New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-03


Mr. Hamilton Aides next book A VOYAGE OF DIS
covery IS not a description OF travels. but mover
illustrative OF American society. Mr. Alhe - SUPPOSE
TO have made exhaustive studies Of the same CURING
his recent short journey through this country win
Mr. Henry VI. Stanley.
"The sisters swmbumes forthcoming tragedy OF
modern times VIII make crown octave book OF about
one hundred and thirty pages.
Mr.. Thomas Nelson Pages new book which Is to
be published soon by the Scribners Is to bear the
highly suggestive title OF "Thc Old SOUTH III Is
the South OF the picturesque days before '61 which
will be revealed in this collection OF essays
at may be-, SAYS NJ. Zoa, "that we-Flaubert
Daudet, Goncourt and myself-lave been littie
sectarian. little dogmatic. After all 1t was bnt
natural, for as leaders Of movement we were obhged
10 make our formula as definite and as precise as
possible. 8. We have perhaps been too absolute,
too positive. We have studied the human being
little too much from the point Of view Of the senses
and there will be, think, new movement toward the
great Unknown-towan- ie he sails pas
Asked if lie thought that this reaction was near at
hand. NJ. Zola answered: First OF all you must
| remember that | am not yet dead, and the present
naturallsc formula will find 1t hard to die without
me- But besides no sign Of its dying at present.
Every great movement IN literature Is the outcome
OF corresponding great social movement Literature
Is an expression Of the life OF the nation and the
best literature Of each epoch Is that which best
presses the national life OF that epoch. Now orr age
Is an age which is tlrstng after truth. We sce this
In many ways; in the progress Of posltivIsm in the
development Of democracy. and above all In the
enormous strides made by science. our realistic move
mcnt represents all these things; thus We are the
outcome Of the temper Of our age. THIS
temper is 50 far from dec1yng that 1t IS
being developed further and further. AMI more
over among our young men there Is no one
therefore reason for expecting an immediate
reaction In literature at least far the novel is
concerned
How good writer might VI. zola be IL he had
but a little Imagination. lie the mud on the
banks of seine but the flower that grows Of It,
Tho Spanish novelist, Emilia Pardo Bazan is the
object OF enthusiastic admiration ard affection In
her native town OF Corna II Is said that when she
visits the town (shc now lives In Madridl the whole
population issues forth to receive her she enters.
sonora Bazan Is short ard dark woman. wears
good clothes and talks charmlngy.
Julian Hawthorne who Is not only writer, but
also OF notable athletic powers, knowing how to
hagdle his muscles well as his brains, has clever
paper on Walking In the April Lppincor.' lie
declares that far his observation gues the
Of population walk less than either the French
German or English In the country. every farmers
b0y who wants to 20 half mile bitches up instead
which carry the ploughman. instead OF compelling
him % follow. In cities people will. on the hlmsiest
prGcXt, jump on horse cars or chamber up TO the
clevstcd trains. and sit stand breathing foul air.
when they might have been rejoicing in the freedom
Of heaven aud earth All OF which the observation OF
other men will undoubtedly confirm.
MIR. Hawthorne docr not agree with Thoreau that
the walker ought 10 have no definite end or aim in
view ror ans specified measure Of time "Only
an IDIOT or mailman could walk on The Thoreau
prime ple' he adds certainly rhoreau himself never
practiscd what he preached. lie one OF the most
self conscious Of men, he always knew where he was
going and why and he wrote II all out after lie got
home. | defy any ore with brains in his head
and viii IN his soul TO blundcr about without an
object aud call It walking Walking means infinitely
more than that 1t Is the physical manifestation OF
spiritual principle the principle OF progress. II Is
the symbol OF emotion directed and controlled By
reason II Is science first and then art; aud II Is
Enthusiastically and thoroughly human
Tho Bronte Family In Ireland Is the title Of q
volume which is about to appear In London. II Is
full OF anecdotes concerning Patrick Bronte and his
brothers and relates among other things how when the
famous Quarterly Review" attack on Jane Eyre
appeared. Of her uncles armed himself with a
blackthorn. dear 10 his Irish heart and crossed the
Channel voving q brcnk IL upon the writer. But
the writer to b. found. and TO this dav IL Is
literary problem to who wrote tho too severe
view.
Mr.. stcvenson's and Mr. Osbourne's) ~wrccker
IS to be brought out in book form at the end Of
June The cloth edition will be ornamcnted with
twelve lllpas Illustrations.
The hte Edward A. Freeman was one of the few
Englishmcn who could address Greek audience I'm
their own tongue Mr.. Gladstone is nnother.
II Is said, by the way concerning Mr.. Freeman's
defective literary style that it was injured by The
fact that most of his work dictated as he paced
up and down the room and that he took little trouble
In the way of subsequent correction.
Mr.. Morris Phillips Editor of THE NewYork
Home Journal has published book for tourists
called Ab Gad aud At lomc.' which contains about
80 pages OF practical hints Mr.. Phillips Is an old
traveller lie has lived in Georgia, Florida aud Cali
forna, as well in London and Paris. His book
gives information about hotels, restaurants seasido
resorts, railway travel the cab systems Of Paris asd
London, aud many other kindred topics. The facts
and particulars thus recorded such tourists
always glad to know, and Mr.. Phillips has impaired
this practical knowledge In n brisk and agreeable
manner. The book may be found at Brentanos.
Among many good things In the April scrlbncr''
is IFS leader on the social awakening In London.
II Is a careful and we'll proportional paper on the
modern organized efforts 10 discover and to the
worst mscries OF povery and ignoranc in that
great city The article ends with the assertion that
the long. slow struggle of the workngmen. rising into
drasatlc Interest It's nfu outbur,s. Is destined to
bring them TO position Of Independence, and in so
strong and pure democracy the County OF London,
ultimately, as they become worthy Of power into a
position OF control.
Here are Of Mr.. Quiller COUGHS convictions
concerning the Novel ana Realism: The eyes of men
men are not mathematical appliances for observing
uniformly the data OF life, their minds
rate instruments for registering their observations aud
reasoning 10 within the tenth OF an inch. Books about
life are not written In the vacuum of al ar-pump
Every among us reality through the glass Of
his temperament and II takes the color OF that glass
and rcproduccs It's flaws and Inequalities. What an
artist does Is to make his fellow men for awhile look
al lie through his particular lens. whether telescope
or microscopic. red. green or that mixture OF many
colors which call white"