New-York tribune., 1891-03-08

the Treasury, has contributed 10 fltrPcre ""e"'N'
are to appear with Others in book form Ihe Voiu'c
will be entitled "reminiscences Of President -hcoi'
In commenting upon Bret IIartcs latest volume
"TlIe London Saturday Review says that MS genius
Is the genius of brcvy which is ruined II IL becomes
tho genius OF detail bnt he must be careful 10 snit
his subjects to his talents and not to fix upon those
which require more development than he Is able to
give them'
The baltimore papers give enthusiastic reports Of
Mr. stedmans lectures Poetry at Johns Hohins.
one OF them says edtorislly Of the opening lccpiIe
that it was in all respects OF the most notable
gatherings I'm the history of Baltimore. With hardly
an exception the students Of the university have set
their names down for the course; and baltimore
society filled bit of space in the hail.
zoa's next novel is to be study of the soldier Of
the Army OF the second Empire. It's title VIII DC
" la Debaclc."
II is thought that Zolas silly book, lie Reve,' was
written with view to the honors of the French Acad-
envy When n friend asked VI. ZOla II he thought nc
had chance, he replied :" / know l have not uhe
slightest at least this time but mean to perseVcfe'
and in the end hope TO succeed. think man. ana
especially an artist ought to aspire to all The hohos
he can obtain and that he thinks he merits seat
in the Academy the highest literary honor for u.s. ana
| mean to try for it,"
Nav I bore YOU said the critic, "with few
protests against slip slod English lou VIII. am
,urc confer great favor upon many readers II you
ask al! writers 10 guard against the 'and which habt
Really It's very common sin one, to use AZ expression
as vile As II is frequent. quite popular with the
pcoplc.' scott was terribly addicted to the VICE
Dl,rae sinncd the way. and conteinpoTaneouS
literature teens with examples Of the fault VIII
give you one or two instances where ones ear IS al
most silt by the s0ecism: The speaker told hl'
listener, that he acknowledged that his party was
I iioh G. v-a. cuCppClr
/, ono Of Scott's: lie begged him at the same tmc
carefully t. preserve for him particularly the
arms and 10 which the friend hip Of the donors
gave additional valuc' IIill quotes that sentence
and this: II r. n. tho Princess Of Wales Acknowledges
and for which she Is profoundly Iec0enlzant
This IS Queens English with vengeance. Wen. your
which referring TO preceding clause IS as bad.
witness: .Thr rebels then advanced and fired sud
denly. which the Government forces returned rake
another: lie became financially involved which
10 did in th, way That which causes a deal Of
agony in this world.
one thing more and / Will give Won rest for to-
dav Watch Your particlpes. Here is an old eX
ample which la, always stuck in nv brain sailing
up the river III, town seen THIS Is one oi te
wonders ~ wonders In 'he first place tnc to"h Is
naturally sailing against the current 50 that II must
have a fair wind and marvellous spread OF canvas
70 make hcadway. IN the next place, what must he
town IS suro 10 strike bridge or small county, and
then good by TO some valuable real estate. Don't tell
peoplc that A town o a mountain is of on yachting
cruise when you yourself are enjoying the SAIL ID
the expression judging Judging by the past the
coming wear will see unsurpassed prosperity always
wonder at the foresight and judgment Of The past bh
can't help asking the past' mental operation
If Judging 50 often doesn't give it a headache
yonng Mr.. Justin II. Mccarthy Intends to give mp
eutirpy literature
4 verse translation OF omar Khayyam' VIII trst
engage his atcntion-thOugh why In the existence ot
rltzrer,ld's translation another should be made 1t IS
hard 10 say.
Those who have often noticed newspaper references
to the poet" Clos, will be amused by and Interested
in his uotc his career taken from The London
Daily New:
annie Of the ItL. Wisdom with which pensions on
the Ciyn ii,t are sometimes eInhied Toward Iowad me thc
.,S,on,bcd Ia learn that civil service pension had
been awarded Mr. Close, Of the Lake Country, ioi
close but every body began 10 ask about him. and 1t
va, soon discovered that he was an obscure writer
Of doecrYc! Lord Palmerson himself, on whose recon
mcndatinn the pension had been granted. frankly
owned that h" knew nothing about him. and that he
had recommended him al the Instance of third party
some of h, cru>ous Immediately published. and
II was at once seen that there had been ml'tahe.
ihn House and the Minister was wise enough not Ia
attempt to defend it. lie excused himself on me
6oolH he was not anything In Continental politics OF
ilc inc' of European courts, and the:''1re he was
something Of which Lori Palmeis;on felt he might
gracefully be ignorant Il was amusing so far. but
il turned tagical when the pension was withdrawn
rommnici after a fashion, by donation of cl0o nom
tho Royal Eau1ty Fund. The poet then went back to
hls trade which believe the hawking OF news
papcr, and guide books In the Lake District at any
r.tr such was MS trade few years ago. TO the last
one PT in a T Eot Esd yan Oseof Smo to tn nm" me @ and
wa, honestly possessed with the idea that his loss OF
Ge pension was Win aHS d 10 IN the nf s 05 05 SGn@s ScaG
grievance The pension should never have been given
hu given, and hi; hopes thus raised Of a perna-
have been taken away; The discussion; on the sub.
at the time Of the appointment II was a rsvelau1n
~ the busy Minister contempt for literature lie
had given this pension lie might have given patent
TO bootmalcr and hc N3rmod 10 think that there was
something fine in having given II in THAI way.
To poa,c ills Wifi" is a good title for a story :;
and it Is that ct The tale which Thomss Hardy is now
writing.
Ms Stqnnard John Strange Wintcrl. the author of
Bootlcs Baby" i, about TO undertake the editing and
publishing of penny weekly
Walter Peasant says in The Autlor" There is
tain religious pubhcr-ircm whose clutches may the
Lord preserve us-who f0lnd lady with MS.-thcy
are plentiful blachbcrrcs. This Ms howcvec was
a s,lable Ms lie consented TO publish IL, and to
civc her half the profits Further. he agreed that
fresh arrangements to be made for second edition
The man. however. was too foxy to set down this
in writing lie allowed the lady to make not, of the
| agreement and forgot to send it u her In writing.
Two or three years aftcrwad the author discovered
| that there had boon new edition published with
ont reference to herself aud without sending her any
| occounts She wrote and got reply. The
religious person took no notice of her letter She
wrote again and got at last letter and statement
| of accounts. II as follows:
9 $: d.
= S. d..
| by sales Co ~
Deficiency ol j
ELL 16
The letter deplored the heavy loss OF The firm the
book said nothing about breaking tho agreement. and