New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-23

Rltcn,e INTENDS 10 DTiuS out a nc" custion OF her
fathers works. with biographical notes attached
notes which she Is peculiarly qualified to furnish
not only by her knowledge Of the subject but b. her
intellectual sympathies She writes delightfully."-
about the tender and unselhsh father she loved "A
deeply and we may confidently expect at her hands
an edition Of his writings which shall be final ana
which will show US Thackeray In his habit az b.
lived.
A distinguished American writer is described By
The Literary World" of London as having ''uxur.
Gus white hair" WHIT is luxurious hair?
Mr. Rudyari Kpling, in his new POEM Tin, story
or Ing" devotes himself 10 thc demolition az
crlticsscntry who have been, by-thc-way. decided.
" kind to him and warmly appreciatlve Of him
linz "a maker OF pictures fashions an image
Of snow on the gttering ceield. thousands Of
wears ago" and the dull barbarans OF the neigh.
borhood criticise him rather severely ting IA
wrathful is sharp with his cr;ics-"children and
FOOLS are We ALL" he crles-and he flies 70 his father
another mako Of pictures. for comfort. The old
gentleman is not only soothing. but clever
And the father OF Ting gave answer that was Old
and wise in the craft -
"Ir they could see as thou seest. they would do
what thou hast done.
And each man would make him picture and
what would become OF my son?
And Ing looked down at his deersklns-iheir broad
sut-tasselled bands, 49,. -,.. ,,
And he goved himself and departed. and ne heard
son that can see so clearly rejoice that thy tribe
is blind?'
Mr. Marion Crawford thinks that casa Braccio."
his rev story. lie the strongest he has yet written.
Those who are following the course OF the tale
into the Italian convent will he surprised. per.
haps TO learn that Mr.. Crawford is Roman
Catholic
Within few DAYS a cable despatch announcing
the death OF Robert Louis Stevenson. his friends
have begun surmise that after all no Is still
alive in the Antipodes. The doubt In which the
matter rests more characteristic OF him
than Il could be Of any other writer IN this cen.
,ury He is the Ariel OF modern English literature
n vayyard child Of genius who fits through the
strenuous ranks OF latter-day fiction like fairy
and filings his gifts abroad in careless PROPULSION.
II is the fashion praise him for his art. for his
skill rs word painter. and his work is known
10 be ba sed on unremittng toll Yet all the time
Stevenson delights you because he makes you
forget these things and revel in the substance OF
his tale In the best things he has done he has
a freshness an art.essness. an insouciance-there
is no other word-that IT is sheer faulty to credit
wholly to intention At the same time II Is an In
dicat.on OF Stevenson's depth OF feeling and power
that the spirit OF Puck could be dismissed when
occasion required completely as could be
lraagl,ed He could write the delicious fancy OF
the Young man and the cream tarts. and he could
pour an invective upon Damlen's yilfer that must
have eaten its way TO the bone. To BE- sure II has
hecr held that the assault not altogether de.
served But that again characteristic of
Stevenson and docs no, disturb the point at issue
Any ore might expect TO feel the play OF his wit
in an unexDccted way Did not the fastidious Mr.
Lang awaken one morning to md himself forever
. 10 D-s~ lie
II was idle to irdite 4 re:ort addressed 10 Dear
Louis OF the Awful cheek" II the vhims
IN NV the Scotch selfshness OF Stevenson. peer
ing out for a moment that had poked fun al tho
scholar OF 81 Andrews. Probably Mr. Lans mas
long since forgiven the thrust No one couid re-
sent any little escapade % this rowing weaver OF
romance No one could resist his spell. once IL
was laid Ore would rever have expected MIN 10
BE- friends with such trlcuient parsonage as
william Ernest Henley yet Il was Henley VINO
wrote the well-rerembered line. Lewis our
Lewis Now the Whole WORLDS
stevenson deserved more than most that en-.
comilm OF the schools-''he touched nothing which
he did rot adorn." For example. he tells IN MS
recently published account OF the making OF his
first book how the pecuniary reward therefor
brought wine and food TO sadly placed family
obviously his osn. But It hath been whispered
abroad that at Just that time the author was IN
recent OF a very comfortable income from another
family. his own but also his fathers. This may
or may not be true but it is picturesque.
4 personal memoir OF Sir John Franklin the
Arctic voyaser is in course OF preparation b! MI
n. d. Trail II is based on the letters and family
records collected during many years by his WIDOW
and Aimee her death by his niece. MISS Cracrot''
Colonel Richard Malcolm Johnson and his VIC
celebrated their golden wedding Re" days ago.
and the announcement must nave causeu sur
prse in most OF his readers. For Colonel Johnson
did not discover his gift for writing until 'e"
short years ago. Despite his seventy-t"o Years
the editors OF The Century call him one OF 'ne
Youngest OF their Southern writer's
John Chapman died in London this monih-tns
chapman who was George Ellots puolishef' "h'
WAS assisted by her In the edtorship OF Inc "es'-
Minister Review" and IN whose house she hved TOT
some time She occupied" Il is remembered. Two
dark but very quiet rooms. a, the end OF lons
pass,ge which runs back from the front ana d.
right angles with the street; but she nad her mean
with the family She was then not quite "na' sue
appeared 10 be IN later years. she never rese''.
herself but always said what was best IN hs' a.
the moment even when no special demand was mace
upon her Consequently. she found out what WAS
bes: in everybody"
one no knew the novelist vel says: ! nave ~.
heard better talk than hers even when 'he'e was
nobody 10 listen but myself ana the Ordinary MN
bers OF the Chapman household. Those pe'So"'
VINO know nothing OF her life, excepting wha' ha'
appeared in print about It, from casual acqua'n'
sYce with her when she was much older. VIII no''
likely mistake her. and will give her credit io'
the tenderness and defiance which were really
characteristic OF her
A new novel by Professor Georg Ebers mas ''''
appeared In Germany. The scene Is laid IN Nu's~
berg
/ Mr.. Clemens has a quite remarkable popularity ;.
England The Mark Twain Birthday BooA' "'
example, has gone into It's eighth edition
NJ Daudet's bewitching and ever-belovsd i"
tarn OF Tarascon' is. IT s pleasant to ho'e' ~,