New-York tribune., 1910-03-20
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERdRl NOTES.
Two additional stories are to be included IN
the forthcoming seventh edition az Mrs. : NJ. FL
Gardners charming little volume 81 Quaker
ldSls Holt will issue the bOOk-
A translation az NJ Ienotre's new book is
coming out under the title of a tiascOn Royal
. ist in Revolutionary Paris The C;ascOn was
the Baron de Batz. and the book is framed
documents discovered by NJ. LeHotrc. 10 gives
a vivid picture Cf the turbulent city.
a long letter from the pen ~ Charlotte
BrOnte actually brought So" in "A London sale
the other day. II addressed 60 Mr. Will
Jams. the publishers reader who discovered the
literary value Of Jane Eyre" There j. frank
revelation Of her shyness in its pages She
SAYS. The only slimpses of society I have
ever had were obtained in my vocation ~ gov
erness and some Of the most miserable mo-
ments l can recall were passed in drawing
rooms full Of strange faces
Mr II Noel Williams's book The Fas-
cinating Due de Richelieu." is OH the press %
the ScTibners- II promises 90 be- one Of the
most amusing Of this writer's picturesque his
toricaI monographs
Speaking Of historical monographs we NAV
note that those which have for some wears Ta -
be reproduced in cheaper editions piece %
good news for the readers who have looked
original editions. Some of these original edi-
tions. by the way, are now held 1T prices largely
exceeding those at which they were published.
prices which were BY no means small one or
the projected popular editions has just been
issued; this Is NJ Pierre dc Nchac's volume
the painter Natter Il contains many illus
tFatiOns.
Mr Price Golfers book on England and the
English from an American Point of View" has
had remarkable success ON the other side OF
the Atlantic. no fewer than seven editions hav-
ing been called for in England. The book is in
Its sixth edition IN this country.
"Wiu one asks Mr. Andrew Long at
tempt "A literary criticism Of Thackeray on ar
adequate scale II is an exceedingly difficult
task because the young lions think that they
have OutgrOWn Thackeray. much wiser,
more erudte in human nature. more accom-
plished and exquisite than ThacNel lay. The Old.
toOthless hons-Bioi q7i pGric and the rest
know that We are not able 10 do hat u needed
ia fact are not good enough Neither T--
CARDS his character tof which Ae could he or
90 'isloh a claitt ys'!t rflIlci nor HlS tAi" nor
his way OF writing novels concerning which.
again. he had no lhusionsi. q" we feel masters
of the subject on az the right way of treating
the subject. IL is almost diff ult &C. rite
Thackeray as 10 write on Sv it,"
Mr.. Lang quotes Professor Saintshury's SON
tenccs Of appreciation ian his history Of English
literature. we can see i'm Thackeray's vcr-
earliest writings popularity of phrase. Of style
IN the greater sense. which is nowhere disCerni-
bic before him. His play on words
point il which be is again Shakespeariau-hiS
broken sentences. Tie rapid zgZaS turns Cf his
thouSht ana Fancy are an due. partly ~ least
10 this excitement Of brain which Overhears
beforehand, as IL were. the coming Tepartee
comment. anHotation. and hall aEneNes u and
half parties IL ere 10 arrives. II follows from
this that there Is no phrase I'm English ueT-
volIs 50 iUtteringly alive Thacke "a -" That
adds Mr.. Lang. is among the things 10 be
justly said about Thao keray" Poor Young
lioHs'-it is sad 10 remember tha, when the5r
little names are forever blOtted out from this
round earth that Of the great novelist Will live
IL hls everything books.
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