The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-23
TOREIGN LITERART VOTES

n pmrmlY nnn. according 10 the B1t4H Anh.
he sprina boaEs. wnich shoald have
bssn pat upon ,hs marEss Ws~ks ago,
have Bss sppe.r-d. inquiFiss among tha
p'ibilshsrs slicttsd the Statement that
/ thSy have many books ready. all prinfsd
and bond. which tbsy are hoiaiag laek
Tor . favorable m0Eneuf. Thsy are
afraid a. par tham OFT nov on Eneount
~ the poiitSoal sit,latisa, fos they 5elisvs
that tho sxciteSnsas will kssp people from
huyinG and reading neu bOoks. Tbs
. sl~Csion delayed the winter publication.
aud the sEpscsstion that anothsr gsnerai
Z election nay - held a. any moment IL
interfering sven more wisn the spring
ssason.
In literature the po~seN&ion of a famous
I name y a serious d~trsmsnt James
, ThOmsoa Of The Civ q Dv-adful Nigh,,-
! Tor Snpfancs. Suffered greatly from being
e0nfussd with the better known aufher
I OF The season-- AIR Robert HsrPick
escAp~s the penalty in snnne degree by ap-
pealing "a an aUdisncs - which the poet
70 con paratively unknown. Sir Walter
Scott. BAR who di@a chs other day az ths
ags oG ~ wears. though 10 never wrote q
word. 30 far an 90 know. and has CHIEF
activity wss remote from letters. made his
famous name notable in the book world %
the end Of the ninetesnsb century. Ne was
q self-made man. beginning life A. a work
nG macon and gradually he~"minE great
contractor. He put up puihe buildtngs.
Constructed bridges. b,gilr one q the Lon
don Underground railroads.. made money
In shipping in steel and tubs works in all
kinds % enEin~ering concs-ns. For some
rcAson he entered the Publishing business
also in the early sos and was one Of
the pi0nssrs in the manufacture % aftrac-
tive cheap bookA The series be published
are known throughout the World: they we're
remarkably well esiitSd and contained a
great dsal % original matter put together
IN . practical and WorkmAniiks manner
In the pretty 81 81 Canterbury POe's'
were ineludesi several original AntholoGies.
like AR. GlessOn Whites -BaIlsdss and
hond~aux.- . most useful summary Of
eariy French vsnss forms. which IL ex-
Guided from the Cnifsd States on account
q too libsrsl borrowing from American
poets The biographies an the Great
Writers wer~ compact, iudiciOus and pro-
vidsd With helpful btbliographiss. Much
/ good literature which u was M; easy 70
find in any shape Was included in the
-Camelot Classios.' and mlch original
and even pioneer work va. eOnsAined in
the -Con:smporsry Science books. His
/ irm Published OsbaT series later; il intro
diced Ibsen and TolslOy 10 EnRliNh rad
! err. but the service rendersd In providing
mass Of good literature in attractive
shilling volumes. with bindings that
/ hold after . quarter Of a century use. bs-
fore the Dents and other publishers applied
/ art 20 cheap books. gave the nams of Wal
ter Scotf q rev distinction among book
lovers. 10 hs Was not r~sponsibls himself
3 for the selection ana method Of his publ
! cation. he vas for the choice ~ the men
: who saw that the work vas veil done.
All Interested IN tho knGlish lsngzIa 90
wiIl bs glad 20 learn that Prof W W Skeat
10 about 90 issue an enlarged and revised
edition Of his famous -Etymological Dc
tiOnary.- the matnstsy % all sttrenss 10
English pathology. II 10 announced that
alterations have been made. more or
, les. tn almost every artcle. except such
a. are % the simplest character The
publisher 10 the oxford University Press.
Andreas Aohenhach. the German land
acap@ and marine artist. died April / AZ
Das@eldorf A. the age 81 - years He
painted an astonishing number % pic
lures probably over son and had a krsa
reputation in the middle 81 the nines.S~nth
century Fashion changed and be was
criticised and abused for the qua ltisa thu,
made his paintings popular. hut he lived
long enough 90 see the reaction that has
set N and the new appreciation % MS
LANDSCAPES
A great French ent0mol0gi.f Henri
Fahre. r-ceniiv celebrated h,s eighty
seventh birthday a. S<riRnAn. Va the
Vauciuse He spent be whole life IN his
native provence H.s Investigations into
the Uses ~ the ma oder plant attracted the
attention 81 Victor Duruy when h. was
NJ ntste- 81 Instruction. who put hum IA q
POSITION where he could continue has IN
ys~tikatIons His Souvenirs Eutonno-
iDgiau-~- made hrm known 70 = wider
rIhi." than the insect specialists The
Covernmssl'. th- Institute. " Frame and
scientific sOciet - sent delegates 20 con
graduate him. aud the cnmmittsa o.
arrangements Inciudsd Lord Ayrbury.
Prince Roland Bobapar;s. Frederic Ms
trail aud Edmond Rostsnd
The hate R0Dert Hoes magnificent
library. according TO the EnGlish news
papers u to he cent To- Loadon for dis
psrasl aud Wili ~ sold by auction by the
sothsbys
Among the books announced az be- n
IN preparation by London publishers are
two more volumes - -RsooIiection-' bv
Lord BroughfDn. ByrOn's friend John
Cam HoiIhouss ,JOhn Murray Mr.
Lewis Melville has writtsn the Life and
Letters ~ william Beckford % FonthiII.
the eccentric author 90 -Nathek which
William H-inemAnn Sill Issue. The letters
have never b~~n published before Prof
O-siAr Browning the historian. has written
Memories - sixty Years At Eton. Gam
bridge and Elsewhere which John Lane
Will Publish. lie knew many noted
people and should he able to tell inter
ssting things. The very last novel lett
Nv Marion Crawford 10 announced by the
MacTniilans. II - called The Cnde-
sirsbIe GoveFneS-- and deals with English
socie'y. An old manuscript known a.
Master WOrsisy's Book giving an &C
count Of the constitution and I-aGes II
the Middle Temple. has been edited by
a IORf-n X & and will ia fpihliahs.d