New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-22
LITERARY NOTES.

f,oorse Borrow's books Is coming out III i"
ar,. snectator., of London. says that Henry
James,s Reyerberator' Is one OF inc .nin -,
torrances which was marked Throughout " ,d
genius Nothing slightcr can well Us ,m,o IN.
and vet slight as Il IS, 1t gives us an inss"'
un.rat,cc barmlcssncss Of purpose when unuo' ~,
GOOD deal Of the Yankee pushngncss' anu nv. ~
flank neutrality of feeling which Is acooun'" ,o,,r
nod deal of what looks like American UNIV Wv w.
,css that appears to us very Instructive 49,, 80.
laid down the book 81 was WIN 'nv nors,bu,tv
could wish there was little OF guli'! ,. -
- ~. corresnonding phase of English NWsa'n.
=. - ~ noa,c 70 he in the society Journalism VI 'n0
United satcs'
49, ,rs.ur, Of autographs, rare editions
-, nI o,ber personal relics OF rope ia'o'y
closed in England was eXceedihei! ,, nono
the catalogue turned out to be icdnJ ,.o % |
hm,,ocranhv Austin Dobson contriou'co p :.
$50 d,aloruc which placed at the hcaa VI y.
o ,rccious object which appeared IN INC eo"e 30,
80 pones own COPY of 1.-THE Dunciad Oh i'oo'
sI, ,hn n,rcs Of which arc enriched by corfcc,oh'
snd annotatons in the poets bcautiiu nSnu"''"'
c.-~u.ssr,or Rurleieh. writing from whitehaii
. a.. .,.boy ~ the article on Saratoga and burso'"' "
. rhn American Magazine" says: In Dreaming sio"
IN this place for the water works. last 'u n,,, nv
como across some of the old corduroy rVHu - -.
purroyne to transport his artillery from 'n'S
Fo,t Edward. Hurgoyne, while mere was ". I'd q
nfN Il
oe no who Influenced the former 10 ma'h u'''0'
vs. -, ,nsto.o ~ returning to Tlconderoga ana
,c ,hroo,qb Lake George and by the military i0"D
e. rort rdward skcne loyal but "sho" "
establish direct communication from 0h0. ..orr
"a Fort Edward. 1t Is historical laot ho' So ~
lrowp that the last Injunction gwen puso'
George Ill was to take the Lake George rou'o, ,1'
II he had TO retracc his steps from shencSOiouh"
,o,,rro n do this lest him his army, as o'ncr"'' ~
bod
.,or,cane gathered forces enough TO defeat hin'
Andrew Lang takes bis turn In prociaH'ns ~ '"o
,sd NJ amateur writer's that publishing doeS III. s0
-, tovor "Ue or She" Mr. Lang Declares h'ioi'
t editors accent manuscript not because 1t Is sooo'
or bccause IT suits them and their readers p"' o
mysterious hidden reason, some process va -
1pen the amateur inveuts in his heart hliu VI my ~
or mystery and miracle which certainly u.'
t.nncD Tie believes in kind of laying on-of hahos
with wondrous efficacy. Editors decl'nc MS w.
when It comes from him, because he is one Vi '"o ~
,,.to,ca, Dut If one of the initiated (you' or II
~ ubocver he is boring will only forward MS 'i'''
then the editor viii rise at it greediiy Now, why VI
earth should the editor rot being an iuo'' "'f
what he does not want because 1t has passeo 'n'oae"
the hands Of third pelsonf Ihere Is o''n w.
roeon than usual in this quaint and tedious super
- 90 tho upacccptcd But the belief might nave
hon Unmarried TO him by legendary nurse III ms
cbndbood 50 spun she, and so sung She, iof nc VIII
never Law IL down, never understand tnat hs P'
- ora NOT wanted because they are not gooo
orrbs There Is TO hard-worked ana paien'
editor who Will not aDI rebate Mr. Lang moai'
Mr. George Parsons Lathrop's gettysburg: A Battle
Ode, Will be issued in pamphlet form about inc emu
ms month and will be for sale by Charles ocriohoi
sons The authors serious Illness prevented his per
, o,,,,,o,, NJ tbc poem at the Gettysburg com
r,emoratiop Portions only were printed IN Sorlo
ror,s Magazine and the entire ode will now ap
pear for the first time.
"Thc Glossaral Concordance and Rhyme lnoeA y
Chaucel's works. which was begun by tho Onau'0
society in 1870 was continued until eleven tales AM
the prologue hal been completed The worA 'no
ceased but It IS now TO be taken up a-aln.
+ J. Furnvan writes to Notes and queries
a sor,e time ago an y. & O. man q think Dr. Chance
dvised owners Of old bound books to dress them VIII
vaselIne, to supple the leather and save cracks
have lust tried the plan, am delighted win the rcsu
and consider d.. Chance benefactor 10 tno hunia
r.ca As I noticed how eagerly and gratefully IN
sod and crumb,ng calf drank in the vaseline, Ions
n forgotten scene Of my boyhood revived On the he
II summer afternoons, some fifty years ago. "heh NJ
mothers carriage came In, one OF the horses Away
dpped his nose TO the very bottom OF his PAIL SO
70 drive the water nearly up to his eyes, ana use
almost TO wink al us, Isn't 1t joy?' So said nay oil
boots 70 Dr. Chances dose of vasene. If any oil
hook lover wants to give himself real treat, let hi
buy bottle or tin Of vaseline, and set to WORK al
covers Ii IS a positive pleasure TO see how they n
under H."
A private letter written by Mr.. KEENAN, and quote
nv Miss Dawes in her Century" article indicates III
sill more exciting statements are 10 appear In Il
forthcoming papers. what saw and learned
Siberia he writes, stirred me to tire very depths
my soul-opened to me new world of human e
pcrtence and raised in some respects all my NOR
standards / made the intimate acquaintance OF cha
acters As truly heroic in mouldchafacters OF as hle
tyne as any outlined In history and saw them sho'
ing courage fortituGe, scsacrifce and devotion to
ideal beyond anything of which could believe my SC
capable. went 10 siberia iesaniis
nolitical exles as a lot Of mentally unbalanced
natics bomb-throwers and assassins, and when car
away from Siberia Kissed these same men good
with my arms around them and my fun of tears
Mr. Robert Louis Stevenson has devoted sm'
mart of his forthcoming "scrbner' article 10
Howells "A nstle while ago. he says, " the nal
Of Mr. Uowells IN every paper, coupled with 1u
landations And now 1t Is the pleasure OF the SAL
journalists TO pursue him daily with Ineffective quiz
Here is the diverse and reverse of that empty a
ugly thing called popularity. VIII any man suppo
Il worth the gainng2 Must not any man percei
that the reward of Mr. Howels lies in tho practice
he fine and solid ara, not In the perusal OF pal
granhs which are conceived in a spirit today
Ignorant worship, and tomorrow Of stupid injustice
II Is related of a British Museum officer who W
tired to death Of the questions put by tho Visi'i
,,,blc that he burst out day In answer to
ouery Why is the Museum closed :" with the RENAL
Because one of the mummies is dead and the Office