New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-07
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
Mr. Joseph Francis. the venerable ionhu'F ~ Wv
United Stale Lie saving >crN ice L. az '' AZ "
| ninety writing his autobiography Mr. fTin'''S W.
lection Of designs and original m|i' ot uo''' j ~
| I'm the possession possession OF the -ini'h-ohiln
OF Cardinal Manning his friend, "iH1h N''.'"'
| saws that his recreation II he had any Wa P.'''
| nalv literary To a Young university man JUL ci.
| tcring ne he said An English seh''cltn S"'"''
| read Horace and hide 10 hounds
In the Young writers OF hi latc- DAYS, ahc' Pr
Ncyuell IA, Cardinal took lively interest ir'
ourn,ly buving books Of minor verse WINCH he DIV
praised In the rc.iew,. WIKI the more Intimate no'' Ill
| modern poetry he was not in touch: his habits as
well a, hi training led him 10 other paths Yet "
| ,;s no, condemn or brush aside what lie could moi
follow ard feel lie recognized his limitations, ana
no was ~ pains - make the prettcSt speeches. "
nutbor. who>. work hc knew To be sincere. though
WA, out Of the rang. OF hi5 own apprc'auol' anu
,h.,.tore not matter for critical discussion 'fon
exvc me a book which kept me awake - ave YOU
n hook 70 send son sleep, he said laughing 10
vo,nc author offering her AT the same time h' 'iIce
,o,,nlaable volumes OF sermons on fcclcsasu'al
suh,ects.'
lie did moi get over MS prejudice agniu't the pub
| ucation Of a mans religions experiences IN MS own
| tfc fiutc
81 cgot.m: and when he read Marie BashIr'Seh
d,or no rxScr hastily seized upon IT as new PROOF
that he was right
vr Robert Lons stcvenson's book on the history
a., samoa r 20 be brought ont during the sprihs' No'
| the Am. time MAJ may he exporter MS novel; i"o
w,eclcr - and a collection Of miscellaneous MAGAZINE
u,u.rs which Is "a H. entitled Across lhc fiaiis
WITH other Mcinoric, and Essays.
Among The reprints IN preparation Is an edition OF
pnroncs. Tautphocus's novel. The INITIALS l"l> Il
book Of perennial charm. one qualified TO dehsn' sue
cce.v. generations md the Puinams are wise III
making the reprint thoroughly handsome one for the
| library.
TIL. new volumes Of The P,uot and Chlpicz series
ID, ,nc.nt Art are coming from the press Of Armstrong
Ihe.., deal with the History of Art In Persia fhryga
LYDIA. Cara and Lycin.4 and will contain about I'VE
hundred illustrations.
Thomas Hughes IN his preface to The edition oil
Lowelrs poems lately Published by Macmillan
,lo,so,,Iy says: AS am volunteering for guide
II s onlv fair that should state frankly why want
Il, take Others along the road have travelled myself
o,a which by this time know and love 10 well. IL
1, then IN a word because Lowell Ia. OF MI the poets
~ our tine the whom the spiritual dsco"r"se
ment and disappointment 80 Characteristic OF the as'
| half OF our ceutury-tie ycarning for NTH which
seems TO have vanished past the hope OF recal-ha'
taken the ughest hold. TO extent this Is true
Of other American poets, Of Longfellow ana winter
for instance and suppose there must be something
I'm the air OF new country which. IN the realm OF
poetry keep. on subdues the contason OF the old
world Al any rate. tho darkness. or twilight. wh'ch
gathers round two Of tho three cardinal vrtnes-fah
md hopeof best English singers viii not be found
I'm this volume II II not That Lowell has not felt the
shadow but that be has been able to get from under
II lie has been IN the cloud but has passed through
Il into the clear sunshine beyond and behind it,
The authorship Of poem called My Mothers
Ioud.p was incorrectly ascribcd u William Winter
by The Boston Gazette and this error has travelled
far Mr. Winter requests that 1t may be corrected.
The latest product OF the pen Of the Spanish poet
lose Echegaravy. Is play In three acts. which was
| produced not long ago in Madrid, and met WITT
| nth, success The play is political In Its nature
| strangely enough. and the poet himself Is one OF
| the heroes II principal character bearing his full,
name The play begins. In fact. with scene IN the
| Office of Echegaravy. when he Minister Of wor.
shin In 1875 The author as, appears in the seconc
and third acts "a, II dramatic poet. No other Spanish
author has attempted TO immorialze himself In tina,
WAY and spanish critics do not believe that the sel
| an,theoss on the part of Echcgaravy will add much
| 10 his fame.
Eugene Field declares TINT there Is no truth in the
story that great magazine Ia be founded In Chicago
that such an enterprise may be started thcio by and
by-.ay in ten ycaIs' time; but that Is prospective
To the degree perspective. he attempt he adds.
| 4" TO found a great magazine in Chicago Mt this time
would be u wrctched act OF insanity, and there IL
| nobody In tho West presume to say. 80 Insane as
! to make the attempt"
one who set type in great English establish
ment remembers for the benefit OF "rhc Writer the
| time when that most fascinating OF nonsense books.
Alice In Wonderland put into metal from young
| Dodgeson's Ms. AS YOU the writer. grave,
almost sod looking young man. going In and out OF
Worcester College. or at the Office about the proofs,
| you could scarcely think such melancholy looking
authorship could produce 50 merry n book.
And here Is another Bit OF reminiscencc which has a
chn acterist.c flavor: About six years ago. in Lon
DON | was setting up In type some neat printed copy
with quaint little drawings nj the end VI the chap
ters or wherever there blank. II the author
enjoyed the work OF writing his book but full OF ee's
end oos and other vagaries VI spelling. which played
havoc with the contents OF the and the more
trouble there set the type the lower and lower
in our esteem did the merits OF the work descend
Lorna Doone' came for hard criticism ut
bxpds,perhans tho hardest cnucsm 1t ever received