New-York tribune., 1909-03-14
LITERARY NOTES.


An interesting book which is to be published
! some day in the future is the Hon John ".
| Fosters Diplomatic Memories"
The fourth part of Sir George Trevelyan's
| American Revolution is now in course of prep
aTatlon In this, 1t is said, the author is likely
| to return to Charles Fox and deal mainly with
the relations of George III to Parliament
new novel by Frank Dandy (Julia Frankau)
is to be brought out by the Macmillan Company
next month.
| The new edition of the late Baron Won Bieder-
nann's collection of all known conversations
| with Goethe is to be made complete and
| trustworthy as possible. A large number of the
reports of talks by English and American Wis
| 1tors (some of them still in manuscript have
been prepared, but it is thought that others. still
unknown to the editor. may be in existence
An English version of T. V. Yonvatschev's
book on his Imprisonment in the fortress OF
Schleusselburg is to be published under the
| title of THE Russian Bastile" The author was
Russian naval officer who sentenced to
death as a political suspect-a sentence com
ress, with subsequent exile to Saghaln. The
| prison details are said to be grewsome
! copy of the first edition of Vanity Fair
brought at an Edinburgh sale. the other day. the
sum OF $267; letter from Thackeray's hand
brought $66, and the original manuscript of his
| first Roundabout Paper" 1855,
Three new volumes of the ARTS and Letters
Library" are announced. These the stories
or the Spanish Artists until Goya" drawn from
contemporary records, and edited by Luis Car
| reno. with a preface by E. Hutton; Stories Of
the French Artists from ClOuet to IngTes," drawn
| from contemporary records and edited by =. NJ.
Turner; and "Stories Of the German Artists"
collected and edited by Professor Hans w.
Singer.
The first volume of the correspondence,
Bulletins, ct Ordres du Jour de Napoleon has
Just appeared in Paris under the title of DE
Brienne 13 Vendemiaire' Three other vol
| umes are promised "Bonaparte ct lie Direc-
| toire," Champagne dItalie" and Expedition
| d'Egypte"
What purports to be the manuscript journal of
a Cambridge Undergraduate who visited Elba in
| 1914. and there saw Napoleon, has been placed
at the disposal Of the London Daily Mail" and
| a portion of it has in that paper been printed
| for the first time. Here is the young mans de-
SCrlptOn of the eXiled Emperor:
The first impression on my mind Can this
be the great Napoleon? Is that graceless figureso
and kings? It is surely impossible and that coun-
pears even to indicate stupidity! such was the
frst impression and though soon found reason
TO change my opinion concerning his countenance
stin continue to think the figure of Napoleon very
ver Of e a bs Vr ne ar LOOKS sr1@p
| ton. and his thighs are large, quite out of pro-
He a cock hat low over his eyes. which in
appearance at rst sight This Rat is 15 very high
/ behind, low before Its broWnneSs seemed to ndi-
cate that it had stood many a campaign. 1t
bore cockade of white and red. He wore a
great military coat faced with red the skirts OF
II began to slope off from as high as the stomach:
above that Il close buttOncd, and his neck
very short could scarcely his black
shabby star his breast commander of the
Legion Of Honor. and the three small decorations
of the orders of the Legion OF Honor Reunion and
. Iron Crown Under MS coat appeared red sash,
The grand cord OF the Ieson lie had a white
WaIStcuat white brccCh"S and white gloves His
boots were old and shabby. his silver spurs
fastened with black buckles He rode small
tors5caa brown horse. with holsters in his saddle
old. his person looked clean and neat.
HE leans very forward In riding While Re was
talking to his hOrs. suddenly lifted up his hind
foot and NAPOLEON rurd quickly round if he
twenty minutes D.. talked with us. he took il
ugj of small black box. ON which UCr. three
canoes. His hand is Ilrt .Ularlv white ms rng=J
small and taVoriug His hair IS black. ami haCES
expressive than q, -IUtt HIS coat collar. Yet
u is clean looking His eyes are blue and small:
eyebrows black and rather large. his nose and
mouth handsome and cG moderate size. his chin
IpWish. has much OF that appearance which
might call dpulty. forehead is square and
prominent HI spoke quickly and necessarily His
voice is .op. and ne speaks rather abruptly
We have already announced the Shakespeare
Bacon book which is in the press Of the Horgh-
ton NGIn Company. Another is coming out in
England in the shape Of M. George Grocnwoods
relciuder to Canon BcechiuE's attack upon his
theories. Mr. Greenwood entities this book in
Re Shakespeare Problem: BccehinE Grcrn-
wood Tho Bofondaut's Reply" The table OF
contents mentions these subjects, Spelling and
Handwriting Nv SupuOScd Arguments. Chez