New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-30
LITERARY NOTES.

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| sberidan's grandson has placed mass OF
| valuable unpublished Sheridan papers at the as
| posal OF Mr.. Fraser Rae. and these VIII be usea ~
| exnond RAGS Life OF Sheridan" which has long
| h.on ont Of print Among these papers ar~ many
interesting letters which passed between sheridan
| and his first and second wives "A correspondence
with the Prince Regent. and copy OF The Schooi
| for Scandal" corrected by the author.
| That the great characters in fiction are not
| those most remarkable for their goodness Is t''e
| contention Of "The Spectator" "As RUE Z"
avs the greater masculine characters In hctoh'
Ike the great characters in history. are deeply
| scored with lines OF tempestuous force ana nople
mp irnoble pa sslon. And literature. though III the
| hands Of the highest genius 1t had occasionally
| managed 10 paint ideal heroine who impreSses
Ms as thoroughly real has hardly ever manager
to paint an ideal hero who is both thoroughly rea'
| and thoroughly masculine. OF all the greater '
| actcrs II may be SAID:
| Down the pale cheek long lines Of shadow slope
| Which years. and curious thought anu 9u''e'''e
give
| Rut the long lines OF shadow are lines WHICH
| score not only suffering but SIN Ana "he'cNc'
| that IS absent We almost always find in ther
| nIace some signal want OF power. some ssnal de-
| aco,cv in sagacty resoluteness. and dstincness
| NJ rurpose The few exceptions may almost be
counted on the fingers of on" hand Inc great
characters In fiction generally the most pa'het-
ically helpless else the most passionate ana I'M
| perious OF human characters
Dollar, buchanan has again worked himself into
,orno- oyer his fellow writer's and their opinions
Having delivered the other day merry sermon On
! the foolishness and wickedness OF an author de-
ARE TO make money ne has now relieved his NINA
on the dernoralizng pursuit Of fame More IMAM
one Of the great writer's" ne says. paid the splr-
,,r,l ,.n,lty of inorlinatr literary success. Ten
nvson we know. suffered fortunes from the slight
EST breath Of adverse criticism. George Eliot
kent hv G. II l.ewes In moral hothouse' screened
from every bleak wind that blows. said To me on
ono OCCASION with an air Of beatiiied superiority
I think Mr. Dickens has done great deal OF
,,odr The good the only Dickens endured agones
of mortified vanity when book OF his failed To
reach the high-watcr mark of sale ana proht
Even those who have T. wait long ana weaflly
fr apprcciation are seldom content to estimate the
worlds opinion At it, exact worth. Browning. Gc-
coriing to Leigh Hunt. hungered eagerly for the
prais, OF even his washerwoman
Mrs Burton Harrison has been editing volume
II short stories for the Iiarpers "Dstan Series
NJ Anaioc France has said that he never knew
a writer Of talent spoiled by the practice Of Jour
nelsu whereas h. has known many improved by
H. NJ Daulet believes the very reverse. Il de-
plorc he says. the necessity OF novelist having
to make Journalism his start In life, FOR as all
newspaper writing has to be- done against time
his style must certainly deterioratc ana MS hteia
turc becomes lournalese.'
NJ. Dauict holds the opinion that the man who
has IL I'm him to write will do So however great his
difficulties lie says 10 those who come TO consult
him: However much occupied you are with your
present way Of earning livelihood, II you have 1t
in you TO write anything you will surely find time
to do IT,"
A new edition In three volumes OF the late Lord
Lvtton's verses Is on the press. The first volume
will contain The Wanlcrer," which was brought
on, in 1853 when owen Meredith was an unpaid
attache.
Mr.. l. - Fords Tropical America" published
nv the Scribrcrs has been received with marked
fairness and favor i'm England. notwithstanding
It's strong American tone. The London Chronicle"
and other English journals contain long and crit
zeal reviews of 1t. and accord II a high place In
the literature of modern travel. THE Spectator,
which devotcs nearly three columns to ex
haustivc examination OF the book. confirms the
authors estimate OF Spanish American civilization.
but is disposed To qualify his structures upon Brit
ish rule in the West Indies although these are
less severe than Mr. Froudes. Its general judg-
ment OF the book Is highly favorable as "a valu-
able contribution to contemporary history by "A
man Of the world who what passes around
him and notes 1t down in direct and forcible Ian
guage"
"Thc Present State Of chinese Society" is the
title of forthcoming volume by Professor X. *.
Douglas OF the British Museum. 1t deals with the
political and social life Of the Chinese
Mr. Howcs's Bride Roscs'-the little dramatic |
sketch in 'Iiarper' which he justly calls scene"
is with it's shadow OF tragedy. truly poetic bit |
of work. II is little unreal. perhaps, but 1t is
quite possible; and it Is put together with delicate |
accuracy of effect.
Giovanni Vergas "Cavallera Rusticana the |
story on which both the opera and play Of that |
name founded-has been translated into Eng |
fish by Alma Strettell. and will be brought !
out I'm "A volume of the "Pseudonym Library"
Sir Richard Burtons rare version Of Giovanni |
Battista Basile's "Pentamerone." seventeenth
century collection fifty tales. is to be republished
I'm London. 1t will be issued in two expensive
editions, in two volumes and I'm one.
The forthcoming volume OF Early English Print
ng"-onc of the series OF Books about Books
will contain facsimies illustrating every type used
at an English press before 1900. Only 800 copies
will be printed.
A DUTCH. ENGLISH WRITER
From The London Star.
The special function OF the Authors Club Of
rsnIcd In celebration OF the election Of MI
MaaItrn Martens to honorary membership wa,
a great Most OF those who attended
had a notion that Mr.. Martens was n typical
Duchman; for Il was ;,, known that In his
Gentleman. and there seemed to De Impression that
The editions Of his novels published In England were
Mnaricns has perfect mystery OF the English Ian
rIagc but also that both Gods Fool and the sin