Fragments from Heloise and Abilard. By George Moore. (Privately printed
for subscribers.)—Mr. Moore has no doubt appreciated that dissatisfaction with his work which is synonymous with a sense of good craftsmanship, since he publishes so soon a pamphlet containing emendations of Heloise and AWlard. Why certain of these revisions, Mr. Moore says in his preface, such as the meditations of Abelard at Blois, did not occur to him when writing the original work ho cannot tell any more than how ho caught last year's cold. There are, in addition, some minor alterations. His procedure in publishing them is perfectly justifiable, yet in the introduction Mr. Moore strikes the attitude of an extremely naughty child who, on this occasion, has excelled itself in naughtiness. He is both defiant and full of excuses. His critics, ho imagines, will resent the appearanoo of this pamphlet, though why they should we cannot think :
he surely is in a better position to know, just as he is with regard to his cold of last year. All who admire Mr. Moore's artistry will be delighted with another twenty pages from his hand, and those who do not, as Mr. Moore has repeatedly said, aro, to him, of no account.
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