New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-14
LITERARY NOTES.

laid upon his readers has never quite lost its
effect It is with pleased expectancy, there
fore, that they will await his new book. Queen
Shebas Ring II is to be published soon.
An american edition of Mr.. Tfghe Hopkinss
book The Women Napoleon Loved is just
published in Boston by Little. Brown & Co 1t
contains six portraits This firm viii also bring
out The Lost Ambassador" a novel by
that amusing writer. Mr.. L. Phillips OppeHheim-
The feminine detective is the heroine of the
Baroness Orczy's new novel, entitled Lady
Molly, of Scotland Yard" Lady Molly Is said
to work out her discoveries the basis of the
theory Find your motive and 1 viii find
your man"
book entitled King Edward a Sports
man" is in preparation in England. The King
himself had authorized the work, which IS to be
made up of contributions from the most
closely associated with him in hunting. yacht
ing and racing. The editor of the "Badmlnton
library" Mr.. A. Z. T. Watson. viii edit the
book 1t Will be illustrated.
letter from Jean -rancos Millet TO a brother
artist Paul Bodmer. which was never before
published. will be found in the new edition OF
Julia Cartwright's Life OF the famous painter
reviewer of modern poetry for the London
Spectator" is struck by one fact-that not
only is the level of technical accomplishment
high, but the impulse to sing to recTeate the
world in the terms of beauty, and to regard no
mart of life alien to the Muses. strong anu
persistent" The reviewer adds:
This does not mean that good poetry is common.
for technical skill and the most ardent love OF
beauty not sufficient TO command the divine
fire, hut it that there Is wealth OF the
material from which poetry is born 1t is a hope
wen S to note At few periods in our history have
SO many people from 50 many different points OF
view been writing verse DISTINGUISHED musical SIn-
cere and original There is little of the very pest
but is promising soil wherein to look for IFS ap-
pearar'
yz-i+bo1,+ being at all ressfnlistfc it may be
said that without at least spark of the divine
fire poetry is, in truth, no more than dust and
ashes.
We should note by the way that the London
"Athenaum" says of Mrs. Josephine Peabody
Markss prize play. The Piper that the play
considered as literature, has some peasant fLi!e9
and genuine imagination, hut it lacks dramatic
power and structural consistency
That region of wondrous beauty in which the
Dolomites their pinracIes is too little known
to the traveller. and a welcome, therefore IS
awaiting 4 forthcoming volume by Mr. : H
Hamer. 1t is strange that the Journey from
Venice to BelIuno and thence over the mountain
roads to Borca and Toblach IS not ott@ner TAKEN
II is short and comfortable and packed WIN pct
uresquc delights. Mr.. Hamrrs book "uGht 70
have many readers.
In the course of a searching article N the
London '"Fimes' the poetry Of Dean 0Nlt
there is a wise paragraph ON the "eoaI }ian' s.
to be found IN the work OF that brlilIah' ana
unhappy man:
There is d caarseues= that CONES of candIdJy. II
not trturphauty. recognizing that was made Il
Fhrrc is a humble cuarseness that tr;sts IT, things
us they are, relHseS to qGlpn.e or 81 ll sue,
th. other hlnd, na%;iuess, like SjrFHt' l..i re-
Sennies me lesisl"s OF Ii.i.. .'n-o-I
Jnot. perhaps. without hint OF acerHttEl. with
Of her dreams did Lady Marn.Jh. The dtshr-
places Of gouS.i BUSINESS must DE +eEtc-s-d "t IN N
PLANTATION OF tlc fact ulat what the ordinary man
nliI s,rer Irin1Ts oIer and tht saint " .arcs
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