New-York tribune., 1908-02-01

long been the veterans assistant-and This new
volume has been in all editorial particulars the
work of the younger man. 1t is announced that
the volumes will hereafter appear at shorter in
tervals than have their predecessors
Alice Fleming-vho is. we believe. the sister
Of Rudyard IIipling and the author, with her
mother. Of book Of Iyrics-has lately produced
this bit Of merry verse:
THE BRIDES WELCOME.
County DonegaL)
What did YOU say my sister Sayin'?
NO luck comes where the eyes are green.
Ta4g Green eaf is 1f5ty the aces G h c6ioT i seem
Isn't grass green for the eyes TO rest IN?
Amt the trees Of the same sweet % 5oht,5 nue.;
I'd lore you less if your eyes tCere blue
What was my little brother shoutln'?
Hair that I'D match our red COW tall
with kind little word from ,2 the tip OF fall
Like the autumn light on the beeChen track
Is it me would be wanttn' changes?
I'd lore you less if po1r hair lcGS 6ldck
What was my poor old mother croakin'?
Never = cow and hens but few
Widows, Cushla, is sore provolin'.
she. with her lame back. there at her knittin,
Angry with pain and sad TO be old
Mind YOU this. when she starts her tvtttin.
I'd lore poH less lrcre yon hung 'cth gold
The fifth volume Of the Oxyrhynclus Papyri
PRESENTS the newly discovered text of Pindar's
raeans or hymns in honor of Apollo or Artemis.
The MSS. are said to have been shockingiy mutt
lated "Of the nine paeans more or less pre-
served" says the London Tribune" "one writ
ten for the Delphians easily takes first place.
with its description Of the fate of Neoptolemus.
by whose hand Troy fell and its praise-un-
fortunately nutuated-of -45gina, the glorious
isle that rules the Dorian Sea shining star OF
the Cirectan Zeus' But in what We already had
cf Pfndar passages finer than the finest in these
paeaus are not rare; i'll their present state the
new poems, as q reviewer might say, will not
add 10 their authors reputation"
Another text in this volume is that of long
historical fragment dealing with the years 396
and 395 B c It IS said TO he dun but never
rheless valuable. tending incidentally to rehablH
tate the historian Diodorus. The editors Of the
papyrf by tha way, promise all lovers of Thu
cydides and Euripides something exciting for
next summer.
Young Mr Ford MADDOX Hueffer thinks that
there is springing up in America a wholly new
type Of writer, using a wholly new language,
with wholly new ideals for wholly new ends.
He thinks that there is hardly any trace Of the
influence of the Concord group Of writer's mean
ing apparently the influence Of Emerson All
Of which is more or less ... --.-
4 have never Il anne an "r
clam" saws the {. q. hor Of Dan Be4rds -iI a.
Book GIofat Yard < Coz but as far q. r-y
experience goes I h Ieve that anything with -
teIlfgence enough 10 live on this earth also pos
sesses Intelligence enough to learn 10 know its
friends and that is all the Intelligence required
TO make il tar nIe." Mr.. Boards notes on his
observations O. the wild life of the fields and
woods go far + prove the reasonableness Of his
belief As for he capacity of animals 10 think
he ranges rfrs,I neither with the sentimental
lists nor with their opponents. but he does ad-
ClIca instance after instance showing what must
be called at least strongly developed instinct in
animals one Of the pleasantest Of his reIai-
niscences is Of Cudjo a gray squirrel, who slept
soundIv al night in a boot hung upon the wall,
but who had 2 habit OF waking very early and
taking flying leap from the top Of the boot 10
his masters chest He learned that it was rather
unsafe TO awaken people in that fashion. ard he
would remove himself instantly and chatter at
his victim from some cogn Of vantage
There be no mistake reE5rdins ft 1he ohieet
10 awaken mo ana in this ho never failed, II my
nina to lana he had hestancy IN landing on my
mead After being once 5i"dhr4e'L ] X II iei H. aSL,t -
and make another jump, and he would repeat this
soon as arose Cudio would begin remp around
the room, run up my leg. - on my shonder, ana
Inistakable that Of dog when waggtng its tail
Mr. Boards text includes some bits Of fiction
calculated to appeal to youthful readers. and
his illustrations viii interest everybody.
Conjectures 70 the intended conclusion Of
Edwin brood are never ceasing. Mr.. Shorter
accepts the suggestion that Dickens intended !
no actual murder, but only the dream of a !
murder But on the other hand he is persuaded |
in his own mind that the novelist intended Rosa |
Bud 10 marry Landless and Helena to marry |
brood He adds
am satisfied from the Instructions lhat he gave
to thr artist tile cover that he Intended Tie /
meeting Of brood and his uncle TO take place IN /
I h- vault where Jasper mad gone 20 search for |
- ,ins, and I am inalmed to believe that Nj !
E,nr1in Walters IN his little book ''Th- Alys |
f.rT,' u.as probably right IN his suggestion that /
Datcnery was Helena Landiess ~ Disguise
Mr. Herbert Trench is d poet not averse 10 /
experiment He has furnished the verse and |
Mr.. Joseph HQlbrooke the music for an 'illu- |