New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-19
LITERARY NOTES.

Napoleon's voyag, to Eba Is TO be described III
the forthcoming "Ccntury,' the account bahg TAKEN
from an unpublished manuscript OF Captain ussher'
the British officer under whose charge the Emperor
m,dc tho tourney The Engishman md The
rr,nchman grew more or less Intimate during TINS
Journey and the suppressed soverclgns iran" "i"9
n,c set forth I'm tn. captains manuscript with con
,cientIous care. Some OF Napolcon'S comments vi
his marshal, are particularly interesting II" maze
voriou, candid remarks concerning Neys lack OF tai
cnt and education, but laid stress on hl' I'idlhe'9
TO go into the lannon's mouth II he were o'u''e"'
Junot he admired and recalled battlefield whereoh inc
general stood beside him rs he wrote II dISpa'o"
shot passing meanwhile and tearing up tine '','
about them. Junot cooly observed that TINS livery
Performance OF the shot was very hP'oPo'' 40 "
needed sand to dry his Ink
Mrs Ollphant the most industrious OF nov"liS'' Is
about to bring out new story cal'd Inc o'ro'i''''
Mr.. william Aston Chanlcr Is the subject OF a sketch
by Richard Harding Davis which VIII ic ouhi III '"'
forthcoming Harper Mr. Davis describes Mr.. Nhlh'
er "A, going TO Africa with only one white comlmhloh'
nj, servant and leading expedition OF eighty men
around the mountain Of kilma Marc and through TIE
land Of the Nassau where Henry VI. Stanley mas sal"
II IL not safe TO 90 with even thousand nne'' liz
did This, rs be- told celebrated African explorer whoh'
h- met in this wilderness Of central Africa, Tor luh
This to a man who was trying 10 do the same thihs
under the patronage of emperor. three geographical
,oclciirs and backed bv trading company must hhv"
been "A trihc agcravntns'
Mr.. Andrew Lang's new book, " IloTcr and the
Epic Is to be- honor,d with Il large paper edition
lola publicly announces that h. doesn't mean 10
give up the prospect Of chair in the French Academy
Nv situation" he says, +, simple. since there j an
Academy ia Franc, ! ought To belong to 1t. haze
stood for election, and ! cannot recognize anything
wrong on my part I'm having done 80. 80 lons ns
continue To stand | am not beaten, therefore VIII
always stand
Amons the new books announced by the Futnam'
are TIL" Empire Of the T>ar, and the Russians, from
The French u VI. Leroy Hcanlcu. Napoleon ana u"
Military supremacy ~ Revolaiionsr, France by W.
O'ConnOr Morrr, The story Of Poland Icy W. H.
Morrill, AMI i've volume, al ">udic, OF Travel ~
Greece and Italy 10y the lat" r. \. Freeman
The orcn Flag" l. the title Of DR.. Conan DOVES
just completed novel
The American way Of regarding American poets doe,
not please Mr. Charl Leonard 'orc-who i. bN ia"
way coming into notice "a, poet himself. our
patriotism" be- SAYS I'm The Forum" our fidelity to
those who have done service max" u regard o ac
ccmed pre', a- ,a,reri hciug..'
Promotion" h. adds. -arcasilcally. win H. goes
rs -.noriu W" grad" III" nnk Of our poets Icy
ihc date, u their first publications. lni di''" non
once gained Incense and burnt sacrifice t. their IN
b. better for our literature than I'M, tcid a'pnc>c"n
in ever, body. m" fiery enthusiasm which males tn"
r,.prcvc adhercni, If GRAY and Collins. Keats and
shelby Wordsworth and Enron want t. burn III"
idol, ~ the opposing camp 4, utterly lacking In oar
WAY II Wor-hipping onr pot. only 20" has eirlN'h
into the strife II The world IN, been loved ana
harrd ha, become Interesting. PairocluS got m r.
honor from m" ,ruggl" ~ IA" h"roc, over hi> di>
memb.r.d body than cpuh have come 10 him 10y The
most unaainiois II funcrnl- ON" T. tempted but
n, 10 ry the JOS If saving something natural, sons"
thing real about our American rputitions. Ii may
not lr. cur poet. have been taken a, read. they
have been laid ON Tia" table: by vote of IA" majority
they are beyond Discussion American in
stltuiion. Let II. honor their names and not venture
To- ask whether taken ,insly I'm a BODY. they eau
challenge comparison with III" master, Of naughty
Greece or in-olrnt Rome or imlS'rion' Albion
Isud,ard kiplng lurrlck Room Ballads" are said
10 be- selling as rapidly "A, over IN "r'at britain
Th, book is now la its seventeenth thousand.
The Rev Dr. Philip >chan courtcously take eN
ccIdlon 10 the statement In The Tribune the other
day that the seventh volume Of his History Of the
hrisinn church" gives the fact, In little more than
skeleton form. Possibly the phrase might do the
distinguished author an injustice. though 1t not
Intended The Intention Of the writer simply
ia use II I'm n comparative sen-c. and II wa, Sug
s,>tcd by the vast array Of authorities 10 which Dr.
rchou refer. the rradrr for a more detailed relation
Of the fact, given by him In his text. A. com
being a skeleton.