New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-01-27
LITERARY NOTES.

rha. The establishment OF international copy
1rbt viii not mako books any more expensive IN
thIs country IN conceded by everybody who UNDER
stands tho publishing business and the demands OF
~. Ametoan publIc Publishers win adjust them
selves to the public not tho public to the publishers
1hsr, have been suggestions that the threc-volume
novel Of England with ts absurdiy high price, VIII
be fosted upon That's nonsense; no puonsher
IN America would be such IDIOT as TO publish
a book that he couldn't SELL
Mr.. Nicholas p. Gilman has written work on
industrial partnerships which Houghton Miihin WIN
shortly publish 1t is entitled Profit sharing 30
tween Employer and Employe; study IN mo EVo-
luton Of the Wages system
ME. Rose Elizabeth cloveland's forthcoming novel
Is said 10 be satoal in tone, to be highly nelectuA
IN veins and TO recall the style OF George Eliot'
The lats DR. Francis Hueffers work on tho music
Of VIetora's reign IS passing through the press.
In this book, DIR. Hueher has confined himself TO
the movement which in tho past half century has
excited tho keenes controversy in the musical world
The aMuac OF the Future" Is the subject treated
with special reference 10 Berlioz, Wagner and LsSt
their own dongs In England, the advance OF their
works and tho influence those composers and their
followers have exercised upo contemporary art. DE-
Hueier collected large number Of facts and incidents
not generally known, and he has thrown, 1t Is sad'
a somewhat new light upon the whole subject
Miss olive shrener {" Ralph IrOn'), the author Of
aThs Story OF An African Farm sends this brief Az
photography to the February Book Buyer my
father was a German born In Nuremberg He studied
At Basel and went 10 South Africa as missionary
My mother Is English the daughter Of Presbyterian
minister and for generations my ancestors have been
strict Puntaus.
at was born IN the heart Of South Africa a soil
tary mission station. / was many years old before
saw y town. My father died many years ago. MY
ALL. l. l.rl. L.
| convent In South Africa.
81 came to England for the first time seven years
ago and then published the african Farm which
had wrtton In Africa. Tho first English edition was
published In 1882. 1 have made stories ever since
could remember long before could write used to
soribbe on sheets Of paperimagning that was writing
them. began An African Farm when was almost
child, but left It for some years before finished it's
library attendant chronicles these queer mis-
| takes OF readers: a young lady wanted Marion
| crawfords 'saracinesca and wrote the slip Cyrus
and esoa Another young lady wanted Bertha
| C1ay's Throne on the World One boy wanted
ono of Oliver Twists books about 'Little Dorrtt,
and another asked for one Of Roe's books, but he
| didn't want 'Hsin't got any home.''
Tho humor Of Americans IS secuted by that LOFTY
Journal "The London Globe" II comedies that jokes
arc undoubtedly made in the states they are in other
| countries and adds Humor there certainly is
among that great and free people-mostly bad humoE
The HaIburtons Lowels and Holmes arc few and far
| between. Artemus Ward, Bret Harte. Mark Twain,
Max Adeler stockton, the authors of Helens Babies
| and A Bad Boys Diary aim lower, but give US
| genuine amusement OF honest kind But whom
these have been mentioned, what names remain 30 he
addedf Who have they got to PIT against the authors
Of vanity FAIR 'Piclwlck' Essays OF Ella MRS.
| Caudlo's Curtain Lectures 'Alce I'm Wonderland
| vice Versa Happy Thoughts Tho Bah Ballads
| The Jumbles'-to mention only few Of the works
| OF great English humorsts OF late years And II
Europe Is 10 be included, what of Murger, About,
| saphir and the rcstl Americas claim cannot be al
| lowed for a moment. In the 'humoT Of the para
Qraphist she IS rich. And this 'humor is manufact
ured by wretched mon often with wretched spelling
ont OF wretched materials. what Is Is not good
| and what IS good Is not new.'" How crushing and
funny all this is
aLa Jeuno File' is the title of the monthly maya
ne which the Queen Of the Belgans has Just started
The Queen herself 10 write about household affairs
and theatrical matters her youngest daughter
Princess Clementne will write art and literature
and her daughter, Stcphane, Crown Princess OF
Austria, will mako the pictures Carmen sylvia
will WRITE the pocms-a fact for which Engsh-read-
ing people may DO grateful; for, TO tell the truth
this good Queens mild and wellintentoned verse
is becoming something OF a bore, and IL will be
pleasant TO note their publication In another Ian
guage
The personal traits Of Herbert Spencer have en-
tered so little into the gossip of the day that people
viii like 10 read these details set forth by female
novelist; "Mr. Spencer away from his uncle's
house because he abhorrcd dead languages, and he
has abhorred dead languages ever since. Mr.
spencer has not written any Of his works; he has al
ways dictated his thoughts 10 an amanuonss
once, ono Christmas, witnessed the philosopher kiss
or rather attempt 10 liss, lady. 1t was Christ
mas Day, after dinner, and we were all sitting IN
the billisrdroom. He did It quite openly, quite
philosophIcaiiy in fact he produced small sprip
OF mstletoc out of his pocket and held It above her
head. did not sec what happened was so much
astonished. He had known her from the time she
was a baby until that Christmas: and believe hi