New-York tribune., 1896-05-03

s S )" ioiow MIS-. WardsV'Slr George Tress. -.
The Century Magazine" NoT =
a oook OF critical essays on zola, Dunn. =. Z
maupassant oy Count Tolstoi has just been ~ n
,atea' under his supervision, from Russ.,s
., '1Hrn wum,,. WIN undoubtedly make Its app.ss.'
Inc scrbners have projected a new ana !.
! promising series OF books devoted n -. meAly
prominent summer resorts OF America r., VI d
on Bar Harbor will be written BY N, ~ usas
and Illustrated by Mr.. Reinhart; Newno,, s.tst ~.
described by Mr.. Brownell and pictured ~ =, =" y
8. V. Allen; Lenox will be treated by ". ~ v.
Hibbard In volume illustrated by Mr.. All wa
the north shore OF Massachusetts, will he o.,.. ~
by Mr. Robert Grant, with Mr.. Smedlev =. s'.s
1t is an attractive scheme, and could be s,.-
tended with profit to the public II other e
tions as good as these could be secured.
The most lamentable exhibition OF bad ,...
post-mortem indignity which has been or.ss.
the public in many years is brought forward \ =
opening pages OF ''Scribner's Magazine" q.
Therein does Mrs. Isobel Strong, the rs.,,..
amanuensis Of Stevenson, exploit his n.-,
fame through a mass OF "vailima rahI.'ss
which Is worse than useless, 80 trivial Ia Il
ly personal 30 lacking in everything vhieA -
have lifted 1t to plane Of serious signlAcsn.. !,
Strong has illustrated It copiously with phosas-H.
possibly to make up for Its thin qualIty 4. =
seems unlikely that even this moderator ,...
excuse is TO be presented for the picturs -
talk" is to be spun out In another numh, -
magazine. Apparently Mrs. Strong thinks a. -
lie cannot have too much Stevensoniana -.
public has had too much already. and II Il ,r.~-
ceivabiS that any one with delicacy Of feens ~.
q sense OF natural reserve and tact coul6 so,~~.
the cheapness Of these latest revelations Tb.rs =
nothing in them to diminish Stevenson's f.ms 49,.
there Is nothing either. to increase IT, there "a no,,
ing in the papers which the public needs or car, -
know. They ought never to have been printed
One more book about Joan OF Arc. And thAs M.
It Is In verse. Mr. John H. Shrine has written "a
Dramatic Romance" in celebration Of the N,n
and In England kind things are being said sboue =
First, Mr.. Andrew Lang. who loves Joan Of Arc aM
looks approvngy on all who love her, approscA.s
Mr. Skrines work with interest and put II do,,
with approval Other critics have fallen into M.
with him. Apparently it is of the mou y.
suasive OF those metrica narratives which hu
essayed to tell the tale of the great French hnbv
THE Chap-Book'' for May has been enric.awa
story from the pen OF Mr.. Henry James hss
titled THE Way 1t Came" The irreverent nts
be moved TO inquire as to why 1t came. It 70 ia
to see Mr. James In THE Chap-Book" but note
from the publishers describes the story q tn
first he has ever done treating OF the supernatural.
This helps to explain the situation. The Chan
pook" is a good MACE for first efforts,
Macmillan G. Co. 10 bring out Dictionary q
Philosophy and Psychology under the edito!shp Of
Professor Baldwin, OF Princeton University. The
contributors to the work will be drawn from
among the leading authorities in America Eng
land, France and Germany.
Tho story by Mr.. James Lane Alen which wss
published In The Cosmopolitan" under the title a
butterflies; a Tale OF Nature is to be published
In book form by the Macmans with new name
Summer In Already -t.t
The latest surprise in collaboration is stoFy
written in English by ". Daudet and Mr. X
Sherard These writer's make oddly assoftse
pair. One Is a master; the other is facile wn'a
OF gossipy Journalism. But at least MI shefa's
knows his France and his modern French WSf'
ature pretty well, so he may prove capable ma
ber OF the partnership. The book is TO be publish
In London.
II anpears that Mr. Lafcadio Hearns passion 70
the Orient has led him TO go the "hoie 'e"e'
expiration and he has changed MS han' II "a
familiar syllables give place to \. kolum' ""N'
is certainly more picturesque but haro! 90 y
tractive to a Western mind.
THE Life OF Benjamin Jowett is 10 pe puo'''As'
in London In a short time. IL Is written W ..' W
friends and pupils OF the Master OF Balio, Mt
Evelyn Abbott and Professor Lewis Campoei] ="
news is sure to give pleasure TO wide and ever
widening public. Jowett's labors as TRANSLATOR '
Plato have made him known to scholars everywas''
but on his death the public was made better az
ouanted with his personality, and the puoIcauol
Of some of his addresses to young added to Tx
stream OF interest and admiration which n0Ne
around his name The Life" 1t is safe 10 say
will become, II we'll written. one OF the most IVY
ular books OF the time.
II 10 announced that Mr. Kipling has lately cem'
pleted an American story OF which the scene IS 4s
in and about Gloucester. The nshermeh Vi '"'
ouaint Massachusetts town are said 10 nsufe eoH'
spicuously In the narrative. ordinarily 'ne p,o~ .
ise of such a work as this would convey d ''''"
delightful anticipation TO Mr.. Kiplng reaue'''
he has just given them cause 10 make s'm.. Ua,sI
sorrowful surmises A poem oy h'I'' a.
How Hans Breitmann Became Preside@ A..
Bicycle Ticket" written in Mr.. l.elands W. ~.
lect and published with all apologies " y" an
ter. turns out to be mechanical anu ..,.
production. In fact, Mr.. Kipllng has rare" ..a.s
anything quite 80 disappointing. II is 70 " ..v
that II does not indicate the character o' "s .sus
story. Mr.. Kipling must know that he mas .na. p.
which insists upon keeping him up 10 ns~ "a
ard. and he is nl-advsed to offer them 's'. !.
unsuccessful as these. He cannot ahoro " s
the world anything less good than his oe''
Copeland & Day will publish IN sno'. sr NJ,
new translation Of "Aucassin and N'coie'e' w., /,
NJ S. Henry with the versifed portions s 81. A.
rhyme by Mr. f. w. Thomson. Tne 's'ss S",.,.
Lang and Bourdillon would seem 10 Oe 'S r
but the new work may have value OF It's Wv"
The Bishop OF Peterborough has written .,ss by
Queen Elizabeth, of which much is eAs ma
English scholars. The work Is to be puon'.
summer, and will gain in Importance "" srsss