New-York tribune., 1896-11-16
LITERARY NOTES.

S.s ~, oo,,on,norarics arc not IN his opinion I
sufnc!ently Informed. Here Mr. Nisoc' pam ~,
retoicea in Danish ard Norwegian an" o' VA
ecu,, tongues proclaims in "Cosmopoiis 'ha' ''o
number Of novels and poems pubiishcd II, o'""
,oy,o "a relatively greater than the numoc' pun
Nshed II either France or Germany ...
nro.ses him immensely and he con'nu'' '"D
"Foually remarkable is the exce'e''. Iii.
most OF the work produced" on top OF ",' "o
49, -. h,s unfamiliar remarkable writer's are
,,r. and before he knows II he mas tac'''y -,
formed us that they are an unc'eai NV M 1900,
cadents that the healthier ro"'a c.,
Is stained with the grossness whc" Po' , ,,,,s
dinavtan literature He talks about lhd'
.r,ous trio Bjornson. lbsen and Lie. Why ~ ~'
.,,o,s"o And why rise up exploit w.'h P'e"'H
Of alteration a literature when you nav 49, ,o,
4. diseased at its source: Simply because WIZ" :, T.,
have concluded that your goose l. ,
,,our du,v 10 cram the same haliucihatlo" ~
~. ,hroats of your friends Hence y
pa,n,s great industry and ardor In TASK '"' "
exasperatingly vain. No one wants 10 N"o" .
ching further about his geniuses' lot every 90.
who has looked into the suo)ec' h"o"' ~
and d!sintegrating character
The scribners have included among the'r !u,
n,a this winter a work which II VIII pe
+o see in new edition. This is Mrs. po"se ''o.F
-, "tIans Rrjnker: or, the Silver Skates d ''P
+ivat,ng little production which diners iroi'i n'oS
hoore or IT'S kind in that il is written III n'''''e'
calculated to really preserve IL lot "'
rbere are over a hundred illustrations os
Y Doggett in the new edition. the resut
.n.cial tourney In Holland made by the ar"s''
,.., number Of "Blackwoods'' contains de-
,sb,fu, reply to Mr.. Langs charses
.s,aco" IN the pages Of his recent Life OF 'o,"
Gibson Iockhart. TO traverse the qnaIiei !" w
.,u &c tynnossibe here but IL may be sal" 'i"' '"
writer makes a plausible case, and nearly p'os
@ha; II was not old Ebony VINO ~ .rd
rorcea J,ockhart's pen into the wild ana "aswdu
i,,re perversity and mischief. for whicn J" - '
oss,hIa ~ give any reason" We say hea''!
proves" The fact Is that po'h Ai', io
the writer in ''Blackwood's' are te"P"u " -,
,vuh a tri1e too much cocksureness' All mn .u
observer feels that they are both rsh' anu % ~"
Oos, 49,. ere,, deal Is TO be said on both sides
o,ah,v moro in Lockhart's favor than other"'se
but that a strict apportionmen' oi ''e ..'' ,rno
bu,tv Is one of those things that not eve" ', ~
oat,ent time can ever hope TO arrange " w. -.
a. will never be arranged In such way ''..,
~ " -hodv In the mean time the little
assara at arms between Mr. Lang ana inc III,
heritors Of Ebony serves 10 increase III" s"'N'
Of nations.
Y,,,s Brown & Co have issued new eo''io' "a
cr,mm.s Life OF Michael Angelo Is ~" -
illustrated and In its two hahosoi'e .r
III wor,b having Grimm is a writer OF no p"'
t,cu,ar rraces Of style he Is Nttie cro'"e -, a.,
49,. .oo convinced that aesthetic wisdom WI" u'o
IL, Germany: but he is CONSCIENTIOUS 'iS
of his subject. and while his book VIII ,., ai~
=. ha read in the light of more recent Puoi,o"'
srch as svmondss important work IL VIII NJ ~,
eu0-i ,,a oui;e invada.ed studies Inc
.,s,ation BY Miss Bunnett is supple anu syn"
pathetic.
,,u ,a.r of "The Century Magazine
s,,,r.r,shed bv several important serlas'
~ yya,r Nitchelrs novel Hugh Wynne, rie'
Quaker" will gain in interest 'Dfoue" -
n,entv of authentic history added 10 .,Io .ovs
C.nsral Horace Porter's recoliectfoiS vi "''''' -
a. ,h.r oneping chapters that they are 'he n mo-
..,uable because the authors personal eii''iu'.9 -
IS ,n, ~ v,eu, illuminate and enrich MS his.oi''
Then between these two substantial a,
thsre Is 10 be series OF papers in'"s'''e n
On da,icht a series composed prac"oa"'
srsv,ngs py Mr.. Cole and annota'ins 'eA' os ..
Sesso- Van Dyke. Having engraved ',e mas. -
=. I,a,v and the Low Countries Mr |oie 'u''''
his attention to England and inauguia'es ms c,.,.
s.ries with plate after Hogarth "".i,Np w. =,
,r the National Gallery which IS ha''e
.o,a and texture Altogether THE Century prom"
,ses we'll for 1897, there being many o.he' ca
rn,o,, things besides those we have rained
,Iamerton's fragment OF autobiography. wiz"
an,oir eItng out the record Of his life mas pee"
"ie ,,',a h,, ,be Roberts Brothers. 1t is a portly
,,vo of nearly six hundred pages. In type none
+oo large Signor Arditi's "Reminiscences
also come out from the press OF Dou'' ~ -
rhar are yolum,nous. Mrs. Fiedss papers
I,r,erds' have been brought out IN pooh io''"
-. ,ho uoushtons All these books are wecoine
We have only a cordial greeting for such ulp
,rd Interesting essays Mrs. Fields mas "ri'tei
A h,oeraphy Of HamertOn has been heeueu' Wv
.r.beIess the mountain Of this kind OF literature
(Which Is produced every season Is set'ihs ~ ''
more and appalling -
r,ora are new novels by the thousand 'here a'e
sou bistor,es new ali sorts OF books but 'he ne"
..recolectons" either by the man hnhse"' 81 M ~,
..,.,ives or his friends those who knew MN
.h.r oil tho rest Some Of the books arc
worth while The number OF those 'ha' are '''
..r.,,.,+ sunerfuous worthless. a dozen other op-
Sox,ors things II would be painful 10 state 10
,ora then would be more painfnl fo' ~
-<..r ,bov are in celebration OF the most esu-
..h,. neope estimable-and dull 10 the point Oh
s,une,sction When will discretion take noio oi
the memorist?
rna Nacmians publish Immediately volume
hitch ~ II fufls promise. should Dc Oh 'hc
asenest interest TO Americans IL Is caheu O''
.,.nv Seas. the Life and Exploits OF YANKEE
cuor" and It's author f. b. Williams. IS salo
=. bave nut many OF his own experiences INTO
thu hook narrating them in vein OF siinpA'"'
and forecastle diom which takes away all traces
NJ sophistcation and leaves II book IKE Daha
..rnn wears Before the Mast" a book that is
,er,snce May the new work prove all
-. 4. n,ou,ses TO be- The literature OF the fore
,.t,a "a slender enough, after ALL yet II ought 70
~. extensive; for there is nothing more irul''ui III
.,.n,rs,,on than life in a sailing vessei on ions
,.o1.s Mr. Williams's adventures Date from
,,me NOW passing from voyages In snips no"
n.,,1 sunerseded by steam but the main elements
., his theme can never be lost Sea lie IL sea
1fe and will remain fascination In i'seif no mat
ter whether sail In wooden Vesse's OF Hull
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