New-York tribune., 1885-10-20
LITERARY NOTES.

pohart provninr has written a poem for the volume
WHY am Liberal which will soon be issued NY
the Cassells
Austin Dobson's volume of poems, " At the sign OF
the Lyre has Just been published in London vi ''o
large paper edition twenty-five copies more 'hi u'u"'
were printed but they had been subscribed Ior a' ''
twice over and the publishers are unable 10 supply
the demand OF the trade
Its now stated that Tennyson's forthcoming volume
will consist almost entirely OF hew poems n' uio
important are Tiresias," with dedlcaiory epiS'
the late Mr.. Edward Fitzg eratd; "lhe Ancien' w.?
te.D The Wreck" " Tomorrow. poem III i,.0"
broyue; The Spnsters Sweet ATS J" 49,
J;otoot and :. Balm and Baian," new ldyli OF TIE
King"
Mr. Escott's version of the story OF lennysot hr's
md III bottle of port is contradlc'ed py al i"e
,,anor .Tbe Western Daily Mercury" That journal
says that Mr. Irving was spending few Gays WIZ ~
Laureate. and every evening after dinner they "u-
iourned to the study, where bottle 'i por' f.
duced and Lord Tennyson reed poem LUG ni9'
evening tbe bard had all the wine except one s'S',
Nav. dav he was in disposed for the trageulan "i"
80, ot tho hotte and one glass was the poet poi'
I, the course of the third day Mr. irving re'ui "
ayr.. aud did meet the Laureate LOT 'iIc'
after. when. calling one Sunday on MI. '"n'es eS
Knowles editor of The Nineteenth Century" nc was
welcomed with even more than usual coiu",'
" Come in, said the genial Knowles inc oaiu
here and will be glad to see YOU" iou mus"
very tired after your work at the theatre MI
ouoth the bard who looked very solemn "i' :.
said he was not much tatigucd Don't you hliu II
....o-,, - toto some stimulant when acting = in
or;red ord Tcnnyson with increasing gloom Inc
,rocodion denied the soft impeachment "hy'
.ho,obt vou ALWAYS drank bottle oil port "i''i
d;nrerp For three months the fact that he hau Only
one glass ont of the bottle which Mr. Irving consumed
had preyed on the Laurcate's mind fernal 'n' '''
is true-and erhaps it's not
Misc Julia Fletcher, author Of " kismet, Ahuro-
uaebe." etc. has been living in Rome t'r inc p"S'
twelve wears She lives with her mother anu s'eP-
father Mr. Eugene Benson, the artist lhcy nave an
attractive suite of apartments upon the seventh no "
n nalace not far from the Quatros fontancs' MISS
Fletcher Is a handsome young woman Win laiee' "
evos and beautiful teeth. She converses always wiz"
GRACE and often with briancy. In speaking OF bry-
ant she once said his poems should oe oo'u III i'' "
keen them warm-they were so cod.
Some hitherto unknown poetry by PatrlcK Dran"eI'
p,n,o tho brother of Currer Bell" has been found
aud will shortly be published in England IL Is sau 10
60 far 10 Justify the higt opinion his sisters held OF his
literary power.
ur richard D. Blackmore assuredly the most gifted
nd
new novel which will be published serially in Harp
er's Magazine during the coming year. 1t is story
- the nerod of the NapoeOnc wars and the scene Is
rural England. multitude OF readers VIII wait Hn-
,tientlv for this new work of writer who makes 'he
trees to speak and who gives character TO "eeu
or vine Mr. Blackmore has the distinction OF beng
tho only modern novelist whose descriptive passages
are never tircsome.
Mr. Charles Dudey Warner will contribute 10
" Harper" next summer what Will be practically
storv of American society told in series OF hali-
humorous papers, the material for which he mas
Gathered in American pleasure resorts North and
South
Among the changes announced in the conduct ol
Ippincots Magazine" will be its promised puOhca-
ton on the frs: day of the month and not on the
fifteenth of the preceding month as heretofore ohc
ne feature will be its simultaneous publication in this
country of stories essays etc. appearing Ill the cur
rent English magazines This arrangement VIII proO
ably interfere somewhat with the periodicals devoted
20 the renublication of English literary matter