New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-17

Swinburne's forthcoming play, "The SISTERS ~ NV
of course. TO be put upon the stage. ~ 10 s''
literary performance. The period In WHICH ,ne 81
is set is Just after Waterloo, and the place IS No
cumberland country seat. Two men, Sir FRANCIS D"'-
ton and Sir Arthur Caverng, are the prncpal ch"i"o
ters The book will be published next MONTH
Mr.. IIowells has written poem for Harper' and
called It " Materials of Story"
In "The Westminster Review we find an amusing
article by Mr.. A. A. Haycs-an article WHICH ueai'
with the extraordinary mistakes made by Englishmen
in regard to America and the Americans. Mr. hayes
thinks that nothing in the direction Of geographical
blunders "comes UP to the achievement OF most
courteous and open-minded Englishman who crossed
tho Atlantic with the intention OF famlliarizing hmseif
with the New World. He carried letters TO an eminent
American who answered all his questions, advised
him TO travel extensively and gave him an itinerary
The visitor followed this relgiously; he went. he saw
and he returned 10 his friends house. He was as
founded he said. and delighted He had no Idea
what a magnificent country 1t was, what vast strides
II had made and how much there was to admire.
.Rut nv dear - he continued, 'one thing is
quite certain The Union cannot long endure separa-
ton must ultimately occur upon geographical lines
"sHow and why (! asked his host.
".Why my dear -, when the Panama Canal
separates the North from the southp"
An exact reprint Of Lord Mahons edition Of Chester
be in five octave volumes printed from plea type.
Theodore Watts, writing about Walt Whitman ad-
mts that Whitman had the temperament OF the
noetIcal thinker: that whenever he writes about
death and in one or two lyrics about lincoln. he
is Hne-~ometimcs he is almost sublime; and IL is
by no means sirc that II he could have been com
PEELED to give his attention not merely 10 English
metres hut TO English grammar and English common
sense he might not have left something notable behind
him. There Mr.. Watts praise stops lie records
that ait CHANGED once In RossettPs studio that the
late W Bell scott (who always claimed the honor
Of having invented Whitman for England was talking
with his admirable incisvene.s about the Leaves OF
Gra.s' knew, OF course, that not only he, bnt
other men Of genius and ntellect-such as my dear
friend ". VI. Rossetti, for instance-had, In u,ir
noble yearnnr to sec promised land beyond Phlhsta,
arrived at the conclusion that whatever came lo'l
America had upon It the cachet OF heaven. But
felt SIRE that Dante Rosetti, who was absolutely
FREQ from political social bias-l might "ihos'
have said free from political or social sympathy
could not accept whitman rs poet Moreover l
saw by an uncomfortable twitchng Of the eye rs ne
looked ND nj me over his spectaces, that lie "lspen
the conversation would take another turn. Ana
when | said DO you also believe In the JACK bunso'
Of Parnassus he who, although not good DcResiah'
was a lover OF Jack Bunsby, gave vent 70 UNI
splendid sunaw Of his, and rolled upon the soia III
an ecia.y OF delight
"Thc EouaI Woman, Is the title of Walter Besants
new story Mr.. ". T.. Norris's new mover Is W Oo
called Tho Late vscount Brent Botn are 10 10
first published rs serials. The tart Mrs Lynn Linton
l. finishing novel with purpose-one on WHICH si''
has been Mt work for years. II is study OF the
modern woman at school and college, anu - ~ w
called In Haste and at Leisure
aThc Ellzabethan Library" (edited by DR.. Grosarp
,s IN be published here by McCurg. The first volume
from Tho rTlf
ncy the second extracts from those Oh DIR waiter
Raleigh
Professor Mason doesn't believe that John Keats
was killed by the savage and tartaily' quarterly
article on his poems and he certainly goes FAR 10 prove
that shelley was in the wrong In his somewhat hyS
ter.cal statement 10 that effect Mason SHOWS th"o
the fevcrsh sore throat. which the beginning OF
the development Of his inherited disease IN Keats was
oeouir, in Scottish walking tour betOre the poet saw
,be criticism The three months after he returned
from his Journey he spent In nursing his younger
brother Tom who was dying Of consumption ana NJ
own condition grew worse from that time one can
hardly doubt that had The Quarterly been milo as
June morning the effect OF these experiences "ouio
have been tho same.
Dr. John skcl,ons Life Of Mary STUART Is to be
richly Illustrated with reproductions OF contemporary
documents pictures and prints. Queen Victoria Is
much interested in the publication and has opened the
royal archlyc, the bographcr II IS said TINT inc
work promises be Of the great books OF tue year.
Tho late Mr. Lehman who was the intimate friend
Of most Of the eminent Engl shmcn Of the last
ration. left many interesting letters and rough notes
Of hts rccollccions Among the latter We ind para
graph which gives new view OF Dickens q" Dickens
fond Of Americans writes Lehman. Bnt when |
returned from America In the spring Of 'G3. and
pressed my firm belief I'm the ultimate triumph Of the
North he treated my opinion harmless halucna-
ton
OF Rudyard Kpling English periodical, The
Young Man. says that he owes everything to hard
work. OF course lie has genius. imaginative power.
observation; but they have been trained and developed
In the school Of hard work. At sixteen &c had written
realms Of tale, and verse. II this mature epoch
that he met at dinner the proprietor Of a great Indian
newspaper who was struck with the old fashioned cock
slredness Of the boy. lie asked him II he had written
any thing and finally engaged him at $500 per annum
60 out TO India sub editor Of its most influential
paper. Every one who knows anything knows that
the life OF sub-cditor is much like that OF the toad
under the harrow. Add % that the facilitating climate
Of India and think Of what the NE OF this youth Of
sixteen must have been. lie has given glimpse Of II
in the impressive opening Of one Of his most powerful
Stories The Man Who Would be King What chance
there most folk would say, OF producing stories But
II in such conditions that much Of his best work
done. lie can toll terribly, Queen Elizabeth
said OF Raleigh. Last year. when he was tho lion Of
the London drawing rooms. h. suddenly disappeared.
lie left address; his own relatives called at his
chambers In va!n He had gone into the heart Of the
country with man and typewriter. There he
worked steadily for ten hours day til he had pro-
duccd his last book. When the task finished, he
was almost specchlcss and parayzcd with the ire
mendous nervous strain But he had done what no
meant do he had refused to frltter his time social
frlvolitles and had kept the public at n time when
most necessary for him to justify the fame which
his first book had brought him.
Miss Betham Edwards, the novclst--wlo has often
been confounded to the indignation of BOTH with the
late Amelia b. Edwads-llas In press n book which
promises to be both important and interesting. 1t is
to be called "A Survey OF France Rural social, and
Economic from Personal Observation one Hundred |
Years After the Revolution The author has lived
much in France