New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-03

asking Il say. which ono Of you two invented the
other" And he adds that Postethwate was
founded not on one person at all but on whole
school.
Mr.. Thomas Hardy began his literary life by
writing verses but most Of these productions he IS
said to have destroyed. preserving only a ballad
or two.
Let all the little poets See
How very wise a man can be-
The Tonnys)n manuscript Poems OF Two Broth
ere" has returned - England. and is now in the
library OF Trinity College. Cambridge.
There ia odd glimpse In an old journal. which
lately came to the surfnce. OF the Alfred Tennyson
OF 1910 Those the days and nights when the
poet wandered welrlly up and down his mothers
house IN the small hours. murmurins poetry as he
went: when h. wont 70 aver that he saw
Things in those small hours. before midi
night fire." and would afterward sketch for his
friends strange, grim forms. half human AMI half
beast.
Mr.. Rudyard Kpl.ng's new series Of "Barrack-
Room Ballads" will appear in the autumn. The
collection Will doubtless inciIIe the striking BIT Of
verse which Is ID b. found IN the current number Of
The Pail Mall Magazine" We are not sure that
the reader who has not heard the melancholy music
that accompanies the deal soldier - his grave win
appreciate the broken rhythm Of these lines. but
h. who has once heard those hcart-wrlngng tones
WI hear them again 81 this simple. rough and
pathetic ballad.
THE Hudson Library" - the general title %
fiction serlos which the Putnlms nre about - pub
fish It's first volume will be Love and Shawl
straps" By Annette T. Noble This firm IL prepar-
Ing - bring out the second issue OF the 'Au-
tonym Library" Mr. 5 X. Crocketts Mad Sir
Uch,red"
Mr. Henry James's forthcoming volume entitled
"a, ,Nf he
the Harpers
Mr. s,clman's quaint poem OF Huntington
House" seems 10 lend to the pages OF The Cen
tury" the old-tlne scent OF lavender and plcotee;
and We do not need the aid OF Mr.. Loeb's picture
10 imagine the four sisters:
Ladies' Ladies Huntington your father served. we
~ nidcde-camp to washnston-you Often told us
And when you sat you side by side in that ances-
We knew his ghost sat next the door. and very
proud or you.
The current "A.lantlc" is an excellent number.
and among the good things in II are divers letters
OK Carlyle together with records OF his CONVERSE
tions with Edward Stnchey. one OF Caryle's
statements which should appeal 10 the pride OF the
American humorist Is 10 the effect that some bits
Of extravagant American fun quoted TO him SHOW
n great deal OF intellect floating about In America
and no, knowing what form to put itself into
His assertions concerning Claiming would have
greatly grieved the Bostonians OF generation
''fIe never thoroughly raises himself above the
commonplace" said Carlyle. II often think he is
Just going 20 take fine poetic flight but. to
my disappointment. he fairly gets the
wing lie should either soar altogether above the
earth or be content 10 go on in his splay-;ooteI
course"
The Walter Mitchell who has Just rcpublshed In
book form his Atlantic" story. Two Strings to
His Bow" is brother OF Donald c. Mitchell
Many years ago Mr.. Mitchell published in The
Atlantic" another story entitled "Tacking Ship
on shore"
The transatlantic Publishing Company" which
'"rransatlantlc Magazine" to contain only short
chance TO obtain copyright here b. simultaneous
publication.
II Is said Of the late Edmund Yates that his de-
votion to Charles Dickens's memory displayed
with a consistency delightful to record. lie could
bear hardy a word Of dsparagemcnt You know
am a little mad on the Dickens question" he
wrote not long ago to who had ventured
crticlse his favoric. land probably my irrtability
increases grow older"
Mr. Yates was fond OF letter writing, and his
private epistles were often witty and generally
amusing.
One OF the interesting questions for those who
love mouse among old books concerns the period
at which the degradation OF the word sentiment
al began. Who first used it as a word OF reproach
instead OF OF compliment?