New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-05
LITERARY NOTES.

~. ,,n,r,nortant authors 4. disappearing as
randIy as II arose. Mr.. Watsons iafse pope
excursions in Criticism which niue ""'e 90
brought In London something over ~ is no" WI "a
in the open market just 81 cents-"nhe co"''',o'
uncut leaves" and all the other desirao'e ea'"'.
,nc,,,ded Mr. LIE Gallienne's books have dropPeo.
Mr. Norman Gales, too. The hrst anu ST.
series OF "A Country Muse, winch .e'e'
brought over so can now be bought lor " 'e".'
This news inspires sympathy for these young
gentlemen but IL also gives comlor' W '"o'e W
ga a HIGH ideal in literature and who are urea
NJ the pretensions of twadders MT. Nor"'a"
Gale for example. has pretty Iitte gu. u S',pe
verse that smells OF appleblossoms ana 'he min
ing-pail-thats all There was no oco"e'o" ~
exal,Ine him on a poetica pedestal. AS Tor Mr.
Watson II is much TO be feared tha' !" i'" pe'Pe
will be asking who was he!
Mr.. Kiplng's strange and powerful new s'ory'
.Tbe I-ndertakers" has two heroes-an ased croc
odYe and an Englishman who was Muthy
habv" There is thrilling moment In 'he 'a.e
vben the crocodile describes the pap! "'''e
hands drawn in safety from between the srea.
teeth az the boat of the English mother and child
floats down the river away from the CITY oi SUI
den death. There is another thr'rhg "'one",
,hsr tho man who was saved from the awiuI
laws In his babyhood kills. all unwitths' Inc
tyrant OF the river The way in wh>ch inc ona'
acteristics Of the crocodile. the hyena aho 'he
adiutant bird are brought out In their talk on the
a
There is to be another publication in the SHY
vein OF THE Yellow Book" This Is announced Dis
."rhe Chameleon" 1t Is to appear at Oxford 'hree
times year. and only one hundred hunpc'e'
copies will be issued Master Paradox Wilde 49,
of course. be one OF its contributors
The forthcoming new edition OF "Munchausen'
,s IN he Illustrated by william Strang and j. IS
Clark and edited by Thomas seccomoe' i"''
editor is called upon by an English commentator
to tell us whether or not we may hha''y a''ep'
Rudolph Erie Raspe as the author OF the ia'"o"'
tales There is just enough mystery ABOUT '"e
matter to give editorial wisdom play Raspe ar
rived in England from Cassel. fugitive from JUS
tice about 1880. and while acting as oversee' NJ
DaIcoath Mine IN Cornwall Is belieVed 10 nave
composed MS elaborate take Off OF his reSpec'a
Bile and respected countryman. Kari rrleueI'c"
Hieronymus. Baron Won Munchausen' OF honon-
werder. This ingenious nobleman Is known 'o
have RECALLED his friends In his old age with Earra
lions in the style OF BIZ. Adamss unique account
of Waterloo. But Raspe's genius TOT dra"I"s "o
long bow went far beyond this. and IN l'S' every
ono was rushing to get hold OF Baron Munchau-
sens Narrative OF His Marvellous travels an"
c.mnaicns in Russia The British Museum Gaia
loyuo accounts for some thirty subsequent ed'-
tons
Or Bjrkbeck Hill has prepared for some fut%re
numbers OF The Atlantic" a pair OF papers dcai-
ing with Divers unpublished letters OF famous men
with whom he has corresponded.
A friend Of the late Philip Gilbert Hamerton
savs that in all his experiences In Franc" ne never
witnessed anything more curious than inc nanny
croun of the art critic "of which the heah was
traditional Engishman. whose permanent resi-
de,ce abroad had not modified In the least his
Rr,ish nhys,ognomy or characteristics while the
other members composed typical Frehch 'nte'Io'
Nine. Hamerion. the daughter OF fr'Ie'
OF the Empire: her mother. a venerable lady VINO
dated from before the Restoration; me son anu
the son-in-law OF the editor 81 me PORTION"
both professors Of the University OF France
Lawrence Irving the second son OF the actor
will probably make authorship his profession lie
has volume Of prose IN preparation ana IS aus"
abou, to publish "Godeiroi and folande n
medieval play. for which the fhnthsuc Au"'''
Reardsley has made three illustrations There are
about half dozen characters In this piece ana IL de"s
with the love Of "a master clerk" for the heroine
in whose castle he Is sort o' secretary. Hr'
Lawrence Irving II now twenty-five years old
and was intended for the British diplomatic ser
vice He has been stationed in Paris ana IN hus-
sia being three years nj 81. Petersburg
4 handsome illustrated edition OF Dcfoes "orSs'
including his novels and some OF his shorter
writings will be brought on, next year
AmelIe Rives has written new novel which Is
to appear by-and-by In 'Lipplncoit
The favoriie authors Of the late car arc men
toned as being Pierre Lott. George Meredith
Stevenson Oscar Wilde. and Wilhelm H"nn
The magnificent collection OF ballads which We
ove ia Professor child. OF Harvard. has aroused
the covetousness OF all true book-lovers. and mas
even inspired the canny Andrew Lang with the wish
10 do n naughty deed lie says that at Abboisford ne
was once sorely tempted to write spurious ballad
in old ink on old paper push IT into the bundle
OF Sir Walter Scotts Ms. collection OF ballads. ana
so try to play trick Mr. Child when he came
TO edit the mass But" he adds, "problty -and
fear that Mr.. child might prove too smart-over-
came the suggestion OF the Evil one.
"Vireinia and Her Neighbors' Is the title OF
series OF historical papers which Professor John
Fiske has written for publication In THE At
lantic."
Aiphonse Daudet Is thinking OF visiting England
next summer He has never seen that country
and fears that the six hours voyage from Guern-
sey to Southampton may be severe trial TO him.
"a curious ending he says. FOR one who "a
hoy chiefly drew his entertainment from Robinson
/ Crusoe and the works OF Captain Marryat and
had so perfect a love OF the sea that no greater
ambition was conceivable than TO be IA cabin boy
on board a pirate ship" VI. Daudet doesn't speak
English but can read and understand 1t. Since he
has been III he has sD-:,i whole afternoons In
listening to a friend translatlng popular English
and American authors OF the day. lie IL particu-
| Iarly fond OF the works OF George Meredith and
| Henry James.
| Maupassant II appears Is already forgotten In
France His books. they are scarcely asked for
! I'm the Paris booksellers shops. and money for
memorial fer him cannot be raised. The world
would not be the for forgetting both the
man and his work
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