New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-19

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lis ilsi ~ officers AMI members Includes many dls-
tineil shed names. from Hr Henry Nawliheon 10 the
lion tjrofea N. CURSOR It's first publication The
observations ~ cir Richard Hawkins Knit" re-
printed from the edition ~ 1922 was Issued In 1874.
ana since that time nearly a hundred volumes hsvs
been brought out. giving tho members access 10
data never before accessible In some few copies
buried among archives or lost on shelves OF great
library All those publications are offered 10 the now
members AZ moderate cost Many valuable works
are IN preparation and tho lover Of Old narratives
Of voyages could not find IN all Europe a better
society IN which 10 enroll himself
Mr.. Thomas Hardy sadly gives to understand
in his preface TO tho new edition Of Far from the
Maddng Crowd" that his delightful Wessex rustics.
the ininnitabe characters Of Under the Greenwood
Tree" have disappeared forever. The change. he
thinks Is due TO the recent supplantng OF the class
OF stationary cottagers by population OF migratory
laborers.
The MARQUIS of Lorne has varied his literary
labors-which show more iuency than inteIect-by
writing the libretto for opera There Is really an
element OF pathos In this young mans struggles to
prove that he has something in him Of talent and
usefulness.
"A Colonial wooing' is the title Of the novel which
Dr. c. c. Abbott is about to publish. Dr. Abbott
has long been known and liked a sympathetic
writer on nature; this is his first piece Of fiction.
and Its episodes have been drawn from his family
history
The Empress Of Austria though no longer a young
woman, wisely spends large part OF her time In
study She Is devotng herself now to the Greek
language and literature and Is not often seen at
Ajaccio without little book written IN the creek
tongue in her hand
The praises of Mr. William Watson chanted
with unmeasured enthusiasm by THE Spectator" OF
London-with enthusiasm foolish that II rs re-
freshing to find THE Athenaeum" pacdly observ-
ing in regard Mr.. Watson's new poem that II
contains good lines. but Is too much OF an
echo Of Mr. Swinburne with whom Mr.. Watson has
no pretensions to compare either as poet or .
metrcist."
Miss Rhoda Broughton has written novel
called "Scyla or Charybdis." There time
when this announcement would have futtered the
heart OF the average schoolgrl-but Miss Brough-
toms work now seems little antquated to those
young ladies'
Mr.. Rider Haggards Jess a real person.
and her house Is shown to literary tourists IN
Pretoria The novelst's scenes and incidents were
taken from actual life in the Transvaa. Probably
when the final criticism Mr.. Rider Haggards
work Is uttered It will to the effect that by far
his finished and striking book is Jess"
new edition Of John Cats moves is coming
from the press OF the Biackwoods. The second vol
ume "sr Andrew wy:ie" has just appeared
Mr.. ". J. Courthope does not expect to finish his
History Of English Poetry until 1900 The work
will probably occupy five volumes.
Nine. Couvreur, better known the clever
novelist "Tasma." has become the Brussels cor
respondent Of The London Times" She has sue
ceeded her late husband In that office
There is to be another volume OF essays by Mr..
Pater A posthumous collection is presently to APP
pear In which there will be printed some OF his most
characteristic productions, as for example the essay
on Merrmee which appeared some few years ago.
and the apollo In Picardy" which first saw the
light in an American magazine. From the list OF
subjects. this new volume which Mr.. Shadwell Is
editing promises to illustrate with cumulative
force than the separate publication OF the studeS
before rendered possible. the very modern.
mantle and hyper-aesthetic phase Of Paters mind
Whether In so doing II will leave more satisfying
impression than that afforded by the Greek Stud
les which Mr.. Shadwell brought out after his
friends death, Is open question which II will be
interesting to attack when the new book Is placed
before the public.
transcript Of "Osoro" which was sold in
London the other day. has its blank pages
hundreds OF alterations. additions. erasures and
CLOSES in the handwriting OF Colerdge. On a hy-
leaf he has written down this attempt at definition.
"A gentleman is who in the detail OF his
duct and manners manifests respect for others
In such way implies that he habtually and
naturally feels and expects a respect for himself"
Natural curiosity to see what man famous in
politics has to say religion may partly explain
the remarkable sale OF Mr.. Balfour's Foundations
OF Belief but II does not entirely account for II.
Mr.. Balfour takes high rank as a statesman. but
he dwes somewhat apart and is in a lion
like Mr.. Gladstone whose most trivial writings
would be read by many who had not the slightest
sympathy with their subject matter. Mr. Ba,sour
is thinker who appeals to people by the force OF
his thoughts and his subject The circulation OF
his book indicates a popular hunger for spiritual
food in which spiritual teachers themselves often
refuse to believe. The man who really has somc-
thing to say religion that Is genuine and
thoughtful never lacks for hearers. The world n
still looking for prophets
Mr.. Marion Crawford's address at the rasso cola.
bratlon at Sorrento delivered II is reported In
the most perfect Italian. It full of ardent praise
OF the poet 1T seems to me-" he said. that Tasso
was the first among modern poets speak with love
Of nature In ITSELF instead of ely as matter ~
similitude. Tasso loved nature In herself and for
herself; and In this he specially resembed all our
Northern races. passionate lovers OF tho natural
world. but rather OF peaceful and beautiful nature
than OF nature In struggle: OF a nature which to ma
seems ideal and imaginary, when COMPARED N that
which we know In our Northern zones; too severa
and daily subjected to tho continual strife OF the ee
ments to excessive heat cold and to the tempests
OF our Incorporate climate. Such and 80 much. 40
not fear to say was the influence OF Tasso on our
poets IN TINS particular. that many OF the greatest
and those most studied by U.S. would never have