New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-06

Tho pleasing statement j. made that II the copies
= Looking Bacl,v ard which have been sold were
lad end 70 end tlcy would make continuous line
thirts miles long, or II placed one upon IN" Other
ilcv would make column four mile, high. In Other
words. the book has reached t- three hundred and
thirty third thousand
Dr. hi. forthcoming book. old Friends Andre"
I,r- describe. the meeting. I'm y~tic land Of tn
h,reicr. ~ one novel;. with those ~ another. lie
make, Tr,ll,rc. indispensable Mr.. Proldr picture
f., ~ sharpe assault on the Bishop. and brings
before ms Barry Lyndon PLAYING cards "ih Nllin
-'ulri lrcch ~ Kidnapped This j. ingenious ana
nrohail. interesting. but II is. after ALL not high
order ~ literary work.. I, Nf. Lang really unable
q, DO more than make books out Of other people b
tooAsi
The GOOD news comes that Mr. Hudyari Kiplng
who IA. 80 far given more promise than any Other
Young writer # the DAY. has just completed a three
volume novel.
Another book Of NJ Jerome. the YONG English
man VINO J.. engaged In a prai-cwortly struggle 70
iccomc a humori.,. j. announced hy Henry Hot &"
60. rhi. - entitled sage Land Curon, Habits and
Custom. Of ~, Inhabitants" and has received many
compliments from English critics
vr. Marion Crawford is receiving compmcn,
really worth having from French editor. The two
uriu,ipal paper, IN pari,-ihc Drhat,' and the
-rcmp.~-arc publishing tran-laiiors Of his most brill
ian, novels. tie former bringing ont ""rciicistcih
and the latter >aracinc~ca.7
G.. j. Woodbury.. the author 81 the rccocctions of
Emerson rccci It's printed in The Century, Is An
oil merchant IN san Francisco.
Professor Arthur ,hcrburnc Hardy has become a
critic a. well a, a novelist he ha, just undertaken
for The indovc- Review new department DEVOTED
10 N, literary oltook. The author Of l'i-se Rose
,urht o. do good work in this direction
Tho adventures Of tho ncvcr-tohc forgotten Tar
,,rin are 10 be completed I'm the volume which W.
Daudei has Just finished. and which Mr.. Henry Jane
Is transl,tlnr In thl, story Tar,arln becomes
idt;cn with The colOnlns MANIA and finally settles
Gown a. 4 colonst. Both the French and the Eng
l,h editions viii DE illustrated, and they viii be-
brought ont at the -anlc time. 90 love Tararn."
aid VI DaIdcj not long ago. Perhaps would have
f., him rest in his lovely for time 20 come.
had not a wholly personal consideration encouraged
me to start him again on h, adventures. the past
wear has been a hard ono for me; I have suffered "A
great deal. and searching fora distraction
from NV surerngs OF those tasks that absorb
one and make forget ply seal pain thol-ht oi
Taitarin. Pascal forgot III, ncuiaSli III WORKING a,
mathematics. | have forgotten my rheumatism IN the
company of Taftarin The Tarasconian hero i per.
hars IND tcd - me for his fame Indebted 10 him
for rcposc. and for helping me to forget my SucFliE'
Ought not 30 feel bchoden to nm
The Begun one 81 the chief characters in Mr..
Bvnncr, Atlantic serial. is said to have actually
lived and died In Sew York. The novel Is coming
out in book form next month.
Mis-, Virginia T. johnson. the author Of The House
of the Musician and other successful novels, Ia,
written a new story entitled The Treasure Tower
The scene j., Hid M Malta
The heroine Of Rider IIaggards new novel;
Icatricc8 is accomplished girl. holding ahcl,t'!'
Views, the daughcg of a poor Welsh clergy man.
one or two Americans viii appear IN WiIIilm
Black, forthcoming novel called stand Fast, Craig
Royston~ The novel which Mr.. Ilaggari and Mr..
Andrew Lang have been working at together l.
Ia be published scrally under the title of The World 5
Desire
The Late William Parsons Atkinson says a writer
in " The Boston POST IA of such genuine
worth and excited such IA bcnchccnt influence an
educator thni his loss IS serious one To the com
niinity which ha, for % many year had the bcncf
Of hi, scholarly Attachments and his broai views II
literature and He. In hi, position professor OF
English and history the Institute OF Technology.
which he flied for quarter OF century he did
much 10 impress und principles Of culture upon the
| students, leading them 10 Judge for themselves of
| The merit, OF tine masters of compoao., /, his ad
mrable expeditions Of What constitutes excellence In
this department. lie had IA penetrating intellect and
liberal east Of thought which did justice /, writer,
of different cp1cls, 10y considering them In relation
| 10 their environment "a, well Il, Ia their natural
capacities. lie liked Ia dwell on the relations If
great author, to their age. and 10 throw those side
icht, of social condition upon their character, ami
student. with him an author va, 10 he jnds Il sym
picticaiy aud with rciercnc" 10 the her dtary aud
| had an aversion 10 the method, Of would be- criticism
which apply The foot rule OF individual prejudice
the great writer's Of the past, and make the intel
leciua limitations Of the critic the tcst Of the powers
VI the subject Of his Criticism.