New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-28
LITERARY NOTES.


Il Is reported that Mr. Klpng's American novel
will not appear In book form this year-whicn state
mcnt would seem 10 Imply tHdt IL 10 " NC P""''"-'N
first as d serial.
II Is understood that mis- Ms. has been sent to
England whittier, no doubt. the az; her is anxious
to follow Il. II may We! be acknowledSed mat
Mr. Kpling has not been particularly wei teatei
IN this country He has been abused without due
cause: has been rldculed by writers merely anxious
10 make copy" and game Of a foreigner; MS pr1-
acy mas oeon ruthlessly invaded; and in short he
has been tormerted in divers ways one thing
however may make him feel more kindly toward
Americans-his work has been kecnly appreciated
here and while the himself has been unjustly
criticised the power OF his genius has never been
doubted
at is posslble-though the fault is not common
for authors to be too modest" SO says the Lon
don Globe' in relation to Colonel John Hay milo
reference to one of his undying ballads as
'literary indiscretion" THE Of the ballad Is
not given" says the Globe" but If 1t is Jim
Budso.' CIR Little Breeches or 'Banty Tlm or lhe
Mystery Of Gilga beg ID differ; or, az least, TO
wish that literary indiscretions Of this Kind were
more often to be me; with For this little sheaf OF
ballads Of Colonel John Hay Is likely to be remem
bered when many poets OF more pretension nave
heon forgotten Their rough direcness salty huinor
and genuine pathos are the best antseptc.
Mr. Harold Frederic has for some inscrutable rea-
son recently published novel under another name
than his own This novel is called March HIRES"
and h,s pseudonyme is George Forth" What magic
can there be I'm the name OF George that many
novelists have borrowed It? Why George Eliot
and George Sand and George Fleming" and
George Forth" not to speak of mary less we'll
known Georges?
Poet has lately been Discovered working in
rubber factory in the East End OF London ana some
benevolent persons have arranged to take him from
the factory and to give him three years OF study
1t Is to be hoped that his story Will have a pleas
anter sequel than that Of the village genius who
was sent to a famous university by hopeful adj
mirers and whose sole achievement was his i'm
pudent and easily disproved claim have written
George Eliot's first book.
THE Lark" OF San Francisco, has also discovered
a new poet, who Is Of the most astonishing ad-
ditions already astonishing crop Of yellow
poetasters. The Western editor says OF him; "Yone
Naguch Is a young Japanese of twenty years. who
is anxious to be poet He is very bright with a
clear wit we,l-read in English poetry and appre-
clative of a good deal OF American work, and an
admirer OF Crane and Whitman His composition
IS a queer. battling Japano- English, but has some
strong phrases II Is Ike stephen Crane with all
the afrectaton removed but more i Ike Oriental
Walt Whitman. We; rot universal much per-
utter the indefnable nuances Of feeling. with wild
suggestive adjectives and mad metaphors. II IS
Chopin to words"
Here is specimen from the July Lark OF Mas
ter Yone Naguchis Whtman-Crane-Chopin
The brave upright rains come right down like
errands from iron bodied yoretime never looking
back; out of the tranquil ocean-breased. far
high heaven, yet as high bur as the gum tree at my
Wihout hesl;asOn they XII XII hsrssyess IN mo
tragedy! Chants? Nay the clapping sound CT
esrth-lips.
This heavenly mama. chilly delicate goddess
tears for the Intoxicated mouth OF the soil. this
gossamer-veed day.
frozen-hearted spiteful-souled. alone frlendless 1t
groans out in the flute Of the stony throated frog
Like a palace maiden OF old the heeting mountain
Of tired cloud creeps resgnedly into the harwashed
10. the willow leaves mrored in the dust-freed
waters OF the pond!
Those who loved Tom Hughes and they were
legion, can hardly to talk OF the dead mans
kind and manly and simple ways. He gener-
Gus to a fault. Until the letters addressed to him
fell into other hands" writes friend. in Mac
milan" mo knew how many asked help OF
him and got It," This friend says elsewhere that
Hughess memory was marvellous mot for details
cf daily life. but for long passages of poetry, odds
and ends quaint Berkshire stories, with which he
would illustrate and illumine passing topics" IA
talker he not. save in an lnterjectional. ex-
clamatory declamatory fashion. at least IN later
years. His imaginative power was great that he
fancied he dsliked the daily and weekly papers A.
a fact. few people fonder OF them or read
them more. II any wished to see him angry,
he might have been recommended talk flippart
sceptlcsm; him bored, nothing was enfec-
tive alluslon his books, especially to Tom
Browns Schoodays.' lie was absolutely devoid Of
vanity. conce't. or literary spite; he lid much TO
make Lowers books popular In England and 20 the
very last appreciative OF the humbes effort In
the literary line, stamping upon the smoking
flax"
Of Greece which has been committed 70 paper by
Mr. George Horton the United States Consul at
Athens. The book is to be published soon In
London.
Mr.. Couson Kernahans story. Captain
shannon" is concerned with the Socialist movement
IN the great cities. and is meant Instruct as
well amuse." The author thinks that serious
attention should be paid to the state things with
which 1t deals The book VIII be brought on; here
In the autumn.
Mr. Thomas Hardy declares that a story-t,ller's
interest In his stories h usually ndcpendent OF
airy merits or dernerits they may show al speci-
mems OF narrative art that II turns on something
behind the scenes. on something rolled into their
history which may have attraction to the reader
even II II Is known 10 him. one OF hts short stories
THE Melancholy Hussar." he mentions as having
a certain hold upon him for the unlmportant rea-
cons that the aged persors who gave him their
recollect!ons OF Its incidents did In circumstances
that linger pathetcaly IN his memory He adds
thnt the extract from the register OF burals Il