New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-22
LITERARY NOTES.

W. ucwvt,ss sew serial ssery. AN op"u Question'
-, .s. ,ts arst appearing tho February number OF
~, ,sr.s Mgoszs< 10 will run through tine year.
a. t,oxe,ls's syecisi holiday contribution to ths
,>aoner Ua,per viii be farce entitled The Mouse
Trsi."
General tow Wallace written Tor the same n"''c
y, sorD,r an illustrated sketch. The Babyhood Oh
Chr,st."
Nc Nm Maur;.r has prepared for this holiday Harper
a casrsctcr site f,ritpago cart,on.
u.. Rboaa Brough,on has Just published In England
little volume continuing two short stories. be'"
y-,.,o, ".aod MR. Smith of Longmains" These arc
in vein unlike that Of al her former work-theS '"0
,,, tine superu ,tual The first ct ry Is ssd 20 oe
description OF quiet, simple modes. gill ~no IN 'e
co.r.e OF ner HE has i've distinct VISIONS or
of entirsly unex peced deaths the nth oeing no' '
~yrs smith O, Longnaias" deals with drr"" VI
warn,py-oue so VIVID that the dreamer goes e'S"''"
1I.s thros,b a snow storm to ward on ihre''"'e'
and Actually attempted murder. This Is srahNo nv
field for tHe author Of Rea a. Rn'es s"o' '
IA said TO have beeu successful In her essay
esrcuteut writes to TnE TRIBUNE from itnac''
cit was recently the fortune OF an Americ'n s'""".
ur.s,ta in Europe manuscript supposed for centuries
q, IA Toe, This forgotten vaume tho De ezra ~ ~
,nag,a of the priest Cornelius Lcos' wnlch 'o0 re,
va.rs 400 lin l5a cost its author his honor anu Ms '
was ons OF the earliest, boldest ana "os' s ~
protests against the petseeuti"h o' "''' = -,
even dared u call the per-ecnuon """ - -.
which nunau blood WIS converted Into so9 "h .'
49,, .,,,ar thu book was seized by the InquNi-
etc.,, and IN. anthor al the time teacher In the unNe'
IT, ., T,svss WIS summoned before that dread triounHL
A forced reesntstion his knees in 'he pres'n0
the Paral egate. saved nj u FOR the mom'h' io "o'
,honsh not from Im-Ht; but relapse INFO s n"o
leresv proved fatal He died in prson-perhaps u"der
.orrure His booK of which nothing iurther was he"'
has always been thought have been then destroyed
hut instructor Burr. OF Cornell University III ""o"
suspcioas OF continued existence were ar""Sou ny
ain bitter worls OF It's opponenss (Bisaop bhsl'
NJ Tr.y,s and the Jesuit Del o,. has Just founh sier
long 90 .rch tie authors own eoDv IN the aicnVes Vi
T,srs. in GERMANY Its tts-pase. with the authors
name had been destroyed; bat 1t is otherwise intact
aud Ire identify IL unuuestioned After It's long waiting
will nov perhaps fdd more tolerant pn'hc Ian '"''
for which 1t wa written. facsimile whch may ""'
AZ, way 10 the press Is made for the library o
Preltont " hite
tor,n,omins book on Browning has been ordered In
o,v,uce and that a Western Iuol sher has taken
sn-c.l eiiton his imprint Iheso Sta'o'ne"'s
would seeu 70 furnish measure OF the Engish
poets popularity In this country.
A a,,.hooS which PROMISES to be beautiful Is coming
from the press Of Lie This is special edition
=, Mrs Brovuing's sonpeGs from the Portuguese
richly liz str.ted by L. :. ipsen
Mr.. Ere i-rck j. stinson. otherwise J. g. of Dale.
tba Mr. -tiuson still nolis law TO be tbs main ~OrA o
his hfe and novel writing an incl eutu diversion
Mr. George r. IstnrOp's article on The Literary
Movement ID Ne YORK with portraits OF "uthorsI WI"
sppear in the November number OF Harper group
the Aatbois Cuo will form the rontispece Oh 'ho
nnmber.
Mr. Uo wells quoting IN the October Harper MI l."
,n,o,, Al enent that Even in SHAKE speaFe hay
be ronud occasional of trfvsiiiy doseer"i or
hou,, ,rLich r,ad not be tolerated IN modern POI V
hoL std,0" ad thls IL IS We VINO have thlcized
tose last terrible words. Does Mr. Latbrop rcr"als
remember bow few years ago the Brusl Isles were
en- To their fouu tsiobs, aud their literary depend
eucy here qnaked
From 10 the other sea-
and all the deaf conventonaties rose % sitting post
rs In their graves with horror, becuse some one casu
ally sail that tue mannCrism OF Dickens ana the conn
dcn,i,l autie of Thackeray would not now te 20 er-
a.' fiction b,viug bscOme finer art than ~ was 10
their day Z Has Mr.. Lithrop FORGOTTEN mat a"Iui
momentI Are huVe that day OF wrath an over
as.nt Mr.. LathrOp Isl poet, AMI at tunes very
alarming one: docs realize that he has placed DIN cell
i'm no,itou 10 bs asked whetnnr be tlnks ne writes
greater po.try Than Shakespeare Il lie aware iat 10
many worthy persons he will actually seem To nave SAID
.ol It- former occupant might well take pleasure III
,,,ns out o. the plory OF which Mr.. LathroL seems
emuons aud In turning to heave the hrst h "'lcS nj
nun He ia yeuns aud las his best work before him.
AMI hrieK ,ats will do nun cool, II hs keeps ON speak,
,e ,rnth AMI saving things whch. If sail other
,,bi,ct wo n stem tie st,est trusmS Tue "orlu
uove,-is terrcstr al bau-that settled ov science.
which knows; Hs.helc wO-li does not noVe- t"a'
was settled by TASTE which does not need To know"