New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-28
LITERARY NOTES.

A neat and easily handled edition OF fi~so'a
version of the "Rubayat OF omar hhayyahl' -
coming from the Macmillan press.
Count Tolstoi is apparently given over ho""u's
10 the utterance of nonsense. one OF MS cA""
binary new beliefs is that an author should ho' P"u
lsh at all during his lifetime, as II he does i'o
ne unduly influenced by what people say oil MS WIN
Also. he thinks that nobody should write LOT il0'
Herein he quite agrees with many publishers
Concerning the constant-and foolsh-edooo 49,
literary art. "The Speaker" speaks thus; h"sA,,
ssys somewhere-but the truth must have Dech 49,
nv hundreds before him-that the moment HAN 'a'
really do his work lie becomes speechess 80
Possibly we may carry the thought soeP "' ,,
say that directly a man knows no" lie ooo' ~ ,,,
he becomes an inferior workman In iaoV' ~ - -
49, como Cine were inflicted for the use OF the woruS
.style, technique, art etc' Do'o - Mt
man believe that. when Thackeray sat down 10 "ii',
-. ri. , ho had any laws guide him beyohu
,,s sorso Of what made a quick and lfelKc s"lS
l. not Tom Jones' haphazard, hahd-'ohiou'" nu'
ratlve quite as free Of art as u Is lui Vi eVl'1
And nv What canon OF the close OF the OoS
be dcfendedl'
AVIAN, library blnnders "The Library journal
.ocs these: Books called for: The lady Win inc car
nunc,e. Tho British Encyclo Dom Pedro. ana one
snbscrber. after asking for LOCKE Oh 0io u'iN
Ing. said: "Who is that book byf"
In a recent book OF memoirs tio e'>'O 80 -
"a ouoied as saying that ordinary Old age was op
,ossivo and wearisome while great age. In the rui
s.nso of the TERM was ultimately agreeaoic alIu
nleasant An old man." he added, when nc pdsse'
the flowers in the garden. only sees thef decay
the very old man still finds pleasure IN the "'ei"s
eowers and beholds in decay merely the power Va
recommendation In old age, all duties weigh Hoio
heavily on man. and the tasks of life, winch TIC sun
thinks 1t impossible 10 dispense WITH are h'ore i
aver dfcut TO fulfil the modest prctenslons Oh hoaiS
oa ane afford an undrcamed-of source OF lues A''o
pleasures and simple entoymentS''
Tho greatest Dumas, Dumas Of the " Muske'eers'
narticularly loved white roses and this Is de 'ou
about him and them: one day stout eeh'ienN'n
dressed in black, came in TO him. carrying ilNo 49,
AZ white roses which he offered on the plea OF oelhs
aun admrateur de votre genie" Before Dumas couiu
say a word the man had vanished inoh'h lr'1
"Monte Crston was out, and again the same F1e"'i
.nne,rd with an enormous bouquet Of white roses
"Votre roman est I'M pur chefdoeuVrc- He s"'u' ~"
Tho noses down. and vanished. Another fortmght
nassed and Antony" created sensation on the Stage
For the third time the man appeared with some mag
;ecent uh,o roses for the dIInatist, because \ord
arane est une merveille." :" But who are You r.!
Sasned Dumas anxious not 10 let the mystery -hlnh
escane AS before "Oh, nobody, L am as ooscuie as
ron are illustrousn the reply, "and my name 10
n Aucustes After this the man was seen no molc
bu4 the seouel of the affair explained three ihos
later when Dumas noticed above the shop Of Paris
florist a sigpboard bearing the inscription:
AUGUSTA,
Marchand de Fleurs.
Fournisseur particUlier d'AleXandre Durnas.
~Oue voulez vous dear master?" explained inc
owner Of the shop. 81 had been installed mere lor
three wears and never made penny, but since hd'e
taken YOU on my signboard the guneas are rolling IN