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BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current TaIk of Things Present and
to Come.

Current Tall of Things Present and
to Come.
VI Hovells's impressions Of travel have been
ss,eciallv winning when they have been written
~ Italian soil Il is pleasant therefore TO hear
a. his new book. Roman Holidays" Il is the
e-u- OF his recent visit 70 the great city which
~ @-st saw some forty years ago. The Harpers
xii publish the volume. presumably with illus
t-aiions-
4 new book by the author Of The Baby's
Grandmother" is bound to deserve a cordial
welcome We are TO have one presently from
Ms Walf0rd novel which Longmans. Green
< Co viii publish under the title Of 'Leonora
stab5s
Thomas Y CroweH & Co. have Just published
ft-e volume interesting alike TO the opera
roe- and the student CT N. Maeterlinck II is
> translation Of -Pelleas and Melisande." by
NJ E-vtas w3nsiow. with an Introduction by
7ra7t-ose : Moses. The text is printed within
decorative borders Of green. and the illustrations
+-or-5e -re-rra5cs Of the author and Debussy and
scenes from The piece IS il has been put on Ny
Fsanmerstein-s stage Miss Mary Garden ap-
res-s IN these Illustrations and the frontispiece
is 2 -ortrait Of her il the costume Of the hero
.-e sa57-.l~ printed n colors. Another portrait
NJ his singer IS placed on the cover. which is
effectively designed IN green, white and gold
--alz-ev never doubted his own sincerity and
seldom credited that quality to others This is
one II the Illuminating things said concerning
he venerable Russian by his English acquaint-
2--z " Avl-rer Naude in the first volume OF
The bioE-arhv Just published I am impartial"
writes Mr. Naude That IS 10 say. I have
taken Pains 70 understand Tolstoy's views and
70 see the good there Is II them; but, being
Zvesta-nzr. / So also certain things Tostoy
ove-laoks. and I know that these things knock
big holes in some Of his most cherished -pTin-
cipIes, Those who have spoken
sea-nfaIy e him are those who have not taken
the trouble To understand him on tie other
hand the small minority who swallow his opiu-
ions whole do SO under the hypnotic influence
Ct his force. fervor and genius. To analyze his
opinions and diseatangIe what il them is true
from what Is false is q task no one has yet
adequately perfo-rned. but for which the time
Is -iQe, and which. bold the undertaking may
b. mean u attempt IN the sequel 70 this work
which viii be ready next year.
Dr. Eleanor P. Hammond has prepared q vol
u-e Just announced by the Macmillan Com
PAW. which should prove Of great service TO
Chsuce-ia-s n this work, which IS entitled
"Chagcer. a BtblI9graphical Manual: she sur
vevs her subject from 1900 10 1898. she de-
scribes the manuscripts. reprints the earliest
Ives Of the poet enUmerates the black letter
editions. and not only recapitulates but dis
cazsss vast body OF Chaucerian publications
TIE history OF disputed questions is also sum
Eartzed.
The November number Of The Century viii
marx the beginning Of the seventy-seventh vol
i Tll appear il an entirely new dress Of type
L Is % 5e hoped that there viii be an Ameri-
CT edition Of Dr. BCde's 'Florentine Sculptors
q the Renaissance which Nethueu is now
bringing out IN London The director Of the
BERN Gallery has unrIvalled knowledge Of this
Subject. and his views on questions Of author
snip n the matter OF Renaissance brOnzes are
particularly worthy of consideration There
ought also % De an American edition Of another
Volume in the same series. Beruete's book on
Felasquez
L the current number CO "Harper's Maya
Sae" Professor Lounsbury has q paper on Con
Lets q Usage Discussing dove" the prefer
lie q dive he has this amusing passage:
y he original impression q Lolgfellow's poem
h. f11SsTalEa' there were found IN the seventh
VIZ lie three following lines
aas sas 59? he Re we're .zsr az Rr a5sP
Dove = p beaver
Io% his offending preterite passed the proof
1-g. WITHOUT protest Is one Of those mysteries
@-cl have never been revealed But the form
s.1.1lE MADE IT'S appearance, and can sun De
ll-l u copies q the poem which were regularly
---s9eo and sold. Boston never received sucA
s-ss-n since the DAYS when teDlInoTe cooper n
- NAT L only in the Middle States that
r -i-g--sl language was spoken IN is purity
- IA attack came from an outsider here
- Ter 1avCrl1e What means OF suppres-
- were reSorted viii probably never De dlS-
---r- 4 mysterious retlcence has always oeeil
- 80 IN regard 70 this linguistic eScaPaue.
-1srapLers Of LOngfelloW appear 10 be silent
hoxs~e- 9.-1eS T. measures cL -
ey----el,. nave been taken al once Dove 80
risc--ge1. and TIE dscorous "0ived' assumed -
= arc the whole transaction vas so complete
L7I5l ~ hat no pubic seaman IVES t4tattd-
am who possesses q COPY Of that first in
toA continue cherish il. Whatever may
ssF-s Worth now, the time VIII come When u
,..eael the value Of the VirJuouS woman OF
'lFe, and it. price viii be far above rlDies-
~ Crawford Is publishing Immediately the
- H9Tel in the trilogy OF which his Margaret
-as Is the heroine. This new tale is called
lie Diva's Ruby"
he English playwright, Y. s Vaughan,
A'se Jack Straw" is just being per
--7 new year the Baker & Taylor Company
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