New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-02

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named Faconer who was In .ove with n Mss Ar
misted Of Faruuier County. Virginia. Beyond these
points OF resemblance there was nothing else to
show that the real man served as a model In trutn
he was no model for Captain King. when he wrote
his story never dreamed that there was a real
Falconer IN FarquIer County.
Among the volumes OF essays to be published dur
ing the autumn are Mr. Austin Dobson's second
series Of Eighteenth Century Vignettes,' and Mr.
Swinburnes Studies In Prose and Poetry. Some
Forthcoming American volumes In this department
viii be Mr. John Burroughs's "Riverby": Professor
Barrett Wendel.'s william Shak ,spearc,' ana Miss
Reppller's I'm the Dozy Hours"
Mr. G. p Lathrop and his wife, Rose Hawthorne
Lathrop have been writing a book about the
famous Georgetown Convent Of the Visitation IL IS
to be called "A Story OF Courage. and VIII ne
brought out in ii, popular edition and In speciai
large paper edition. both these editions being Illus
trated
The short stories which George Meredith contrib
uted to an English review, and which at present
can be found only In the bound volume OF that
review hidden on a library shelf. will soon be re-
printed In book form.
Mr.. Mercdltn's book Lord Ormont and His
Aminta' is based. It Ia sad. upon the hlstory o.
the Earl Of Peterborough and his unacltnowedged
great soldier and a lady-kller. forced into re-
tlrement, It is remembered by an ungrateful coun-
try and married a woman socially beneath him.
with the stipulation that the marriage should not be
made pubic.
Professor F. J. Chid's splendid collection OF
English and Scottish Popular BALLADS Is nearly
finished Nine of It's ten parts of $50 pages each are
now ready No more valuable work of this kind
Will ever be published, and deep must be the graft
tude of all lover. of literature when they consider
the toll involved in its preparation
The penalties incurred in giving good literature to
the world grow every day greater. The latest
misery inflicted upon the distinguished authors or
Great Britain Is a demand that they should answer
a circular full OF impertinent inquiries about their
diet-the intention OF It's trainers being |.her to
make n few dirty guneas or to find out what Is the
food OF genius in order to partake and acquire
genius themselves. The questions are iull OF de-
tail: Are they great eaters Of beef. OF bread OF
things farlnaceous OF nuts OF fruit? DO they drink
anything with their meals. and. II 40. what? DO
they make any particular changes in their d'etetc
arrangements wAen they have any particular K!nd
Of Industry to ply? Do they smoke and. II So what
do they smoke?" There Is too much OF this village
gossip trash II is as silly as II Is vulgar.
A war correspondent in the person Of Mr. Julian
Of the Oriental contentious for the benefit OF "Har-
per's Weekly"
The Kemscott "Chaucer" It is stated will
cost each subscriber S0o-no. unreasonable price
considering the great beauty OF the two volumes
independent OF Burne-Joness marvellous illustra
lions Nearly all the 32j copies have already been
subscribed for. The first vo. will b. 1y next
August.
Dr. 2 Weir Mitcherrs new story. when All the
Woods Are Green" ia coming from the press Of the
Century Company The scene Is laid in the Cana
dian forests.
The Life of Richard Brnsey sheridan upon
which Mr. Fraser Rae is Mt work will he heartily
Welcomed for no adequate biography Of that brill
liant being ls in existence. All the MSS. and letters
In the possession Of the family have been paced in
Mr.. RAGS hands Among them il the MS. copy Of
The School for Scandal" containing many cor
rectons In the authors handwriting
The five large octave volumes presenting the !
Life and Correspondence OF Rufus King" which |
are to be published By Putnam. have been edited |
by grandson. DR.. G. Il. King. These volumes are !
included In the valuable series OF writings or the
Fathers OF the Republic"
Thomas Hardys novel Is nearly finished. and |
rs opening chapters Will appear in the December
Harper" The twcnty-siNth edition OF Tess
each edition numbering a thousand copes-ls COM
Ing from the press IN London
The forthcoming History OF Florence. by Professor
Wharf. Is to he translated into English by his VIE
The work which Is in Two volumes deals with the
first two centuries Of the lie OF the beautiful city.
Mr. Frederick Saunders. whose connection with
the Aston Library has made him known to most
literary Americans. and whose books OF essays are
pleasantly remembered by many readers. has writ
en volume OF personal recollections OF the dis
authors he has met. 1t Is 10 be called
Character Studies" and will be published by Mr..
Whitaker.
Mr. George Moore rather resents the current cant
phrase which describes an author making
tudles' in rea. lie for his work Of fiction. What
I means" he said to an English interviewer"
I honestly have not the slightest idea. What are
studies and does anybody make them. and II so.
low? No. Esther Waters originated not In any
tudies. but In the Strand. and by chance. one day
happened 20 buy paper. don't remember what
was. but A remark IN II struck me. The eternal
crvant question was up ut the time. ana some
writer In this paper SAID It's all very well to talk
bout what We suffer from servants. but do not
.; us forget what servants suffer from us That
enark was the origin OF my book.
Mr.. Moores father. when the author was child.
sed to keep racehorses-onc OF them the
lockwood Cup--and In his "reminiscences OF that
inc were found the material for much OF the
citing phrases OF the book IF there is any merit
n the book" Mr. Moore said, 1T comes from my
ot knowing too much about the subject and 80
avlng scope for such creative imagination as am
apablr Of Low life often proves much better mate
lal for a novelist than the NE which he himself
YES. II one writes n novel OF tho drawing-room
he temptation Is to reproduce what one has heard
nd seen and known. without any act OF creative
ma gnatlon at all: and II that IL what is wanted
or n work OF literary art. why. then. some Lady
eune let us say. should have been our great nov
list But what found satisfactory In the sub
act OF Esther Waters this that knew just
nough about 4 set my Imagination at work. and
asst not enough to deaden 1t by the substitution OF
,nrelv rccnrdsd knoMlodge And so | believe Il Is