New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-23

Paris lie IS now at work on his " DR.. rascal
II IS reported concerning Mrs. Burnett's new book
Giovanni and Others" that the first edition OF H.
600 copies was completely exhausted on the DAY OF
publication.
Mr. Wright. the author Of the forthcoming and long
expected Life Of Cowper." has begun an exhaustive
Life OF Daniel Defoe' lie expects to devote special
attention to the private lie Of che author OF Robin
son Crusoe.'
Tennyson's efforts in palntng-pursued as relief
from readng-were not remarkable They took tho
direction OF water.color landscapes, and were con-
sidercd by the poet little more than jokes
For our delight" says Andrew Lang Of Tenny-
SON the Laureate gave new voices and colors 10
nature who know him know a different universe
world otherwise construed 1t were-tian they who
died before he came This Is the only true originality
TO write thus is for poet to place himself among the
Immortality great-where Homer and where Milton are
in the company Of Wordsworth and OF Keats"
Mr.. Charles Dudley Warner declares that 1t lies with
the writers OF America to open wide the new day.
to nuse hopefulness into life, to fight materiansuc
tendencies to to expect TO make the word oeo'
by the exhibition of Its debasement and vulgaity ana
10 hold up an ideal for inspiration. 1t Is believed
that literature needs only to apprehend Its response
bity 10 assume It,"
The late F. A. Freeman. the historian was one OF
the most industrious and painstakng OF workers
He never knew what II was to be idle. From early
morning until the afternoon meal and then again. ater
period OF exercise and relaxation and the society OF
his family deep into the night, he was always either
writing or Gathering materials for his writings lie
shared with several great men the happy power Oh
snatchlng ten minutes sleep whenever he wanted IT,
The Appletons are bringing out Mr.. Ralph Gaines
collection Of verse entitled Three Centuries OF Eng
llsh Love Songs"
Mrs w. X Clifford, the author OF that brilliant
| book Aunt Anne" Is an English woman OF micdie
age and matronly figure. she has welShapcu
| head pretty eyes and beautifully curved p'o"s'
Moro than 100000 copies OF Professor DrunImond'S
little book THE Greatest Thing In tho World,' have
been sold I'm England alone, and the German "ans-
la;ion Is said to have been circulated more Mrsc!
I'm Germany than any German puoiicauoh Vi 10
ycnr. Nor does the demand for the Professors
work grow less; the publishers are obnseo 10 con-
stanty reprint the volumes.
Mrs. Amclie Rves Chanler has been writing
another novel which Is to appear under the u'le vi
| D.. Nr.l This il understood to be the name OF the
heroine.
\ Young English novelist, wanting to write
realistic novel Of slongshore nfe has gone 10 WORK
as loborer on the London docks In order to acquire
material
Rowe, he
raphy Of Whittier Is the Boston correspondent OF
The Worcester Spy and Of the editors OF Ear
and Near As friend OF the poets niece she was
for many years a visitor a. Whttlers house
ru, ,,o,rul,rs are about to bring out Tennyson's
r vo,,,me II IA 10 be called The Death OF Oenone
Akbar's Dream and Other Poems" With one excep
lion the poems new including the lines "mcn we
noe, wrote few days before his death and wmch were
sung at bis funeral
= IS s,otcd that there Is now no hope for NJ de
va,nassant and that the setting in OF paralysis !" '
vors, form IS only question OF time
The new translation Of Radicals by W. F. smith OF
- Johns College Cambridge. IS TO be IN TWO 'ou'neS'
ROYAL syo 1t will contain a well as the 'areahlua
and A." Pantagruel" the minor writings, leuers. e'cr
with notes and appendices. The eoluoh Is h'ni''u
to $50 copies
The collector u rares in print puts a special
v,lu, ON the hroadsheet which was published the
. Charge Of the Light brigade 1t has an author
ro,. n Il I'm these words d" Having heard that the
brave soldiers before sebastopol whom am proud
TO cali my countrymen. have liking for nv oaiau
., the Charge Of the LicAt Brigade at Balacava'
nav. ordered "A thousand copies of 1t TO be printed
"a writing of mine can add to the glory they have
oco,,lrcd In the Crmea but n what have heard be
tr,,c they will not be dlsplcased TO receive these
COPIES Of the ballad from and to know that those
who SIT at home love and honor them-tAfred Ten
| nyson, 9Th August 1850
Sir Charles Gayan Duty. who is now m old man.
| intends 10 devote his days In the future TO the
advance ment OF his plan for the revival OF lriSh
| literature al mean to leave my countrymeh twenty
| hooks which they Will regard as their greatest
literary Treasures he said lately; and when tlat
yood work Is accomplished all that Will remain Tor
m. Is a grave IN dear old Ireland Ills IRISH
| Publishing Company Is To be launched in the spring
and during the winter months ~: Charles Will be IN
| constant communication with publishes In DuOhh'
Iondon America aud Australia. with View TO ar
ranging for the simultaneous publican II az the uooHs'
six OF the books will also be ready for the printers
| h,uds wren the company /, founded In the spring
Those will probably be- biographies OF Roger o'Moore'
I'm. organizer OF the Roman Catholic revolt IN iehnu
| in l64l; John kcogh the pioneer OF the movement
| for Catholic Emancipation Wolfe Tone. the great
| revolutonist: and DR.. Doyle. the famous Cathonc
| pi,hop: also books on Irish missionaries on the
| rl,h Parliament Of James H. and selections from
the works OF Charles Hickman. the poet and novelist
| and John Boyle O'ReIlly.
The tate NJ. Renan was fond Of hs home and was
oImos, adorcd by his family and his intimate circle OF
| friends lie was always blithc: even when cruelty
] ,ornent-d by govt and Intense mental fatigue. he
| remained CHEEKY IN manner laughing ut ms own alt
menis and giving little trouble as possible 70 loSe
around him. one who knew him well says lie
UNA Intensely domesticated. and reaIy most ehIo!eu
the little family supper parties WHICH 'ooA piaee WI"
| stantly under his own ROOF. To these homeV Dan
ouets one or two old friends were always bidden-that
4, IN say their converts laid Tor them whether
they cnme or not He worked more or less all day,
with no fixed hours for writing. ana nothing grained
him more than when student came to ask INN the
exclamation OF some sentence or remark heard during
one OF his lectures. sl. as often as not. the ques
toner could get nought in answer but III said that'
| may have been wrong or | may have been right
| .t,h dnir le NJ.
cod IN demonstrate to the astOnished youth how he
might have been wrong or how he might have been
right. Indeed the grace with which he would always
| .cknowledge that he lght have made mistake was
| one OF the charms Of his conversation.