New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-28
LITERARY NOTES.
Mrs Dcland has finished new novel, ana "''''
the title Of Philip and HIS Wife IL Is u w '""
lishcd Scrally In THE Atlan;-'

Mrs Dcand has finished new novel ana "n','
the title Of Philip and HIS WIFE IL Is 10 " pun
lishcd scriay In THE Atlan;'
Mr.. Walter Crane Is now at work upon eight draw
incs Illustrating The Tempest. Ih''e anu "'"''
are 10 Illustrate the Dalla,typc rduc"i ia'''i' VI
,ho 1924 folio Shakespeare MIR. Gran" having under
taken TO make for this edition generous h'"i VI
ao.c,s In tho styl. OF the great masters {" me HA
tcenth century There will be two editions on '"pa
nesc vcum paper and one on ArhohS uno.'"'n'"
hand. made paper. The large paper -''' VIII w "''
tied TO 800 copies. The printing VIII l" done I'll
tircly at hand press.
Tho Nr.t and second volumes Of Mr. James Ford
phode,,s History Of the United states have gone
into their second edition.
A curious device for working up IN" S"'' 'i "
hook IS reported In THE u.ondoni Author ""'
given out that "A noble Of high degree was r'-"'''"
,o marry the exact counterpart OF certain "'r''no
- romance. OF course the marriag"ab.r eiri' Ill
bought the romance TO see what the h'r"'hc "''
like Hence much profit for the "n'ho'
An hour with Robert Franz the German song
writer will be- described In the next number oil III
Century by Mr. Henry T. frnck
Mr. Richard Harding Davis's power OF tiers" ana
telling description ought TO b" nj liz best III paper
nm Three English Race MccingS.' Ihls hf''''
Illustrated hy william small. on" Of IN" '"N'f''. 81
,hc British artists Of his kind. will appear In the July
Harper
MFR J. cnur,on Collins's biographical and critical
.tudv OF Jonathan swift has just com" from the
pres when first began 10 study swirl Hr'
Collins say. I'm his preface. felt convinced that not
only WA. he never in,an" IN the proper acc p'"uoh
OF the term bu, that the maladlcS which ne n"',''
regarded As the germs and symptoms OF gradually De-
vcloplng disease had In truth connection with 'h'
state into which h" latcrly sank.
Mary Anderson Navarro Is writing. not an auto
biography but her "reminiscences of the stage
po,.-, buchanan |. ariiaicd about something. lie
sends 10 The London Chronicle what may b" called
. ,rv out,ur-t Literature. hc cries therein.
can always take care Of Itself, ana contemporary
judgments upon II only the cackihHS oil e'e'c III
fine CAPITOL The gentlemen who anrm thAt all INC
great writers have departed are descendants "' NV
gentlemen who thought Coeridge 'driveller' "auH-
worth an old woman. and shelley moonNtruck
noodle and who bcwacd pathetlcally the golden age
., pope ana Cowpnr \ writer must BE- - dead man,
either physcay or morally before III" geese approve
him. They hissei until he was sim ana cou' inc
greatest OF all living Americans ana wheh ne WIS
laid I'm his grave only one NAM nn atheist 10y pro-
fcssion had the courage ~ speak tie funeral orao'
They tormentcd and insuited Robert browning ior
forty wears and then. when Westminster Abbey
n,onod IN him cried How great he was. how sane
and good - They bought twenty editions OF '1he
Epc OF IIaics' and left james Thomson ana Richard
Jenrcys TO starve. They did, In short "hat human
geese do under all and condliions-they asked
If literature was played out ana ASSUMED mat u
was because they had neither eyes to discern nor
souls to distinguish be,wecn real literary acheVc
men,s and bogus POPULATIONS
A volume OF civilians Verse" has been compiled
from, the pnces of various periodicals conducted In
tad. n
poems and Is coming almost Immediately from the
Knlckcrbocker press.
A whimsical letter written by ". s. Gilbert notes
q. n Great want" among poets. Il should Ike to rug
ees, he SAYS "that any Inventor who Is In need ~
"A name for his invention would confer boon on all
rhymesters and at the same time Insure himself many
cratutons advertisements, II he were to select word
that rhymes TO one OF the many words III common use
that have very few rhymes or none at all. few
more words rhyming to love are greatly wanted
Revenge and 'avcngc have no rhyme but 'Penge'
md Stonchenge' .coi has rhyme at all. 'Sthrve'
has no rhyme except (ob. irony carve scarf has
no rhyme though ! fully expect TO be told that
1augh' calf and half are admissible. which they
certainly are not"
There Is great deal OF practical Information about
living abroad TO be- found In W. H.. Bishops forth
coming book, "A House Hunter In Europe
| Mr. Eugene Lee Hamilton has found q striking
similc and set II forth IN bit OF verse, which he
entities
BAUDELAfRE.
Paris gutter Of the good old times.
Black and pu,rescent In It's stagnant bed.
| save where the shnmblc Oozings fringe II red,
Or scaf0d irickles. nocturnal crimes.
1t holds dropped gold dead dowcrS from tropc clmes
Gems true ana false. by midnight mnskrrs shed
Old pots of rogue. old broken Walls that spread
Vague fumes Of musk, With fumes from Sums ana
shines.
| And every where as CLOVIS the set OF day
Along the windlngS OF the 1rllu Hnt",
| There floats the gorgeous iris Of decay
wavy film Of color gold and fire.
Tremblcs all through II as you PICK your way.
| And stfeaks VI purple that are straight from Tyre.
ZOa's novel, Doctor Pascal" l. Just coming
out In book form.