New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-25
LITERARY NOTES.

| announced for carly puDhcauon ny 'ho
uarpors. They are bringing out also Eli Thayers
aKansas Crusade,' Lafcadio Hcarns novelette,
| q Chuap. Theodore Child's " Summer Holidays and
10 second volume of Justin McCarthy's History Of
! .he -Four Georges
| norrvsop,s forthcoming volume Is to be made up
-, yerses recently composed, and of scraps rescued
from forgotten books.
rosto II IS reported has been Obliged to stop smok-
rg and this has sadly nterfercd with his power 10
WRITE
The writers who at the practice OF cutting
| ,o,s own MSS ought TO consider the example OF
Charles Dickens He prominently the great ouS
ter. Cutting was his grand maxim, pruning down
aord sentences and adding little effective points Oh MS
| own slips of his work TO be seen astonismheD
mnroved by these touchngs-a labyrinth OF nserohs'
trapspositions and erasurcs, all In his fsvoi1o oio
ink which he adopted when Compartment ma" run
about half its course The original copy OF Mo
| >, rarv ALL his works is TO be in the Forster
Library at South Kcnslngon in great STOUT quaiFos'
n s curious TO note how every line almost is care
hIy amended or altered and the subsiitu'ed PASSAGES
| ,ritten I'm the very mlnutest characters so close
arc the lines and so squeezed the writing 'hat 'he
effect IS bewderlng but his printers knew MS ways
ncrfectly Each page holds about forty lines OF Close
| writing and each line some twenty WORDS naA'"s
about 500 words In each page. He followed ono ~
| TEN. and never fallcu IN tho PIa'N" w
words erased illegible. This must have cost MN
o and trouble. for II IS done in thorough fashion
The errlng sentence is laborously efaced by series
Of minute Aourshngs.
The new volume of poetry which Miss wooisey
% susan Cooldgepl IS about to publish is to be en-
titled A Few More Verses"
Mr. Archibald Grove, who IS at the head OF Inc
New Review is only about twenty eight years OLD.
He took double honors at oxford in 1850, and has
spent much time since in travel few years ago no
lost vast heritage under circumstances thst uo nun
credit A relative who died worth more than quar-
ter Of million OF money, had the fixed IDEA that MS
nephew should become "a clergyman but the young
man had other ideas, refused TO comply and so was
left not with O0o, 000 but with the better heritage
Of his quick and nimble brain, his excellent educ&
lion and a stout heart to begin n struggle win the
world The struggle has been hard as well as brave
| For a time he was "The Daily News then no
ioned the National Press Agency, and hnaliy he oo-
| came the founder and Editor of The New heVlc"
the most popular and successful cheap peroulcal oi
| n.sa DAYS In appearance Mr.. Grove is short, dap
,er with handsome delicate features, keen blue eyes
and he +, always dressed exqusely lie has delGhui
manners a kind heart, a winning tongue, and Keen
| smbtion 10 play a great part in the history OF MS
country.
Mr. Rlackmore's beautiful book "Lorna Doonc
s in It's thrtieth edition in Enganda practical PROOF
that Englishmen all agree with the countrymaD VINO
gave the work his highest praise In saying that Lorna
| Doone, 20 a Devonshire man Is as good as cioI'eo
I cream, almost
Tho new venture "The New England Magazine
| is 10 be under the control of Edwau Everett haio
and Edwin d. Mead It's first issue Is 10 %
- Plymouth Number" The periodical, which Is 10
be illustrated will be largely historical IN characor'
but will exclude verse and fiction ME- "hi'uef
| Ialo xul no mn
A young gentleman who proposed to adopt literature
as a profession asked Carlyle for his advice on inc
subject ard received the following ho'o uio''''" "
| the Chelsea sage to his niece:
Dear Sir: Mr. Carlyle bids say that he mas
never in his life heard nader proposal ,nr ah,,iac
vnu by no means to quit your present employment.
lie thinks it would only DC ueSr, tIo n,onument
in the hope Of hylns MA fi9 CAR ft AiTKEN.
George H. Lewes responded thus to similar Request
made by the ambitious young man
Ny 2 advice is BY literature an "f for living
l 9a splendid yGS5id talents and wide knowledge
are oeh IN 1Se Gepsrpmcn Of journalism there but
perilous outlook for any one who has not aliesy
nr6yed that his talents commercially VaIuap,e'
| Eow IL seems to me on this question you can ae,
ti1e Tor yourself. Assuming that your present
empoyms,n, Is bent toward literature 4 would urge
con 10 ascertain decsively whether editors ana puu
llsGirs arr If thew are YOU can form some estimate
". voIT probable success when you devote your whole
GmudTeds of others are doing, viz cultivate literature
In your leisure hours and try by your to yor
clf on the shifting sands of periodicals 10 gVe up
any honorable employment on me Vago o,a wo,id
sdTiSe against You must not confound your hopes
and wishes with the conditions OF success; IL Is
rot of literary activity and that question YOU like
VERY ono else have the means OF settling by SIMPLY
n relieve me both editors and publishers are,
their so to s % ssSiRf rasa and
W ono win accept work that does not seem to
npomse such commercial advantage Yours truly truly
Margaret Deland's new volume IS entitled a BOOK
About Florida, Little Brown & Co. are bringing 1t
out.
The book for which the Shah has been making
conious notes during bis European tour VIII De
published soon after he gets back to Persia IL VIII
mo translated Into both English and French
n 4. 1avelve advises Frenchmen to read Mr..
prvces book on America" the best since dc Tocque'
,tIicsp-n order to learn wisdom from our ex-
perlence.
c.eo,oo + Hardy. in his clever paper read before
-, Teachers, Association of this State. in regard
n school libraries and reading for young people
II seeras proper here to make distinction between
hooks of ne right kind and those that are KNOWN
bOys rs gnOIt -SuOlS V''p'
fai Sv hay or Girl after short experience with these
EcShs has more or less open contempt for ,he vol,
,rrs between whose covers he IS sure to hnd mo
Sunvtabi, and very tresome story Of tho good boy.
Who always d;es prmatuIey young after Ter deiVer ns
| t"ndsd cunrse OF such mk-and-waicr reading, which
oday unfortunately CONSTITUTES the staple literary
svrniv ~ our Slndqy schools, will. in short tine:
sdrnIe{orm the reader from honest hesh-and-bood
how 10 a snug faced young hypocrie, or else TO q
uiiuC - influential creature. the emotional sidH or
Whose nahirc has been abnormaly dev Hoped at me
cXrensr Of the practical , ,.. ,,oA
worldly wisdom for thos, having charge OF Libraries
Lcra these hooks do most abound 10 cOnsi1n them 10
~ t,rerl nvre and substitute in their stead healthy.
hracjng hOols whore the lessons presented are nor
obiertinnahly obvious. and where the moral comes III
/ a. II were by tic way.
Edward Everett Hale Is at work upon his biog
| ~. az Iau,es Freeman Clarke.