New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-18


useless charity youth in the rural regions, or a
/ maiden fresh from school sends a portfolio OF
verse or novel Of 10000 words demanding that i,
/ be read. revised. reported and furnished with
publisher. Long letters come in by every mall from
| those who seek guide philosopher and friend. a
mentor, guardian ana Miecenas all In They
show no conception OF that reciprocity which the
books tell us Is the cornerstone OF social morals and
relations; their cry Is always this: i want help
and You must hep me There ought 10 be a Blu
reIu Of Literary Charities TO examine and apprase
these voluntary contributions and give their writer's
good advice. IL the vast majority OF cases the
port could be only Your illusions show marked
talent "
Mr. william Henry Bishop has been writing a
novelette, dealing with the passion for gambling
Under the title Of "A Pound OF Cure a Story OF
Monte Carlo" II IS to be published In "Scribner."
There was a touch Of unconscious irony in the
recent cable dispatches which announced the death
Of Maxine Du Camp one OF their principal trb-
uicS 10 him was that ne had published the first
book ever illustrated with photographs Il was as
though the aurels OF scientist had been laid upon
he brow OF poet. Not that NJ Du Camp was a
poet. exactly. He wrote second-rate verses But
he was OF the generation for whom the name Of
Victor Hugo was invocation: the genera ton
mar made Theophile Gluiers famous red wastcoat
It's "orlnlme' on the first night Of ''irernani" NJ
pu camp WAS nothing II not initiate OF TIE ro-
mantle school ami his death is OF interest chiefly
as removing one OF the las, Inks between tho ro-
mantle and natural So movements in modern Fren n
literature. He stood in attitude OF almost equal
sympathy toward both. Gautier. "A romantic OF the
romantics was one 81 his dearest friends ami IDEAS
anu his life or that poet in the series OF Les
Grands Ecrivnns Francois is the best monogram
on its subject extant. Gustave Flaubert WAS an
even closer companion. and figures more conspc-
uousiy than any one e.se in the book by which NJ
ia camp VIII perhaps be longest remembered the
souvenirs It;eralres. published some ten years
ago VI Du camp mad no creative gift. but he Set
down his recoliec,ions in most engaging style: and
not even ;he castlgaton which he received a, tho
hands OF the brothers DE Goncourt for his naive
frankness about Flaubert. could diminish ,he ,,,l
apc charm OF his reminiscent writings Whenever
II. Du Camp was descriptive he wrote wei lie
u''" ''e'~r portraits Of his friends and what he
mas 10 say OF the greatest OF them all F!aubert is
none the less interesting or to his honor hecauss !,
~ deficient here and there In insight Flaubert him
sell felt that VI. pu Camp did nor wholly unler-
stand him, but he loved him. nevertheless rs tho
letter winch Is included among the pieces ustiG
oatirs or the Souvenirs" Clearly PROVED The
trouble with NJ. Du Camp was that his ma,iar u,,s
IN me exotic walks OF romantlcism Madame
Bovary' must always have remained a shade re-
moved from his sphere. no matter hov hard no
tried to get at it, secret. "Saammbo" was more in
his vein He travelled extensively: he knew. CON
stenthopie Egypt Nubia and other remote scenes
ana some or his best work done In his books
On the orient In such writing his artistic taste
was given Tree pay II was active too in the
DOCKS on the administration. the mechanism az
I''S' when earned for him TIE sobrouet of PRS
lei dc Ia Seine In partibus." NJ. Du Camp the in
innate Of radicals IKE Flaubert and Gautier ended
pS becoming member OF the Academy. He was
one OF the least welghty of the Forty But ne w,s
an accomplished man Of letters and hs friandsb,rs
also will preserve for him place in the annals .,
his time "
me usual Thursday afternoon French lecture
VIII ne omitted at Columbia College on February
80 "aSh'ngton's Birthday. The next lecture will
take place March l.
iierre Lott has gone to accumulate literary ma
"'ia' III EGYPT and the Holy Land His plan in
c'uues caravan journey through the desert. and
ne VIII end his travels by visit TO the Crlmea
ship. ' MS
me bumptious Robert Buchanan's latast dic,um |
~ mat In nine out OF ten conte mporsry nraiss
implies sacrifice on the writer's par, 10 cop,em
porory prejudlces II think" he adds "ttat mar.
'nah one pet OF the parerres (Afr r. l.. Stevenson
LOT example) might have done fine work In literature
o"t Tor the constant assurance OF the critics that
s'cn me work was being done. ! think that there !
~ no more certain hallmark OF Intellectual medloc
r'ty tnan the approval of the mob OF gentlemen who
critlclse and puff with ease"
a Ward in Chancery" Is the title OF Mrs Alex |
ahuers new novel which has Just come from the |
Appleton press.