New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-12-27
LITERARY NOTES.

John Morley's English Men OF Letters
Series has had sale In Britain OF nearly 1o0oo
Volumes The Milton =" oy Mara Patuson l. ,us o"''
here as well as in Lonton aud inc soan
When n. p. Willis visited England IN the
Summer of 1880 he announced IN his journal, lhc
Corsair that he had engaged regular CORRESPONDENCE
n Mr. Theckeray" when Thackeray's inst le''e' M
pearvd IN The Corsar. The SOuiher" LIBRARY messenger
declared that could not It's sovereign nrr' "u
added the remark that Mr. TnscKer:y 1ss Wills
Ii S@ SSs s.'''' ''"'' ''' ''''''
1t is astonishing what busy author is able
to write In shor, lifetime. NJ bcrgerat IN MS m'"oi
OF Tbeoyhe Gautcr estimates thar G"uii'rs ptinNu
matter II collected book form, would h over three
hundred octave volumes Gauuer hblograpnS whicn
has prepared France comprises 1876 numorfs'"nu
this does not include the results OF thirysx years
newspaper work. NJ. Bergerat shows that Gautcr was
very supcrsiitious He not only refused to oeIh III"
work day bur was easily Disturbed py .nT se
turning of sait-cellar, the appearance OF th'ee M
candles IN row, or the q o>ss v kn..es. ~ or %
related al hin that he would never write VI ir'
the name OF Ofenbhch.
Albert Glatigny was a French poet VINO
died six years ago wandering about the wofio I'D
want for thirty-four years 50 that t IL not "'no"
truth that the tern vagabor poet" Is aprnea "
bin by The Saturday Reriec His poems were recently
collected and biography OF him has Just appeared ]"
France Il seems have been from necessity tha'
Glatigny was Always want and always wahne'"k
from place IN place, for ne had theory that pVe'
should have only one coat that he should be without
roof TO shelter hn. and that nvefranc piece shouu
nevei tarry long packet whiie boy he learner
10 be "a printer and corners OF country news
paper used 10 set up his verses Then he went
20 Paris and earned Sl23 year In Journalism lie
there met Baudelaire and rualiy published Vone OF
verses since become very scarce and valulhe NJ "S'
he rrsov 10 wander although he knew he eoud I'VE III
Paris by his pen. WITH bundle ON ms shoulder anu
two books in his pocket which TO buy n"u
cost HIM the denial OF supper he started for Provcnes
mud went thence to the Pyrenees aud north INT" Der
GUM He often got n LIVING in cafes and CASINOS ey
writing verses Singers aud not inircqnenty ne was
a. poor that lie had 10 sleep IN omubuses ana r"i""y
stations Going 20 Nice he found no welcome, ana
sailed thence Corsica, where on New year Day ~
1860 he was arrested 10y crudarme. VINO TOOK MN oi
one Jud an ASSASSIN OF the day lie was thrown INTO
dungeon chan and Dealen 10 make MN co les ma.
be was the assassin. The cold he TOOK tnat Gay, III
never recovered from. Consumption stlZeu un"b mui
and IN a lew wears took HIN of. III small book ci e.
lie Jour de an dun NagabOud" he described his
experience in Corsica. of the pictures v CVl
eican cry said he exceedingly good "h'tsh1
bad received REGULAR education. He Mrote poen
caiIet Ie,- Bonemi,ns" in which the following hnes
Indicate the attractions which the life OF wandering
poet had had for him:
Les pOrnes iuachcves,
Les chansOas aux r,mes hnutaines,
lie. halles DOrd dCs iohiancs,
lie chants ct les bruhcurs ewes,
Tout urend yOix CT m'iuNuo
A r-cOminencrr c chemin