New-York tribune., 1908-04-11

In his new play, The Bride OF Lammermoor'
"A play which has not evoked. II appears. any
wild excitement-Mr. Stephen Phillips has i'm
proved upon Scott. He thinks that the Edgar
Ravenswood OF the novel is not very human
character He is too wild and detached I'm his
moods" says Mr.. Phillips, mot flesh and blood
creature but an eerie phantom OF man. His
actions are not dictated by the motives which
actua a ordinary human beings. His passions
are not those that invariably sway mankind.
In a sense. too, n I may say SO. he is rather
melodramauc. and l think it would have been
a mistake to follow Scott's portrayal too closely.
] essayed 10 make him a wholly sympathetic
character. not harsh and aloof" 1t would seem
that instead Of mangling character drawn
by another and great writer Mr.. Phillips
might have gone about TO create a hero and
plot Of his own.
That wise and winsome Elizabeth" whose
Garden" will remain IA happy possession of the
world has apparently ceased to hide her name.
The book is now formally mentioned as by the
Countess Won Arnim.
The distinguished actor, John Hare, is about
to publish his "reminiscences in serial form. 1t
is stated that quantity Of uncommonLy inter
estng sketches and photographs will accom-
pany his chapters.
Professor Josiah Royce has been working for
years on the Philosophy Of Loyalty" the new
book which he intends not mainly for phoso-
piers but for all those who love ideals" Every
body has heard OF loyalty, he says, most prize
it, but few perceive it to be what, in its lnmost
spirit, It really is-the heart of all the virtues
the central duty among all duties. In order To
be able 10 see that this is the true meaning of
from its unessentiaI if somewhat settled asso-
Citations with this that special social habit or
circumstance. . II is this freeing of tho
idea of loyalty from its chance and misleading
associations: it is this vindication of the spirit
of loyalty the central spirit of the moral and
reasonable life Of man-it Is this that | believe
to be somewhat new about my Philosophy of
Loyalty"
A book which the late Mrs. Brghtwen left
in manuscript has just been brought out in
England. The charming nature studies which
We already owe to this accomplished student are
still cherished by their readers, and doubtless
the book, Last Hours with Nature" will be
heartily welcomed.
Fourteen plays which have at some time
been attributed to Shakespeare have been edited
with photography and critical introduction, by
c. F. Tucker Brooke, ard will soon be published
under the title of. The Shakespeare Apocrypha."
The picturesque section of the Library Of
Early Novelists will offer TO the reader transla-
tions of F. de Rojass tragi-comedy "Ceestina"
and the "Lazarillo de Tormes'-a piece of fiction
which has been attributed to the Spanish poet
and statesman of the sixteenth century. Diego
Hurtado de Mendoza. 1t was in his time trans
lated into almost every European language.
A paragrapher in the London Sketch" la
nents that Mr.. Kipling should devote his pen
Ito a crusade of imperialism" instead Of TO social
reform in England. Indeed" says this captious
person. now that Mr.. Kipng is getting to the
tractable age at which one has some respect for
the opinions of ones charming aunts II is likely
enough that Lady Burne-Jones may enlist him
in the ranks of the philanthropists. The Cape
Meddler' was the punnng name she long ago
gave him; and at the Cape he now is; but when
he returns TO England there are variety of
things in which should all like 70 see him
NEEDLE. And know that he would not