New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-16
LITER4RY NOTES.

Mr. Arlo Datcs's new novel. "The PhlIsuneS' -
IN the Tlcknor press The book IS SAID 10 conP'o"
the scheme Of social Illustration Dcsuh J." '" ~
criticised book. The Pagans'
Tho recent republication Of a letter written by 'ar-
~, a. fr incitinc discussion concerning his cXtraor-
binary literary taste-or rather want Of ias'e' llo
,ho,rlf plckwlcba poor stuff, and the novels OF inc
80, ,r, rcncfally-thc age OF Dickens, George fllo''
o,d Charlotte Rronte-mere WEAKNESS TO me sprt'
Sc We are now arrived seemingly pretty near inc po"'
bore all criticism and proclamation In matters literary
has d.c,ncratcd into inanc iaigon, lnoieoo'r u'
tcllicbIc iuartlculatc as the ca"ins OF oho"S"' an"
rool. The point we had now arrived al was prc"S
moan that in wh ch the best works OF Ruskn Maine"
,r,cld and Thacksray were produced, ana Inc l'oo
80 tho world has not yet discovered them to be insne
iarcon Poor Carlyle looked al many things even
literature sometimes. society often, and manners nearly
always from the point Of view OF CaVlhst peasant
All the same he wa, great and admirable in many ways
Two vaIuaflo contributions 10 American history arc
announced for early publication by the ecroneIS'
These are The Diary and Letters OF Gouvcrneur MOT
l % odtcd nv Anne Cary Morris and the Hon. Hugh
NcCullochs volume Of "reminiscences entitled wen
and Measures Of Half Century, 1t Will be seen thar
these book, taken together cover two most important
periods in the history Of the Republic
Mr. Andrew Lang IS said TO be one of the best-paid
,,,, mo, ~ tbe time The London Daily News
civcs him for his editorials minor topics S3,ooO
year. his monthly "shlp" in Longman's Magazine
brings him in $500 annually; his articles In inc
saturday Review" are said to be as remuneratNc as
| tbosc I'm The London Daily News; he has hahu-
some salary as readeI' for Longmans he writes
,inc articles and London letters and copyright re
celpts from his books swell the list All this OF course
j. nobody's business but Mr. Lang's own but he may as
we'll allow his comrades Of the pen TO take genial
Measure in his success IN following the financial al
vice OF good old Ben Jonson
Ticlnor Will bring ont next month the deliberately IL
Iustrated Niendclssohu-M oscheles correspondence.
4 series Of repuhlca,ions. including among other
fn-. The schoo'mascr7 by Roger A,cham. Jerrold ;
"C audlo- papers and Fire lde saints Alexander
smiths Drcamthorlr7 and leigh Hunts "Nl'hlhS-
Can Papers, will be brought out by Lee a Shepard.
Probably no member Of the writing guild viii 20
forth and weep when he IS told that Monsieur lola
has received very ltlc for his books from England aud
nothing from America If there IS nythlng that can
make the lack Of international copyright toerabe and
10 boz endured 10 is this. Monsieur Ioa thinks mar
ENGLAND. with her shakespeare. her Byron and her
Fielding needn't get up a Puhianical standard in
literature And Monsieur lola thinks he Is IN the
same category as these writer's
The first volume Of what promises to be an exceed
,nrv s.iul work is announced by he Scnhneis This
+, he "Cycopacla Of Music and Musicians which
Will De complete in thrcc volumes and which is edited
by William H. Apfhorpc, OF Boston, and J. D. Champ
ln jr Tie fills; edition VIII b., limited to 500 copies
Each volume VIII contain twelve ullpaee etched por
traits and many portraits and other Illustrations VIII
be scattered through the text
How doth the little busy English critic love occa-
ionaly to 80 down very hard on the shade Of some
great American. benjamin Franklin As a man, The
London Academy says, offers nothing that either
plca,es or stimulates His story Is tine story of ono
vino was Indifferent 70 everything but his own assran-
dlzcment and careless a, to his methods; and who,
ln the long run, did secure his ends By unworthy
means
"Thc Century, IS to have TIlbemlan interest during
The coming year Mr.. George II. Jcssup has written
a series Of Insh-Amerlcan stories, for which Mr.
Kcmble will make some Characteristic Illustrations
SIR. Charles De Rays papers Ireland viii also ap
pear
OF the making Of books about America in general
and the UnUc states in particular, The London
Spectator says, there is no end "A narrative
If travel I'm America is always read, no matter how
many predecessors it has had; tho subject seems
to have a fascination as strong and lasting as that
the history of Napoleon. Tho English reading world
IS always curious about the United 5 ates-pcrhaps
from some odd motive Ike that which makes married
,-ople who have separated by mutual consent in
voriabv nqusitlvc about each other, rcstcssly
attracted by the idea OF meeting somebody who has
recently seen either party to the compact OF dis
ISOLATION: perhaps simply from the queer mixture Of
similarity and contrast between ourselves and the
citizens Of tine Great Republic and the with which
We realize al that IS told us respecting people who
speak own language