New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-02
LITERARY NOTES.

a., ro,-ou hoe written a new pCcm-a long poem
nth long title. How Consulted the oracle Oh INC
co,dnsbesS II will appear in the hush'0' Sou'o
time this summer
coorvo II. Calvert, the venerable writer who died
IN Newport few days ago, was one Vi u,o mos'
ACCOMPLISHED OF scholars and sehuemou' ~
=, rrrs. and verse was thoughtful ana rcnnoo' .
- oId tasb,oned IN STYLE but not the worse Tor
mot n d,d NOT suit tho taste Of this geners0on
bowcver and u has not enough Vlgor anu oiieiu"""
% ,r.ure its appeal to the next MI Csi'ol. was
droct descendant OF that Calvert who oore 'ne u'''
Of " lord Baltimore
,crs,stcn, render OF current periodicals must
come noar agreeing with Or. Holmes III son'.'s'
tcelIng GIat poetry win become lost orr VIZ, |
Tie Is quoted "A saying that Ito DO suro "U ~
n large number OF writer's OF verse; F7Iot " Us
risIng generation Of vttsrs-sh '.' -.
yorSe too. but very lIttle-vcry udle-ot ~ 'is.o
- The sale Of real poetry. 1t IL not suiictohuS
,,rhInr 10 impress ITSELF upon the worh 10 eI''"'o
The dIsposIdon is 10 Indulge in the fanclin ofihs o
verse such as the sonnet the tfloieI a''u ,
dean all pretty enough IN their way uu' '0i' ~
posms Of this character have ever oo"ohio ,,,
For example tho sonnet Is one OF inc most
and artificial forms Of verso there IS 10 oo sulo
shaRespears sunnets are excellent, yet thcy ARC not
,rc,Iy sncahinp sonnets as they d. not conform To
the established rules governing the construction Oh
cha sonnct II one is to succeed In poetry ne must
,ve fro rein to his sentiment aud imagination III
The moro simple and natural forms oil verso"
The vise doctor Is doubly wise In what
he SAYS Of the sonnet mat
form 50 exaotng In It's demands tns' O"i,
the purest genius should meddlo win IL
sonnet should not only be absolutely perfect ID U'
construction; iis frame should DO so vivhcd by the
divine spirit OF poetry that tho enchahpu '$io'
should neither remember that u 49, III ruin
n mechanical aud artificial form OF verse Inc
great sonnetS In the English language tulhl THIS con-
dltlon
A pohlo being in Halifax wrote note OF inquiry
not long AGO TO Walter Besant, and the note was
courteously answered by the novelist NOW ute
noble being has been offering this response Ior p
lhAtIon asking the favored newspapers TWO su'no"
for the privilege. This suggests the question WY
authors should respond 10 letters OF inquiry Oh o'"S
sulioetS addressed 10 them by stranger FeoP"
d,,,, scnd letters TO doctors and lawyers. asking
.av,r. orIn,ons or information, 10 be Delivered
GRATIS: they have to pay for them why, une"'
Shoud the often overworkod irritable ana perNouS
author be expected TO give away MS umo Oh" "'o
bralns 10 ANYBODY who chooses to ASK Tor mem
What are the true relations OF author anu pu0"e'
q, rdy,rd uamcy's beautiful sketch, Shake
sreares Funeral will shor. be reprinted IN Vo'ufho
Of his miscellaneous papers This Is me quS'n'e"
aud mos, charming bit OF writing about Shakespeare
produced in this country.
Mr. Aubrey de We're, whose delicate, refined ana
sometimes deIiciously musical verso Is not 80 wen
known As Il might be, comes OF poeueal family
Ills father, Sir Aubrey, contemporary oil Byron ~
u.rro, ard I'm later years friend of WOdsS oFth, was
,ad nv that poet who no doubt excluded MIS- own
poems from tis comparison, TO have "'lteh SOn'' VI
the mot pcrfe sCpncts Of the age Tic puoHS''u aso
a nnA drama of Mary Tudor Which though N'aeS
different in treatment from Lord Tcnny sons queen
Navy Is By no means an unworthy nN"' i"o
n,sent harono too Sir stephen De We're, has earned
Tho prase of scholars By his metnea Transitions rom
uorac. brilliant vcrsemakins often
hereditary gn, but pcetca genius rarely o's'o.us
from father to son-one rocaik one instance IN r'ce'
day, that Of samuel Taylor colesidso and Hartley
Colehge
II /. earnestly requested that all persons having In
their po.scs,ion letter nom Tie late Presldeh' o '"'u
Lila COLLEGE, Frederick \ p Barnard send them 10
Professor Nicholas Murray Butler, Columbia C"'Iese'
NcV-York T. D. A.. at their carly convenience
Tho letter, viii DO returned alter copies have been
made.
Mrs Rivss CHAMBERS story, Virginia Of virginia
ha, gune 10 the soft heart OF The London spectator
~, T. n s,iret affair no doubt II says but It Is
prrtty nearly perfect Of It's kind, and here can 90
no question but that II has the quality OF true anu
very unquestonabIe genius Of that indisputabe oruof
which We find In some Of tho finest hyls OF lOur
gupnEN Tho Whole stoTl WuN w wv "''''' ~
quality can be Judged. for ~ IL In the high and OK
out.ts pathos OF IT, CLOSING scene that its genius
rcally eliminates We do not mean that there Is
not plenty to admire before the closing scene IS
reached n there was not, Of course, no hnd o'
power there displayed could make The htuo taie
tho gem It IS But everything IN the tale caiy
,c,1s nm TO the closing scene, and without having
81 that ,he extraordinary harmony and mounting
,n,rrcs, o, the whole cannot be judged at sil'
Jobn DuIroughs's forthcoming bonk VIII not deal
iii ,h.t oute, world which he has often inter
pre,ed TO less patient and poetic Observers II Is
~ ia a volume OF Indoor studies
NJ Daudets "Tartanu sur les Alpcs" has had in
Franco a sale Of C. 100000, the book deDghuuR
both tho elect few and the Palestine many
Lord Tenny son Is going to cruise about In Lord
Brasseys yacht