New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-16
LITERARY NOTES.

MIR. Robert Louis Stevensons next story Is to be
raled The Justice Cork" 1t Will be ready in De-
cember.
A brief autobiography by Whittier will appear In
The forthcoming limited edition OF the volume descrlb
Ing the services held in memory OF the poet at Ames
bury In December last.
Good Master Pepys's Diary Is now TO be printed
for the first time in its entirety. only few hi-
printable passages being omitted. The first volume
is on the publication by Bell. OF London. Ie
edition is made from the transcription OF the Diary
beoueathed by Mr.. Mynors Bright to Mardalene ool
lege, Cambridge. In his published edition he i'''
obout one-ffth OF the Whole imprinted Tine new
compete edition will be published In eight volumes
limited large paper edition will also be published
Mr. Wheatley, the editor has contributed many ho''S'
and those OF Lord Braybrooke have been Included
A.. von Rsns..,aer Cmc.r's new book is almost
ready for publication.
Maupassants mind Is quite gone. but his oodS re
mains strong and vigorous. His appetite IS gooa anu
no snends his DAYS in working hard In the garden OF
the maison de sante In which he lives
NJ ,,orocs Howard Furness's readings from Shake
sr.,re now in progress In Philadelphia are reported
10 be remarkably dramatic and Impressive
II &c the opinion Of Mr.. Chatio. the Londoh pun
49, ,nt n, amateur novel writers only about three
g., oyerv hundred find their way into PRINT pui'ns
the last wear his firm accepted for'y'io"r "'N"'N
out OF 663 sent IN
The late NJ. Tame did not much care 10 20 "'o nd
hut liked 10 receive his friends IN MS o"" "o' h,c,
Wa accustomed to give Monday dinners, Il, ~
DISTINGUISHED authors were gehcaiis o"" ~ .cr.o
ds,iobtfll talker, having sweet voice anu an e
49, ona modest manner. lie was an eXce'leh' mu''
,n and lived country life and healthul eA'''i'''
NJ sarcey tells all Interesting Story III ,,'r,an
m educational review which liachete' ,ne
founded and to which Tainc. sarcey ana Aoou' w"
,r,,u,oa ave were paid says Sarcey 10y thc
r,,e hut We we're young them and dld not 'ii'N -
I'M =, money The articles Of Taine attracted
nac,o, attention Unfortunately he fell ILL., ana the
aoctor ordered him to pass two months III '"e '''
Rut he had no funds. Go TO the f!rehc'e, ~
uacbette and make guide. winch snah ioi"
part of our collection Tile pub'sher '"'"''N "
cxpenses. and after two months Tame returned win
h, now celebrated Voyace aux Pyrcnees. liachcte,
on reading the manuscript, exclaimed. TINS Is nov
rbat 7 ordered YOU to write: 1t is not guide put
a work OF the first mark which shall bring out at
once Don't tro,ibe yourself about 1t; your fortune
will be made and so it turned OUT
Margaret sid1cy's pleasant sketch Of Whittier VIII
shortly be brought out In a volume 10 De caieu
awhitu.r with the Children" 1t deals with the
poet in that most charming and benignan aspect re-
yealed In his relations with his little irehds. LIE
book is to be profusely illustrated.
The mass Of unpublished material left by Victor
sditors VI. Vacquerie writes: the inventory
which Meurice and myself have made OF his manu-
scripts and which has now lasted eighteen moh'hs'
has already placed in possession OF no lever "ha
100000 papers and notes which We have had 10 STU
and classify" NJ. Vacquerie says that Hugo during
the last years CT his life took little interest III NJ,
dramatic works Don't bother me about Them
he once remarked "let me live In peace. After my
death YOU can do what you like Another volume
Of his unpublished poems will come out in May next
but it will be far from being the last
Mr. William Winter delivered Staten Island
last week very successful lecture Jefferson and
Other Comedians" 1t is mentioned by The staten
Islander as a fascinating talk, filed with keen
analysis. exquisite description. and ripping humor
NJ Georges ohnet. author of the Maitrc de FORCES
Is about to publish new novel, which he declares
to be entirely unlike anything he has published
previously.
Mr. sala again writing Of Thackcray in The London
Telegraph says that he was unswervingly ana IN
yariably truthful he was kind compassionate. chart
table and TO the best Of my belief strongly mbued
with religious principle and sentiment OF MS
occasional propensity to treat one IN distant stand
of, and Great Twamley' manner have already Incl
dcntally and laughngy spoken knew him long
enough and intimately enough TO regard these little
exhibitions Of peSkness' utterly unworthy of ser
GUS notice. When stroDed into the hall Of the
Reform either luncheon time or In the evening and
saw Mr.. Thackeray ] failed TO take careful
note Of him. IT, to my thinking, he was in a dis
agreeable humor, gave him the widest OF wide bers
But when he espied me- and saw him put his hands
In his pockets and beam his spectacles. knew
that he was IN good form and that he would be
cheerful, tolerant and delightful. He had an odd
way OF calling me the Rev Dr. Sala,' chiefly because
believe, / used TO talk to him quite AS ouspokenly
and seriously in the old time he had talked 10 me-
and then the questions which he
was so fond Of putting 10 me In
perfectly unreserved and straightforward manner
He knew how much I loved and revered him. and that
Is why we got on well together. There were some
friends Of his used TO call him 'Thack and slap
him on the back. never called him anything but
Mr.. Thackeray,' and did so because knew he was
my elder and conscentiously believed that he wns in
every way my better.
"From the bottom Of my heart I declare that he
was not a cync mean that he entertained no morDse
nor contemptuous views and tenes on human nature.
The real cynic the qualities OF the surly dog he
snarls he Is captious he Is surly currish austere.
Bishop Berkeley speaks Of cynical content in dirt
and beggary' Thackeray the contrary loved light
and culture and luxury have heard him say that
he liked TO 60 to his bedchamber al night with a wax
taper and a silver candlestick. That was merely a
frank way Of putting It, that he preferred the ele-
gancies OF life to squalOr and ugncss lie has been I'M
Justly termed cynic. because lie could not help beng
satirist: but although he master Of irony. and
on occasions could the scapc with effect as teri
BILE as ever It had used by Juvenal, by Dryden.
or BY Pope / heard him say one unkindly thing
OF human weakness. fraity. or misfortune"
A copy of the first edition of Tom Jones' has Just
been sold in London for S343. 1t was uncut and In
the original boards.