New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-07

Francis Parkmans new book n lfaH-cehtury Va
conflict will be published in few days II finishes
his famous historical series, coming between Inc
conspiracy OF Pontiac and "Moncam'
Rudyard Kipling has published in NewZeal"na
Journal tale which. in s. far as 1t treats tie local
issues OF that region is not of much Interest TO Us.
INT II holds few sentences which will amusc Amcri'
can authors The novelist has coloqIy WIFI
Truth who rises not out OF well. but out OF
qcvser: and Truth becomes very scornfu when he
talks of The Future OF Colonial Literature
On hear him - She cried, lifting up her face to the
fern wreathea rocks around. "One slortiycd son
OF Adam. who may die tomorrow spi',ihg ms uN
world ino classes, and labelling them like dead butter
dies Whnt do YOU mean she looked me In the lace-
Sby Colonial Literature 2" ,,..
:Oh~er~stun written In the colonies and all that
/ couldn't understand why Truth was angry. The
loom Numbered under my feet TIL the sand Dy '''o
Isn't the stuff. you call it., written by men land and
wonenl Do the weavcIS down below there ut tlc lopi
make anything else bat men and women Ana unt
You step Oft this world can you expect anytNng .ore
s S ms sos aSd %o Ha 'f WAT "a
IN your part Of the world she e'ne"oe'' '"a' W"
Fools i said. penitently, Just fools, Truth
I'm one Of EN- and you're right IL only men and
tut I added. remembering another country across
the seas. these people will be quite a. >, foolish as
= I'm afraid so, said Truth with smile. they will
be only men and women ,.,.. III, .ar. .,,
bish about Dstinctivey colonial Literature. frcer
Air Larger Horizons and so forth, They'll vex em
and other peoples work. They'll hattcr each other
and write OF the oamaru Shakespeare and the Imarn
Island Thackeray, won't they ~
aThey WILL said Truth "(whcn did YOU leave
America by the way ~ some of the people here Will
do all those things, and more also. What else can
you expect They are only men ana women Dl'
hose who make the noise Will not be the people Wild
tell the storles.'
Professor Freeman's last volume. his "story
~ Sicily Wi he nllbllShCd
the Putnams
Mrs Oliphant has brought ont In England new
edition Of her biography of Laurence 0iphant, and
has inserted therein few words I'm reply to the
carping disciples Thomas Lake Harris. the frophc'
Of ELEPHANTS sorrowful experiment she docs ho.
retract nor soften down anything in her original
statements and comments.
The third volume Of Charles Eliot Norton's trans
htion of Dante will soon be issued.
The original draft of Thackeray's "Adventures OF
Philip was sold in London the other day for some
thing over four hundred dollars. One sheet OF the
Ms of his "Nirgnians' brought abont seventeen
dollars Charles Lambs liGes, con an infant dying
~ soon rs born, were sold for nearly ninety dollars
A letter written TO Macready by Dickens and stating
that he hoped to 100000 from his America
.eodings took thirty dollars from the pocket OF the
purchaser.
California has lately brought ont rival TO
me ever.excclent overland Monthly" In tie shape
Of a handsome periodical wearing the Title OF
sThe Californian April sees the issue of the ffth
onmber which is notable improvement upon the
first. The contents are happily varied much OF us
matter as nstunl and desirable. being devoted 10
California topics. We note rs particularly Interesting
<apcr, on "The Labor Question OF the Pacific Coast
ON Tho Orange in Caliorn a. and on The Redwood
Industries OF California The Reverend Robert Mac
1ensie contributes a careful article rcsby
Ism in California The number has two clever stories.
ono OF them" An Adventure In ll0g canon being
more than commonly weird and striking. The Illus
tations Of the magazine continually improve. some
Of the process ones are remarkably good.
Mile Vacaresco tllc Young lady who WIS forced by
the politicians to break her engagement with The
Urown Prince Of Rumania has written noV'i.
which will shortly appear in bucharest. II VIII
bear the title Of "VorM ct Dmrul.7 and Will be,
II is said account Of her attachment and engage
nent 20 the young Eohcnzollern. Mile vacaresco
Is a writer of force. Years she gained
prize offered by the French Academy for a story I'm
French although, is we'll known. She Is a native
Roumanan She has translated number OF
Roumanian songs and poems into French, and has
written sonnets which have been praised by the
critics 1t was her literary which first attracted
the attention Of Carmen sylvia" that rather eccentric
writer who with King Charles, occupied the throne
Of Roumanla.
The ninth volume Of Gustav Karpeles d" General
History Of Literature. from Its Earliest Beginnings
to the Present Time has just been published by
Grote In Berlin. The present volume, like Its
immediate predecessors devoted TO English literature
and is especially rich IN material referring -
Shakespeare. Nothing could endear the work so
quickly 10 Germans Interesting md scholarly
chapters upon the great English poet. The Germans
still maintain that they first discovered the merits Of
khhkesnpare and t1uciN FDCliShmeD his worth. lie
that as 1t may. Shakespeare IS as wcll-knOvn In
Germany to-day Goethe. There are few cities
without Shakespeare clubs or branches II the Ger
nan Shakespeare society, whose annual contributions
70 Shakespeare literature Interesting and valuable