New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-11
LITERARY NOTES.


Mr. swinburne's Note on Charlotte Bronte.
which has long been out of print Is to be rcpub-
lished Immediately. This Is the bit OF criticism IN
which the poet praises the author or Jane Eyre
a, rho cxpensc Of the author OF 1.-THE Mil on the
Floss"-whch is "A very foolish and inartlsic thing
for a critic to do.
Mr. Bret Irarte's sally Dows'-,he story OF n
Southern girlhas awakened the wrath or the South
ern reader. who calls 1t rubbish. ana says IN
"rhe Southern Magazine unpleasant things about
Mr. Harte's shallow perception poverty OF ethi-
cal insight and "California counterfeits' More
over this weary critic holds that he and his nave
Suffered in patience pestilence or stories OF the
South from the Grub Street writer's OF Boston and
New York.
life, Little Ironies' Is the striking title OF
Thomas HarIy's forthcoming volume Of eighteen
short stories II is be brought out by the iiarpers
A book which once belonged to Queen Mary Stuart
and which has Maria r. Scotorm' stamped IN
r,l on the cover is to be sold In Glasgow. IL
il a COPY OF reza's Cornerstone della Fede Chris
tIana" and is one item In a collection OF Oo VOL
umcs relating - Mary Stuart.
T-h, object ~ all criticism. says James Russell
Lowell In the pleasant little paper published in the
current century, lis not 10 crlticse but to under
stand More than th'. As you VIII find It more
Wholesome I'm he and more salutary to your own
characters 10 study the virtues than the defects OF
your friends So In literature IT seems 10 me wiser
to look for an authors strong points than his weak
ones and consider that every man. as the French
s,~ IL liable - have the defects Of his qualities.
Above ALL criticism is useful in inducing judicial
habt o. mind. and teaching us TO keep our In
tollcctual icinpers. When Mr.. Matthew Arnold
charges Shakespeare with cxaggeraton. It shall no.
go, me In a passion but put me upon honest inquiry
rather 10 fnd ont whether the fault is In the great
es, Of poets or in OF the subtlest OF critics Ny
duty is to discover exactly what he means. and this
again helps me TO a knowledge OF his own lima
tions "A a critic / think | that hts love of
French ncatness has carried him too far. and that
be ap,rs n test too exclusively Intellectual mean
hy this that must, ~ Shakespeare himself says,
Play with fanci-s and believe We see
one az IN. quaint remembrances Of Robert Louis
Sievenson's South Sea llfe that OF his Honolulu
mouse \ small shelf hung over the couch whereon
he used {, lie when III and trying TO forget his pain
I'm footing on his nageolet. out on this shelf the
little mouse would venture. and soon became 50
tame "a t. delight in the novelists II 1t
got n, immediate attention IT would scratch on the
shelf and make little whine or song 10 attract It's
friend. and after time 1t actually persuaded It's
spouse T., pay daily visit 10 the musician In It's
company
Tn. lady who. Miss Duncan. used to write
newspaper letters from Canada and who produced
IN ~ Social DEPARTURE an uncommony sparkling
book Of travel has written novel IL IL to be pub
sh-i soon under the title OF "A Daughter OF To-
Day" Miss Duncan is now Yrs. Cotes and lives In
India.
Books % Haluty'' and ladies' Keepsakes' that
twalGlng 'lltcriture' OF MY and sixty years ago.
have grown 40 that II IL wonder
collectors nave not been taken with
passion for them The Saturday Review
slil OF them the other day: "It is quite GER
tain that gorgeous binding and exquisite prints
often Illustrative OF excellent contributions from
really eminent authors. such ~ the first Lord Lyt-
ton. Savage Lander. benjamin Disraeii. the two
IIow.t;s. Mr.. Kus>in. Mrs. IIcmans AMI l.. T.. l..
Probably drpreciating and unfavorable comments
may have been proyok ID by the introduction Of other
and ,hlrl-ratc compositions In prose poetry. the
latter somewhat Of the following type cynical
critic might well be tempted forget stories by a
brilliant novelist good verses by rising politl-
clan II his eye fell let say. the following Of
fusion in the Book OF Beauty" by the Honorable
Matilda Dlmiiy:
Oh. yea will cherish. I'll cherish
The vows that you made long ago.
Until broken-hcl rted perish
And In the cold grave be laid low.
or. again
Oh yes | remember, September.
In September met in the vale:
I remember. september. september.
In September you told me your tale.
Mr.. Joseph Pencil Is preparing for the Macmillans
n volume on Modern Book Illustrations" Ii ls to
be included In the cx-Iibris Series. Mr. Walter
Cranes volume 1.-The Decorative Illustration of
Books" is In the press.
s. r. Crockett. the author OF THE Stcklt Min
ister" has written book. which the Mac
mans will soon publish under the title OF THE
Raiders" Mr. Crockett. who Is Scotch clergyman
about thrty-five years old. induced to try his
hand at fiction by the celebrations OF Mr.. Steven
Hundreds OF guests had Just risen from the dining
tables I'm the salon Of the Academy OF Arts in ST.
Petersburg The members Of the Ministry. the Grand
Duke Constantine Constantovitch. the Prince OF Old
enburg the most famous military men of the En-
pire and the leaders In the Russian world of poll |
tics literature and art. were all standing In groups
about the room. suddenly entered man clad in
the costume OF the lower classes. Looking about
him for n moment. he walked rapidly toward the !
chair Of honor. which stood hand'om" gray |
haired man upon whose breast had been placed a |
few hours before the insignia OF the Stan'shus !
order. Kneellag before the old man. amid the pro- !
found silence OF the gathering. he cried:
Il thank you DmltrI WassilIevltch. In the name |
OF the peasants. am peasant. the son OF Anton
Goremykas. | kiss your feet
This unusual tribute paid 10 Dimitr Was
siijevitch Grigorovitch. the Russian novelist AT
the recent celebration In honor OF the ffetn ami
versary or MS appearance as an author IL gave
him greater pleasure than AL other tributes from
colleagues friends and admirers. for 1t came from
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