New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-06
LITERARY NOTES.

u LIIEhAhA NO A'
o,,s.r,,. nsw' storyaas, entitled Cousin
Mary"
", r ". parsons,is ,nowsthesoldcst OF Boston. porn
noets. but for all that is-stiiaas'VisofouS in'''
In mind
tn. late Robert carter'ssveiy "Crufscvon .noNoas'
~ New. EnelAndn is to be reprin'co ino pvoA n".
become so scarce that the copy ifo" "A''"
edition was set" cost'S''
Mr.. Ruskn dssikcs foreign transla.er' anu NV
long ago wrote letter teiiing man WIZ 80 No
.s,on m translate his works TO let them alone no
,mns .hot every nation has enough good authors 10
4snvv ,,s thoughts and that men who want We onucf
s..nt .n,hors outside their own land would oc''er
,s,rn the Language OF the author they Wish 10 ieau
thcn thew viii not be likely to m!sunderstano h''i
NH. rust he conceded to be the best portrait
.,,.nt Of DIR oliver weadel Holmes is to Do aoui'u
N ,bis months Book|suycr' 1t was ensraVo.
from photograph taken IN London two years ago ''
represents the delightful Doctor IN ms ha"'
ryesn all senses Of the phrase Hero is tho s'chuo
erure stll so trim ard frg; here Is me quaint
.on,enance lined with the wisdom OF his many years
and tu,nklng with the gaycty OF his youth,u ho" =
Forsooth II 4. were possible for COED Ancr''@iS " 10
sonder Of this gDctor than they already are 'us
would be the pdnure to move them 70 !. us
,,t,ye sketch accompanies the portfan and IN wo
Ga quotation nom the Doctors talk, which ough'
a. ne Of value to toe modern vcrsiner: wha.~ n.
900. a,s the history Of The Chamoereu Nau"iu' :
n hsa none--it wroe itself &c. toe' ou Inc ~
HOS shsu' That was ono of"those ramon oo"oe l,
fons f,sst sallop Through tho brain, anu ma AN An
800 nv the bride II caught 1t and refined H. All
- -. are vritton while am In sort OF spas
Et,c mental condition that almost takes me out Oh
~ o~n self and wrfttt only when under sucn IN
cr.no. II "a for this rnscn, i think that 4 can
..ve, remember poem short time after IL is Written
anv moro than the subject OF doupie 0ohso'o"'''
can recall the tdeas Of his other'sfa'e'" H
Tn,. ia the summer number Of the a,SooRsuyer,
ana a very CHEEKY number it u.s. There is no' III
America nor IN England more oonfprenchsVo 90
mil ana suggestive aid to the ouyEis"ol oooAS '"'"
his handsome little periodical "
arna Atbenaeum, calls Henry James "'thc novelist
,ssb an outlook on letters instead OF on hie"wncl
=. ro.h.r pood "Mr James, the critic 1t declares
a In al. respects the twin of Mr. James, the novenst
NJ, rhrasinr IS as neat his point Of view as personal
his argument as ingenious, his intelligence as hVciS
apd az wachful and his conclusions as shado~y AIT
fccinG'
count Tolstoi Russian Minister of the INTERIOR IL
shout to bring ont the first volume OF his edluon
the Correspondence Of Peter the Giea"-a WORK WHO
rrom,ses to be Of great bulk and extreme interest
r,h.r ~ documents collected for the work. Is
., &c renorted enormous, all the leading European
f.Avcrnments having cordially coopeiated. Inc wor
gill doubtless DO of exceedingly much hisioncai i'll
forest and value.
II Is eravely stated that 1t is impossible dor IN
ysppincost presses to keep up with the denanu ~
.hat ruuher NJ the magazine in which appeared MIS-
.Are,,e Riyes's story The Quick or Inc Deaa :
Such Is literary appreciation IN the om'eo o'a'0S'
new and revised edition of Andrews ana s'oo
.ssrA,s Latin Grammar coming frem the"presses
Houghton Mlfln Co
Mics L,,chAela's Century" story is-to use tn
modern shibboletha distinctly CLEVER 1t is inc oo'
thing that young lady has done
Thar is a d" Century" full of variety. From MI
Kennan's heartrendng paper on Russian eAlle
s,.n.r.l porter's Jolly group of stories from Mr.
vnne,s beautifully Illustrated account OF Plan'h an
his work 10 Mr. Mntthews merry little telephone PR
posal: from Mr. Roosevets hunting sketch 10 u
Ircoln history-these are long steps and by ROADS
unfailng interest
What fine head is that of Robert Malcolm Johns
ton, 1t is the strongest portrait which inc ION
uryn has presented for long time IL Is Oh
purc,y American type, keen and hne, gehue al
spsrited indicative both OF melancholy anu Vi io
Mrs Herrlcks sketch OF the Southern novehst is eo
tanning throughout and in the best taste'
1bere is one poetic poem" In The Century'-w
will leave readers to ma out "hloh ono "o i"o
but VIC offer no prizes
Miss Balch continues in The English illustrate
Macsxins~ her careful articles on the aristocratc
homo, OF ENGLAND. They pleasantly and prettl
done these articles, but they would perhaps be
little nvelier II they not so evidently written Il
the observation of the owners of the castles III
illustrations which accompany them are eXcelleh
30 arc those which decorate Miss Gordon cumming
agreeable payer Pagodas, Aulioes and Umoreiias
The average ignoramus will be astonshed 10 ma no
entertaining those objects can be made
bright and wholesome is "Widc-Awake"-iuh
good and good humor r. Anstey's she''
called Dom Is a model dog story, with laugh
every paragraph. Its illustrations are clevcr-pa
ticularly that in which Don says scornfnly IN ever
individual twist and hair of his plump little bod.
aNot bread and butter stupld-cakel"