New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-01

MI N'St't.
or all the men known to Mr. Theodore Watts,
Tcnnygon and Swinburne. he says have been most
learned in the novel; and Mr. Watts feels that our
time IS a great for the English novel. which
Stands plump" in the front rank of the literature
OF power"
Mr. Goodwin Smith it is reported, has in contem-
plation some important historical work
A new volume by Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spofford
Is coming from the Harper press. II IS 10 be en-
titled The Scarlet Poppy, and Other Stories
The new Greek type OF the Macmi.lans has been
used for the first time in their lately published edi-
ton OF the "Phaedo" All the letters are based on
a square having been actually designed within
square or proportion Of 1t.
"A Crown WIndfall' is the title OF a new novel
by Walter Besant which Is announced for publi-
cation In "Harpers Bazar"
Not one but many well-known artists have taken
up the pen and winning fame as writer's Mr..
George Boughton led the way for Mr.. George Du
Maurier; and Mr. Remington. Mr.. Hopknson
Smith. Mr. Hamilton Gibson. Mr. f. S. Church. Mr..
Alfred Parsons and Mr. Zogbaum are emuatng
one another's laures.
There are some slight but interesting notes on DE
Quincy in a volume OF memoirs by James Ber-
tram. who was once apprentice OF the proprietor
Of the famous "Tats Edinburgh Magazine" II
was in this periodical that many OF De Qulncey's
most notable papers published. AMI the boy
apprentice was often sent with checks proofs and
messages 70 the author De Quincey's MSS were
delivered In odd ways. Sometimes" says Mr.. Ber-
tram. "a young woman would enter the shop in the
morning whilst I was busy sweeping or busting.
and throwing down a roll Of paper with an excla-
nation OF There" would rush of as abruptly as
she had entered. on examining the roll l would
nnI Il addressed in the neaiest OF h1nlwrtlng 70
william TAFT. Esquire on more than one Occa-
sion a night policeman arrived early In the after
noon with similar packet for which he demanded
ana received shilling; coin destined to be Ovid
"a into three parts. the packet having passed
through "A many pairs OF hands. Who gave you
rhis?' / heard Mr. TAFT ask. 1t was my neigh
bor SIR a; the North Bridge And who gave 1t 70
him It was his negnbor. Sir And where did
h. get ~ on h. got 1t from the little man. sir,
that makes the fine speeches and lives down yon-
der SIR was tho reply"
one Of these fne speeches made 70 fellow
apprentice Of Bortram's. a youth who. coming one
morning to the shop, found himself addressed by
the occupant OF hackney carriage which was
standing 1T the door:
II Mr. De Quincy and presume that you
are one u the young gentlemen who assist Mt
TAFT IN conducting his business I al The mo-
m.n' much embarrassed FOR want u sum o.
money. the difficulty VII no.. however. assure
YOU De permanent but II IL In the mean time most
urgent ami fancel that even AZ this early hour
should Doe abe 20 obtain me required amount D.
coming here" George thought he might be want
INK Ave pound note At least. - NJ said 70 him
anNiousiy. How much DO you require MI De
Quincy" you see. young sir IN arriving at my
journeys end shall require to pay the coaehman
his fare including a small gratuy % himself. not
ess than three shilings In all, and having but haif-
a-crown In my pocket. am anxious 70 be accom-
modated wiki the loan OF sixpence N9t less as
him AZ once and after thanking his benefactor pro-
fuse.y for his great politeness Mr.. De Quincy
drove or.
Dr Conan Dovlc's new story Is TO be published
al nrst as serial. Its Title Is The Stark Munroe
Letters: ms Written by j. Stark Monroe to His
Friend and Former Fellow-Suient Herbert Swan
borough of Lowell. Massachusetts,. During the
Years isa-si"
4 new American subscription edition. in four vol
umes octave. OF Justin McCarthy's History OF
our own Times Is announced by Merrill a Baker.
u this city The volumes Will contain twenty-four
portraits OF English statesmen.
Mr. I.e Glllic..ne IL quoted saying that the
critic. by Inevitably congregatlng with MS fellow
men In literary ghettos Is bound to ,osroi; ani
then he makes. apropos u ioerollins this silly ana
vulgar observation: THE canonlzed Instance Is
that Z Halllm and Tennyson. Hallam reviewed
Tennysons early poems In namboyant article In
'Th. Engilshmans Magazine and Tcnnyson repaid
him in In Memor!am certainly princely return"
Professor skeatss discovery of the new Chaucer
ballad" about which he Is disposed - be somewhat
concelted is made little II by The London Acad-
enlv" DIFFERENCE IL ~ due TO his opinion"
saws that Journal "but Mr. steele OF Bedford. who
first drew attention to the Ms. I'm The Academy
copied IL out some months ago. with a view 10 pub
ucnuon as bearing all the charactNs OF a good
Iydgatc poem. The Ms. ia too late FOR the aScrip-
ton 10 Chluccr 10 be ~ any great Importance
Two Volumes by-the-way. OF Professor Skeatss
edition Of Chauccr handsomely brought out 10y the
Macmlllans have been given 10 the public Frag-
m,utary notices only do injustice 10 work OF this
size and importance. and The Trihune's exhaustive
review 70 be prepared 10y an eminent scholar, VIII
appear with the last volume.
Something unique IN the history OF book criticism
tx Mark Twain's opening article In Defence OF
Harriet Shelley" In the july North American II
mus, bee said that the quaint and homeY IAN
uog. suits the subject which has aroused more or
less INDIGNATION among Professor Dowden's readers
nnI there is an agreeable flavor In New World COM
,pon-s.nse applied 70 some ~ the slcky stun IN
Dovd.n's book The worshippers OF Matthew Ar
nod ,,onll be struck with horror probably at the
following characterization Of the D'oSrapNy-a"d
We, there Is unimpeachabe truth In H.
This shelley biography is literary rakewaIk' I me
orIir,r, forms OF speech are absent from II. an
the pages all the pAfasraphs' WH hey sunday best
shiny and sleek. perfum"'l ana with ouut"hiiVi's
I'm their buttonholes; II is rare to hnd even 'nallC
sentrnre that has forgotten TO dress II me pooK
,yisb,s ia tell MS that Mary Goodwin, chlId OF SIN
Teen had known Affections the tact sauhters iorth
H., md In fh, lore OF pain meaning by that that
she had not always travelled on aSPha Ma o.6een
Snr. hnrsslr" a form which. while preterapie 70
The books form ia sim not to be arri", Shee
~. hnnk wishes 70 tell rs that tiattl't ''eIles
,,ir,d a vet-nurae. that commonplace ny Bels
turned into a dancing master. VINO noeS ms up pr
,rh With his hddle under one arm and his
crush hat under the other. mus ne pern e o oi
- shvs eves hy the introduction INTO ms mouse
u, ~ h,rclinr nurse to whom was ueieSa'eu the
mothers tenderest oHl''
,,,s Flora Steel who follows Mr. kiplng afar
,r 49, q writer on India. ia elderly lady OF opt-
mistrc disposition. excellent powers OF conversation
, , ,,r,tse,yorthv taste for cookery. Her huspahu