New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-09


Colonel Davidson relates that once while dlhi"S
with tho Carlyles Tennyson being present. inc quoo
ton was discussed as to whether they would acoepO
titles If offered Tennyson was disposed TO uecii'V
such honors for himself and said no title couiu oA00
the simple name Of Thomas Carlyle
"On the Indian River Is the title OF VOLUME hai
pocc and half practical, which Mr. Q. " iiio' ~.
!. The Chicago InterOcean,' Is about 10 PUBLISH ~
deals with lifc climate, game fruit ana aniu'''-'"
on The Indian River Of Florida
In certain agtated British breasts tpero ap H~
20 exist belief that American literature - mo-
Of cheap novels short and incompreheisiDp u , -
stories, poor poetry and volumes OF huihor' s ~
lurd sermons. Once in a while, however we Mn, Nv,
orreeable sunrise AS In this statement by LUZ
London Spectatorp The absurd notion thao ieI'' o
and scholarship cannot flourish in dcmocr'uo go"
and that either the favor Of princes or else tno '
Government resting solely Oh the educd'eo Ca",
necessary for the production of works Of hstor'c
and critical kind is abundantly confuted oy 'n'
which produced every year In Anlorics'
General Meredith Read in CHEEKY paper I'll i"o
Magazine of American History" devotes some niVo
esting paragraphs his literary friends hl i'is
represents the younger Dumas as man Oh 'ic A
heart, full Of sympathy for the poor ana obscure
Is generous, says the American, not Only ~ 80 81,
his money but in giving what is still more plv.'o'
his time and thoughts, to those III heeo "a aN0' "
help. ,,. .hor
This little description Of the fashion In which aholher
friend the late Fortune de Bosgobey did Ills work.
Is suggestive to the writer OF AnSo7oaAon o'ou
Although his abOrs began In the morning. ins E
tie time for composition 10 the afterhooh Nlo'
he had partaken of his second breakfast vi "iu"ay
meal lie lighted a cigar, and, While surrih9 Ii' cup Vi
coffee set his brain in motion to carry OF INC Cne"
OF Imagination which he had temporarily dropped. Ill
n few moments he sat down at his table, In loose
fitting costume without cuffs and with sou roiuhg
collar and wrote with wonderfully ciear ~uo ho"B
pcnmanship and with rapidly when was pcriecCly
Astounding, for period Of four or hVe nouis' HIS
eve becoming more and more brilliant ana MS "hoie
baing infused with the fever Of creation AS his I'M
acinaon threw ont upon the paper some SAD or touc
ing incident his tears fell and the only bots upon
his manuscript A moment afterward he had passed
from grave to gay. and laughed rs heartily as he mad
cried ut his own realistic conceptions
There Is to be issued shortly new cheap ed-
ton of the novels and tales Of Thomas Love Peacock
who In this country at least is little known George
Meredith by the way IS the son-inlaw Of Peacock and
is supposed to have been affected in literary sense
by his influence.
Professor John Dewey in "The Andovcr Review"
looks forward in optimistic vein to the time when the
tongue Of philosophy will be brought into closer con-
tact with the spirit Of poetry In the last few centu-
ries he holds, the onward movement of life, OF eXpc-
rcnce has been rapid, its dversihcation OF regions
and methods so wide, that IL has outrun tc slower
step of reflective thought Philosophy has not yet
caught the rhythmic swing Of this onward movement.
and written It down in Of black and white which
all may read. Or II In some degree philosophy has
laid hold Of the secret Of this movement. it has not yet
been able TO tell It In straightforward simple sylables
to the common consciousness. We must, in tile COLI
reflective way of critical system Justify and organize
the truth which poetry with its quick naive contacts,
has already felt AIN, reported The movement OF
the spirit bringing and man, and nature into
wider and unity, which has found expression by
anticipation poetry must find expression by retrospec
ton in philosophy" Tho inspired of Matthew
Arnold take rank. with Professor Dewey much below
those Of Browning; the first pallld and academic,
the last "a trumpet's peal of Astounding life.'
Western author whose work is attracting much
attention in Boston, where he lives, is Mr. Hamn
Garland. lie born in Iowa and IS Of Scotch blood
His wor. is chiefly devoted to the hard pathetic life OF
the prairie and the farm.
| We fnd an English writer critlcisng Mr.. Klpling's
| work with reference to that of Henry James. 81
third class smoking he says, full Of soldiers
llborers and city clerks. each with his personal OF
professional dialect and STYLE and with that curious
force ard energy which belong TO the less cultured
Mr. Kiplng's manner perfectly to give that
| But drawing full Of moro sophisticated and OF
less Ineligible PERSONS all possessing tue complicated
emotions and using the subtitle language of life eX
ternaly refined what will his robust method make Of
| that Here we turn to Mr.. Henry James. lie viii
| in twenty pages bring home TO the passion the
intellect at work In that room, perhaps during one
| hour only yet each word will be essential aud III
! dspensable"