New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-27
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, 80 ,,,, prnrt AR CORRESPONDENT OF rnE TRIprSH
" ''~ LONDON, September TO-
tiss Braddons new novel, or TWO nc" "o'o,''
case nobody unless it be tho customers o' mr.
Made The usual three Volumes ~ .no
,,orie-. "Oue Thing Needful" aud Cut by inc
Coun,v' The public receives this new departure
;,h a O an of astouishment. novel IN less Una"
.hrco volumes is not "a novel. cries tho mover
rcadius Philistine; OF IL Is 100 novel '
Rid, of course. has still public; probably
n largo public. Readers trained by MT. M'u
vouns men will real anything Those nine'ee'.a
century censors have steadily ont sterhy '"5
,be;r customers that one book good as ano'hei
unless il be Mr.. George Moores books n '"
.or,b.r who set out with individual prc'o'
.,c.. was sooner or later, and generally soo"0i'
c,de to understand that he must renounce 'no,i
Mr. Mude and his myrmidons knew better vpap u"
what he wanted to read If he asked for oreaa
they gave him a stone: for White and nc "oui'
receive Black. But now we are toio '"A'
Rraddon has adopted new views OF hoVo'-"iite
Like Raphael. like Mllais. and other 0'ea' "''''
she ,s 70 have manners and periods 0"o "'"
49, fsno. auch "a II is, and her fortune, which Is
ao,htIass aunls by sensations. She oannow a"oiu
+oo,s;der the critics aud 10 dropping the sensh-
tional for some other method; not yct' '
very definitely fixed in her own mind. bu' ."o %"
.aom mr. ,erhaps should say the old Eve IS 10 DO
cos, "a and out She aims now at arustic "e"'
,ne,t of hor subject. That she NAV lose he' VI"
lit "a nrobable enough. Whether she Will gam
over new one or secure the new meme sue ~"
covets in the temple of literary fame Is moro
,h.t,l If she really is bent on such an achieve
mept we shall presently her getting rid OF her
intolerable STYLE and writing, or trying TO wrte'
simply and naturally.
NJ poho,t Iouis stevenson, it is interesting TO
learn is engaged upon life OF Wellington for the
series of English Worthless which Mt Andrew ha"s
edts IL is not less interesting TO hear MT steven
sons opinion of a parsonage OF ahotner so vs.
2Io somebodv has called VI. Rodin the Zoia Oh
scnipturs No. says Nh. Stevenson. nc Is n"' ''"''
and he proceeds to describe NJ. Zoa as :" man OF d
rersopa and fanciful talent approaching genius
Int OF diseased ideals a lover OF the 'eno"'''
d,e,lnc complacently in foulness and to my
.o,so tonched with erotic madness" THESE deiecUs
o,aso mnch part of his work that the influence Oh
tits. in Mr. Stevenson's opinion, not often goo'
Nevertheless If look round US we shah "u'''
he tells u.s. the dainty stomachs oil the E"e'is"
supportnc NJ lola with fortitude haruiy u o'
distinguished from qualification; ana 'haV III
Translation from hch the redeeming merits oi '"'
original have fed As for N Rodin' whom 'he
paI ,oodamv seems TO have rejected as unclean,
his satues live and speak. and speak things worth
nt,ering They are the noble expression OF noOle
sentiment and thought But then they are flencn'
they are unconventional, they are personal ana
fancful and so the Academy will have nothing 10
say 10 them Mr.. Stevenson's intervention " NJ
Robins behalf is generous and gallant Dut are
these oualities which are likely to find favor IN
Burlington House,
An aIntroduction to the Study of Browning" by
Mr. Arthur Symous, is presumably another result
nj the activity of the browning Society. There
arc however students and admirers ana lovers OF
Hrowning who remain outside that company OF
uorsh,npers Their view is that the best lntrcduc-
tion n the study of Browning is Browning NO
1oubt ne is often difficult writer, but his text $
not in dispute and the expression OF his thought 10
sncb a. he himself deliberately chose 1t to be- Ana
Of him. as OF other writer's of genius 1t remains
forever true that reading him IL better 'sah rc'u-
ing about him.
Not a few journalists are busying themselves
with literature of one KIND OF ahoIhei' AZ
Andre,v Lang we all know the most versatile OF
writer's. No one would be surprised TO near in''
no had q work in press on Qnaternions, or on
Noral ordnance or 90 the Authorship of Isaiah.
At the moment however, he IS Wrltlhsa ne Vi
Isaak Walton for his own series OF EhgHsn
Worthless Mr. Frank Hill has Canning III mana Ioi
the same library; a subject which that ac-
compshed political student is well quallheu 10 ue"
,i,n Canning has perhaps less place IN the
IMAGINATION OF this generation than he deserves
Int he il one of Mr. GladstOnes political heroes IL
4, not long since Mr.. Gladstone accepted the
dedication of a volume of verses for the reason
among other good ones-that IL contained ,e"
unpublished lines by George Canning. Aholnei
iournalst is Mr. w. ii. Pollock, now Editor oil l'
Saturday Rerielr, VINO is writing DOM Hlo VI
Carrick and book on Fencing, an art in which
he is proficient. This latter is for the Badmintoi
7 ;brarv of Shorts and Pastimes edited rominally
hv the DuKe of Beaufort really by his so-cal ed
assistant Mr. Alfred Watson. one of the excellent
writers on the staff of The Standard MI WOOD
gate who contributes to the same series volume
on Boating has for years done the rowing artlcIe'
which appeared first IN the Pal Mall and more
recently in Tie ST. Janaes'S Gazette NO more
competent critic could be found.
Messrs Macmillan issuing new edition o
Mr. Henry JaInes's novels. and "The American
basipst appeared Thereupon The Times reviews 1t
With solemnity as if it we're new story, and call
/, = characteristic sample of Mr.. Jamess work. NJ
doubt il "a characteristic of the period at which /
was written-an early period. Criticism on MT
Henry James runs, at present, IN groove Io'
could write with your eyes shut, or read II either
No dramatic situations, unsatisfactory ending o
plot delineation of the subter traits OF character
and the rest Our present critic however seems t.
think Christopher Newman meant fora typica
American, an odd mixture of obstnacy and goo
nature modesty and egoism. moneyed cOnceit ant
naretL" In illustration of which properue
copious quotations from this ten years Old mover
If there ever was such type he has had plenty o
time to get worn out
The editor of course. is out Of town. Not eye
Parliament or the Land bill of Mr. Parnel
has ayailed to keep him in London. where he ha
neen fixture for nearly eighteen months perio
heretofore unknown IN the annals of BIRTHS
journalism.
The writer who chooses to call himself Mr.
Anstev. who made hit with bis first book. Vic
Versa" has left us time in douot whether b
meant to win second success. de published
number of stories none of which approached
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