New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-09


GAN mv life have made sories,' says Mrs. burnett
In her preface TO her forthcoming DooN al" ',
WIS seven years old ! have written 'heh'
has been my way OF looking at lie rs u "''' ~
Eve,v one has his own way of looking AT tii"'s'
mn, or woman who IS artist PROBABLY scc9
o,orv,bnp ~ n picture. sunset and suhnse' country
and town croIps children playing older peoPie "'
work nerhaps all form themselves into pictures ""'i
an artist looks Mt them. ,;aor,s
.In thc same way it happens that scenes iiciocn'S
and persons quite naturally suggeS; to me the S''iy
which nav belong to them. do not hiio" ITO" """'
,ucb stories pass through my mind in day SONIC
=, ,rom merely fit through like birds across the SKY
md are forgotten but there some that stay or
at least leave traces
NJ. Jean Richepn Is now called not only the French
s,nburne Inn, the literary heir Of Hugo, BeaudeEiiic
,pd Gauti.r lie Is a member OF a IespectiDic
uavrc family and I'm his boyood was desuned ior ,e
law This profession, however ne uechh'u anu Gums
out into the world in search OF fortune ne Dcoa0 "
turn dock laborcr carter and sailor AU itao he Oeo'
to WRITE made an almost immediate success anu
ts now a prosperous householder and iatier Oh
family.
Mr. pclard. who IS TO act as Whitiier's literary
executor IS the pOcts nephew by marriage ard' WIN
his wife, has inherited most Of WhittcrS poSsessioh'
lie Is the literary editor OF Tho Poftaha iraSciP''
English men Of letters are puzzled to account 10Y
Mr. Rudyard Kppiing's recent choice OF IN aDouE'
d" lie does not like the country says "lEe Lo'uoh
Chronicle He was very sarcastic about 1t IN his
recent letters he sees nothing 10 admire IN inc yos
pcopc Of America at any rate, for he launched bitter
,ihcs at them: America does not like him, for it has
fms, been lnmpooning him for alleged lack OF gooa
feeling Moreover, he IS the most conspicuous "u
mirer Of the British Empire that has arisen among I'D
for many years, and almost every one oil his WRITINGS
exhibits the kecneNt personal sympathy WITH te M"
who are carving the weight If upon their Shoulders
whether great men or humble Altogether, nc WOuin
seem to be- the last person 10 have settled under an
alien flag Can the explanation be- that, having UNI
fortunately lost much money lately, he has decided ID
live for time in the place where 1t can be most early
won back But If that is the case, why Bin'ueooro'
VT of all places lie might almost ao wen nave
chosen PEORIA even Il home IN GA when puzzles
Mr.. Andrew Lang so much
Mr. A. j. G. Hare gives in Good Words" some IN
tcrcstng anecdotes related by the stewards, Liver
pool family. one OF these concerns DlsEi'il, "'p
was taken by Mr.. stewart says Hare, to the Royal
Exchange when the place was hronsed with merchants
AZ high noon. The scene Is striking one ana II I'M
pressed Di,racn much. lie said 10 Mr. stewart, MY
idea Of greatness would I've that man should receive
the applause Of such an aSsembage rs tl'-tlat lie
should lie checred rs he came into this roon NJ
that time D,fsell visited the place unnOccd' bnt Il
day came seven years later, when the Dsrnehs were
again On "A visit 10 the Duncan stewards at LIVERPOOL
and when h. had attained q prominent posiuoh III
politics and he again visited the same pace III COM
panv with Mr.. stewart On this occasion rs entrance WIS
noticed. and Il cheer was raised, which soon spread
into a roar and ended in perfect ovation DiS'aeh
was deeply moved. lie recalled TO Mr. stewaH the
rmar,, ha, he had made years before. and admitted
with pride and pleasure, that his ideal test OF great
ne, had been realized
over 10000 copies OF Barrle's novel, "The Little
Minister are said to have been sold in this country
An edition de luxe OF the book Is announced.
The late French novelist Leon Cadel. spent his last
years in the country surrounded By his children. AM
goats and dogs and fowls, all Of whom lived togethet
IN comfortable equality. OF the dogs It is said that
tbcy were better brushed and comtci than their owner
was.
Mr. Robert buchanan. who Is 10th novelist ana
playwright has been raging against Tie novel III ilNo
Of the play. Phywrlting.' he declares, docs re-
quire some sense OF form, Willie novel Writing requires
none The novel Is the most incohefeA, s'laPI''''
rumbedown, laplaLaId structure 0i mtrsN an""-
ism. Any tyro may attempt 1t with Il certain success
,,nere,s no tyro can shape even thlri-rate play
While prose fiction absorb> the folly and fashion OF
IN. hour and dies OF It's inaputudc 10 assume any
coherent and enduring form. the fine pay Survives III
th. library Il not on the stage. Rail nj the drama
H., Won please il has been the speech Of giants, To
which the novel II the cacle Of d"ar!'.
"Of the few grrat novel, which survive there Is
scarcely one which has any claim Whatever t. be II
rorl, ~ ant AT all The finest. such n, Don VulNoe'
or rom Jones' or even The Heart Of Midlothian g.
,ycnty time, too large In bulk for it, ideas. Most
NJ t,o very best works II fiction eXtant for example"
.ravid Coppcriied.' the Newcon's.' the CoSter ana
the icarth'-arc splendid literary patchwork series
Of brilliant Sketches. held together by caeleS'y In
vented plot What novel even the ;rrate't' can DO
named In the same day with the masterpieces Of the
Greek dramatists OF Shakespeare and his contempt
raios NJ M,lieIc ard Racine OF Goethe and schiller
There may be a thousand bad plays, bat the Typ" o..
the plny remains the highest expression OF human
ant whcr,a, the novel has TYP, and Is Of It's very
nourc inchoatc inyeitcbrae and chaotic. IL may aa
some Of your correspondents suggest, Inc literary
vehicle Of the future In that casc beg TO say the
sl word oil art said. ana the dcuse 81 dismal prose
will cnguli all that /, fine In hrra'Hie'
Mr. Walter Bcsant has been settling as clearly "a
po,,blc a nuch-vcNcd question that OF the proper
accommodation of his namely stating that lie prefers
10 have 1t uttered with the stress ON the aa' syllable
A clergyman. thc Rev. Charles A. Adams. has written
hook ON the future He OF animals. II is to be called
" Where Is Ny Dog
"Thc London Academy" has been delivering some
uncommonly inst and sensible remarks concerning
our literature 1t l. an old charge against America
Il enys that she had no litrntir" of her own, but
supplied her mental needs from England either al first
hand or BY imitation some few critics try to maintain
# still but Il has lost the force 1t once had. Even
then however. II was an unworthy charge. for the
fine for n national literature had not arrived. ma
lion I'm the making cannot be- expected 20 have III
craurc OF Its own. Government must become settled,
and commerce must be- sufficiently organized To Yield
the ucccssaes Of living first Of ALL A. soon rs these
things seemed fairly secured In Amerca literature did
bceln 10 spring up. Iut there came an unexpected
check The settlement Of the nation proved To have
hcon more apparent than real. Agitation arose so
violent as almost to break the nation to pieces. Thus
If was that men OF letters found their Interest divided
between building up literature and helping to save the
state In the long run American literature will be all
the better because her pioneers good citizens
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