New-York tribune., 1922-11-05

grande luxe" Of the spivine Comedy, In
Italian, with new French translation
by M. Andr6 P6ratA, curator of the
museum of the Palace Of Versailles.
4 The particular feature Of this princely
book Is collection Of woedcuts made
after series Of hitherto unpublished
cravings by Botticelli, in the style os
the seventeenth century Florentine en-
grayers. They are of great beauty. the
work Of M. Jacques Bertrand. Three
volumes are published for 1900 francs.
Two hundred and twenty-five comics
were published
i 2. new edition of "Ulyssesa is an.
nounced, published by John Rodker
for the Egoist Press" and will be on sale
at Shakespeare & Co., 10 Rue de l'Odeon.
! at LOO francs. The text Is complete
/ the formal slightly smaller than that
| OF the first edition. Two thousand
copies conapose the edition.
| 8. Under the editorial direction Of
/ Mr. Ezra Pound, a new venture. the
Three Mountains Press, 19 Rue d'Antin,
is about to publish the following
books: "lndiscretions," by Pound;
Women and Men," by F. Nj. Hueffer;
sEiimus," by B. G.. Windeler; "The
Great American Novel" by Carlos Viii
| Adams, and BLANK by Ernest M.
Hemingway. There are three English
men and three Americans (if Pound ia
to be reckoned with the latter. It is
not certain that this would please himl.
Hemingway is a proeegs Of Sherwood
Anderson, whose work greatly admire
and in whose continued development /
have much faith.
"These books says the notice, "wili
be printed on handsome paper in an
edition limited to 800 numbered copies"
The aim Of the press is to free prose
writer's from the necessity of present
ing their work in the stock sized VOL
ume of commerce. By printing r. E.
Hulme's poems at the end of "Ripostes'
"Imagistes" Mr.. Pound asserted the
principle that man might write a
sent an individuality or BODY of Of
work" And so forth. It would be
strange if the author of this blurb
lwho is an intelligent man) thought
he had said something new. Poetry
Bookshop (London) might have made
a chapbook Of MT. Hulmes verses and
given them, perhaps. more visible form
than the burial they received. Who
could be certain that "Hulme" was
not name invented by Mr.. Pound ?
AS for "Imagistes" it was a small an
thology rather than an Assertion of
principle" But the novelty of plan
/ for publishing homogeneous fiction in
small books is less important than the
quality of the literature. "The present
prose-" it Is said, els Jamesian, impress
sionist, Vorticist, if these terms are
given vague enough meaning" This
is typical Of the loose and ambiguous
critical style personal to Pound. Fortu-
i natelv hjs Instinct for fhe heautif,l
is more than his faculty FOR communi-
eating it.
Subscriptions are being received al
Sc volume, payable on publication.
a. We are advised, finally, of 6
quarto on the Italian improvised
comedy, by. P. L. Duchartre, young
poet and art critic. Mr.. Duchartre has
brought together fascinating ant
widely scattered Recommendation, in
cluding more than two hundred ole
and modern engravings, showing the
evolution Of the we'll known conven
type of comedy. His introduction o.
about one hundred pages of brilliant
and entertaining prose forms yaiu
able and interesting contribution tc
the history of the theater. The booi
will be published at about so francs
by the Librairie de France.
/ A collection Of gay and curious
Brazilian legends by Mr.. Duchartre
illustrations in color by v. Monteiro, q
Brazilian painter, is being published
by Tolmer, Quai d'Anjou. The draw
ings are deft and highly original.
have no doubt that if the book gets to
America they will be freely adapted
by advertising illustrators.