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Sidney Lee's * Shakespeare in Oral Tradition,' which
constitutes a valuable addition to his monumental
life of Shakespeare. In their anxiety to preserve a
balance between Shakespeare's moral rectitude
and his literary and dramatic supremacy, Shake-
spearean biographers have regarded as things not
to be mentioned the rumours which among the
unregenerate find readiest acceptance the report
that he killed the king's deer, or the record
of the practical jokes he played upon his con-
temporaries. Almost for the first time Mr. Lee
mentions without a shudder Shakespeare's reputed
paternity towards D'Avenant, and shows the
things that tell to some extent in its favour. If
we study closely the epoch, we shall wonder, Mr.
Lee holds, "not why we know so little, but why
we know so much." Lady Paget supplies some
deeply interesting information concerning ' The
Empress Frederick in Youth.' A curious article is
that of Miss Hannah Lynch on ' The Young French
Girl Interviewed.' Unfortunately, the utterances
of these ingenues cannot be implicitly trusted. ' Art
and Eccentricity,' by Mr. Herbert Paul, deals
with modern Tyrtseusea, which is not precisely
what we expected from its title. ' Metternich and
Princess Lieven ' is a long paper derived from
Metternich's autobiographical memoirs. To the
Pall Mall Mr. Frederick Wedmore sends an
interesting contribution on ' The Great Queen's
Monument,' with illustrations no less pleasantly
suggestive by Mr. Hedley Fitton. Following this
comes a capital reproduction of the pleasing por-
trait of Marie Antoinette by Madame Vigee
Lebrun, a coloured reproduction of which serves
for the cover. Sir Harry Johnston writes on ' The
Pygmies and Ape-like Men of the Uganda Border-
land,' and Mr. Archer on ' Paolo and Francesca,'
Both letterpress and illustrations are of high in-
terest. ' A Great Cavalry Leader ' gives a record of
the career of Major-General Sir John French, on
whom all eyes are now fixed. It is accompanied by
a portrait. 'Brighton Revisited and a Contrast'
has a certain amount of interest. It is, some may
be glad to know, a eulogy of a place with few
defenders. What is the place chosen as a contrast
we know not. Mr. George Stronach defends the
Baconian origin of Shakespeare's plays, gives a his-
tory of the growth of the delusion, and marshals
together what facts seem to him to support it. Major
Hoenig deals with the question 'Is an Invasion
of England Possible?' Mr. Max Beerbohm supplies
some further reproductions of his wonderful
caricatures. Very interesting in the CornMl is
a lady's account of ' Browning in Venice,' which is
ushered in by a prefatory note by Mr. Henrv
James. Mr. J. B. Atlay tells afresh the story
ot Governor Eyre and Jamaica. Mr. Godley is
amusing in describing ' The Consolation of Medio-
crity, and Mr. Stephen Gwynn thoughtful in
dealing with ' The Luxury of Doing Good.' Prof
SS? ch i ng has an interesting and valuable article on
The Sonnets of Shakespeare.' ' A Londoner's Log- Book is capitally continued. ' La Doctoresse malgr< BJle gives a graphic account of the con- dl U ons 5? P easant lif e in the district of the Cevennes Mrs. Creighton's ' Reminiscences of J. R. Green' m Longman's we both readable and valuable
Parson and Parishioner in the Eighteenth Cen- tury, by Mr. W. H. Legge, has archaeological interest. A Friend of Nelson' is continued. Mr. Lang deals with customary outspokenness with the Bacon ciphers, and is, after his wont, both
witty and wise. In the Gentleman's are articles on
' Shakespeare as History,' ' Scent in Dogs,' ' The
Scot Abroad,' and 'On Senlac Hill.' Mr. Percy
Fitzgerald sends what he calls some 'Bozzyana.'
' Washington, a City of Pictures,' by Francis E.
Leupp, with illustrations by Jules Guerin, in
Scribner's, is interesting and instructive. Its title
would perhaps be more explanatory if it were ' A
City of Sites and Vistas,' since it consists of designs
of edifices and avenues, and not, as we expected, of
paintings. Some of the views are very effective :
not less so are those of the proposed Isthmian
Ship-Canal. ' Paul Troubetzkoy, Sculptor,' intro-
duces to us an artist concerning whom little is
known in this country, except to the esoteric.
Among the illustrations is one of the sculptor at
work on a bust of Count Tolstoy. Other contents
which may be read with pleasure or advantage are
' The American "Commercial Invasion " of Europe'
and ' In Oklahoma.'
MR. BERTRAM DOBELL'S catalogues, issued from Charing Cross Road, are well known to book-lovers. That now issued is the hundredth, and is inferior in interest to none of its predecessors. With it Mr. Dobell issues a literary supplement, dealing with the gallant fight he is making against the Westminster City Council in the matter of book- stalls. We have not space to deal with the sub- ject, but we shall bitterly deplore the removal of the bookstalls from a road in which they are the least possible of an obstruction. It needs a Charles Lamb to express in proper terms the resentment the book-lover feels against the Council's high- handed and superfluous action.
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