New-York tribune., 1911-11-25

whatever 10 distinguish him. except that
he looked IKE a goose In his gait and
manner Dut mat he was intensely given
up TO his profession and thought Of lit
tie or nothing else--sO much so that In
talking OF other matters he was rather
below than above ordinary men.
A Book by Fabre.
The great French entomologist. Henri
Fabre-who is now nearly ninety years
oId-has just been introduced to the
English reader Mr. A. r. dc Mattos has
translated his beautiful book The Life
and Love Of the Insect" ard it has been
published i'm London in an illustrated
edition. or it's venerable author NJ
Maeterllnck has said that he is one Of
the loftiest and Durest glories that the
civilized world possesses at this moment
one Of the ablest naturalsts and the
most wonderful poet in the modern and
really lawful sense Of the word"
MseterIinck Is Not Coming.
Mime. Maeterlnck Is coming to Amer
lea in a few weeks to give divers lect-
ures and some performances Of her hus-
bands plays. but NJ. Maeterinck VIII
not accompany her
Baedeker.
Bacdeker, the old and ever new, again
places us i'm his debt. We record the an
pearance of Il new edition the eleventh,
Of the incompatible Germans Austria
Hungary. with Excursions TO CetiHje.
Belgrade and Bucharest" The title
page bears the usual magic words re-
viscd and augmented" This volume is
on, of the richest of them all as regards
maps. There are scventy-one Of the lat
ter and there are as many plans.
A New Shakespeare.
The latest Of Shakespearian editions 4.
launched from the press Of the Macmil-
Ian Company, under the title Of The
Tudcr Shakespeare" and If We may
judge from the volumes already received
it will win wide popularity. Each play
is printed by itself in an artstically de-
signed pocket volume There are to bs
forty of these. the poems as we'll as the
plays being included. Tntroductons are
supplied. there are notes in which We
observe the influence of taste and COM
mon sense rather than OF pedantry, and.
Of course. there is a glossary. II is an
American enterprise Professor Nelson.
of Harvard. and Professor Thorndike, of
Columbia. are the general editors. and
they also, by the way look after Romeo
and Juliet" i'm particular. The other
plays have been assigned 10 other hands
AS You Like It." which lies before us.
IS edited By Professor Martha II. Shack
fcrd. and Henry V" has been prepared
for the press by Professor Lewis f.
Mott. The text used is that put forth
by Professor Nelson five years ago.
This is not only a good working edition
but very companionable' one, an ed-
tion no less for the lover Of Shakespeare
than for the scholar. The frontispiece5
are printed in photogravure. There are
pretty end papers, and the quiet green
cloth binding is exactly what II ought to
be Ten of the forty volumes will have
been issued before the end Of the year,
and the others will follow with little de-
lay.
Celebrities Of the Past.
The privately printed "reminiscences OF
the Right Hon. James Stuart contain
many glimpses Of nineteenth century au-
thors. Mr.. Stuart's grandmother, who
was a friend of Charles Dickens In his
youth, was wont to tell a story about
the novelist. She described him as re-
hearsing a conversation between bus
conductor and a gentleman who was
taking his four children 10 the theatre.
When they arrived at the theatre the
gentleman found he had left the ticket
behind "Oh" cried a Mr. Rowbotham'
who had been listening with rapt atten-
tion to the story, "Oh! buy other tickets
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