New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-12-27

"wotton Reinfrcd- is the title of the story ~
Thomas Carlyle which l. to be- brought ont shortly.
II IS TO appear Ia the volume VITA his lately
ptjnted Excursion to Pars--a Journal which pre-
sents rs author in unoommony dnil. oonoolted.
and nl-tempered attitude Of mind.
An important and welcome announcement is mads
concerning the publicati I'm Iarpers Magsdnes u
lanes Russell Lowell last literary work. This
comprises six papers the Old English Dfamaistz'
papers which are said To be among the richest ard
rpest fruits OF Lowels genius. They viii appear q
intervals In the magazine during che coming year.
Tie author OF an article in Black and Whites
saws. IN mentioning Blsmarck's knowledge d
Shakespeare: Prince Bsmarcks conversational
he be walking driving. at tables one continual
coruscation OF fancy and idea However trfing the
subtect started IL Is certain TO evoke one OF thoss
bright flashes OF his unique mind which has enncAed
the German tongue with store Of winged sords.'
For Bismarcks epigrammatic sayings have already
secured for him niche In the eclnee OF National
folklore side by side with Goethe. schiller and Pred
eicl, the Great. A love for Shakespeare Is one %
his most conspicuous mental characteristics. Hs
knowledge OF our English bard is eAuaorilnay-it Is
part of the very flesh and blood of TIE man. Ia
quotes him continually. and with marvellous aptitud,.
some years ago article in an English MAGAZINE vss
England's true policy TO hold herself aoof from
Continental politics. and that Italy would be well
advised to retire from the Triple Alliance. The
article was anonymous, being signed simply by tH
letter g. Bismarck reading 1t when, looking up
TO visitor he asked him whether the article IN ques-
ton did not recall any passage OF Shakespeare TO his
nomorv His visitor, thoroughly familiar with
Shakespeare racked his brain in vain TO find an anal
ogy. 'Iut surely-iust think, said Bismarck don't
Won remember Richard the Thiri'i Think OF those
words. England beware Of Gloucester!''
Marion Crawford's new novel, Don orsno,' VIII
complete the tale OF the House OF sarcinesra II
WILL in this country appear In the pages OF Inc
Atlantic, while in England 1t will be published In
" Macmllan's Magazine
An interesting letter OF Charles Lambs. lately OF.
fered for sale in England. shows that he received
reasonably good remuneration for his literary Won.
Internal evidence declares that the letter was wrted
in 1926 TO Coburn. the publisher of the New hohtnv
Magazine to which Lamb began TO contribute aiur
the London had passed ont OF the hands Of Taylor
and Ueesey To the New Monthly he was comSo-
uting the papers entitled Popular Palaces he
writes -,
am quite ashamed, after your Kind letter, Of nav
ing expressed any DISAPPOINTMENT abou, my iens ~.
Grafton It is quite equivalent TO the value can ~
mon ANYTHING have sent you bad twenty gan r
n shee from the % London. and what did Tor men
was more worth that sum than anything, am arsiuy
can now nroducc wonli be worth the lesser sum- I
used up all my best thoughts in thar pn0hcau", nna
DO not like to go on "ilHhs "Or'c anu "' ~
that / do 49,
The letter goes On 20 say lie Is surc that. quanv
for quality the later productions are the better paul.
and that IL he writes anything more for Ills cono
spondent perhaps rate something between tat Oh las
London and the other-wlich i no specmN-hns'
be arranged. lie adds that he writes because nc
ashamed to see his correspondent. ana bess tie N'
pIoi ~ ms be
Colonel John Hay has written Il new poem nnoef
the title OF Night in Venice" II has been ustra'',
and will be printed in he next number OF h~pe''
one Enxsh critic. rt least. hnd' Walt Whitmans
last volume. Goodbye Ny Fancy not entirely "
his tas.e This Is the reviewer OF "'Tlc AniJacoo"'
Who admitting that the book has some uu'n anu
beauty declares withal thas It's TrT7il'y' " ca
pressed in one OF the most wonderful dialects ever
vented II Is not American. and assuredly IL i wv
English Journalism has not Influenced it, nor ms
cellaneous reading 1t Is deliberate attempt 10 VIM
without law or precedent: Mr.. Whitman has oeen y
n great feast OF languages and stolen the scraps
favorlte word in his new book is Unchanged ths' y
mJrcc.laneous, discursve. unmdDdTaL pesuoN,
20 speaks OF Unchanged oositations' upon Anerp"'
national literature; and very sound and true thes sc
But in six pages we have the words men'ans, ~
Iofcal' .idocrastes,' 'beredtaments,' mteie'u"
offensive
Carmen sylvia Is not the only poet born near ":
stems of n throne The Grand Duke Constanuhe |"
Russia cousin OF the Car and HUSBAND VI
Princess Elizabeth OF Saxony -Altenburg' reoe'"'
published volume OF poems which have been 'rs"
lated into German by Juhus Crosse. The "i"ne
Dukes poems, interpreted by Crosse, nave v,e-
prsed by the German critics. The lines are raue.
unpretentous, yet they show depth on lscIs sur.
a way of looking at things which Is sou.Nhst S
prising IN one Of his rank and siau' me sasex
choIy aud rather pesSmi>tc ~ On gtNr%..s
the poems shows that tn .i'uAs u,h,,.
not found life under the shec the "in ~
Throne rs entcing and selfsnii,s sing rs so'' ="
mantle maginations have pictured It,
DR.. Langbchm, the author Of Rembrandt as IN
Educator has been unsuccessful with MS Law"
book, Forty Songs by German Owing 70 ~.
protests OF number OF clergymcn. who believed mAs
the Doctor had not treated religion with IN. 49, -
respect, his book has been connscated DIV w 80
man Government. The Doctor Is grrat n,' han
cellor recently nj Friedhchsrnhe.