The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-06-01

Heeu! HOt nelplnS MIN WIFI loollsh pch-
efits and mischievous pleasures, but
in befriending him in his trouble" 1t
Is from this motley aggregation or sod
den cheats that he deduces terrible
arraignment of the present industrial
relation of the "hireling and him that
hires;" and decides that the one great
obstacle to the realization or an
earthly millennium Is the fact that men
| nowadays work for pay, and not Tor
love.
edly says in Its admirable review OF
this work, this Is perverse genera
tion, and there are some who persist
in believing that life Is worth living.
that there Is more good than evil In the
world. that It is possible for an EN-
poyer to be just and generous and for
an employe to be manly and self-re-
specting, and that noble living is better
than sneaking in the hour OF death
Such, II they read twill turn from this
latest book by Count Tolstoy with feel
ings of revulsion and disgust. They
will see in 1t a none too life-like pic
ture of that which is worst in the
world. most sordid. most degrading,
which the author and his admirers
WOulu uOlu uH ttS u ~ uN fN'''
the race. They will deem the whole
tendency and purport of the book to
be unwholsome; not with the abnor-
mality of the hothouse. but of the
sewer: and they will reckon that, while
a. contains nothing to make the world
BRIGHTER. life happier and men better,
n is filed with that which would in
crease gloom, aggravate discomfort
and drag men down to cynicism and de-
spair."
II was Nordau. we believe, who inti-
mated that the author of the "Kreutzer
Sopata" was perchance the uncon-
scious victim, by heredity, of fanati-
cal sect in a certain part of Russia
which. believing that all mischief came
;pto the world because of woman's
nresence there. abjured the sight OF
women and. to make their repugnance
stronger. submitted to mutilation'
This may be a harsh judgment; but 1t
strikes us as a noteworthy fact that
In none of Tolstoy's novels, the latest
one least of all, is there the picture OF
a decent and normal woman. To laud
as the greatest writer of his genera
t;o, =, novelist incapable of under
standing womankind is to Insult the
public lntellSellSS.
ROCKS AND AUTHORS NOTES:
The scene of Anthony Hopes new novel
in London Idler is laid in Greece
Friedrich Spielhagen's new romance Is
entitled .Susi, n Tale of Court Lie.
Coventry Patmore's next Offering viii be
"The Rod, the Root, and the Flower.
The modest title of Sir Edwin Arnold's
forthcoming book is to be THE Ienth
Muse"
Captain Mahan, the author of "The In
fuence of Sea Power" has almost finished
a new work.
Richard Garnett has finished book Of
translations from Dante, Petrarch ana
other italian sonneteers.
H. Rider Haggard's forthcoming novel
Is named Heart of the World" 1t is
tale of Mexican adventure.
Stone and Kimball now announce for
publication q new volume by kenneth
Grahame, 1.-The Golden Age"
Gilbert Parker's series of Tales from
the voshti Hills" is to be continued for
several months in the Chap-Book.
Eric Mackey's new volume of poems has
been christened "A Song to the Sea, My
Lady of Dreams. and other Poems"
W. d. Howells' essays on his Literary
Passion have been put into book form by
the Harpers and the work will soon be
brought out.
The Adventures of Captain Horn" In
Frank X. Stockton's forthcoming novel,
extend from Patagonia to Maine and from
San Francisco to France.
An unpublished drama by Robert Louis
Stevenson and William +. Henley. entitled
NCi the light of nrint In
the June issues of the Chap Book.
The new edition of Balzac's novels,
which George Saintsbury Is editing for
Macmillan & Co.. is to make beginning
Immediately with 1.-The Wild Asss Skin"
U4a Peau de Chagrin)
r. D. Blackmore has written tragic
story in which several striking characters
introduced in Lorna Doone' will reap
pear. This tale s to be called slain by
the Doones: A Record of Exmoor."
1t appears that the authorship of the
Joan of Arc serial now running in Har-
per's Is not to remain a secret very long.
The work will appear In book form in a
twelvemonth or so from the date of its
beginning In the magazine. and the name
of the writer will be attached to it.
f. Frankfort Moore, the novelist, like
most other novelists, has been trying his
hand at O. play. kitty Give" it's title
is, and 1t Is a dramatiZation of a magazine
story published not long ago by the au-
thor. Mr.. Moore is a quick writer. His
new book, THE Sale of a Soul" was writ
ten in eight days.
Rudyard Kiplngs next volume OF poems
will consist wholly of sea-songs striking
change of setting from that of his ballads
of the barrack-room, but one that will
give even greater opportunities for a stir
ring lyrical treatment. His walking
Delegate" Will be reserved for a, book on
American queer life, 50 to speak
An immense "boom" is reported for
Anthony Hope. 1t is reported that the
extent Of his popularity has justified his
publishers in getting out an edition of one
of his early works, which is thus rescued
from oblivion. The demand for his newer
work is said to be so strong that he cannot
supply 1t, although he Is already over
working.
Gilbert Parker's last story is announced
for immediate publication by Stone and
Kimball. 1t is called when Valmond
Came to Pontiac: the Story of n Lost Ma
poleon." Pontiac Is a tiny Canadian viii
1age, and the. story Is OF the arrival there
of mysterious stranger and of the ever
present power of the Napoleonic name to
rouse French blood.
Science brought down to common com
prehension is the keynote OF the work Of
Sir Robert Ball. and It Is good to learn that
his studies In popular astronomy VIII
shortly be continued by the Lipplncott's
In n volume to be called "The Great As
tronomers." These are: Ptolemy, Copper
nicus. Tycho-Brahr, Calico. Kepler, Hor-
rox Huyghens, Newton Flamsteed, HALEY
Bradley. John Herschel, William Herschel,
Laplace, Rose Hamilton, Adams, and
Schwabe.
Herman sudermann's famous novel