New-York tribune., 1910-06-19
LITERARY NOTES,

LITERARY NOTES.
Mr.. Charles Marriott has hit upon terse
enough title for his new novel He calls it, SIM
ply, Now"
FRANCOIS Coppee is the latest Of writer's to be
honored by a statue in Paris. His effgy IN
bronze has been fashioned for erection in the
Place Saint Francois Xavier. 1t represents him
with cigarette between his fingers.
The Macmillians will shortly publish book
which not students of archaeology alone but all
thoughtful sportsman should find of interest.
It is a study by Mr. Norman E. Gardiner, of
Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals" The
volume is divided into two parts, the first be-
ing occupied with a history Of athletic festivals
in Greece from the earliest times to the year
3G3 A. D., the second comprising chapters on
specific sports. The book is to contain about
two hundred Illustrations
The literary cafe for generations character
istic Of Paris is still institution, but it is
not quite so familiar to-day as 1t once was,
more prosperous and therefore less dependent
upon the conveniences Of Bohemia A ParlS
correspondent of THE London Morning Post,
alluding to one of the last of these pleasant
lounging places. speaks thus of its recent losses:
Death has levied heavy toll of late on the
have been the first to arrive and make the cafe
ring with his fearless epiSram on the latest play,
him in the tunnel so near his home Or It might
have been Jean Moreas strayed down from the
Latin Quarter with his eyeglass and heavy mus
taehe M the M poet @ 9 S9 m m Ted 'f o the he
Ccphissus though he tried to forget that his real
name was apadianantopoulos- I rue, 1t was NOT
into doggerel he brought the poets coffee,
De Monsieur Mor6as,
and receive for his pains sGatn @ g 5mbefilf nhsf t5
m d Of lbs @ ssn wtFd3 fannGt nn TTe yIe
peIple work, and the circulation
my earlier books falls off a. once
Mr. John II. Ingram has finished the biog-
raphy Of Chatterton on which he has long been
at work, and it is promised for early pubiica-
ton In it he tells the tragic story of the
poets life in the light OF considerable research
| and prints some verses by Chattcrt0D which
have hitherto remained unknown.
presumably have a volume or two of essays to
the fore when the holiday season comes around.
| Meanwhile, it is announced that he is at work
| upon a story for children to which he has
/ given the name Of SLOW Coach
| The 450th anniversary of the University CT
Bale will be celebrated on the 24th OF this
| month. The committee of organization has de-
| rided to collect a fund for widows and orphans
| of university professors. The absence of such
| a fund has prevented eminent men from
| accepting chair at Bale. where the number Of
| students is not la:sc enough to assure the pro
fessOr an honorarlum suftcIent both TO support
| his family and to provide for them in case Of
his death. The plan is, therefore, not only
charitable, but also for the best interests OF the
| university.
American readers will be interested in
book devoted to the life and times of John
! Wilkes, a book which is now in course of prepa-
ration by Mr. Lewis Melville mass of uIl-
| published material is TO be used therein, and
| great part Of it's pages Will be given over to
| Wili.es's relation with the moving spirits Of
| the French Revolution.
Another volume which viii make some appeal
| to readers in this country is a compilation of
| the letters Of Mrs. Craigie John Oliver
! Hobhes). These epistles deal chiefly with liter
| airy topics and many Of them addressed to
distinguished writers. The book VIII be pub
| lshcd in the aCtUEan.
| Court life in France during the minority Of
! Louis EV is the subject Of the fourth volume
! in the series of French memoirs issued by the
/ Sturgis & Walton Company. This volume,
| which will probably be brought out in SepteIn-
| Ter, is to bear the title OF Secret Memoirs OK
| the Regency" The original was compiled from
| secret papers and drawn from personal obser-
walton by Charles Pinot DuClDs, an eminent
member of the French Academy in the eigh-
teenth century.