New-York tribune., 1909-06-06
LITER1RY NOTES.

anthology which promises to be inter-
esting is entitled "The EngIishman in Italy;
Being Collection of Verses Written by Some
OF Those Who Have Loved Italy" 1t has been
compiled by Mr. g. H Wollaston.
The French novelist Marguerite Suzanne Ma
cee Tinayre is in Turkey conducting a serious
investigation of the effect upon Mahometan
women of the Young Turk movement. The re-
suits are to be published in the Revue des
DeuX MOndes." Mime. Tinayre has lately fin
ished novel the serial publication of which will
begin in the autumn.
One of the illustrated book announced 70
early publication is Mr.. Geor~e CIinch's Eng
J lish Costume from Prehist~ iC Times to the End
/ of the Eighteenth Ger ~" Who shall say
what was the costume Il prehistoric times?
| The biographies of the English queens which
! the Strickland sisters wrote with enthusiasm
and published between 1S40 and 1850 served for
many years to give pleasure to readers with
| taste for sentiment and the picturesque The
| series ended with the decline of the Stuarts
dusty death" Now there is 10 be a continual
| ton of the Queens entitled The Hanpverian
Queens of England" These later biographies
| begin with one of Sophia Dorothea the wretched
princess who the wife of George l. but
never a reigning Queen OF England. OF all the
| Hanoverian queens. this Prisoner of Ahldcn had
| the most dramatic history The volume in which
TINS appears VIII contain also a sketch Of the
clever Caroline of Anspach, wife of the second
George. Miss Alice Greenwood is the author Of
| these biographies.
| Professor Bury's edition of Gibbons Decline
and Fan of the Roman Empire. is to be re-
issued with the notes revised, with many fresh
| ones added, and with new maps and many Illus
trations.
| Mr.. f. F. knights book 'rrhe Awakening OF
| Turkey is to be published soon by the Lippin-
colts Those who have read THE Cruise Of the
Falcon know how entertaining Mr. Knight can
| be- His sojourn in Turkey in the past year OF
two has given him knowledge Of the situation
which matches his skill in presentation.
| A complete edition Gn EngIish) Of the works
| of Emile Zola is in preparation by 3. W Dodge
| & Co. This edition will include not only the
| novels. but also Zoa's critical and dramatic
work, Each volume Will have preface.
Who wrote that book SO fascinating 10 youth
| fu readers '"The Swiss Family Robinson 4
correspondent Of Notes and Queries" settles the
question. The plan" he says. "of The Swiss
David Wyss Swiss, and military chaplain TO
| the troops stationed at Berne. The outlines II
the story were written out for the of his four
| children, but printed. One OF his sons,
| Johann Rudolf Wyss O7SI-1S3o). professor of
philosophy at the Academy Of Berne placed the
manuscript with necessary alteratOns) in the
| hands of printer. and the first edition
/ issued in German Zurich. in 1913. In 1924
! the Baroness Isabelle de Montolieu translated
the tale into French, with the permission Of Herr
| Wyss. and wrote n continuation OF the story.
! Originally II was very short the arrival OF
ship from Europe enabling the family 10 return
/ u their own country after only about twelve
years stay in the island. This translation is the
one upon which all the English versions Of the
! tale are based"
! agreed TO write for The London Sphere a
/ novel with Dante for its hero. The Harvest OF
the Sword was TO have been it's title The
/ letter which he wrote 70 Mr G X Shorter cx-
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