New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-03
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
Tho splendid edition Of Cations "Goden Legend
prepared by william Morris the poet at his private
press. is now almost ready for publication. lie mas
himself designed the ornamental letters and BORDERS
and Burne Jones has made two full-page Illustrations
for the volume.
r. 1. worth while TO record the fact that the present
prtco of this Golden Legend" is about $4S-a price
which Is TO be raised on the day OF pubhcation.
The work Is careful reprint Of tho edition OF
14s4.
Tho volume OF the heretofore unpublished cor
respordence OF the Comte do COminges, which has
been edited by j. j. Jusserand Is soon to be Drought
out hero by q. r. Putnam's sons. The same hrm
announce American edition OF +. Regamcys Japan
10 Art and Industry; and collection Of Tho FAIRY
Tales Of India prepared by Joseph jacobs, the editor
Of "Ccltic Fairy Tales
In Adnch's "Ung,iardcd Gates" in the July "At-
lantic' Is warning against unrestricted immigration.
40 Liberty white Goddess is Il well.' he sings:
ITO leave the gates ungrnrdodl On thy breast
Fold SORROWS children, soOthe the hurts of fate,
LIN the down-tr .den, but with hand Of steel
Lest from Thy brow the clustered stars be torn
AHs tRr %%RGs q o TIE and adS Rome
Ana Ard Shsr e Sps Of made ns sr a Tsa
Mr. Cory. poet who will be remembered the
author o. at least one almost perfect poem, lately
died I'm England. This poem Is the " Mlmnermus In
church. which Is 10 be found in the volume called
Ionica,n md which Wis long ago reprinted IN The
Tribune Tho hook Was r-,bshcd many years ago
and aruuscd no rpst-cJuM not In fact. be sold.
Vow cupcs Of that original edition are nearly worth
their wright In g)d.
b.. gqrg mt IN
city nn exnrina' on OF applicants for employment in
rhe ptNir library held during October The
following Is an cSnct copy OF the answer 10
quest,,n ASKING for the titles OF work written by
cnch of the authors named John Euskin, The
Bread winners; william u. Prescott, the Frozen
Pirate: Charles Dnrw,n. Tho Missing Link; Thomas
Cnriyle Caesars Column The same man is re
sponsibc tr ,aylng that b. c. stands for the Creation
ard A. D. for the Deuec.'
WHY say that poetry docs not srllr7 10 appears
that Mr. Kipng's new Barrack.Room BALLADS are
now IN thor trrth thousand-fiOm which fact VIC
NAV ca,her the conviction that poetry OF hind that
pieascS many people docs ell.
Mr.. r. L. Garner has conhded his much -taiksi-of
crcarcncs into The Speech OF Monkeys to
volume which, under that title, Will soon be brought
ont by c. l.. Webster Co. lie Is gving tack to
Africa 10 continue his experiments.
President Grcvy 4, preparing a political memoir Of
her father. For many years she vas his secretary
and he cft 10 her all his private papers. Ills
rcspondence Is said TO BE- one Of great interest.
~woltcnberg" william Blacks new novel. Is 70 be
published scrialy IN this country III iiarpers
Ba,aro The current number contains the opening
chapter.
Mr. H. D. Trnili does not apparently believe that
IL Is worth while 20 make over" novel, as Hall
Ca,ne hns been making 1.-THE scapegoat" He
Quotes tho younger Dumns's injunction TINT the
dramatic author should not begin his play until be
has in Imagination constructed the last scenea You
cannot know which route you should take unless
yn know tho point you making for; and Traill
adds "hs IS In fact the ntional and unpretentious
wny Of stating a truth which II is thu too common
hnbt OF tho attcrday noverstespcclnlly when very
youns-to express in the language OF the Inspired
creator whose characters take the pen from his hand
and write and who would have you believe TINT
he Is the helpless slave Of his own puppets, for all
that he vsihiy pulls their wires himself.
tour most competent writer's of fiction know
hotter than TO talk my attention TO- Inflated non
sense OF this Kind They do not pretend that the
pathetc third volume deaths Of their Daisies, or the
happy marriages OF their Jenncs and Jcssamies. arc
rs sternly preordained the crime and punishment
Of Ocdipns or the caamcs Of the House OF Aureus.
STILL there is q right and wrong ending to every
nr,psr,v constructed story natural and logical,
and n perversc and illogical untying OF every prop
cr,y tied dramatic knot, and Mr.. Calne must know
this as well rs anybody. II. indeed. he has only
written his novel with view TO perecting It's work
manshp then OF course, wo can only wish him luck.
But we cannot help ASKING ourselves. How often have
improvements OF this kind realiy improvedP'
7, Il n question whether psgnn hermitages offer
the proper surroundings TO q mnn OF genius. With
Am, making premature criticisms upon Mr..
Robert louis stevcnsons latest writings may
NJ least hazard the remark that they will hardly
impc other writers OF subtle ana graceful gifts TO
take up a residence on Pacific islets.
In the new number OF Poet Lore win DO found
.xtract, from several unpublished letters OF Shelley
10 Elizabeth Hltchener-.the Portia' Of bis early
liking and the Brown Demon OF his later detcstn-
tion one Of these extracts from q letter dated
July Isll-contains some OF the Young poets social
IDEAS. awhat I contend for Is this he says.
We're I a moral legislator, 1 would propose 70 my
followers that they should arrive ut the perfection
OF monthly. Equality Is natural: at least, many
evils totally inconsistent with state which symbouiss
with Nature prevail In every system OF Inequality
viii assume tho point. Therefore. even although
IL be Your opinion, or my opinion, that equality IL
unsrsinable except BY = parcel OF pegs, beans. still
poAucsi virtue Is TO be estimated In proportion rs II
b. this IDEAL point Of perfection. how
ever unuytnlnnbe. mt whit can DO worse than the
present arstocrntica syseini Hero arc, In England
10 oOo, 900, only 1000 Of whom i've In state Of
case t, rest earn their livelihood with toll and care
H. therefore, these 60O,O 900 arsboo rats, who possess
resources Of various degrees OF immensely. were TO
permit these resources TO be resolved into their
original stock that Is entirely 10 destroy ~, II
each earned his living (which do not SEQ Il
Mt all incompatible with the height Of intellectual
renaemsnN, thsn affirm that each would be happy