New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-02

tribute to his memory In the shape OF
handsome tablet. 1t bears quotauoh
from the second edition Of his "Voy-
ages: "Tha ardent Love Of My Coun-
try Devoured all Difficulties" Hakluyt
was for thirty years a prependary OF the
cathedral.
Max Beerbohm's Book.
Mr.. Max Beerbohm is about to pub
lish a novel-one, 1t is stated, AS unlike
the novels OF contemporary novelists as
his caricatures are unlike the drawings
of other contemporary caricaturlsts'
He calls 1t "Zuleika Dobson." 1t Is IN
the nature Of parody.
Robin Hood.
Sherwood Forest is the scene ana
Robin Hood the hero OF poetic drama
which Mr.. Alfred Noyes, its author, has
the hope Of seeing produced upon the
stage some day. Friar Tuck and MAID
Marian are, Of course, auxiliary char
acters.
Kiping and Hardy.
OF the making Of books based on books
there Is no end. To the series OF Die
tionaries of Famous Authors" Will be
added in few weeks "The Rudyard
Kiping Dictionary" and THE Thomas
Hardy Dictionary"
Mortal and immortal.
The love of mortal for an immortal
IA the motive Of Miss Marie Corellfs
forthcoming novel, Life Everlasting.
It is in the vein of her early book, "A
Romance of Two Worlds
A Christmas City.
In THE Christmas City; Bethlehem
Through the Ages" Mr.. Lewis G. Leary
has sketched the history and the ro-
nance Of the holy city. The volume,
which is copiously illustrated, Is meant
for the holidays and will be brought out
by the sturgis & Walton Company.
Serious Reading in Danger.
There is something like terror-strick-
en- discussion in England over the ques-
ton of the apparent dying out Of the
habit Of serious reading. Professor Sir
Joseph Thomson complained the other
dav that Cambridge undergraduates ex-
pected to have thing digested and
then given TO them and that many OF
them read very little themselves. He
declared that he was afraid that the
habit of reading was almost extinct at
the university. lectures having replaced
1t. Library officials in England say that
people are borrowing books rather than
buying them, and that they are reading
generally the lighter notwithstanding
more. in fact, for entertainment than for
instruction or culture or intellectual
curiosity. It is stated that the demand
for solid books has not increased pro-
portionately with the increase in the
number Of readers That veteran pub
Usher. Mr. J. NJ. Dent, takes more
hopeful view Of the situation, and the
tremendous sale of his cheap reprints of
books of solid value seems to justify him.
He SAYS that even books he has reprint
ed as sort Of fororn hope, fearing that
they would he over the heads Of the pub
lie. have had an excellent sale. But
optimistic as Mr.. Dent Is, he fears that
there may be much In Sir Joseph Thorn
sons complaint. He adds:
The tendency, at any rate at Cambridge
and many other universities, Is TO aim at
short cuts to knowledge, TO work only for
examinations. which are ever growing
harder and to ignore wide culture ana
what used to be called the "humanities."
But the workingman, as my experience
with "Everyman" shows, Is willing to read
good books If they are placed within ms
reach Perhaps the centre OF things Is
shifting. and 1t Is 10 him we shall have
10 look for real culture. and a desire after
knowledge for the sake OF knowledge.
The Theirs Library.
The house in Paris which Thiers's
sister-in-law, Mile. Dosne. left to the In
stitute of France as the home for a
library OF modern history is not ready to
open its doors. It has no books to speak
Of The income which accompanied the
gift of the Theirs house is not large
enough properly to care for the place
and to buy books also.
Sarah Tytler at Eighty.
Miss Henrietta Keddie, whose novels
of Scottish life, published under the
name Of Sarah Tytler." were popular
generation ago, is now, at eighty. bring
ing out her "reminiscences. She has
known a great number Of interesting
personages and her Three Generations
of n Middle Class Scottish Family" will
probably be a book worth reading.
A Book Of Travel.
THE Land Of Yelled Women" is the
picturesque title of a forthcoming book
by Mr. John Foster Fraser. whose vol
umes on America. Canada and Australia
have been enjoyed by many readers. He
has dealt therein with Tunisia. Algeria
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