New-York tribune., 1908-01-11
BOOKS And AUTHORS.
Current Talk of Things Present and
to Come.

10 ONE.
book of lively memories of the Far West
in the years 1S52-6S bears the suggestive
title With the Border Ruf1ans." The author
Mr. r H. Williams. after many dramatic ex-
periences in Kansas and Texas. returned to ms
native England and is now a comfortable and
reminiscent justice of the peace E. P Dutton
& Co will bring out the narrative
NJ Anatole Frances latest production is tale
of Anarchism and of the wrecking Of a city
presumably Paris-"because there are too many
miIlionaires in it."
There is to be placed at last a memorial to
James Wolfe in the parish church of Wester-
ham, in Kent, where he was born, $50 years
ago. 1t win take the form of a stained glass
window. a more effective memorial we may
admit is the portrait of the hero of the Plains
of Abraham which is to be found in the pages
of Thackeray's "Virgnans." How the sol
dier's countryman dwells on that wonderIuI
consummation of fortune with which Mr.. Wolfe's
wonderful career ended!
At the time when we first heard Of Wolfe $ gl3rl-
Gus upon the Plains of AbrahanIott td ma
army marshalied in darkness and carrleG E ~
up the midnight rverOf those rocks scdIeu ~ &c
Intrepid leader and his troops-of the mlracuOos t
security of the enemy OF MS of his defeat on
the open plain by the sheer vaior OF ms % ,,s
The Whole nation rose up and felt Itself the strong
er for VOTES TftorI It Ho5 166se at home who had
Condemned its Tashness. felt themselves soIitaUe5
our spirit rose as that of our enemy "a 1aIteTeff. Gf
Friends embraced each other when they met itb UGi
fee houses and public places, WtIe r,s Sis People
aid not depICre dead warrior put adhliie1 ae @
and Wear mourning because CHARIOT T1 nad a cGt5 tc
from the skies TO fetch him aWtS A1rc risng
with wonder and him departing, tauldIl' ii0i9
ao93e !rent - ak to me madam, about grief SAYS
Ian his wife. VINO zeal
for allowing herself some small ln94ge n9gFs rer1ains
were orousiy buried Greenwich II , our nGT 90yS
could come by such Deans e a from BEING shot but
3olld scale the Abraham Heights to see II ,+ory con-
Wogds thou % lR6 zRF Of qfii tha little hero the Char
treaqx That Thai ,,Io WouIgn nF T. holiday. too
..Anolorfa Dff7dentis" is the title of forth
coming book. in which Mr. ". c. Leith anaIyzeS
t,o effect Of dfffdence on lives and careers he
does so. it is said in the character OF patient
describing his own case. and his tried remedies
and consultations
The series Of studies on the romantic period
IN France published by the Societe du MePcore
7a France will be increased by two new VoiuineS
+,,5- month one is a collection of Lettres IN
s5i+ae d,F4ortonse Allart de Meritens a SainIe
Re,,va~ The other bears the title OF MUSES.
Po77an+ioues H0rtense Allart de MerlIehs' u"iiS
.ar rsnuorts avec ChateaubIldhu- AOiA''i7 -
Ta-7ennais. Sainte Beuve ct Madame dAgouit.
oa,- volume Of the Temple Classics CON
+oire The Heuenics and Gebir' Of Walter saw
400 Tandor. The edition has been arranged oy
Nv Arthur Svmons. who has left as Inc AlH-
o77sprr7,' complains. more than one olunder IN
the rex+ and has omitted notes from other edi-
+ions which should have been included. 1t Is
recorded that in a manuscript (remamlns III
r-4ra+a hands, Landor has written: You ten me
1-o,7 are afraid my 'Hellenics. being in niahk
7-arse will not he popular do believe might
he n1eased by popularity. if it had come 10 me-
f,,,+ 7 never called it or made room for IL
rnnular or not the true lover of poetry does
,,o, forget the delicate harmony of that same
blank verse. beginning with the Invocation to
tho "yYandering Muses. TO return 10 the silent
sands Of Simois." or to that higher ground
Where. Apbrodfte from Athene won
r-e golden apple. and from here TOO,
Ana baDDv Ares shouted far belo"
or would We rather choose the grassy Ndlc
yy-hara flows Anapos thrO' anemOnes
- cfrths and narciSsuseS. that bend
n, show their rival beauty in the stream
T1rf,1e, with YOU each her Tyre. and each in turn
r,ar,nsr a eraver with lighter song