New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-22

1t is one more of those exhilarating discovering
which in recent years have been made with
| prising frequency.
| The Gazette dcs Beaux Arts for Angus:
contains two articles of speci&l value In enc
NJ. Louis Reau describes the portraits Of Diirer
! drawn painted by the master himself Thoy
/ make deeply interesting collection and this
essay. which is fully Illustrated. forms good
| record The other notable paper is one by NJ.
| Picavet on the origins of the Villa Medicis,
/ that stately Roman palace which has been GC-
cupied since 1901 by the artists To Italy 10y
/ the French government. The author closely cx-
amines the question as To the designer Of the
villa, ana. rejecting the legend which has .lsso-
/ ciated Michael Angelo with the work pretty
! conclusively attributes il To one Of the other
| ft1ilar claimants. Annibale Lippi There are
! some illustrations from old paintings and prints
This enchanting villa has repeatedly served
| pictorial theme, Claude Nelasquez. Fraeunard
| and many others having immortaIized the huild-
| ling or its gardens
Mr.. Alfred Austin. the Poet Laureate Of Eng
| land, has in preparation new volume at
| says. 1t will appear this season under the TITO
| of The Bridling of Pegasus; or. Prose Fap'rs
| on Poetry.
When Byron's friend Hobhouse, arcraa ri
Lord Broughton. was in Brussels in 1873. he
made an interesting note in his diary She
character of Wellington 1t follows. IA
his recently published recollections:
Young Hitler told last night that when 'he
Pakenham in the Sadanha he said: 7 don't sn,,y
t hHw IS d 69e don a feel as used +" dc - hcss
have made ne cry. but now have no sui u
clination" This seems to me natural and nonlc.
A little mind would permit a man 10 make
| such an observation.
| No formal biography has vet been pl,I IisheS az
that religious genius and great friend the Rev.
Maltbie Davenport Babcock, who AZ the time Z
his death was minister of the Brick Prcst,v-
terrain Church. in New York Meantime tho
Rev. John Timothy Stone who succeeded Dr.
Babcock in Baltimore pastorate. has written .
ltte book In appreciation of his predecessor.
and named it Footsteps in u Parish" tCI ~ es
Scribner's SOns)
! In 1859 Mr. Henry c. Murphy. then limited
States Minister at The Hague, had printed j. u
limited edition for private distribution Af'o
book that he had written on Henry Hudson n
Holland" This embodied inquiry ute Tho
| origin and objects of the voyage which led to
the discovery of the Hudson River. and 'rn-
braced a number of important documents Tho
well known publisher at The Hague Martiuus
Nijhoff, is reprinting this book carefully
| edited and annotated. 1t is a timeEy and SER
viceable publication.
The Putnams have in their autumn list tho
English Literature" This Will carry ne record
down from Sir Thomas North 10 Michael I'r..y-
ton.
The travel books of the season Include
one on "Tyrol and Its People" by MI Civ. iiol-
land. 1t is a closely written guide 20 the roun-
try and Is laviShly illustrated with photographs
and pictures in color
The centenary of John Stuart Bla,kie emo
OF the most effective and picturesque of Scotch
professors, is to be celebrated by the publication
of volume of his letters 10 his wife This
respondenCe, which covers the period from 1876
to 1895 contains "reminiscences Of most &c tho
notables of the last century. Bla'ke was some
thing of egotst. AMI one OF the n..iiy dr"I
stories told about him relates to the fes'..-
ton of his se!f-csteem he gave while vi>.tIrg
the master OF Balli0l Il suppose" Pc sand.
you say all kinds Of things down here :iLout
our dOngs up in Edinburgh SAID J"wc;t.
! f.tlt los.
but he was nevertheless a lpvable man and Ills
letters will be awaited with synpathetic N
tereSt.
A timely book is that which the Macmillan
Company announces under the title Of Tho
Turkish People" In il Miss Lucy tisrnstr E;i3
little If anything to say about politics bat she
aims to give thorough survey Of TJ,rljeb 40
In all its more Intimate asnects