New-York tribune., 1913-07-25

that Mr. Hardy had given the
,..rsations of his rustics a comic
-. worthy of the rustics of Shake
-. while in lonely and sequestered
he had brought into being
mas of Sophoclean grandeur by rea-
- NJ the close interdependence of hu-
lives. He was not merely a
',.- of narrative, he did not excite
.nt;ment: his personages were like
TORS in a play, each of them ex-
ssinp some definite variety of char
.or and all of them apparently en-
a..o,ed in the tolls Of an ineXtricable
fate.
strindberg as MoralIst'
THE late August Strindberg appears
rooraust in a book which he wrote
- 1q05-a book of which an English
.-orslation is just coming from the
IS II is entitled Historical Min
.,n,es" and is designed to show
COW, wide survey of human affairs
.sot over all the activities Of man
.os had and indifferent-lay what he
ms the shadow Of the Providential
Hand
Mrs. Mary Austin's Book.
new book from the pen Of Mrs.
,ustin. the California novelist, is an
aounced for publication in the autumn.
=, is mentioned as unlike anything she
has written heretofore.
Tn. Eccentric Christina.
Mr. Francis Gribble is leaving behind
him q long trail of books dealing with
,icturesoue and mostly unpleasant peo-
rls His forthcoming volume is de-
yoted 10 Christina of Sweden, To her
,oyrt and her later adventures in exile.
mich new material has been unearthed
,ince the earlier memoirs Of the Queen
we're written, and Mr.. Gribble has
made careful use Of this. Part of II
nos found in the letters Of Cardinal
Azzolino printed not long ago by the
Baron de Blldt'
Aosin De Quincy.
We could hardly expect at this late
asv N acquire a glimpse of De Quincy
from q living person, yet such
glimpse comes from an ancient cot
lager at Potion, near Lasswade An
energetic interviewer hunted up this
vorthy. who automatically dilated on
the fashion in which the little old
crathur" scattered his scanty shillings
among the rural beggars. All the
nsigbbors knew about De Quincey's
opiun taking. The searcher for details
says:
=, was a common sight to see him
come out OF his front door PICK UP
.Sor6ful of pebbles and begin walking
around the Earden. Every time ne
nassed a certain seat he would drop
pebble on il and 90 on his way untll
ne handful was exhausted, when he
would 20 into the house again. no eN-
PLANTATION Is forthcoming. but II is NOT
difficult 10 devise one. is IL not poselolS
that De Quincy, feeling the drus De
ginning 10 exert its narcotic influence
over MIN. went out of doors and USED
This simple but effective device 20 staVe
on its effects by the double stimulus 70
mind and body? The mental effort OF
sufficient 10 keep the limbs moving, ana
thus delay the approaching iethaIBy
which was gaining possession OF ms rae
ulties His behavior after coming out
OF MS stupOr was also quaint and char
actsristic He would walk down the road
10 the nearest gToCer's shop, purchase
sr1 swallow three raw eggs, and then
walk back again. sufficiently stimulated
70 resume the ordinary routine OF daily
life
History in Letters,
Mr.. F. A. Numby, in selecting from
s2own and unknown sources collections
3 letters like those to be found in his
volumes "The Youth of Henry VIII
and The Girlhood of Queen Elizabeth"
proposes thus 10 let the past speak 10
the general reader Several new vol
umes Of the series are in preparation
volumes which will contain not only
the important letters OF kings and
statesmen but the intimate corre-
spondence Of more domestic interest
Slightly linked together, these letters
are history set down by the actors IN