New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-05-31
LITERARY NOTES

Tho short story whose plot turns upon a dream,
must suppose, be attempted at least once by every
writer of fiction 1t takes good deal Of cleverness
to make this venerable idea interesting; and on the
possession OF this ceverness have to congratulate
Mr.. G. H. Jessop. His @scribnor'' story is not brill
liant, but 1t is entertaining.
Mr. Wards scrIbncr' paper on Hospital LIFE is
touchingly suggestlve-a lesson to tho selfish and the
hard hearted.
That Is neat little essay Of Mr. Stevenson's on
"some Gentlemen in Fiction" but 1t is weak in divers
places-for example, in his mention Of Thachoray The
creator Of Colonel Newcome doesn't appeal to Mr.
Stevenson the ideal gentlemen-and he gives no
letter than this that perpetual nosing after
snobbery at least suggests the snoh" Pooh! This
is trivial, Mr. stevenson; give better reason FOR
the belief that is in you.
new story by Mrs. Francis Hodgson Burnett en-
titled The Pretty Sister Of JOSE will begin in ar-
per's Bazar' about July 1. and run through five or
six numbers. A new novel by Walter Besant has
been also engaged for the Bazaar" Tho title Will
be For Faith and Freedom The first instament
will be published July T. and the novel will prob
ably run for six months.
There is probably no American versncr who has not
tried willamette; but If such bird lives he may
like to see Mr. Walter W. skeats recipe for the same
It's all trick, quite easy when you know 1t,
AS easy reclting c.;
You need not be an atom OF poet.
If you've grain of wit, and want to show It,
Writing villanclle-takc this from mo
It's all trick, quito easy when you know It,
You start pair Of rmes, and then you "so it,
With rapid running pen and fancy free;
You need not be an atom of poet
Take any thought, write round It or below II,
Above or near 1t, as 1t liketh thee;
It's all trick, quito easy when you Know IT,
Pursue your task. till. like shrub. you grow 10
Up TO the standard size IL ought to be;
You need not be an atom of poet.
Clear 1t of weeds and water 1t and hoe IT,,
Then watch 1t blossom with triumphant glee
It's all trick quite easy when you know 1t;
You need not be an atom OF poet
A translation of NJ. Mphonse Daudet's new novel,
/" Immortal is to appear in the new universal
Review" under the title Of One Of the Forty"
Tho June "Atantlcn is good all-round number
scholarly and-with exception or two-attractive
to the last page. Americans who care for their
national history Will read with peculiar interest Fran
els Parkman's paper on the real discoverer Of the
Rocky Mountainsthe Chevalier de la Verendrye who,
on January /, 1913, in the distance those snow
clad peaks.
"L'Eau Dormante' hath pretty and pquant afr,
Mr. Aldrich; 1t might have been written by yourself
in careless moment
"The Academy says that the Shelley Socoty's
publications for the present year VIII be eight In
number Four of these have already been sent out to
ton Of the recently discovered MS). the Shelley
Societys papers, the Shelley socieys Notebook, and
az Alphabetical Table OF Contents to Sheleys Works
The four to follow are: reprint of Brownings Es-
say Jon Shelley" which was preixed to the forged
volume Of Shelley Letters, published by Moxon In
1852 and facsimile reprints of the original edi
lions Of the address to the Irish People, Rosalind
and Helen,' and the "PosthumOus Fragments Of
Margaret Nicholson In addition to these there
several other works of great value to Shelley
dents which actually in type, and will DE issued
as soon as the funds Of the society permit
Mr.. James whtcomb Riley is mentioned as one OF
the most panstaking Of writer's, going and over
his verses until they sing to suit him. he declares
that man has no right to impose on the public a
verse that doesn't suit himself-wherein Mr.. Riley is
for poet, unusually and remarkably right.
representative Of Sampson Low & Co. is quoted
as saying to English Journalist that the firm has
been sadly disappointed at tho reception Of the
Great Cryptogram," that they have not yet dis
posed OF the first edition. and that in tho tcrmi-
noogy Of the trade" the book is frost" At the
great circulating libraries 1t is but little In demand
and whilst few ask for the first volume, very tow
Indeed ask for the second.
Miss Frances Merley' is the title Of novel by
John Elliott Curran which Cuppes d Hurd are about
to publish. They will also bring out a Cape Cod
story, The Autobiography Of New England Farm
house,