New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-19
LITERARY NOTES.

Divers pathetic paragraphs concerning the pain
fully small earnings Of the current young poet nave
been circulating through the papers. II we may
believe these mourners. magazine poetry declueuy
does not pay the writer. After ALL isn't the pay a.
good as the poetry Isn't the maga~lne
poetry Of the day little habby-as 1T we're Wou"
il plunge the world into agonzlnG gloom II tho cur
rent young poet didn't write at all Wouldn't poem
so good that the editor couldn't afford to let IL go u
some other magazine, really command Its price
Wouldn't il be we'll IL only poems OF TINS hhu "cro
written and pubshedl In short. couldn't We CON
time these queries all dayi
Andrew Lang said in amusing address the othcr
dav that young author wrote generally for money
or from vanity, or 10 astOnish his hmlly-Whch he
never succeeded in doing-or from mere WEAKNESS OF
unemployed hours. young author tutled cascriS
TO verse and his favortc writers sang OF diSappoh
mcnt and gloom Mr. Lang here said that not liking
To quote verses OF other peoples. he had written a
few poems himself, to show distinctly how not to
do IT, one Of these specimen poems began:
When the sombre night is dumb,
IIu,h'd the loud chrysanthcmum,
sister, sleep
"slccp7 the lissome lily saith,
which Is not nearly good some OF Bayard
Taylor's burlcsquc verse
A library edition Of Mr.. Howells's novel, d" A Hazard
Of New Fortunes is coming from the Harper press.
Mr. Wedmorc I'm his new monograph on Balzac re
late, some instances Of the noyclists power to enter
wildly into the lives Of his creations. There was
some curiosity amongst the readers Of Ursule Mronc
a, 10 the past of a certain Captain dc Jordy. BaHac
was questioned. lie meditatcd, paused. before nc
answcred-turncd over his memories. Then. 81 did
not know Captain dc Jordy.7 he said brSkly. "hntl
he came To Ncmours.7 Another time Jules Sandeaa
had been telling Halzac Of his sisters illness ."
am sorrv~ answered Balzac who had listened rs
politcly AS might be- though somewhat absenty
Then. in a changed voice. We must come back to
real life however Consider Eugene Grandct.'
4 book by John Fiske. dealing in simple way
with the government Of towns cities, states ana inc
Nation. +, on the press Of Houghton, Mihiin Il Co.
II is one of the curositcs Of recent autograph
sales in London that the signature of Voltarc brought
only two guncas while that Of Isaac Watts sd for
three And while $40 were given for letter
written to Boswell. by Johnson brought 80.
II is said that the author Of Lorna Doonc7 is tho
most accompanying Of gardener, and goes on losing
annually over that hobby great portion Of his
literary gains. II is hobby. however, which adds
to The, value Of his books. To his servants he is The
klndc-t and most forsying Of MASTER. At one tine
ne had head gardener who when he went 10
Coycnt Garden with vegetables. never seemed 4"
bring back much money ore night, howc'cr when
p little under the influence he handed over A SUM
of money considerably in excess Of what his book
showed. II was pointed out In the morning that ho
must have made mistake. so. no. he saId' II was
an ri-hf. Iuf when confronted with his own figure,
he had To- confess 70 the pccu,tion and little inquiry
proved that Dee was making fortune. Yet he wa'
not dismissed
When this individual came 10 d. the minister who
wa attending him Thought there must De something
on hi. cou-clcp owing 20 the efforts he made 20
-pcal. ard the able on Dis face. He therefore
asked l.u II D., vl-cd 10 relieve DIS mind Of anything
Had hc AWAY done the fair thing to his employer
ooh. yes said the dying man. I'm not uneasy about
that. ! allu- gave him The gold and KEEP nowt but
the .llvcr'- And that. in some measure. NAV ac
count fo7 tnc noyclsts failure to make profit ont u
hi- gardening
An exhaustive History Of Printing in the city Of
NcH York i- iu course u preparation hy Mr. W. W
pt,op. The narrative VIII begin with the unsuc
COS. fl attempt of Governor Loyclacc to procure a
printer from boston. and VIII Doe Handsomely Illus
tratcd n v.u o. published u two qIarto volumc-.
and the edition viii Do limited 70 800 copies. The
wosk viii lc delivered in parts. The author notes
h.- announcement that "up editor who lived by hi,
pen wa- h.oon here before DR.. Noah Webster. who
di,I NOT much more than forty years ago. and no
author can Doe named who supported by his book,
Gufl prr.od much more recent than the beginning
Of the century. Type was not regularly cast tn
l.l1. Publishing began a, a separate business, nor
earlier than 30. iron presses were not built before
LIZ. thr fret wood cnsraycr died within twenty five
years of {" day. and the first advertising agent is stu
living. Yet there now ign this CITY twenty i've
hundred person, depend upon writing for he press
for their bread the typcoIudcrs send their products
All the globe. sin-c firms Of publisher, receive
and paw out many millions Of dollars year. tho
greatest press mandatory In the world lo,a'cd
here huud,'ds Of people live Dos making Illustrations
for the press, and advertising brokers now number
more than i've hundred The spapers and pcriod
Gals Will reach thousaad.7