New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-08
LITERARY NOTES.
Mr.. Kpnng's newest work Is to be printed In the
Youths Companion" It Is a story OF his boyhood'


Youths Companion" 1t Is story OF bis boyhood
Mr. Bret Harte Is at work several stores-enough
to keep him busy for a year to come. He has Just
COMPLETED an American story-not an English one, for,
though he lives In England, he does not propose 10
dead with English life. "No" he says, "let English
PEOPLE write OF English and Americans OF America.
There is any amount Of material in America TO be
worked into fiction, II Americans would only wrte'
To write what you have lived is TO begin With. one
secret Of success" Mr.. Harte thinks that the fiction
Of the Civil War is almost all to write and that the
American novelist Is 10 find his great field there. HIS
novel; Sally Dows," In course Of serial pnblca-
on Is the first Of several stories in which he intends
to treat the domestic side Of the
swinburne IS writing a poem Grace Darling,
much delight OF the hotel keepers In the vicinity
of the scene OF the heroine's exploit.
T.R. pynchon president Of Trinity College, has
Just become the happy pCsse,sOr OF one OF the two
copies Of the heretlcal PyncheOn BOOK known
to be in existence The other copy Is in the Lenox
Library.
One who knew Tennyson intimatcs that the poet
did not look back The Princess with unmiXed
satisfaction. lie said In late years that he some
times regretted having put such finished effort into
setting which he calls medley" This, his friend
thinks. Is implied In the lines
Then rose little feud between the two
Betwixt the Knockers and the reasts,
And l. betwlxt them both. to please them both,
And yet 20 give the story # rose,
moved as IN strange diagonal.
Ana maybe neither pleased myself nor them.
An authorized translation OF all that part OF the
second volume of Ten Drinks "Geschchte der Eng
llschen Literatur" that had appeared before the
authors death Is announced for immediate publication
by Holt The centre Of interest in this portion OF
the work. perhaps in the whole, Is Chaucer, though
the period embraced includes also Wycl the earliest
a. b,-
Dr. ". c. Robinson had the benefit Of Professor
Ten Drinks critical revision. II will he issued In
uniform style with the first volume which appeared
several years ago.
Emile zola asserts that. with the exception of
Huysmaus and de Maupassant tho only original writer
among the newer French novests Is Paul Bourget.
De Maupassant. by the way. is getting letter he is
calmer. his memory appears be returning and his
moments Of lucdity are more frequent.
William Watson. the insane poet, is also reported
be improving. and 1t is thought that ne will entirely
recover after n long rest
An English translation OF the complete novels OF
Turgcned Is said to be In progress In England Step
MAX Is furnish Introductory essay to each vol
The great gra ndda ugher OF Robert Burns. Jean Ar
mour Burns brown, whom the Worlds Fair
agers hope to TO Chicago this year, Is young
woman OF twenty or less, and IS said 10 strongly
resemble her famous ancestor. she lives In DUN
fries. Lar The place In which Burns died. statue
Of the poet recently unveiled there. She sat
the platform Oh that OCCASION and strong resem-
blance Observed 10 exist between her face and
the bronze that the multitude set up a cheer.
william Norriss new romance IS now on the press.
It's title IS TO be The Well at the Worlds End"
The Scrlbners have issued In pamphlet form the
defence Of Professor Briggs made in the lately con-
Guided ecclesiastical trial
Walter BeSants new novel bears the picturesque
title Of The Rebel Queen. II is coming ont serially
in "IIarpcrs Bazaar"
DlornsO the poet and novelist. who has just COM
peted his siXtleh year. is devoted farm life, and
Ancs FOR It when away from Auestad his avorie
residence lie thinks that hc can work better there
tn1n elsewhere. His farmhouse is large and TASTE
fully furnished. and In the summer he cnterains
tensivcly there. Blornson leads very simple life.
lie usually rises ut u 6:3D. breakfasts alone,
with his sccretary.- and then sits down his writing
tabl, The Pail Mall Gazette says that he is not
distinct and Is rendered still more lcshlc by
rsciions and erasurcs, his manuscripts have 10 DO
copied. sometimes even twice When h. has finished
"a page two he rises and paccs up and down the
room for f"w minutes. thinking out what he i To
put In the next page when he takes up a work
lie often finds difficulty In striking the right key. and
viii begin it over aud over again.