New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-15
LITERARY NOTES.


labor rewriting the narrative seven or eight tmea
turns out 10 be ingenious little STUDY OF metem-
psychosis. 1t describes romantic episode OF Old
Saxon times and Is written In style which essays
to be in harmony with the quaintness OF the sub.
iect 1t is not one of Fields best productions. but
II is cieverIy done and will arnuse juvenile readera
II is stated In an English journal that the MSS
Of Mr. Kiplings new volume OF poems nave been
sent To the publishers 1t may possibly appear In
the spring The same journal notes that Mr. Kip.
ling ia about to leave America for a permanent
residence in England
A ser1o-comic Juror IL. developing in Paris ana
among the initiative young authors OF London whs
look upon the French Muse with languishing eyes,
and melt In ecstasy when she moves one OF her de-
cadent servtors to speech. since the deatn OF Yer.
Iaine there have been sombre nominations among
the innumerable poetasters "consecrated' to the
sublime ideal of the master. for they nave missed
him soreIy. They must have some one living to
whom they can look up in spite or MS taste Tor the
Awful InhnItudes OF the Grave 1t is characteristic
of the decadent to insist upon seeing what ne writes
about or thinks about; he takes nothing on faith.
neither the flavor OF absnthe nor the genius OF HE
leader and with impassioned earnestness he Is de-
handing a Laureate. Verlaine Is gone. Some one
must be crowned in his place, the 'ecoie must nave
| its "chef" There are shouts OF Mallarme! Man.
arme, on the boulevards OF Parnassus. and every.
where there being printed descriptions OF he
| ear homes" with awestruck signs over his Cole
| sdgeIan causeri.s and the rarefed atmosphere u
| high thought which broods over his circle. NAH
| arme" says one Of his admirers, talked himself
| into fame before he had even published anything
! and so extraordinary Is his eloquence SAID 10 n
that the poets Of France consider him Neraines
| successor as 'le maitre," his name rs known 70
| every man and woman of any culture from Diepps
m Nice" 1t is admitted that the principal WORKS
| of Stephane Maarme have been printed IN inc
smallest number Of copies possible, for private cir
| s,,ah nHh "A
been given to the public has been puDhshed IN tns
ANAL magazines Of les jeunes,' magazines OF the
smallest. circulation which are never seen by any
one outside the literary coteries by whom they sS
inspired" Nevertheless. some writer's TOT the news
papers have heard Mallarme talk. ana on thei' ips
| dixt 1t has come 20 pass tnas ie 30 ' NN -
| Frances premier poet"
| II is all very funny serio-comic because there
an element Of regrettable waste In the deVouon Of
many capable young writer's 10 sro'esaue ana
foolish whim. but the comicanty OF the s''uauoa
| 70 most conspicuous. Who 10 Malarme ABOUT wnon
| 40 many eulogistic things are said! lie IS man
who would to be far less eccentric 'hah 'st'
| ,a,ns Nothing amazing is told about his life He
| lives in modest apartments, and once week r.
| ceiyes his literary friends at KIND OF genera
| gathering His talk has captivated MS hs.eness
when he has put some OF 1t into verse and tng
| have been privileged to see the work they nave
| ELLEN on their knees and said: behold! This mas
| "a our nasterr' No doubt. But the unfeeins
| nasserby who has not assembled to the sanctuaryu
somehow disposed to look upon the orin'eu Ee'"
| with colder feelings. He finds that NJ. Manarme IL
verbal riner player with syllables ana ihheceons
| for their own sake. poet with very ,''e poe"'.
! hut with abundant skill in the manipulation OF
! language The exact significance OF this wrt@
was shown not many years ago when certain
| picturesque serpentine dancer was performing u
| Paris and London. and Mr.. Henley, VINO was !nea
| enting the National Observer, asked NJ MALI
arme to write about the dance for his paper ins
| resut was some tortured prose that tried 10 %
! noetical in its modulations and color, mass ot
| words as yartegated as the dance to wnch IL was
| devoted Whether in prose or verse NJ Maha'm.
| has the same arthciaty the same pauc'y VI
inspiration, and the stupendous noise being maas
about him is llhicrous TO the last degree mere
has been nothing funnier than his coronation
since the time when a certain parsonage pdnses
the field piece, twanged the Tyre
There will come next autumn from the press Of
Houghton. Mfiin & Co. fine new edition ID
,,aar volures Of the works Of Mrs. Harriet Beech
or Stowe It will contain notes and photographer
,ntroductions portraits Of Mrs. Stowe and engNSea
title pages
The meddlesome person who Is never content UNI
less he Is doing something with the writings inc.
one dead author or another preferred 70 "i'hno,e
from the public, is once more to the 'front.' ana 'nS
time his tender mercies are extended TO the one
49,, IN English literature who knew his own mind
4, regard TO his books II ever a man did. Matthe"
Arnold There Is to be printed series OF Nine
,eenth Century Classics. reprints In dainty torm
Of things accessible and inaccessible to the genera.
| pub,ic Matthew Arnold's poems are to be printed
IN the SERIES and as one OF their unfamiliar treas
ures the publishers promise to throw IN Aiar'c ~
Rome" the poem with which Arnold won the New
degate but which be never dreamed OF reprh''ns'
The original texts OF his other poems are 10 "
presented, in calm indifference to the iaet 'na'
The poet did his own editing and knew what ~
wanted TO stand what he wanted to suppress. II
would be interesting TO know what his family rep
resentatives his literary executors, say ABOUT 'n'
piece Of presumption.
The literature of Lincoln will never emo Inc
great Life published in The Century by nay
and Nicolay left. after all. great deal 10 oe 'a
about by other historians and now the same ihasA.
zine announces paper on the FOUR coiep"as...
against the President. Mr. V. l.. Mason the "f'.e'
of the article. has had interviews win people ""'
have hitherto refused &c speak OF events III LIN,
coins life In reference to which they possessea
valuable data and the text will be Accompanies
by pictures.
A peculiar condition OF things exists in London q
present in connection with the republication !"
dennitive form OF the works OF Byron For soh''
time Mr.. W. f. Henley has been WORKING up'"
new edition OF the poet, and while he mas ho' nav
access to much unpublished material his notes are
awaited with considerable interest He is a"ons
the critics who resent the latter-day tendency "
undervalue Byron and his edition Is a labor Oh o's
But the value OF his work now promises 70 "
slightly diminished. The late John Murray OF IN.
famous publishing house. was an ardent collector ~
Byronian MSS and he bequeathed TO his son. VINO
at the head Of tho concern to-day a auanti'y y
letters and other documents OF Importance IN 'n'
history Of Byron The poets continuation to Do'
Juan is among these relics, with several unpuo
lished poems and fragments Mr. Murray mas ~
solved to put all this material into new and ma
edition OF the poems. This will appear at about I'm
same time as Mr.. Henley's edition There is d.
probability that the two enterprises Will be merses
in one yet that is the obvious and desirable solution
Of the question Mr. Murray could hardly secure
haitian editor than Mr. Henley; Il is doubtful II nl