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98
ETERART CRITICISM
ANND BÖÖK NEWS
Shaw and Schnitzler: The Drama League and
Modern Drama Series—Sir Robertson
Nicoll — Old Chelsea.
Ttewn; her rival, Mrs. Bodsworth, gains
MORE NEW PLAVS.
precedence over her when her ausband
FANNT'S FIRST
MISALLIANCE.
ie knighted. Hence a"bataille de
PLAY. THE DARK LADY OF THE
SONNETS. With a Treatise on Parents
dames.“ The play was produced in!
Bernard
and Children. By George
London hy Mary Tempest, but, amus¬
Shaw. 12mo, pp. 215. Brentano's.
THE GREEN COCKATOO, AND OTII
ing and clever though it is, with a
Arthur Schnitzler.
PLAYS. By
ER
#eleverness which Is more than verbal,
Translated into English br Horace B.
and which reaches beyond situation to
Samuel. 12mo, pp. ix, 124, Chicago: A.
C. MeClurg & Co.
character, it failed of success, With
TIE DRAMA „LEAGUE SERIEs O1
us it ould have no chance whatever.
The Sunken Bell.
PLAYS.
Gerhart Hauptmann. Freelz; ren¬
Dur present-day publie demands sub¬
dered into English verse by Charles
stance and speed rather than artistry
Heury Meltzer. Lmo. pp. 143. Vol.
Mary Goes First.“ By Heurv Arthur
Sand, well, the struggle for precedence
xiv 163. Vol.
Jones. 12mo. pp.
V1.
between two English manufacturers'
*Her Husband’s Wife.“ By
Thomas. 12mo, pp. x. 133. Doubieday.
wives in a provincial town is a topie
Page & Co.
that could hardly be expected to inters“
THE MODERN DRAMA SERIES:“ Tive
est it, even if it had a glimmer of the
Lord Dunsang. 12m0. pp
Plays.“B
116he Widowsing of Mrs. Hol¬
social perspective. It is of this lack
D. H. Lawrencs. 12mo, pp.
of appreciation of the comedy of man¬
NN193. Mltfhell Kennerley.
ners among us that Clayton Hamilton
Were it not for the inclusion of
writes in his introduction to the play.
Fanny's First Play,“ this new volume
Sof Mr. Shaw’s drama, now before us., But is he quite right in assuming that
we have always lacked this -pprecia¬
might well be called a case of the tail
tion—that we have never yet had a
wägging the dog. There is mighty lit¬
Psocial tradition“ of our own? Would
Etle of drama in these pages compared
it not be nearer the truth to say that!
Swith the overwhelming flood of intro¬
we have ’ost this tradition during the
ductions. Misalliance,? written four
last thirty years or so, and with it the
Fears ago. is not likely ever to see the
appreciation which made the produe¬
boards in this country, but it serves as
ton of English and Continental com¬
an exeuse for an introductory essay.
edies of manners profitable and enjoy¬
126 pages long, on the relations of
ablethen, and which, but for its up¬
# Parents and Children“ and the erying
need of their revision. It is te besetting, miglit have given us a comedy
Staken, so the publishers inform us, to-sof manners of our own as well?
gether with the preface on Poverty to
Mr. Thomas’s“ Her Husband’s Wife“
Lady Barbara,“ and that on Mar¬
—a farce—comes perhaps as near t0
rlage to Getting Married,“ as a trilogy
the comedy of manners as can be ex¬
#setting for the author’s views on these
pected from the changes which have
social questions. What Mr. Shaw has
taken place in this country since our
to say here on the family has a rather
social tradition began to wane. It is
familiar sound; much of it he has said
anarsing trifle, and it reads sur¬
—befere, in one form or another, in his
prisingly well.
Eprevious writings. He follows the
Both Mr. Bjorkman and Mr. Ken¬
main stream of speculation upon the
nerley earn our increasing gratitude
subject, and it is impossible at tbis
with each new issue of the valuable
late day to determine what is his own
Modern Drama Series, which covers
Fand what the contribution of others.
with such thoroughgoing diserimina¬
His essay is worth reading as a re¬
tion the entire international fleld.
capitulation and correlation of current
Lord Dunsany’s Five Plays'' are
thought. In the case ofThe Dark
doubly and triply welcome. Mr. Bjork¬
Lady of the Sonnets,“the playlet may
man, in his introduction, links the
be said to be overwhelmed by the in¬
Irish writer’s method to Maeterlinck’s,
troductory pages on Shakespeare’s per¬
and with good reason; he differentiates
sonality and life, and the identity of
between the uses made by both of that
the Dark Lady. Much of this dis¬
method with even greater justice.
course is devoted, however, to a dis¬
Feussion of Frank Harris’s charge of Lord Dunsang employs the Belgian's
broucht some vears ago, in vagueness of place and time; he has
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sympathy which is at times surprising.
It is often said that essay writing or
reading is out of date. This volume is
arefutation of that charge, and a con¬
firmation of any tendency toward
making it true. It would be a sorry
day when there was not a wide and
appreciative demand among readers for
such writings as those in this welcome
volume.
A LONDON NEIGHBORHOOD
n0
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K5
8
98
ETERART CRITICISM
ANND BÖÖK NEWS
Shaw and Schnitzler: The Drama League and
Modern Drama Series—Sir Robertson
Nicoll — Old Chelsea.
Ttewn; her rival, Mrs. Bodsworth, gains
MORE NEW PLAVS.
precedence over her when her ausband
FANNT'S FIRST
MISALLIANCE.
ie knighted. Hence a"bataille de
PLAY. THE DARK LADY OF THE
SONNETS. With a Treatise on Parents
dames.“ The play was produced in!
Bernard
and Children. By George
London hy Mary Tempest, but, amus¬
Shaw. 12mo, pp. 215. Brentano's.
THE GREEN COCKATOO, AND OTII
ing and clever though it is, with a
Arthur Schnitzler.
PLAYS. By
ER
#eleverness which Is more than verbal,
Translated into English br Horace B.
and which reaches beyond situation to
Samuel. 12mo, pp. ix, 124, Chicago: A.
C. MeClurg & Co.
character, it failed of success, With
TIE DRAMA „LEAGUE SERIEs O1
us it ould have no chance whatever.
The Sunken Bell.
PLAYS.
Gerhart Hauptmann. Freelz; ren¬
Dur present-day publie demands sub¬
dered into English verse by Charles
stance and speed rather than artistry
Heury Meltzer. Lmo. pp. 143. Vol.
Mary Goes First.“ By Heurv Arthur
Sand, well, the struggle for precedence
xiv 163. Vol.
Jones. 12mo. pp.
V1.
between two English manufacturers'
*Her Husband’s Wife.“ By
Thomas. 12mo, pp. x. 133. Doubieday.
wives in a provincial town is a topie
Page & Co.
that could hardly be expected to inters“
THE MODERN DRAMA SERIES:“ Tive
est it, even if it had a glimmer of the
Lord Dunsang. 12m0. pp
Plays.“B
116he Widowsing of Mrs. Hol¬
social perspective. It is of this lack
D. H. Lawrencs. 12mo, pp.
of appreciation of the comedy of man¬
NN193. Mltfhell Kennerley.
ners among us that Clayton Hamilton
Were it not for the inclusion of
writes in his introduction to the play.
Fanny's First Play,“ this new volume
Sof Mr. Shaw’s drama, now before us., But is he quite right in assuming that
we have always lacked this -pprecia¬
might well be called a case of the tail
tion—that we have never yet had a
wägging the dog. There is mighty lit¬
Psocial tradition“ of our own? Would
Etle of drama in these pages compared
it not be nearer the truth to say that!
Swith the overwhelming flood of intro¬
we have ’ost this tradition during the
ductions. Misalliance,? written four
last thirty years or so, and with it the
Fears ago. is not likely ever to see the
appreciation which made the produe¬
boards in this country, but it serves as
ton of English and Continental com¬
an exeuse for an introductory essay.
edies of manners profitable and enjoy¬
126 pages long, on the relations of
ablethen, and which, but for its up¬
# Parents and Children“ and the erying
need of their revision. It is te besetting, miglit have given us a comedy
Staken, so the publishers inform us, to-sof manners of our own as well?
gether with the preface on Poverty to
Mr. Thomas’s“ Her Husband’s Wife“
Lady Barbara,“ and that on Mar¬
—a farce—comes perhaps as near t0
rlage to Getting Married,“ as a trilogy
the comedy of manners as can be ex¬
#setting for the author’s views on these
pected from the changes which have
social questions. What Mr. Shaw has
taken place in this country since our
to say here on the family has a rather
social tradition began to wane. It is
familiar sound; much of it he has said
anarsing trifle, and it reads sur¬
—befere, in one form or another, in his
prisingly well.
Eprevious writings. He follows the
Both Mr. Bjorkman and Mr. Ken¬
main stream of speculation upon the
nerley earn our increasing gratitude
subject, and it is impossible at tbis
with each new issue of the valuable
late day to determine what is his own
Modern Drama Series, which covers
Fand what the contribution of others.
with such thoroughgoing diserimina¬
His essay is worth reading as a re¬
tion the entire international fleld.
capitulation and correlation of current
Lord Dunsany’s Five Plays'' are
thought. In the case ofThe Dark
doubly and triply welcome. Mr. Bjork¬
Lady of the Sonnets,“the playlet may
man, in his introduction, links the
be said to be overwhelmed by the in¬
Irish writer’s method to Maeterlinck’s,
troductory pages on Shakespeare’s per¬
and with good reason; he differentiates
sonality and life, and the identity of
between the uses made by both of that
the Dark Lady. Much of this dis¬
method with even greater justice.
course is devoted, however, to a dis¬
Feussion of Frank Harris’s charge of Lord Dunsang employs the Belgian's
broucht some vears ago, in vagueness of place and time; he has
box 16/1
NEW YORK TRIBUNE. SATURDAT,
6
Ore.
Mren
n
en
W
00
0
3000
MMHAI
E IINNRERENETEERARERENE
dnenenche e
W
—
9.
TORHERS HOOSE
CMENNE WALK
sympathy which is at times surprising.
It is often said that essay writing or
reading is out of date. This volume is
arefutation of that charge, and a con¬
firmation of any tendency toward
making it true. It would be a sorry
day when there was not a wide and
appreciative demand among readers for
such writings as those in this welcome
volume.
A LONDON NEIGHBORHOOD