New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-08-20
LITERARY NOTES.

ur John d. Champn H. is about to publish q vol
nme dealing with the coaching tour made III Great
Britain BIZ Mr. Andrew Carnegie. MI Mallhe" Aiio''
and Mr. William. Black.
Mr.. JOAQUIN Miller has undertaken the preparation OF
an editorial department for The Golden Era san IRAN
cisco magazine TheIe he says he hopes to do itte
solid good in his crude way
A forthcoming work on Dickens promises to be in9r-
..t,n, II ia written by AL Engshman, F. q. kitton
and is to be- called Dickens Portrayed by ZEN ahd fen
ell" It will give q complete desert .on Of the pcrtfas
f the nove,Ist together with great number OF copies
f nortIajts IL ade during every period OF his Iiie Many
rare aud unknown pictures Will he included as well a'
"Ien-portIas and "reminiscences by a1sts 10 WIN"
be sat- and by authors and OTHER irehds WIN WHOM no
associated Mr. Kitton hopes to produce his volume III
the course OF a few weeks
Mr. Henry Waterson has 'been coniidng TO me COZ"
erournal the fact that write the great American
novel when James playing hockey IRON schpol'
and Howells was learning how tn cook macaIoni In
Venice and Bret Harte had made mis- own acqnaint-
ance took 1t to London" says Mr.. Watterson,
~ard actually found publisher for It, Oddiv enough
this publisher iEing yet, and not an inmate OF the
n,orhonse eitherl toed that work of the imagi-
nation | infused 1t with MONDAY pcrspraton ana
larled with midnight OIL 1t was written IN perpehoc
ul.rs and not in hexaneers Every i was dottd ana
every e was crossed To make Ions story SNORT IL
was held back for revision; there was asuideh chaige
of base aud plan which delayed 1t still further; anu III
! aoe-man proposes and tod dsposes-u never did
appear lay for IL an old trunk away up I'D tue
garret 1t came be forgotten even by Its ambitious
parent One day lew years ago, during moment OIL
uatrotic gloom aud desp0ndency, cherub whispered
let us cease to make ourselves unhappy about this
beasy pOitics-the country will perhaps not 90 TO the
dogs after al-anyhow republics are ungrateul turn
we to another and greater republic, tue republic OF
letters; turn the Old neglected MSS upstairs
The Old trunk opened and that great but belaed
offspring genius unfodei to the critical ordeal OF
not unproiessional disiuterested INSPECTION tell
you the truth that theIe was not CLEAN III
il from the beginning to the end IL was straight up
aud down. you know exceedingly good English; not a
glow; not gush; ray or Joke 1t was as dry
az a tar II report ami sad obituary notice II
the boys could out OF this precious arago
they might talk Mr.. Halstead OF Cincinnati, did
some pretty gorgeous bits the aboriginal line believe
durn, lis tende, youth; but doubt whether his
illusions orignal-as solemny original, mean
to say-as mine were"
Sir Percival "-not Sir Percivars story is the
title Mr. j. H. shorthouses forthcoming novel II Is
story OF today and is something of satire Agnosti-
oisn. IL is adapted from the " Morte fArthur."
Colonel Uigginson Gays in Harpers Bdsar tina. there
ia no business more from favOrtsm than is the Iii
rary trade 1t isn't easy persuae budding writer's OF
that fact, however e. always suspected" said to him
once tue husband of lady whose book had just been
refused publication by wellRDown mouse, L always
suspected that Mr.. - a suob. but now am sure
! Ui it,"
| Naval Constructor Philip Hchborns report. which
was ago presented to The Secretary Of tue
Navy has since been ordered to be printed By CoDgiess
| and appears this week from the Government PrDtug
ONCE 1t is devoted to descriptions OF the National
| aud private ship building yards. the management of
IN BOTH tho vessels recently building torpedo boats
ship fittings, iron ard steel works. docks, and sys-
TEN OF education FOR naval architects In England and
France Much attention is devoted to the powerful
sells recently turned out for foreign navie the
which interest merely the Professional
architect but also arge proportion general readers