New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-30
LITERARY NOTES.


Miss Mary WIlkins's new book has just appeared
rom the HARPER press 1t is called Young Lucretia
md Other Stories" and Is collection OF tales Tor
young people.
Mr. H. Morse stephens has brought out his coiiecuoh
OF the principal speeches delivered during the French
Revolution. The eleven orators represented lncludc
Ihanton Mlrabeau, Barers. Iiobesperre and ST. Just
Some OF the speeches In these two large volumes are
there reprinted for the first time. Mr. stephensS
Introduction deals with the Oratory Of the Revolution
and with French oratory IN general and he has added
O short biography OF each orator.
The first volume Of Appleton's forthcoming military
SERIES Captain Mahan's Admiral Fauaglt," VIII be
followed by General o. o. Towards General Tay-
lor" General Bradley +. Johnson IS writing vol
ume on "Washington"; General Ftzhugh Lee is pre-
pairing one on General Lee; and General Hancock
is to be dealt with by General Francis A Walker
We lrd In "The London Academy some frank
statements concerning Mr. Klpling's latest venture
IN novewritlng This journal holds that that young
man does not vet possess the qualities that go TO make
a novel OF four hundred pages interesting and adj
nrablc. and that he hampprcd himself, moreover,
by taking literary partner The dell
cate style and fantastic humOr OF the New AraDlah
Nights degenerated into careless English and far-
cical extravaganza in In the Wrong Box ana Inc
Dynamlter.' Collaborators In literary work should
&c something more than kin They must think ana
necessary to each other the Brothers DE Con
court then there is some chance OF the partnership
succeeding" 1t may be added with all due regard TO
Sir Balesters ability that he was youth OF talent,
not one OF genius.
A pension OF $500 has been charged upon the
British Civil List In favor Of Eleanor Freeman, widow
OF the late historian. Mrs. Garden the daughter OF
the Ettrick Shepherd, Is 10 receive $500 year In
consideration OF her fathers literary merits aho OF her
own inadequate means OF support
al am so made says Mrs. Ward in her preface to
the last edition OF David Grieve,' that cannot
u,cture A human beings development without want
ing to know the whole, his religion rs well as bis
business, his thoughts well as his actions. can
NOT try 10 reflect nv time without taking account OF
forces which at least as real and living as any
other forces and have at least as much to do with
the drama OF human existence about me. The TWO
rrcs+ forming agencies Of the worlds history have
becn tho religious and the economic, says Professor
Marshall. Every one will agree that in his own way
the novelist nav handle the economic BY and BY
we shall all agree that IN his own way he may handle
the religious For every artist OF whatever type
there Is one memorable law. Your criticsm OF lie
must be fashioned under me conditions OF imaginative
truth and imaginative beauty. If you. being nov
elst make dull story, not all tho religious argument
IN tie world will should save you. For Your
business IS to make novel. not pamphlet re-
Election OF human lifc and not merely record OF IN
tellcctual conception But under these conditions
everything is opsn-try what you willard the re-
spouse OF your fellows and that only will decide your
success"
new edition Of W. II. Ierndon's Abraham
Lincoln" Is 10 be published by the Appletons The
work has been Thoroughly revised and will be brought
out In two Volumes with new illustrations ard an In
PRODUCTION written by Horace White.
Next Thursday shelley's centenary Will be Gel
ebrated by public meeting and recital Of some of his
works. at Horsham two miles from which town he Was
born.