New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-27


best fiction he lay hands upon.
Mr. Robert Blum's account OF his two years OK
pcricnccs In Japan is to appear in "Scrbncr' DURING
| the coming year. Ills own charming sketches VIII
| illustrate his text
Thomas Hardy is I-not seriously, but enough to
| interrupt his literary work
Two volumes Of sir Walter SCOTS Familiar
letters written between 1897 and 1525. arc an
nounccd rs forthcoming. There are more than 2oo,
| letters In Ms and only the most Interesting ana
characteristic will be used.
Many Of Mr. sWinburnc's writings. 1t Is reported
have become extremely scarce and are consequently
sold nj high prices His tiny booklet on the Queer
Jubilee. for example IS now cheap at $50 Inc
first edition Of Atlanta I'm Cnlydon" sells at about
| the same price
Herbert SPENCER. rs described by NJ. CTofton IN
Lpplncou." i, q baldh'a1cd man. u mdIllnI height
considerably rounded at IN" shoulders, with " nri"
| mouth soft gray eyes and pInky white cheeks
teamed I'm carly gray side wh-kcrS and still adhcI's
| 70 the lnoadc.oth frocllcoat. low cut wal'tc'"''
stand up black crayat. and ovorsaiors IL lohs ago
D.snitc the Immense burden If learning When h'
carrie. hc +, ,lnrulary modest, las ih" seh'l's'
%, voices and is almo,, feminine In manner.
Uc +, unmarried. and ha, but few intimate personal
friends. II :. related Tint his doctor onc" tor A"
Tat II va, Dot good FIR su-u "a man q, "r To- A|'
o,or. rs hi .Yllfnry m,a. wee apt o be maii"l ''
thlriln. 20, rrirh on deep subjects and advised MIA
io STAY flr % while m some j. ariireh'u."' "N'' Tue
dluu,r table 'rll would ho conducted by nice cA''f'
hr,,nlc., foh. lie went. bat did not sia' l"h-' "
came q M. ears ,lnt The pleasant lads whose scar
v;. n,Nt =, hlm at table Na. ,ad dlsllp ln '''
4 friend asked her boss She uhd IN" boarding NOUS
could .l. f.c,rm,.d n ooh. ye. ttnh ci'' -h'
rcalid. Int tac.r + % Mr. spencer wa" iN""' UNIV
III, know, liuuf silence ana philosophy. nave I"
,.~,..t him, every ul-.t" H. Use, quietly amon-
ll, look, lu uu oi fashioned house IT, Recent ''"
l4t diro 0ut on.n generally 100 ~" Ah'i im '.'O'
mud ..,n.lly visits place Of amu-'n'ut como
.,o.rr, f. il. delight. lie finds ln an offset To DIS
,u,tlralr, upon a.. Dat, 81 ethics. For h" is ,iHl
n v.r,bc rlrf,au FOR work ara IS ~ times Obliged Z"
.u..,ul all mrfia application fIr W'"h'. UDu- '"'"
r,.f.lv pro,t.at.d by nervous collapse. 10 matter
l.,r ill.,. tlo dly %" ,arrl"s an umbrella. II" "''
,t,-., about couple ~ littlc pug, IN M' p''"'''
and Whenever conversation around him become annoy
I'm. le rilc, them out and puts them n Dis ears ana
t.u. becomes deaf 20 the chatter about Lin. It,
n.ai, with a. at cu,'o u letter %" received not
lam. -nce from % f DIE, ~ n tAc far West. as'he nov
u,u,h he would tntc for ID" exclusive r-ht To pio-
ul his poem The Flcr.e Queen IN the 'mt'a
states
Mr. Barnett Smiths two-volume History q TIE
Tnri.h Parliament 3 iut coming ont IN London
lie begin, hl- work with u" origin 81 parlan'hhry
government ana ends WITH he passing OF the Reform
I d
entirely without partl,anship.
Mr. v H. ,anorh declare IN The Forum that
SCOTT and Dickens are not only read hy many people
in, thew ar, r,ld hy more people to-day than they
,ya- ,vorc before. TIL, fact" Dee adds, sis s'N-
Simulated by te colr, q ueir works That are s'ld
indeed r. stare %. ln the face at every railway book
store scott ard Dickens. Il measured los The number
u their roadcr. growing ia popularity not o''l
Ing How then. b. may hr asked 'o"H lh' '"'''"'
al from I
pcr.ons WHO gave ,Nprc. ION 20 It having trusted 10
IMPRESSIONS derived from thAr own social obscrvn"n'
hut I'm matter. Ike tbs nothing can b" more mis-
leading"
4 ~lnrnry Of Economics aud Politics to be-
,tl,cd ~ Professor Richard r. Ely. is announced 10y
Cr,wcn a G.. The volumes are 70 le brought on'
ut Irregular Intervals. ana 1t is stated u't " ",,"
standard ~ cAccllenc" viii DE maintained III tH'
.r.i,. The volumes N present arranged Tor are
.Tl. rudcp.ndont Treasury system Of tie United
.nfc- hv rofo.-1r David kirlry. ot the inN'r'iF
~ wisconsin. ~ American Charities, \ study III
Uunrthrupy and Economics" by \ g. Warner IN.
d. superintendent Of Charities Tor the DISTRICT OF
columbia and Professor elect OF Economies III the
Leland stanford. r. University, and Reputation Of
,to,e Debts I'm the United states by Professor W. ~
soon. Of the University II Wisconsin, Professor Ely
will himself contribute two volumes, one on social
i,n~ and one To be called Suggestions on social
Topics
DR.. George Ebcrs. the novelist las written an
autobiography which /, announced for immedhte pub
lcation.
Tho mos, effective hIt Of fiction in the Christmas
scribncr- t. a Russian police story. II Is told IN
,crse ana dramatic way that reveals writer WHO Is
more or less consciously literary "r'l''' N'N'
come. octave Thanct', little Western sketch. II IS
,,,l. but fun Of character and vitality The other
stories have a forced air
.rh. of
prIn,cd in fac-simile from the original editions In the
Icnox Library has been issued by the management Of
that Library.
4 new periodical to be called worihngton's Illus
,rot,d Magazine and Literary Treasury" viii be
hroucht out shortly by thu Worthlngton publishing
house Of Hartford 1t Is stated that 1t Is TO be- es-
scntally a home magazine
The careful revision Of the Apocrypha. undertaken
some years ago by the rcviscrs Of the old and New
Trstaments l. stl In progress. The result of tIcr
work will bc published by the universities Of oxford
and Cambridge
yIullus Crosse. a German writer OF some cmncncc
I'm Germany has earned the undyIng gratitude OF
Grand Dukc Constantine Of liussa. bi transiatng his
book Of poems into German. Among the IS
= series upon Manfred Byron's hero which en-
dcovors to picture Manfrcds spiritual condition In the
NE beyond Herr Crosse certainly deserves the grlt
nde Of III, Imperial liighncss. he Is not certain Of
n similar reward from other sources. The work
hcrcuican ~ Herr Crosse understood Russian him
self lie relied upon n friends literal prose Tansa-
ton which h. turned into verse. But the effort
pleased the Grand Duke. and that seems TO have been
sufficient. Ills Ilghnes, has sent letter profusc
with thanks and expressions Of appreciation to the
intrepid translator.
Mr. Gladstones favorIte religious poem Is said to
he the hymn to the dead inserted in the closing pas
snges Of "The Lay Of the Last Minstrel"
Among the satisfactory results OF the recent bril-
liant celebration Of the nftheth anniversary Of tho
marriage Of the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess OF
Wemar is the certainty Of the foundation Of Goethe
and Schiller Archlve' In the Athens on lin" rs
the former home the two German poets is called In