New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-28
LITERARY NOTES.

x,,an Mervale says that perhaps the best cfi'io'sm
4, .vor heard on Colonel Newcone was maoe qui'e
pnconscio,isly, by long-headed man Oh pu'ino,' %
- 30 ,he world after reading THE Ncwcomes ne
,c,s furious witt the Colonel "A miserable ihp"Oi
.,,tndler, he ga, running hundreds out OF sneer
swagger, and posing for the simple mihaca anu .na
The and all that sort of thlngY Precisely that was
49, - indignant passed by the characters In the BOOK
.h class of my angry friend upon tho Character Oh
az Colonel It was Just tho ColonePs creator meant
n should be To others, as TO himself, IL was u carry
. different meaning
,,o attractive Is the clear and beautiful type OF
sThe Atlantic =" surely no periodical was ever NOR.
rboicely dressed than this. Mrs Wymahs s'"uy Va
factory life Is particularly interesting portion .. "
lntcrestine number. This is WORK WHICH ousns
10 done and that Mrs wyman is Thoroughly oi-h''o'
30 40 II this paper shows We hope 10 sec many sue
ccssors On the same lines
The Browning Clubs of New England oher SO ricn
. field TO the satlrist that we have wondered u SOU
n unoccupied We need wonder 20 longer lor hero 10
an exceedingly neat and comical little story IN ino
Atlantic dealing with this peculiar phase OF Literary
FoolIshnesss "A Browning Courtship' is very wen
done.
An English critic In discussing the modern novel;
knccrs at that dreary analysis falsely sooaou "i"'a
The New World has sent with the Colorado BEETLE ana
N. nbvl,oxera. and hundred other plaques to punish
o.. r.shness of Columbus and the crimes OF his fol-
lowers of all natons.' The analyst no declares
az he is understood by the American FRENCH anu W
some extent Russian schools, who derive al idF'hoi
mr. nearer stages from Bazac and Stendhai is In ths
worse of than the naturalist pure and SIMPLE .ns'
instead Of mistaking partial for universal me'ou'
he takes for a complete method what is not strictly
/. method at all Tho painful copying Of an actuai
scene or action sometimes results in something ta' Is
n least. an integral part of story. The elaborate
dissection of motives and characters can Oily result
IN something that stops short OF being even part VI
ktory-that is only preliminary to part OF s'oiy.
To Illustrate the comparison forcbly II gotesquey the
naturalist is as one who Is supposed to supply COM
b,ete meal and offers nothing but dry bread Inc
ANALYST offers nero dough-something which, Vaiuao0
Ind indispensable as stage in the process OF man
ufae,ring the eatablc, is not yet eatable at ALL.
Uumor Of the libraries quoted by the Library
Journal: - =,
Called for at the Massachusetts state Library py
boy "The Revilcd Statutes
A person called for Bricrs (Barriers) Burned
Awayn another for Shakes eare's Paradise LOST
lad INQUIRED for Tho Story of the Bible" and when
told that it was not the library, said he would take
The Arabian Nights If we had that
Tho English Church Guardian" which seldom
deirns to notice American theological BOOKS, does
however speak highly of the Rev. Dr. Charles 8 ROD
inson's The Pharaohs of the Bondage and EXODUS
One phrase in its criticism il such delicious example
of unconscious British insularity that even Dr. hop
tnson will enjoy it. "The book 1t says, contains
a good deal of American eloquence and imaginative
ness but is very interesting What pity that DR.
Robinson didn't write his book in English instead o.
American.
The July Harper is a very American numDer
what with the handsomely illustrated paper on the
Naval Academy, Mr.. Warmers Study Of Tho
Great West" Mr.. Spearman's article on the "Grea
American Desert" and Mr.. Howels's Annie kilburn
a story which promises more and more to be one o.
his triumphs-the least attractive thing In the mum
her is MIR. Blacks serial In TRUTH William Blacl
does not improve author and is becoming mort
than little tiresome
Rider Haggard, the contrary, is seen at his hes
IN "Maiwa's Revenge" Old Quartermain's hunting
tale is vivid and stirring.
Those are fascinating sketches which Mr.. Abbey has
appended the old song, "With Jockey to the FAIR
They have all the artists early grace and humor