Evening star., 1933-01-01
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Diary for the Year.

months. This week the PuDilc Llprary
presents list of diaries by a few of
those who have made the grade, IN
the hope that for some reader 1t may
lead to a revival of the art.
English Diaries, 159e-1s21.
Ponsonby, Arthur Ponsonby. Baron.
English Diaries; review of English
diaries from the sixteenth to the
twentieth century, with an intro
duction on diary writing. 1928.
ZY-P776.
/ More English Diaries; further re-
views of diaries from the sixteenth
to the nineteenth century, with an
introduction on diary reading. 1927.
.ZY-P776a.
The diaries of Englishwomen are well
represented In the second volume.
| Hoby, Margaret Dakins, Lady Diary
of Lady Margaret Hoby. 15s9-160o.
| 1880. E.H66.
| Lady Margaret Hoby lived in Hache-
ress on the Derwent, where, at the age
Of 25, she married her third husband;
The diary begins shortly thereafter and
gives an interesting picture of English
rural life toward the end of Elizabeth's
reign.
Pepys, Samuel. Everybody's Pepys; the
/ DldTy OI 6dlIluCl ICPyos iUVV-AoVo'
edited by o. F. Morshead. 1926.
| E.P399a4.
The more ambitious may attempt one
of the editions of the diary In several
volumes, but the average reader will be
| content with this representative abridg-
ment, illustrated by e. Fl. Shepard In
the spirit Of Pepys' age.
Evelyn, John. The Diary Of Joha
EVELYN 2y, 1925. EEv259
| The stirring days of Charles I. Crom-
well, the Restoration, and the bloodless
revolution of 1888 were in the long life
of John Evelyn, whose diary runs from
/ about 1910 to l705-a record for diary
keeping.
Arblay. Nine. Frances Burney d. Diary
and Letters. v. 1898 Ear 1b.
She knew johnson and Goldsmith
and Garrick and Reynolds and all the
gay circles that sat round the tables
at the Cheshire Cheese, where her
father was the life OF the club.
| Wordsworth, Dorothy. Journals Of
| Dorothy Wordsworth. 1897. E.WS95.
Sidelights on the life of poet by the
sister of wordsworth, who accompanied
the poet and Coleridge on long walking
| tours.
Farington. Joseph. The Farington Diary.
8v. 1923-1928. w 10.F224.
An artists diary, covering at inter
walls the period between 1893 and 1921,
in London.
THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
England and America.
Drew, Mrs. Mary Gladstone. Mary
| Gladstone mrs. Drew: Her Diaries
and Letters 1880 E.D824.
"She was a woman OF considerable
intelligence and force Of character, who,
within the limits set by Victorian ira
dition, was capable OF thinking and
acting for herself" Leonard Woolf.
Adams, John Quincy. The Diary OF
John Quincy Adams, 1794-1845.
1928. Fad 142a /.
Allan NevinS has edited the several
volumes Of the earlier edition Of Adams
diary to make single volume of ex-
cellent proportions.
Polk, James Knox. Polk; the Diary Of
President, r845-1849, covering the
Mexican War, the acquisition of
Oregon and the conquest Of Cali
fornia and the Southwest. 1929.
F83367 PTS. -.
POLK is here better revealed than In
any secondary account yet written
Avery Craven. tc
Roosevelt, Theodore. Theodore Roose-
velt's Diaries of Boyhood and Youth.
1928. E-R673a3
welt will delight In It's frank ingenious
illusions, but, more irnpersonally, stu
dents of child psychology viii find 1t
extremely instructive as to how an
American child of high type looks at
life and reacts to this environment"
Literary Journals
Sand, George, pseud. The Ultimate
Journal Of George Sand. 1929. e.
Sa51a4E
"Her personality emerges from the
pages of these journals in all It's frees
dom, humanity and courage. Mrs. Howe
has added greatly to the reliability of
the journals by her predatory and ex-
planatory notes"
Bashkirtsef. Marie. Journal of Young
Artist, 186o-1884 1919. EBs9E.
Not only the outspoken wit, longing
and opinion of girl writing her own
heart, but the sef-revelation of a gifted
and forceful nature.
Irving, Washington. Washington irving
Diary, Spain, 1828-1829. 1926. L Ir8a.
Even in these contracted notations
I We l1IlU NlNlQ DIS VI G69LIlDklOIl VI
scenes and events"
Hawthorne, Nathaniel The Heart Of
Hawthorne's Journals 1929 E.H318.
IF In the future we are asked what
biography OF Hawthorne best visualizes
him We shall answer, the one he un-
consciously wrote himself In his jour-
nails"
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. The Heart OF
Emerson's Journals. 1925. EEm3a3.
condensation from the 10 volumes
OF journals covering the years from
l82C-1875.
Tolstoi, Lyof Nikolaivitch. The Journal
Of Leo Tolstoi. 1917. E.T58E.
Brief and fragmentary as the entries
are, they throw light on the authors
progress and thoughts.
Tolstaia, Sofia Andreevna, graf1nia.
The Diary of Tolstoy's Wife, 1850
1891. 1929 E.T582a.E.
The Countess Tolstoy's Later diary.
l891-1897. 1929. E.T582b.E.
"Of first Importance as biogra Nhical
source material and besides, a human
document of intense interest"
Dostoeyskaia, Anna Gregorevna. Dos
toevsky Portrayed by His Wife; the
Diary and "reminiscences of Madame
Dostoevsky. 1925. E.D739do.E.
A meticulous account book, which
gives view of the authors life between
the lines
Greville, Charles Cavendish Fulke. The
Greville Diary. 2-v. 1927. F456
G867g.
The original was In 81 small quarto
volumes "Greyille was the perfect
diarist' who recorded the outstanding
events in England from the 1906 tc
the birth of Kaiser William II Of