New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-03
LITERARY NOTES.

Mrs. Dcand has written one Of the most successful i,a
of modern books. John Ward, Preacher Is saiu
to 10 In It's fifty -ffth thousand
Tho younger Charles Dickens in his INTRODUCTION TO
the new edition of The Old Curiosity shop, renhhus
the reader that his father had not intenoeo u e'
Little Nell de- but that this end to her career was inc
resu Of On acute bit of criticism the part OF 'r
Forster To George Cattermole, who illustrated ios'
OF tile Little Nell portion Of the book. anu W ""o'"
Charles Dickens wrote very elaborate desorP"'"' -
scenes with which he wished particular care ''ne"' ~
novelist said: al am breaking my hear' o'er ''i'
story and cannot bear to finish it," and " am lor
the time being nearly dead with work ana grei ior e
,oss n, INV child, To the Rev william Harness. de-
cun,np a dinner invitation he wrote: II must oc
Emmy myself in finishing the Curiosity SHOP anu ~
l. such a painful task TO me that must cohcch''"'e
myself upop Il tooth and nail, ana 80 out how"e'o
..D.,, q ,s done And to Mr.. X. Monckton Mines,
sf,erwari Lord HoughtOn THAT Neniclue was 'io
oct OF Heaven as you may see any OF these hne
,orninrs when Won look about you. III you Knew the
,o,n 4, cave me-but what am talking OF! III you
don't know nobody does" Here Charles DICKENS, lie
Younger frees his mind In regard to the critics OF ule
dav who have discussed this part OF the story III
would" he says, :" he well, THINK II certain CLASS
- critics great and small who 50 fond OF using
certain conventional cant phrases about Charles
Dickenss pathos being exaggerated, and forced. and
over,trained and all the Of it, would reflect for
a moment that In such a case as this, Tor instance,
what he gave to the public was simply what n" '"n
himself"
Miss Katharine wormeley is still at work upon her
1alrac TRANSACTIONS and Lost Illusions Will succeed
~Perrette."
Robert Buchanan's new novel is the story on which
his play, esquire Kate" Is framed.
Concerning the achevcments-or lack Of achievement
Af
spsctator speaks with emphasis. 1t snihs, In SNORT
thus: "As for the broad question Of the marked In
se,iortv OF women in this highest department Vi
literature we believe VIC run little danger {" cum
tradiction in assuming such nfcrority MS praouo""!
beyond dispute-for instance. France, Eermhhy anu
Italy have not great poetcss amongst theh-o"' ~
Is nm infcrorty which docs not extend In anything IKE
the same degree TO their general aptitude lot h'eThrs
performance, and therefore VIC conclude 'ha' 4" 10
not 10 be referred any disparity between the sexes
In general intellectual power, but to some spcciai
limitation affecting the particular group OF iacu'es
which cooperate in the production OF poetry opeah
ing tentatively and with pretence TO assuiahceio
The problem is difficult and obscure-we are oispoSea
~ think that the faculties in which women. other
visa Intellectually gifted, notably dencleht' are
Imagination and construction They are more pruo'i
caimpded than men-n numerous relations OF HE they
chow themselves less repealed by detail ana rOu""e
and they are proportonately less capable OF 'ha' a."
xtyaction from the empirical OF matteroffact word
which IS of the essen of imaginative vision. III 'hs
connection 1t is worth noting that one rarely heee
With n feminine mind having any bias toward mysti-
c,sm And as regards the faculty OF construcuoi Ill
(which we believe women to be relatively lachihs'
there Is in every notlccably fine poem-not excepting
the most spontaneous and mpassioneda conscious or
unconscious basis Of intellectual architec'ohos lo
which certain rapid impulsive and unaen tNe
habit observable In women oi'qu'Ahe' ~''
mi nd