New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-07
LITERARY NOTES.

r,r.u, ,v,,+ Harry. a grandson Of Patrick Henry
,a roIative also OF william Writ the biographer OF
Henry, has prepared In three volumes the Lie O"r
| resnondence and Speeches OF Patrick Henry l"iee
ranttv Of heretofore unused material has conrioueu
N the interest and value OF this work-a gFeao ha,'
nrivate papers Of Henry State documents IN NO, ne
Executive Journal kept during Henrys service az oOs
| ornor etc The scribners viii publish these volumes
| In the autumn
| auo, and rucvn is the old fashioned tltle-reml
| n,sccnt Of Miss Edgeworth and Er. Day-of Dr. Du
ward Everett Hale's new novel 1t Is e'ory u
Boston life and is to be published serany III lhe
| Boston Commonwealth
7, u s,o,ed that Rudyard Kpling's grandfahers were
| both Wesleyan ministers. Rudyards fatner is ue'
scrbed as man Of great ability, who has heiu oil luz
portant position as artdrector In lnda' many So"'
ago he was an artist In what has since become te ee.
house OF the Doultons The works were then situated
at Bursem In England. Near Burslem Is pretty hV'le
| village named Rudyard, Of which the hiphhgs were
| very fond-hence young Rudyard's name An bnghSn
| writer says Of father and son:
Mr.. Kiplng senior, is at present decorating ceiling
boz book !ns dealing HES with the picturesque LIE India
Among his gifts Is mmicy and those VINO nave hc h
n nnrteet i maserg Of the dialect Here then further
explanation Of that extraordinary mastery OF dalee,
he Ras heard the dialect Of the daes and Learoyd owes
something TO the father as well as Inc SON nebsps
Scarcely expedient One story b. Ba, Black Sheep"
me IS s1gu II gnvc Sf the SSd sen
home from India to the gid home OF aunt K KSy
pee Off BIT rC Of Rnd d d Kng sV This
desoaton Of childhood was his Another stoy oeaHS
q Macmlan's,' amazed Yorkshlremen by the truth Of
its coorlng, especially as 1t was stated that us aunOr
AS a boy he spent some time I'm Yorkshire, and In his
fathers "reminiscences he would have perpetual imno
of material for similar sketches. When the time comes
for fuller statement the public will probably be sur
prsed 70 find how strong IS me personal anu auVo
biographical element in all Rudyard Kiphngs WORKS.
| Mrs Chanler (Amelle Rives) has written novel
which Is being illustrated in Paris and which Is to ap
pear as a serial in The Cosmopolitan" The first chap
tiers are to be published in the August number
limited edition at prohbitive price Of an uncom-
monty interesting book has Just been brought out In
England by its author Mr. Nichols Of Lawford Hail. In
Essex The volume traces the fortunes Of this famous
old Essex mansion from Saxon times TO the reign OF
Henry vIII and said to have all the attraction Of
| n novel; introducing such welknown but misty his
torical characters Duke Humphrey and Erasmus
| The book had an odd beginning. Many years ago the
| children of Mr. Nichols amused themselves with
private printing press, and 1t was to find occupation
for that he wrote out the first sketch OF the nail OF
| the house and the shields hanging in 1t. For some
reason the project failed and the Ms laid aside I'LL
the idea occurred Of sending it to the for the use
Of visitors as an explanation Of the heradic devices
OF the thirty-ono shields that hang in the hail. Mr.
Nichols was ured and on IN the path OF authorship
till he ended with producing goodly quarto with 800
| pages of handmade paper.
Mr. shorthouse, the author of John Inglesant" has
completed a new novel called Blanche, Lady Faaise"
| The original agreement for Barnaby Rudgena be-
tween Charles Dickens and Bentley the publisher, has
Just been sold in London. From this 1t appears that
| 900 600 for the copyright. How
much did Bentley get, we wonder'
| This IS grievous. An English author, being asked
by the paragrapher of The London Globe" how he was
getting on with his book American opinions OF Eng
land answered that his research had quite spoiled his
| taste for Yankee wit 1t capital at first, he ex-
planned only 1t pals. The wits all seem to have
been smart in the way, and he has come TO the
conclusion that H. for example, you show jewels 10
distinguished American II he does not guess they are
paste, he is bound TO calculate that glass would do
as well! And this grows monotonous after awhile
| And these are critics who admire the works Of Mr.
Jeromel
"An Imperative Duty" Mr. Iowells new novel; Will
be begun in the July number of Harper" The same
number will contain novelette, by Mr. Janvier with the
| taking title Of The Episode Of the Marques de
| Valdehores."
At a recent meeting of the Vienna Academy OF
Sciences Professor Karabacek read paper which is
destined arouse great interest in the Mohammedan
world. Among the most cherished treasures OF the
Crown Of Turkey is alleged original letter OF the
Prophet which discovered about the middle OF
tho present century in Oriental closter In 1858
| It was purchased by the Sultan Abdul Mcdshld for
100000 plastres European and Oriental savants de-
clarlng their belief in the genunencss of the letter
Years AGO, however, Professor Karabacek, after eN
tended photographic Investigations expressed his doubts
as to the letter. Since then he has continued his
studies among the celebrated manuscripts In the col
| lection OF Archduke Rainer Of Austria. Upon the
strength OF discoveries which he has made the pro
fessor asserts that the letter is forgery made at
| least two centuries after the death of Mohammed.
Among other things the professor says that he can
prove that the seal Of the letter belongs to period
subsequent to Mohammed's.
Emil lola recently spent considerable time in the
study Of the batte1elds of Asace- Lorraine. He
Obliged TO secure permission from the German Govern
ment to prosecute his Investigations. The author
intends TO use the results OF his study in his coming
| novel, which is TO be called War"
| Goethe's "Faust y recently produced in Copen-
hagen, its first representation there. The poem
translated by Professor Hansen. Although the play
| lasted five hours, 1t met with great success.
students of French dramatic literature will cordially
welcome the new edition Of French Dranatlsts of the
Nineteenth Century by Bnnder Matthews, which
has recently been published by Messr Charles Serb
ner's Sons. It Is handsome volume Of 321 pages
containing a descriptive preface, brief chronology
Of the French drama since 1900, twelve chapters on
| French plays and writers, a quantity of notes. and a
careful index. The first edition Of this book was pub
lished in 1881. The present edition contains one ad
ditlOnal chapter, giving rapid review Of French
| dramatic products within the last ten years Each
chapter, Furthermore, has been revised, and. the
author declares, brought down to date Mr. Mat
drama had been told and that. since picture OF
| the whole period could nowhere be found he has
sought to give outline Of the Of the drama
In France. from the first quarter Of this century to
the present time Ills book is exceedingly instructive
and useful Beginning with an account Of the romantic