New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-09
LITERARY NOTES.

aDona,d Marcy Is the title OF Elizabeth Phelps
Wards new novel II Is partly story Of college
Ne Illustrating II IS said the aspirailons aud thought
fitness Of healthy youth A. II natures TO manhood
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II VA, I'm the cocg. day, Of Edward Everett Hale
frat Harvard first knew TennySon. Mr.. Emerson
says Mr.. Hale In 1.-The Atlanlic,' "rcturned from Eu
rupc with the first volume Of TennySon. We rccoS
nlzed the king W. passed that volume
which Lowell had borrowed from him. from hand to
land and because could not have the book. we
copied n ana had the verses I'm manuscript II wa,
a very fine instance, 1t seems 10 me. Of the prompt
precedence Of young people In knowing wher" the
light break forth. By the token al
ways Ike say that knew just well that James
Lowell to be one OF Il" living poets OF his time
We know now that he has been one.'
There is a bit Of original writing In the current
Atlantic that deserves to be- treasured among the
best OF the American short stories. :" Miss Tom and
Iccpse' Is the simplest OF little sketches. bur IL Is
puthcticalv t. nature.
The London Authors Club has very cosey quarters
At No. , Whitehall Court. comprising hlndsome din
Ing. billiard. smoking and reading rooms. \ base
court /, attached. witch IL to BE- decorated with
flowers aud adapted 10 open mir use.
\ volume OF Mrs.. Dcland, short stories Is TO BE-
brought out 10y liough,on. Mhiin 4 CO.. under the
title Of Mr.. Tommy Dove and Other Stories
Mr. II. VI. stanley Il wrIin; series Of short stories
for boys Tho subject, Of course .Nrican.
\ reprint Of PaStcur Claude, famous book on the
Iugucnot, TIE Palnt-s d., Irote-,ans.7 has been
brought IN Boston by the Rev. NarclSse Cyr This
Is TINT narrative Of the suNerings OF French PROBES
tants which was suppressed In France Is Louis XIV
and In England 10y james II.
Mr. william Watson has returned In reasonably
good health to his English home and Is taking valua
bic AMI complete rest.
Among the forthcoming volumes Of poetry In Eng
land are Mr.. +. W. Bourdllons "sur,un Corta." ana
Nine. Mary Robinson Darnstctcr's Retrospect. and
cth'r Poems
The complete collection Of tho writings Of ABRAHAM
Lincoln. which Colonel John HAY and Colonel Ncolay
are engaged IN editing. will soon be publis' FL.
nIor'- lost book, the >imoni,a." Of which Sid.
ncv Colyn has said that fir rs h. has beer able
To a,ccr,a not single example has been preserved
has jus, been found. TIE dscovcrcr Of this only
copy known has prepared account of 1t for an Eng
ll-h periodical.
Miss Norths "Rcco"cions OF II Happy Life, had
such "a success that volume Of Additional Rccol-
lcctlons' is soon to BE- published.
II APPEARS that Mr.. Klpllng's new book witch i,
In press. will not De- called Many Intentions
which were supposed to BE- of the paving of certain
summary rre.on-but MANY Inventions
Nine. Ventura. the most intimate friend Of MAJ
zni In England. his bographcr ana the editor of IN,
Life and Writings Of Mazz.ni" lin sx volunc,) has
Just died. SIC was at the time engaged in editing
what promised to be very Interesting work-a col.
lection Of the correspondence OF Mazzin. The Illus
trationS for this work already prepared and
In the publishers hands. she WAS IN her vounr
DAYS, Miss Ashurst. and Sc married Italian patriot
The second volume OF Mr.. William Winters shad.
ows OF the stage" will be- published this month by
Macmillan: the third volume to b. devoted wholly
10 Edwin Bootn. viii BE- Issued In October
Mr.. W. W. Asor has himself contributed an article
to the Forthcoming first number Of his "pan Mall
Magazine"
An anthology which promises to interest lovers Of
dogs and poetry alike is announced by the London
publisher. David Mutt. 1t IL to b. entitled 1T e Dog
III British Poetry and In 1t the editor Mr.. r. May
nard Leonard proposes TO reprint all the good English
verse written In praise Of fair CANNES from Chalcr,
time to our own. The book will b. divided into four
sections devoted respectively TO narrative sp,rting
olcginc and msccnncou, poems and viii bc supplied
with an Introduction. notes and indlces of authors and
first lines. In form II Will be something lii. Mr.
ii"nicys anthology of H. role The same pub.
fisher announces new translation. furnishing forth
dciinVc English edition of the celebrated Letters Of
IA Portuguese Nun
Mr.. sala says that when Thackeray was not I'm
tetchy temper. caused by extreme physical anguish,
=
Die to Imagine. "Thcre very few subjects In
deed. on which he could not talk talk admirably
lie was ns proficient In the French and In the German
rs In the English language. lie was never tired OF
dlScoursing about books and boohmen about plctures
and painters. about ctchers and cngravcrs and th0c
rnphers; and. moreover he was Il born wit and n
polished cpgrammas;.
The literary world OF spain is In mourning for the
deatl OF one OF Its most distinguished representatives
Donna Conception Arclal. who died a few weeks ng,
was Tor many years the editor OF " La Espana Mo.
derna,' literary SCH ntinc journal Of wide circuIa
ton. This lady was Of the very few women
writer's upon sociological. legal and scientific TONES
Her deep and thorough knowledge OF these rather
masculn" subjects was gained under difficulties. a.
u" opportunities for such study on the p,rt OF
woman are unfortunately st!l rare In the country of
the Alllanlbra. Her principal work 9Th. Prison
'uard' enjoys wide popularity not only I'm Spain.
but In other countries into whose languages the HOT
has been translated.