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Literary NesOs and Criticism

o,,cod hin, hut they could not drive him
to imitation Rather they helped nm 4s
lis daughter thus indicates: Some
times when he has a town 10 describe III
ono or the poems one is tempted to say
that the INSTALLATION Of it is maze up
or three clements: of the poets Vlsloh'
of tho memory Of places actually seer
and of the picture Of them by the medie-
val artist. who draws Troy town VIII"
fortified walls and steep rooted houses
where ladies cluster at arched windows
and mailed knights ride through the citV
gates" The pictures of the medi+Nal
artist had for him q sngularIy poignant
meaning: the scenes in them beng U'c
moro real in his eyes because he feIt
himself a brother to the old monhlsh
scribe. He used 10 say with a lansi.
that the finest French and English PANT
cd hooks in the Bodlean and the Brit
ish Museum belonged" to him, because
he enjoyed them so.
In the TOs he launched upon Pc
riod of illumination, and we have de-
1igbtfpI rict,Ire of him in his study al
table covered with the heautful IN
str,,ments Of the art. He used them with
an instructive feeling for their poten-
tiaIities developing skill commensurate
with his rare powers of design. Il have
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
THE END OF A DYNASTY
Light from the Memoirs Of a
Queen of Sweden.

Paris. MarCh ".
There has Just been published by Plon
an interesting book called La Fin dune
Dvnastie." by " o. G. de Heidenstsm,
i'm which he draws valuable material
from the correspondence and memoirs OF
Queen of Sweden, Hedwig Elizabeth
Charlotte One finds here vivid side
lights on the fall Of the Nasa dynasty
during the upheaval in Europe caused by
the French Revolution and the subse-
ouent Napoleonic epopee. which raised
Pornadotte. the French soldier Of fort
une to the throne. NJ. de Heidenstam
has had access to the original manu-
script forming the memoirs OF Queen
Charlotte. the consort Of the feeble, al
most paralytic, King Charles Kill
These memoirs were a journal in which
dav by day the Queen conscientious
roted down during fifty years events at
the Swedish court. together with ner
own Impressions and comments. More.
over, the copious correspondence OF
Queen Charlotte with Charles XIII, with
Gustavus III and with several noted
personages Of the time has been judi
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have done some Of their best work when
they were getting quite old. However, u
won't do 10 force oneself about IT,, ana !
certainly enjoy some Of the work I do very
much, and one of these days my Helms
kringla will be an important work.
II is in this sane outlook Of his upon
life. in his manly acceptance OF what TIC
gods bring him. that Morris comes to le
affectionately comprehendcd. His daugh-
ter reverences his memory and never
hesitates to express the faith that is In
her, speaking with all the loyalty in the
world Of this or that poem or other work
Of art that he produced But she leaves
him very simple. genuine and compan-
ionable man. In thus refusing To invest
him with the speCious Importance or
figure on a pedestal she only does MN
the greater honor and contributes the
more effectively to the stimulation OF
public interest in his career.
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therefore. of Maximilian Of Austria, the
future husband of Mary Of Burgundy
daughter of Charles the Bold, whom
Louis XI despoiled on that mighty war
rior's death Hieronymus, claimed by
the Church. fares forth to find his
fortune in the world instead. His l.
ventures lead him far; to Venice, whence
he proceeds to do knightly service
against the Turks; to Spain. where re
fights the Moors and is reported to have
died in battle; to Bohemia tQ claim ms
fortune, and again to the Low Countries,
where he serves his imperial brother and
his spouse. Some Of the episodes arc
capital there are passages in this book
full of the remote atmosphere of that
distant time: there is great deal OF rs
romance and its rude ways but the
effect of the book as a whole Is episodi-
Cal-fragmentary.
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ASIATIC ARCHAEOLOGY
The Spread of India's Older
Civilization.

RUINS OF DESERT CATHAN; Personal
Narrative # Explorations in t"ntra,
Asia and Western China. By VI. AuIel
stein. with numerous Illustrations
color plates UanOraInaS. ald mapS rom
original sources vols, Svo PIP. XNNNlh
slf: Xxi. 5II The Macmillan Company.
Mr. Stein is the latest Hungarian 10
add his name TO the long list of his coun-
trvmen who have rendered signal SER
vice i'm the exploration Of Asia. He be-
gan his researches in the as yet hut lit
tie explored field OF Asatic archaeology
I'm the last year Of the last century
bringing back with him at the end "f
two years visit to Chinese Turkcstan the
material on which ne based his work on
the "Sand-buricd Ruins Of khotan.'
Tho results obtained. valuable in them
selves. showed how much more remained
10 he done In tho antiquarians field In
regions whose ancient culture was the
Joint product of Indian. chinese end
,r.soiraI European Influences tn" field
was rich. hn ,acw. for uatur" has Iro-
| vid,d there 20 climate as prcscrrative as
, that of Egypt Itself Ills second Journey,
extended farther eastward. began on the
ludu-N Afghan frontier where Gr@co-
Buddhist arj first cUdcayorcd 10 use
classical forms for the figures and scenes
ur Indian religious worship. II took hin
across the Roof ,l the World. and down
1 into the basin of the TarIm River. South
and west ne extended his researches into
tn, Kuu-luu range. ending with sue
,,sSirn of visits 10 ruined sites in the
desert far beyond the Gases cast OF
Khotau. Probably the most important of
[ his spoils was wealth Of manuscripts
/ hut recently uuoarthrd 10y native priest
/ In the grutto temples in Tun-huans,
/ known as The Caves Of the Thousand
| Buddhas." 80 less important. perhaps,
/ were the finds that enabled him 10 trace
/ the potent influence Of Greek art in
/ Buddhist wood carvings and frcscos
/ even to Western China.
The mass of IN" remains of these
vanished civilizations. buried I'm the
sands II deserts where once water
made life possible. which Mr.. Stein
brought back with him TO London filed
pa hundred cases. His scientific reports
/ on their contents will occupy him sew
cral years before they will he ready for
| puoIication. Meanwhile he offers us in
I these two supcrbly illustrated volumes
q general report If mis- achievements,
/ geographical as well as antiquarian.
| Generously supported throughout by
/ the government Of India, the British
| Museum and the Royal Geographical
! Society, Mr.. Stein acknowledges his
! great Indebtedness also to the scholar
! Iy mandarins who cvinCod the greatest
| interest in his archaeological aims and
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ciOusly utilized by the author.
The lack of direct heirs TO the mon
archy, the change in the popular aspira-
tions awakened by the French Revolu-
tion and the constant fears Of Muscovlte
aggression against the freedom Of the
Swedcs were factors which inclined this
level-headcd people to look to France for
support The pinnacle of popular favor
for the dynasty of the Nasa eliminated
i'm the person Of Gustavus III, with the
advent Of parliamentary institutions and
some military success in the conflicts
with Russia.
The historian relates events following
the revolution of 100; he describes the
antipathy Of Gustavus for the Queen in
the early days Of their married life. The
King makes plans, which are successful
for the union of his brother Charles with
the Young Princess of HOlstein-the
heroine, one might say, Of the book-f"r
she il was who wrote the memoirs above
mentioned as princess and as Queen AT
the Swedish court during three reigns.
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now notorious night life Of Berlin and its
temptations to poor young workers, deals
with the rapid growth of luxury among
the German middle classes, the decay OF
simpler sounder morals and ways. and
with the emotional experiences Of larsa
number Of men and women, the lives %
all If whom are bound up with the fort
uncs Of the department store. An able
niece Of work
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FOLKLORE
Fairy Traditions and Psychical
Research.

! THE FAIRY-FAITH IN CELTIC COCN-
| TRIES BY ". V. Evans Wentz. NJ. A..
Stanford University. pCCteur-es-L Lettres
University Of RenneS brittany, 4. S.
! Jesus College ONon. Svo, PIP. xviii, 81.
Henry FroWde.
| AS A study Of its subject from the
| folklorist's point Of view. this collection
of tales of fairies and the like once toll
or still current among the Celts Of Ire
| land. Scotland, Cornwall. Wales AMI
Brittany leaves nothing to he desired
1t is exhaustive, and no doubt authori-
tative. since it has the fun approval o:
such eminent scholars in it's different
fields as DR.. Douglas Hyde. Or. Alex
ander Carmichael the Right Hon. Sir
John Rhys. Professor AnatolN lie Braz
and others.
Mr. VENTS purpose in gathering this
mass of material is. however primarily
another one. evidence" he calls it, in
the sense i'm which the material gathered
i'm the voluminOUs report Of the Society
for PsyChiCaI Research was offered as
evidence Mr.. Wentz suggests that there
is something more in these stories ot
mythical beings than mere superstition,
that they too, require ''psychicaI' IN
vcstigation-that in short, the fairy folk
really do exist.
Are CITY dwelo.s. Natures unnatural
children ht to Judge NatuI".S nat
ural children who believe i'm fairies Ar"
they right i'm not believing I'm an lnNislhl"
world which they cannot conceive. Whl'Il'
II il exists. th"y-cvcn though they b." sci
eutists-arc through environment ana tenn
pcrament alike irrapahl" Of kuoNlnL. Oi
is the COuntTy-dwCltnG, TN" s"mru'''s
lreaminc and "uuciyilzcd' peasant right
These questions "ugU, to arouse" IN tn'
minds Of anthrOpulogi-ts very serious re-
Election. Worldwide in its scope
The authorities wh" youch for lh"
quality OF Mr. Vents mat"r'al-h!S
| "evidcncc"-as folklore dn not n"'"s-
sarily agree with INN "psychi'aI0E.'
which is an amazingly yagu" word, Civ
ing pscudo-s,icntiin s'muIanoc Just u""
TO multtudr OF straug" beliefs. Tn
author does not fail to quote Sir William
Crookcs. Sir oliver Lodge. Camille Flam-
William James. cycn-in support
Of his thesis. but hr does not consider
! tho fact that the belief i'm the good
/ people. as the ITh-D ttll lI''ll lN bN II'~
out rapidly even in the most rcmot" dis
| trirts Of tho Cclrs habitats. Moreover.
| if these little beings exist because peas
| ants are convinced that they have seen
! them. what OF their claim that they ha'"
also seen ChostIy animals giant horses
and ra bbits. and even inanimat" objects.
! Furthermore il the Celtic fairy folk are
! To be accepted as real on the cvldonr" oi
an as yet scientifically unexplained form
Of vision. must not the Cnomcs OF IN"
| Hartz Mountains be true as well, and
! for that matter. the Flying Dutchman,
! his crew. and also his ship, and th" in
Vulnerable creatures that pcoplod the
/ mythologics Of antiquity
| Mr. Wentz is master Of his subject on
the mystic-hc will allow us the use Of
| a convenient word-as w'll as on TN"
| scientific side. His book comes at the
| right moment 1t should find many
readers only too anxious 10 bo convinced.
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ITEDWIG ELIZABETH CHARLOTrE
QUEEN OF SWEDEN
CFrom the portrait by Wertmuller)

The correspondence between the astuta
Catharine of Russia and Gustavus the
King with flashes of genius will ue
read with interest i'm successive chapters,
for the great Empress loves to coquet
with her brave but rather theatrical
cousin, even when at war with him.
After each clash of arms the corrc-
spondence begins again, in which much
can be read between the lines. On onh
occasion the Czarina remarked to her
conhdant, ShapsvitzN: The King OF
Sweden demands money from me and
the half Of Finland. In the mean time
/ am glad to occupy him with the affairs
of France" And on another occasion
she exclaimed, on receipt of an impera-
tive declaration from the King of Swe-
den: All! Don Quixote has again
drawn his sword and declines To sheath
it. Well, them she added, he Will
throw ii after the scabbard, C. l. b.
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And in a moment | am there,
Home along, and home along.

The words are Devon, but the heart
They thrill each hOmesck lad must
know,
So / may claim my rightful part
In these rich words from Westward
Hoi
Then hear me. foreign" though / be,
There's no false fcigning i'm my song.
There's magic i'm the sound 10 me
OF home along, and home along.
Within my mind a picture lies,
OF lonely lOch where. ghostlike. throne
White mists beneath gray, cloudy skies
And this for me is home along.
Why stay / still by Thames his side?
To moor and mountain / belong.
Where Curlews call and eagles ride,
On slow, sure pinions, home along.
Hearts oft he fun when pence are few,
This little song, this wistful song
Nv only wealth. send 10 you,
Home along. oh, home along.
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GIimpSeS of An Artist and Poet
in His Workshop,

THE COLLECTED WORKS or IL l.,
IAN MORRIS With lntfouuCuonS y
His Daughter May Morris. Volume N
love Is Enough. Poems by the way.
Illustrated SvC, PIP. NNNiN, ~. h'I7-
mans Green & co,
THE COLLECTED WORKS OF Nlhi, ~,
IAN MORRIS. With lntroducuohs ~
His DauCht?r May Morris. \3,ulllGe- ~ -,
Three Northern Love stores. me a.
of Beowulf illustrated. N"' PIP MA
2s4 Jongmans, Green q Co
THE COLLECTED WORKS OF WI VIZ. l.,
IAN MORRIS. With lntroduCuons ny
His Daughter May Morris. Volume ~ -
The Fneids Of Virgil llIustrated, "o'
pp. xxx. 2s6 Longmans, Green %
ruF COLLECTED WORKS OF WILL
IAN MORRIS. with lntroduCuons uE
Iis daughter May Morris. NQIume
XiT The story Of Sigurd the Nolsuns
aud the Fall of the Nibungs. lllustIaI-
ed. 8vo PIP. XXI 80 bohEilaHS'
Green & Co.
The biographical literature Of a formal
nature which has been gathered around
the name and fame Of William Morris
contains much serviceable and even IN
aispensable stuff. Nevertheless. it has
been left to his daughter TO paint, in
wholly informal fashion, the best of all
portraits Of the man. We have testi1ed
before to the merit Of the introducuons
she is writing for this collected edition
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24

q, To.dav' Rv Margaret Boehme. Trans
lated from the German by kthei I2l-
burn Mayne. 12mo, pp. i66. ID. Apple
ton & Co.
Contemporary German fiction is TO-
cidedlv we'll worth while, yet our knowl'
edge Of il in English form is almost en-
tireIy confined to Sudermann's novels.
To he sure, his deterministic "Weltan-
schauung" is echoed in most of it. Nearly
all his juniors follow him in placing
temperament above character among the
influences that shape life in the decisive
moment. and in recognizing blind tate
as the determining factor. Ana most oi
them are as frank in dealing with Ger
tain facts as he is, many Of them justi-
fving themselves. like him, by the 5ter-
ling quality Of their workmanship.
"The Department store" is ? section Of
the Berlin life of to-day, ranging from
the middle class that there as elsewhere
has risen TO wealth and Importance TO
the little tradesmen it has ruined ana
the army of employees it has created. We
Tins of a new economic system. So taf
as this phase of the story is Con1erne l.
it's scene might as we'll he Ia = in New
York. Chicago. London or Paris, where
indeed, Zola seized upon the suhJe"t
wears ago in "Au Bonheur des Danes
The author has no social or economic
rurpose: he is realist pure and simple.
as is indicated first of all, by his por-
trait Of the owner and creator Of the
store itself-a man OF energy and probty,
humane man. fully aware of the sig
nificance and the responsibilities. the
human side of the new system of trad
ing which he himself has helped to ere
ate. It is one of the merits of the story
that its descriptions of the organization
and working of the mammoth establish
ment are invariably interesting.
The plot is extremely complicated but
no less clear in its development of char
actcrs and situations. It glimpses tho
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finds on Chinese territory and assisted
him in every possible way.
The illustrations range all the way
from ncolithic arrow heads To supcrbly
ColOrcd pictures Of frescos and paint
ings on silk and other materials. Mr..
stein opens no new vista of prehistory:
How near the later stone age ap-
preached our earliest historical epoch
IN this region" he says, rs a question
which it is quite impossible To answer
at present" The more or less contin-
uous record begins with the second
century before our era. Throughout the
author does not neglect the present.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
HOME ALONG.

W. J. Cameron, in Tho London Nation.
meant TO make for Thames his side
a little song. a tuncful song,
But all my thoughts turned like a tide
Home along, just home along.
The scent Of summers i'm the air;
The westward winds blow fresh and
strong,
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A volume of posthumous essays by
John Churton Collins. treating Of Shake
speare, Johnson. Wordsworth Burke,
Matthew Arnold, Browning and others,
is shortly 10 be published in London by
j NJ Dent Mr.. l.. c. Collins. the au-
thors son. edits the volume.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24

The conversion of large part Of
Japan to Buddhism by missionaries
from Continental Asia is the subject Of
historical study The Greed of Hal
Japan" h. Arthur Lloyd an English
man who has spent many years in edu
cational work in the island empire. The
book is announced by E. +. Dutton &
Co
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
LITERARY NOTES.

Many hitherto unpublished por,r...
OF Napoleon taken in exile will app.,.
in the next number of THE Century.
They come from the collection OF Mr.
NJ. Brosdley. and Mr. Broadley has hin.
self written the accompanying artics
Mrs. Wharton in France.
Mrs. Edith Wharton, who now live, 4.
France. has translated her grim stor.
Ethan Frome" into French, and h,,
published it in that form in the "Reyr,
de Paris" Its title was transforms
into Sous la Neige."
Andersen and Criticism.
NJ. Georg Brandes, in a lecture =,
Hans Andersen. recently given in Par,
recalled an interesting anecdote con-,
cerning the famous story teller's sens,.
tiveness 10 criticism. One day in can
friend noticed that he was reading IN.
tently spiteful criticism Of his WORT
written by an unknown scribbler In :,
newspaper Of no account, and said n
him: Surely. you do not mind what
newspaper like that may say abcut
you?" Andersen looked up and ths
friend saw that tears were rolling down
his cheeks. Yes" he said, hesitatingly,
IT do mind-just a little"
Hiahest Price for Letter.
II Is supposed that the highest pr,cs
ever paid for an autograph letter wa,
the S3.75O given for one penned by She.
ley. That may rank first among ths
letters Of distinguished authors, but III,
letters of great kings and queens are no.
in that category.
Faithful to Scott.
Now and again we hear echoes Q,
faithfuness to Walter Scott. even amid
the din made by the admirers Of Mr. H.
G.. Wells. Mrs. Florence Barclay. Mr.
Arnold Bennett and Miss Marie Corell
and the echoes generally come from
persons whose liking is worth while,
One of the greatest pleasures Of Sir
John Tenniel in his serene old age "a
listening to readings Of the Waverley
novels-the books which so often by ths
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way, gave him suggestions for MS fa-
| nous Punch" cartoons.
Mr.. w. S. Crockett's recently pub"
lished book. THE Scott Originals" lays
stress on the fact that Scotts characters
were all composites, the living person
never having been transferred 10 his
pages simply as he was. Perhaps DAFT
Jock Gray, who suggested David Gal
lefty" to Scott, was more closely followed
than most. MIR. Crockett tells us that
Jock had the impudence, one SUNDAY
morning, to mount the pulpit OF kttrleS
Kirk, and, when the minister command
ed him to come down, replied: ma, nd'
come you up, Mr. Patton, come YOU up.
They are stiff-necked and rebellous
people. and it'll TAX us bath
The "reminiscences of an old Aberdeen
bookseller were recalled by Professor
Cooper i'm a recent lecture. This man
told the professor in 1881 that when tho
Waverley novels were coming out 50
great was the demand in Aberdeen tr
each novel as il appeared that the book
was sent down in sheets on the top OF
coach, which came in from the south
late i'm the evening. on the night when
a book arrived there was no rest for
the binders. They piled their task all
night, so that the volume might be IS
sued next morning to the public.
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A Yosemite Flora.

Paul Elder & CO.. of Sar Francisco
will publish in April "A Yosemite tlcrs'
by Harvey Monroe Hall Ph. D., assist
ant professor of botany in the UnlVer'
sity of California. and Carlotta Cass
Hall. The work will give descriptive
account of the ferns and Towering
plants. including the trees Of the TO-
semitic National Park, with simple Keys
for their identification, covering most ot
the species found from Tahoe on tl'
north To Kings River, on the south j.
is to he illustrated with eleven plates
and 10 figures i'm the text
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
On Divorce.

Mr.. Hall Caine, who is less I'm the ~
| lie eve than he used TO be- is reported "
he writing a new novel which is 10 V7
published serially during the con'i'S
summer and I'm book form in the sutuiii''
| II deals with the subject of divorce
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
FICTION
New German, American ana
English Novels.
RERLIN LIFE,

THE DEPARTMENT STORE Noyei
Of To-day. BY Margaret Boehme Trans
lated from the German by kthei C3I-
burn Mavne. i2mo, PIP i66 ID. Apple
ton & Co.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
The Handwriting of Authors.

The invention of the typewriter "'
brought relief to an army of pubhshe''
and compositors, who no longer nav
suffer. as of old. from blind handWri'i"
on the part of authors. Occasloh"n'
however. they are called upon TO
cirher the almost undecipherable as !"
the case of letter addressed p'
Cuninghame Graham to a certain "'"
paper When it appeared in TINS p'p
It was quite unlike the original anu
writer promptly demonstrated his
monstrance was published IN SUI
oucnt issue with this mournful cor'',E
hv the editor: "If in future Mr. Gfan''
will sit .n a chair when Writing' a"'
on horseback, and use pen ihs'e ;.
the candle snuffers, we think we '"''
able TO do him Justice.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24
A New Historical Novel

New HIstorICdI NUVe' n.,,lsh
A new historical novel by MISS "a
Dix is on the list of Henry io'' s,oyy
for publication in April. 1t Is ~.
Of the period of Cromwell the ne.. ..,re
ing young German soldier OF lst,rs
The hook is to be called The
Blade"
New-York tribune., 1912-03-24

THE FAIRY-FAITH ~ CELTIC C0UN-
TRIES. BY ". '. Evans Nentz; NJ. NJ
stanford University pCCteur- IS Jettres
University Of Renne~ brittany, b. So
Jesus College ONon. Svo, PIP. NNVin o-!
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-16


Henry Howard, SIS, ITO w.
Madison ST., cabman, beaten and
robbed of hat, shoes, money and
jewelry amounting to $3.50 at
Van Buren, and Throop SITS. by
three men.
Paul A. Brandt, president Star
Optical Co., PA w. Madison St,
swore out warrant for arrest of
his sister-in-law, Miss Sarah
Davis, charging her with kid
napping,his two children, g andy
years old.
James Eads Howe, millionaire
hobo" will speak tomorrow at
hobo rally at SO S. Desplaines st.
VIM. Collins, 1923 W.. Taylor
St., teamster for City leaning
Co., % w. Kinzie ST., fined S. and
costs for driving sick horse.
Gas manlole exploded at Cen
trail and w. Chicago avs, Austin.
No one hurt.
Fire from unknown cause in
grocery of T. Mogoro, 951 Gault
Ct, caused loss of $4,000. Neigh
bors fired several shots to signal
police.
Harold Sanborn, 116 N. Ash
land av., fined SIS and costs for
annoying Miss Gertrude McDon-
nell, school teacher.
Mrs. Chas. Walter, 1000 In
diana av., appealed to police to
find her husband and her sister,
Carrie Tomlinson, who she says
eloped. Says her sister was