New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-26

read" That 10 q wise comment Mlsouo,s,,.. =
| crime too readily condoned by an age az 49,,
| memories. Everybody slips. 70 everyb body pardor.
everybody else. But to misrepresent a bcauu,,,
poem or fine prose passage. though verbs,
errors were quite unimportant Is Ike taking dc,,,
rare piece OF porcelain from a shelf and erp,a,o.
ing that the edge. which you chip off in the proc.
ess. lis Of no consequence. but can easily b.
mended."
1t makes the lover OF good books well pr,u..a
quake at heart to hear Of what Mr. William MORT.
Is doing and to know what the result WILL be- n.
has finished printing his edition OF Chaucer-the.so
costly as-to-be-!naccessiblo-on with the Burna
Jones illustrations-and now among other enter.
prises he announces new edition OF Froissart, In
Lord Berners's translation. literature, O
printers! Froissart that might be superbly print
ed. But Mr.. Morris will 20 to work in his n<o.
medieval way and turn out production wh.,h
every one will Ike 70 lock at and no WIN like
to read. We have not yet seen volume from thu
Ke.mscott Press that It was comfort. a mersy
optical luxury. to read. Mr.. Morris let's optic,
take caro- OF themselves lie looks to the feei-
OF the thing to the thickness OF the paper e,d
the shape Of the book. IL only he could be pre.
vailed upon to make real book. instead Of 4
curio, out Of his new Froissart.
The frank and often penetrating critic Of TIA
Saturday Review" does not Ike "Madelon" and
what he has to say about the book and It's author
Is pointed enough THAT Miss wilkins has q mt.
able talent for the deineation OF character We al
know. She exhibits scarcely trace Of It IN Mad.
elon' . Madelon herself we can see. pro-
duces a vivid impression upon the author. unhap
ply Miss wilkins does not at any point enforce
this impression upon the reader. We are
loath TO come 20 the conclusion that 20 talented and
valuable a writer Miss wilkins has dropped out
Of the ranks for good. But II must be said In al
frankness that Madclon is as unworthy OF her til.
ent as Jane Field was worthy. ard that, II she
cannot see this her literary reputation is bound u
suffer"
The August "Scribner' Is called fiction number,
but the best thing In # Is a veracous narrative
with ustra tons made ION the spot" This Ia Mr..
Jaccacfs paper, entitled ION the Trail OF On
Csixote" the first In series which Is to be Illus
trated throughout by Daniel Vierge. Text and pit
ures are alike artistic, alike delightful Vierge 70
still the same Vierge OF the Pablo" sketches IA
spite OF the fact that he does some things nov
which he would not have done In his earlier period
the foreground for example. Of the Lunch Time
nj tho Bodega" On the whole. however he has
lost nothing He still has abundant character. a
witness THE Amc." perfect type. and all
through Mr.. Jaccacrs pages thus far the great
Spanish draughtsman shows his greatness undi.
subject He knows his Spain. and gets its spirit
into his work.
There is some prospect OF volume of letters 3D.
dressed by various more or less celebrated haras
10 Dante Rossetti 1t is said that there will be
some good Ruskin correspondence. but. Just nA
So me. ore gasps before the possibility Of this nv
book VIII Mr. W. NJ Rosset;l never stop? VII
the Rossetr mania never cease? Mr. Theodon
Watts Dunton everybody now knows. Is tn
pending with a portentous volume about my
friend Rossetti." and there seems no end TO the
literature" Of this interesting but not after all
transcendcnty important man Of art and letters
Mr. Howells Is never so felici, Gus when he -
writing chapters OF literar. reminiscence. This
month. in "Harpers." he has some recollcctions OF
The White Mr.. Longfellow," which DO more than
anything which has been printed since the poets
death to bring back the sweet nobility OF the man.
his kindly presence. the very smile upon his lips
Among other delicate passages Of portraiture there
is this which throws equal light upon the poet 70
Longfeow and the man: When Longfellow real
verse It was with hollow. with a mellow. re-.
onant murmur like the note OF some deep throated
horn His voice very luns In quality. and q
the Dante Club II used to have early erect Win
an old scholar who sat In a cavernous Armenian
at the corner Of the fire. and who drowsed audbly
in the soft tone and the gentle heat The poet had
-
the meetings of the club he commonly fell
asleep al the same moment with that dear old
scholar so that when they began 10 make them
selves heard In concert one could not tel WHICH
Il was that most took our thoughts from the text
of the Paradise. When the duet opened, Long
fellow would look up with an arch recognition OF
the fact. and then go gravely on to the end OF
the canto At the close he would speak 10 ms
friend and lead him out TO supper as II ne mao
not seen or heard anything amiss.'
,-he author has turned at last and in way
OF which not the doughty Sir waiter
Besant would TO have thought petose
There are two OF him. the turning worm
and they dwell somewhere in provincial Eng
land This is an extract from the circular
thew send with their book: las the authors
highly disapprovc OF the skinny pronts system T"
trade the people being Obliged to devote themsevo
entirely TO their business body and SOUL the price
through the trade will be Is net (order prepaid
Considering the amount OF labor that has been ex
pended in the production OF this book the pr'cs
(5s and postage) Is not dear The authors canno'
undertake to pay tradcsmens profits for selling tne
hook Readers must do this themselves or ese
purchase direct No presentation copies iin'e'
number only Or nted. Reviewers requiring c'p "
should apply early, sending cash with order else
no notice will be taken OF IT. That last touch t''
the reviewer. r. certainly a master-stroke
The death of Mr.. William Hamilton Gibson wiz
revive interest In his books little group of i@oo''
of love, treatises without any OF the weighy dra"
backs which the treatise commonly has ior Wv
general reader Mr.. Gibson worked for the ia''e'
fro,a the very beginning Of his career AS ~
artist pure and simple, he was not man OF o''e'
inal power or high achievement lie carried
fnement OF technique TO the point "he'e "
comes fnical and his treatment OF nature pa'.vs -
Of the characteristics with which we are fan'iA
IN fre,work and lace. But he erred for soVs
reason. he was minute because he wanteo "'
public to learn we'll as to be pleased lie ia's.
his pictures pretty; he made them also II nu''
granted. true and Instructive. People VINO n, ~,
know botany from mathematics could 50 7"
Cibson's books and learn something ABOUT tn"
lie wrote smoothly and in n pleasant co.. , -.
tonal way that holds the attention ,,ers
technique as a draughtsman and Writer