New-York tribune., 1909-07-11


account OF the scientific, commercial, artistic
| and historical aspects Of gems which has been
prepared by Mr. Julius Wodiska- a practical
jeweIler. One specially interesting chapter deals
with collections OF gems jim museums The Put
Another book which this firm will bring out
about the same time is The Bright Fortune" by
Mrs. Wilfrid Ward
There not many books on Spain as TO
| make new ones unwelcome The Secret His
tory OF the Court Of Spain ISO2-I906" by the
Rachel Challice, which was announced the other
| day is Of a period full OF dramatic episodes
! 1t is TO contain rare historical Illustrations.
Among them win probably be one which is IA
miliar 10 the student Of GOya-his portrait group
| Of Queen Maria Luisa and her family. It
a collection OF particularly unpleasant visases-
Spain: A STUDY Of Her Life and Arts" is the
/ title OF work in which Mr. Royal Tylor has
undertaken TO give some account of the various
schools OF art which are represented by existing
monuments in Spain. and Of the manner OF their
adoption"
/ A new book by that indefatigable essayist
Vernon Lee has just been announced 1t bears
/ the title OF Taurus NobiiIs- Essays Art and
/ Life"
/ The legend that in his carly days the lats
George Meredith was so poor that he invested
all his funds in q sack Of oatmeal subsIsting
! thereon while he wrote Evan Harrington. IS
denied By Mr.. J a. Hamncrton in his hook
George Meredith in AnecdCte and Criticism"
one part Of that Ticture=uU" II baselcss story
was u the effect that tha novelist was not able
F
tho bag Of oatmeal across the room 10 keep HIM
self warm.
Mr. Meredtths will leaves % his two chill
Greu property TO the amount OF nearly {I6I',1-
He left his household aad personal effects and
all manuscripts whether prose OF verse. .
h.s said son and daughter IN equal share and
the residue Of his property aa 10 one-half upon
trust for his son. William MINS" Meredith. Tor
ufr with remainder e. his wife, Margaret
,EaisyD Meredith for life. and ultimate re-
lrainGer 20 thr children vl his said son. whom
failing. t. follow ;he trusts az the other half.
,shicn he lelt upon trust 20 his dauEhter. Mr.
Marie Evelccr Sturgis. for life. with remainder
. To- h-r issue"
charles Dickens it is recorded left an estate
~ nearly half a million dollars. Most of this
seems to have. been spent If wc may judge ~
thy fortunes of some Of his sraHdC ChIidren-
The influence of France on English letters IN
DIR the Tudors is dealt with in Mr. Sidney Lee
book The French Renaissance in England
The material is expanded from his recent 1X-
ford lectures The volume Will be published n
the autumn.
The innovation Of pronouncing Shakesp""res
words as they were probably pronounced In his
own day has been carried out IT fete arranged
. at University College. London The experiment
inspires this comment by the Manchester
For one touch Of nature" Shakespeare rrohabfJ
SID own tpoch Uf natfcr. and, very much lke
a modern Ir-shmin, h world say, \ haS.f .f 4 ll4s
wants G's,"oi-. 81 IN NJ ,.,,n',,I,r Nfrrrt.s
a haste that wants discoorse Of rayson
VVouG haave Iuopru"t ur2rr-
/ BE they pare iFreuct ut aS grass grace
a broken vooce and hts whole fooHruon ~h''t-
ing isuItiUgl
forms his rCuSaVt
To take against say AZ troot'.~
our ancestors Of even some one hundred and n.ty
ye-rs ago said Room for Rome. che ter .n"lr
.uhlecgpd" FOR obliged. greet b0ul' ttrc 'uJ 15
iu cut great bowl. aUd. further back. Nil
would say billing water.
= large number Of Illustrations Will be- found
in the forthcoming book ON County Residences
III Europe and America uy Mr. l. y. Le MVyne-
The villas and chuteaus Of Italy and France mo
castles and manor houses Of England. and The
most effective country houses on this side Ct the
ocean have all been drawn upon for the Fur-
poses cf this volume The author has eiid'ftN-
urtd to show how the later buildings were de-
yclupod from the earlier ones.
The writer known George PaSton-Miss II
Al Svmonds-I said to have discovered con-
siderable number Of hitherto Unpublished letters
from th.. pen Of Alexander Pope some OF tHese
VIII he printed full in her book whlch Is 10
Ice published soon under tn" title "t MI f"Pe-
A Chronicle, Of His Life and Work