New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-04

A. last we are to spread out before U.s. exact
" as they were written Gibbons seven autooios-
"a phiesthe seven all differing-wh'ch were used IN
.ornI,no the standard autobiography. They will
annear in the volumes of Gibbons Unpublished writ
ings which John Murray is preparing TO bring out
All these papers owned by the Earl OF sneheio.
who is editing and writing preface Tor them
Who was the original Of Podsnap, the override
Iichtful Podsnap? Mr.. Percy Fitzgerald asserts
nos,t,veIv in his new book that IL was Dlckens's
friend and biographer. John Forster This quo
ta;ion from "Our Mutual Friend Mr. Fitzgerald
presents as IN his opinion snsuiarv fathful
nortrai, OF Mr. Forster: Thus happily acquainted
with his own merit and Importance Mr. Podsnap
settled that whatever he put behind him he put
an, NJ existence I don't want to know about It;
I don't choose to discuss 1t; | don't admit It, Asa
50 cminenty respectable man. Mr. Podsnap was
sensible OF being required OF MIN 10 take froV-
dence under his protection Consequently, ne al
wavs knew exactly what Providence meant
= Tho attitude OF various English cr.tics-of MI. r.
r. Hutton for example-toward MI william
Watson the writer Of verse, has been grievous
thing to those VINO have In times past regarded
those oracu.ar beings with respect The first really
sane and reasonable and truthful. judgment OF MI
watson's abilities we have seen IN an Ehghsn
rcr,od.caj Is 10 be found in recent number OF
THE Saturday Review" While all the virtues OF
Mr. Wa;son's vers, are heartily acknowledged ne
is pronounced a minor poet; and the illustrations
ouota,ions and analyses presented by this critic
are Irresistible proofs OF the truth OF MS view 70
those who had not previously arrived at his con-
c-usons 1t ought not to be necessary to point out
70 any person OF culture that Mr. Watsons CLASSICAL
-bo.arship as we'll his know ledge OF Nature. are
aep:orably secondhand: but when sheet IKE the
respectable Spectator shows Ignorance Oh this
,act II ia we'll that It should be put into print
his genius" says The Saturday, and with
reason. rs not vigorous. ful.-blooded independent
but somewhat feeble anacmc. derivatiVe he mas
leaned by turns Keats and SneLey. ana most
Of all he has feared and still .esns on WORDSWORTH
His poems are poems written In disc'peship' ana
with those who while admiring his careful crafts
ranship and musical ear admit this discipeshp ana
praise rather the de.icacy and fidelity OF the ecno
than the originality Of the poetry we are iarsey IN
roo,.n, When tried by the three tests OF
r.a'lv great poetry Mr.. Watson Is found wanting
The first test may be applied in this question: can ne
s., and can he interpret Nature? The answer must
be an unqualified negative The second test orieny
s this: Has he found new and deeper c'itic's"
OF lfeY To this question again the reply must %
no These are the main tests. To the third test
Is his workmanship faut.ess, or at least cohpe-
tent and careful?-a more satisfactory answer could
h given. hut this alone Is sufficient 10 entitle
a noet to a pace in the company OF the lmmortais
Mr. Watson Is minor poet. ana a MINOR poet nc
will probably remain. His work has merit out II
Is certainly no great work. tHe) IL "aheo
nd SKI ed
NJ the file can never quite equalize WORK tha' -
matched and pierced together with work that Is
thrown out at white heat in a SINCE jet from inc
furnace Of the Imagination.
Miss Sarah Orne Jewett has written Tor forth-
coming number OF The Century, humorous story
OF New-Eng.and life under 'he ouo '''e "
My sad Captains
p,.ts and finance do not often pull well together.
lions that prove the rule. The late owen mere
ann II appears lost nearly al his money IN uh-
successful speculation and Lady Lyttons WIDOW
hood has been further darkened by the iAcA %
sufficient income. Queen Victoria mas iateiy eo'''e
"a her rescue and has appointed her to an ONCE a.
court
Mr. Edward W Towrsend's novel "A Daughter Ok
the Tenements" is nearly ready for puo"eaeo' ~
T.. rosr,oned as having IAN enthraling plot ana
-, -, ho as,irht IN the lively tales OF 'Chmmle
raddsn" are looking forward with curiosity 70 Ms
,, yb,ch a. 10 test Mr. Towrsend's ability 10 90
something than sketch -, -
VIZ hv-the-way doesn't Mr.. Julian Ralph use
his undoubted powers and MS Kho"'euso "a ~ "
a no, =? His bits Of fiction in Harper are '''''
than omsing "a,
vvhsrsrore these sportiye caperings OF the ra"
Mall Gazette" round the Ingenious MI uosSe' n
s,,, :, dec.are in a lightsome way that " 10
.,o-no,h,ns OF a public scandal that ne mas ho' az
ro,dv said all he has TO say about rns"'', -
,nro'. why should 1t have fun with ne" "'s
so-,ss under the half-capab.e haf-7terhe a',ee-
,,,r" ~ Mr. Gosse? These limitations OF mortaHv
are not kind but perhaps 'ne ""
contend that they are reasonable
,,, snor, stories OF Italian life written by Coh'
.tance Fenimore Wooson IN her last seA
% he published in volume announcer w
~ ,ars 7, Is to be called The Front Yard ana
rL q, This ACCOMPLISHED woman Will always ho'o
Mace in the world OF minor letters IL mas
al nolished air a feminine dellcacy anu a'u'
IN It's Interpretation OF character 'ha' e"o
right to long lie
Dr Nordau-whose real name we are no" '
simon Sudfeld-is writing a play ana novel ~
=, no,h,ns new for he has already produced Two
.o,,,ar nlays and two novels when nave pee" So
1911 IN Germany and have been TRANSLATED mo
s.ysral continental languages. The nis' % 80
s,or,es The Malady OF the Century "eS oe
an, IN 1857. the second. THE COMEDY OF seh'ii"e"S
was published in 1892 He began TO "r''e ""e" :.
,.as ,weve years old, and was writing for m0ne'
at fourteen
r,o ers, instalment of NJ. Paul Bourgets new
navel is TO be published next month ne go 49,
49, ors 70 Scotland and will there nnish .ne
ho,L II must be said In NJ. Bourgeois p'ase
h "a more literally disposed to observe ire So
.har,c,er in alien lands than are most rre"s~
writer's.
Mr. Rudyard Kpllng is spending month OF WV
In London.
Mr. Richard Herne Shepherd. hack-wrter ~no:
IN ,hs course OF his literary nfe did some sooe
work and some which awoke much con'eh''oa.
lately died In London The Athenaeum as'''
that he may be said to have invented that cms'
photography which modern book eo'iec'o's -
esteem; and II adds; His zeal for literature
,,,a,,,r. was such that every fragment OF pr'nteu
matter became precious In his eyes and worthy %
.rasaryat,on and N the author OF the fragment
- friands CHANGED 10 take Other NloWS