New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-19

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900 letters addressed to the poet as well rs ,'9'
Of miscellaneous papers sold as waste paper fro''
iIautcville House by one OF the poets relatives
,>.,.o co,,,r. wb,ch has been secured as pcrma-
n, ,nc,neo5oi NJ Wordsworth WITS visited during the
holiday scasor by an average number OF seVc''!
rven p,l1rinis O week The modern snsh-"'ioo"s
have been taken out and replaced with casem'htS NV"
| iraded lights An old fourpost bedstead wmcn "''
used by Wordsworth has been put In tho cottage 20
sether with other pieces OF furniture ASSOCIATE" WIN
| tho poet and various portraits
Definition, Of prose and poetry Always more or
loss interesting but rarely satisfying Ih"sc are
| ". ii. MalIock's attempts: "Irosc is the ""ehhsc
men usa when expressing themselves without emotion
or with emotion which is slight Intermittent; poetry
is the Language they use under emotion which Is OK
ceptiona and sustained. Poetry, In short Is IN Hs
essence this II Is the successful representation OF e
as regarded with sustained emotion
apuddIcs and Politics Down the Danube Is the
lille OF Mr. Poutney Blgelow's forthcoming book de-
scribng his canoe down the great river. lie
HAS illustrated the volume himself
sar,on came near losing tho subject Of his Tlerml
DOR ITO show you' lc said not long ago, show the
Same literary iCeas are sometimes aioat in different
mi d.. will rcltc Ia anccdOtc was VIn9 III
the time IN the boulevard BonneNouvclle and was
looking over my notes. when one morning DEnncry.
the dramatlst who my ncigbor. came over 10 my
place We talked about different subjects. on leaving
me- D'Ennery saw my table tie two volumes OF
Flcury's memoirs. and stu see him pointing to the
book with his stick. nnd saying
" 4 say, sardou, there Is capital subject for a
dramatic play In that book
"And l. with great vcracty guessing rival re-
piled Yes, but am writing it,
'Ah' said DEnncry. you mean the clerk Of the
Ccmltc du Salut Public. dou't your
a. Labussierc' Just So
"And D'Enncry Let me with sme. but rather
disappointed
scotland Is 10 have tbllographlcnl society, and
II Is thought that this will lead 10 the fornaioh OF
a similar society IN England.
Of the forthcoming King john Of tBc Eanls-
slde shalies pcarc" "Shaicspcarinna" Is extremely
proud Al, i well known H. ays. that the old play
The Troublesome Ra'gno.' etc, was set up p'rtaiy
n backlccr Of It's own unused elsewhere far can
be- Discovered aloundng in curious logoypes aud con
trocted letters. Furthermore. tho Ilacklctter was
intcr<pcrscd with !talic tyre. used for settling up
proper Names willie a font VI Arabic was laid unlcr
contribution for c stage Observation-Disclosures most
unique and interesting tumble. OF this iumblc. how
ever. the general ,dOr Of the Iankslde has insisted
upon an c>rct fac smile. Most editors TO caTy out
the claim ha. The Uanksdc Shakespeare Is I'm abso.
lu'cly accurate replication Of me old gnartos and fo'
would doubtless have been satisfied with couni"rfelng
'hc antique and broken ElznbctJnn types. But mo
Eanksldc Is too pnnctllous TO take advantage Of even
so plausible claim. and the result hos bccn. TINT 10
satsf, rs editor the Riverside Prss has lts"lf cast
comp,e,e font Of their Nax,on' blacklrtter. logo
type, and all. and will use II In manufacturing the
King John
MISS Olive Solrcner lately finished novel which
she has sent 10 England for publication
Mr- Grirnv1od-le widow Of tho Brit n official
A.. mi f,rfrf'
novel which is Just coming out in book FORM
How many times should an author rcv'tte and
r,llsh up his Ms, Turgcpicn u-,d to suggest re-
writing box at least Fy times
az can't bear 20 bc thourlt NJ as only Mr..
Carlyle wife" Mrs. CARLYLE wTS ON" dry heard, To
s,v. INT independent dame lIkci not little %
lecture her friends Mrs CARLYLE rourS oil into your
wounds. but II Is oil Of NtHol.' Miss Jcwsbury tncc
remarked vnc" she was sunring under Somc Infection
from her London friends rcproying pm.
A library cdiu,A OF Urluhort and Moticuys trans.
lnton of Radicals in two volumes. Is announced rs
| forthcoming by Lawrence q Bullcn. 1t * u he
ncly illustrated and fac'mil"s Of rare and unlqu"
ufo.pngcs Of cnrly French editions accompany the
Introduction.
VIcomt. Dc Grouchy, Formerly member OF the
d,po,nn.c corps 81 France while examining the papers
q n dead Rotary In Paris recently, found some vain
| able documents relating 10 Racine. The documents
| give new Information regarding tho poets pnvat
| nfc his fortune. and his library. They show that
contrary 10 general belief Racine possessed coIn
Portable fortune. Among other thlrgs II was found
that he had once loancd 90 900 francs To an lmpccn-
| nous prince. Tie papers contain list Of many
| books possessed by the author at the time OF his
death. hut strange 10 say this list docs not include
q engie copy II his works. II T. also said that
| the papers G-scrhc thc house v!ere Racine lived
something that II has been impossible 10 discover
heretofore. The Nicomte will publish the interesting
| documents as soon az possible.
praiscworthy interest IN literature has been
| shown by wealthy member of the Parliament OF
Hungary. whose name for the present Is To remain
| revealed. lie has set aside 10000 gIIdcn with a
handsome villa IN Idarrsth the Use Of the "beSt
living hungarian author" Jury. consisting N two
m"urlrrs OF the Hungarian Academy Of Science two
members Of the Kisfcldy society members Of the
pctoel Society, and two wcllknown publishers ri The
hungarian capital, Is 10 decide upon the man entitled
to the prize The fortunate author is 10 occupy the
Villa and hive the income Of 10000 g,lden amount
Ing to about 1900 gudcn year. until his dcath when
tho Jury Or It's Successors will elect the next benc
hcary. Tho deputy, in offering this Gift says that he
hopes in this Why to do the literature Of Hungary
service by ruislng It's greatest repre- sentative above
tho necessity OF earning his daily brcod and allowing
him 81 devote his entire time 10 higher work n t
generally understood that the donor primarily Intends
Ia this delicate way to make the latter DAYS of MORT,
lokal, the Hungarian poet, historian and statesman
FREQ from care. There Is no doubt that Yolni Will be
the first author to reap the benefits Of the patriotic
| dcputy's generosity. But what heartburnlng this
| gift may cause In years to comet
The mother OF the young King OF servh. the OK
Queen Natalie, has written drama bearing the titla
"The Mother" II islnended according TO the foreign,
polrrs 10 portray her own unhappy life while
occupying the scrvlan throne and the struggles 10
keep her boy under her protection. The work Is said
to be somewhat sensational not wholly devoid NJ
| literary merit.
| CHEIP SEIMONs IN WALES
From Tue Liverpool Mercury.
In Wales sermons nro to- cheap. The preachers arc