New-York tribune., 1895-01-27
LITERARY NOTES.

The Rev s. r. Crockett has ic.. the pulpit be
evng that he cannot do clerical work and literary
work at the same time. and tait II he gives up the
latter no will be hiding some Of the inrusted tai
ents in the ground" He has undertaken a danger
Gus experiment for q fcke pubic may become
tired very easily OF the kind of writing which he
offers Where then. would the Dpetuous Crockett
be?
Boston now has A branch ot the Wat whit
man Fellowship" this branch having members TO
the prodsious number OF twen;y-four The meet
nss involve the reading OF elaborate papers and the
discussion Of the same.
The Macmllans have commissioned Mr. Hugh
Thomson to Illustrate all Jane Austen's worxs-a b't
OF news which will delight all wise enough TO appre-
c.atc his quaint. humorous and fastdlous art We
may hint to him that Maria Edge~orths hooks
offer an inviting field to him. can think OF no
artist who could Illustrate more characteristicaly
her Absentee"
Mr. Brownell has interesting article about
Elihu Ve1dsr In the February 'Scrioner. wherein
he emphasizes the imaginative quality in his artists
work The praise bestowed upon Mr.. vedder is con.
frmed by the reproductions given OF some OF his
recent works. They show him at his best as de.
s,gner and make one wish that he would take w
another theme like that he found In Omar. InsteM
OF that Mr. vedder seems to prefer TO devote him
self to mural decoration. matter for regret. since
he Is not 80 much painter as a draugh;snan and
bas neither the color the peculiar decorative
x,ft needed for wall painting. Mr. Brownell. on the
contrary. speaks highly Of Mr.. Vedders mural work.
and IL is certainly individual and striking: but we
would give a good many OF this artists ceilings fer
a sheaf of drawings in illustration OF Darte Why
has Mr. vedder never settled down to series OF
pictures for the Italian poet in whose country Ne
has lived 80 long? He Is qualified for the task and
IN
ton.
Margaret Graham. a California woman. has maze
some local studies which Houghton Mifnin q co
are about to publish under the title OF STORIES o.
the Foothills"
Incessant inconsequentia. always "fussins
about" Mr.. Oscar Wilde often reminds one
OF Mr. Kiplings specimen OF futile activity
"a MOSQUITO worm In a tank Inc otner
day they gave him an unduly thick sandwich
in a London restaurant Tell them he
said to the astonished cashier that when
Mr. Oscar Wilde asks for a watercress sand
w!ch he doesn't want a loaf OF bread with mead
ow In the middle Of IT. Yet the same man VINO
could indulge in this public pleasantly was clever
enough TO win the same poetical prize at oxford
that was given to Matthew Arnold and Swinburne.
and now there is to appear at last the essay IN
Imaginative scholarship which he began In THE
Portrait OF Mr.. W. H." That production was print
ed In "Backwood's'' some years ago, and was seen
TO be one Of the most entertaining attempts which
had ever been made 20 solve the mystery OF Shake
sneare's sonnets II TO have heen elaborated
into a volume. but nothing has been heard OF II
until now since the first flare OF the advertising
cornet on which the rotund and aesthetic one so
deftly plays. a recent announcement gives the In
formation that the book will soon appear and II It
fu,6s the promise the first sketch It will prove
bv all odds the pleasantest thing to which MI
Wilde's name has been affixed
"Our Fights with Tammany" IL the title OF Dr.
Parkhursts Forthcoming book. II is announced oy
the Scribners as detailed account OF the municipal
struggle.
The new translation OF Beowulf, by William Nor
rs and A. J. Wyatt. is just coming from the keim-
scott Press The rendering is nearly word Tor word
Mr. Morris's verse being unrhyned and alliteratlve
preserving many OF the old characteristics. Inc
volume has an exhaustive index Of names and
full analytical. argument OF the story.
A tragic story dealing with the supernatural ap-
pears in the current "Backwood under the title or
THE Closed Cabinet" II Is a strong and finished
bi, OF work. and comes from new author Lady
Gwendolen Cecil. She is Lord Salisbury's daughter
+, 4, understood that Colonel Sheridan. brother OF
General Philip H. Sheridan. is to write biography
OF the Genera.
BaIzac's letters to Nine. Hanska are to be pub
l.shed soon in book form.
A complete translation into Italian OF the "Reise-
bilde" of Heine. has just been brought out During
the last few years 1t Is said. great admiration Tor
this poet has arisen in Italy.
There is soon to be sold at auction in London
drawing made by Thackeray In his youthful days
II represents humorously the figure OF a small gin
accompanied by this explanatory verse:
Little Miss Perkins
She loved picked jenkins
And went to the cupboard and stole some;
But they gave her such pain
She neer ate them again.
She found them shocking unwhoesome.
One hears 90 much about 1.-The honor OF letters"
in England vet It sometimes seems as though the
pen were half respected in London when II II
following a flight OF fancy as when doing wonders
with figures In the city. true story OF young
English barrister attests this. He has just published
two clever books. filled with poems the other
devoted TO really novel work in the field OF fiction
| He has had to publish these anonymously. Why!
Because he knows well from the traditions OF Lon
don that until he has attained celebrity TO
known as an author would hurt his prospects AZ the
bar" Nothing succeeds like success, in England as
| everywhere else.
Mr. John Rigelow's Life OF Samuel j. Tiden"
will soon be published by the Harpers.
| The same nrm will shortly bring out some ne"
novels. including Mr.. Besants Beyond the Dreams
| OF Avarice": Mr. H. b. FNler's with the Process
son." and Mr.. David Christie Murrays Maryred
Fool" A collection OF short stories by Charles rs
bert Craddock Is to be published under the title Oh
THE Phantoms OF the Footbridge." novel frameo
| upon a strike In Western town is also com'ns
| from the Harper press. 1t Is to be called Men Do''
| Equal"
Tr.by Is charming person. as all confess ou'
| her success In winning the eternal and most in'r
| mate affection OF schoolgirls Is rather surprsnt
| To nudge from the gushing enthusiasm or theN