New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-30
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr. W alter bcSlnt q A0NeliSl Nhosc M"iN si""'
constantly more attractive, is writing a new story
called Julia 1t will appear in The E"sf's"
Iusstraiei Magazine.
Mr.. W. D. iowcls and Mr.. Gcors Henschel nave
hit unup a very original subject o their proposed
comic opera. Mr.. liowells will have hn'sn'u Oy
the FIRST of March the story for BayP~s which he Is
NOW ENGAGED upon: aud he and his collaboration
will then begin their daily work together. Inc
plot is already entirely laid out.
A new portrait of Tennyson viii accompany the
..1,iou Of his works which the Macmillans are
bringing cut.
There is n ru,aor that Mr.. William Black and Mr.
Ehbcv are at work on another new nove-Mr
Abbey of course doing the illustrating only.
The lotely issued fac-simile first edition of Sir
Tbor,as Brownies Religo Mcdic" has a curious
new-fa%hioncd cover 1t is bound apparently
between two slabs of oak, beautifully grained and
figured IN low relief with graceful scroll pattern
close examination, however, shows that the wool
is not solid, the fact being that some ingenious
inventor has discovered device whereby solid OAK
lin this case the wood came from an old chest eau
be cut in slices about the thickness OF draW'nS
paper, 50 softencd TO receive the IMPRESSION u "
stamped pattern, and being thea folded over
binding of cardboard, made 10 PicsenO WV
appearance Of carved oak.
The EfdrDU-tlc new Wtthl9 "''''"
appear in Boston-is to DO an eight-page paper Oh
-, ool,rrs II will give a continued novel with
n weekly illustration short stories and poems;
ser,,on and criticisms and correspondence Al l'S
matter will be original; aud it proposes 10 Keep
itself purely literary paper OF high s'aho'"o' l.
will present every week a large humorous ana
sotirical cartoon; but it will not print matter
allied 10 sport OF daily news.
Tho first parody Of the collection of parodies on
Tcnnvson's poems is one which appeared IN lac
SnOb the undergraduate journal Whied lhacKet"y
conducted for eleven weeks IN lS29. IL Is SAD 10
be from tho pen of the novelist himself ana
eleverly travestcs the prize poem "Tmbuck'op
The most frequently parodied poem, as one might
expect is d" The May Queen
lie Mcssqqr Franco 1mcyicain prints capacous
and interesting eight-page paper on Sundays. 1t
is now publishing romance d" The New Wandering
jew" from the pen of MIR. Paulm Niboyet. 1t IS a
story of the anti Semitic war which ragged in Trieste
from 1929 to 1910.
Mr.. Charles Reade's new novel is coming out, not
IN one English magazine, but IN a number Of pro-
vincial newspapers.
One of the abSurditics of the book-collectorS
passion is illustrated by story told in The Saturday
Rcr(qo The newspapers have been reporting that
Marie Colombcr's disgraceiul Sarah Barnum' IS out
of print and costs fifty francs. 1" Sarah BaInun
thus became desirable book, and the collector
went forth to hunt for it. Have yon " Sarah
BamumR7 he asked the bookseller Yes. SIR
aUow much - Three shnngS" "Oh. then III
take something else replied the disappointed
collector; 81 ! thought it cost fifty francs
When the scholarly Mr. Gosso cries IN The
Aordony: "For NY part, ! am so dcvouled by the
love OF notes that am sometimes tempted to think
The tcxt was made on purpose To Ice adorned by
them" the scholarly Mr.. Gos~e HITS upon one oi
the great defects of current literature. 1t Is the
shirt If the commentator. There is too much oil
this OVERLAPPING of noble literary creation with the
exposition, the criticism. and the suggestion Of
inferior writers. Editing is one thing; hnical
ueddng is another. English literature, one is
forced TO think would be the better for more
original performance and less Interpretation.
The American edition Of Casselrs Family Magazine
"A neat ia printing generous in matter, and small in
price The character of the magazine is thoroughly
English but its good sense and practically "a well
as the peasantness of its fiction ought to make it
swelcome IN American households.
Two books at least il Is said will he the result Of
Mr. AInold's visit to this Countrywide volume con-
tanning the lectures he has given here ANA I'm the
autumn the record of his Impressions of people and
thiDgs in America
The mi1thful if somewhat malicious satire which !
Mr. Atwood applies in the current number of liz" |
to the preacher Of "sWeetnes> ana light Is |
admirably drawn. Lie, by the way, grows more
sparkling with every number, and proves, if any
proof were needed that it is entirely possible to be
amusing and decent at the same time The two
conclusions given this week of the burleSque on |
Bret james and Henry Hartc.' are exceedingly !
good
William A. Wilsins, the Editor Of The UddcbGN |
Times and the author of the political novel, The |
Clevcrdae Mystery has again been trying his hand |
at fiction. His new novel, which is nearly ready !
for the press will deal with salient phases of city
life. The heroine Is metropolitan >aeswonan.
Another of the female characters is a Washington |
lobbyist. The Clevordale Mystery has had