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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06
MAJOR AND MINOR.
THEIR MIXTURE BY MIR. HARDY AND
MRS HENNIKER

N SCARLET AND GREY. BY Florence hcnniker.
TIE sPEcTRE OF THE Real .,d ny I pn a,o
Hardy and Florence iienniker- octave fp' ~
Boston: Roberts Brothers
without the concluding tale Of this little volume
,,o-. would perhaps he no great temptation '"
,,,ccr long over Mrs. Hennkcrs work as a STORY
teller But the last Of the seven narratives t"'
sncctrc Of the Real Is the product OF CONFEDERATION
hotucen that lady and Mr. Thomas Hardy ana 'nS
,.s ,ho whole volume into another sphere OF In
,,,r, fl IL uncommonly interesting 10 STUDY M'S'
I,ouniker for her own sake and then to see "h"t
49,, and bor distinguished contemporary can do To-
cnthcr What she do alone Is. If not extraorui-
nary at least well done ana Original IL !" may y"
,d ,ho, the sadness which prevails Ia her pages
s,eus . reflection of Mr.. Iiardys mood u may also
ne said that it IL a reflection OF NE. Inc r'aoer
. ho hecips by feeling that she has caught "a strain
y, feeIine from Mr.. Hardy ends by recognizing
sincerity and force which could only he 'he r"'.
- liz, oo,,.ct with human things. This second
,, permanent impression might be received a' the
outset II IL were not that MIS-. fehih'i u " Urn"
too Ingenious a trhe too melodfaiatic III NV ""'"'
rherc,n lies the key to her special character ny "
to- of fiction She puts veritable life into her
s,ories but she puts also the lhntas'c'h'y VI ohc
v,ho dearly loves "A bizarre situation.
r. ot,, the inexorablen Of fate and TO make 1t
- ,noddening by combinations Of circumstances
that allure only to throw the nero OF the heroine
further away from joy-tha' Is III" ann vi ,''e
s,or,es in this book In Tine heaN o' inc 'o'o'
snrgeant" there Is something that gals In the com
500 ,rustration OF true romance for the sake OF
E ,,,tat,on that must only grow more bitter as the
,nars go on; and the following story. Bad and
worthless" Is equally pitiless on" thing at least
srs Henniker has grasped and can describe with
,s newer than is usually shown by writers OF her
,as,ss and faculties-she can make manifest with
cutting skill the bitterness of those msunderstand
,ngs which seem almost inferna in their cruelty
Tha horo NJ bad and Worthless is left lying dead
in the snow by the parents OF lost child who ind
IN. latter safe and sound wraTsed In the selfsac-
rifcing ex-soldier's coat and wIistcouI Ihey 'ake
the clothes with them when they take their child
Tbcp when the soldiers from the neighboring gar
rison on the hill find the poor wretch, they assume
he had sold his garments for drink, ana THIS story
goes about until the only being who had had any
y, mpathy for the man is reluctantly persuaded OF
It's truth Brief the tale is II carries conviction
and I'm each one OF the SUGGESTING narratives Mrs
Henniker aroises with similar subtlety and ever
increasing picturesquencss of incident the same
sense OF baked tenderness and crucihed loyalty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

She has very little humor to counterpaiance "e'
gloom and except for one rather far-ietche" ''o'
Of "A smooth-faced rascal who insiaua'e' "''
with a party of English tourists at rome o'''y W
prove after they have given him "A 'nu'o" 49,
vice" AS token of their regard, that he mas s'o'e
all their vauables she preserves a Dieah a'"'o'
,berc throughout This is "A somewhat curious Gil
,rmstance Mrs Henniker has several points Vi
contact with her eminent collaboration ana II ee'''
odd that she has felt nothing OF MS huiho'' INV
ever humor has never been known as "a t'a''p
able element of character. and, In her no.'o" "
least Mrs Uenniker would appear 10 pe' u! NV
very nature OF things, debarred from the exercise
us beneacent offices Her instinct is for sompre
themes and moods purely. Had she less meiodra-
matte ingenuity she might write tragicai story.
In the case OF THE Spectre of the Real she ''a'
nearly done so. and here Is where II peco'h'S pew"
iary interesting to read and weigh her "o'h ]" u
NOT often that one gets the chance to watch the
process of collaboration II goes on. BECAUSE as
rule the cola borators have merged their ihuNiuu
olities from the start But here Mrs. Henniker dis-
plays her talents In broad daylight. saying as we
can imagine observe the unexpected cnar"c'e' VI
my plots the oddly OF my personages' 'he so-
ahead style OF my writing: and theh she se'"s ~
add: Consider what my gifts amount 10 "hch
they are Joined with those Of IA man OF genius. IL
is diverting too to look at 1t from MT hardy
point of view lie has not been known as col
laborator b. fore. Now he takes hold or Inc
Spectre OF the REAR and In trce he makes new
pnneal TO the reader The very opening or the story
has a touch of his strong English prose ABOUT IT,
and his Imagination. his authority can be ielt III all
the details of the first The characters OF the
two ndiscreet young lovers in the story-Kosaiys
who grows to regret that she ever allowed herseii
to Ice invcgcd into a secret marriage. and Jim,
who gets 10 curse the day that he ever was the
temptor-are more incisivey Analysed their depths
are more truly sounded. than would have been the
case had Mrs. IIennker written the tale alone
She In collaborating with Mr. Hardy. has gained In
BREADTH i'm passion. in style lie. on mis- side. mas
gained nothing; but ne provides surprise Tor the
reader who has grown accustomed to the majestic
simplicity of his later works in that he returns, AZ
Mrs. Iiennkor's invitation to the almost fantastic
design OF desperate Remedies. his earliest ana
most mclodramatic novel He has worked easily In
the old vcin and the crisis especially has an imagi-
native turn which is probably due to his master
mind Altogether, the reader OF fiction VIII do well
to study this little volume All the stories arc
worth attention, and AZ has been shown. the spec
tacle OF major writer and a minor one working
together for the first time is In itself captivating
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

Mr. Coventry Patmore and Mr.. George Meredith
having acclaimed Mrs Alice Meynell as little less
than a Plato or "A Shakespeare and host OF little
photographers having fastened > repeat this non
scUse. j. refreshing TO see that the reaction il
RAPIDLY setting in Here Is one sign Of it, from The
81. James's Gazette:
Mrs Meynell In some danger OF being
raised by eminent eulogists and rhapsodica review.
ors 10 a periously dizzy pedestal Her talent Il not
10 be denied. bur lei US retain some perspeccve
Poetic insigh; and deXterous workmanship, exer'
cised on a tiny scale. cali for quiet appreciation.
rot fer brass bands AMI torchsnt PROFESSIONS The
OF overriding it is that imitation i stimulated
and hers Is not very wholesome model 10 foloT
as we see painfully exemplihed hy growing band
OF imitators. They catch up IN" tricks OF manne.
readily enough but the matter u lacking. ana
the enthusiast Is only noisy. Ee fails to dis
crimnate. He OF Mrs Meynells powers OF
observation when in truth she IL mos, in1ccurat:
observer Ike Richard Jcffcries. whose power OK
seeing exactly that which suited his literary exi'
gencies imposed for years on the Cockney crltlc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

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dence that icy were either the practice work OF
carly DAVIS or tie lees OF a tired Imagination.
The latest literary discovery OF any consequence
Il one OF an essay by Bossuet. u which the II VI
script has been found in the library Of the seminary
Of ST. Sulpice After Bossuet's argument with
Fenclon on the subject OF prayer h. projected
number Of treatises under the title OF "Etats
d'Orason" One of these. and one only appears
In the printed works of the noted Frcnchman. and
the manuscript of ii had always been supposed 10
be the one lately rcdiscovored ut ST. Sulpice. on
examining that the other day NJ Lcvesquc. the
librarian. found that IT was OF second treatise N
the series mentioned above. II Will he published AT
Some years ago Mr.. Hardy a brief serial
story which he called the Pursuit Of tn" Well
Beloved" II has bren published in book
form Now he thinks Of expanding 1t into regu-
lar long novel and 1t may appear as such in the
new collected edition of his works.
The ways Of the publisher are sometimes past
finding out. A Boston firm Is TO bring forward
translation of Mcrimec's "carmen' I'm short time.
with Illustrations by the translator. Mr. +. II.
Garrett and with an Introduction by Miss Quincy.
SO far 40 good But there is to be a photogravure
frontispiecc which will represent Nine cave ~
Carmen, This Is absurd.
TolstoI has been WORKING fox many months Over a
novel which has more Than once been announced.
but at the last moment he has put the task by and
taken up another. This preferred book. upon which
he is now engaged Is dedicated to children and
aims at setting forth In way calculated TO touch
their young sympathies the principles Of good
life The celebrated Russian is said TO Rave thrown
himself heart and soul into the work and to be
more Interested In II than he has been in some
more important books
Lady Tennyson her deahbcd left striking
piece OF annexation TO be appended to her hus
bands works She well acquainted with the
differences OF style between THE Coming Of
Arthur" THE Passing of Arthur and other of
the idyls and she said to her son. commanding him
to see to It that the matter was mentioned in new
editors Of Ternyson; He said The Coming of
Arthur and The Passing Of Arthur are purposely
simpler In style than the other idyls as dealing
with the awfuness of birth and death"
Adam Lindsay Gordon Is unknown probably to
four American readers out OF five. yet In his
country he is held in honor as the founder of
school as the first poet OF Australia to achieve
really important place In literary dnnals Once
year his dea { -day IL commemorated in Melbourne.
and at all times he IL Loyalty remembered. To
taste not strictly Antpodean he Is racy at any
rate and often much more, since he combined
great fund Of hearty bracing emotion with con-
siderable culture. lie was a bookish and a
dorsey man, and those who remember the life ne
led until he was cut on at the early age Of thirty.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

NJ, t,in,iro,s rey collection of ballads will be
published next month here and in LONDON 'i"'
of them will be nautical poems-so many OF t"''''
it is said that the book will have A distinct sea
flavor. The volume will be uniform IN s'yle WIN
the familiar "Barrack Room Ballads. IheIe "
talk of a complete new edition Of Mr. kiprhs
stories. to be brought out by a publisher WIN "n
he has not hitherto issued any OF his WORMS III"
publishers is not known. II the taie Is ''u,
II Is to be hoped that the Jungle stories WILL at
least be edited in proper shape and made INTO one
compact sequence. They are sadly scattered now
owing to Mr. Kiplings frequent changes IN 'le
matter of publishers ;,
There is kipling Club by-the-way, AT |oine''
University society in when MI H. '"o'''
Stephens whose brilliant essay on Mara' was
recently noted in this place. is conspicuous an" U.s.
ful He and his colleague rightly refuse adh's
sion TO every applicant who fails to pass an eN-
animation in Mr.. Kipng's works Inc mem
bers do not content themselves WIFI 'e"''o
and talking about their author. Ihey also mus
trate him. one watcr-color drawing mas peeN Nv
scribed which shows that the Cornell enthusiastic
snare no pains. but undertake some complicated
and difficult tasks In honor Of their hero. mere
Is some sense In a Kpling Club when Is more
than can be said for most societies oe'oteo " o"c
author. In most eases the members Gl'hei 'osc'l'
IN find ont what to think of the poet or nc'e4se
they believe they adore Kipng needs 10 COM
mentary and the Cornell club does not neeh 10
"study" him; the members only need TO ENJOY him.
Modern research Of Typographical SORT "ouiu
be lost without the aid Of the camera we are re-
minded OF this by an .ther volume oil ohahesP'd''-
ana which follows Upon the heels Oh MI i'o'ie
book on the boyhood of the poet. The portrait OF
Mrs Baker descendant Of Anne Hathaway
family which we reproduce is only one OF great
number Of Illustrations 10 "Shakespeares Town
and Times" which Mr.. and Mrs. II. > Ward nave
inst published Their text is modestiy written
without too much quotation from the poet anu
without too much spccious erudition. the iac' Is
,bot tho erudte ought to let Shakespeare alone
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06
4 NEWSPAPER CURIOSITY.

Thomas Smith. jr.. who keeps second hand fur
nlture store at No. 220 Centre-st.. has In his pos
session old newspaper which IL a real curiosity
II is l26 years old and contains the first cuts
printed In newspaper. He bought 1t at the re-
ceiver's sale OF the estate Of Joseph Low Mason.
who was once Police Commissioner. The curiosity
is nclosed In unassuming frame and covered by
glass on both sides. as TO permit its being read
without handling The heading is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

pritilrt- Molly DIV u. -
sparkling Vivacity. it, airy.
merry nonsense tax. ~
.ouch-and-go gibe and rep
artee. and It's unmistakable
note Of young romantic love
-thcs, qualities have kept
the book alive when more
artistic novels have teen for
gotten. Mrs. Hungerford' :
pen has sent forth many
successors. but not one has
had the fresh spOntaneity OF
Little Molly's story. Some
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06
BOSTON GAZETTE AND COUNTRY JOURNAL
MONDAY. MARCH L. 1870

OF the two leading articles one treats OF the Bos-
ton riots and the other is an appeal to all patriotic
citizens to withhold from purchasing goods OF Eng
fish manufacture The former Is illustrated with
five rudely drawn collins which are supposed to
contain the bodies of the first five heroes OF
American independence.
The paper IL extremely valuable as relic and II
IL said that the heirs OF Mr.. Low have offered to
part with It
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

Having seen his Joan Of Arc march onward to
a certain popularity. and having launched a new
edition OF his collected works from the Harper
press Mark Twain is engaged upon a new volume,
which is 10 describe his recent tour around the
globe. His lectdrng took him a far cry from
America and brought him. of course. amusing ex-
perlences The result Of his present abors will
probably be laid before the public in the early
winter.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

The woman who writes under the ''' u ~
n,,oh.ss, has given to the world Of novel readers
- ,.os, on. book which il almost II not quite. IL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

Tn Benton went back to Paris from Amerc,
after her travels here awhile ago with head full
OF Impressions which she has ever since been put.
ting in print. Her book on America has had Its
little vogue and Is now disappeared; II was a rea.
sonably clever but unremarkabc performance She
Is doing better service in such piece OF work AZ
appears from her hand in late number Of LIN.
dependence Beige" Having previously printed
elsewhere a study IF Miss wilkins. this French
writer has now translated one of the formers
stories printing 1t under the title Of Tine Nome
de Ia Nouvelle Angleterre." In the transition from
her own tongue to another Miss wilkins has an
effect more noticeable perhaps than would be the
case with other writer's. She has been praised for
her mastery of the short story. and has been CON-
pared to tne French "conteur' but somehow the
mere question of language is sufficient to change
all this The scheme remains unchanged in Tn.
Bentzons translation. but the Nome has lost all
the atmosphere of LA Nouvelle Angleterre."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

moro than they do The problems thai many OF
them choose for exploitation are plainly beyond
e,...,. q. T., M ,,sc trying TO write consecutive
biography Of Shakespeare for examtie' Inc INNS
is impossible. and that may rs well De aoh''eu'
Mr. and Mrs Ward admit IT, and while they write
.,,th much learning about the social He OF SHat-
ford In Shakespeare's time they ann c"le"S 1t WI
ing their story In their pictures.
n,a hin, q, an innovation the authors MAKE in
,h.,r text and 1t Is a plausible one Financial
tro,,hl.s have commonly been considered the cause
of John Shakespeare downfall In Strattord' ou'
Mr. and Mrs Ward have hypothesis ina ne
really had leanings toward Catholicism an" 'h''
this brought him into disfavor, on IFS being S"S
pected II not actually discovered ms one 'o'
,ribution TO the legitimate lore OF Sh"Kespe''eS
,..,t,, M. may well be followed up by students
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

Rehold, the impression that Mr.. Anthony Hope
,ouil he vlse and cut his Zenda fiction short nav
ing given the public all they could poSS'o'S ASK
OF IT, is premature and WRONG lne'' - I'M -.
,I ., .,rbc Prisoner OF Zenda." and IT VIII be
called 1.-The Constable Of Zcnda. Would there
were a constable. Of letters. TO whom every writer
could he turned over as soon AS he Sho"'" S's"S
Of wearing his success thrcadbare
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

Copeland G. Day. OF Boston have arranged 4.
publish in two volumes the fugitive paragranh.
which Mr.. Joseph T.. Chamberln has contributed
to THE Transcript" during the last nine or ten
years over the signature Of 1.-THE Listener" Tn.
volumes will be devoted respectively to rural and
urban themes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

Some years ago Mr. Hardy brief serial
story which he called '"rhc Pursuit OF tn" Well
Beloved" 1t has never been published In book
form Now he thinks Of expanding II into regu-
lar long novel and 1T may appear as such in the
new collected edition of his works.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

Little. Brown & Co. announce a new TRANSLATE,
from Henryk Slenkiewicz the author of With
Fire anG Sword" and Children OF the Soil" :,
will be entitled QUO Yadis" and is a narrative a,
Rome In the time of Nero.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

Of the la;er ones have been very poor giving cyl
dence thar t.ey were either the practice work Of
oorly DAVIS or tie lees OF a tired Imagination.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

Mr. Backmore's new novel. Darrell: A Romano.
OF Surrey" will be begun in the October number a,
"Blackwoods." The date and place OF its Amer.
can appearance arc unannounced as yet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06
on Valentines day was signing.
And thinxing Of rought but the scene
When for Rome stern Nirginius was sighing
And I for thy love Geraldine.

Would "A cync have taken the trouble to be
pleasant Il mere girl? And now will ccnfde to
YOU another OF my regrets Thackeray gave
some Of his books, not realizing that I'm those days
novels such a. his not regarded proper food
for minds so young mine They were taken
charge OF by my mother. and never recovered
fhefn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-06

"5ir George Tressaiy.' the novel by Mrs W,,s
which has been appearing in The Century" NIL,
be brought out by the Macmillan Company on ~.
9th Of this month"; in two volumes uniform wit.
"Marcella." The latter. by the way. has reach.s
It's SEVENTEEN thousand.
The morning times., 1896-01-08
HARD RAPS FOR COMBINE
Breezy Debate in the House Over
the Special Employees.
nounced ana the Deal shown Up.
Rules Committee to Report.

The principal feature of the proceedings
of the House yesterday was a breezy de-
bate over the appointment of special EN-
ployes recommended by the Committee on
Accounts.
The report submitted by Mr. A,dricb,
Rep, H., chairman, provided for the ap-
poiDtmeot of two new employees in the
doorkecpers' division. one of whom had
been discharged after a service OF nearly
a score OF years. Mr.. Johnson, Rep, Ind.
and AIR. WaiSer, Rep. Mass, denounced the
discharge of this employe. winch the former
sad had been made necessary by reason OF
the demands OF the combine" which Or
ganiZed the House for places for cOnstitu-
eDts, an Illustration, he said, OF the dis
creditable proceedings OF such affairs.
Mr.. Walker went further, saying the recon-
mendation Of the committee was required
to repair the damage done to the public
service by the combine. He also asked
whether or not the reading clerks, who
could not be heard on either side of the
House. were to he retained throughout the
Congress, not by the will OF the Speaker,
nor OF the House, but OF the gentlemen who
farm out the Offices The report of the
committee WAS adopted-154 to 10.
Upon the recommendation OF the same
committee the session clerks. provided for
In the legislative appropriation bill for the
current year, were apportioned to The
folio wing committees:
Banking ana Currency. Coinage. Weights
and Measures, Education, Enrolled Bills.
Invalid Pensions ,AdditionaD, Immig grafton
and Naturalization Irrigation of Arid Lands,
Labor, Library, Militia, Mines, ana Min
ing, Pacific Railroads, Patents. Pensions,
Private Land Claims, Printing, Railways
and Canals, Reform in the Civil Service and