New-York tribune., 1910-08-21


that pretty love story from her pen is among
| the autumn books. Sir Georges Objection" it
| is called.
The buttons announce two books de-
eldedy picturesque ana mn interesting subJeets
Wiel She enters field which has been unac-
countably neglected. Her illustrations are from
old drawings of Venetian warshlps and old pict-
ures of famous fights. The other book is
Mr.. Ezra Pounds study of the Trcub2dours
and other early poets in Southern Europe. He
calls his work ''The Spirit of Romance"
Mr. Bran Stoker whose "Dracula' has shown
! that he has faculty for picturesque narrative,
is presently bringing out a volume on Famous
| Impostors" In it he discourses of various
kinds of humbugs, including pretenders to royal
honors financial scamps and queer religious
types Sturgis & Walton will print the book.
Nearly every writer on the Italian Renais-
| sance finds occasion to pay more or less atten-
| ton to the mercenary captains who spent part
of their time fighting the battles this or that
petty despot. and otherwise devoted themselves
| to maraudng their account But it
must be some twenty years since Temple Leader
| published his monograph on Sir John Hawk
wood, and since then we do not recall any SINH
| lar study of of these sanguinary figures.
| There should be a place, therefore, for The
| Great Condottere," the book which the lady
| who calls herself CHRISTOPHER Hare is to pub
| lish this winter through the John Lane Com
panY. She has very good subject that
shall await her work with interest tinged with
| socitude.
| Coleridge's Ancient Mariner will figure
Mr. Willy Pogany, the Hungarian artist has
| been making a series of illustrations for the
| poem, following in some ways the manner of
| DUrer.
| Mr. Lewis Melville's Life and Letters Of
| William Beckford, just published here by Duff
| field & Co. is ailuring book. 1t is well illus
| trated and beautifully printed on paper which
by itself adds to the pleasure of the reader. We
| note with appreciation the inclusion of a good
| photography. Here are some passages from the
authors summing up of his herO's character:
There in him he was not a roue
nor he unduly addicted to the pleasures of the
table; while such hobbies as he had-the collection
aced early in life % by vie sander he held his
head high and let only an intimate friend here and
| founded charge He would not even condescend to
though, has been said, this seclusion has been
grne it s prde was great and tf nong cnufd
| break it down :. He was. too extremely
credit in his lifetime because he never allowed his
name to appear in any lists He did good by
course He was egotistcaI inpetuous ard impe, ape,
such as John Britton who beslayered him
with fattey in his lifetime "a. and Slande[ed him
| to take himself very seriously but his sense of
ricouH and at one tine 'if he aimed at being
the English nilord of Continental fancy, char
served from contempt by his great intel intellectual
ability Beckford was a considerate cons :,te, host
knowledge of the world and understood God the mo
'NeS He not deeP sct3olar but he vas, as
have seen, undoubtedly 4 sI!guLariy accom-
plished
Obviously, Mr. Melville has been at pains to
do Justice who has hitherto received
only inadequate attention from biographical
writer's. 1t is odd that original a type should
have waited long for really sympathetic
! treatment
1t is a long time since anything has been
heard of Dr. Max NOrdau. whose ideas De
generation made quite stir. He has q book
in press on THE Meaning of History"
| A new periodical is to be launched under
| the imprint of Adam Bndge Unc). 1t Will be
called ARTS and Decoration" and the first
number is to appear in October From the
| prospectus We gather that it will especially
! appeal to the makers of homes. treating all
| manner of decorative subjects. but purely
aesthetic we'll as practical motives viii receive
| due attention.
! From certain fiction that he has published we
| have inferred that Mr.. Frankfort Moore is es-
| pecialIy interested in Goldsmith and his period
! 1t now appears that he has for some time been
| engaged upon biography Of that golden"
| writer. and the volume is announced for this
! autumn.
The Sturgis & Walton Company will issue in
| the autumn what promises to be a charming
| volume, the Letters to Several Persons OF
i Honor" written in the seventeenth century, by
| John Dome Mr. Charles f. Merrill, Jr, has
| edited the book, which Will be printed In q
limit ed edition