New-York tribune., 1908-07-04
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.

The John Lane Company announces speclaI
extra number of the International studio, Illus
trating Art in England During the Elizaoetnan
and stuart Periods" It will contain many
drawings in black and white and in colors, in
Guiding reproductions of sketches made by Will
lam Twopenny during the early part Of the last
century of houses which have since been de-
noIished The architectural details shown will
embrace chimneys, freplaces ceilings, and SO
on. and space will be given TO furniture and en-
broidery.
NJ Etfenne Moreau-Nelaton has Just published
in Paris the fruits of his Investigations into the
history of the CIouets and the Du Monster
brothers. the official portrait makers of the
French court. 1t is TO be hoped that his pages
will be put into English, for his subject is one
on which new light has long been desired by
art students.
The Rev. w A. B. Coolidge is publishing
very appropriately, considering the weather.
book on The Alps" In the first part he
traverses the political history of his subject, and
the story Of Alpine exploration past and pres
ent with separate chapters guides natural
history and the beauty Of the Alps at different
seasons of the year. In the second part of the
book the main divisions Of the Alps are specifi
cally treated under twenty groups
Readers who have soft spot in their hearts
for the picturesque literature of Spain will be
glad to hear that they are soon to have really
satisfactory translation of 'Lazarillo de Tor
mes" which is known in English, but not in
precisely consummate version. Sir Clements
Markham has been translatfng this classic from
the first Burgos edition. Doubtless in his intro
duction he will defnitively discuss the question
as 10 whether not the book was written by
Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoza. 'Lazarillo' Is
not a pretty book Mr. F. w Chandler, in his use
fuI little work on The Literature Of Roguery."
thus indicates it's driftt Its rogue jauntily re-
counts his rise through service with blind beg
oar = rniserlv priest a proud hidalgo in
drleence seller a busybody friar painter, a
chanlain. and an alguaz. TO the dignties of town
crier and cornplacent husband of an arch-priests
rois+ress Nevertheless this classic for It's in
+,,sic Qualities and for it's relation to literary
rnectes will always be valued by the literary
connoisseur.
Mark Pattison. the great man of Oxford. the
original Of Casaubon in "Middlemarch and the
husband of the brilliant woman who as MS
widow became Lady Dixie, was not handsome
person There is story IN the contemporary
Review which has amusing reference to TINS
fac, A certain eccentric oxford Fellow mar
riR
eonaee one day came Pattison and west TO ois-
cuss some expenditure which the ex-Felio" ana
his wife wished the college to undertake. rat
,ison stifHy refused, and just then the baby was
brought in. and being exhibited TO Pattison. De-
gan 70 cry The mother took the child ana
handled it, saying, Poor little thing was II
frightened then, at the nasty. great ugly man!
So the lady had her revenge
Students of Milton have known or iost por-
trait of the poet painted by Cornelis Jansen
and engraved by Cipriani. This portrait snow
ing Milton at the age of ten, was recently ols-
covered in the collection OF Mr.. Pasmore Ed
wards and has been placed in the exhibition at
Christ's College, Cambridge. organized In COM
noemoration of the poets tercentenary
Any nibbing objections 10 Mr. Stephen Der
rien Stanton's way of writing in The Essential
Life" (Chares Scribner's Sons) are headed on
by an august precedent quoted in the chapter
on Fxpresslon Whatever most rests on rea-
SON - the author tells U.s. needs none; the uni
verse contents itself with statement. Whether
Mr.. stanton seeks to be in tune with the uni-