New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-28
LITERARY NOTES.

W. c;,h,,.no bas written " A Ballad Of Sark " for
a.. AnOnst number of The Enelsh Illustrated Magazine
Cor,v,os Life in London from 1884 to 1sSl, forms
it, matter of the fourth volume of Mr. Froude 8
orl on the Scotch philosopher. 1t is full OF personal
"details of distinguished men of his generation
"Tbo Princess Nobody" is the title of fairy story
which the poet Andrew Lang is writing
The literary critic of The London Uorld-presumaoy
Mr. Yates hinself-decares that if American criticism
we're always as sound its own literature as 1t is on
English books there would be good deal more TO say
for it.
An extraordinary person writes TO The Boston Trans
mint that the language" of " Henry Esmond from
Beginning TO end commonI lace and corrupt ana sne
protests against the Endorsement by Harvard Oh suc
an immoral book as an English model Probably Mr'
Tupper is this fair critics favore author In no o,ner
school could she have learned such acute uiscrliu
ton Another corresp ondent of Inc IFdhS"'p' III VIZ
cussng her communication recalls TINS o'u story " "
johnson: "Oh. doctor" said lady 10 MN ONO u"S'
" there are a great many naughty words IN your uc-
tionary ~ Him. madam" said the great ieAi0o
erapher you've been looking for them
In the late j. Payne Golfers very scarce mary
Of an Old Man" there occurs, among many Interesting
reeoectons of literary men, the following Oh 'n"ilo'
Dickens: al Mr.. John Barrow, who is engaged on me
I'm. whore there IL no vacancy told me that he has
o,ovor nerbev named Charles Dickens who has been
e,pploved. believe on The True Sun, and for whom
no Is an ,ions to obtain a situation on The Mohsg
Cbroyice barrow wants me 20 give him letter TO the
rroprietor or The Morning Chronicle asked
him how he had been employed before he hau peen
connected himself with The True san lie told me 'ha'
no had assisted Warren the blackng matt In the con
duet Of his extensive business, and among o'hef
,tinss had written pun verses fot him. Mi Collier
auotps little further ON one of these verses
I piiied the dove, fei nv ho7om wac tenueft
/ pilisd the sigh that she gave tn The wihu
nut nupt shall f1tpe the sureilaiive srlehunf
Of Waffeh's iei tlspking, the riide oi hahhihd
Dickens of course got the situation
Tureeneit was not particularly teuenled Ia youth Wy
his many tutors OF whom HE "reminiscences ate mostly
humorous iiis German teacher subsequently, de'e'
oped into saddler without occupation who eh'ti'a
Turaenefi's home accompanied by aeagtd GROW Sh"'
whom the servants rightly called tramp" The RUSSIAN
teacher red nosed aud we'll yersed in the literature OF
his country was accurate and steady ana rarely 'Sseu
a lesson If such a thing happened he usually had
good excuse as for instance gentlemen he said one
dav whom he appeared several hours too late, with
redder nose than ever gentlemen, had to miss these
lessons because have got married, and rs marriage
generally occurs only in life, have held be my
duty 10 drink much as could" Much has been said
and written about Turgenes deep study OF Hege but
from his own account of the matter his devotion to
Hegeian philosophy varied by quite as enthusiastic
n devotion to rat-catchng. This is what he himself
Jaws about it, In spite of my twentyone or twenty
two years was still half boy. Let the readcrjudge
Cor himself Now read Hcgel and studied philosophy,
md now my mentor and found amusement in teaching
dog. which had acquired by chance With this dog
had much trouble | teaching hin to catch rats
As soon as got to know that rats were IN place.
threw Hegel and his whole philosophy aside ana went
rat-hunting with my mentor"