New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-24
LITERARY NOTES.

| p,orninc ~ an old man was full OF bOuyancy. lie
did NOT seem 10 think 1t is said that his work was
over and he was heard cite Acschylus to prove tt
the poctcal faculties do not die out with the approach
| OF age but that. the contrary, they npch' y
| Young boy he said. can describe rose, but man
must have lived rightly TO shadow forth the human
| heart The grand exceptions, Keats ana t"e
others. he admitted; but evidently, In spite OF 'fau-
line, and .Pacclslis hc could find explanation OF
| these out Of hi, own experience.
One OF the most delightful things said of Brown
ing was that he needed no distinguished audience ana
gavo of his best in corner TO two or three unifi-
| portant persons
= Joplxnson smith and Thomas Nelson Page
have been giving readings In Boston from their
| respective works, and evidently to Boston'S great
delight one of the local journals declares that the
Hub has had no such treat snce Charles Dickens read
| here from his writings Mr.. Smith presented
selections from "Colonel Carter Of Cartersville.'
"a Day at Laqucrrc,7 six Hours In squantico,'
| Captain Joe.n and Espcro Gorgonl, Hondocr'
| while Mr. Page introduced Meh Lady, and MarSc
| Chan" described George Waslnns Last Duel' ana
Pulaski's Tournament; and rccited "uncle "auc
White Folks" Little joe" and other of his pens
All the newspapers speak OF the entertainment IN
| enthusiastic terms The Traveller asserts that
the readings cannot fail to be among the most pop
unr Of the season." while " The Herald notes as an
| indication OF the impression made that Mr. SMITH
and Mr. Page put mp at all the swell cmDS
and received quite an ovation at the Bot"ph ai'er
| the readings
In Mr. Bridges lnstalnent OF his personal recol
| lccons OF Hawthorne. to bc found In the fcDruar!
Harper" there is paragraph which shows tic Dtlcr
riuStc, from which authors suffered I'm his day. The
retail price Of Twice Told Tales saws Bridge, ""aS
| believe. 81 From the ~ 900 first obtancd, after
dcductng the cost Of printing $3.50 and the authors
.ha,c tSlOOj there wodd remain To the publisher ahn
| the retail bookseller $50 For any copies pnntel
in excess OF the first thousand the cost to the publisher
would be much less. while the authors percentage
would remain the same. This ina case where the pup
fisher was assured against fos-7 Mr.. Bridge adds ::
How different would been lawthornes encourage
mcnt had he begun his literary work III this decade
| Perhaps.
"Thc writer Of a salablc book SAYS The Lonion
Glotc"-" and every other writer, case Is foreign to
the arcumcnt-ha, probably devoted at least years
hard labor 70 it. Most likely he ha, matter in II
that. II judicously managed. might have brought MN
in "a couple II hundred pound fom magazines ana
periodicals. At all events. the manuscript represents
IN accumulation Of time ard lnbor quite oubalancnc
the publishers stake To II You must often add the
thought and cleaning, of a lifetime. Is II not reason
abo T. conclude therefore, that the author ought to
have the lion, share Of the return should the pub
l,hor earn SAY 20 per cent profit on his money, he
has done extremely well In times when 1t Is dihcult
10 lind "A safe per cent investment. But If he were
10 hand over al that is left what happy surprise II
would be for the successful author
II Is sad 10 record that clever and popular
novelist u, Mr.. RlddcL. the author Of George
/ Gcth~ and The senior Farther has never received
from the profits # her twenty eight works Of fiction
mors than - $50 year ont Of this she has sup
port ii herself and several relations, 50 TINT
saving has been impossible aud there Is movement
I'm England 70 obtain pension for her from the
Government Mrs. Rlddeirs books nave had fine
sale-hcr publishers wero lucky men.
There Is ouaint story told in "The English IL
mstrtad Nagnzinc7 Of lovabe parson Of the olden
tlme-a real Dr. Primrose. ~ lady who was staying
I'm my fathers house, the narrator. at time
bcforc can remember. told me that he ordered the
constable 10 put an incor-gibe tramp who WINS
public nuisance In the stocks the next time he came
The man did So and told my father. who sent of 10
the nearest magistrate TO have him taken ont and
br, giit leforc him. Their magist,at, AZ home
and A. to RAN frghtfilly. God bless my soul
said my father, that poor fellow Will be drownri'
:, he took ont biz umbrella and sat by the cupnts
side the stocks and sent for some bread and cheese
f1g the man. DO you think said father, If took
OF vour boots you could slip your feet Outr IN
try. said the prisoner. 1t a happy thought and
the man slipped ont his bottles feet. my father hold
lnc the stocks mp ~ high h. could out came
the mans feet into lbs boots he Jumped. and away he
cut ~ he was advised. What funny world! IL
the man had any sense he could have summoned the
clergyman Of the parish for aiding In an escape from
Justice
The Tempest Volume * Of Horace Howard
Furnc,,, Yarorum Edition. 81 shake -pcarc. Is now
on the IIppincou press. Another book which Will
shortly issued by tins publisher is the Diary Of
George Mlnlm Duas-a diary written while he was
American Minister ut ~. Petersburg.
Captain Charles King, forthcoming novel is to be
called ~ soldiers secret
Among the treasures Of a blblphlG who died re-
comfy In Rome sntcr.,ing lltcnry relic was fund
IL proved be edition Of Orlando FuriDso.' printed
n Ncnic" three months after the death OF Aro'o ON
tho title page arc the words, Orlando Fnrlo,o di
mcsscr LudoyicO AriostO mobile fcrrarc,c, muamcnte
IN mI proprio corcto. d'altrI caylt nuovi ampat,
murnncnto stampato. 1913" The hast page contains
the noiicc stnmpato in Vcnezia per Marchio Lcssa
nccli ammo del signOrc. 1888 add 10 settembr' The
book was sold for s23 lire. As far rs Is known. there
are only other similar editions in existence one
Is in the possession Of the British Museum while the
other somewhat imperfect Is IN the collection OF the
late Marchese FcIraloli.
An author so far announced only as n distinguished
American student and professor Of history has written
"A new Life Of Napoleon !" for The Century, 1t Is
to appear serIally and will be richly illustrated
Tennyson Is said 10 be In what is, for old gentle
man. blooming health. Ills walks are long and many
The nOvelsts Of Holland are TO be no longer pnc-
toly unknown pcrsonages In America. The Apple
tons are preparing Holland fiction SERIES which is
10 include books Of the modern Dutch writer's
Something Of the quality Of Maartcn Martens,
the author of " Joo~t Avcngh' know from that
clever book. and will heartily welcome his new novel
.thc1 ynIumcs " Ennisln OF Enten and Ellnn