New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-29
LITERARY NOTES.

To,sto, g. said 10 be busy upon a book which no
one would have expected him 10 wrlte-a DOCK upo"
Japan, ITS people and religions.
A naper IN the African Slave Trade" has been
nrenored for Harper" ty Henry NJ. Stanley. IL Is
10 have Illustrations by Mr.. Remington.
Mrs Andrew Crosses description OF MIS- bro"nins
agrees better with the published PORTRAITS Vi '"e p
than with the more sympathetic rememorahceS VI "er
devoted friends. Her face" Mrs. crosse say was
not the one had pictured TO myself III re"h'' ~
least 10 nv finding she had distinctly harn'ea'"reu'
pon.sympathctIc aspect the brow was noble Soul
case and the eyes were dark and pcnetrating' out
the mouth was hard and Immobe for any play Vi
expression, while the lower Jaw showed so"e'""s
Of the strength OF o6stnacy. She wore her ha'r III
long ringets which falling very much over her iacc
and when seen profile suggested the npleasinS idea
of blincrs that harsy cut across the graceii curves
OF brow and check. 1t was this style OF arranging
her dark hair that made Mrs. Browning look not ou
fashioned-for that would have given q touch vi
scntiment-but strangely ont OF the FASHION. Ier
slight pretty figure rather disguised t'nh set OH
by garments that fell Topping round her. but th'nh
Heaven she was entirely and utterly free from 'he
bad taste OF the scfstyed clever women WHO nc
knowledge themselves TO be failures as women by
apng masculine style OF dress and address,
That eminent scholar whom all delight TO reverence
Dr.. Horace Howard Furness has consented to give
In Philadelphia four readings from Shakespeare.
DR.. FurneSs made of late playful little speech
il was at the opening Of Tie Dogs Hospital connected
with the veterinarian department OF the university.
our sombrc labOrs,' he SAIL, will BE- relieved by
no sounds Of nerrimen: there will be 10 laughter,
no Jokes among convalcsccnts, no merry tales
OF a wag-no our highest hopes will be bounded by
the wag OF a tail. At threshold prohibition must
hold It's domlneerlng feet; II Is Inevitable. Wh'r'
ever there dogs there will be lckers and there
must BE- Wines Bmt will warrant you We VIII not
have any case OF inebriaion, not one: but VI We
should, will not throw plYsic 10 the dogs, Tut
will give IL to them gently with SPOON
An Englshman addresses The London) speaker
in vigorous protest against morklnS OIL En3lsh ana
American writer's into rival camps Here We are a'
he says, Heaven knows how many million OF us,
speaking. writing and spelling the English language
more or less ungramma,icsly and etymolosically In
Il world fun it can hold OF sorrows ana cares,
and iisan and folly. Literature is solaee and
charm. VIII not stop for moment In my headions
to compare 1t with ,obacco; though II 1t ever
came to the VOTE mine would be- cast for letters. Men
and women have been born in America as In Great
Gltaln and Ireland, who have written books, poems
ard songs which have lightcnd sorrow, cased pain,
made childhood fascinating middle age endurablo and
old age comfortable They will go on being born ana
doing this In both places. What reader cares IA snap
Of his finger where the man was Graded who makes
him for "A while forget himself Nationality indeed!
! I
Wheaton. in the American edition with Mr..
Danas notes. but Of enjoyment, OF happiness out OF
which do not intend 10 be heeced. Let MS throw
all our books into hotchp Who cares about spell
ing Milton spelled dog with two g's. The Amcrl-
Milton. when he comes, may spell II with three,
while all the world wonders II he Is so minded.
But already in hotch-pot Cooper ana
Irving Longfellow Bryant and Poe Hawthorne, Lowell
and Whitman. aud living writers by the score from
the other side OF sea. ndstlnguishably mixed
with books and authors
4 Ncw.York firm announced some DAYS ago an All.
thor.zcl edition Of Bourgeois novel, Cosmopois':
and now Chicago firm also announces an au-
thorlzed edition OF the same.
Mis,ral the Provcncal poet is writing his memoirs.
lie has abandoned the idea Of ever becoming can
didatc for Il seat In the French Academy.
Mr.. iIowells has written series Of poems which
to appear In Harper under the title OF "Mono-
chr0mes.'
Great will be the popular curiosity concerning the
nbrptto OF the comic opera OF the savoyi0r Mr.
Barrie AMI Dr. Conan DOYLE have written It.
Much matter never before published will. 1t issaid.
BE- included In n fine limited edition Of " The Life and
Works o; Alexander Anderson, NJ. d., the first Ameri-
can Wood Engraver." by Frederic VI. Burr. Three
portraits OF DR.. Anderson and illustrations
by himself Will ornament the volume. When twelve
years Ola Anderson engraved Ills nrst picture Win
the back spring of n pocketknife a large copper
penny which h. had rolled smooth for the purpose
and at the age OF 03-in 1565-he engraved his last
pictures for "A publlsher-a set Of Illustrations for
Bagbcrs " Historical Collections OF New jersey
The Rev. Edward Everett Hale is preparing for
"The Atlantic" series OF papers on his college days.
Captain Charles Kings new novel, "waring's
Peril" will appear in the March "uppnoott."
The proofs OF a the gains OF growing
old corrected 10y Phillips Brooks few days
before his death. II Is 10 b. published by DuttOn
under the title OF " The Good Wine at the Fcast's
End The portrait Of Bishop Brooks which Is to
appear In the next number Of lIarp"r's Weekly
viii DO accompanied by sketch written by DR..
RainsfOrd.
Professor A. s. Hardy. OF DartmO nth. who Is re-
ported have been selected Editor of The Cosmo
politun.' Is 30, tCnan by birth and OF the
late Alphcus Hardy lie Is both Instructor In
mathematics and Il writer OF novels.