New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-15
LITERARY NOTES.

The popular novelist Of the day will not sarve'
W poher, Louis Stevenson. 1t Is reported. Is
skIpg In England $4,000 for the serial rights alone
of his new story. THE Lord Justice Clerk.
Another novelist Mr. Kipllng has seen his jun
81. Book" sell In England at the rate OF lo""
copies Nobody knows yet how many nave oeeh
DISPOSED OF In America and elsewhere
And yet there are popular authors VINO IAN W ~,
ceive a proper reward OF their toll the Iate IL. NJ
BaIlantyne wrote for thirty years BOOK atter doom
which had a large sale; and all that time ne Iived
without extravaganza and almost without rest
Yet he left 10 his heirs something less than 1900
A critical exercise or "DevoIr de style. written
bv Charlotte Bronte while at school In Brussels In
1913 is stll IN the possession OF the daughter Oh
IN. schoolmaster-that clever and kindly NJ Heser.
wha ia understood 10 have been the original OF
Paul Emanuel This little study deals with Mile
yoyes poem La Chute des FeuiUes. ana REJECTS
the idea that the poet deliberately contriVed MS
effects The author gives the credit TO genius anu
no, % conscious method. Il believe. she writes
that genius once awakened does not need TO seek
details. 10 pause to reflect; to think Of unity
believe the details naturally suggest themseVes'
that the poet does not require 10 look TOT 'he'"'
that nsplra takes the place OF rehecuon' ana AZ
for unity IL seems TO there Is no unity so per-
fee, as that resulting from heart possessed apso-
lutey by one train OF ideas II would be as impos-
shl. for "A torrent swollen with rains ana huns
from the heights by tempest. 10 determine us
own impetuous course ms for the man snaheh ny
passion or broken By grief. 10 voluntarily quit MS
grief or his Joy and TO speak OF things strange ~
H. Genius ia OF the nature OF instinct. Inc ma"
~ genius produces Mt once. and without laoor'
what the man without genius. never mind how
learned or persevering can never reach The DO
main OF genius IL not limited 10 the intehec'. IL Is
especially In the heart that this Spirtual KING es
tablishrs his throne and II IL by quickehhs scnsi-
biity by giving more vvacty 20 the passions ana
more lively expansion TO the anecuonS' 'ha' ne a'-
nounces his presence and displays his power.
Mr. Harriet, wendclrs study in English Litera-
,ure a book which Is bear the title OF Will
lam Shakespeare" is to be brought out soon
Ano,h.r volume I'm which literature Is 10 be dealt
with is a forthcoming collection OF essays by Mrs.
lanes r Fields. This. according 10 me BOOK
BUYER" includes two papers when nave appe"'en
In 'scribner" under the title OF "A Shet OF O'a
Books"
7, nm article on T. w Kemble-who Is best known
as the illustrator Of negro types but whose a'hp-
ton I, Ia 10 make an artistic record OF the knick-
.rbocker period-'"rh- Book Buyer says that MS
o,wo-minutes' sketch OF n man or woman is pretty
accurate portrait Kembie has used the camera
somewhat but prefers the pencil. The camera
habit' he said is q dangerous one. You get 10
trusting the camera instead OF your own eyes Inc
vital line In a group face. or figure may be
lust the that the camera ials 10 D''"s o"'
Mr.. Rusknss next book is to be called Letters
IN a College Friend" These epistles date from lSio
10 lsi5.
The splendid new edition OF Robert Louis steven
sons works Will be brought out In this country oy
IN. scribners They will have a hundred copies OK
the thousand TO which II Is limited The hrs' OF the
twenty volumes Will be Issued In October
I, would be interesting to know whence came the
private and confidential letters OF Motley 70 BIS
marck. which sold at auction In London the
other day for $500.
Tn. new Dictionary Of the Bible. planned by the
late Professor Robertson Smith. is TO be edited by
professors Cheyne and DR.. j. Sutherland Black Pro-
fessors Toy O. f. Moore. and Francis Brown VIII
repre.ent the United states the stan OF contrib
utors.
Mr. Rider Haggard has changed the title OF his
,ow novel and II Is 10 appear under the name Of
Joan Haste.
Mr. Hall Gaines sombre story The Manxmah.
is nearly ready for publication
Mr. Oscar WiIdes lately published poem. The
sphinx" is said TO have long had certain reputa-
ton In the United States having been written some
time ago In THIS poem written In the measures
of I'm Mernorlam," half concealed by the manner
OF printing! appears student who sits solitary at
midnight and addresses small csrven sphinx that
rests In "A corner OF his room:
O tell me were you standing by when Isis TO Osiris
And did you watch the Egyptian melt her union
And drink the jewel-drunken wine and bend her
To sce the huge proconsul draw the salted-tunny
And did 20" mark ths, cyprian kiss white AdOn on
And did YOU follow Amenalk the god Of Heliopolis'
And did you talk with Thoth. and did you near the
rnoon-h horned 10 weep? ~ .s 49,.
wedge shaped pyramid?
A new History OF English Literature Is In
preparation by Mr.. J. Logic Robertson
Mr.. George Manvle Fem. tte novelist OF advent
ure is now sixty-four years old He does not look
his axe however for he has a tall, light active
figure thick fair hair and beard. and keen blue
eyes.
A certain English countess, with n leaning toward
literature once drew a distinction between Tenny-
son and Browning. "Mr Browning. she said. al
ways makes himself particularly agreeable to me.
but merely as n countess ] doubt II he ever re-
members that I have written anything. Tennyson.
on the other hand Is n perfect bear. for the first
half hour to assert himself but after he has shown
that he does whether ! am a countess
or not he is genuinely delightful"
Mr. Bret Hartes forthcoming novelette, Is to be
called "Chu- Chu'-which IL presumably Chinese or
baby talk THE BeRinger Of Angels Is the title
OF his volume OF short stories. which Is 20 be pub
lshed In the autumn.
! The thin octave pamphlet OF 1896 which held
! Charles Dickens's comic opera. THE Village Co.
auettes" was until lately "A very scarce book, and
an uncut example might always be sold for $50 to
500 But 1t Is very no longer "A mass OF
waste paper from printers warehouse was lately
returned to the mills % be pulped. an English
writer "and would certainly have been destroyed
! had not one OF the workmen employed upon the
! premises caught sight Of the name OF Charles
Dickens upon some OF the sheets. The whole par
Gel was carefully examined and the searchers were
| rewarded by the discovery OF nearly hundred
copies OF The Village Coquettes. In quires. clean
| and unfoided." These were placed upon the mar
] L.. "a th. ,rca drorpad N