New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-05
LITERARY NOTES.

Pa ter that the art OF literary eNpi''''o"
him. and his catch words are regarded py the e,.e'
as symbols inyented-nay, create.-Dy him' MT
Symons in "Harpers," has pointed OUT tha' '''e
noted English essayists phrase, sensa''o's anu
ideas" was used by De Goncourt before he "aue
II more familiar In his "Marius. But MS pei "oiu'
"annrecIation." which all the critical writer's are
cchonr-when was that first used In the sense
~ - or,,icism or essay which he gives it? BY
sainte-Beuve, least precious OF CRITICS. as lar
back as 1870
1t is not yet known whether the iate Marsha'
MacMahon's family will publish the five volumes
of memoirs" which he left. They chiefly deal
with his military career.
mr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Is wisely distancins
the biographical gentry. being hard at work upo"
his own memoirs. This will be encouraging news
70 those who await the departure Of celebrities TO
turn a penny In hasty and ill-made biographies.
DIR Holmes uttered some simple truths concerning
realism the other day in an interview Win tra'e,'
ling EngIishman Realism" he said, there al
WAYS has been and always must be. Defoe was
realistic The question Is how far to carry reaiism
what kind of realism it Is. l am no au'hor'y Oh
the subject at all. bu. suppose realism might oe
described as going into detail. SO long as 'ne ue
tail is what we ought to know. what 1t Is gooo anu
beneficial for us to know where's the harm' VII
tho contrary II Is desirable But ultrareasm tells
us things we don't desire to know. things winch
should not be raked under our eyes III man soeS
and fishes all the contents OF the Grams ne 10
a disagreeabe fellow. / would have none OF hih'
II seems to me that he development OF photos
raphy Is largely accountable for the development OF
reallsm-tha modern realism. You see. II man
wanted to be exceedingly realistic IN oideh oaSS' ~
90 into large detail, ne had to make much 'ro"oie
for himself He could not write detail WITHOUT ~
animation he had 10 go here ana there W e"''' -,
his subjects. To-day THE photograph Drihss w,
fullest details Imaginable on to the very uesh vi
t..I- md
no matter what the subject-a sewer or the auhuis
sle II Won like Ii Is realism made easy. what
easy becomes ultra. Like everything else IL WI"
work itself out-the ultra portion. meah' Ai'e'
a time people get tired OF anything.
Among the curosties OF book sales may be noted
the fact that there was sold In London the other
day for the small! sum OF 81 30, DAVID "arri'"'
COPY OF Popes translation of the lhad. IL WIS
In six volumes and % the first edition, with the tA
cepton Of the first volume, and 1t had ua'iicH
ex-libris.
Mr. Thomas Bailey Aldrch Is described b. 'lhe
Book Buyer as working in the early morning III
, studv high above the smoke OF Boston, Ine
hooks here are chiefly books Of reference. THIS IS
a workshop nothing more but order IS us nrs' law.
and all the surroundings denote the care Des'o"eo
upon the work before II receives IN" publishers
imprint Neatly piled upon the windo"-iedSe are
the proofs of his latest volume. scored over ana
over again with corrections. He Is never weary OF
revision; on the contrary. he believes Thoroughly IN
that long patient search for the best word OF which
the unthnking reader little dreams
Tho lately published catalogue OF the paintings
and autograph letters bequcathed by John Forster
to the South Kensington Museum has many inter
csting numbers. Frith's portrait oil DICKENS anu
Watts portrait OF Carlyle are among the paintings,
and in the wonderful collection OF letters some Oh
the greatest OF this end other ages reVenl neir
characters with more less frankness to intimate
fritn ds.
Mrs Deiand has finished her new novel, Philp
and His Wife" and is now making the many re-
visions which always seem necessary 10 her' MI
until her work is beyond her reach upon the press
it is said Is she content to stop her alterations
Alas for the contemporary poet! The contem-
porary poet of England. we hasten to add. Inc
Edinburgh Review has been dancing gleefuily ana
wickedly about him and his weighty verse "While
there is a good deal OF genuine poetry produced "!
our conttmpora poets.' says this frank critic
..the best of this is to be found In the shape ol
short and concentrated lyrical or reflective poems
some OF the best OF these are by the poets
who are least talked OF and run AFTER Dy the
popular voice and that most of the fGbricators OF
long poems on high-sounding subjects are ei'ner
dupes or pretenders-ethcr dcceiving themselves or
attempting to deceive the public into an eXagger-
ated idea of their own literary Importance FER
haps some OF the foregoing remarks will assist
them to find their level"
A limited edition of zoo copies OF Kit Marowe's
Hero and Leander' is to be brought out In Lon
don next month by Messrs. {. 5. Ricketts, and
c. II. Shannon. The volume will be embellished
with original designs by these artists will be print
ed on hand-ma pa per, and will be bound in Eng
lish vellum and gold This book will be succeeded
by a similar containing THE Complete Works
of King James the First of Scotland. MCGEE
Ar Toanujn Miller hns been writing what Is de-
scribed as "a poctical romance" and it Ia to be
called 1.-THE Building Of the City Beautiful"
Mr. Rider Haggard says that in connection with
the appearance OF his first novel, Dawn" he made
his first and last attempt to roll "A log. lie knew
the editor OF a certain paper and asked this mag
nate II he would not review the book In his jour-
nal The review appeared and Mr.. HagGard didn't
like It, Never trouble an editor with Your i'm
mortal works." is the novelst's moral this; "he
easily be even with you
Mr. Frank Stocktons new serial story consists
OF series Of letters describing the foreign travels
of the novel-readng servant, Pomona" of "Rud-
| der Grange"
| ~Sentmental Life OF Horace" is coming from
| the pen of the old poets Western worshiop,r Eu-
| gene Field
Robert Browning MAS enc OF the happy souls able
to write amid noise. His rooms at Asolo close
to constantly changing church bells, and we're con-
tinuay cchoihs with footsteps from the arcade be-
| nea:h. The andady toll come recent visitors that
her distinguished lodger was only disturbed hy
these sounds during the hrst five nights He wrote
until o'clock every afternoon, then went out for
walk. visited his friends. and attended every
| performance At the Tea,ro Socialc. rhe roct,s
photograph occupies a place of honor in the
museum, where one Of his manuscripts is .ns,,cined
in glass case. His landlady is very proud Of the
inscription upon her house. recording hat Roberto
Browning dwelt there. She Treasures hI ,,,au,
and pens and cracked washing basin f,r whico
she has been offered large sums of money ~
| THE Bankside Quarterly" Is 70 ho a.. .,., - A.,
periodical which the Ne~-York Shakespeare sc.i,tv
will begin to publish in January. Members Of the
lished by the Shakespeare prs.a ' II VIII De pup
ton formed for the purpose OF nr,r,, rm orsan'la
shakespearan and dramatic lIteratura "S "o'HS o'
| owen Wisters is new nan.
ture. but 1t is one with which orn - current i'tera-
come better acquainted His l,,,," woud iain be-
. In tba