New-York tribune., 1891-02-15
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
The course Of lectures which, it is hoped, Mr.. Ed
mund c. Stedman will be sufficiently recovered from
his present serious illness 10 give at Johns Hopkins In
March, deals with The Nature and Elements Of
Poetry The subjectdlvlsions uincude "oracleS, Od
| and New What Is Poetry - Creative Poetry and
the Poetry OF self Expression" Beauty truth
Observation-Disclosures and The Faculty Divine.'
Those who cannot listen to these lectures will DOUBT
less anticipate eagerly their appearance in book form
"The Childhood and Youth Of Charles Dickens Is
the title OF forthcoming volume. devoted princlpauy
| to Dckens's early life In the quaint old town OF
Chatham. 1t will open with an account OF the mar
rage OF John Dickens the birth of the hero, and inc
house in Ordnance Terrace will form other subjects
The Mitre the House the Brook, and Ges's school
will be described then an account OF the boys leaving
Chatham for London and beginning life Will be given
Dlckenss in the law and his Work as reporter
will form other chapters The illustrations, some
seventy in number will be, 1t were kcynotes TO thc
story for they depict all the known places ana itl'
| erary with which Dickens's name is linked. Besides
the ordinary ISSUE there Is to be an edition dc luxe
| Of the book.
| The subjoned formula for theatrical criticism was
suggested by a cynical writer for the press Henry
Clamp IT, long since dead. 1t will be found exceed
ingly useful and 1t is quite harmonious with the spirit
OF the average theatrical criticism found In the news
papers OF this period
Theatre The performances at this -
house last evening in every respect ---. The
play was the - ever written in this country, and
was placed upon the stage in --- style. Both the
company and the scenery were -. For the gen
eral stage mana cement have words to express
our ---. Mr. ---, in the part Of -, was as
- as ever. Mr.. more MessrS. ---
| and - also deserve a word of -, while Mr.. -,
| noJ tl,c tof-
- In respect to the ladies Of this most - the
atre It Is needless add that they acted with their
usual and displayed their --- to the greatest
advantage The music of the piece, composed eX-
| pressly for 1t by the - conductor Mr. -, was
-. on the whole, we do not remember ever having
seen more performance. The attendance was
-, and offer - TO the - manage
mcnt and trust that in future they will endeavor to
- and thus secure the --- Of the --- publc.'
Many are the "Amcncanisms" which
frankly accepted in England part Of the language
" The London Daily News notes that caucu'," and
| mugwump' and boss and " TO stump and plat
| form Cprogramme schedule Of policy, and gerry
| Wandering and lobbying have all been adopted
! and it adds: But the Americans. except the small
set Of Anglomaniacs borrow nothing In language from
us-unlappy. least OF all do they borrow our spelling
We are more likely to take up traveller, and honor
and theatcr' than they to use tho English equiv
| alents7
The transfer Of the English edition Of Tarper's
Magazine" from sampson Low to Mr.. oSgood IS TO
| result In the setting up Of periodical Me'srs.
| sampson Low are 10 begin in May the publication OF
new illustrated magazine Of their own.
| The following pretty and heretofore unpublished
poem by John Boyle ORely is to appear in the Life
| which his widow has edited:
Love true to me,
True and tender.
] who ought tO be
Loves defender,
Let the cold winds blow
TIL they chilled him.
Let the winds and sun
shroud him1agd IA, | knew
Years he cried to
70 be kinder.
And grew binder
Years with soft Lands raised,
Fondly reaching,
Wcpt aud prayed and praised,
stlll bcsccching.
When he died. woke,
God how lonely
when the gray dawn broke
Now beside Loves grave
! am kncchnS.
All he sought and gave
feeling.
rlc sweetness and light that should mark the poet
are not invariably pcrccptibc, appears IN ihe a"'
~ Maud" II (, recorded that lady oi O'u'''l"H
charms but rather decided manners. was uder p"c9'
q, discussion between the poet and acquaintance.
81 think she IS a well meaning woman,' pat IN tho
acquaintance timdly. "Nc',' snapped the poet
. nal, ,,,or,,g enough shes rather pushing
woman though murmurcd the acquaintance Nc'S
much %" growlcd the laureate. She wouh ma"
her way through brick wa-if there wac duke tho
other side Of III
rh. clever English novelist. A. Conan DOYLE Is
h,ctan and writes In the intervals Of his practice
as a specialist.
The widow Of Dr. Henri Schllcmann will soon begin
tho continuation of the work left undone by her nus
hand according to foreign papc's. II Is well known
IN friends and admirers Of the great archaeoloSst a'
Mrs. Schliemann took the greatest interest IN 'ho
tudic, and duties OF the Doctor 1t Is not so gen
orally KNOWN however, that common admiration
Gran era i,oracr brought the two together. after
scllcmannS arrival in Athens ne ncaiu rgP9rt, W , ="
(oIig pupil In the ''Af>altoG who was able 10 rrPhI
,bne chapers q Homer without the assistance oi inc
tcYf schlenann at once believed that the yonnS
woman would understand him, and asked for an intD
Gnrti1n ACQUAINTANCE with Miss CastromcroS con
nrmcd him in his surmlsc and he soon ai'er"afu iaoo
her his Wife
Dr. W. H. Russell the oldest Of living war cor
respondents is absorbed in writing his memoirs. Ho
take, time however, 10 write nnumenble letters ana
10 edit-admirably-" Army and Navy Gazette
G0DWIy's OFFICE
From Temple Bar
In the winter Of 1888 3f Lord Grenvillc died at an
advanced age. and Lord Auckland was appOlhlcu
Auditor temporarily. until the necessary step soIl'
Ir tnkcn by IdGlament 10 provide for the new rcSna
fo, Of the duties of the ENchequer. Ii was ,nDou
hiS time that william Goodwin, author oi "Iolt,@1
Iusticc.r and father of Mrs shelley, was aplHucI
Ycoman Of the EXchcqucr; the man VINO pre'rdru n.i
t. ,bIs Office was the one whom used to cmpoF
a. gct our luncheon or fetch pots Of porter; in fact At
rave him only the same place aS one o the mcsSrn-
,crs Imt We all fcit that IL utterly impossible
70 treat this very old gentleman in such MANNER
the
a. ARRANGEMENTS made fJr OF the messengers
IN do nj, mcnal duties. and after the alteration III
Tho offices his attendance ceased altogether. though
believe his salary continued 10 be paid rs long as lie
lived.
CARELESS TEACHER OF DEP0RTMENT.