23 Aug 1908
Page 14
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1908
Page
14
A reflective essay traces Tudor architecture from grand country seats to modest urban homes, stressing restrained elegance over ostentation. It praises practical spaciousness and architectural honesty while contrasting it with contemporary rhetoric, noting shifts in moral judgment, irony, and the balance of intellect and spirituality in English criticism.
John Morley's Machiavelli is praised for clear analysis and lucid prose. The reviewer highlights Morley's balanced method, the moral and political implications, and notes Morley's own political experience enriching his critique of Machiavelli's enduring influence.
A round of forthcoming titles from Duffield, Harpers, and Longmans outlines The Letters of Mrs James G Blaine Memories and Impressions by Mme Modjeska a Bach biography by Sir Hubert Parry Justin McCarthy's The Dukes Motto and two art volumes The Mistress Art and Painting in the Far East plus The Story of the Australian Bushranger by G E Boxall Adams on George Eliot Ruskin and related criticism feature as well as observations on English literary pilgrimages and authorial judgments.
The new Recollections by David Christie Murray include a George Meredith letter that hints at his view of authorship. He says the author should have exemption from rank and title and claims none. Murray also shares entertaining anecdotes about political and literary contemporaries.
A brisk look at new and forthcoming books across Scotland India and Europe. Topics include Donald Cameron-Swan on Highland chiefs, Arnold Bennett and Eden Phillpotts The Statue, Frederick Palmer His Fellow, Gujarati Measure for Measure, Marathi The Tempest and Parsi society novels. Also mentions Burke philosophy in Marathi, Nepal travel sketches, and a Paris volume on the Second Empire with Baron's papers.
A lyrical piece laments the cutting of laurels and the ban on going to the woods. It contrasts fountains and Naiads with hunters and silent streams, noting lilies with tears and a landscape laid low by removal of laurels and mowed grass.
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