New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-24

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Ssoh.SA he thinks Ruskn.
MXS,WEM Swinburne and William
A.H23HWZ/>~-IA Morr,s--and with these
! MXX5XWH2MzH//M md other distinguished
/ W/IWN>W NJ personages he proceeds
~ | 20 deal in many harsh
words and cutting
nhr,ses Mr. swinburre for example. he calls "a
/ delirous Dlabolic." while Ruskin Is "a Torquemada
| OF aesthetics" Herr Nordau's previous book pub
! llshed ten years ago. called. conventional
! Lies of Society" In this the causes OF fnoderh
| unrest were referred TO the dlscord between the
actual motives which rule the conduct OF cNllized
men and the inherited creed to which they give lip
service The accompanying sketch OF the author
is from a recent photograph.
Mr. william winters book Brown Heather and
Blucbells" is .conning from the Macmillan press.
Another volume Of his Shadows OF the Stage Is
also announced
The old SAYING about prophets would seem TO be
applicable 10 Shakespeare as we'll as TO lesser
lights distinguished Engiishman. who was
travelling with his daughter. not long ago stopper
nj Stratford for the usual Shakespearean PILGRIM
noe Meeting a group Of schoolchildren in the
street he asked the way 20 Anne HathaWays
cottage \ small boy told him. and MI -
asked in return. Why do people come TO see that
! COTTAGE" They come 10 see the Things the o'a
I thinCs,' answered the sindi DOy' 'H'' ~ ~
erary visitor held up sxpence and said, now
this ia for anv one who can tell me best about
/ Shakespeare" All the youthful eyes frightened.
ard one girl said vaguely. Please, sir ne was
| very noble gentleman" Then Mr.. IS daughter
! suggested, Come. now. didn't he write some
| thing?' "Oh. yes. Miss" We'll, what ala ne
write" Then. after long pause. one boy said In
a tone OF conviction, Please, sir. he wrote the
! Bible
can,aln Charles Kings new book. Captain
close and Sergeant Croesus" is in the press OF tho
Lppincot;s.
A hook OF poems by the author OF Lorna Doone'
il 10 be brought out SOON To be quite frank
one must say that Mr.. Blackmore's prose is muca
more poetic than his verse
Mary Covden Clarke the compiler o. the CON-
cordance 10 Shakespeare" is now eighty-siX years
old but in spite OF her takes a vivid interest
in life and books. She lives In Genoa
An rate correspondent OF the Pail Mall Gazette
! wants 10 know why Mr.. William watson, VINO IS an
able bodied man In the prime OF life. snould on .he
! nlea ~ having written two or three small DOCKS
/ a, initiative verse be provided with tlV year VI
! ,,o rub,c money for the OF his natural NE.
! no correspondent in,imates further that Mr.
| Watson is "a pauper on ParnassuS anu .
| "cockered-up nursing OF chque' """'
sharing this writer's rage one may De per"i''eu "
/ ,oip in h,s vonderment. Why this minor Verslner
/ - -, t,,o has been go rnuch matter OF log
! Til, and whose work will soon be forgotten
/ should receive a pension from srateiu' ha"on IS
| certainly n mystery. Why is the nation srateiui'
vrs olphant has written another novel, and
calls II "Old Mr.. Tredgold.' II Is TO De puoiS"ed
serlay.
Tho Right Honorable A. J. Balfours BOOK mas
made a great success in England, In spite OF W,
,s,t that II is rather expensive. SIX thousN''i
| co,,ss have been sold In the few weeks s'0e ~
came out.
Miss Jane Barlow's new book has received '"'
! title OF "Maureens Fairing.
A lately discovered letter OF Wordsworth j. q.
.yceI,ent specimen OF the kind OF epistle WHICH o'
! ,a,, authors are continually called upon 10
1 address IN aspiring incompetents: MY dear S''
hs wrote VERY pressing engagements nave P r
vented me looking over the MSS you sem 'e n
this evening Having done So ana 'e'''. a, a.,
vour c ,nversation with me upon the sur =. -
ao,,, unnecessary that | should say more 'han
that the verses in some respects no "' =,
>. ,ha,r author and show easy comiha"u y.
,,ro,age and are not deficient in harmony anu
the story OF the tale. though not having ihucn 10,
o,,v In H. is agreeable mention 10 you VIVA -
apparent enough. that poetry Is NOT ii"'n - >, '
In ,,a nuhllc at present. and. therefore, II
thought thece specimens OF merit h"'" '"f
49, h., candldly speaking | reckon them 10 De-
oor,d not feel confident that their publication
vould he profitable TO the writer "'u'' "u'
N.ar an the other side. that. as tastes ana
,,nc,es are so various, 1t Is ihiposs'''e " ~
| .h,t would or would not succeed
oor,.rce 10 the Psalter which Mr.. Glad
in oors,ructed nearly hfty years ago has just
hae, publlshed for the first time
v,scount Woseley's Decline and Fall OF IA,
,o,oon. and Lord Roberts, Rise Of Wellington
|
Frederic Remington, The artist, has made use OF
b,s experiences on the Western plains IN '"'
incarnation OF a volume OF adventures wn'eh no
calls PONY Tracks" quantity OF ms Wv
illustrations accompany the text the ha'pe'
will bring out the book
I'll. nsw edition OF Mr. II. z. Watts's trahs'auo"
OF Don Quixote' is to have a ni'n anu At
mentarv volume containing new plos''p''
Cervantes.
.Thsrs ,s A meanness in book-purehas'ne ~n,aa
l., .on,.r,nt,hle" saws a correspondent Oh III
ard oueries"-ard he tells this anecdo'e :"
traton: .,,,omaniac.
; The late James Crossley. noted ph,oookstall in
ssd h' % Sa9 and spying little youmH After
Il ap and glanced carelessiy through Woman and
while he asked Its pTrea sfS a IN ysaa
sixpence Tor IT,; said GROSSLY; me- two shilnss;""
old aa% hook % SSs threw aSw% \.
disgust. and retired gentkem nna pS1nrchased i
stepped rGr%aeS nH az
S 5sG spa what had become Of y sS 10 Tel
the wSmi Souss Hr rn ana iii svs him Ten y sa
for IL" said Crosslcy. eagerly '"'
evident