New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-04


only twenty three and he WIS twcnty-seven when Ms
Rise and Progress Of the Spirit OF Nationallsm ap
peared.
Edmond dc Goncourt hes Just published nj the axe
Of seventy. the first OF projected series OF tWeiVe
monocIp phs upon japanese artists OF tha iaSt oe"'
The specuating cashier OF great corporation 10
the hero of Mr. Howcls's new novel. he runs a""'
TO Canada and leaves bis family behind
A q Frenchman in America Is the title OF Max
DROPS forthcoming book OF travels. 1t woula seem
10 the ordinary reader that this author had areS ca
haustcd his observations upon ths country anu
another book could hardly toll us anything new w
ara inforned however, TINT its macrih Is eh'i''
fresh II describes his amusing experiences US =
lecturer. and 1t Is profusely Illustrated by T. W.
Kemble.
:CarIvIes heretofore unpublished novel is to be
bropcbt out In the New Review. II Is said 10 present
under thin DISCUSSES many OF his friends anu az
qualntances--n hardly m ideal light perhaps we
mny Judge by the very unpleasant references 10 mos.
Of his friends and aeoualntances" IN MS
The same periodical will soon print bis account OF ms
nurnoc IN Pnris Both works arc 10 be reprinted In
this country.
Tho book on Palmerston which tho Marquis Oh
Iorne Is preparng will contain extracts from an mpor
II Is stated that 10000 copies Of Mr.. stockton's
"Rudder Grange have been sold
Tho monument erected to the poet and dranntst
Ch,Istophcr Marlowe at Canterbury, the city OF DIS
birth was unveiled the other day. by Henry irving
II consists OF o pedestal In Portland stone bcsnns
lite size bronze statue OF the Lyric Muse III WINS
Marlove said irving, IN his address, who frst capp
urcd the majestic rbythns OF our toosnn, ana whose
mighty line Is the most resoundlne note In England
literature Whatever may be thought Of his Qualities
as draatlst and whatever place he may hold among
The great writer's who framed the models Of English
tragedy he stands foremost and apart as the poet VINO
gave rs with rare measure Of richness the literary
form which Is the highest achievement OF poetic e1-
preston. His reputation should be an abiding elc-
ment OF our national pride And, as an actor, am
proud to remember that Marlowcs work. Ike snake
speare's was written primarily for the stage, that,
n not riactor himself Marlowe was intimately asSo-
cated with the actors calling md that the Ezabethan
dramatss with Shakespeare the actor OF their head.
In employing the stage as the first medium OF their
arpeal to posteriy linked IL forever with an impesl-
able glory.
In commenting on the articles on Marlowe which this
occasion has drawn from tho English papers, "Thc
London Spectator says Many Of these have been
excellent In their way, but rule the most inter-
estlng point about Marlowe has been missed. What
makes his career almost literary miracle Is the fact
that he created style and manner OF writing which
In its essentials has remained unchanged to the pres
ent day. Behind Marlowe English poetry may be
beautiful Interesting, truthful to Nature, inspired,
what you wt but 1t IS coniessedy archaic, medieval
unmOdern Contemporary with and otter him. the style
Of English verse IS revolntonized and becomes what,
for want OF better general term, must can modern.
For example, we find Marlowe the moment he begins
TO write, pens such coupets as:
where both deliberate the love Is slight;
Whoever loved that loved not at first sightp
1t was no doubt to be expected that the Renais-
sance would IN England, elsewhere, rapidly affect
our literature. still period of transition to be
looked for, as in France and italy Marowe however
with practically nothing behind him from which to draw
Inspiration for a new form. begins lad Of twenty
to cast his thoughts In the moud which Is used by
tho poets Of the uineteenth century,
Paul Bourgeois "pastcls Of Men, have been trans.
lated by Miss Worneey and will DO published In two
volumes BY Roberts.
"The Story of Massachusetts, has been written by
the Rev. Edward Everett Hale-ono, IL will be ad-
mited well qualified for the task-and the volume IS in
the press Of the b. Lothrop Company.
In discussing the pleasant "Macmlliau' paper on
the unpleasant people who are always nagging On
author to begin his great work." writer In "Tlle
London Globe declares that every literary man knows
that the temptations Of the publisher lie all the other
way. No sooner has the literary man achieved some
sort of position tran abe is beset," says the writer
"with requests TO dlsspate talent that might have
served some high emprise by writing the little book the
little essay the little paper that the favortes Of
an ago much moro given TO tasting the qualities Of an
author in one Of his shortest works than OF studying
him In his longest For that very reason, there are
many men living this moment who, looking back at
the thought they have wasted matter for ephemeral
publications. tossed aside as read, look these
reccptacles for little things charnelhouse Of ideas
To such the writer in Macmillan VIII appear TO be
pulling the wrong way
ouida's new novel, @Tho Tower of Taddeo" will
soon be published. So, too, will Robert Buchanans
story Woman and the Man.
Mr. Froudo describes his new book, "Thc Divorce Of
Catherine OF Araeon," containing the story as told
by the Imperial Ambassadors resident at the Court Of
Henry VIII IN usum laicorum." The book will DO in
reality supplementary volume 10 his "Istory OF
England"
Visitors to Berlin this wiutcr Will have IN oppor-
t,nty of listening to series Of public lectures By
documents relating TO the Roman EMBELLISHMENTS
which he recently discovered In Rome and Egg pit
During the last decade the great scholar has de-
hvered few lectures In Berlin, as he preferred to
prosecute his studies in Italian libraries and converts
Exactly 100 years ago the first letters on
the famous Princess "Lseotte," the Duchess Eliza,
beth OF Orleans, to the Princess Sophie OF Hanover
were published in Germany. For political reasons,
however much Of the correspondence was suppressed
at tho time Edward Bodemaa, director OF the Royal
Library OF Hanover has now repubnshcd the letters
with these important portions replaced. Almost forty
years ago Leopold Ranke, lin his History OF
Francc referred the Princess Sophes letters IN
valuable commentaries upon the events Of the period
In which they were written. Ranhe wos permitted 10
print some Of the unpublished documents at that
time. BOdeman, however, has had access to all
the letters and has given them 10 The public In two
large volumes.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS
The Rev. John W. Chadwick In The Christian Register
zra. 1ahI TINT he ass1Iuncd the L