New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-28
LITERARY NOTES

LITERARY NOTES
A new poem by Mr.. Rudyard Kipllng Is to A.
pear in the Christmas "Scribner" Its title h
"McAndrew's Hymn the speaker being tine Scotch
engineer on an ocean steamer illustrations by M
Pyle will accompany II.
The Interviews with DIR. Holmes ard .hs
visits to DR.. Holmes, accounts Of which are now
flooding the offices Of periodicals. painful read.
ing for two reasons. one OF these Is that they ara
so fiat and stale telling little Of interest and moth.
Ing not already known for years about the charac.
ter and manners of Holmes The other reason n
that they reveal so many cruelty selfish ntrusions
upon the home the time ard the strength o. a
kindly and courteous old man. That he received
these visits with gentleness and Senla.!ty does not
make the Invasion Of curious stranger less IN.
warrantable. There has been In this country for
some years past good deal Of very ordinary cur.
osty and pushing sef-exa,tat!on masquera Ing az
"hero-worshp." and the noted New-Englandeu
now departed have suffered severely from 1t. The
pea sanest view OF IS that 1t lends sweetness to
death That it was not horc-worship pure and
simple would to be proved by the fact that
80 many of the visits DO not remain merely mat.
ter fer happy recollection on the part u the visit
or" but are promptly used at the great mans death
TO bring in from five to twenty dollars visit
DIR. Holmes which have to hand is that IN
THE Academy" |; is singularly ignorant and in
adequate in criticism and pItronizns IN tone
Here is bit of humor from THE Satir.s; which
is not at all bad-5eho.d The Pastellette':
The paste!e is too sirens SAD he.
Lo, will make !; fainter yet.
And he wrought with tepld ecstasy
4 pas;eette.
4 iouch-a word-a tone half caught
He softly felt and handled them,
Flavor of feeiins-scent Of thought
Simmer or gem
That we may read and feel as he
What vague pale Plea PleasT Inys we can get
From this mid, wltess mystery
The pastellette.
An extract from letter written by member u
Robert Louis Stevenson's household in Samoa to
friend in san Francisco appear IN that clever
perlodlcal The Argonaut" The fact that few
rifles were recently shipped to him had caused ra-
n ors that the novelist was taking an active part
in samoan troub.es-rumors set resi- by ne letter.
whose writer. we imagine. was Mrs Stevenson
some papers say tnat are a!ra!c OF the na-
lives others that they have turned against Tusitsia
(the name the Samoans have given 9ir'ehSSohl ana
goodness knows wnat, II amos 80 oo bis 1870
He is a power here among the Samodns, ana has
kept them Ia cheeK T m reas3n we 59gsh tho
rifles was because We have a lot OF so-etAed rebels
lighting took place on our land. 1t would not have
been improbable that some OF our servants would
have ,ouched Us at ali, but W. would nave felt very
silly if we could not protect our people; e. -.
Nataafa's chiefs have been HDeratcl from the
iaii owing pretty much to Louis letters 10 the
''Times" and the whole band OF them came up
free and Independent of the Government "A poiti-
cal prisoners they, being gentlemen rr,hsen %
70 show their gratitude 10 Tusitala by making MS
road for nothing. All of this ti.ne IL ha' oesn IN.
possible FOR the Government: Tor i9Nt oI money =.
force. T. get that road made ana to-morF0" tns
chiefs all begin work FOR love OF cSi,ar WIZ
There are about thirty of III m VIVA their Young
men and it will be- gay sIsnt seeing tnen put.
ting the road through for aoi is' Tear AYE
scodlng NUMBER Of haugA'y cAiefs situng On
stones by the ways.de. ana perhaps tAtre youns
men Of Inferior rank pretending 20 tai1E seo'cs'
TIE Samoans Will not work ior me " Iit , w. u,
v5rE for us and work vel and We have people
who came 10 ~ In the very beginning
Mr. ZangwiIl ike other persons Of taste delights
in Mr. Kipling's "Jung.e Book and says agreeable
tbinqs about Alowgli in The Pail Mall Magazine"
He adds in conclusion. "fy-the-way, the ancient
rAhDinical story q KITE .--J-.on ana the puVe'n!
IL cute in the vein Of The jungle Bo1N. NE @'''
wise monarch heard maze butterfly taking 10 MS
mate on the dome of the temple IL wer on!
to stamp my foot the whole templc'wouf co'-.'se
said he solomon. annoyed called the butterfly +"
him and a k.d him why ne .ad made such pIs-
MYSTERIOUS statement I only did L to impress no
missus replied the trembling butterfly Ell
don't do it again said solomon Back Went 'hs
butterfly his wife. who was pale win iriEh' d.
the thought that the great king was gon- 10 XII
ncr r.atc What I'D he say? she asked ne
asked me not TO do It, replied the butterfly aIrly
Mr. Howells is to have a series OF eleven oeins
in the Christmas Harper stops OF Various
Qus" is the general title under which they VIII ap-
pear. Mr. Pyle has illustrated them.
Mr. W f. Norris writing about the art Of max
ing novels. says by way of illustration: IN cer'
tain country house there was Scotch COOK whose
scenes were beyond all praise. Implored by
Southern lady reveal the secret Of her unyaryns
success she replied after long consideration
'Awce. men, We just take your grde. ye see. anu
and make scone.' Quite so; you Just take YOU"
pen and paper and-ani write novel. NJ direc'
tons could be more beautifully succinct; but. un'
fortunately Is almost as difficult for writer
who has reached a point Of moderate proficiency ID
his calling To say this is 10 be done AS u was
for the cook to explain how scenes ought TO %
made"
The massive and gloomy old bear pictured On the
cover Of The overland" a real creature beng
no other than the once famous samson, owned
by the mount lineor and hunter. grizzly Afams'
The first publisher who had TO 10 with "oVeriahd
affairs had check-book upon which appearel 'his
particular cut Of the bear. lie suggested - MI
Bret Harte that il might make good design ior
the new magazines cover, and the young eaI'o''
taking A pencil traced tn" few lines that form inc
railroad track i'm the sketch as now used-and there
was the Overland Bear"
Advance sheets of the November Century COM
tanning the opening chapters N Professor Slo'hes
ong-expected Life Of Napoleon Bonaparie sVs
an interesting foretaste Of what promises To pe a."
admirao ny picturesque and careful work me W.
thors short preface furnishes some suggestive ~
tails
The studies OF which the result Is gwen ~ !"
the following pages began long before .mo
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