The Washington herald., 1909-02-14


has the SOUND Of these novels which de-
scribe eapriciors beauties and reckless
weethearts, but Mr.. Deeplng's phrase
means nothing Of the kind. His Barbara
Is called mad b. other folk because Of a
mood that fails upon her after the yio-
lent death Of heT father and her suspicion
that her mother has some little knOwl-1
edge Of its cause: hut for al her Wild
courage she viii be, il is said, gentle
heroine.
Readers OF Sir George Otto Trevelyan's
Life and Letters Of Lord Macaplay.
which is about 70 be printed by the Bsr-
{ lpers in this country. with the addition
OF 7Naeaulay's own marginaIia. win re-
member 4sthe reference to the famous
cheek Cor Ezs.90 given A1acaulay by the
English publishers OF bis History Of
England as a ROYALTY upon the third ard
fourth volumes. sTst edition. The check
is stiIl preserved as curiosity among
I the archives Of the publishers The incl
dent recalls another notable fact relative
70 the first publication Of the history
which was Simultaneous in this country
and IN England thirty-three years ago
I This Was before the days Of International
! copyright, when the edition was exposed
+ 10 the competition cf unauthorized copies.
+ Nevertheless, the Messrs. Harper had so
( great faith IN the work that they paid
the sum Cf S5,09 for advance sheets which
would give them a few days priority,
and the event justified their iberality.
Jean Paul MaTat. whose last days were
spent amid the turbulence OF the French
revolution, vas educated at Bordeaux for
) the profession CT medicine. which he prac-
ticed with conspicuous success in both
/ Paris and London II is but little known
that ia addition 10 his medical studies. he
was physicist OF great ability, and pub
lished d number or works chiefly on cleo
I tricity and optics, which were OF eonsid-
cradle merit and attracted wide and IA
vorabie attention in the scientific world
+ Of his day.
one Of these works. all OF which are
now rare, is IN the possession OF Charles
+ Scribner's Sons II is his Recherches
+ Yhysiques sur ie Feu which was pup
lished IN T779-ten years before Marat
threw himself into the revolutionary
lstruggie with bis paper, Ami du Peu-
-ple, in which he boldly advocated a re-
publican. form Of government and melted
I the populace te deeds Of violence.
Fh.s volume. on the nature OF Gre. Is
Marat's own copy. which he has evidently
prepared for a new edition. as il IS crowd
I'd full Of corrections and ampIidcatiOns
in Marat's autograph. Il may have been
annotated with the view OF preparing a
+ collected edition OF his complete works
since the half title has been crossed out
and the words. 'sOeuvres de - Vol
ume I. inserted in their place The vol
/ uHe is adorned with many excellent. en-
! sraTed copper plates showing various ex-
periments with fire which are signed
Nine. Ponce exc"
The late George Gissing wandered
through the southern part Of Italy short
ly before his death. in the search OF
health and distraction. and. as one re-
suit of his trip. he wrote a book called
BY the IOnfan Sea Notes of Rambles
in Southern Italy Nowhere n recent
English prose has there been SO exquisite
and charming a series OF impressions OF
the country and the people, the present
and the past OF Southern Italy. Towns
Hike CatanzsTo. Reggio, Cotrone. and SQUil-
lace. many Of whose names have latch
become 50 appaIlingIy familiar. are de-
scribe6 by him in a way at once intimate
and picturesque. and their atmosphere
and chsrm-b0th classical and modern
are brought close 20 Us in the most linl-
pid ard imaginative prose. Saturated win
the knowledge Of the men and ideas that
have given its peculiar quality 10 that
part Of the ancient and modern world
and keenly sensitive 10 the individual and
rather pathetic charm OF its present-day }
life. he has left US a study that must ap-
peal equally TO AL lovers Of literature and
OF Italy
A novel called The Buffers story by
Arthur Train. the author Of True Stories
Of Cnme" AID "MacAllister and His DoU-
bic" viii be brought out this month. =
this lively and original story the life OF q
New York family Of the Rouveau riehe
type. from the point Of view of an Eng
= lIish butler. is described in a very anus
ing fashion. The story IS told IN the frs
. person by the butler, Peter Ridges. WHO
gives the reader the philosophy 0f life a:
il Is understood below stairs pen por-
t traits OF his fellew-servants and Of ths
I various members OF the Carter family
descriptions CT their social adventures
. and of his own excursion into Wall street
Z
ana OF its effects upon the fortunes of The
Carter family Mr.. Train succeeds IN get
ting inside the skin OF his chief character
. N a really remarkable manner. and ths
result is a book Of rare entertainment
Among the important books which vii
be published during February are The
Churches and the Wage Esrners. by c.
/ B. Thompson. the first comprehensive ac.
count OF the relations OF the working
classes and the religious organizations
IA Working Theology. by Alexander
MacCou. a condensed statement Of the
principles o. religious belief left 20 meT
OF to-day. and a new edition OF ALFRED
Loisy's The Gospel and the Church.
with an introduction BY Newman Snyth
D D, the author Of Passing PrOtestan
ism and Coming Catholicism
The new fiction for February wiH in
clude The King Of Arcadia by Frsnci:
Lynde. a lively story Of adventure and
achievement in picturesque and unusua
surroundings. and Rene Bazin's novel
This. Ny Son, story OF Hfe in France
to-day.
Il is worthy Of note that Miss Lind-af.
. Hageby, the noted English anti-vivisec
tiOnlst. who has come to this country L
lecture in New York. Boston. and PhiIa,
delphia is the original Of the Mrs
Home in G. Colmore's startling ar
raignment OF vivisection. the novel
Priests OF Progress recently published
by 3. W lodge & Co,
Miss Lind-af-Hageby has created mucl
Z stir in medical circles by her stin IN
accepted challenge 10 open debate will
: any champion Of vivisection- Perhaps
> the latter have in mind her celebrated
debate three years ago with Prof Bet
terton. in Portman Rooms, London. 3 de
= bate reported in full. by the way. in ..sis.