New-York tribune., 1896-05-24
LITERARY NOTES

a IN
Of the West in the prospectus OF lie Pe,,, ,.'' y"
nal des Refusees." the 'redacteur promises ,h ~ Su'
absolutely atrocious effort that has vet besr 's'
( TO goad into excitement the jaded biblIomar,.4e
the East" 1t s a considerable promise ana =.
"redacteur may find it difficult accomplish nv
he proposes or course, as goad to faded h,h,
maniacs his magazine may be a success bu, -
he claims that his Is to be the most abso,,,
atroclous effort that has yet been made ho a."
his rivals What OF THE Chap-Book"7 w."
The Phs.ine'? What Of "Moods"? Hera "rs'
Chap Book" has reached what may fairly bs NV A'
sdered the summit CT decadent distinction II No.,
in the original French Of Stephane Ma,larna ~
article on Arthur Rimbaud The superb produc,,oa
appears In the latest number. Could the San Fr..
cisco editor OF lie Petit Journal des Refus.-,
equal this? Could he do anything more exou,,,.,.
comically ambitousy decadent? Probably ,..
But the valiant "redacteur" will try.
There Is pathos In his endeavor. AS its nam. D..
plies this new quarterly is designed to bring s,,,
the magic realm OF authorship the many deserv,,.
writer's without influence elsewhere. In desne,,,
and benefcent effort to attract the wandering nm.
lie eve this unique iniquty Is TO be printed on u.u
paper cut on the bias, and every copy Is to BE- a,
A different pattern. The text and the ilustratior.
will be printed in green ink. One OF the aricl..
will be IAN Alphabet OF Magazine Freaks" Ia vh..
T. IS for Lark; the fellows who planned It
Saw even they don't than half UNDERSTAND
! These lines give a hint as to the authorship Of IN.
new journal. An advertisement OF It appear in IA.
! last number OF The Lark" The latter is believed
10 be the backbone OF that Society Of Purple Np.p
which will issue the first number OF lie Petit Jou,
| nal' Juie l.
| core German Herr Doktor" has arisen 10 cha,c.
| Count To.sto with plagiarism He the German
savs that the Russian novelist stole short story
from Bernardn Saint Pierre and used II as his own.
! the tbsft But a sitting OF the accuser's evidence
discovers the fact that he has been relying upon
| German translation which may have omitted the
exclamation which Count Toistoi undoubtedly mad.
in his original publication. More in al probability
u,I no hoard OF the matter. Count Tostoi has post
noned for a few months the publication Of his new
novel He Is rewriting portions Of it
Bret Harte's new story is called The Indlscreton
| n, Flsbeth" and turns upon curious episode. TIE
baro NJ the romance is American and he BE-
comes enamoured OF a German princess. The Is
nausbe enough until II is learned that the princess
appears to the lover In the guise OF dairyrAd
The tale will appear Immediately in an American
periodical.
The German poet. Johanna Ambrosious whoss
career is described in another column is about to b
introduced 10 the American public through trans
la,ion OF some OF her works. The book which 10
being published by Roberts Brothers, IS certainly
needed This writer Is peculiarly conspicuous at this
time. and though her poems have gone through
fifteen or more German editions she IS practically
unknown. save as ne" "d'"e' ~ N"e"'' ""S
American readers
,r,s nsxt volume in Miss wormeley's series Of
,ranslatons from Balzac will be The Lesser Bouf'
geosie'
Everv one who felt an interest in the recent aga-
ton over Bulhnchs threatened State House iaca''
IN Boston will be glad 10 read the voume Oy Haen
Susan Bulfnch the granddaughter OF the osun'
eu,shed architect which is brought out oy housH'
ton Miff,,n g. Co. Buhnch belonged 10 an era "
thoroughly restrained and even austere taste IN
,n,,car architecture His work the Capitol at
washington and on the State House al Boston
sbows the dignity OF the man. and hints the Sarm
~ his character The Life and Letters is we'-
come contribution to the literature OF MS proies'
sion ard time.
vh.n the late Mr. Sheto published his edition
=, ..rbs Anatomy OF Melancholy 1t seemed as IL
ro,hing further would be done about tnat curious
production IN many years. but Mr.. Aidis wright
engaged In tracing all OF Burtons references ".N M
aIIusIons and In verifying quotations ior ne"
,,o, purton has not been perfectly coha'eo !e'
"o u-,n, whose Shakespearian labors have
.,,eo5 hin, for great editorial tasks mas set Nun
~, >, r,ork with n will upon the various eol',o.s
The date OF publication for this lie" eu'''O"
Is not get announced
The Forthcoming volume in the translauo" VI y,
>,-,'ohas works published by the MacmiIahs, WI"
~ ~. notorious Thus Spake Zara'huS'ta' a.
nfor all and none" as the au'hor h'"''e -, =,
,rha hook is called notorious because n0 '.-rh,
,,uo,ious pufrery can ever give NletZsc"e ~ .s,,
,ome There is a Netzsche wave passing we a..
ora,v circles just now. but 1t Is oouNa " sP'"
self soon.
cr,o snecimen pages sent by tAe ~ ~p'
Rrothers Company OF Cleveland give Al .ha, arm
idea Of the enterprise being carried Oh W ~ rss.
In the reissue OF the famous jesuit he''' ,,,v
narr,tives begun early in the seventeenth 1e",-..
~ ,., ro,ss,onarles In America, have 'oDs
ban among the most highly priced hisio'lea ~.
rrar,s IN Continental and American AoFares' "a
ara rare works whether In manuscr'p' % -.
nr,nted FORM and some OF the most eas o.. 80,
ar,on4 collectors In New-York have oeeh .,,,,s .0
rrom the long list OF quaint. invaluaoe sI.,
10 our store OF Americana The OIe'e""1 .,,,n,
srs have been at work for some time upon .rrs,
II the Relations reproducing the Fre"0"' ~
and Latin texts and preparing IN ea0H ~ A.
,ranslation 10 be printed side by SIDE WIZ -,
original The work has been under the ,.r,
OF Mr. Reuben Gold Thwa!tes an hlslo'N"' ,,.
"a erudite as he is enthusiastic HE mas s ,n
stinted labor to his task and next Angus. n
have tho satisfaction or seeins tHe "'S' of
his devotion There will be published theh ''e :, IN.
the sixty volumes In which this new ed'''o" rrni
Relations is to appear The succeeding ',.s 'O and
come out ono every month Only seven mi.
fifty sets will be published The edition w" al, hays
mute In hts editing possible. Each Vou,"1 n,r b
an historical and biographical preface, ~ - ,,eu.
biographical sketches OF the Jesuit PAM ,,, hi
selves Isome of these being the first systena'' ara
ographies ever written); there VIII pe hrsv OF
there will be a mass OF new materai III ,,ons Wv
the work. Each volume will contain -odrct,ors
among which will be portraits maps rep ~ From
Of title pages and fac-similes OF ma''us ,ss typo
raOscay ra and n its purely mechanics. relation.
the edition will be all that II shou,t :, .n.ak
value to historical students II Is d'l'u. ~ the
In measured terms. The greater ptop hitherto
material which 1t makes accessio'e M and even
.lo az all give y wv,