New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-13
LITERARY NOTES

LITERARY NOTES
| aNo,rmade. the poem which Mr.. Aldrich mas
| contributed 10 the holiday "Iiaper." Is story %
| the Orient, related by the poet Mrtzy Moham"'e"'
Ah'
Tn. lat, Xavier Mariner who mas left empty
,o,hcr s.st IN the French Academy. was great
| hook collector and was accustomed 70 ""Eet '
| hours together at all the bookworm resorts VI i
A curious clause In his will tcstifes 10 the Pea'"
| no found among the book stalls: In memory Vi ".
| happv moments which have pared In he ni'uo'
y, the second hand booksellers on the 1uays OF -'e
| seine moments which reckon among the mos
| orrecoble Of my existence ! bequeath 10 "''e
honest people n sum Of 900 francs. desire "'i'
this money shall be spent by them !" 'e"
hanouet during which they viii be able 10 a"'"'o
themselves while thinking OF me-. IL VIII Nv Wy
thanks for the many hours which have inte"ec'""
eniovcd In tile Of my almost dmis Ha''
tho hooksrslls which extend from the PontKoyal 10
the pont saint Michel.
ono Of Tennyson's old friends has described tho oou
fate OF the Ms. Of The Princess lie was s"''"7
With the noet while the poem going through the
press and white alone In the study one hlgn'' "i'
seeking Hight for his pine he found some paper
sticking out of the coal scu0e. Prom II he suppheu
his need and on looking closely at the buiae
found It 10 consist Of Princess MS. the last proofs {"
which had just been returned 10 tho printer LOOK
ng II over hc distracted few sheets when spe'I"S
took his fancy. notably that containing rear i"i.
tears and which now hangs framed In an honorcd
Mace But such Is the native obtusene.s OF man IN
unfamiliar circumstances that when tho poet came
In and tod hle ctct put tho whole In his pockct
II he coveted the rubbish the two made spills OF por-
lion and returned the remainder to the scniue'
Il IS recorded that the careless poet. Willie In Me-
moriam7 Wa on the stocks. gave up his London lodg
ingy and went 10 tho country, leaving all his Ms
behind him II was not until the room bad been oc'
cupled by a strange o!eer for some weeks that ih"
poet discovered his loss and wrote TO London friend
70 bcseech him 70 search FOR the precious Ms. Ioru-
nntey II found safe in the drawer OF the writing
table In which q had been left
This Ms aftcrward bound ard presented TO
nerhhor Of the poc'. and I, will hereafter return u
IS supposed. to the Tennyson family
Miss Mary +. wilkins has been trying her hand az
what she calls Pas;tls In Prose" and four Of them
(Which are described a, eharmingD will be published
IN the December Harper"
Eenau had The odd fashion In working Of plng
around him every imaginable book % reference be-
fore he began 70 write. II. would ~ with hundreds
Of huge volumes open around him. volumes destined
70 remain open for weeks the servants being for.
hidden 70 touch them with hand or buster. IIe
rarely visited a public library Madame Rcusn being
Accustomed 10 50 70 the Bbllotheque Rationale In
orr n copy ont any passages he might be In need o.
Mr.. Grant Alcn-who H. by the way n very poor
novellst-has been giving a lecture THE Novel
Sic II Wrote" which contains some amusing Informs
ton. When the plot has been selected. Mr.. Allen
declares. Tho writer proceeds N elaborate II and
-prcad Il ont thin over the requisite number OF
chapters THIS requires the introduction Of episodes
and hc USUALLY Introduces twenty six. for each
instam"nt. ono we'll known novelist writes his great
scenes nrs--the scenes on which everything hinges
and aftervard works backward 70 the chapters that
lead up IN them In this way he Is I'm TO doubt Is
me situation q, the doors of the drawing room or
lie precise Dat" on which the murder was
mlttel Tho good solid. domestic, broad and blt'er
novels. writes straight ahead from the first chapter.
Tie CONGREGATIONS novcli,'-ani there are such. sass
VI. Allen writes skeleton chapters Grt and draws
them gradually ont. ma'Jug tho conversations and
fhc episodes Ne Ike by constant addition. The
mot ordinary way Of writing Is 70 writ. all The
chapters out tocrtbly nlly n, first bat without much
attempt at literary stylo. and th"n 70 g. the
whole ground piccemral msdne additions 81 tic sort
which give literary favor - the composition. As
tor tho humor, that Is usually inserted srerward
Mrs. W n. Wits. sister OF William ard Robert
Chambers. the founders Of the great puhlisnirg
house. died In London "A few days ago She
he last OF the family. II Mrs. Wills "The
London News SAYS, who the inviting cause
u the betrayal Of the secrct-t very doep
in It's day-of the authorship ~ "Vcstiecs 81
the Natural History Of Creation" Her brother Robert
Chambers. among those who suspected.
one day tie ANONYMOUS author entered upon a con.
iroversy with II his critics In daily paper,
hut his letters wcrO unsigned and mani
f.stly in a hand. II occurred. however.
10 who got hold Of one 81 these TO show II
to Mrs. wills WIN" covering over the signature.
TO the question Do you know that hand ?" she
replied at once. "1hat is nv mothers writing
Or. Chambers. viii be remembered had taken
tho precaution to employ his venerable mother rs his
amanncnss. MIS-. wills, who had not been Of
her brothers conhdants wont complain, with
some justice. that ~ had been the victim OF an
unfair manoeuvre.