The Washington herald., 1909-01-31

The Syndics Of the Cambridge Univer-
sity Press have decided. with the consent
Of the author. to reprint from volume 2
OF the Cambridge History Of English
Literature for the use Of the Early /
English Text Society, an edition of Prof /
John NJ Manly's article. Piers the Plow-
man and It's Sequence" Dr.. FurnivaD !
speaks Of this ESSAY as the most i'm
portant OF which he has knowledge writ
ten on early English literature" It proves /
that the B. and c. version OF the poems
cannot have been written by the author |
/ Of the original version
extraordinary as Il may seem" Gugli- !
elmo Ferrero the Italian historian who Is
lecturing In the United States IS report /
ed as saying, apropos OF the great earth
quake. I dreamed the night before last
that I was IN a house rocked by an earth
quake. The terror IN which I awoke gave
me q fair idea OF what those who have
been II earthquakes tell me is the feeling
when the ground begins TO trembie." II
Prof. Ferrero IS inclined to attribute such
~
/ mic shocks on the eve OF the terrible oC-
| currence al the Straits OF Messina TO su-
/ pernatural causes. II is recalled that be-
has certainly been under the influence Of
/ the present tendency among some Euro
I pean scientists to attribute great impor-
/ tance 10 supernatural phenomena. He is
/ a son-in-Iaw Of Prof. Cesare Lombroso.
the distinguished criminOiOgist. whose
! forthcoming book OF psychical research
I IS awaited with interest IN this country
As q sign Of the fraternal spirit that
resides in a literary body Ike the Cliff
DweIlers. the Chicago club Of which the
president is HsmIin Garland. may be
cited the fre-Hghting ceremony which
took place in the Chicago rooms on the
sth OF January. Representatives from the
i Tavern Club Of Boston. the Bohemian
Club Of San Francisco. and the Players
Of New York participated in the features
OF the ceremony. which were symbolic.
Upon the hearth driftwood from the At
lantic was laid by the hand Of Boston,
from the Pacific by the hand Of San
Francisco, while It remained for New
York to set the light 90 the fire. By de-
sign Of Mr. Garland there were present
all primitive and traditional types of
Americans club members transformed
] by. cOsturne). the early French and Span
ish priest and conQueror. the Puritan.
I the KnickerbockeT, the Quaker, the Cava-
Iier, apprOs ching in solemn, songful pro-
: cession their hospitable hearth. Mr.. Gar
land himself. who may be best known as
( writer Of novels and an Investigator OF
- ez :
a reader Just the same. read THE Prsi-
, RE Of Bryant. and other readings were
. the friendly letters from other clubs
, Among those who addressed the Dwellers
: personally were Robert Herrick and Lo-
, rado Taft
Sene interesting Information regarding
p / the popularity Of books Tor children has
/ been gathered in New York and is chron-
] icled by the World OF that city. It seems
$ that Of forty-eight books most popular
among the children in u.U0 elementary
class rooms, Louisa II. Alcotts Little
: Women stands at the head and Haw.
D thorne's Wonder Book at the foot II
: the first twenty-five books on the list
q are FIVE Of Miss Alcott's works, including
: The Old-fashioned Girl and Little
Men Robinson Crusoe" is the sixtl
! and Alice in Wonderland" is the elev
, enth. Mrs. Burnetts Sara Crewe" 4
. near the head Books usually considers
= staple for older minds are scattere'
Q through the list. including John Hall
, fax" Evangeline" "Ivanhoe, tn
: The Merchant OF Venice" Tales o
= Dickens are named and, Of course, tn
!. .'Huckleberry Firm" OF Mark Twain
. Altogether. the list is delightful and en-
couraging. comments the writer IN IN
New York World or an early purity Q
j. taste II offers evidence which is In n
= wise weakened by the fact that the vol
. uraes in the school libraries are CAREFUL
.a selected By the board Of education. tn
+ children show in little reviews which the
8 have written that they read the book
+ not merely because they are there. bu
K because they Ike them. Last year tn
= cumulative circulation Of the books froT
q the classroom shelves approximated 7,oee
ye COO. Not in tender years at least do th
Il eyes OF the average New York child tur
? 10 the false lights CT fiction It is diff
e cult to understand how minds that hay
s appreciated the charm OF the Alcoi
Sc PAGES can at any sitter age find satisfas
4 ton in pernlcious literary "shoekeTs.
" The most popular novels thrcughos
le the whole year 1865. By the Bookman