New-York tribune., 1908-02-23

Mr.. Henry James's new novelette, is TO weaf
the title of Julia Bride" The heroine is an
American girl and her figure stands out against
"a background of broken engagements and di-
vorces." The story Is to be published IN two
parts, in the March and April numbers OF Har-
per-.
NJ Lepeletier's Life of Paul verlane" has
been translated into English by Mrs. Elsie Lang
for publication this spring. Another translation
which is the way is from Vincent dIndys
Cesar FT1nck: A Study.
The admirers Of Stevenson's kidnapped" and
David Balfour' viii be interested in a lately
pubIlshed oook on the lrlaI OF James Stewart VI
Acharn. the innocent who was hanged for
the murder Of Campbell of Glenure. 1t is a
tragic story-au the more tragic that. as We
are told, the identity Of the real murderer ,S
still handed down from father TO son, a solemn
trust among few members of the Stewart
clan Alan Breck. it will be seen, was the
actual perpetrator.
Mr. Russell Sturgs is hard at work upon his
| History of Architecture" and the publishers
hope to bring out Volume II some time in the
| spring. The date at which this volume closes
is about 1900 A D This TI admirable work, We We
/ three volumes.
A new edition Of Lady Charlotte Burys DIARY
published in 1889 is to be brought out soon by
Mr.. John Lane. It has been newly edited by "a, A.
F. Steuart and is to have new title, The
Diary of a Lady-in- Waiting"
| Lady Charlotte Campbell was the youngest
daughter OF John, fifth Duke OF Argyle and OF
his beautiful Duchess, the former Elizabeth
| Cunning In her youth Lady Charlotte was
famous for her Ioveliness-both George " and
. Sir Thomas Lawrence the painter, declared that
| she was the most beautiful woman they had
| ever seen She was clever as wei as fascinating
and had many accomplishments. She married
| eoriv- distant cousin John Campbell and when
/ left a. widow she married-after some years or
| a++a1danCe as Iadv-in-Waiti-e on Caroline OF
| RrunswiCk-her sons tutor. Mr. Bury She
| wrote many novels which were popular in her
! day but are now forgotten. Her Diary" which
| will. doubt, always survive. was never m
| tended for publication and therefore of a
| very frank nature The Burys were far from
| weIl-to-dO and the tutor husband took posses
sion Of the manuscript, made some changes ana
| additions and published ii without his wIfeS
| knowledge. All uproar in English society
! promptly followed
, As Ietter-writer Edward Fitzgerald was one
of the most delightful of men and It is pleasant
TO hear that a volume containing number Of
hitherto unpublished epistles from his hand viii
soon be published.
An illustrated edition Of NJ, MaeterEincks play
'cPeIIeas and NeIIisande," is coming from the
press of T. Y. CrOwell & Co
.rRudnooutk Dears" is the title Of a Hussar's
song from the forthcoming volume OF Ar-
Thomas Hardys un-poetic drama, The Dy-
nasts." This song has been set TO music ana
was sung the other evening in the Town Hail
Of Mr.. Hardys own town Of Dorchester. The
singer. one of the authors tovnsraen wore on
this occasion hussar uniform OF the PENN
suIar days Here is the opening verse OF the
song, in which "~Budrouth" stands for the real
| town of Weymouth:
When we lay where Budnouth Beach is
O. the girls were fresh peaches,
With their tan and tossing figures and their eyes
blue and brown
And our hearts would ache with longing
As paced from sIrG- -sonSlu%
With : smart CIIrk! CIink- up the ESIlI1ade and
down.
book which has had a notable success in
Paris is NJ Philippe MOHrier's study OF Venice
in the Eighteenth Century Il IS mentIoned as
describing the literary. artistic, and musical So
cety of the city at d period when it was the
resort Of many distinguished people Of all na-
tions. It was the Venice Of Godoni and Goz%t
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