New-York tribune., 1886-08-10
LITERARY NOTES.

Edward Dellle declares IN The Fortpi5hGy Rer'" Iat
fIon year TO year America and France are concurns
70 render the word Republic synonymous Win
aterali-m society and Johbery I'm politics" and he
blames Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes for not lifting Tue
skies in dcuunclation thereof. The Doctor h"sht
enough "bonnce " to suit him. Dr. Holmes Is 100
genial It will no said. tolerant too kindly TO pay
the part OF censor pDlemical writer He pre'crs
agreeable pleasantly to denuncation Very true" p"t
then tolerance IS quality hardly compatible with high
genius Tolerance has had much effect III redress
inc wrong No refoImcr mo'a-t or satrSt has ever
h.eu conspcnou,ly tolerant" Poor little Mr. Delle'
Senator Wade Hampton is writing paper for The Norh
american Rertetc the subject being the industries OF
South Carolina.
The first volume OF Major Ben Perley Poores Social
"Reminiscences" OF Washington will be published by
Hubbard Brothers about August 90 This grhph'o niue
description OF HeDry Clay appears In tue Forthcoming
volume: Mr. Clay good secretary OF state but
hi, place was In Congress- for he was formed by nature
for popular orator He tall and tin. with rather
small head, and gray eyes wIch pceoi 'orth less ui
nously would have been expected In one possessing
such eminent control OF language HIS nose Was
straight. his upper ip lOI G. aud hls under law Snt.
His mouth OF generous width straight when he was
silent and curvng upward the as he spOGe OF
smiled, suguarly graceful, indicating moro thhn
any other feature the elastic play OF his mind When
he enchaned lar audiences, his features were sheu
mn by winning Smile the gestures o his lOus arms were
were persuasive and winning Yet there has never been
q more iinIorious desIot IN political affairs than Nj.
Clay He regarded himself as the head-cente OF II =
LLt o'cst DOiand he wanted eve ything utilized
for his advancement"
John Merrylees has prepared in Carlsbad and Its
Invirons Charies scribDers sons guide book OF real
value for the yearly increasing number Of American p
grns. He not only gives the careful details wlfh Will
enable visitors to settle themselves comfortably al;
Carlsbad aud TO tall the pleasant habits oi the place,
but e furnishes excellent treatise on the use OF
ths waters which has been prepared by Dr. London,
popnlar resident physician at Carlsbad The volume Is
illustrated and prcttily bound.
Here is what "A rather English critic ssys-n Tie
U6,fLoH L,cier- about Walt whitman: Had Ae been
q greater genius he would have lent his ideas no1.er
form; he would have that mere hoarse expression
az p.r,onal opinion even when below ed against the
four winds with all the force OF Titanic luuz- not he
highest, even very hsh, asiistc uttriance. But
taking whitman rather az what he Is than al WDat
ne is not accepting him frankly IN all his unco1th
shaggy strength. without trying to jugec our senses and
cheat minds into the belief that he Is poet as
Goethe was let or Shakes peare Sophoclesin short
Surveying him calmly without making fools of ourselves
a. early admirers made fools Of themselves we may
recognize o. the least worthy OF the sons
OF Adam"
A reprint OF Mr.. Eowe's Chance AcquaintAncc."-
half story half dainty sketch Of travelfOrns the
clunng volume of Hous shton Miin & Co. 5 Riverside
Paper series" ior 1856 1t is sparingy but noaty illus
trated.
M.eaulsy wrote in October, ls4s. a lctter-laiely
nr,tedjp regard to his nearly finished history
york" he says therein. with scarcely inern.is-
son from seven morning to seven ia the afternoon
and shall probably continue 70 DO during TIE next ten
o.rs Then NV abors Will become ghte- and III about
three xeess will completely cease There VIII siill he
fortnight before publication. have armed my self with
all the uuiiosoi nv FOR the event OF failure though
Jeuerv Ellis, Marion. longnan and Mrs Longntn
seeIu tuk that heie Is no chance OF sneb ca'iSuo
phe might that Macleod has read the hifc chaI
ter and though makes processes 10 De
on the whole better please tnsn with any other history
that lie has real The state OF my own NINA Is ID 5:
when I compare my book with wnat imagine history
sugbt to be, feel detected aud ashamed; but wheh
compare IT with histories which have hsh repn'e
feel reassured."
Ii- sur posed that sir George Trevelyan, nephew o
Macaulay. will find leisure 10 finish his work on
Charles James Fox
Mss L. Dawes has written and viii soon publish
in Boston booi on Tie Modern Jew"
George santsbury. the English critic. declares thai
he almost tired Of looking fi the American novel II
which tue hero shall not be a coxcomb.
yereschagin the distinguished Russian painter. III the
couIse of .romiuist OF his friend skobeeh
notes that the General very suIerstitlous SkObc
LETT had made him present OF the nag under which be
had gained twenty-five victories. II was made OF rod
silk, WITH yellow embroidered the middle and
1t was torn by many bullets. On leaving for lis last
Turkestsn xedton skobele remembered the flag.
asked his friend either TO give 1t back him SEND
him another IN exchange. Nine vereschagn made a,
elaborate new flag. Which greatly admired on IL.
arrival in the camp both by i!Ic General and his
But skobelef just then unsuccessful The
made a sortie from Geok Tepe took a number arms
. canron. and Gag. skObeiei was In despair.
sGive the old flag baeS, tho Lew is unlucky h'