New-York tribune., 1896-12-06

/ with them when tncy are coIdDordtits iicy tsce
one another across a writing table. and. working
simultaneously. fling page after page of manu.
script produced at white heat upon the floor.
Then when the days work Is done they pick up
the scattered leaves and ft them together. It
must be impressive sight
Some OF these days when the economy Ct the
literary" mird has been more scientifically inves.
iigated and the secrets Of authorship arc classified
along with molluscs, monkeys and other ponderable
items we hope that light will be shed upon the
mystery of occasional" literature. When 1t meant
merely verse 1t could be understood 1t is never
difficult TO turn out a fair copy OF verses on some
more or less inspiring event. To make good verse
at crisis Is. of course one OF the hardest things
In the word to do. but some sort of production is
always possible Now. in fiction 1t Is different How
in the name Of all that il inventive does the aver
age romancer or for that matter. the romancer
who H. considerably above the average. contrive
/ those Thanksgiving stories which have just passed
into oblivion. the Christmas stories which are on
the way toward the same destination: the Fourth Of
July stories the Halloween stories the two-o'ciock
I'M of April-siXteenth stories. which
may be relied upon to reach the printers hands as
/ certainly once year as any Of the prosalc docu-
men,s Of familiar business?
Following certain famous observation OF Dr.
Johnson. may eXpr,s IS surprise not at their be-
ing written so well but their being written at
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that their stories should be good. On the other
hand It seems the most unnatural thing in the
world that so notoriously erratic n class as the lit
erary class. class that is constantly protesting
against convention" should be the very one 10
fulhl the conditions of convention with most will
ingnsss What popular author will refuse 10 write
! a Christmas story when Christmas check Is
dangled before him? At this time OF year the
presses simply groan with fiction produced by pens
otherwise passionately Independent. but. for the
nonce content to meet the requirements OF the
market as gracefully as the candy man or the toy
dealer. II is strange spectacle Perhaps In that
/ future time 10 which have alluded. when some
/ iconoclas,c explorer has got at the bottom OF the
! literary mind. We may be told all about L.
on the 18th of this month the Halliburton Society
Of Windsor ~ s. proposes TO celebrate the hun
DIR .dth anniversary Of the birth OF the author Of
! THE Clockmaker; or. the Sayings ana Doings "
Sam Slick of Slickys." The society Will also pup
lish a memorial volume. Judge Halliburton was tho
author of Other works besides that one book WHICH
made him famous His Rule and Misrule OF me
English in America published in 1851, foretoid
events that have since become history lie Was
born in Nova Scotia. practised Law there LOT man!
wears was for Some time Judge but took up MS
residence In England in the Early nftes. lie was
elected 70 Parliament not long AFTER. lie oeu !"
England on August q. 1865 IL Is said that ne "
one of Prince Bismarck's favorite authors
At long Intervals news has reached the wor'o
concerning the dongs Of the caxton Club. an asso-
,io.ion of book lovers I'm Chicago IL became known
,ha, Tho members were resolved TO rival the Gro
er I'm the private publication OF special WORKS ou'
nothing definite could be learned as TO the volumes
TO be expected At last the official announcement -
before u.s. and the collectors OF the 'aNtoh ''"o "''
to be congratulated. Their committee has mace
-for-l
Journal Of La Sales Last Voyage" following tho
first English translation published In LONDON u.
IA There Is included In the book fac-sime U.
tho folding map gvel in the hrst frehch eui'io,. -
I7l2 and copious notes have been suppl'eo ny '''.
Melville R Anderson. The work has been printed
in octave form. with uncut pages pouhu III nan
vellum The edition is limited to TWO hrnoreu a"a
six comics The interest of the clubs first pupNca'
ticn lies In It's subject Obviously more iene''ous
choice could rot have been made
Mr.. Kipling's terminology in his latest book 0.
noems "Thc Seven Seas" seems TO the cri''e "
THE Saturday Review" great deal TOO techh'o."
He protests that the poet should not run rio' ~
the iargon of the shops" there being a broad as
irction between that behavior and increasing one
vocabulary: and then We have the following 'para'
lel" a bit OF humor to which it is difficult not ~
yield complete approval:
.The crank throws give the double bass. the teeu'
And pow ,he main eccentrics start their quarrel on
Her time. her own appointed time the rocking INK
Tiu-hear that te?-the rods return vikings glin'
mering through the guides
This is pure Jabberwocky. and II our main &C.
centres going to write in this kind OF Enghsn
we shall have give up reading them. Why not
have Hospital Hymns like the folowing?-
The inspissated akaloids with eczema contend.
But Heaven pursues the comatose. no bismuth ca"
Spasmodic hydrocarbonates with tetanus combine
TO whng thy cardiac merobast, oh, molecule o.
mine.
The Macmillan Company announces booK u
biography which will be hailed with delight by stu
dents Of English art and by admirers OF Du Maui
riers Little Billee." This is THE Life and Let
ters Of Frederick Walker. A. r. A." by John
George Marks. Fred" or Freddy" Walker. as nc
was variousy known among the English painters
of the preceding generation. and OF this generation
! TOO was an artist Of genius and man OF excep'
tional charm. He was delightful letter-writer
and since his correspondence is to be reinforced IN
this new volume by many sketches hitherto unpuo.
ished. his personality may be expected 10 revee'
itself at very nearly full length.
In THE Woman at Home there are printed twe
poems by Charlotte Bronts never before published
on the deaths OF her sisters Emily and Anne. Inc
first died In December. lS4S. the second in June
lS49 The manuscript Is obscure, with alternative
readings here and there. Not In any Of their forms
are the poems worthy Of the authors genius OF
deserving. for her sake. Of publication now.. 1ns
verses the death OF Anne begin as follows:
There's little Joy In life for me.
And little terror In the grave;
I've lived the ling ring death to see
OF l would have died to save
As an autobiogra phical alluson this has value.
and both poems OF interest to the student OF
Charlotte Brontes life. but literature they are
worthless. and her fame would have been better
served II they had remained unknown There
something tragic In this ceaseless industry OF reis
tives and literary executors In the mcddieso"e
disturbance of matters which the mcst rudimentsly