The herald., 1895-02-11

Balzacs letters to Nine. Hanska are to
be published soon in book form.
Mr. John Bigelow's Life of Samuel ]
Tilden will soon be published by the
Harpers.
1t is understood that Colonel Sheridan,
brother of General Philip H. Sheridan,
is to write a biography of the General.
Our Fights with Tammany is the title
of DR.. Parkhursts forthcoming book. 1t
is announced by the Scribners as de-
tailed account of the municipal struggle.
Margaret Graham, California woman,
has made some local studies which Hough-
ton, Miff1in & Co., are about to publish
under the title of Stories of the Foot
hills.
A complete translation into Italian of
the Reisebilde, of Heine, has Just been
brought out. During the last few years,
it is said, great admiration for this poet
has arisen in Italy.
The English poet, Robert Bridges, is a
doctor who retired from practice long
ago. He is now 81 years of age. A
second edition of his Eros and Psyche
has just appeared in London.
Boston now has a branch OF the
''Walt Within h Fellowship, " this branch
having membIf rs to the prodigious num-
Der of twenty-four. The meetings involve
the reading of elaborate papers and the
discussion OF the same.
A tragic story dealing with the super
natural appears in the current Black
wood under the title of The Closed
Cabinet. 1t is strong and finished bit
of work and comes from a new author
Lady Gwendolen Cecil. She is Lord Sal
isbury's daughter.
The new translation of Beowulf, by
William Morris and A. j. Wyatt, is just
coming from the Kelmscott Press. The
rendering is nearly word for word, Mr..
Morris verse being unrhymed and ALTER
alive, preserving many of the old char
acteristics. The volume has an exhaust
i've index of names and full analytical
argument of the story.
The Macmillans have commissioned Mr.
Hugh Thomson to illustrate all Jane Aus
tens works-a bit of news which will
delight all wise enough to appreciate his
quaint, humorous and fastidious art. We
may hint to him that Maria Edgeworth' S
books offer an inviting field to him; we
can think of no artist who could illustrate
more Enthusiastically her Absentee.
There is soon to be sold at auction in
London drawing made by Thackeray in
his youthful days. 1t represents humor-
ously the figure of a small girl, accom-
panied 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 ne'er ate them again,
She found them SO shocking unwholesome.
The Rev. s. r. Crockett has left the
pulpit, believing that he cannot do cleri-
cal work and literary work at the same
time, and that if he gives up the latter
he will be hiding some of the intrust-
dertaken a dangerous experiment., for a
tickle public may become tired very easily
of the kind of writing which he offers.
Where, then, would theimpetuous Crock
EFT be? ff9
Harper Brothers will shortly bring out
some new novels, including Mr.. Besants
Beyond the Dreams of Avarice, Mr.. H.
B. 'Fuller's With the Procession and Mr..
David Christie Murray's Martyred Fool.
A collection Of short stories BY Charles
Egbert Craddock is to be published under
the title of The Phantoms of the Foot
bridge. A novel framed upon q strike
in Western town is also coming from
the Harper press. 1t is to be called Men
Born Equal.
One hears so much about "the honor of
letters" in England, yet it sometimes
seems as though the pen were not half as
respected in London when it is following
a fight of fancy as when doing wonders
with figures in the city. A true story of
a young English barrister attests this.
He has just published two clever books,
one filled with poems, the other devoted
to really novel work in the field of fiction.
He has had to publish these anonymous
ly. whya. Because he knows well from
the traditions of London that until he
has attained celebrity to be known as an
author would 'hurt his prospects at the
bar. Nothing succeeds like success, in
as everywhere else.
Trilby is charming person, as all con-
TESS, but her success in winning the eter-
nal and most intimate affection of school
girls is rather surprising. To Judge from
the gushing enthusiasm OF these young
in person they would exchange finger
rings and divide their boxes of caramels
with her, tell her all their secrets, and
vow that their mothers, sisters, aunts and
their conventional friends were none of
them to be compared with her for wise
counsel and enduring affection. AS it is,
they can only show their girlish devotion
by taking her name as their own on all
possible occasions. Trilby and Trilby
No: II bid fair to supersede George
and Claire as pseudonyms for the femi-
nine t1edgling who writes for publication.
Mr.. Browwel has an interesting ar
ticle about Elihu Vedder in the February
Scrbner, wherein he emphasizes the i'm
aginative quality in his artists work
The praise bestowed upon Mr.. Vedder is
by the reproductions given of
some of his recent works. They show
him at his best as a designer and make
one wish that he would take up another
theme like that he found in Omar In
stead of that Mr.. Vedder seems to prefer
to devote himself to mural decoration, u
matter for regret, since he is not so much
l painter as draughtsman and has
neither the color nor the peculiar deco
'ative gift needed for wall painting. Mr..
Brownell, on the contrary, speaks high
y of Mr.. Vedder's mural work, and it is
individual and striking; but we
would give good many of this artists
ceilings for sheaf of drawings in illus
ration of Dante. Why has Mr.. Vedder
never settled down to series of pictures
or the Italian poet, in whose country he
las lived so long2 He is qualified for the
emarkable completion.
ion to the editorial chair of the New Re-
rev, it may be observed that his tactics
With his contributors are likely to prove
more than entertaining. His rule on the
National Observer was autocratic. To be
ure he was the idol of his staff, from Mr..
Charles whitley, his assistant, down to
he smallest reviewer, and he had a clever |
way of making them feel that he wanted |
o bring out the individuality of each !
writer in the office. So says one who has |
worked with him for some time Hen |
ay always sees your strong point ac- |
ording to this journalist, "and uses his |
ue pencil Just to make that tell.'' But |
he men on the Observer ended by making
he paper as he wished it to be, cult
ating the strained and vicious style of
rhich he was the originator Now in