New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-23


ton ANYTHING new because they are not. on the
other hand allowed TO be too lax. The uncertainty
az 10 what the author will produce next keeps MS
own family in a state OF nervous anxiety. and tho
only calm person is Tolstoi himself, who lives in
q world OF his own and cares for the opinion OF
nobody.
browning Is mentioned in recent book Of mo-
molrs as having been greatly annoyed with the
CARLYLE "Reminscences' published by Froude.
He seemed 70 think that they gave an impression
OF Carlyle untrue to that which ne personally
made
Mrs Julia c. r. Dorr who has been known as a
vrlter Of verse has prepared volume Of prose de-
scrtb!ng her wanderings in untrequentedsspots in
Grea, Britain. This book. which is 70 be rather
sentimentally entitled The Flower OF England's
Face" will be brought out by the Macmi-
lans.
The business OF aNectaton does not always run
smooth and has TO be bolstered up like the price
~ wheat by a corner At least that thought IS
srsges,ea nv tho last number OF Chips" five
con, New-York dilution OF The chap Book. the
frat number OF which-for March-s advertised as
practically out OF print the April number as
nearly exhausted" while OF the May ana June Is
sues very few copies remain but all -FOUR OF mem
will be sold for dollar bu, patrons are advised
10 order promptly. for less than two dozen sets
remain at this price," and after that nobody can
tell TO what point the market may advance Inc
corner In Chips may be working wei, OUT II uoes
no, make The Literary Cynic" Of the stan any
more complainant OF other peoples success. lie IS
filled with regret that the American palate should
be nauseated by the Weymans and Hopes whom
IL persists In consuming in sublime Ignorance OF IFS
own misery. while literary workers In the United
States are consolng another that death comes
10 him who Is patient" Then thinking OF an Amer
lean who does not need much consolIrg he thus
gives vent 10 his feelings: observation OF Mr..
riowes and his work for a decade compes one
10 regard him confirmed business man vita
pronounced literary tastes" Will somebody please
buy those superfuous Chips and promote tho
spread OF optimism among the real genuine literary
workers in the United states?
Two new Stevenson might have beens" are dis
covered. A spondent of The British weekly
says that the author was planning to write a Lie
OF Wellington" and also that he projected ooS'
raphy OF Hazll,t for THE English Men OF Letters
series a work which he would doubtless have done
much better than any serious history OF the Iron
Duke.
II seems a long time since any OF Mr.. Aboeys
shakespearan illustrations have appeared IN 'Har-
per's." and 1t Is good to learn that the August
number OF that periodical will contain his pictures
for Midsummer Nights Dream" the text as usual
being provided for by Mr.. Lang There is no Illus
traitor living who can touch Mr.. Abbey in tho
charm and veracty OF his Shakespeare. II is true
that he do justice TO all sides OF his poet
no artist could-and his women are often dsap-
pointing. Pora. TO name but one. is a nat faIur'
In Mr.. Abbey's portraits OF her. But look al MS
men, look at Shylock look at the two Dromios. anu
look at the whole motley procession which passes
across his In that latter aggregation lies
perhaps Mr. Abbeys greatest strength. In indi-
vidual cases he may fall short OF the requisite ex-
preston. may miss the ideal distinction. but as
whole he brings the great poetic pageant. re-
produces its color recreates its movement revives
its Shakespearan There his faculty is extraor"
binary his inspiration Is unique. He has cru
diton he has the designers art, he has purely
artistic power. oil the resources OF an illustrator.
And beyond all this he has the gifts OF an inter-
prefer by natural right. the feeling OF a man VINO
breathes the air OF Shakespeare with freedom ana
grows strong 1t in his Imagination and In his
art.
A lightly ironical reference TO the recent Naga-
bonds club dinner in London ends thus in The
| Pail Mall Gazette" And Mr.. r. lie Gallienne. that
varied writer OF prose that reads like verse. and
verse that is not exactly poetry To whom. except
Mr.. Coulson kernahan has 1t been given TO deco
innocent little volumes with titles that appal?
| To whom except Mr.. Douglas Saden. has II been
granted to DO Mr. Douglas Siaden? monstrous
fine evening. as our ancestors would have said
The highest price ever paid for a second folts
Shakespeare given In London the other day,
at the sale OF the late Earl Of Oxfords library.
This the first and purest known copy OF tho
Second Folio Shakespeare 1882 In the original calf
binding. formerly the property OF George Daniel
the Shakespear lan scholar. at whose sale In 1854
II sold for $7to II advanced to s. 700. Horace
/ Walpoles copy OF BoswelIs Tom to the Heorides
with DIR. Johnson with a number Of csustic au-
tograph notes by him sold at sos. Catherine do
Medicrs copy OF Arosto's Orlando Furioso." 1856.
in contemporary Venetian light brown calf brought
$3.50
| Mr.. Whistler Ia about to publish a second book
much OF the character. II is said, OF his previous
one. THE Gentle Art Of Making Enemies"
Some new anecdotes Of Thackeray. Jerrold. Mark
Lemon and others OF the original Punch" stan
are promised In volume by Mr.. Athol Mayhem.
which is just coming from the press 1t has the
elaborate and interesting title OF "A Forum OF
Punch. with those who viewed II; being the Early
History OF The London Charivari.'"
Gilbert Whites "Seborne' was first published In
1882 and since then twenty-three editions have
appeared the chief OF these having been reproduced
| many timea