit o. bf. -.
is it's freedom from unhealthy sentiment ias
I The lady who writes under the name ~ o. wo
TOPPER Hare is an adept at the cop,nos,,;.- the
popular books about court life. She bag am
some charming work In her latss, - hc'
Courts and Camps Of the Italian Rsr,,,..-- !
bor OF
is surprising. too. for the man she has a.. OF
for her central figure. BaIdassare Castig,i-. az
was Of the most engaging spirits a. aes
time. His youth in the circle OF the GOuz.,, D'a
Mantua. his later life at the court Of r-rsI Do
his intimacies with literary and artistic =. By
temporaries Of ernnence. and his exDerieus. se sec
a soldier and a diplomat. all combine TO "a
him a sinsUlarly picturesque and inters-, 7
type. We have. of course an iniuitable nm nh.
ment to his character. as well as to ths Brs
vronment in which he fourished in that Ia
sic of urbanity. The Book OF the Court rea
but nothing could be more desirable thzs ma
full length portrait Of the man. purely Tn,
sonaI study. to go with his masterpiece. Ch-ane
TOPPER Hare somehow fails to give Us rise.
what is desired. She sketches his career. opaaft
odds and ends from his corresponding. .-Vr
in the world But she does not body him t5,FEo
upon the printed page. she does not help Us doe
realize him as the cOmpanionable individual afirs
we know he must have been The broad stior
preston that she makes is dry, one Of ienthi<
not rendered interesting in themselves sssS
warmly fused together About a third Of asorl
space is given to an epitome OF the Correct
iano." This is useful. and so likewise, Il FRA
rather wooden way. is the biography. But aof
reader who first makes acquaintance with Cz2ie'
tieIione In this volume will do well to carry ton
investigations further. turning by preference I
his book itself. For this purpose may lena
mend Mr. Leonard Opdyke's admirably etEsou
.,,.,a+for Brs
| wri
| Castiglione's ideal of the perfect courter Eies
fairly well realized in the person OF Sir Waaow
Raleigh The romantic life Of that noble ECU
Iishman is very pleasantly set forth in NJ ma
SeIincourt's new book This biOgrapher srasla
saw that he has drawn his portrait freely Ssh
in bright colors- His pages on the England an
Elizabeth and James are not precisely weghroW
Neither for that matter. IS his study 4no
Raleigh But there is something winni-ld'
about his tone of admiration. and ne makes riof
most of those many outstanding events =
RaIeigh's career his introduction to the Our
his adventures as a soldier and traveller
literary enterprises. his trial and his execute
Wherever it is possible he makes use Of 3
hero's own words now the terse speech q
man of action, and now the gilded rhetoric
a courtier His marriage. the resentment it e
I aNath nd ha nyiSfn0Pn i