New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-01

everywhere. He has little patience win thelr
vagares and fads, his interest in Ibsen has never
made him a victim Of the decadent craze which
has owed so much OF its development 10 the Nor-
wog,an dramatlst, and yet his influence Is steadily
Increasing Possibly II is because he is the
antithesis 70 Francsque Sarcey, the oracle OF the
bourgeois Iemaire will make no sacrifices TO the
crowd which has hung upon the words OF NJ.
sarcey for 80 many years. He writes for the people
who are fastiious without being trivia. His
theatrical causer.es In the journal des Debats''
have earned him the laurels of man OF letters as
we'll as IN )se OF alert journalist his reeosh'-
ton by the Academy like the recent recognition
of NJ Anatole France by the same TRIBUNAL Is the
official ratification of style when mas long peeh
the admiration Of cultured Paris for It's fexibiity
and charm for its delicate presentation OF "hoie'
some and progressive line Of thought
Iemaitre is q young man, being rot much above
forty He has been professor, poet play
wright and critic. II is In the last character mat
he seems likely to do his best work, though ms
dramas have been fairly successful. As dramatist
and critic he is opposed 10 the downward move
ment OF contemporary writer's especially those OF
tho nroressed realistic" schools. He believes mat
the latter have gone too far In their search Tor
truth" He asserts that 'ft is quite possible to
express everything needful without undue eHort'
and those who attempt 10 reconsutute staoie oy
filing the stage with straw fall In their OBJECT
These are golden words, and It is stimulating 10
his followers many Of the younger writers Oh MS
time
T, "a announced by the Macmillans that FORTH
coming volume in the ever-aimirable Golden Treas
urv Series will be given 10 Whittier. The selection
from h,s works will be confined TO religious ana
devotional poems. The same publishers nave III
preparation a volume Of poems by Miss soph'e
Jewett who under the pseudonymc of Ellen Bur-
roughs has contributed frequently TO the maya
zines.
There will presently be published in London ana
New-York volume Of the highest interest 10 SUI
Its Oh the literature and art o. Dante Inc DooS
- - be devoted 10 reproductions In reduced ac-s-
ie Of the drawings made by Botticelli for the d.
VIVA Commedia" Eighty-five Of these illustrations
are preserved In the prntroom at Berhh ris"t ''o'e
are in the Vatican. Boticelli executed the designs
with the pen aad with the silver point lie put
some OF his best work into them. giving Tree TT"
70 his poetic Imagination and throwing over eaoh
design the peculiar grace Of his style. The drawings
are well known 10 specialists but this set OF repro
auctions Will be the less welcome. tor II WI
bring home TO many libraries and studios nd'e''''
for study which has hitherto been difcult Oh a0CsSS
,,r all but few fortunate travellers The Reproduce
lions will be accompanied by a commentary ana
there will be an Introduction giving briei Dog
ranbv ~ Bottce and critical study 0, MS WORK
az a Dantesaue illustrator. Fac-similes from 'Ae
Florsntine Dante Of lisl and from early manu-
scripts Will also be included In the WORK.
The new novel upon which Mr.. Blackmore mas
lately been engaged will not appear until next year.
II is TO be called Darrell: 4 Romance OF Surrey.
Nr Henry b. Fuller has written new book II 10
70 be called The PVpet Booth and the century
COMPANY will be the publishers. 50 far. 50 good'
but there is an ominous statement coupei WIN 'ae
foregolng announcement. The book IS 10 contain
"a number OF striking plays OF character new IN
American literature" The description Is om'hous
because the author OF The Chevalier OF Pehs'er'-
Vani' has sadly disappointed the readers ""o sd"
in that clever book promise OF Things en"'ey
new In American literature Since MS "rSt an
most satisfactory publication there has been '"e
w,dost difference between Mr.. Fuller's literary
achievements and the expectations entertainer u
him East and West. but particularly Wes'. he mas
not sustained the pitch which he brought WIZ" "''
on his entrance into public notice and II pehoo'es
THE Puppet Booth" 10 come from the presses Win
all the modesty Of which 1t Is capable
Poor Mr. Alfred Austin is being most ehe'-
pe,icaly looked after by the innumeraole critics
whom his appointment Laureate disappo'"'eu
and enraged. Firsr they say sarcastic Things 49,
him in Parliament, because he presumsS 10 eN'''
at all and then they pounce upon him with chap-
ter and verse; ard ask him how he dares 10 say
the things he has said A great deal OF the aoaS'
showered upon him Is too short sighted ana "'-
tempcred 10 be noticed The opponents 10 MS Sc
lection az Laureate have gone TO an extreme -
denunciation where their criticism loses al ''ue'
Rut II must be admitted that Mr.. Austin mas h'a''
a funny error In the preface TO his a'es' 'o."',''
"Englandg Darling" which deals with Aiifeu 'ie
Co.. ..r,o yraatest of Englshn'en" he therein
asssr,s "has never been celebrates by an Enshsh
poet" He should at least have consulted the GAIA
locue of the British Museum before rsNihs ''''
statement The English papers TEEN WIN ther great
ruler. and the hornets nest when MI A"S'i IL
has drawn about his ears may o. IN Sssomewhis
smaary title 10 Mr.. Aust.ns book that ne mas
precedent FOR IT, drawn from the lrut ~ 80,
mon II is stated In that work, row seven eeh'uV'
old. that
' After
Mamie hundred w.ntre
Come Alfred the king,
Engelondes deorling
Oro ,rr,ra, voars from the present time II 10
-A.-Ai. H.. IL, his,orian writing about the last