New-York tribune., 1908-02-22

! that at the annual Court Leet held in the town
hall at Acester last month the present High
| Railiff reported interesting discovery The
first Court Leet was held in Alcester in 1888
| and on examination of the records he tound
| that in 1890 the High Bailif was Thomas Shake
speare. and an examination of his will showed
that there was no doubt that he was an uncle
| of the immortal bard
One of the rarities of nineteenth century hl-
erature Is a complete set of The Germ, the
| little pref -Raphaelite magazine started by the
| budding poet Dante Gabriel Rossetd as a Vehl-
Gle for Introducing his writings to the public
and for diffusing the art principles OF the
brotherhood. Only four numbers were printed
numbers largely made up from the work OF
| the Rossettfs-and then the periodical came TO
| its end leaving the projectors In depl 10 th0
publishers. One of these rare and now very
valuable complete sets is to be seen in the estap-
nshment of the Scribners. 1t is in perfect con-
dtion.
4 story about "Ouida" which Edmund Yates
| ,sed +o fell refers to the days when she had
| begun to print magazine tales These hau at
t-acrad the editorial interest Of Yates. ana ne
,-ant ont to the old suburban house where the
voung writer was then living with her mo'her' 10
| secure contributions from her;
+ was an introduction which most beginner. beg .s OF
those days sbe oh1 cared she told F. Y in fewer
words to write for the coInnlsSloeuI u erf,IIIv
Service So II was that she wrote so wonuerIuiIy NY
Of them ana IN II honsebod he Brigade he was in the
Puf him II IN cIsr the and made seraphic ending
churchan The irony Of it vas t6s tht whe Tead
her least. and that it was quite another class OF
person who made 'Ouidas" literary fortune
! new book on French eighteenth century
/ prints is to be brought out next autumn the
author being Ralph Nevill 1t is to be richiy
! Illustrated
pafaranca was made In The Tribune the other
! dav TO the Manual of American Literature
rrenared by certain professors of the Enghsh
department at Cornell, and edited by MT Iheo-
dore Stanton. Our note stated that the pooA
would form part of that invaluable coilecuoh
| nuhlished by Tauchnitz at Leipsic. we nave
since learned that the book will also be brought
out in the United States, G. P. Putnams sons
| being the publishers
| The ,John Lane Company is issuing short
| Illustrated biography of Claude Debussy, whose
| .PelIeas and Melisande" is now attracting SO
| much attention az the Manhattan opera house'
| Mrs Franz Liebich is the author OF the pooA
which appears in the useful series OF LNlis
| Masters Of Music" She includes chronological
| list of the composers works ana mentions Sc
| eral that are now in preparation. The frontis-
Is
| busy by Jacques Blanche
| Mr. Eden Phillpotts has returned TO the Iishtef
bun1or of his Human Boy and viii soon prlhs
| ont another group of stories under the title OF
| The Human Boy Again
! An edition Of .Bradford's History of Plymouth
| plan+ation 1906 1916" is to be added to the
| Scrfrner series of Original Narratives OF Early
| American History" The edition has an intro
! duction and notes, map, and three fac-simile
! ranroductions It has been edited by the hon
w. T Davis Of Plymouth. Governor BradfordS
rrosa was always plain and vigorous, not marked
| nv what he called new -fangledneSs' nor en-
livened by too secular graces- As for his poetry
! behold:
| In fears and wants. through veal and woe,
pilgrim passed TO and fro;
OF left of them whom ! did & trust
! q man Of sorrows I have been,
And many changes have seen
A book which will appeal TO the collectors of
| works dealing with Napoleon and his career has
/ lust appeared in Paris. This is the Memories
/ du Baron Fain, Premier Secretaire du Cabinet de
lFmpereur." edited by his grandson An Eng
lfsh book which is the verge of publication
is Mr.. w ] Roberts's THE Love Story of EN-
( press Josephine
Miss Frances Powell, who published some
/ the entertaining n1eIoufaIndtiC HoNSi
| called THE House the Hudson has written
3 naw story dealing with love and adventure
! The Scribners will bring it out soon under the
/ titIa of "Old MI Davenant's Money: A Romance
of Long Island
| series of the Astrological sort which is
coming out in London bears the title of The.
! Art and Letters Library 1t is intended TO
deal with the various artistic periods as far as
! possible in the words of contemporary authors.
/ Two volumes on Italian artists have just been
| published. ard these to be followed by
! Stories OF the Flemish and Dutch Artists, from
! the Time Of the Van Eycks to the End OF the
Seventeenth Century" and by Stories of the
English Artists from Thornhill to Turner The
! series il is stated, will also include various
works Of literature which have artistic coun-
! 1erpart.
There is in d recently published book of gos
! sip, "A Family Chronicle" a story about the
fearful and wonderful Lady Holland which is
/ comparatively unhackneyed:
She was at Lord Radnors and they could
get ria OF her Lord Radnor thought of unrootng
the house. but tried first what prayers Of a sun
d dey evening would DO she was highly pleased
knew they loneed get rid OF herJ and said she
would 20 down, for prayers whether size was III
. downstairs and wrapped herself up in cioaks. etc.
In the midst she called out for more cloaks, which
were brought her When she went up |" the draw
ing aga In, she said 10 ora KadnoT ne nav
ing nuished with the Lords Prayer. Il liked that
very much. that last prayer you read. | approve
! Of tit is very nice one-pray whose Is II?
| imagine why people should bear her impertinenee-
In this same volume is the story of the meet