The Bookshelf.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 21, 22 May 1912, Page 44

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FEUILLETON. New Publications Received. RBOM Messrs Methuen and Co., “The Quest of Glory,” by Marjorie Bowen; “The Halo,” by Baroness Von Hutten; and “Under Five Reigns,” by 'Lady Dorothy Nevill. (These two latter works are the latest additions to Methuen's Popular .Shilling Library.) “Fire and Stubble,'’ bv the Baroness Orczy (Methuen and Co.), and “A Daughter of the Bush,” by Ambrose Pratt (Ward, Lock, and Co.), through Messrs. Wildman and Arey. Also copies of “The Do-Little Dialogues” 'by Mrs. Leo. Myers, and the current issue of “Votes for Women,” from Lady Stout. Cx Interest to Sportsmen and Sportswomen. <Mr. Walter Winans, who won the gold medal at the last Olympic Gaines with the double hunting rifle, has been selected to shoot in the same competition as representative of the U.S.A. at the Olympic Games, which are to take place at Stockholm this autumn. It is interesting to learn that this information was received by Mr. Winans just after he had shot his 2000th head of big game. Mr. Winans is the author of several books on the rifle: “Hints on Revolver Shooting,” “The Sporting Rille,” “Practical Rifle Shooting,” “The Art of Revolver Shooting,” “Shooting for Ladies,” all of which are published by the Putnams. The March “ Bookman. ’ The current “Bookman” contains as its chief attraction an appreciative article on Lady Thackeray 1 Hellie, by Mr. Lewis Melviile, which is c ' ctic reading. Mr. Melville’s article is profusely and superbly illustrated. Mrs. George Gretton contributes an interesting paper on John Opie. one of the great portrait painters of the Georgian era. An article with an exceedingly alluring title is that of Mr. Coulson Kernahan, entitled “A Woman who Expected the Impossible.” This article embodies a review of “Second Fiddle,” by the Hon. Mrs. Arthur Henniker. Apropos of this fine novel, 'ye reecho Mr. Kernahan’s “You can’t do better than knock at the door marked ‘Mr. Eveleign Naslp’ and ask for ’Second Fiddle,’ ’by Mrs. Arthur Henniker.” Other notable reviews are on “William Morris,” by May Morris; “Beaumarchais and Lafayette,” by A. W. Evans; and “The Life of Sir George Newnes.” by Hulda Friederiehs (Hodder and Stoughton). The Author of “ Second Fiddle.’’ The Hon. Mrs. Arthur Henniker, whose new novel. “Second Fiddle,” has just been published by Mr. Eveleigh Nash, is the daughter of the first Baron Houghton, who is still better known in the world of letters as Monekton Milnes, and with her father's wonderful charm of manner and genius for friendship she inherits also his capacity for drawing into her social circle, as it was said that he did into his, almost “everybody worth knowing” in literature, in art, and in the public life of the day. She married in 1882 the late Major-General the Hon. Arthur Henniker, and published her first novel, “Sir George,” in 1891; following this with “Foiled” in 1893; and “In Scarlet and Grey” in 1908, one story in which volume, “The Spectre of the Real,” she wrote in collaboration with Mr. Thomas Hardy; in 1898 she published “Sowing the laind,” and in 1903 “Contrasts.” Moreover, as a dramatist she has attained success with “The Courage of Silence.” a four-act play, and produced at the King's Theatre, Hammersmith, in 1905, and “Our Fatal Shadows” in 1907. “Second Fiddle” offers the presentment of a commonplace woman. Mrs. Henniker has also written many military stories for various magazines, and it is probable that her next book may be a collection of these. Interesting to Irvingites. A lecture entitled “Some Thoughts on Hamlet,” delivered by Mr. 11. B. Irving before the Chancellor and Senate of Sydney University some time last year, has been printed in pamphlet form and published by tho Australian Book

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Company. It is said to be a “brilliant and incisive essay on Shakespeare’s dramatic art, arguing subtly against the reality of Hamlet's madness; incidentally it drives a strong nail into the coffin of the theory that Bacon was the author of the plays. Some Genuine Examples of Precocious Humour and Wisdom. Tn the very heart of the Midlands is a village whose peasantry pride themselves on possessing more intelligence and education in the aggregate than the ordinary run of villagers. And they encourage their children to compete in the competitions that are weekly offered in the children’s columns of the local newspapers. A prize offered for the best essay on “How to succeed in business” elicited a number of replies. Here are some extracts from the prize essay: ■ —“When a man wants a watch, you sell him a watch. That’s nothing. But when a man wants a pennyworth of oil, and you sell him a watch, that’s bus! ness.” He goes on to say that business now-a-days is not done by sitting at home waiting for custom. That might have been good enough in former days, but it will not do to-day. In business more than anything else, you must keep abreast of the times. Hard work with thrift and punctuality constituted the old method, but the new one means much more. It’s no use raking in custom if you don't know how to rake in

cash.” “Make the most of your time—there is no working to get rich when your wife’s a widow.” Extracts from other essays sent in: — “My idea is firstly, be honest, and *the n make your windows look tempting.” —L.C. “Little children like I can rise quite as much as such men as Tennyson, Shakespeare, etc., by learning the thorough root of all the grammatical expressions.”—A.B. “Business does not consist of arithmetic, but of other things, such as laws, stocks, population of the Empire, English monarchs’ history, and grammar.— B.G. “Always be polite, and look at every coin on both sides in ease it’s a wrong one.”—S.T. “You have to keep your temper all the time, or people will go somewhere else for what they want.” —C.W. “Never cheat if yon can help it. It doesn't pay in the long run.”—A.T. "Honesty is the best policy, because people get to know you in time.” — F.A.W.