The sun., 1908-12-19

sCaihedfals calondirS have cbarinine
colossd views Of fEnglish scenoA. different
from those Of last year. Thp sCAntsr-
bury calendar has oolorod Illustrations
from the Canterbury Tales By Walter
Appleton Clark. and the "old Testament
calendar dozen pictures BY E. Roecoe
Schrsdsr and Herbert Meose. which are
ambitious but hardly religious In char
acter. ..
OF an entirely different character b the
Lincoln Story Calendar which the
Biddls Press Of Philadelphia has pre-
pared for the centennial anniversary.
J This consists Of sheets. one for each weel!
In the year. containing sayings Of or ansc-
dotes about Abraham Lincoln. taken from
various sources. hut chiefly from Mr..
Wayne Wbipple's STORY Life Of Lincoln.
! The mechanism Is such that the whole
calendar may he preserved after fulfilling
its practical purpose.
. Literature. ~
Quantity the reader gets. at any rate.
in MT. William Stanley 2saitk-ai.s'=
anthologies OF which Tho Book of
Georgian Verse" (Brentano's) 10 the third
in sequence The adjective Georgian
Is Of some convenience in history or art;
its introduction into literature seems only
justified by the editors needs. He has
planned four volumes and 20 uses Pro-
crustean methods This selection begins
with Gray and Collins and includes not
only Byron and Shelley but Landor and
Wordsworth. Itoontains nearly 100 separ-
ote poems. some Of great length. in over
1 800 pages. yet makes a pretty, handy
little volume that might almost fit the
pocket. owing TO the aid Of clear print
and thin paper. There is much that the
reader could spare in this, for instance
the poetry Of Samuel johnson and Henry
Fielding II the whole OF Blair's The
Grave why not all OF one Of Scott 8
epics? However. a great deal OF verse
that it is not always easy to find is in
| cluded here, and as the good is in with the
mediocre the reader Of Discrimination
will find it. The editor seems partial TO
Scottish verse. o..
II is a charming collection OF American
letters that Prof. Elizabeth Deering
Hanscom has made in The Friendly
Craft (Macmillans). Letters are not the
most enticing form OF reading as a rule,
unless there is interest in the person or
the subject. but DR.. Hanscom's grouping
according to subjects is ingenious. the
people who write are all well known
ranging from Judge Sewall and Increase
Mather to T. B. Aldrich and Z. l.. Godkin.
and the letters or extracts from letters
are always bright. The editor has cer-
tainly made the best Of her materials.
To the Shakespeare Classics edited
by Prof. l. Gollanoz, has been added
The Tanning Of Shrew." the original Of
Shakespeare's play. from the edition Of
1904. edited with an introduction by F. s.
Boas (Chatto and Windus; Dufield and
Company. The introduction gives all
requisite information about the play; the
editor does not pronounce himself regard
ing the authorship, but presents the
theories and. in the appendix. passages
that may guide the reader.
To the 'Old Spelling Shakespeare Dr.
F. J. Furnivall's edition of As You Like
It is added (Chatto and Windus: Dufleld
and Company. The brief introduction
and the notes are by Prof. r. W. Clarke.
The text is that Of the Folio Of 1923. with
the variants OF the Second Folio in the
foot notes.
The defnitive edition Of the Writings
Of James Madison prepared by DR.. Gail
lard Hunt has reached the eighth volume
(G. p. Putnam's Sons). The years in
cluded are 1e0s-l9 within which fall
the two terms of his Presidency. II is
curious to note that the inaugural ad-
dresses delivered in unusually troubled
times for the country are OF about 1000
words in 1903 and Of 200 words in 1919
1t is an excellent idea 10 publish in a
single volume selections from the writ
ings OF George Washington, as has been
done by Prof. Lawrence B. Evans OF
Tufts College &c. P. Putnam's Sonsl.
The letters and papers are mainly those
OF political importance; they are arranged
according to topics. which do not disturb
the chronological order materially. The
editor has prefixed a useful introduction
and notes.