New-York tribune., 1910-02-06

Mr. Charles Loves novel, "A Princes
Pranks' has had in German translation. ii
notable success in Prussia. The Emperor VIII
lam the prince of the story.
| Mr. Gerald H Thayer's book "ConceaIing co.
Grafton in the Animal Kingdom" contains
| summary of the remarkable discovery made ~
his father, Mr.. Abbott Fl. Thayer. The artist has
contributed an Introductory essay. The V"uH"
(Which the Macmillan Company is bringing out1
contains sixteen colored plates and ffty-eiEht
black and white ones. Twelve of the tClorci
plates are reproduced from paintings by the dis
coverer of the startling facts described.
The novelist Nine. Marcelle Tinyare has
just published a book Turkey and the hareDl
| system, which she has Investigated Oh the sIrrt.
Monogamy. she declares has been brought asoIt
by the spirit of economy and by the 'Iesire 70
| appear civilized in the eyes of Eurnu. Size
| says of the Oriental woman that "extremeIy
fat, nourished on sugar and pastry. sleeping
| good deal reading little or not at all, occupied
| by small gossip with puerle little pleasures,
they lead the innocent existence Of grown-up
| little girls
Mr.. Thomas Hardy's new book Of verse,
| '"Time's Laughing Stocks" has evoked in Eng
| land many discussions on his incur.tIo pcs
| simism He is quoted writing one perfect
| lyric"-this:
| Rain the windows. crcabing doors
| With blasts that hesom the green
| And a hundred miles between.
were it but the weather, Dear.
| o were it but the miles.
| There might be I;ca room for smiiIts
| But that thwart thing betwixt US twain,
| Is more than distance. Dear, or rain,
| And longer than the wears
are rarely found. One appeared in an auction
room the other day and brought So. II was
addressed to Miss Betham. and gave this char
acteristlc glimpse CT the writers br"'hti: MY
| brother and myself return You thousand
| thanks for your kind communication We haN.
| read your poem many times over with increased
| interest Should you feel nervous at the idc.. e
meeting Charles in the capacity of a severe cen
| sor give me line and / VIII come I" E"l
| anywhere and convince you in five minutes HAT
| he is even t1nd and stammers. and can scarcely
| speak for modesty and fear of giving l;'h-
| In "The Tories of Chippeny HI' uhc Grafton
| Press Mr.. +. lie Roy Pond pays 4 tritnt" t" I'r
| 1oyalists OF Bristol. Plymouth and Harwjnt"n.
Conn. Drawing on family traditions aTtieIt.>
Episcopalan churchmen whose anc. st"rs h:''' I"
| do with the founding, in 1i9l of st. Matth"N
Church. in East Plymouth, the author depicts
the trials of several dissenters from the tstat-
| lished church in Connecticut who Wcre also "t'-
posers Of the American cause There ls Ft:f''-
| duced the autobiography Of Moses Dunbar WI"
| enlisted for General Howe ana Was exc
| cuted for high treason, at Hartford. M:tr'E ~
III On the eve of the execution hj:nt:.r
| wrote i die in the profession and coH'nuf.'n
| of the Church of England. OF my political
tence l leave the readers of these lines i" ;u&&,
| A book on China and the Far East. "hi,a IS
announced by T. Y. CrOweIl & Co. ought L" !"
worth reading 1t is made up Of series "f
lectures given at Clark University ty Wei known
officials and scholars who have lived III Tie E"s:
| or have devoted themselves to special StncE ci
the subject
Mrs Franklin-otherWiSc Frank ft..F,fty
! adjured novel writing and is at work nr"n =.
biography and catalogue iIluStr" 81 lET,m" Lady
| Hamilton
Mr.. Swinburne. It appears. C"uid hc reused "a
fury which sadly affected his health l.! Fefi
| erence to any VerSifier who presumed to SIS
these, an acquaintance quotes him as SAY l1s; II
an angry oUtburst: "Of al my imit:tt"IS thiS
fellow is the most ntoerabie. | ciaIT-:ift'i N't
know, will admit the justice "f tn" claim
that perhaps the most distinctive chtra"tt ri>ti%
| of my work in poetry is that | haI" taken 81
and hackneyed metres. ana have JrltG I" tF+;Ji>-
form them from mere jiuelcs and m''' tiE-
Jig into music. This pestilent ap" l!::S Nu'FlZ'i
| what / have done, by servic limitations "f ~
manner and of my methods: but what la
transformed into music he has transfer fied t.s' "
into the Vest ara most jisgin& at jlHEf'>, -
he spoke the poet quiVered With rage .H, ~"
subject had to be hastily changed ~ hfS E':'-
erS.
John Wesley and four preachers - NV ll:z''
land Edwards Claiming. Bushnell ..H' i''""r>t