New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-09-12
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
Current Talk of Things Present
and to Come.

NJ 7 Y Tucas has a gift for the making of
anthologies as readers Of THE Gentlest Art
we'll know. It is therefore interesting to hear
that he is soon to bring out book assembling
reflections Of the poets on the charm and mys-
terv of woman. He will call 1t The Ladies
Pageant" and the Macmillan Company VIII
issue It in attractive form.
The bibIography Of Mr.. W. B. Yeats Is
rather complicated affair. His writings seem
forever to be getting themselves rearranged IN
new volumes. The latest announcement prom
ises his collected works in verse and prose, to
he completed in eight volumes. with portraits
by Mr.. Sargent, Signor Mancini. Mr. Charles
Shannon and Mr.. J. B. Yeats.
The clever lady who under the name OF
George Paston' has made several volumes on
celebrities Of the past has work coming OUT
this fall which ought to make amusing reading
This IS "Mr. Pope of Twickenham.'' a volu-
roinous study of the poet the two volumes of
which will be fully illustrated
nfofat. Yard & Co. will presently publish
volume Of Surgical Memoirs" by DR.. James G.
Numford. of the Harvard Medical School The
work treats. for the general reader, of Hippo
rates. GaIen, Vesalius, John Hunter. Lister
Brodte and other famous healers
Taine's Life and Letters" has just been issued
1t covers the period from 1870 to 1S92 Among
the notes on his English experiences are these
ON two poets whom he met at Oxford:
was at Professor Jowett's yesterday. where
was introduced to the poet, Mr.. Swinburne whose
are in the style on Rth reds hair and
his blue tie ana his overcoat were in striking
Contrast with all the black coats HsrE and This9 ie
over modern French literature. Hugo and sten,
ai1tfp
ana as also introduced to Matthew Arnold the
oa+ sn5 critic. son Of the famous DR.. Arnold He
fnspects primary schools at a salary OF fl00O per
Sir1,a- He Is tail man with dark hair,
growing very low his forehead his face is too
often puckered with elaborate grinaces' out MS
manner is most courteous and amiable.
Dining at Oxford one evening. he sat next
Mrs Humphrey Ward then Miss Arnold. who
had been commended TO him by Jowett as "a
very clever girl He has this to say about her:
She is about twenty. very nice looking and
dressed with taste trather rare tnIng i ne' sort
Of mink silk sheath). Miss Arnold was porn out
a. Australia where she was brought up III the
~ ,a "a Of Ave she knows French, German and Ital-
ian and during this last year has been Study4n
Old spanish Of the time of the Cid also Latin IN
o 0rder to be able to understand the medi;evaI
chronicles All her mornings 5he spends al tne
Of a simple charming girl. BY exercise Of great
fect 7 finally led her 10 telling me OF an article
her frst-that she is writing Tor Macmillan
magazine" upon the Oldest romancees.
AFis Arnold eXtenuatlOn OF neF liCir, SAld
..Trarybody writes lectures here. and one must
follow the fashion Besides. 1t passes the tune.
- the library is fine and so convenient. NOT
ia the least pedantic All this IS merely the
overfiowing OF youth and intellectual power
Pearls the beautiful lambert gems Of satin
1T, have fascination for most people. and
.h.ra are few xho will not feel an impulse 10
learn Interesting things about them Every
+bnr that is interesting in this direction VIII be
.ound II is said In The Book OF the Pearl