New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-29

| descends to print and publicity why does no ma
| then exert the same fascination and exhibit the
same suggestiveness? Mr.. Symons refers to Nal,
! larmes "contortion of the French lanRuogsm
Happy phrase! But VI. Brunetere has coined n
happier In styling the members of the nev, schoa,
''charlatanesques ct fun lmbuesques" Tho die.
| tinction Is obvious. The contortion of langua.~
may mean no more than painful effort 10 and
.he right phrase The end Of rope-dancing is-rope
dancing. 1t has its place. beyond a doubt 7, 4.
| delightful on the boulevards But how inconprpo,.
II is IN an environment wherein thoughtful human
beings i've has been admirably proved in Ior
uoii ihere MI William Ernest Henley has not
only sought TO acclimatize NJ. Mallarine by print.
| ing some curious productions of his in The Ma
tohai observer 1--WE recall especially q manor o,
Loie Fuller: but the latter journal which -
on lts every page the stamp OF Henley's no.
sohaiity' mas endeavored to emulate Maarme IN
us conception OF prose. Mr.. Heneys prose 4.
probably the most perncious now Circulating -
England for unlike Mr.. Pater's beautiful worL
which, In Its sphere, is more fatal n anno.I.
10 "de circle OF readers and writer's IL is sbow,,
X Is saturated with affectation. II never rs, o..
chahce' conveys thought clearly and persua Swell,
IL IL can instead dazzle the reader by far-fefcbaH
novelty and intimidate him by a kind ~ u,ar.-
ordssauocia' sort Of I'VE thank our literarv
gods that we don't read Mrs Humphrv W. :.
Mr.. Henley may succeed in imposing his stv,o 49,,
a circle of blind and immature devotees W., go
II he ever succeeds in making his idol NJ III,
iarme' really AT nome among English readers
anu the reason-which applies also to Verlaine
n"ysmans' Rimoaud Gustave Kahn, to the whehs
decadent school. in facts that he is an,,,o,hol,
to the genius of the English people These vrr,,I
nave music, color, fancy. invention nav they bavo.
nuance" But why do they not throw some peu, ora
aValsabie light on normal human experience whv
co they not apprehend and interpret spirtualized
or even common beauty. why do they not write
poetry? Their insight into unfamiliar roslns -
is no inCiD
writing "A Rebours" a unique n,asternIeco no
questcnably. as Mr.. Symons calls IT, but n mas,,r
piece OF utility the picture OF tyne thai
sickens. That is the lasting sin Of the decsssn,.
the SIN that makes them of no serious consequence
Seif-incusive, pessimstic sensual, they set down
In as original dicton they can sensations ,no,
thoughts whose source is traceablc not to hona.t
philosophical meditation confronting coura 9eous,,
the problems OF life but 10 morbid, cynical tov,s
with curious spcculations. THE body IS weary.
say the versifers and the writer's OF prose nction
let us try the soul. There is nothing more anus
Ing than the soul" But the soul much shus,
theme. is not. after all, to be trfed with and -
there is anything more sickening than the can,
OF the prg 1t Is the obscure ye; shallow symbolism,
the artificial and morbid ingenuity with which IN.
decadents approach the secret Of destiny What IA
they know OF life? Anything more than thew can
see through the fumes of absinthe and the window
OF a Partisan cafe?
MI Howells has been putting on paper his liter
AIRY "reminiscences, in series OF articles entitled
Men and Letters" They ought to be of vaus
Tor IN his thirty years experience as editor and
writer ne has known well his most Interesting CON.
temporares. The papers are to appear in 'Har.
per :"
An English edition Of Octave Uzannes Book.
Hunters in Paris Being Studies Among the Book.
stalls Of the Quays," is coming out. II has an in.
production by Augustine Blrren, and nearly LEO
text illustrations
Madam Sarah Grands" real name we are
told. Is Mrs. McFall 4 London correspondent
u The Boston Transcript says that she
has reasons which have helped sadden her
and mould her opinions for abandoning that
name she Is described az a slender eracefu,
young woman, possibly about thirty with q long
oval sensitive face, pale but radiant with intellect
Her hair is brown and her eyes are 'of so inde.
icrbable shade to be additionally fascinating"
Her voice is low and sweet and her talk original
md delightful.
Tie author of 1.-THE Heavenly Twins began "a
write at seventeen and put her first novel on
PAPER at Singapore. she found great pleasure in
he work but it did occur to her TO try
o publish It, She has just begun another book:
nut as she writes slowly does not expect to
complete ii for two years come. She lives in the
country and loves il.