New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-26
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY Mules.
Mrs Humphry Ward. are told. will soon VISIT
this country. She is coming with her huSpa'"'
who proposes to lecture here on art and arusts'
Mr. Stanley J. Wcyman has finished half OF MS
novel THE Red Cockadc." story OF the frehch
Revolution. He is writing II on the back OF 'ne
pages OF a novel Of modern life. which ne "ro''
some time ago and thought too poor 10 o''e' ~
any publisher Mr. Weyman says or MS H'''"''
onnrcnticeshp: II had decided that the pubh'
desired conscientious work. This conclusion ma"
cone 70 me from witnessing the success of Il
short story by Anstey The Black Poodle " nat
was II? \ story which made very great M
| read H. | determined that us success ""' "
pendcd on the extrcm" conscientiOusn'sS Win WIN"
tho writer had produced performing incessant
milestone functions each single sentence n'''
learned the lesson. and thus TO work. win TINS
t,.al wrote a story called King Pippin ana
- Give which sent to The CorahiiL fayh
read IT, and wrote to me and asked me 20 '"r
Office and encouraged mo. He asked me why !
mover had written A novel and said that had
no powers OF conception for a iong work lie theh
shoy.d mo the articles OF plot. conrivance notes
cards maps and so on. He said that the nope Oh
prosperity was only in the Ions. not in the snort
story"
Dr. y c. Brinton who has been visiting the
,orlv home o. Walt Whitmon on Long Island
found there some old people who remember the
,oci as the Editor % The Long Islander. lhey
spoke % the powerful personality "brim'ui OF me-
rcvclling in strength. careless OF tiine ana INV
world OF money and Of toll a lover OF DOCKS ana
q, Jokes de ightinc to gather round him the youth
o., the village his printing room o. evenings ana
toll them stories and read them poetry. his own
ant ofh.rs That OF his he called ms
.yawps.' n word which he afterwari mad" famous
no,h remembered him as delightful companion
generous TO O. fault. sloryinr IN youth Negligent OF
ms Affairs. ISSUING The Ions ISLANDER AT random
intervals once q week. one" In t"o weeks once
In fbroe.uniu hts financial hackers lost ;aith and
ho,c a,.d turned him out and with him the who'e
on .. corpa ,or Walt himself editor. publisher.
composltor. urcssman and printers devil all In
one"
perhars tho most extraordinary theme which
any modern clergyman has selected for sermon
ls tho novel called ~ YELLOW Astcr.' II Was
minister In Aberdeen who discour~ci upon It, the
other day-"ukc thoughtful reviewer" 1t Is
said.
Roberts urothors issue a second series ~ hymns
ana poems. written hy Frederick l.. Iosmcr and
William g. oann,tt. under tho utle The Thought
~ cod" They are graceful AMI rhythmc'L AMI
nr, rer,aled by that spirit u ethical culture that
hn, go largely taken TIE place OF dosmai.c religion
10 Sew Enslanl
Mr. klld's book on "socl, Evolution has Just
h..m printed from new ypc tho plates OF m. iorn"
edition. having been worn out hy much us'' "'.
Kidd who j. an English oriclh in th" Cvil Service.
ha. Lately been promoted 90 ihc office Of Sup'rin-
,cndcnt OF D~ith-du,y Statistics
Tho late Walter Patcr's creek Studies" colicc-
lion Of Interesting ESSAYS viii soon bc published by
Macmillan d Co. These essays deal with many
attractive subjects from study Of ponysius TO the
myth Il pemctcr and Tersephone
\ volume Of personal Eecollcc,ions OF War
Times" -o, forth hy Mr.. \ q. Riddle of ohio. is In
the press OF the Putnams The most noted figures
In the politics u the Last generation appear IN these
Iseet
M. George Saintshurys volume OF critical essays
Is coming ont next month under the title OF 'or-
rc-tcd Impressions" lie deals therein with the
lclding writer's 81 the Victorian period.
Little Eyolf" Ibsens forthcoming play. IS mon
/ toned "a greatly disturbing the senabilites OF
the man who is turning it into English. He de
clafcs that i'm translating II h" Is going through
the most memorable and thrilling literary eNpe-
ricnce Of his .ifc-which is good adyertsins
I \ letter written many years ago 10y George Mere
nth the novelist. to his publisher has just been
sold In London. 1t contains this interesting para
graph.
D. l. is In" appreciation You give that makes Fam"
worth uShlig fO., nor would barter such c0mnu
nlcaiion fJr any amount Of favordbl" journal criti
cism. however much IL might forward the popu-
larity AMI sale ~ the book. ! prepared WNscii,
when | published. 20 meet wltn injustice ana slight
Knowing that the ttlc cOr ton. rather selection
Ia my volume VAS hn' ihc vanguard 81 Deter Work
to come" and knowing. also. that ~" strct"s crit
c.,rn could scarcely be- more unSparlng nan myself
ON the faults tlii are freely - br found knowing
lastly that = fresh volume cot poetry is with the
press a marked book. The poems are all the
work of extreme youth. and. with some exceptions.
Of labor They VIII not live. think. bIi thrV VIII
serve their purpose in making known my name In
those v DO look with encouragement upon such ear
uc. students Of nature who are dcterm.nci 10 per
severe until they obtain the wisdom and Inspiration
and self possession OF the poet, etc.