New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-05

awe always said Ternyson once decared' 'ha'
Nard' and 'Gulnevere' were the hnest 'hihg' I've
written
william Morris the poet. Is doing at bis kelmscott
Press publishing business when appears 10 De as
profitable financially as It is artistic OF the books
which he issued during the past year he brought out
only .4a6 volumes alOgether-twenty six being OIL
vellum-and a careful calculation. based oil prices
actually aiAed TO the books In the Catalogues OF eau
ing secondhand books shows that the output OF me
year In the market at tie present moment be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000.
The edition of the works OF Chaucer which Nr.
Morris Is preparing will De-. 1t 10 asserted the most
naguifc, nj edition OF classic ever produced In any
country. Mr.. Morris has a special Chaucer type. ana
Mr. Burnc Jones Gas made about sixty illustrations Tor
the edition Book lovers and collectors Will welcome
II with aldor and many poor poet will long for it
In vain.
An edition OF Shakespcarc's Poems and sonhc'S'
reprinted from The frs, edition. /, now on Mr. MorIiss
press.
Joseph JeGerson's verses defending Shakespeare
against the ATTACKS OF Donncly which lie read
at tile Chicago rniversltyend thus;
fray taxe my hand ana come with me
To- where q, ons sGoa tt"i m9lo'i l r ,a peep
Al where Ia. father OF the Hamlet sleeps.
sy ,av the 1 pa&s pr S"SF tor The ad 1'4d
l,iOge the altar of this sacred place
They have been given burial anu grace
Yolr vagce tradition Is but ourh'se.
lac proof | otter /, before your eyes.
And obi " actors brothers Of mv art.
Permit me for one moment to depart
From this my subject. urging yoa some DAY
Tint shakcsprarcS rigo. toward us viii soften.
because you know we've murdered him 90 often
int have taxed your patience quite long enough.
in turning over this matter In my mind.
1hs d tar solution that find
I snrsly Is lwhqeer n" cap may a., ,x.r. writ.
50 II our Shakcsprare's not q" very same
II must have been another VI that name
A corre,p ondent Of The Literary World OF Cos
ton IS responsible for this good story concerning SIR
Edwin Arnold During his last visit to this country
lie had occasion TO call upon certain author OF thi'
city, what name sirr asked the awe-strlcken ser
vant. gazing upon his imposing figure Tell your
MASTER tho poet replied. that the Light OF ASH
ulshcs TO him.
Mr. Wnler Pnter's new book, Plato ard Platoon
IsmT will be brought out here In lew days DS
Macmillan.
The way In which one genius struck contemporary
Is worth qnong II was lately recorded In relation TO
an old lady. who In her youth knew Miss Mbanke ana
frequently her after she became engaged to byroh
that all tie Information concerning the poet that could
be gained from her was this: lie was little man.
my dear. He lame scarcely looked at him. my
dear for papa did not wish MS 10 know him. lie Was
a little man, my dear. lie was lame'
An English writer. speaking Of the moral pinch
beck which Dickens frequently mistakes for gold, saws
that there + "a superfnc kind OF refinement which
is 20 reprlled By the faseo side OF Dickens That IL
cannot enjoy his almost unlimited powers OF perception
and HIGHT heart edne>s Indeed II feels liz whole hlmor
,ol.d hv the many indications Of vulgnrity %! )udg
men, which alloy his astonishing powers Of vision. ana
hts still more astonishing powers OF cartcatlr" But
that f. fa,tiousncss witch would imp0verlsh the sig
nincincc Of English literature. or course. the
Greatness Of Dickens T. not In his sentiment tie IS
often tawdry he Is always ovcrcharged. But when he
500, ani d,spscs true vulgiry, one makes " more
mean and Ridiculous
An edition OF the works OF Aubrey de- We're In prose
and verse will soon b. brought out by the Macmillans
Tint the scholarly iishman l. true poet most lovers
of verse Will concedc 1t Is pity that not all his WORK
f. tr,, poetry lie dos not always rise TO the level
of his b,st
The first number OF the " lIouy hnhnn,' the Jour
nal for Yahoo, has nppaed In London. and It's critics
Imply that the chief point Of interest In 1t Is lis OK
PLANTATION that the tic l. to be pronounced "whinim"
Mark Twain's story. The c1,OOo.ooo Bank
Noie- is TO be included I'm volume containing several
other short stories ana this will be published by
&. l.. Webster a Go.