New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-21
CURRENT BOOK TALK:
NEWS AND COMMENT
q G. Weiss New Prophecy
yoltaire's English Notebooks
A New Quarterly.

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u G. Weiss 1.-The World Set Free
III he published in this country on
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yotar.'s English Note Book
On his discharge from the Bastile IN
,-os voltaire went to England and
during his stay there kept a note book
fs. observations. which has recently
mrped up in St. Petersburg Voltaire
vro,e his notes in English, probably to
,,-fect himself in the language. They
-. unerammatical. decidedly phonetic
Il smelling. hut perfectly ineligible.
There seems 10 bc no room for doubt of
,hsir authenticity. The English Re
r,vp for February reprints the diary
in fuu. with the exception of two UNI
mntsble passages. \ few excerpts
follow:
English tongue. barren and barbarous
To- ts origin is now plentiful and sweet,
We garden ful OF eXotiks plants
In England every body is publik SPIT
nj c...,..... r,.o,.,,,
on In miens. compliments, sweet words
md curious of engaging outside, over
lowing in words. obseQulOus with prlde.
and very much selt-coucerneu under Inc
appearance of "a pleasant mQdesty. ne
English II Sudriug of words. openly
proud and unconcerned. ne gives the
most quick nirth ho can 10 MS thoughts
! ,ol fear Of losing his time.
Marlborough despised the French he
ruse he had conquered them: Law De
WlSei them also because he mad cheated
them
think oft of Mr. BolingtNoke and Mr..
Pope they are both NirtuOuS ana ledfneo'
of equal Wit and understanding, but
cutie different iu their ways. Pope loves
reiirement and silence. virtuous ana
harmed for himself BOllnSbrOke. more
communicative. dinuSes everywhere his
virtue and his knowledge. Pope Is a
t,rk lanthorn. though 10 Is illuminated
within 10 affords mo- manner OF llSht or
advantage 10 such as stand by II Inc
other H. am ordinary lamp, which con-
sumes and wastes itself 10 the benent
OF every passenger
Tn. Candid Quarterly"
new British periodical seeking to
n the field entered upon in this coun-
% by the Messrs. Holts' Unpopular
Review" is THE Candid Quarterly"
whose first issue. chiefly devoted to
English public affairs. abounds in
Pain speech. An automatic King pas
syey obeying the possibly factious ad-
wee OF Minister is unknown 10 and
false 10 the Constitution" is one of its
'sFcicts. I'm an article on THE Sale Of
honors" il is asserted that sums rang
ng as high as 100000 have been paid
Tor peerages. and that among those
Sho buy and sell honors "it appears to
y held allowable for each Of them to
c'elye, TO overreach, TO blk. and even
70 blackmail the other" one case is
mentioned in which il is said that an
a'plrani whose peerage was in jeop-
t'dy finally secured il by threatening
% publish the correspondence"
w Libraries and Readers.
an address az the opening Of a new
l9iary In Manchester. the other day,
N'd Morley declared that libraries are
rsnd places for learning. but still
sasder places for unlearning. "and
Sss have wisely said that our diff
'ey In life lies less in learning than
m unlCarning 90 Readers he divided
NO four classes professional readers
''eAing either fresh knowledge in new
'V'As or, in old books, material for the
o''hanlcal manufacture OF new ones;
''uoenls, desultory readers seeking dis
"ae'ion. and those who read because
NVS stimulate curiosity. feed, null
'PV and enlarge the whole range and
,'''pass Of your interests, and raise a
-ah or woman TO a high level in the
.enefal cultivation Of their age.