New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-09
LITERARY NOTES.
Mr. Ruiyard ping. II Is understood, pro oses 10
write a book on American backwoods NE. IN
,he autumn he and Mrs Kipllng will sail for India

back called The Hack itd'ie an" ''""' '""''' -
said to have been written in sudden M OF n'p'r'-
ton" Sudden or not, the VISITATION To wien W. owe
Mr. crancs Zines" does not seem TO nave come
from p,ruAasns ON the contrary, ms young gen /
tlem,n over whom me- nose l. geiiinf liHrH m''',
,lnya ON a l,vc OF duh o. 80, dl'lhn'ns l" use
n, cnnlI-thc mans whereby even in' MINOR p'''
,,n s,m.lnm,s rive his work llL Nr crane h'H
ma tns,c for Academic form. no fo"lnR apparently
for rhythm. Neither have any Of MS ''ml"''N !.
.o,ru :, ID, believed nowadays that frrNul'rlN ~
foru f. IA virtue that the measures, ~" ''''n''S
which were good enough COR the rr''' po''' ~ wv.
mat nro useless for Tho tumn'tu'us d'IN'r'n''S ~
true inspiration.
Tho sooner Mr. crane AMI his irl'n'+ h''"' -
,,ts rvr,,b.al, tho better FOR them all w" "ny
p,o,s OF consequence In this century "n' i'"'"."
nyainer form r-ownlng and whitman 'n''' 70 W"
CORRECTION ard are sim insecure as 10 th'r h'"'7
Il, ,h, t.n,n;e OF purc poetic fame. The po'~ nav"
written in blank verse or In rhym"d n'''"", 80
10Th they have preserved the quality 81 my '' -.
hth ,hev have proycl t.lt rhythm is as es''nt" u
n,ct,v az grammar IS to prose. hut M cum
I,hhler in mysteries which ne rs unworthy - az
,,o,ch propo.es TO change all this. lie goes on al
this fashion.
AMI out upon tho page
Thcy were tiny
The ren could mash them.
Md many shrugged III the 'N
To writ" in this RED muck
-
- ,,., q, e. or,,, nossibc 20 reply: Does Mr.
c..o r.,iv he.lcye that be is writing OF thhgs
,o,, his heart II so. Why have not ~ '"''
some poetic vitality some obvious reason 'o' 80"
7, ,hcr ru,iIy and aGec;aton they strike ''' III
partial reader az much trash
The lectures on art which the h'sunsu'S,''
t.o- Nr John La Fargo. has prepared Tor pu"--
c,,t,n will be brought out in Jew m'h''" ~ '''
N,rmillans This ia good news Tor Inc S'u'"" -
literature a. well Of art Mr.. Ia r'ie' -
from the point Of view OF wide culture us 49,
fr,.r Jopan showed Clearly enorgh what eemeHN
-, ,o,ic feeling of historical know eige ana Oh me
~. ,as,e On 70 the making OF his prose ara MS
,.,,,,os an art are compacted OF similar mate''A'S
Uo 4, one u those few painters VINO hour's" ''''"
solves on all of human KNOWLEDGE 'hi' "' 49,
th.ir reach and this new book VII SURPRISE nan,
who di not hear its substance de.Ner'' ~ w.,
y, ,,ou,h by its hexlbiity. ITS range OF ph'osoP'0
Thought It's light far above the lever OF '"e "'''
,,,f,,c- 4, tho came time il is not obscure OF 'a'
cul,tel f,r the aesthetic specialist alone M'' Ia
F,rg. talked clearly In his lectures ana i" 10
cll,eI ,herl into an even more Transparent
They ought to prove fruitful In THIS county a''
br,,l for /, l. in the degree rare for an ar''s'
Ike Mr. Ia FARCE to pu, into printed o''0"'"''o" "
large and so stimulating store OF IDEAS
An English translation OF Professor Francesca D
Nlt,'s famous work on "Cathohc Soe'a"s"
coming from the Macmillan press
s6nya Kovalevsky. a Russian lady whose re'nai Ma
lilo mathematical genius brought her many MINORS
Ian, b.,n.d TO make her nfe woman unhappy
l,f, some interesting rccocctions OF her carry DAYS
,,b,ch m. Century Company viii soon publish. Inc
formulation from the Russian has been made 10y
Miss / r Hapgool Nine. kovalevsky was pro'es
sor Of higher mathematics AT the University VI
Stockholm and was the author OF WORK 10 wh'ch
the Institute OF France gave one OF lis highest
prizes.
..rr,o ,,yoraut" which. 1t should be said. is never
caught napping In literary matters. quotes win
ouiet amusement this funny paragraph from Tine
r,nr.k, tralD Standard ;: "Apropos OF man
falllbty in most things. that excellent weekly
Journal The Argonaut.' carefully written py
trained and intcllgen, writer's whose business IL j.
To- know everything and write accurately OH All
subjects makes the startling ASSERTION III an cur
torial article cuogizing Robert Louis Stevenson ana
his works that he Is the author OF Or JekyH ana
Mr. HYDE Rider Hageard wrote that thriiiing
work Of Unique fiction and one would hardy expect
a paper O. The Argopaurs literary reputation 10
appear with such an error al It's briliiah' eo'u'"s
A piece Of sem-erary news that Is going the
round. inst now IN. news that THE Prisoner OF
Zenia" has been dramatizri and that Mr. Hope Il
writing a novel which Il also To De paced u"
the stage r.vves literary question OF inuch inter-
est Does II pront an author To write win oh' eS"
on ne
great pity that the historical reply Is ~ calmy ei
UNDECIDED The temptation. of course. IL very great
The theatre Is profitable and when 1t Is considered
that some enormously popular dramas nave D'en
based ON novels It IL not surprising that the writer
OF fiction Is tempted to attack the dramatic FORM
Mr. James too has probably expressed the feelings
Of A host OF his novelistc contemporaries when lie
sp,,ks Of the itching which novelist often mas
In use the stage instead OF book for the evout on
az his Mot But Mr. James hin self Is a brilliant
denomination OF the difference between a novelist
who wants to be 4 dramatist and dram
atet pure and simple. The two are Almost
n.v.r combined In one person. Dumas fills is one
OF those exceptions which prove the rule. lie
has dramatic faculty and he is French
man. a fact which is by no means TO be ignored.
since the French. however lacking they may be IN
a Shakespeare are possessed or natlonal genius
for theatric form. Now the modern Englishman or
American rarely has that genius. and when he mas
/ he is not a move list into the bargain.
4 pleasing play may have been made here ana
th.re by writer's unaccusomod to the stage. Mr..
! Conan poyle's prisoner OF Waterloo IS said 10 be
n well made well as an interesting piece But Mr..
Du Maurer WAS wise when he left the dramatzation
of Trilby 10 other hands II 10 even AT that curl
GUS question to what he would think OF the result
and the novelist with dramatic bee In his bonnet
would do we'll to follow his example. The good
shocnaker sticks to his last The good novelist goes
on writing novels as Indifferent 10 what the theatre II
doing as Charlotte when they carried Werther
by ON A shutter and that serese damsel went on
cutting bread and butter" Mr. Hope has written
nothing so good THE Prisoner OF Zenda. VII
he ever do II he sits with brain ana hand divided
between the requirements OF the reader and the
.Jemand OF the stage? Literature IL made without
reference to either requirements" or demands.
and he who loves It 1t with sinsleness OF aim
The late Sheridan lie Fanu left large number OF
! ad WI d
| an Introduction by Mr. \. T. Graves.
A series OF volumes devoted to public men OF tn
day will soon be brought from the press Oh +
Warne a. CO. THE Ameer OF AfghanIstan" has beer
dealt with by stephen f. Wheeler: and Professor
Robert K Doug.as has contributed volume on l.
Hung Chang.