New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-22
LITERARY NOTES.

William Morris, the poet, Is about to enter upon
a new literary experiment. lie intends III iut"o' ~
if. said 10 bc his own printer. and at least one Oh
hi forthcoming volume, Will be- issued from the press
which he Ia, established in a cottage near his Hammer
mith residence The poet has long been preparing
, new font Of type modelled upon that Of all carry
Italian work which has caught his fancy. Mr. MOTIFS
lax lie way thinks lie has nearly exhausted all tIt
he has to say on social topics, and will gradually give
up the occurring at which he has been so lhue"us"oi
during the last few year,
Mr. Coventry Patmor, think, little Of the poctca
ability of women. He audeS to poetry as "'Hc
,upr,mc and peculiar vocation Of man. an ART III
,hicb no woman Ia, attained the third or lowest
degree of excellence It would be interesting to kno"
what comment, Robert Browning would have made
on this statement.
George Mason. Of Virginia. is to he concentrated
bv the issue I'm two volumes, by the futhams vi ''S
Lie and writing Nason's great erahddaueh'cr
Mis-, Kate Mason Rowland. is to hcsle editor ana 'e
work. II /, stated viii contain much Valuable hS'o'"'
matter never yet In print.
The Putnam, also have in preparation spc'ia
edition. handsomely illustrated, Of irving Ninaor"'
Here f. an anccdo.e Of Thacrcray told In "Thc
saturday Review" ~ friend Of ours wa dining "lth
rl,rncr,y IN A cub or restaurant and gentleman al
,r. rex table Wa, talking To- his friend all the time
in a vrry economical strain. ard explaining now Dy
marketing in such a way, on" con" save p''"'
here and a hafpcnuy there ThlcleTay did not BIO"
the person. but his conversation Jared upon us nerves
A. he brought hi. hand down on the taoi' "'A NV
tl.d and cxcaimeh Good God. sir can you 'Ai" OF
nothing but tvopence hsifpenny Inc 0o'
nentator notes that 10 persons to whom ne dld ho'
. co,ton- the great sarSt was not demonstrauveiy
,ouiai "Onc unwclcOme presence silenced MN lio
was not a good talhcr In the common sense or
n,llaut OF al things. III, delight was to be IN a
small circle ~ his lutimate,.7 There was some truth
m Emerson, description Of him "A biz, fierce weep
ln.. hungry man The pretty prate OF innocent clu
hood would move HIM to tears
.Gettv,burc Thirty Years After" T. the alurnS
tltlc Of the symposium IN this month N"r'h Amer
,, Review vet on the whole IT must be frankly SAID
, IA, pr,rnl,c Of the headline Is hardly kept los the
t.,t The Comte de Pari, epcak' with cautious eic'
rcc Turning aside In grave courtesy from those I'M
rl,,.,nt point, Of chronic GI,pute General Howard
.o,ond Of the sympJsias'--to pa1aph''o,e Nr 80"
r line, ON the British fiou~c % rccrs In good KIDS
George, golden timc--ayr nothing IN particular ao
,.y, It very vcli' pleasantly witlHL Ana "ehcrai
-lo,um tells some good thing, among ,henn ihIs
a.. r,l,eJ Al tine house wl,h ha, always been al
object OF interest to an Who visit ihio t.d. %',, -,
GrorraI ! f. Carr uf Troy. y y, stand, a ttlc one
% Is house. which at the tlnc 81 tai b1'u' VIZ
occupied by Mr.. Eosc AID her ddUSntcr. On lAc
,,G fo5uG m. daughter pirl about eighteen years
of age. alone. bH''N cugasrd IN haMns 4I ETY. ,5
'tyi,,d her t. ~,eA - plar" of safety AT once. she
aid she had batch II bread bahlug In the oven ana
-Lc ronld remain until n TAXED and then leave
When her bread baked. IT was gwen l." our
soldiers. and vas dcvourcd eagerly that she con
confused to tie cad Of the hattl' hakirf and giving
her brad 10 al who came. The great artillery duel
her. from her oven. Pickett, men. Who charged past
her house found her quietly baking her bread and Dis
her hou va, found be rddcd with ,hot and she'll,
ana seventeen dead bodc, were taken from the hou'1
and cellar: the bodies Of wounded men who has
craUlad 10 the little dwelling for shelter.
Twenty years after tho clos Of the war. General
carr, men and Others held grand reunion AZ Getty
hurs: and learning that Josephine hog'rN VA, suil
living, hut lad married and tahon mp her re- itnce IN
a acE ri if a"d bc and had her " to her
old homo and tell them the story which thNy AL knew
20 we'll They decorated her T lna score Of ' W
should not IA" poet mmortalizc Josephine Rogers, ~
he did Barbara Frletrhlel
General Doubledays contribution is also good. but it
tell, nothing now and the hungry render NAV be
advised 10 buckle in hol, two IN his belt and stay
hi, appetite for what sickles. Buttertcld and the
others may have to offer in March.
An eminent English critic that " the foolish
word .poc"ss' is standing witness In our language
10 the national obtuscncsS. How little must the
,ri,ti~ cunsiutCn-thc third scyhe under TODD among
| "A "A
inorganic such distinctions are Of course. needs no
| Illustration
Wa5hngton's own copy In two volumes Of Tho
Fcdcralst," with memoranda in his hand crcdtng
the ESSAYS TO Jaw Madison and Hamilton. sold
i'm Philadelphia the other day for $3.50 per volume
II IS understood that il bought for senator Hearst
The same buyer secured many Of the other valuable
books at this sale Of Washng onlana.
The last Of the family Of the famous Brontcs has
departed though Mr. Nichols. the husband Of Charlotte
sin survives. Alice. the youngest sister Of Patrick
Rr0ntc and aunt OF Charlotte and Emily, died fort
| night ago. She nincty-fvc years old.
And now It is gravey stated that NJ. Theurlct the
editor OF Marie Bashkrtscf', Journal, never had the
original document before him at ALL that whole episodes
have been omitted, and-worsc thln all-tlat " four
or five years are taken oil Maries age" Who cares
In truth the reading public has had enough of this
morbid and in many ways vulgar book.
Clark Russell has been writing boys story. which
Whit aker will soon publish under the ttle Of Master
Rochfcllar's Voyage
Mr. Ruskn, II Is reported is extremely tender as
regards his personal appearance. lie Is quoted as
saying that he is dissatisfied with all his portrait
and that The truer and more candid they the
less he for them. like to 10 battered, both
by pen and pencil 1t is done prcttily and in good
tastc,r he said humorously.
IN have TO ASA fare for him. maam," said the
ductor as he wen; through the railway train.
THAT little fcllow''
Yes'm.T
why. he /, in his childhood sir
Is he :" inquired the conductor thouehtfuy. First
or second. ma'am lf-(Washington Post