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Books Of The Day.
Books of the Day .
Books , Music , & c . intended for review , should be addressed to the Editor of the Freemason ' s Chronicle , at Fleet Works , New Barnet . — —
. u . The Catacombs of Paris . By E . Berthet . Rendered into English by M . C . Helmore ( 6 s ) . —Archibald Constable and Co ., Limited .
WE should like to read this work in the original French by M . Berthet . But it is only fair to the translator to say that his version is so vivacious and uniformly interesting that he can hardly have done much injustice to the author . The story is very ably planned , and is full of brisk , shrewd dialogue and dramatic incident . The period , that immediately prior to the Revolution , is set before us in
a series of chapters which would not disgrace the greatest names in French literature—Balzac , Victor Hugo , Dumas , Souvestre , or Daudet . We are shown vividly the meeting of many extremes : great wealth and abject poverty , innocence and guile , pride and humility , quietude and unrest . Above the lower grades of life we are shown a society infinitely more corrupt and wicked than the
very lowest , and as we read we can but wonder that any lady , however pure minded , could live in such a world and escape pollution . Several characters are skilfully drawn- —Phillipa and Therese , Abbe Chavigny , and the Abbess of Val-de-Grace . Readers of " The Catacombs of Paris" will hardly find themselves in a new world , for it is a world that has been sketched by Dumas over and over
again , notably m Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge . But this is a further reason why we should congratulate the author of the work before us ; so difficult is it to impart fresh interest to a well worn theme . This M . Berthet has accomplished with conspicuous success . We hope to meet with other periods of French history delineated with equal skill .
The rise of Wellington . By General Lord Roberts , V . C . With portraits and plans . Third edition ( 3 s 6 d net ) . —Sampson Low , Marston and Co ., Limited . AN admirable summary of the career of one of the greatest soldiers of all time . " The Rise of Wellington " as narrated by Lord Roberts affords a double exemplification of the truth of that dictum of Pope : —
" Each might his several province well command Would all but stoop to what they understand . " If ever a man understood the art of war that man was Wellington , and if there is a soldier living who is competent to utter an adequate appraisal of the conqueror of Napolean that soldier is Lord Roberts . He understands and appreciates the labours of Wellington as Huxley—in a far different field—understood and appreciated the
labours of Darwin . We have before expressed our admiration for the literary skill of Lord Roberts , and need only add that this little volume is in every respect worthy of the author of " Forty-one years in India . " We think the Peninsula and Waterloo campaigns are , on the whole , more ably treated than the campaign in India ; but that early period in Wellington's life is difficult to grasp owing to comparative scarcity of material . We hope to see many further editions of so useful a book .
The Princess of Copper . A novel . By Archibald Clavering Gunter . —F . V . White and Co . WE shall be greatly surprised if this book does not prove a bone of contention . Criticisms upon it will probably illustrate the truth of the saying that extremes always meet . In many quarters it will be praised ; in others it will certainl y be abused . It will be praised
for some fine characterisation , some sketchy descriptions , some brisk dialogue ; it will be blamed for its too frequent use of slang of every sort and kind . The fact is Mr . Gunter has written a story containing some very good points , and for the sake of that story we could wish either that somebod y else had the telling of it or that Mr . Gunter had chosen to tell it in a somewhat different manner .
Lucille has all the poet's " sweet attractiveness and grace" and Walker , her lover , is an able , manly fellow ; but few other persons of the drama are other than what the writer would call " shady . Mrs . Brighton and her fellow members of the Utopia New Woman's Club in New York are hardly edifying in their conversation 01 behaviour ; and as they , together with "Branch" and a few other kindred worthies occupy a considerable share of our attention , the
result is less satisfactory than we could wish . The utterly reckless financial rascality of those who have large dealings in stocks and shares in New York is here so painfully apparent that we heartily wish we could think the picture overdrawn . If such is not the case Mr . Gunter can at least claim to have opened our eyes to see things not seen before . In this respect , at least , " The Princess of Copper - has reminded us of Stevenson's " Wrecker . " On the whole , the book is by no means dull , and will doubtless be widely read .
MESSRS . MACMILLAN & Co . have just issued Mr . John Morley ' s " Oliver Cromwell . " Readers who have / upon their shelves " Voltaire ,: " Rousseau " " Burke " and " Walpole " by the same writer will agree with us that he is eminentl y qualified to discuss so complex a subject as the administration of the Protector . There is also an illustrated edition of this work , at 14 s .
THE same publishers have also issued the " Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley . " This is unquestionabl y the most important biography of the season . It is hardl y too much to say that no man ever possessed more exact and profound knowled ge of biology combined with a complete mastery of the arts of lucid exposition . MESSRS . WARD , LOCK & Co . have sent us their announcements for the season 1900-1 . The items perhaps most worthy of special
Books Of The Day.
notice are the " New Standard Dictionary " which is , we understand , in every way a truly superb work , and the many excellent romances by Guy Boothby , E . " Phillips Oppenheim , Orme Agnus , Joseph Hocking , S . R . Crockett , and other able writers . Nor can we omit to mention the library editions of the novels of Whyte Melville , Sir Walter Scott , and Henry Kingsley . We have had the pleasure of looking into many of these volumes , and can warmly recommend them to all lovers of sound , honest literature of perennial interest .
MESSRS . GOWANS & GRAY , of Glasgow , announce that they are about to publish a " Complete Library . It is to be . issued in monthly volumes at is net . The first volume is to be ' The Complete works of John Keats , including his Letters . ' FROM time to time one hears of a revival of interest in one or other of the dead-and-gone masters of fiction . How far . this revival
is spontaneous on the part of the public or artificially created by the publishers is a question hardly worth discussion , seeing that the general result is wholly a matter of satisfaction . Every new , attractive , and cheap edition of Thackeray and Dickens , for instance , is bound to produce a crop of fresh and enthusiastic admirers . Amongst the recent editions which have certainly been a joy to the
old lovers of these novelists and a stimulus to the new must be included the dainty " New Century Library" of Messrs . T . Nelson and Sons , to which we have awarded praise on several occasions in this column . Thackeray and Dickens have never before been presented to the British public in such a pleasant , convenient , and cheap guise . The bulky three-volumes in which each novel was
formerly entombed are now replaced by one slim book , which slips easily into the coat-pocket . He who runs may read , and that with no fear of destroying his eyesight , for the type is large , and the compression of bulk has been brought about solely by using the Royal India paper , the thinnest printing . paper in the world .
Messrs . Nelsons latest development is to issue the complete works of Thackeray in fourteen of these delightful volumes , and to pack them in a leather case which measures c / % inches in length , and 6 $ 4 inches in depth . In about one-sixth of a cubic foot one may now have Thackeray complete and in the most sumptuous form . The issue is a feat of which Messrs . Nelson and Sons may well be proud .
BOOKS RECEIVED . A Hero of Romance . By Richard Marsh . Illustrated by Harold Copping ( 6 s ) . —Ward , Lock and Co ., Limited . Masonic Musings . By Chas . F . Forshaw , LL . D ., F . R . S . L ., & c . ( 5 s ) . —George Kenning .
The Theatres, &C.
The Theatres , & c .
Avenue . —8 , His Wife s Picture . 8-45 , A Message from Mars . Matinee , Wednesday , 3 . Court . —On Thursday , As you like it . Covent Garden . —Fancy Dress Ball Wednesday next . Criterion . —8-20 , A Charitable Bequest . 8-50 , The Noble Lord . Matinee , Saturday , 3 .
Daly ' s . —8-15 , San Toy . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Drury Lane . —7-45 , The Price of Peace . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 1-45 . Gaiety . —8 ' 15 , The Messenger Boy . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . Garrick . —8 , Realism . 8-40 , The Wedding Guest . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Globe . —On Saturday , The Gay Pretenders .
Gt . Queen Street . —8 . 15 , The Haunted Room . 9 , The Private Secretary . Matinee , Saturday , 3 . Haymarkfet . —8 , The School for Scandal . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . Her Majesty ' s . — S-30 , Herod . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Lyceum . —8 , The Three Musketeers . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday . Lyric . —8 , Elorodora . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-30 . Prince of Wales . —830 , English Nell . Matin 6 e , Wednesday and Saturday ,
2-30 . Royalty . —8-30 , Mr . and Mrs . Daventry . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 . St . James ' s . —8-30 , A debt of Honour , and In Honour Bound . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-30 . Savoy . —On Wednesday , Patience . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 .
Shaftesbury . —8-15 , The Casino Girl . Matinee , Wednesday , 230 Strand . —8-15 , Punctured . 9 , In the Soup . Matinee , Wednesday , 3 . Vaudeville . —8-15 , The Yellow Peril . 9 , Self and Lady . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 . Wyndham ' s . —8-20 , Mrs . Dane ' s Defence . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-30 .
Alexandra . —Next week , 8 , Carl Rosa Opera Co . Opera House , Crouch End . —Next week , d , T . B . Thalberg's Repertoire Co . Surrey . —Next week , 7 ' 45 , The Fighting Fifth . Standard . —7-45 , The Worst Woman in London . Alhambna . —8 , Variety Entertainment , Soldiers of the Queen , & e . Aquarium . —Varied performances , World ' s Great Show , & c , daily . Empire . —8 , Variety Entertainment . Sea-side , War Pictures , & o .
Oxford . —7-30 , Variety Entertainment . Saturday , 2-15 also . Palace . —7 ' 45 , Variety Entertainment . New American Biograph , & e . Saturday , 2 also . Royal . —7-30 , Variety Company . Saturday , 2-30 also . Tivoli . —7-30 , Variety Entertainment . A Galaxy of Stars . Saturday , 2-15 also . Egyptian Hall . —3 and 8 , Mr . J . N . Maskelyne ' s entertainment .
London Hippodrome . —2 and 8 , Varied attractions . Siberia , Sandow , & o . St . James ' s Hall . —8 , Mohawk and Moore and Burgess Minstrels . Matinee , Monday , Wednesday , Thursday and Saturday , 3 . Crystal Palace . —Varied attractions daily . Cafe Chantant . International Music Exhibition , & c . Madame Tussaud ' s ( Baker Street Station ) . —Open daily . Portrait models of modern celebrities , & c ,
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Books Of The Day.
Books of the Day .
Books , Music , & c . intended for review , should be addressed to the Editor of the Freemason ' s Chronicle , at Fleet Works , New Barnet . — —
. u . The Catacombs of Paris . By E . Berthet . Rendered into English by M . C . Helmore ( 6 s ) . —Archibald Constable and Co ., Limited .
WE should like to read this work in the original French by M . Berthet . But it is only fair to the translator to say that his version is so vivacious and uniformly interesting that he can hardly have done much injustice to the author . The story is very ably planned , and is full of brisk , shrewd dialogue and dramatic incident . The period , that immediately prior to the Revolution , is set before us in
a series of chapters which would not disgrace the greatest names in French literature—Balzac , Victor Hugo , Dumas , Souvestre , or Daudet . We are shown vividly the meeting of many extremes : great wealth and abject poverty , innocence and guile , pride and humility , quietude and unrest . Above the lower grades of life we are shown a society infinitely more corrupt and wicked than the
very lowest , and as we read we can but wonder that any lady , however pure minded , could live in such a world and escape pollution . Several characters are skilfully drawn- —Phillipa and Therese , Abbe Chavigny , and the Abbess of Val-de-Grace . Readers of " The Catacombs of Paris" will hardly find themselves in a new world , for it is a world that has been sketched by Dumas over and over
again , notably m Le Chevalier de Maison-Rouge . But this is a further reason why we should congratulate the author of the work before us ; so difficult is it to impart fresh interest to a well worn theme . This M . Berthet has accomplished with conspicuous success . We hope to meet with other periods of French history delineated with equal skill .
The rise of Wellington . By General Lord Roberts , V . C . With portraits and plans . Third edition ( 3 s 6 d net ) . —Sampson Low , Marston and Co ., Limited . AN admirable summary of the career of one of the greatest soldiers of all time . " The Rise of Wellington " as narrated by Lord Roberts affords a double exemplification of the truth of that dictum of Pope : —
" Each might his several province well command Would all but stoop to what they understand . " If ever a man understood the art of war that man was Wellington , and if there is a soldier living who is competent to utter an adequate appraisal of the conqueror of Napolean that soldier is Lord Roberts . He understands and appreciates the labours of Wellington as Huxley—in a far different field—understood and appreciated the
labours of Darwin . We have before expressed our admiration for the literary skill of Lord Roberts , and need only add that this little volume is in every respect worthy of the author of " Forty-one years in India . " We think the Peninsula and Waterloo campaigns are , on the whole , more ably treated than the campaign in India ; but that early period in Wellington's life is difficult to grasp owing to comparative scarcity of material . We hope to see many further editions of so useful a book .
The Princess of Copper . A novel . By Archibald Clavering Gunter . —F . V . White and Co . WE shall be greatly surprised if this book does not prove a bone of contention . Criticisms upon it will probably illustrate the truth of the saying that extremes always meet . In many quarters it will be praised ; in others it will certainl y be abused . It will be praised
for some fine characterisation , some sketchy descriptions , some brisk dialogue ; it will be blamed for its too frequent use of slang of every sort and kind . The fact is Mr . Gunter has written a story containing some very good points , and for the sake of that story we could wish either that somebod y else had the telling of it or that Mr . Gunter had chosen to tell it in a somewhat different manner .
Lucille has all the poet's " sweet attractiveness and grace" and Walker , her lover , is an able , manly fellow ; but few other persons of the drama are other than what the writer would call " shady . Mrs . Brighton and her fellow members of the Utopia New Woman's Club in New York are hardly edifying in their conversation 01 behaviour ; and as they , together with "Branch" and a few other kindred worthies occupy a considerable share of our attention , the
result is less satisfactory than we could wish . The utterly reckless financial rascality of those who have large dealings in stocks and shares in New York is here so painfully apparent that we heartily wish we could think the picture overdrawn . If such is not the case Mr . Gunter can at least claim to have opened our eyes to see things not seen before . In this respect , at least , " The Princess of Copper - has reminded us of Stevenson's " Wrecker . " On the whole , the book is by no means dull , and will doubtless be widely read .
MESSRS . MACMILLAN & Co . have just issued Mr . John Morley ' s " Oliver Cromwell . " Readers who have / upon their shelves " Voltaire ,: " Rousseau " " Burke " and " Walpole " by the same writer will agree with us that he is eminentl y qualified to discuss so complex a subject as the administration of the Protector . There is also an illustrated edition of this work , at 14 s .
THE same publishers have also issued the " Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley . " This is unquestionabl y the most important biography of the season . It is hardl y too much to say that no man ever possessed more exact and profound knowled ge of biology combined with a complete mastery of the arts of lucid exposition . MESSRS . WARD , LOCK & Co . have sent us their announcements for the season 1900-1 . The items perhaps most worthy of special
Books Of The Day.
notice are the " New Standard Dictionary " which is , we understand , in every way a truly superb work , and the many excellent romances by Guy Boothby , E . " Phillips Oppenheim , Orme Agnus , Joseph Hocking , S . R . Crockett , and other able writers . Nor can we omit to mention the library editions of the novels of Whyte Melville , Sir Walter Scott , and Henry Kingsley . We have had the pleasure of looking into many of these volumes , and can warmly recommend them to all lovers of sound , honest literature of perennial interest .
MESSRS . GOWANS & GRAY , of Glasgow , announce that they are about to publish a " Complete Library . It is to be . issued in monthly volumes at is net . The first volume is to be ' The Complete works of John Keats , including his Letters . ' FROM time to time one hears of a revival of interest in one or other of the dead-and-gone masters of fiction . How far . this revival
is spontaneous on the part of the public or artificially created by the publishers is a question hardly worth discussion , seeing that the general result is wholly a matter of satisfaction . Every new , attractive , and cheap edition of Thackeray and Dickens , for instance , is bound to produce a crop of fresh and enthusiastic admirers . Amongst the recent editions which have certainly been a joy to the
old lovers of these novelists and a stimulus to the new must be included the dainty " New Century Library" of Messrs . T . Nelson and Sons , to which we have awarded praise on several occasions in this column . Thackeray and Dickens have never before been presented to the British public in such a pleasant , convenient , and cheap guise . The bulky three-volumes in which each novel was
formerly entombed are now replaced by one slim book , which slips easily into the coat-pocket . He who runs may read , and that with no fear of destroying his eyesight , for the type is large , and the compression of bulk has been brought about solely by using the Royal India paper , the thinnest printing . paper in the world .
Messrs . Nelsons latest development is to issue the complete works of Thackeray in fourteen of these delightful volumes , and to pack them in a leather case which measures c / % inches in length , and 6 $ 4 inches in depth . In about one-sixth of a cubic foot one may now have Thackeray complete and in the most sumptuous form . The issue is a feat of which Messrs . Nelson and Sons may well be proud .
BOOKS RECEIVED . A Hero of Romance . By Richard Marsh . Illustrated by Harold Copping ( 6 s ) . —Ward , Lock and Co ., Limited . Masonic Musings . By Chas . F . Forshaw , LL . D ., F . R . S . L ., & c . ( 5 s ) . —George Kenning .
The Theatres, &C.
The Theatres , & c .
Avenue . —8 , His Wife s Picture . 8-45 , A Message from Mars . Matinee , Wednesday , 3 . Court . —On Thursday , As you like it . Covent Garden . —Fancy Dress Ball Wednesday next . Criterion . —8-20 , A Charitable Bequest . 8-50 , The Noble Lord . Matinee , Saturday , 3 .
Daly ' s . —8-15 , San Toy . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Drury Lane . —7-45 , The Price of Peace . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 1-45 . Gaiety . —8 ' 15 , The Messenger Boy . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . Garrick . —8 , Realism . 8-40 , The Wedding Guest . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Globe . —On Saturday , The Gay Pretenders .
Gt . Queen Street . —8 . 15 , The Haunted Room . 9 , The Private Secretary . Matinee , Saturday , 3 . Haymarkfet . —8 , The School for Scandal . Matinee , Saturday , 2 . Her Majesty ' s . — S-30 , Herod . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 . Lyceum . —8 , The Three Musketeers . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday . Lyric . —8 , Elorodora . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-30 . Prince of Wales . —830 , English Nell . Matin 6 e , Wednesday and Saturday ,
2-30 . Royalty . —8-30 , Mr . and Mrs . Daventry . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 . St . James ' s . —8-30 , A debt of Honour , and In Honour Bound . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-30 . Savoy . —On Wednesday , Patience . Matinee , Saturday , 2-30 .
Shaftesbury . —8-15 , The Casino Girl . Matinee , Wednesday , 230 Strand . —8-15 , Punctured . 9 , In the Soup . Matinee , Wednesday , 3 . Vaudeville . —8-15 , The Yellow Peril . 9 , Self and Lady . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 3 . Wyndham ' s . —8-20 , Mrs . Dane ' s Defence . Matinee , Wednesday and Saturday , 2-30 .
Alexandra . —Next week , 8 , Carl Rosa Opera Co . Opera House , Crouch End . —Next week , d , T . B . Thalberg's Repertoire Co . Surrey . —Next week , 7 ' 45 , The Fighting Fifth . Standard . —7-45 , The Worst Woman in London . Alhambna . —8 , Variety Entertainment , Soldiers of the Queen , & e . Aquarium . —Varied performances , World ' s Great Show , & c , daily . Empire . —8 , Variety Entertainment . Sea-side , War Pictures , & o .
Oxford . —7-30 , Variety Entertainment . Saturday , 2-15 also . Palace . —7 ' 45 , Variety Entertainment . New American Biograph , & e . Saturday , 2 also . Royal . —7-30 , Variety Company . Saturday , 2-30 also . Tivoli . —7-30 , Variety Entertainment . A Galaxy of Stars . Saturday , 2-15 also . Egyptian Hall . —3 and 8 , Mr . J . N . Maskelyne ' s entertainment .
London Hippodrome . —2 and 8 , Varied attractions . Siberia , Sandow , & o . St . James ' s Hall . —8 , Mohawk and Moore and Burgess Minstrels . Matinee , Monday , Wednesday , Thursday and Saturday , 3 . Crystal Palace . —Varied attractions daily . Cafe Chantant . International Music Exhibition , & c . Madame Tussaud ' s ( Baker Street Station ) . —Open daily . Portrait models of modern celebrities , & c ,