New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-31
LITERARY NOTES.

r - .,,,hor 40 Micah Clarke" thc historical novel
v,ewed 10 shese columns, te an English physt
-, who &c only thirty years old. aud who has been
. vrstrr Of magazine stories for Ten years past. Dr.
A. r. nov,, Is a tall, athletic young man, who not
.r,x atsrods to a good practice ana wntes NOVELS
hpt ,s a famous cricketer. He has, moreover seen
vee an the West African coast and has rougheds In
xhaler He Is a nephew OF Richard Doyle the
. rs.hp artist and illustrator of The Newoomes."
v,ss Grace Ellery Charming, the granddaughter Of
w,n,am Ellcry Charming, is known in California as
c,.ver writer She has done some poetical and drs-
,,.s,e work which has boon much praised
Henrik Ibsen's play "A DoH's House is soon
N be published In English in Illustrated edition
Dc luxe
Mr. Edgar Fawcett has written q new romance which
IA calls ~solarfons 1t will appear together WIN
portrait of the author, IN che September number oil
Lippincotrs Magazine
9ouhia, is hari" on her brother novelists-eVeh y
the extent OF writing about Mr. Rider hsgsaia
passeooard inanity' She declares that 'ie I-"s'"
literature of to-day Is beyond all, lacking III those
a.,s,,c Qualities those qualities Of style which con-
st~te the especial literary excellence OF literature
and for which French literature Is at all tunes oon
snic~ous style seems by the English wri'er W Uo
c,nssdered a thing with which he has nothing u" 40
In a nation which had consciousness OF style '"o
rrotssoue unpublished and often barbarOuS act on o,
10 disagnre tTcr talent. because before they "ouu
have addressed a letercd audience they woud nave
s.rdsed the art OF letters. But II Is not Only uo-
facts NJ style which injure English literature Is
a want of knowledge Of tie world. purl'a"iSn''
hxpodrisy a timidty which lie like lead upon H. ana
check its full development. and keep 1t in swauus
clothes Hitting manhood
Mr. yiryinius Dabney, the author OF " Don Mn
~ ur,ten Anew novel entitled Gold That Did MOI
f.,,tAers and LippincOtt Is about to publish H. MI
,Dahueyxis a Southerner living In New-NorK' the son
of that Thomas Dabney whose beautnui charaooi
,x.s ,ortr.yed IN touching if crude book, Memorials
of Southern Planter
. rac.nt visitor 10 Caryle's birthplace at Eccle-
techan found sturdy old woman, Mrs. "ouflaE'
On charge Of the house She mentioned that some
,, 400 she placed tasteful ornament in the CRATE,
which js,an ordinary kitchen one; but Mrs Alexander
CARLYLE asked her to take il away. saying. " hcie
xvould; not have liked anything OF that kind II
might also be mentioncd7 says the visitor, "that
wben the present inconspcuOS writer began 10 take
sono. noes of his surroundings, Mrs. Gouray looked
ut him sharply and suspciouSly. and said, 'Nere no
Han Csine are We? DodL ye're awful like hlh''
Tho good tlady upon being asStred that we were not
snybodyss so distinguished as Hail came eNpaiheu
that the tnoyeiiSt here once. looked aDo"' hi
ana wrote depreciaory account of the place In some
pevspsper which account not only unknh Dut
contained many inaccuracies. should Mr. Hall Game
ever 60 bark 10 Ecciefechau can assure him OF
very warm reeeptlon-from Mrs. Gourlay al least.
There Is a set of Carlyle's works in the room. and
before leaving we sat down in his study-chair before
his writing table. and read the opening lines OF SarlOr
Resartus, Then after saying farewell to MIS-
Gouray and receiving her parting injunction, no tae
plsv ony o. yer Hall Game tricks went round
TO the buryng place 10 visit Csryles grave.