NOTES A valuable volume, amply illustrated from old prints, has appeared on "Shakespeare's London" (Henry Holt) by Henry Thew Stephenson of the University of Indiana, author of the paper on "Hamlet's Mouse-trap" in the January SEWANEE. Picturesque London of Shakespeare's time is portrayed so as to throw light on the historical plays and on the dramatist's life and work. Old St. Paul's, the Water Front, the Tower, the Main Highway, Holborn and Smithfield, the Strand, the Theatres, the Taverns and Tavern Life, are some of the topics treated. Citations from contemporary and later documents throw light on the location, description, or use of any of these. Besant's large volumes on "London" served a different purpose; and the author is justified in saying that "no work of the present kind has yet appeared, if we except the contemporary 'Survey of London' by John Stow." "The Story of Art Throughout the Ages" (Scribner's) by S. Reinach of the Institute of France, "from the French" by Florence Simmonds, and conveniently and profusely supplied with nearly six hundred small illustrations, will be found to be an admirably succinct and a very helpful summary of the principles and movements in the art of all ages with accompanying examples. After a short introduction on the origin of art and art in the East, the emphasis is put first on Greek Art, then, with a glance at Etruscan and Roman modifications, finally on Christian art in its many varieties and forms in architecture, sculpture and painting, in the several schools and lands. The brief concluding chapters on the art of the modern period in the last two centuries are less happy and satisfying. The Belles-Lettres series (D. C. Heath & Co.) continues its attractive reproductions. Two late numbers are "Selected Poems of Swinburne," edited by Wililam Morton Payne of the Chicago Dial and T. W. Robertson's "Society" and "Caste" edited by T. Edgar Pemberton. The latter volume has the sad added interest that the author has since died. These plays of Robertson are important historically, as representative of a period of depression or transition in the English drama, rather than in themselves. Mr. Swinburne has latterly published his poems in a collected edition of six volumes, and a volume wisely selected, with the wisdom Mr. Payne brings to bear, is of real service just now. The dramas are, of course, excluded. The selections, grouped under "Odes," "Poems of Paganism and Pantheism," "Songs before Sunrise," "Lyrics of Nature and Life," "Sonnets," "Personal and Memorial Poems" and "Metrical Experiments," represent the many sides of this versatile genius and his wonderful mastery over the mere instrument of language. After ten years a new edition of Professor George P. Baker's "Principles of Argumentation" (Ginn) is worthy of comment. Professor Baker undertook this phase of English instruction at Harvard as an unpleasant task, grew fond and proud of his work, developed it, until this volume, embodying its principles and results, stands out distinct in the educational history of our country, other colleges using his text-book and adopting his methods. The subject is a difficult one to handle satisfactorily, to make vital; it is apt at first to be tedious to both teacher and pupil, it needs effort, but the effort is rewarding, and the reward is seen in a revival of the spirit of debate. Professor Bronson of Brown edits a volume of "English Essays" from Bacon to Stevenson, and, in an Appendix, with earlier excerpts from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The notes are brief, but sufficient. The purpose, as with Professor Garnett's, Professor Pancoast's, and similar volumes, is to show the development of the English prose essay style from the earliest times. II. Should Idealism Perish in the Industrial South? ROBERT AFTON HOLLAND ST. GEORGE L. SIOUSSAT III. More Light on Ibsen's Youth, . GLEN LEVIN SWIGGETT V. The Characters in Victor Hugo's "Hernani," JAMES D. BRUNER VI. Foreign Influence on Shakespeare's Sonnets, DAVID KLEIN CELINA E. MEANS VIII. The Romance and Genius of a University, IX. Reviews: WILLIAM PORCHER DU BOSE SOME BOOKS OF BIOGRAPHY: C. E. Byles' "Life and Letters of THE ENCHANTED WOODS. X. Notes: 66 "Shakespeare's London; " "The Story of Art Throughout the LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO., 91-93 FIFTH AVE., NEW YORK, LONDON AND BOMBAY Entered at the post office at Sewanee, Tenn., as second-class matter. THE EDITOR IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OPINIONS OF CONTRIBUTORS A MONTHLY LIST OF NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS PUBLISHED BY LONGMANS, GREEN, & CO., OCTOBER 1905 91 AND 93 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. 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