New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-15
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
George santsbury is editing swift's Polite Con-
versation" for the Chiswicb Press Edtons-the nrst
OF which Is to be Austin Dobon's edition OF F1edings
:" Journal of Voyage to Lisbon"
| "Im a writer OF books said Carlyle to Sir Lewis
Pelly, d" and once In century a man may write "a
book worth reading. But life Is an action, not n
thought and you had better stick to your work on
the frontier and life will open you
"The author OF "Cape Cod Folks has written
new book which the Harpers about to publish
Its title Is "Vesty Of the Basins" Miss Maria L.
POOLS clever serial Mrs. Keats Bradford" first pub
shed in The sunday TribuneJ is also coming in book
form from this house.
The popular idea Of Leigh Hunt is OF a Skimpole
airy taking all he could get pccuniary assistance
from his friends That he did sometimes refuse such
help is shown by letter Just published; 1t is ad-
dressed to Trelawney,
my ", Dear TreIaw,ney; Thanks. many thanks for
conceal from me But cannot accept it. No,
will take money where feel it is in justice due 30
has already but too little TO spare You will there.
fore not think of sending It from Lcghorn. as it Will
again to Greece. and deprive you OF so much ready
money the longer.
rcfrcshment you have afforded my heart; YOU have
done me real service, at all event.. God bless
YOU Your afectionate friend, LEIGH HUNT
Thomas Lake Harris. poor Laurence ELEPHANTS
prophet has Just published in London a new BOOK
Of which "TIie Speaker saws that "a mixture Of
Emerson, Swedenborg, Jacob Bchmen and the Social
Ism Of the day would have amply sufced for its
production without being rapt to the third heaven
troubling the neither deeps.'
"Tle Pursuit OF the wellBeoved" Is the taking title
Of Thomas iIardy's forthcoming novel William
Blacks story Is to be called wofcnberg--whch
suggests Crawford's "Greifenstein.' Miss Braddon's
new book has THE Venctians" for a title.
There Is n vivid account in Tho Cornhiu' Of how
Dickens felt when he began to n new story. 1t
Is given By himself I'm letter 10 Leigh Hunt It Is
dated Nav 4, 1955. and Little DOrrit' looming
before him. Il now" he writes, to boot, In the
wandering. unsettled restless, uncomfortable state OF
being about TO begin book. At such time l
am as inirm Of purpose Macbeth, as erIaut Nal
Tom, and ), rugged TmOn. | sit down to work,
do nothing. get up and walk dozen miles. come back
and sit down again next day again do nothing and
get up. down railroad, find place where resolve
TO stay for a month home next morning, 60
,lroling about for h1uts and hours. reject all
10 have my time 10 myself get tired Of yself,
and yet can't come out Of myself to be pleasant to
anybody else
Mrs Burton Harrson's book. An Edelwcss of the
slerras.7 will lie brought out By the Iiarpers.
II Is reported that a document signed By stout Miles
sandsl Is to be sold at auction in Boston next week
Tho excitement among literary people in Budapesth
caused by charges Of plagiarism against Professor
Emerich PaIer. Of tho University. has not yet died
away. An unsigned brochure appeared In the Hun
garian capital few weeks ago, pretending q prove
that Professor Paucr OF literary and scholarly
reputation had plagiarInei his popular textbook
logic. rs well ms philosophical work which had
gained for him Of the great prizes of the Hun
EIrian Academy OF Sciences. II was declared that
Her wund of stuttgart. In reality the author
u tho textbook, and that English writer was the
t7iS father OF the fesSOrs philosophical ideas.
Professor Iauer in reply which appeared recently
acknowledge, hi, Indebtedness to Herr wundt and adds
that he not only placed his name ut the beginning Of
each chaptc.. bus referred to wundt's theories at
various places In the body Of the book He denonce
the charge Of plagiarism false and calls upon his
anonymous accuser TO throw OF his mask and meet |
him honoraby. The professor adds that he will |
Prove in that event that he owes his IDEAS to no |
man.
Nobody wants IN forget Anthony Trolope's novels |
for some of them very pictures Of phases |
- English character; and ut ea>.. is human
tragedy which will never be Of date II Is
pleasant therefore to know that entirely new and
rather handsome library edition IS In preparation by
Do-d. Mead IS co.
~ author with common-sensc In his composition !
monrns, In these day, that he Is poor aud his pub
lishe- Is rCh-thoueh that he does 50 +, the fnvotc
statement Of those who consider him wholly Illogical
and unbu>neNs Ike. What the current English |
author no" complains OF is that in pub
Usher gets an nnduly large profit above his expenses
takng proportionate interest on plant advertising
ETC., into account. while the author gets sum which
leaves him no profit AT all.
sociological study Of Ireland has been made BY n |
man who has lived among the Irish peasantry all his
life' and he is abou: 10 print 1t In London under the
title Of The Irish Peasant
The taste In books OF brilliant writer as Rnd
ward Kpllng is matter OF interest. This IS what the
librarian OF public library in India once wrote 10 an
English acqualniance-ap Of deficiencies T. be
made good-"Mr X. Kiplins always asks for more
looks BY Walter BeSant than We have.'
In the last Goethe Yearbook published by the
erman Goethe society. with headquarters In Wemar
poem OF the great author upon Frederick the Great
: printed for The first time The verses were found
recently among unpublished papers OF the poet and
Il only with the greatest difficulty that they were
icciphcred. Tbc poem reads rs follows:
Whilst du abcr die Meinung bchcrrschen, bcherrsche
durch That sic,
Nicht durch GehesS urd Nerbot. Der wackre Manu.
der be,tacudigc,
Der den und sich nuezen vcrsteht und gross
dem Lulall gcbete
Der den AusenbliclI kermit, dem unvcrschleiert die
Zuhunft
In der Stillcn Zec dcs lohcn Dcpkers erscheint
Der. wo ale wanken, noch steht
Der bchcrscht Sein \olk er sebietc. der Mcngc DIR
Menschcn.
Eincn solchcn habit ihr Hschcn vor huzzcm h,nauf.
wacrs
III den Gocttern gcIagcn, woher KAN Ihm schauten
Alo NOeker der Welt nit traurigen Bcken mach
TIE NOBIER LOVER
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