New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-07

Miss Bradion intends TO write no more moves
she has already given 10 the world more than hfy
works OF fiction.
,rho r,cr,s and nrose of Wordsworth the letters
~ tbe po.t and his sister and the journals Of
porothv Wordsworth will be included in the edi-
ton OF Wordsworth's works which PROFESSOR
Knight OF -. Andrews. is editing ana wh''h inc
Macmilans will publish. \ new life OF the poet
critical estimate of his powers. many notes ana
, hibli5graphy OF British. American and continental
editions will be added. and each volume Will con-
tain 4 portrait and yignette OF some place asses
ciated with Wordsworth or his family some OF
the volumes may be expected during the coming
year
4 volume Of poems dealing chiefly with Egyptian
subjects is soon to Ice brought out by Miss Ma
rhllde Blind. She calls the book Birds OF Pas
sage"
Tolstois new story is called Master and Man"
|. describes with pathos and simplicity the way IN
which = commonplace. mcney-lovng man sacri-
tces his lie in Srea; storm to save that oil h's
servant.
4 reprint Of Morers "Hajgi Bahia" IS 10 appear IN
TN. illustrated Standard Novels series OF Mac
milan. and Mr.. George CuIzon NJ l., mas agreed
10 write an Introduction.
II is encouraging 10 note the signs OF healthy
reaction in London against those hyst'ricA ana
short sighted methods OF the critics when nave
sought to permanently fasten the lions skin upon
the back of the animal now chiefly frisking NJ the
base of the British Parnassus. In "A recent NUM-
Der of "Macmlians Magazine" there WAS printed an
essay by Canon Anger. In which that accomplish i
man OF letters looked over. not merely the MINOR
poets but their reviewers, and went for the lat
ter In a sty,e ravlshng to sympathetic mind.
Now Mr. Andrew Lang takes up the cudSe.s aud
asserts that The Buffers Spread Too Thick"
He finds The Spectator classifying certain Mr..
4 with Matthew Arnold and Tennyson. n not
with WORDSWORTH; he learns from another journal
tina; the object Of its euogy Is "a satisfactory SUB
stitute tmore less) for Milton. Cowey, crashaw'
and with several other equally pquant illustrations
he shows that sane criticism OF poetry Is about as
common in English journalism as snakes were In
The abuse OF admiration has grown almost un-
hearabe In London where me Fad stalks about
! pendence Of suffering common sense rises to the
heavens the discreet reader has a hard time IL
he is decently conservative he Is called fossil In
MS ses ahd an IN ms asn9hs Men
probrium any one can stand II who has the ele-
are hundreds OF people in England and America
! who are drifting from sheer cowardice into state
OF critical mushness Fearful OF seeming retrogaie
or old-fashloned they Will grant You that this or
that scribb.er of the hour IS 4 boon straight from
how the creature ever got himself listened at all
But 10 all appearances he Judgment is unanimous.
Shakespeare and Kes IS are invited down from their
,or!y emine e 20 shake hands With their equals'
! remedy to those critics. lay or professional who
! are suffering from this cur)Is vertigo and mixing
! all their standards. Il would venture 10 suggest
| TO critic" he says. that when he Is inclined 10
compare the new wine with the Old. he should read
play OF Shakespeare. dozen lyrics of Verrick
The Lotus Eaters Of Tennyson a book OF Paradise
! Lost, the few lite masterpieces OF Colonel Rich
ara lovelace And then he should sip a glass or
TWO OF me new tap This Is sage advice but how
many VIII take II? The custom seems he 10 ex-
| AT contemporaneOus versiers and dilettante yen-
orally with small for the old standard NJ OK
| alaa rhaf
| the custom promises to change in London ia ~ III.
! come news. Soon may IL change hera also