New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-12

the end Of the month The same house "A nrs.~.. |
to issue In monthly volumes. beginning with ss,v
tarln OF Tarascon," translation of the cou.,..
works OF Alphonse Daudet They announce ~.
complete edition of Browning In two volumes -
Mr.. Barrie has been reading the new -.
Robert Urquhart." by the Scottish schoo,r.."
who calls himself Gabriel Setoun. and after 49,
ing 1t In general ne says OF some Of the chars..
that they are 'as Scotch as peat" This inu,s !
pleasant for Mr.. Setoun to hear, but the nh,..
Is commended more particularly to those Nh. =
In need OF phrase. who want one that viii 49,
the place Of "kail-yard literature" or "kar.s.-.
flavor" These have been worked nearly n 49,.
Why not try the rhetorical resources OF 49,.
Heather went out some years ago. 9TH. Ino,r
Is also practically obsolete Peat Is compa,.,.
an unused term. Why not try It? ivy
Light cometh from the West! Mr.. William No.
Payne Journalist OF Chicago. has had published ~
Way & Williams. aeo OF that city. q book s-vT!
Little Leaders" 1t Ia made up OF renr,n,.s 'AS
torals which are little to be sure but we,h,. y
their way. For example. Mr. Payne Is talk,ns -
what he calls the astounding transatan,,c re
OF Poe and Whitman and Mr.. Harte" and n. -
tnues thus: Excellent writer's al three ana ~"
tainly among the foremost that this eoun,rv ~
produced" This Is charming Poe as IAN exc.u...
writer" is a new and edfying figure to the Inav,,.
deliverance occurs in an essay on the literary w..
In which Mr.. Payne proceeds to vindicate the 49,
OF that region 1t is more clearly Appreciated ~
falls In line with that long procession OF W.,,.
writer's who feel that their literary envlronmsr, .
mlsrepresented In Eastern prints and conver.,,,.
II seems that III the average Eastern read..
asked who. In his mind are the representation v..
ers OF the West. he will name persons ndsns,a-
repudated. for the most part by Western r..a.s
NJ fpfa nd
OF those Western readers must be intense ...
c.ally as. according to Mr. Payne ''hundr.d. :.
men and women throughout the West are ene,.ss
in producing literary work too excellent 10 be a.
trusive work that conforms to the recognized st.nA
ards Of all serious writing, work that scorns "a :,
effective at the cost Of style and moderation 80
good taste" Think OF the indignant reader. -.
scornful work! 1t Is all spectacle for sod. 49,
men. But II Mr.. Payne and his fellow -coun,rvm.,
Ut appears there Is undiscovered land bevond -.
Alleghenies) want to convince their readers. the,
Will stop talking and devote themselves to thu No.,
ductlon OF that kind Of work about which thew An.
glibly
The great difficulty with the prophets OF che,n
Ia that they are always forete.ling a tremendou.
literary millennium to be lnaugurated on the haat,
OF Lake Michigan. or they are protesting tina, TIA
millennium has already set in. with Mr. Hamls
Garland In charge. and only decays publication Mhx
programme that the North Side and the souA
may settle their quarrel to the side from vAtA
the document shall emanate When the impardn
critic tries 10 run TO earth the leading light, a
this new dspensaton. he finds them less imposing
than In the advertisements. Where are the hun
freds OF men and women who are doing such 0ns
literary work In the West? There are certainly MAJ
hundreds Of such heroes in the East II the Eat.
ern critic can count his good writer's by the scor.
he is lucky. But. 1t happens. the East has real.
lied the fact that to belong to a region with any
great local passion is to belong to a mutual admrs.
ton society which Is perpetualy Calming that Il
owns literary Eden. In such place weeds sr
frequently mistaken for fragrant blossoms Nr
Payne charges the East with mistaking Western
weeds for Western flowers and with ignoring thu
true products OF that deectable land Il is a silly
charge. When Chicago or Kansas City produces Z
good book. a valuable book II will be greeted with
enthusiasm in the East without one lnvidous word
OF ausion to the section which cav it.s birth
John Oliver Hobbies is preparing long novd
which Is to be called "A School for Saints"
The Appletons will publish in short time The
Warfare OF Science With Theology in Christen-
DOM" by Andrew d. White. and a collection d
studies in American history. with the Father"
by Professor John b. McMaster. These publishers
bring out. In the department OF fiction, Nr. Gil
bert Barker's romance Of Quebec, THE Seats OF
the Mighty" a new novel by Mrs. Cotes Sars
Jeanette Duncan. called His Honour and
Lady" and the long expected translation OF The
Reds Of the the Midi" novel OF the Revolution
by Felix Gras
Mr.. William Morris, who has been III. has ~
Gently recovered his health. and while the work u
the Kelmscott Press has not been delayed by bio
absence. 1t is. nevertheless. true that his return
to the shop Is marked by renewed energy and
new plans The Undesirable Chaucer. panophd
in such gorgeousness the eyes OF Croesus only
can ever hope TO gaze upon and possess. Is soon
to be completed. and in the mean time reprint q
Poems Chosen from the Works OF Samuel Taylor
CoIer.dge" has been put upon the market In q
edition OF three hundred copies. The news
enticng but d.scouraging. Who can hope to pos
sess this exquisite Colerdge? There Is something
artistically tantalizlng about Mr. Morris. M
reader turns the pages OF one OF his passions's
socialistic books. and CLOVIS with a sense OF "s
philan,hropic PERSONS enthusiasm for good ~
that Is also cheap. He, the reader. PUSHES 10 ID
bookseller and demands that one OF his pnn~
thropic friends own publications be HANDED
him at once. a book in which all the sacred F~
cples OF socialism have been applied to the mass
facture OF a perfect work OF art. And the'
prospectus OF the new Chaucer Is offered 10 -
or n copy OF the Coeridge 1t Is tantal'S'ns.
comical and It Is a little bit outrageous ConSA
ing the history OF its proprietor, the keimS|
Press Is one OF the most grotesaue institutions
tho history OF bookmaking The gulf wnic"
illustrates the gulf between the practice ana INV
nreachng OF Mr.. Morris. yawns deep ana "''e
The forthcoming volume in the public inc"
To-day Series" published by Frederick warm
Co.. is to be devoted to Senior CASTELAR, wnO.
spte OF his retirement. counts to-day as mols
less OF a force In Spanish opinion ana Is ce'' ,.
among recent heroes II not among the actua' CIV
rites OF the hour Mr.. David Hannay 10 20
blographer The Pope. who is also to be ineiuue.
this SERIES Is 10 be written about by MT. '''1-
Mccarthy.
Publication will be begun next month OF new e4s
ton OF Marryat Little. Brown Co.. OF no'"-
will bring the twenty-five volumes out In tn'
mirable form made familiar by the reprints Oh 80
Austen Fielding and other classics. to when -
& Co. the London publishers OF the Marrya1