New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-09-03
LITERARY NOTES.

Nr Stevenson 10 his Scribper' essay notes
reason for . choice Of vocation neatly, u MOI WIN
much originality. "If man." he says, love inc
labor Of any trade apart from any question OF SUCCESS
or fame the Gods have called him.
The September "scribncr' is reason enough io'
the existence of the magazine, even u II nau no
decessors or successors good II sus'"lns 'o
6nal fast of succcss-it is interesting" "encrai
porters clever paper on the methods ana ocVcopmcns
of railroading Is especially taking lie Guo'cs p'o
dictJon made by Simon Cameron IN 1907 tu''
thcre were parsons within the SOUND OF ms 'o.o WIZ
would live to see passenger tahe MS ore""ia'' ~
harrisburg and his supper in Philadelphia on inc
sam. davp Said a scofing friend to the prophet.
aThats all very well, simon TO tell the boys, pu' you
and ara no such Internal fools as to believe H."
Th.v haye both lived span that distance In httle
more than two hours
soms remarkable and valuable historical documents
have lately classified among the archives OF the
p.,ac. Of tho Grmalds at Monaco.
There are letters from Henri III. Henri
ousts and Catherine de Medcis, and letters Of Louis
I ana Antony of Monaco to and from nearly all the
ereat personages Of the seventeenth and eighteenth
centuries.
Andrew Lang's paper on fiction IN the new Prince
ton Review will delight those who still care for tho
Gift Of the story teller Close tho VEIL be says on
fbs brutes kick TO death. and raise tho cur
tain on gallant deeds and madons rescued and dragons
and duennas discounted. shall not look too closely
at an authors manner and style while he enteriainS
me in the dominion Of dreams" Salute Monsieur
Haggardl
General Washington appears to have had not little
ability and endurance dancer Tho Magazine Vi
American History quotes General Green's letter to
Colonel adsworth March 10, 1879: We had little
dance at my quarters few evenings past his tx
cslency and Mrs danced upward of three hours
without sitting down. Upon the Whole we had
pretty little frisk"
NJ Hennequin. whose death has been announced,
was not the popular dramatist who wrote PINK
Dominoes," but ono of the most brilliant writers OF
ayoung France" Though he had accomplished much
he was says The Academy" only thirty years old
Moro completely than any OF his contemporaries, he
knew English life and manners and ways OF thought
and spoke the language with thoroushncss which al
first deceived even natives. He was, indeed EnS4iSh
I'm appearance-tall blond, and Of Stncty arSto-
cratic type He extremely popular in all AIRY
circles In Paris and hailed one Of the foremost
critics of the day. only 10y the younger men, but by
the cider including Nj Taine, who from the hst iccos
nized In the young writer man Of rare insight ana
literary skill. A week or two ago NJ Hennequlh went
TO visit his artist friend Odon Redon, at Samos near
Fontanebeau. While bathing he was overtahen by a
severe congestion Of the chest always his weak paru
rs the result OF the cold shock and in few minutes
he succumbed. He leaves young widow ana one
year-old daughter, almost destitute Although oil
Franco swiss parcntage: Emile lennequin was porn al
facility French, German and English, and he Mas
scarcely of age he obtained important position
on the Agence Hava, Within The last few years ne
became of the chief political writers on the 81 an OF
q lie Temps" lie also Contributed literary articles 10
the journal dcs Debas," and was partly reslons pie
for the editorship Of La NOuvele Revue HIS critical
articles IN the lastnamed and in the Revue lnde-
pcndante" and the " Revue Contemporaries invara ly
attracted widespread attention If they Ia, ke4 the
delicate finish OF the crtiques OF his friend PAU Iou
get they had scientific method and swift CONCESSION
all his own The most important OUTCOME VI ms
scientific theory of criticism 10 be found In the vol
ume which appeared only couple of days before his
death" La Crtlue Sclentihquc" but this Will not
detrac from interest of tho two volumes OF his
collected miscellaneous writings, which Will shortly
be published.