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THE BOOK SHELF.
(Conducted by ALBERT LEE, '91.]
“Svengali’s Diary.”
It seemed as if the Trilby craze had
died out, and that the collectors of
Trilbyana must have gotten all the
fish there was to come to their nets,
but here is Mr. Alfred Welch, who
gives us “Svengali’s Diary” (New York:
Henry Holt & Co.) in a little book
which masquerades as a translation.
As may be imagined from the title the
work claims to be a transcript of the
private and personal thoughts of the
great Svengali, and Mr. Welch’s at-
tempt has been to make the spider less
of an ogre than Mr. Du Maurier led
us to suppose he was. The book is in-
teresting in a way, for it shows how
“facts” in fiction, like facts in real life,
may be distorted so as to be made to
serve almost every purpose, and so, as
a “tour de force,’’ the little diary is
at least amusing. Is there anything
more left in “‘Trilby’’ for the enterpris-
ing scribbler to twist a penny out of?
Has anyone yet suggested the theme
of ‘“‘Taffy’s Autobiography” or “The
Reminiscences of Trilby’s boot mak-
er?”
‘Cap and Gown.”
A second collection of verse under the
same title of “Cap and Gown’ has
been made by Mr. F. L. Knowles (Bos-
ton: L. C. Page & Co.), and, like the
first, it will probably prove of more
ineerest to the men whose names ap-
pear within its pages,— not least Mr.
Knowles himself—than to anyone else.
In the ‘“prefatory note” there are a
few sentences that may justly claim a
moment’s attention from those of us
who are interested in undergraduate
literary work. Mr. Knowles -tells us
that upon investigation he finds the
undergraduate poet to have a fondness
for the sonnet, but a lack of success
in writing it. The French forms of
light verse are popular,—particularly
the rondeau, ballade, and triolet. Fur-
ther, purely sentimental verse is little
written in women’s colleges, its place
being taken by poetry of nature or of
reflection. Finally Mr. Knowles says
that he will feel disappointed if the
reader does not discover ‘‘touches of
genuine poetry’? in the little book he
has compiled. Hach author quoted will
no doubt find a touch.
Notes.
Professor Lorenzo Sears, L. H. D.,
’*61, is just revising the proof sheets of
a new book on oratory called ‘‘The
Occasional Address; its Literature and
Composition.’’ This book is inscribed to
Professor Sears’ classmate, Professor
Simeon E. Baldwin of the Law School.
The work is entitled a study in demon-
strative oratory and presents from the
analytic and synthetic points of view,
the requirements for the occasional ad-
dress. Professor Sears’ book, ‘The
History of Oratory,’’ has already been
noticed in the columns of the Weekly
as a valuable contribution to the sub-
ject.
*'Two books of unusual interest to col-
lege men will be published immediately
by the Fleming H. Revell Company.
One is entitled, ‘Strategic Points in the
World’s Conquest; the Universities and
Colleges as related to the Progress of
Christianity.’’ Its author is Mr. John
R. Mott. The other book is, ‘‘The Cul-
ture of Christian Manhood: Sunday
Mornings in Battell Chapel, Yale Uni-
versity,’’ collected and arranged by Mr.
W. H. Sallmon. The list of preachers
includes the names of the Rev. Drs.
Charles Cuthbert Hall, Alexander Mc-
Kenzie, A. H. Bradford, D. J. Burrell,
George Harris, W. R. Richards, Henry
van Dyke, L. O. Brastow, T. S..Ham-
lin, J. H. Vincent, M. A. Stryker, G..T.
Purves, J. H: Twichell, J.-G. K. Me-
Clure, 8S. E. Herrick and George A. Gor-
don.
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Majestic, on Thursday evening, June
«i Investigation shows that the state-
men is without authority.
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At present writing it is hard to tell
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Murphy has left the squad permanent-
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