New-York tribune., 1909-10-03
LITERARY NOTES.

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In his new book. The old Town Mr.. Jacob
RlIs has described Ribe. the Danish village IN
which ne was born. and IN which he spent his
boyhOod- The Denmark Of those days had many
quaint customs. ana Il well 10 have them
cfiroHIcied for the benefit Of future readers
In d forthcoming book on The Painters OF
FIcenza.' = great deal of unpublished material
mas been used by the author Mr. Tancred Bor-
enluS- Another promised art book Of the season
is Mr HaIdane MacfaTs 'Frencn PasteIlists of
( the Eighteenth Century
Gallo who cared for none r. these things"
is the chief figure of NJ Anat- Frances book,
been added to the Engliss dition Of the French
mans works. The ste dsals with the Jewish
/ sects Of the Gospel tines.
There will b. given 70 the world this autumn
two books about tine late Lord Kelvin. one of
the really great men of science Of the nineteenth
century. one IS the formal biography by Pro-
fess0r Silvanus Thompson and the other is a
volume of personal "reminiscences written by his
sister, Mrs Eing-who has lately followed her
brother into the other world
a biography of Boecaccio is announced by Mr.
John Lane The volume is the work Cf Nr Ed
ward Hutton, who appears, by the way. 70 be
turning out books of one kind another with
the steady persistence Of Z machine
( Is John Forster's biography Of Dickens appre-
ciated at It's fUA value in these days The an
nouncemeHt OF d forthcoming book on Charles
LfCkefls and his Friends by Mr. W T Shore
suggests this inquiry. II would seem that while
Forsters two volumes are available a highly
| diluted account by writer of the moment IS
really not necessary The standard Biographies
are too often neglected for the caIchpenuy pieces
Of personality which are not half SO eIr-rtanin;
as the books from which they draw their ma
terIaI.
Are all regicides mad IS the question dis
cussed by MN Maurice Allan and J z de
FursaC IL their long study just completed on
/ the attempt of DamIens Cn the life of Louis Nv.
They have come TO the conclusion The PaI
Mall Gazette says. after an exhaustive exam
lnatiOn of what seems be all the available
evidence, that DamIens. contrary 10 the common
/ opinion OF the time, mad no ~ocCTnpliCeS and
was not the tool Of any political party. They
show with great cIes4ruess how the year before
his attempt he stole a considerable sum oS
money from ms employer and fed 10 escape
arrest he seems also 10 have treated his wife
and children with great brutality and To have
nourlShed a gfuoSe against society While n
this state Of mind they think that n became
possessed with the idea Of assass5aa,fn- the
King, apparently because ne cons IdercC him
the Incarnation Of the state. and This acting on
brain diSordered by vanity at last completely
overcame his reason some idea Of this seems
to have penetrated his consciousness. for aImos-
the only sensible thing ne said under torture
was that. If ne had been nled ne wished two
days before, he would never have stabbed the
King
a new novel by Maa-ten Maarteus Is coming:
from the press 1t bears the tI-Ie Of The Price
Of Lis Doris
The book on "Carlyles First Love, MARGARET
Gordon the Scotch cir. who Is supposed on
insufficient evidence 10 be- tIe Original OF his
Blumine 'Sart1r EesartuS' has not been
received with favor in England CarlyIes early
sentiment for Miss Gordon was t-3nsitOry and
uUImportanC. She did not care for him at AL
She was q good commonplace woman whose
. life was as commonplace and as unIntereSting
herself And out of these scanty materials has
i big book been made.
The Rise of Louis Napoleon is the title or
book which Mr. F. A Simpson ilas based
upon unpublished archives. II VIII contain let
/ ters from the pen of the third Napoleon which
have not heretofore been given to the public
Mrs William sharp VIII noc publish her biCc-
raphy Of her husband until next year. but VIII
bring out at Cnce two volumes Cf the edition
/ of the Works" of Fiona Macleod an edition
published III this country by Duffieid * Co.
The Incompatible Siddons" a book which IL
now on the press. comes from the pen of Mrs.
Clement Parsons, the author Of pleasant book
/ on Ciarrick and his times
A forthcoming volume which viii attract
more or less attention is Sir Oliver Lodges
The Survival Of Man: A Study of Unrecognized
Human Faculty"