LITERATURE AND ART?

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11783, 12 October 1901, Page 4 (Supplement)

LITERATURE AND ART?

The Rev. Dr. Barry has nearly completed his volume on " The Papal Monarchy."

" No Other Way" is to be finally the title of the novel which Sir Walter Besant finished just before his death.

Messrs. Macmillan announce a new uniform edition of Thackeray, reprinted from the first edition, with all the original illustrations.

The sixth volume of Mr. W. Laird Clowes' History of the Royal Navy" will be ready soon. It was in April, 1897, that Messrs. Sampson Low issued the first volume.

Sir Walter Scott's birthday was celebrated in Glasgow this year by an elaborate decoration of the monument in George Square, an open-air concert near it, and a subsequent dinner.

The English Byron Society, which has branches in Athens and Vienna, is meant to carry on the poet's policy for reviving in the Greek nation the arts and letters of its ancient days.

The scene of Mr. Henry Seton Merriman's new novel, " The Velvet Glove," is located in Spain about the year 1570. The story deals with the alliance between the Jesuits and the Carlists.

Mr. J. M. W. van der Poorten Schwartz, otherwise Maarten Maartens, is about to publish an extremely long novel, which is said to be crowded with characters from half the countries of Europe.

A society has been formed at Chatenay for the institution and maintenace of a yearly festival in honour of Voltaire. The members call themselves by the vague name of " La Societe des Artistes."

Dr. Morris Jastrow is the professor of Semitic languages and religion in the University of Pennsylvania. His big work, " The Study of Religion," is about to be published by Mr. Walter Scott.

Mr. Harry Furniss' autobiography, which is entitled " The Confession of a Caricaturist," is nearly ready for publication. The two volumes will contain a number of anecdotes of well-known people.

Mr. Liebler has purchased the rights of Mr. Hall Game's dramatisation of his new novel, " The Eternal City," for New York, and has also entered into arrangement with Mrs. Humphry Ward for the production of her play " Eleanor."

" A Maid of Venice" is to be the title of Mr. F. Marion Crawford's new novel of Italian life. His sister, Mrs. Fraser, is bringing out a story entitled " The Saving Child," and her son will publish at the same time his story called " Death the Showman."

Captain A. T. Mahan's next book will be entitled " Types of Naval Officers ; With Some Remarks on the Development of Naval Warfare During the Eighteenth Century." The officers referred to are six in number Hawke, Rodney, Howe, St. Vincent, iSuumarez, and Exn.outh.

Messrs. Chapman and Hall's new edition of Richardson will be ready for delivery by October 1. " Pamela" will occupy four volumes ; " Clarissa" nine ; and " Sir Charles Grandison" seven ; making 20 volumes in all. The series will be illustrated with reproductions of engravings by Stothard and others.

We speak, for the sake of convenience, of Browning being obscure ; but it would" be far truer to say that it is we who are obscure, hampered and blinded by elaborate and ceremonial speech, while he stands in the heart of the maze of life and speaks with an assurance which cows, and with an obviousness and simplicity which confound US.