New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-13

aThe Mischief OF Monica; Archdeacon farrars nove,
Darkness and DAWN; and the third anu oonoiuu-
ing volume Of Professor Gardeners "Hlstmv VI 'ho
Great Civil War"
Madame Michelet Che widow of the historian Will
not allow her husbands correspondence 70 DC pun
usled: and under the circumstances she Woulu Soei
10 he reasonable in her prohibition Inc PoISo''
who are in possession Of the letters t1eo 10 Oins
them out without her consent f1nding they oo"u
not do this they made overtures to the Woo" anu
Iecatees OF Michelet, who promised her consent Oh
condition that the letters should be printed rs they
stood and that she should be allowed TO compare tne
comics sent to the press With the originals oh TINS
heing refused Nine. Micheet declined TO allow the
correspondence TO be published.
a. D C.. writes to aThe Athenaeum": al have
,ound the following sonnet in a notebook Oh o. l.
Colerdge kindly lent to me by its present posseSsor'
b,s grandson, Mr.. Ernest Hartley Coleridge. inc
verses are In the poets handwriting, and the COLI
position Is certainly his, for the Ms, has many COT
rections; indeed, l have had no ntue dlInculVy ~
piecing out the text finally settled. Inc sVc'
however Is so unlike that Of any original coposluoh
known TO be Coleridge's that 1 am much disposed 70
believe this sonnet to be translation probably lroni
the italian or Spanish. II you will be good enough
m nrint II. some reader Of tho Athenaeum' may
recognize the original
Lady to Death we're doom'd, our crime the Same
Thou that In me thou kindled'st such fierce Heat
I that my Heart did Of Sun so sweet
The Rays concenter to so hot a flame.
l. fascinated by an Adder's Eye
Deaf as an Adder thou to all my Pain;
Thou obstinate in ScOrn, In passion l.
7 lovd too much, too much didst thou disdain.
Hear then our doom in He'll as just az stern,
Our sentence equal as our crimes consplre-
Who living baskd at Beauty's earthly Fire.
In living flames eternal there must burn
Hell for ms both fit places too supplies
IN my Heart Thou wilt burn, roast before thine eyes,
Mr.. John Vance Cheney, heretofore known as
poet is about 10 make venture In prose- Lee
Shepard are bringing out a series of essays BY him
entitled "A Golden Guess" They are also publish
tng a volume of notatons Of bird music arranged by
him from the manuscripts Of his father, Mr. s. T.
Cheney. The appropriate title of this book Is
"wood Notes WId.'
It Is supposed that the hardshps Of his youth had
some Influence in leading Henrik 1bsen to take the
sonbre views Of life which I'LL his dramas. When
he was born his family belonged TO the aristocracy
OF tho little town Of Skien and kept" 1t is recorded
"open house on large and liberal SCALE" when ne
was eight years old this comfortable life came 70
sudden end. FTr,aricial difficulties compelled his
father to give mp HIS house in sken and to retire
to a small, neglected estate which all that was
left to him when his creditors were satisfied. Such
a change in social position was deeply felt by the
family and Ibsen grew up In this atmosphere OF sad
ness Then too he wanted 10 become an artist, and
really had much talent for the profession; but HIS
narrow circumstances compelled him to give up his
aspirations and to content himself with the apothe-
cary's trade.
Mr. Anstey's "vice-versa" has been rendered into
Greek for the purpose of entcng unwilling youth into
tho study Of that language.
"Mr W. D. Howells and N. Paul Bourget." says
an English Journal, "The Anti-Jacobin." writing
simultaneously on a matter which concerns Their
common craft, and admitting the same premises,
have arrived at opposite conclusions. Mr.. Howels
maintains that In the drama Of actual life the passion
Of love plays n comparatively unimportant part, and
that therefore the prominence assigned to In fiction
is unveraclous and infdstic NJ Bourget admits
the fact and states the argument based upon II In
language which reads almost like paraphrase OF the
language Of Mr. Howes yet he positively refuses to
admit its cogency, maintaining the tradition en-
bodied IN the definition Of the novel as story dealing
chiefly with love. But VI. Bourget defends the
prominence OF love in fiction not primarily as theme
but as an artistic expedlent The true theme OF the
novelist Is human nature as a whole; but he finds
that As a rule the nature OF most men and women
displays its Characteristic outlines and expression
most effectively for purposes Of presentation when
under the domination of this particular passion.
vous means to the achievement Of truth Is the intro
duction Of love, because Ito paraphrase a familiar
proverb) in amorc veritas. There is some subtlety
in the plea but 1t is none the less sound one The
power of strong passion TO reveal I'm It's entirety the
nature moved by 1t has been pointed out by moro
than one observer notably BY old Thomas Fuller who
said Physicians TO make some small veins in their
patients arms plump ind full, that they may sec
them the better to let them blood, TO put them
into hot water so the heat Of passion presentcth
many invisible veins In mems hearts to the eye OF
the beholder' To which Mr.. HOwells would OF
course reply that 1t need not be passion Of love
but as that passion certainly lends itself most readily
20 artistic treatment, N. Bourget might have the last
word.'
The interference of the literary in Germany
has of late years become especially irksOme. Free
dom of the press apparently, will soon be reduced
10 the same level as in Russia. His prohibition, too
Is sometimes ridiculous in the extreme. Not long
ago the director of one OF the theatres In Magde-
burg decided TO produce George Buechner's drama,
q Dantons Death" What his surprise when
"The staatsanwalt"-the local representative of the
ccnsor-appeared at the theatre and forbade the pre-
sertaaOn Of the piece "because it contained violent
democratic IDEAS Bucchncrs drama, as all who
are familiar with German literature know. has
existed for more than sixty years and has given pleas
ure to thousands of people during that time This
fact however, did not molly the director. Even
Ernst Won wldenbruch's drama, "The New Master, I"
was prohibited for time in Frankfort, although
that imperial autOcrnt, Emperor william, had at
tended and approved of its production in Berlin Men
| of genius in Germany may perhaps soon fear TO
write ut ell.
Mrs Miriam C. Harris. the author of the once very
popular Rutledge,' has written new novel under
the title OF "An Utter Fsure.'
Mr. Percy Fltzgerald's Life Of Boswell. Johnson's
Boswell, is to be brought ont here by Appleton. The
work IS said 10 be full Of anecdotes.
Dr. Bruno Walden has Just published in Germany
popular edition OF Prince Blsmarck's 90 Collected
Works Letters Speeches and onicial Documents
The two volumes contain much interesting material
and form valuable commentary upon the history OF
| the last half century
Mrs. Burton Harrson's new novel IS one OF New
York life, and takes divorce for its leading motive.