Lockhart, John Gibson. Life of Sir Walter Scott. [*]60c. McClurg.

The Lockhart life of Scott has appeared in an abridged form, newly edited with notes for the student’s use. It is uniform with the “Library of standard biographies.”

Lodge, George Cabot. Cain: a drama. [**]$1. Houghton.

A drama dedicated to Jesus of Nazareth. It presents Cain as an heroic defender of free thought, to whom is revealed:

“The power of life, the glory of rebellion.

The fire and love of liberty, the pride

Of freedom, poverty, solitude, and pain.”

He kills his brother that he may not live to pollute humanity by spiritual bondage, and for the sake of the light he carries, willingly becomes “an outcast from the laws of men.”

“The diction of the poem is almost as severe as its outline, and is sustained throughout at a lofty pitch.” Wm. Morton Payne.

+ +Dial. 38: 46. Ja. 16, ‘05. 740w.