New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-02
LITERARY NOTES.
"Akbar's Dream; and other Poems is 10 be the
title OF TennysOns new volume


Captain A. F. Mahan. U. S. NJ. has prepared a
Second Part Of his important work The influence Oh
Sea Power upon History" This will be published In
J two volumes by Little Brown I Co., under the title
of The Influence OF Sea Power upon the French Revo'
| luton"
Mr. Curtss last Easy Chair" paper will appear In
| the November number OF Harper" 1t was COM
pleted several weeks before his death IT Is under
| stood that the department will be dsconnled anu
| there Is n rumor that Mr.. Howes will presently or
ranlze a new and different department In the maya
| zine.
Among Thomas Jefersons amIabIe qualities was
| a taste for the Muse. How he wooed her may be
| seen In this Inscription OF an African Slave
| quoted from tne Ms by Mr. Paul i. Ford III
ScrIbner'
shores there arc. blessed shores for us remain,
| And favor'd isles with golden fruitage crown'd.
Where tufted fow'rets paint the verdnnt plain,
| Where ev'ry breeze shall medicine ev'ry wound
| There Che stern tyrant that embitters llfc
Shall vanly supplian'. spread his asking mana ;
| There shall view the billow's strife.
| Aid the kind breast and watt his boat to land"
This IS interesting as the work OF distinguished
STAKEHOLDER whatever 1t may be as poetry
~Enoch Arlcn' 1t is recorded, has been trans
lated SIX times into German, five times into French
twice into Italian and Dutch, and once into Spanish
Norwegian and Dutch. The latest French trans
lation IS an elaborate annotated one.
~Thc Life and Letters OF Washington Alston' by
j. Il. flagg viii have for Illustration eighteen re-
productions Of Allsons paintings. Much OF the ma
icral which the book Is based Is said to be new
The scribners bringing It out.
What promises to be an interesting book Is an
nounced in England under the title OF Extinct Mon
sters.' 1t will deal with the strange and massive
animals Of former ages and will make the most OF the
discoveries In America. The book Is written 10y the
Rev H. " Hutchinson and the animal artist. J. smii.
has made twenty four curious rcstOraons OF ante
diluvlan creatures.
Georges Ohncrs Nlmrod & Co." has been translated
By VI. j. scrrano and the translation will soon be
| published 10y Ci,scl.
Mr. Howell, has lately received letter giving a
striking Testimony 10 the truth TO life Of his
| novel The Quality Of Mercy Just as your story
| was auprnriucT lays tie novclist's quoted IN
Harper, weekIy-j correspondent n lady came to
me I'm deep distress. Her husband had formerly
been IN the employ Of large corporation lie
| lad cmbczllcd money. and had Skipped Inc
| Alternative offered by the company was Punishment
or imprisonment She begged me to see
| compromise could not be affected But tho matter
had gone a lile far, and was then in tho hnnds
I ~ Tho district attorney The detectives on
his track Few week, after learned OF the case the
man YVES caught. | doaht If there was anybody
Who read ycur story with deeper Interest than oIn
knowing al the circumstances Of ih, case. Inc
man though not wealthy. held good s0'lnl POSITION
ard he blow WAS great one. lie terribly
pun,hod before he got into jail nj all succeeded
I'm getting hi, sentence abbreviated 10 term OF one
year feeling TIA, the man pcnitcut and that he
WAS worth saving and the company was not dis
| posed to De- vlndctvc. After he went to the House
Of Correction he placed In charge Of the library
felt little delicate about sending him your book
Ia, told him how It had Affected me. lie was
much Interested to II. 80 last week sent HIN
| q copy. received yesterday Inc ioHo"'"s
| letter:
Your very Mind letter with the book. " The
| Quality Of Mercy came my hand In due time
| was very much interested IN the book from be-
Ginning TO end II seems 10 me that unless u
person has been a draultcr. and has passed through
shat Soithwlct did. II would be impossible for MN
| to givc such correct description Of such man.
| Northwlchs ease was much Hike mine q might
s,y Identical win it, and the feelings and actions
Of the man Described true To life. that II seemed
| as though It mus. bc story OF my own NE up 10
| the time he returned TO his children. think II |
Lad read the hook ten years ago, 1t would have made
III. stop ard him, what my mode OF lie would lead
| 10 I'm the end. II seems to me that II every man
who handles other peoples money could read this
book the erect would be far reaching morally. ]
can only say that | think the author wonderful
| Judge of human nature"
George Mcrcdlth's new book Of verse Is to be
called The Empty Purse; and other Poems
DR.. oliver Wendell Holiness book. one Hundred
Days In Europe. Is In lis NTH edition IN England
Mr.. owen wister's romance. "Thc Dragon Of
wnntlcy. His Rise. Ills voracy and his Downfall
f. announced by Llpplncot. The volume Is TO have
many ilustra ions.
Giovanni and the other is the title OF the volume
/ ,tbfs Mr. I'm
nett has laely prepared for publication
The "Life Of Cowpcr," announced long ago, Is now
at last TO he published within the month Its author.
Thomas Wright Is principal OF the Cowper school Mt
| OIney. England. Mr.. WRIGHT has been engaged In
gathering material for the work for many years and
I'm the course OF this preparation has discovered. he
thinks the central incident OF the poets life. the Incl
| den, that coorcd and madc wreched Cowper's last
wears lie SAYS In his preface: Religion the MAS
mata Of Olncy the influence OF Newton. The death Of
his brother all these have at various times been held
responsible for much OF his misery. Undoubtedly the
cause Of Cowpers Affections inherited mcanchoia.
but one of effects has, curousy enough. escaped MS
former biographers and that am not wrong In CIV
In; importance to II Is proved by the fact mat
We can trace its influence throughout Cowper's HE.
| The thing that cause him to believe he was damned
! WAS A drcam-a dream which he had n the end Of
| February 1913. Cowpcr says over and over again,
| though not OF course In many words, that IL was
This dream that brought about the state OF MIND which
rendered horrible the last twenty seven years OF his
| nfe.o
"Ouabbln, is the lille OF a volume OF sketches OF
| carly New England life lately completed by /. H..
| Underwood and soon to be published
NJ. Pierre Lott holds some highly credablc opinions
concerning the school OF Matcralism." Has IT ever
found real friends ?" he asks In 1.-THE Forum" I've
paid altogether too for the OF truth 1t had
! to offer when obtained II at the price OF accepting
the works In which 1t glorlcd. II some writer's Of this
school by their merits and In spite OF all obstacles
acquired great rcpe Is because they have possessed
Qualities almost In contradiction to the principles
the school proiessed AS for the crowd OF poor little
disciples applied conscenuosy the theories their
masters preached | do not believe there ever We're
writer's that produced WEAKNESS and disgust more
surely and speedily. There is hardly work Of