New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-15
LITERARY NOTES.


The Christmas number Of that queer little period,
cal. The PhilistIne," brings back the observation
provoked by It's first issue and by many arotns-
Of its v.vacious parallels in fadd.sh journalism Tn.
Philistre," THE Lark" THE Chap Book'-th.
trouble with them all seems 10 be that they cannot
keep I; up They appear to lose their grip after
few numbers OF fine paper. ragged edges and
type too adorable for words. Here IL THE phu.
tine" punglng into the vc.ssitudes of second vol
ume with more backbone OF "contag.ousr fun
in It's gddy pages than might be- found in an e.
ceedingly old almanac There Is no wit. there is M
cevorness. there is novelty.
The explain nation seems to lie In the tendency a,
haf-baked satr!sts to take themselves as serious,
they say Their victims take themselves and
they have only one eye on their subject The Other
Is the public the subscriber the wr.ter1
sympathetic and encouraging notices" in the dauv
papers. The Palestine" in other words from .rv
ing to point out tAe fun in others has turred to-
painful effort to prove that there - Fun IN It's ON,
precious wit. The result IL very boresone I'M.
pamphlet which can assure the editors gains IA
ligktIess by the Inclusion OF such pretentlous tgad
die Mr.. Hubbards essay. The Song % sony,
Witch IS Soomons."
I, would bc interesting to what would hann.,
n the projectors and makers OF periodicals like Th.
Lark" THE Chap Book" or THE Phll.stne" usro
to realize the need for education IN their voyk
That they lack culture they cannot undevtsnd
Their chief air seems to be TO persuade the world
that they the most cultured persons gO.rZ They
know the poets OF the Bollcy Head: tho .n,lh
tsome Of them pass examinations in Stevenson o,
Maeterllnck they krow all about the eternal law,
CT art" and in the matter OF individuality" or IN
that of broad minded they simply grea.
They marvellous discoverers OF genius Tbey
can tell you in "A minute wherein Mr. Du Msurisrs
delicious hero. Mnimus Poet resembles the Great
Masters" But all the time they never INSPIRE IN.
lpaS in he inc hoo
fooling OF the Masters. il has no foundation =,
knowledge and experience We cannot remembe,
ever having seen In any of the literary" booklets
published during the last year two booklets Tx.
The Chap Book" THE Ph!listire" ransr,
which migAt be justly called witticsrn and Adj.
mred such. There personalities galore OF ,ne
sort which the comic weekles always given
us: there PAROLES; there is portentously auds
cious criticism, So though the writer we're saving
himself, see how daring am see how, I knoc,
ali the reignne idols off their peiesais Behol
! whack their feei Of clay. Ha, Listen 10 their
beats OF pain" This sort OF thing may be amusing
for few moments But to say things so funny that
they keep twinkle in your readers eye for dsv,
or even longer. onc must be Of genius or ono
OF education Horse-pay alone is worse than use.
less
Only the other day there reappeared a perfect
illustration of the sort of thing that it would be
good TO see our Young Ions" doing \ rev ell.
ton of Bayard Tdyors Echo Club" came out
Now one laughs and laughs heartily reading the
frolicsome prose and verse o. that small argosy
but with what sureness. with what sieadness has II
sailei the difficult waters Of literature And why,
Because Ta,-,or wrote as man ~ Ie,,ars ars, and
as a fun-maker afterward or ueraans 8, IL NOM
precisely stated that he mingled in the Same t.
slant the qualities Of the two That IS Why the
parodies o, The Echo Club" are still delightful
reading and why the intertw,nod p9res Of Dialogue
.fT,.t
illustration with his passion for Goe-bs m ono SID.
and his alteration Of The J. bberroc,,.' on N.
othnr LET tho crrda ,rd lioh.r, b,.,,s.t H. :.
whom vye have roforra5 ota,.o ,,oI. ~. ,.,,.., -
rba.,,ar,,. a. - -. =, -. A.
ward Lar y, bsic . d,aa,, a+t-. ... -. "a
rar,od ,rho, .',s - I 49, ""' i'''s''' We
ad - -, -, i'''.'' ''t "''' ".F
year or 3d. ana cev0,e Their time to hare recla.
The young lady wA1 wrote - -iccessfs. Mt.e
booA. IN Experiment IL A-.usn" IS IN i-s:-l'-
tor in .nS.isn literature at Wellesley. ana he. nlre
Is Margaret sherwood.
V u',oe Vi ny htp-'iS '@s IT tng liHg'
race the great cats with !mpun.'y those red
dogs having been known 70 drive the tiger away
from the prey he had killed and was about 20 c.
YOUR. Mr. hip.ins has been ca..ed uyon 70 writ.
another story describing tiger hunt with he rec
Gogs.
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thep, a,a an,,,s,,, IT, a,.,L :. 49,. =
aaf,cted VIE ,,o,,s an ..ra "a , ~
lady doctor and wrote n ono 70 as, y CON, w,s he
'' ~ '0'pe' ""e iepi'eu' Deai -" sou' = no'
" ~ my S'ope' p"t "'e" a'e' IL "aS h"g~"
10y "','ie- o"e VI Iie Hea'est Vi Ho's OF 'ne Pc
cu'ar character OF Inc Iinies' He had little fond
~, tia1 Journal III spite OF personal i'ieh'
f' WHY" might nave peel eApeclei 10 hdVe sort
eheu H's we" OF me question. The paper was stu
~ "'Ia olt oi Jusse'h"a'' riesls'ioie ana ia''
, , az t'"'o"',c eH"h' oi inc ne" editors
Times INTO reationS with humanity" Lady Greg
orys paper in "Blackwood's" has good
dotes Of Hayward we'll as OF Kinglake Il
well worth reading