New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-07-16
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr.. George Moore has decided 70 pos,.
zone until the autumn the publication
of his new book, Ave. Salve. Vale"
It is expected that the volume will max,
lively reading, for it IS said that many
familiar figures in Irish life and letter,
are introduced into its pages. Am0nr
those thus portrayed are Lady Gregor,.
Mr.. Tim Healy, Mr.. william O'Byien
Sir Horace Plunkett and Mr. WssB
Yeats.
Mr.. Arnold Bennett. he
The author Of THE Old Wives Tals'
has got TO that point in his career when
fragments of his biography attract ,hA
commentator. In 1.-THE Dundee Adver.
tiser" we read that Mr.. Bennett va,
once "pigeonholed" for the law. HIS
father q practising solicitor, looked to
his son 10 carry on the legal tradition.
Of the family. with this intent yr
Bennett came TO London and undt-
cover OF a solicitors clerkship in In
coins Inn Fields began 10 form literary
tastes; not with any vaulting ambfti5r.
but in obedience 10 a natural lust for
knowing about such things. The law was
not an engag cling mistress; the woonz
was desultory and lukewarm, and when
the first examination occurred she sd.
uinistered her rebuke by plough!ng III.
rbiIanderer in every single subject
A New Story by Rider Hasgard.
Will Mr.. Rider Haggard revive the
glamour OF she and King Solomons
Mines" in the book which the Longmans
have in press? He certainly gives Us
homes through the title ~ this dream
story" Of his. II is called The Mahstra
and the Hare" With such SUBJECTS
that suggests, under Mr.. Haggard's hand,
almost anything ought 10 be possible.
Dumas and Melons.
We learn from the London Nation
that an amusing document has Just been
added to the Carpentras COLLECTION o.
manuscripts. This is an engag cement en.
tered into by Alexandra Dumas with III,
town Of Cavaillon binding himself TO
give It a copy OF all I'm works, either al.
ready published or as yet unwritten pro.
vided the town furnished him with me-.
ons during his lifetime. This engage.
ment. It seems. was honestly fulfilled By
both parties.
Tho Century Reference Books.
II IS good news that the Century Cone
pany IS preparing 10 issue new All
revised edition OF the Century Dicton.
airy. Cyclopedia Of Names and Atlas
which have for years been among the
most useful OF our reference boon
Much new material Will appear in Tia
volumes.
The Shakespeare Ball.
One of the most picturesque and Sue
cessful Of all the coronation fetes %
be comnemorated IN a volume Wnla
ought TO be amusing, TO say the Least
The Shakespeare Ball is to have ~
souvenir" In the shape Of volume co.,
tanning fifty full-page photographs
plates of we'll known ladies in SHAKE
spearian costume. The text vii. be SUP
piled by members Of the brigade OF a.
thors who were at the ball, amcng IhsA
Mr.. Anthony Hope, Miss Marie Co'eA
Mr.. George Bernard Shaw and Mr.. y.
Chesterton. Artists who took part IL u'
affair will design the decorations FOR n'
book. Apropos, 1t Is reported that W.
Kipling has contributed 10 the forthcon'
ing Literary Pageant" story in b. o.
vein. If this is really true, the "LiteTsN
Pageant" will have a wide circulation
Tho Mendelssohns.
It is thirty years since the Ha'ls'
brought out the translation OF one
the most charming works in. musES
biography Sebastian HenseEs !"
Mendelssohn Family" They now r.
print the book in one handy vo!uI-
which a new generation Of readers y.
receive with pleasure. The fame
Mendelssohn, 1t is true, has deeAH'
somewhat since this memoir hrs' .
peared. but the charm of his personsI'
has suffered little II any dlInlh''"~