New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-04-22
LITERARY NOTES.

A book by the late Ella IIagcard. the mo;her Oh
the novelist will appear under thc uVo Va
Life and its Author. an Essay IN verse M
Rider Haggard will contribute TO the volume
memoir Of his mothers
This is the way in which Mr.. Hall Game dehneS
realism and ideasm in literature; i 'ahe re"''",
TO mean the doctrine of the importance Vi ''o ''
facts OF life and idcasm the doctrine oi tic Sup''
ottv Of ideal existence over The facts OF lie' Nhd
=. Ia. mThe world now feels exactly the same
want as it has always felt 1t wants 10 Oe ah'ou up
10 be ns plred to be thrilled to be SHOWN "na' p,H'0
things human nature is capable OF al ils oes'' n'N
must be the task of the new RomantlciSui' anu 'io
new Romanticism only work through iuea''sn''
7, can never be the task Of the old realism inc
reaIiss are all unbelievcrs unbeeveiS IN TOD or uh'
be,ievers in man or both. The ideallst must be
believer. believer in God a believer in man. ana
believer in the divine justice wherein the world Is
founded"
Concerning t,is vexed question OF Realism VS.
IdeaI,sm. The Boston Advertiser prints bit OF
common sense in the line Of the OPINIONS oileiI
EXPRESSED in The Tribune As for the worh OF
readers in general, il will continue a. heretofore
always to welcome the new thing II II shall have
delighted TO satation in realistic literature VIII
be sure grow enthusiastic over the frst Hassaru
that comes along and reck not iot for the time
being. whether not his wares are Unset. H. OH
the contrary the presses OF nallon nave lof Years
ped new romance on new romarcc's head, the
Miss Austen who will come forward WIN
the simple annals OF parish pressing iii
their freshness and natIralness their lack OF fever
will be sure TO find readers who are willing to ioTso
the cake they are tired for the freShbaked whole
some bread that she offers And If any one snail
produce masterpiece. whether II be realistic or TO
mantle il will live. The individual man Will 'uri
10 il according to his mood. and II Will be faSohaDe
or seemingly forgotten according to the mood OF the
NATL 10
average man. or have its courage braced its aspa
tops renewed through the contemplation OF the
possible but uncommon heroic
The "Pastels in Prose" Qarper & brothers,, 70
which Mr. Howells supplies introduction and whlch
Mr. Mcvickar has illustrated gracefully and we'll
are fragments of highly imaginative and sometimes
cloQucnt prose gathered from the WRITINGS Oh Lous
Bertrand Paul Leclerc1, Theodore de Banvlle' Az
phonse Daudct. villicrs de LDole Adam, George
Aurol Judith Ciauter. Jared Karl Huysmans. Ephram
Mkhael Charles Baudclsre. Pierre Qnilsrd. Eodolphe
Darzens Achille Delaroche. Stephanc Malarme.
Emile Henneouin Catule Mendes. Paul Marguerite.
Maurice de Guerin etc Tie form Of composition here
Illustrated is one which has not been adopted by Eng
lish or American writers and partly perhaps because
very much of the effect depends upon the heXiillty
and capacity for delicate and subtle expression whi'h
belong especially to the French language The pres
emf translation is careful and close. and reflects the
grace uehtness and beauty of the originals as ialih
fully as any rendering could, but the fact remains ina
no kind OF composition lends itself les easily to su'
n process or loses so much in the rendering. whether
as Mr. Howells thinks, the pro>e-poen OF TINS odeF
has come to stay" is hard question: for the ahh'S
of English and American writers to domcsu'd'e "
remains 10 he demonstrated. To appreciate II ana
realize all It's charm il must al present be studed ID
its native tongue for the cleverest version can bun
convey a distant idea Of its merits. The selections
made by Mr. Merrill comprehensive and dVcrSihcd
enonrh 10 exhibit nearly all the possibilities O' TIC
FORM and they comprise remarkable coHecuoh OF
dainty fanciful. melodous and lovely or sonore con
ceptiOns He who hopes to SAVIOR them iuiY' HOW
ever must bring his sympathetic conditions WIN
him and must above all refrain from seeking WHAT
&c not and never was intended to be IN tleni naef
6yed and positive impressions, ordered sequences ana
rcrard for the exgenceS Of purely rational compost
,ion They are OF the air, not of the earth, ana the
light that plays through them is the ridesccnt ana
shifting illumination of the lunar rainbow, not the
garsh rays Of the sun.
Eight thousand dollars is the sum at when MI
pernad Ouartch values the lately discovered spanish
edition of the letter In which Columbus announced inc
discovery of America. Mr.. Quarch is not quit pleased
with the American visitors to the exhibition oil the
hooks which he sent to this country. They come
and look SAYS poor Mr.. Quaritch but they do not
buy