New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-01-03
IT UOyDS Up IT'S "PPESTIGF.'


When the Editor of The LITERARY Uorid OF Boston,
wants accurate literary news he should consult
THr TEBCNE. If lie had done his dutyIu this par
ticular he would not nave pu, forth i'll hs annual
survey Of Litcra'H.e," just published, such a
string of wonderful blndrrS about books rs woul |
dIscrcdt tic i-rb!est critical bantling of the Wd
West D!lignnt study oc our columns would have
been noble help to him IN his weary struggles
with the English and American books Of the
year; as it is he has mixed those chill
drcn w in fTghtGHl fashion. Whar-
tons "Sapph0,' the work of OXonian
and published in London, he graycly cites ~ be-
longing 10 American literature. Mr. NadalilacS
book on Prehistoric America" even though trans
lated, Is not m American work. And why should
Balls story of the Heavens be classified as q
production of the United States : The author IS
Astronomer Eoyalof Ireland TO be sure, but an
uexatiou has not yet taken place. What has Mr.
Lawr .uce Hinton done that his capital book,
Literary Landmarks of London shou.d be cred
tied 10 Great Britain Sir. Hutton was born in
Massachusetts. we believe, and he lives IN New
York. Poor Mr. lornaduy, too, is thorough
American. but hc and his " Two Years In the Jun
gle" are made present to England By the too gem
crous U0rM
About all the classiicaIous Of this Boston au-
thoiitv there is - Wrtd and wonderful nlccuIacy.
Thus under the head "IaycIs' appear Noble,
" Russian Revolt Eod"nbnrgh's Afghanistlu,'
Mor-cs Jgranc.t Homes and ShIun's Mini z
Camps" hot one Of winch is ~ any sense book Of
travels. or could Dee 30 classified by any who had
read them \ mere worm of NcN-Iork reviewer
would not have pat BDna,'s "MIthus and HIS
Work under the head OF Biography because
il doesn't happen TO be Geographically nor would
he have printed incorrectly the utcs Of H.
H. Bancroft, work. and omitted - men
ton his last volume. which IA, been ont
several moatl'. Moreover, IL woull not have lam
within the widest p,,,IbIlte, of the metropolitan
worm TO SPEAK Of GliI Hamilton, characteristic
loicmlc on Religion ~ held. or rather not he'd,
she would say, by Herbert SPENCER AMI Fro lcrIc
Harrison" Asthe main object IF Cali Hamilton in
the book referred TOYS t. show that Herbert >peu-
Ger po.,c,,., the solndc,t kild of religion, The
Ir rlry Dorlfs DESCRIPTION is particularly wldc OF
IN" mark. But then poor Boston Is So busy hold
ing on to rs literary prestige that It hasn't
time to look mp faces.
IL its review of the years fiction, The Literary
Uorld positively rcvcs in mSini,rmluon and
omission. IL make, no mention of Mis-, Baylors
" ON Both Sides iii many respects the most strlk
ing story OF 1855. II cpnles,es It's ignorapc" Of
the authorship of Mrs. kcIth's Crime WHOM
every body ont IF Boston knows that it was written
by the brilliant widow OF Professor Clifford. l.
introduce, the historical novel OF the year Hep
worth Dixons Her Majcsty's Tower The only
trouble with this statement ~ that tho book Is not
a novel, and that it was publnhcd many years ago,
a new edition having bcca issued lately. These
are not the only plumbers in the current number
but these viii serve for one day. IL is indeed time
that the literary prestige should pack its bag
and come to Ncw-YorS.