The Washington herald., 1908-03-01
THE WORLD OF BOOKS
LITERARY cLEANUNGS AND GOSSIP


wro-e Latin fiuently; he thought in Latin.
as h'T writings in both Latin and English
/ abundantly show" Prof. Scott is esPe-
eial struck by the idea-ignoring delib-
erately and with tacit contempt the claims
OF the BacOnians-that two such prodrc-
tions as the plays of Shakespeare and
the essays of Bacon co-exist in English
literature THE work of two men who
/ walked the streets Of London together
| for the span OF some thirty years. so far
as we know each unknown personally to
I the other
Among the Letters and Literary Me-
MORALS of Samuel J. Tilden," which John
Bigelow has edited and recently published
| through the Harpers is a letter written
/ to Tilden by the daughter OF William
| Cullen Bryant. which throws light upon
the embarrassing attitude of the poet
toward the candidacy OF his old friend
| Il am very. very sorry wrote Miss
Julia Bryant, that you and your friends
and enemies will not see the article in
regard 70 the ISLANDERS about your income
tax which my father wrote at Cumming
ton last Saturday. He bestowed much
time upon II, read 1t 20 me. and pro-
nounced IL himself "a good article I am
/
what has passed; and should know. also
that my father. averse as he is to such
constant watchfulness has had much to
combat in keeping attacks on you out OF
the papers. You may think that he has
not exerted himself In your behalf as he
might have done for an old and esteemed
| friend; but truly ii has required no small
effort on his part 90 keep the paper as
moderate as 1t is" Although he succeed
ed in keeping everything personally hos
I tile 10 Tilden Out Of the journal OF which
ne was part proprietor, Bryant. though
/ repeatedly urged by friends Of both to
become one OF Tilden's electors. persist
emily declined
I The Duke Litta author of several sue
cessful novels In italian, and man Of
many activities. has issued through
his American publishers. Messrs. Double
day. Page & Co. the first novel he
has written in English. 1t is called
The Soul OF Priest" and deals
with one Of the greatest problems that
confronts modern Italy-the sway Of the
priesthood over the people. -Four editions
OF this book have already appeared in
England where It is the subject Of much
discussion.
The following books are published this
week by E. p Dutton & Co.: THE Play
mate" q ehiIds book OF fiction by Charles
Tulley; The Cal Of the Deep" by Frank
T. Bullen. Additions have also been made
to the New University Library as fol-
! lows; Lectures and Notes on Shakes
peare AID Other Dramatists," by S. T.
Coleridge; Lectures on the English
Poets" by William Hazlitt; 'Ecce HO-
mo- by J. p Seeley. and Ethics OF the
Dust" by John Ruskin; and 70 the Lon
don Library Notes on the Miracles Of
Our Lord. by Archbishop Trench.
Some time in April Mitchell KinnerIey
will publish a novel by Victoria Cross
entitled Five Nights"
A set OF the waverly Novels. edited by
G. S. Gordon. fellow of Maddalen Col
/ lege- Oxford. adapted to school use. is
being published volume by volume by the
oxford University Press. The last vol
ume. published this month. is "a Legend
! Of MontrOse." Like its predecessors. ii is
abundantly furnished with notes and a
glossary OF Scottish and foreign words
and phrases.
Co. Will publish Dr. Frederic A. Cooks
account of his ascent Of Mount Mckinley.
in Alaska under the title ITO the Top OF
The Continent" There will also appear
on the same day 'Heroines Every Child
Should Know" co-edited by Hamilton
Wright Mabie and Kate Stephens. and
Lead Glazed Pottery" the fourth mono
graph in Prof. Edwin A. BARRIERS series
Of Primers of Art
The Discovery of the Soul" by FLOYD
Wilson. author OF Paths 10 Power &c.
lis published this week by r. F. Fenno &
Co. Next week novel by Headon Hill.
author of The American Duchess" will
be Issued
Next month Henry Holt & Co. will pub
lish book by Prof. William A. Locy. Of
Northwestern University. entitled biol
ogy and It's Makers a popular history
Of the subject that is none the less scien-
tihcally accurate popular book Of in
sect stories by Vernon L. Kellogg. author
! of 'Darwinism Today is also in prep
aration. and will be published in the Ma
ture Series.
A new volume of poems by Alfred
Noyes. entitled The Golden Hynde and
Other Poems is among the publications
of the Macmillan Company for this week.
Although several Of these poems have ap-
peared before in some OF the English
magazines they are all new 20 American
readers. and a considerable number of
them have never appeared in print until
now. Many OF the verses in this coIlec-
ton are on classical subjects. such as
'Orpheus and Eurydice." ''Niobe," 'sThe
Last Of the Titans,' and THE Ride Of
Phaeton''
One of the first books of fiction this
spring is Gouverneur Morris "The Foot
print and Other Stories which will be
brought out this month Tales Of the
East and the West. OF Oriental mysticism
and Western realism. OF love and hunor
and adventure, make this an exceptional
and unusual book.
The chief editorship of the house of
Cassell is a traditional post which has
had no occupant for the last few years.
Mr.. J. Walter Smith has now been ap-
pointed TO it. Mr.. Smith. who was edu-
Gated at Harvard University. went 10
England in 1904 as the special correspond
ent Of the Boston Transcript Since 1906
he has been one of the editors of Messrs.
Newnes- He will take up his duties as
chief editor Of Cassell & Co. at la Belle
Sauvage' as soon as he is released from
his present position.
A new edition Of the poems Of Robert
Underwood Johnson, in which a score Of
pieces are added to the previous issue,
will shortly be published by the Century
Company. The authors first and second
books, The Winter Hour and Songs Of
LibertY." which are out of nrint are cam