New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-22
LITERARY NOTES.

Miss Grace King Of New-Oreans VIII conclude nor
oesies Of Creole sketches in the next NUMBER Oh A
prinseson Review by story entitled Inc ""r'"s0
q Marie Modesto"
Mr. Edmund aosse inends 1t is said to write ie oi
Ccngreve.
m. ov.-. q, verso will hope that william Morris's
80 nam The Dream O. John Ball." will have In IL
sometbng of his old time imagination; out 'ncy must
not hope very hard for It understood that tne poe
turns on Socialism. and on that subject Mr. Motifs IL
hardly sane Mr. BurneJones Is drawing ironusp'oce
for the volume
M Cooue.n's article Acting and Actors is 10 aP
mar I'M the April number OF Harper" The same mum
~ xtu also contain "Ananias," story by Joel
chandler Harris and The Leavenworth School, by
Captain Charles King.
Mss Beatrice Potter who is to edit Herbert spencers
biography after his death, is constantly receiving his
instructions the subiect-a cheerful occupation Tor
Miss Potter. Mr.. Spencer occasionally writes some
photographed fragments setting forth Things ne As
rather particular about
Mr. Ruskin says that he is wholly opposed TO trans
latons There are good enough for nation
In language II II wants to study the writers OF
other races should be in their tongues" Herein
h be wholly opposed to Emerson
This bit of satrical verse not bad, and 1t may be
commended to host OF thoughtless young scribblers
A BALLADE OF BALLADES
"Ballade" when tits writ with anE.
Is wsrd have always admired;
In its structure and form all agree
A toucn very light Is required
Ts compsss one / osg have DESIRED
Ny glsry 70 crown I've aspired
With a bsllads that's writ with an f.
Ny masters are witty and deft:
i.d their subject. with wonder view;
ssms trifs with stories best left
In old French that is hard TO construe.
Some glsrify china that's blue
I've read one on o'clock tea
Oh! what in those days did we do.
When ballade wasn't writ with an L
Though touchstons Of culture tits made.
Already its destiny slopes
TIE the purposes s0rdid Of trades
Iswill MARBLE Of mustard and soaps
Then the poet will lavish his trspss
Ger the merits OF braces asd tea,
And 10 tap such a vein have hopes
With ballSde that's writ with an H.
Prncel know not nor do much care,
What your couatry or city may peg
But the rnie says y:ur ma name mem must STAND 'n're
Professor Huxley 1t is reported, difficult to move
the way Of book writing that he is the despair OF his
publishers He asked recently when his long prom
sed Life OF Berkeley wond bs ready, and answered that
not being prophet nor the son OF prophet he really
couldn't say. This hardly lie called encouraging.
Why wasn't IT thought Of before-ths fascinating t
multiplication table with It's poetic quotations just
brought out by the d. Lohrop Company 1t is exactly
what all women and many are yesrning for, and IL
ought 10 be bound within dainty covers of Russia or
bTocade.
Miss Rose E. Cleveland has written book dealing
with home e moral and social culture etc ltls 10 Dc
sold by subscription.
Colonel verestchagn's "reminiscences OF his home life
n Russia and his experiences under Skobele nave
been translated into gish by Miss Isabel F. Hapgood,
and the translation will soon be published by CroweI
Colonel verestchagin is the brother of the painter
Walter Besant's new book Fifty Years Ago "a
history Of Queen victorias reiguis ready for pubca
ton It contains $50 Illustrations
Colonel Higginson says-in " The Independent thai
the literary OF the United States is more Serious
more original in its regard for external forms more
cultivated than. that prevailing in England What
will Mother Britannia say TO that
The author of Lorna Doono has Just lost his wife
after a brief illness Mr. BackmOre lives at Yedding
ton near London. where he owns one OF the largest
market gardens in the Kingdom
The copyright OF Carlyle's earlier volumes expired
recently and within a week two London publishers pro-
duced cheap editions of " The French Revolution"
The clever and interesting Washington number " OF
sThe Magazine OF American History" has had great
success first edition being exhausted within lew
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