New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-26
LITERARY NOTES.

ar. ~..,.-xrood tho author of The Romance
=, no,.ras has finished another book dealing with
The carly French exploration OF America inc ohici
se,,res Of this romance arc La Sale ana MS heu
tenant, Tonty. II is to be called Inc o,oly VI
Tontv.s and it will be published by A. C. McClurs
Co.
mr.. r. Fl. Jewetfs Paddock Lectures are to be
published by Whitaker. under the title Of Diabai-
oogy.' - 49,.
walter Savage Lander once told friend that
after he had read book, he gave 1t away on prncpe
:. for II know / am TO put 1t on my shell 10 reier
10. / shall not fix 1t in my memory out il AloW
while I am reading 1t that as soon as 1t Is read II
,v,, he taken away am sure keep all that want
Tn his old age Lander was furious II he did not
remember at once any passage OF DOOR, Ut any
name or date aud would Immediately begin 10 abuse
himself crying out in his sharp, high voice. Goa
HESS nv soul am losing my mind; am getuns
o,dp: and then the name date or passage would
.ome IN the midst of his vituperaton of himself,
and he would calmly GO on nothing had happened,
professor Anderson's translation into English OF
AZ PAM de Remusats book on Theirs Is on the press
Of A. C. McClurg & Co. This Is one OF me Voiumes
Of their valuable series Of "Creat French Writer'S
One Of the best portraits of George Eliot now In
existence is TO be found In Geneva. The paih'lhs
was executed by an artist in whose family she hVeo
during her student days in Geneva, and by that
family it was presented to the public in the la'er
period Of her fame , g,
A volume of Select Poems OF William WORDSWORTH
edited with notes by Dr. Rolfe. will shortly De pun
lshed by the Harpers. II has been beautifully Illus
trated by Abbey, Parsons and others
Earl Dunraven has written an article on yacht
Rscings for The English Illustrated Magazine" II
will be accompanied by sketches of the Vaky1e, lreS
and Yarana
Goods for the Fa' Is the title Of volume OF
corpuency, nov on the press OF the J. B. Lippncot'
Company.
The function Of the Critic" says Professor knight In
The Nineteenth Century" {" is supremely noble one
II Is as necessary as II is noble. and as honoraDic
rs IL is useful. To expose the shams that everywhere
sxist 10 unmask preentiousness, TO prevent shado"
writer from being even temporarily thought profound
Or of a commonplace author from imposing on his con-
fcmporaries as an original thinker, is real service
10 literature The good which the periodical press
does In this respect Is quite as great as that Whch
renders to politics and to society generally III alsC
does a signal service to the writers Themselves, Dc
cause some authors perhaps in proportion 10 thei
originality are inclined 20 overeStimate themselves
Othcss live so much in little world OF their own 'ha
thew are ignorant of what lies beyond it. and then pes
work is therefore out of the line of public sympathy
Others again have no sense of literary proporuoh
and become eccentric as soon they have acheVeu
single success. Now TO such persons sharp crncsh
ts Invaluable Even in its severest form IL does rheh
GOOD and IL saves society from what would o'her
wise he the inHicon Of sccond-rate or thurae "orA
manship 1t is amazing No think OF the amount o.
had work-ltorary rubbish of all sOrts-that wouu nave
been allowed to live for time II the strong manu- VI
criticism had not swept it into oblivion"
"Cty Legends new Illustrated volume OF verse
nv WIN Carleton is announced by the Harpms'