New-York tribune., 1911-03-25
BOOKS AND AUTHORS
Current Talk of Things Present
and 10 Come.

A collection OF the short stories OF the
| late Marion Crawford has just come
! from the Macmillan press. These arc all
Of q weird or supernatural sort. We are
/ glad that the collection includes 'The
! I ppcr Berth" n tale which brilliantly
shows his command over the uhcahhE'
Wandering Ghosts" is the suggestive
| title OF the volume.
Two Revolutionary French Women.
| Two unpleasant but picturesque figures
OF the French Revolution are TO he COM
momora ed i'm forthcoming volumes. NJ.
CASTINGS work on the beautiful Nine.
Tallien is to be published in English un-
der the title Of "A Queen OF Shreds and
| Patches" and Theroigne de Mericourt
i. the subject Of book by Frank Hamel.
| Mr.. Wisters New Novel.
An old and highly esteemed friend viii
reappear in Mr.. owen Wister's new
novel, Members Of the Family" This
is Scipio lie Moyne. the humorous COM
rade Of the delightful Virglnian and OF
Lin Mclean. Mr.. Wister is still at
work upon his story. II Is to he pub
lished early in May.
More Books on Napoleon.
A translation OF NJ. Frederic Mason
book on Napoleons coronation is an
nounced for publication this spring. 1t
is careful study OF all the causes
events and reasons leading to the coro-
nation. The other book which is the
work Of Sir Walter Runciman. is entitled
"The Tragedy OF st. Helena" Unlike
recent book on this subject. this deals
with Sir Hudson Lowe in fashion far
from amiable. Sir Walter believes that
the exiled Emperor was badly treated by
the British government and that Lowe
was much to blame
Whitmanic "Verse."
Mr.. II. Traubel who was one of the
worshippng friends Of Walt Whitmans
later years. has published a book of So
called poems in the vein of his idol. one
Of them celebrates a Pennsylvania de-
partment store proprietor I'm this fashion:
do not run my store for profit run II FOR
love. ] run II for service:
Yes: giving the buyers all l have for all
they have: paving out each way all OF
life for all Of life:
Making little OF what get, making
everything Of what | give
Asking here the questions OF the soul and
answering them right
And so on. Pity the sorrows Of poor
old muse
In the "reminiscences of an Irish gen.
tleman, which We're published the other
day, is an interesting reference to Whit
man. The author once ventured TO ask
Swinburne If his opinion Of the Ameri-
can writer was as high as when he ad-
dressed him in the lines published in
Songs before Sunrise" Swinburne IS
described as replying that he still great
" admired Whitman's best earlier work,
but that the Americans indiscriminate
admirers had made him sick of the
mans very name" and" he added, Il
doubt whether posterity Will have pa
tierce to pick out his plums from such
a mass of indigestible dough
A Last Poem.
The last poem of the late Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps (Mrs. Ward Is published
in the recent number of "Harper's Ba-
zar." 1t is called The Twain OF Her:
Now the Martha Of her stifened to her
load,
DowII-wciehing. of relentless daily care.
Now she straightened upright, Would hoy
Put held herself eli iron standing there.
When the Mary of her called unto her
And made moan. and cried to it in vain:
"Oh. this womsn-look. She fretteth over
And leaves no space for me; Lord, COM
plain.
But the Martha of her listened with the
o. those too weary or too strong 10 rest
'Ten who Saketh. then. this burden II !
And empty both my hands upon my
breast.
Oh. A soul divided is a soul forcspent,
She went stll asking: rs it !? or -
Low forever through the silence Mary
spoke,
reply.
TIL the irony and harmony of death
Made cut Of these concord high ana
when the Martha OF the woman. tcilng,
passed,
F.trangod from ease. she sought her Mas
tcrs feet.
Now my turn has come, my turn at last"
she cried.
NV time 10 worship. listening to Thy
word"
Al. but calm beyond her. fair above her
still.
Tho Mary Of her krelt before the Lord.
O's New Story.
"trother Copas," Sir Arthur Qulller
Ccuch's new book. deals with n chari-
Table hospital for "decayed gentlemen"
ruled by warden much resembling that
kind old man of Rarchester. The in
mates quarrel and Brother Copas de-
scribes their performances.
Clara Sohur1ann.
In the just published "reminiscences of
the Queen of Pumania there is
elinrse IF Nine. Clara Schumann, the
eminent musician and widow Of the
composer. The Queen vas a Young girl
when she met the pianist. whom she thus
describes
She vas dressed in black velvet, with a
single deep red rose stuck low below one
car in her dark hair. which was very thick
and inclined 20 curl, and which she wore
uIoinI-- rarted and fla, 20 the head, instead