New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-06

order lighter muffin from the latter To
have the issue Of that crisis illustrated IL worth
any number OF lesser pangs Al any rate. tina, Isl
how Mr.. William Archer feels about 1t. the gentle
man who has translated Ibsen's latest work and
Archer ought 10 know. Many people in London fee,
he does. Many people in Boston have
similar conclusions And the portentous Doctor
swells with an amazing pride that is not badly sug-
gested in our cut. There is always something POM
pous about Ibsen and his imitation Is reproduced
among the makers OF his craze More trash gets
Itself talked the so-called philosophical basis OF
his pathological parodies than has afiicte ed the COM
munity since Bunthorne and his imbecle soiemnl-
ties In London the Ibsen cult talks about the Ib-
sen epic" forgetting that in your true epic the
spllnts and arnica left out and you smell the
battlefield. the apothecary shop. to which their
Doctor OF Letters introduces you. Letters In
deed The literature of Ibsen makes us think OF
Charl Lamb and his 'biblia a-biblia" The genial
essayist should have known the Scandinavian. He
would have expanded his definition.
Mr. Hamlin Garland is reported be engaged on
a novel Of Dakota lfe--a novel which has been in
his mind for ten years. Tie has lately written
book on boy Life the Prairie"
In Shepperton Church. Warwickshre. may be seen
to-day memorial tablet bearing the names OF
Bernard Gpin Ebdell vicar Of the parish ana OF
Sarah Ebdell. his wife. Mr.. and Mrs EodeH we're
MS Love Story"-the second OF George EIots
..Clercsl Scenes" The vicar stood the model for
Mr. Gl,nl and his wife that for Caterina mere
was a good deal Of actual romance IN their lives.
Before her marriage to the vicar Mrs. Eodel was
Sally Stton. daughter OF humble co.Her IN the
village A chiidess woman of title who mad an es-
tate In the neghborhood was attracted by the beau
t,ful face and beautiful voice OF the girl and brought
her I'D and had her voice well trained. George
E.iot's father. Robert Evans, was land-steward TO
the husband Of this lady and 1t Is supposed tnat tue
novelist obtained her materials and her accurate
descriptions from him.
Mrs REGINALD de Koven has written novel DEAL
ing with society In Newport and New-York
The book of travel is losing much OF its vogue.
and the average magazine and newspaper EDITOR
eyes askance the MS OF the descriptive article
Reading people know much more about
foreign lands than they used to that they dont
care for record Of travel which is merely state
ment OF commonplace facts and ordinary impress
sons. A book Of travel 20 be widely popular nova
days must have a piquant and charming sv'e' VI
IL must present the results OF careful study OF So
Geological conditions or phases OF nauohai IKE anu
thought which new to the reader
Mr. u y Fullers new rovel is. like his "Clih-
Dwelers" a Chicago story II viii be brought out
next spring
. ar Horatio Tennyson. the least known or the
noet-brothers a friend used to say that once whom
she came upon him unexpectedly. lying on SOFA
a, Earrinxford. he introduced himself to her oy
the confession or boast: Il am the most moro'u
OF the Tennysons!"
Pierre Lott Is writing a novel which Is to appear
II IL said. in an American periodical NJ Loti-or
rather NJ viaud-works quickly. and nnds' we are
tod a good deal OF his descriptive material an'
local color IN the diaries which re mas Kept "'H
great fu'ness for the last twenty years.