New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-26

ness and charitable judgment.
Mr. Kipling does not accept the opinion expressed
by THE Athenaeum' that there is always some
thing a little exotic, almost artificial. In songs
which, under English aspect and Dress are yet SO
manifestly the product Of other skies ana ne re-
bes POLITICALLY against the assertion that the very
fauna and fora are allen remote; the dog s-tooth
violet is but an III substitute for the rahe primrose
nor can we ever believe that the %ood-robin sings
as sweety in April as the English thrush" Buy
my English posies." he sings In his newest verse
Buy my English pos!es-
You that scorn the May
Won't YOU greet friend from home
Half the word ID. a way g,sa ar,f,
pl Faint my as So4 i5a,I and So sFsi
Robin down the logging road whistles. Come to
Spring has found the maple grove. the sap Is rum
All the s winds OF Canada bring the ploughing rain
Take the flower and turn the hour, and kiss your
love again!
Buy my English posies!
Ye that have your own
owe. seas. alone.
Floods his heart abrm-
Bird We never Needed
oh, she calls his dead to him!
Far and far our homes are set round the Seven
Woe FOR US II We forget we that hold by these.
Unto each his mother-beach. bloom and bird and
Children OF the Seven Seas oh. love and under
stand
The volume containing Mr.. Howes's latest story.
The Day OF Their Wedding" is in the Harper
press 1t is curious study OF strained conscience
and tyrannous habit.
The new book on Acadia" by NJ. Edouard Rich
ard. appeals to a scholarly audience, and students
OF history will be indebted TO him for his thorough
exploitation OF region little enough known But
students OF poetry also Will be deeply Indebted to
him. for he proves In many passages that Longfel-
low from beginning 10 end an accurate handler
of facts In his "Evangeline." Few people may have
ever doubted this. Nevertheless 1t is pleasant to
ind the latest research justlfying the poet and in
its establishment OF the truth OF his work contrib
utny to It's vitality.
"Trilby," the play, has put fortune into the
hands OF Mr. Du Maurler. but how much has II done
TO strengthen his fame? Mr.. Doyle and Mr. Barrie
have made money out OF their Gays. and Mr.. Hope
ought to be pleased with the success of THE Pris-
oner OF Zenda." as 1t has appeared on the stage;
but have never heard that these authors really
have added their aurels through their good fort
une In the playhouse. "Chimmle Fadden" will
doubtless give pleasure to many as play. but the
peculiar value OF Mr.. Townsend's work In his WELL
known volume will never be made familiar through
the drama. II would be better for him, though ad-
vertsng wiseacres say to the contrary. II he were
to remain author. rest his claim for attention
upon his writings and not seek ACKNOWLEDGMENT In
other ncldS STICK 10 your runs the OLD saw ana
no one has disproved It. Mr.. Kipling who has
proved It's virtue and over Is said to be on the
point OF Joining the ranks OF the playwrights But
in spite OF the dramat.. fire which flames through
many OF Mr.. kipng's short stories. II is not
plain from any of his works that he is qualified
to write play. Indeed. the conventions of the
stage. memorable for genius and mediocrty alike.
seem the last things in the world for Mr.. Kipling
TO handle with His inspiration never seems
calculated to through the channels Of the
theatre His genius Is for concise narration whether
In prose verse. and great is that genius that
one breads the possibility OF It's wasting Itself in
ways il-adapted to It's natural exercise.
A translation OF "Triby" has lately appeared In
Russia with Du Maurier's Illustrations II is
printed under the title OF "Katia and Is ascribed to
"Temnoff'; and all the names altered to
Russian ones-the three immortal Companions Of
the Brush being turned into Russians
Mr.. Grant Allen may as we'll prepare THE Bar
barians' for decent burlal-if such a burial is pos
sibe in the circumstances That Hilltop Novel,"
and others Ike IT, may survive the sledgehammer
blows of those whose disgust of "hill-toppery" can
only Itself in fierce denunciat.on; but Mr.
Trail Is after the pestiferous new literature with
The Barbarious Britishers-A Tptop Novel," and
he vii! probably accomplish what his less ingenious
colleagues have unsuccessfully tried to do-he Will
roll the Hilltop s.mpletons down to the bottom
Of their little tumulus. with some finishing digs
Parody is vile art" says Matthew Arnold, In one
OF his letters. but must say read Poor Mat
thias In The World with an amused pleasure l
wonder II 1t Is that demon Trail"
The election OF Anatole France to the Academy Is
interesting I'm ways than one In the first place
he Is a charming writer. whose poetry criticism and
work In fiction have all been excellent. OF the first
he has produced comparatively little but that little
has been good in graceful minor way The stories
by this author are more numerous Not all OF them
are known here; "Jocaste and LES Desirs de Jean
Serven" probably unfamiliar to most American
readers but every knows lie Crime de Syl-
vestre Bonnard." and every one we believe, enjoys
the book In his criticism, which has been vouml-
nous France has borne lightly a considerable amount
OF scholarship and has shown sympathy. imagina-
ton, good judgment and hexIbulty He has written