Letters of Richard Watson Gilder. Edited by his Daughter. (Constable
and Co. 14s. not..)—The late R. W. Gilder wad one of the best known and most popular literary men in America, and had many good friends in England. Ho edited the Century Maya:ins from ita rebirth in 1881 up to his own death in 1909, he wrote much admirable verse, and he was keenly interested in art and music. His home -was a place of resort for American writers and artists, and for any European celebrity, like R. L. Stevenson, Mr.. Kipling, or M. Paderowski, who happened to visit New York. He took a lively interest in "good government," as the Americans call it—in Civil Service reform, in the checking of corruption, in the purifying of tho poor quarters of Now York. Gilder served, as a boy, in the Civil War, lost. his father at an early ago, and supported his mother and sisters by sheer hard work. His career, 63 traced in his letters, is full of interest. Bishop Brent in his America Day so-emon at St. Paul's quoted Gilder's patriotic remarks about tho war with Spain. We like his proud reply to a complaint about his magazine: "We edit., not. for a single number, but for years."
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