New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-22
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr.. r.. r. Branston rector OF "ooten wa"en'
near Observation-Disclosures CT the deIghtful haun's
of Warwickshire-has asked the public Tor sapscTp-
tons TO enable him TO renovate the moulderng tomo
Of the English poet William Somervile ueS2-l'4-)'
which is in Wooten Wawen Church. and TO crest
memorial TO him. Somervilles poem OF Tne
Chase" is still read and it's authors dust should
not be left unhonored. Lord Rosebery has headed
the subscription.
An interesting photographed fragment reaches
rs in the shape % one number from serial pupl-
cation lately started by Bernard Quaritch the not
Cd English bookseller He has undertaken to pro-
,rce a Dictionary OF English Book collectors ana
rom the issue before see what the work
will be like when completed-if il ever does reach
a conclusion. II gives brief monographs O. amateurs
famous in their day and at the end of each bog
rsphy is; is printed OF some of the most vaiuapIe
books owned by the subject of the text. "heh
possible the prices obtained at the dispersal OF COL
lection are also and from the cut given IN one
chapter Of the present nstament it appears likely
that bookplates will often be given in fac-siniie
II would be hard devise a scheme OF more hveiy
Interest to every searcher after old books. Time anu
again the purchaser finds at an auction that the
treasure for which he has bid his last sou Is from
the collection OF this that far-away parsonage
that II has perhaps rested in more than one English
library before turning up in an American sale ne
would be a coll-blooded who would not be
eager 10 know all he could about those former trus
toes NJ the volume In his hand, those ancestral
bibliornaniacs Mr.. Quaritchs dictionary promises
to provide Just tho personal information required
Inst the ana that the collector most desires He is
bringing It out in admirable form; and though II
must ba based largely on the voluntary contributors
Of those who have the material FOR articles IN 'her
hands the ultimate value OF the work Will be so
great that no true bblophile will delay in sending
Mr. Quaritch all the data at his disposal IL Is not
a remunerative book, and Mr.. Quartch proposes to
give as his share in the undertaking all the paper
printing and other mechanical items, leaving the
text TO be provided by book lovers. 1t Is an ar
rangement which ought to appeal TO vide audi
Most of the papers in 1.-The North American Re
view" deal with questions with which literature Is
not Immediately concerned Perhaps the amiab!e
Socrates might hold different opinion in regard TO
the articles on 'Naggng Women. but socrates
can't be consulted. Even this subject as discussed
IN THE Review" appeals to the physician than
TO the critic You're another would seem TO be
one of IT'S chief conclusions. as It Is of Max O'ReIs
article Mark Twain and Paul Bourge''
From a catalogue published by THE chicago
Evening Post" it appears that an exhibition Oh
artistic Posters" has been opened in the building
Of that journal. The catalogue itself Is rendered
thoroughly inarstic by tho inclusion OF number OF
black and white vignettes which are intended 10 be
humorous The list of posters. the other hand,
shows that Chicago has unprecedented all the men
of Importance in this field. Cheret Grasset. lheis,
Iautrec Beardsey and Willette. every designer IN
short whose name means anything 10 the collector
&c represented IN the show. Cheret is evidently the
favorte OF the persons having the exhibition IN
charge. Some seventy OF his productions are SHOWN
Much local interest is expressed. and doubtless there
will be a renaissance of posters In Chicago WITHIN
n few weeks. 1t looks that way in New-York now
In both places It is to be hoped that the movement
will progress with moderation and spare us the crude
and vulgar horrors which are bound to come II we
take to an historical emulation OF the French or OF
the Beardsley craze.
A romance of autocrat!c imperialism OF the mod
ern relations of that imperialism and democracy, is
on the Appleton press This is Majesty, book
by Louis Couperus. the Dutch novelist
new edition of George Elots works is an
nounced by Merrill & Baker. 1t is to be issued in
twenty-five 12mo volumes. and will be illustrated by
American artists. A large paper edition with sixty
extra illustrations will also be published This Will
be limited to 200 numbered sets.
There Is an article in the March Century" which
Is perhaps hyperbolical and yet should readily
persuade It's readers of the genius OF the man II
euogzes That man, Jean Carries, was a sculptor
and potter who died last July. Some years before
that date the worth OF his work had been recognized
in France but It needed an essay such as this OF
NJ Hoveaque's to introduce Carries TO a wider
celebrity. He has been noted at home as brilliant
craftsman, who rose from obscure beginnings 10 TIE
production OF an extremely refined kind or art, an
ar, in which the sharp nervous outlines of the
Gothic tradition to have mingled with the
more suave chara cteristcs of the Renaissance
Many American travellers must remember the
Head of Charles Of England" which figures
among the bronzess OF the Luxembourg, a portrait
OF extraordinary pcturesqueness and almost bizarre
masses yet modelled with the most subtle and dell
cate workmanship. Carries was always picturesque.
always bent on achieving effect Of charm. cf
artistic distinction but he was devoted student
Of character, and all his work is marked by the
feeling the emotion. the rac!ncss which OBJ
ee ewes in the Luxembourg piece Some OF his works.
it appears, owned in New-York. delightful
bust OF Frans Halls. illustrated In The Century"
was presented 10 the Century Association along
with a bust OF Jules Breton. by Mr.. Z. W. Perry.
complished Frenchman's work will be known here.
He OF the greatest potters ever known in
France. The Stoneware in which he labored yielded
him OF the MODEST plastic achievements that
the school can claim And so far can be learned
from NJ. Hovelaque. the had a personality
which strengthens interest in his work. He seems
10 have been workman of the purest enthusiasm,
prosecuting his studies, repeating his experiments
until the very end. The author OF this paper is,
has been limited trife too ardent in his praise. but
he writes well Of Carries writes. indeed. with
common deicacy and insight. and his pages
more than welcome amid the OF current peri
odcal literature
Mr.. Austin Dobson's much talked OF Goldsmith
discovery is not so wonderful after all. IL IL mere
~ that he has found conclusive proof that the trans
lation known The Memoirs OF a Protestant Con-
dcmned the Gaileys for Religion" was done by
Goldsmith himself. and by the college friend
whose name appears the title page Mr.. Dobson
has been preparing pretty little edition of this
work