The morning times., 1896-12-06
Literary Notes.

Deceuber Is the harvest month OF the
book trade.
1.-THE Reds os the MIDI have gone into
Zangwhl thinks reaiists should make ex-
ceiicnt reporters.
The publishers are actually taking to
street car advertising.
new Life Of Byron is promised. The
Byron renaissance Is on.
Walter Pater's unfinished romance, Gas
ton de Latour," has been published.
The title OF the translation of Bourgeois
lie Grand Seicle" is France Under Louis
XIV"
The poetry OF Lord Lytton is receiving
some critical attention at this post-mortem
period.
Nearly all the old writer's have been
bro,ightinGo the foreground this fall in new
clothes.
The illustrated holiday books this year
surpass anything ever before attempted III
this line.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Wards "A Sin
gular Life has reached its twenty-fiith
thousand.
Miss Montresor'spopuiarityin tyincreasesd daily
in England. Appietons are her American
Kossetti was accustomed to call William
Morris "Topsy;" as lie said, because or his
shaggy locks.
Tie portrait OF Alexander Dumas the
elder. painted by Meissonier, is to De hung
in the Louvre.
Critics begin to appreciate that Rudyard
kipiing takes his verse as seriously as he
does his prose.
New Washington biography is particu-
lariy plentiful this winter, and 1t is or a
desirable quality.
paper devoted exclusively to literature,
art, music and drama.
A. e. McClurg 4 Co. viii publish shortly
q Life OF Roger Sherman" one of the
makers OF the nation"
The late William Morris death legacy;
The We'll at the Worlds End, y is declared
to he his crowning romance.
There are two famous, universally ac-
cepted uncles in American literature,
Uncle Tom and Uncle Remus.
Merriman, is the serial selected to succeed
Kate Carnegie in the EookInan.
The English reviews are beginning to
discuss the Influence OF the American wo-
man upon the literature of her country
LiZette WCodworth Reese, the author of
the poems "A Quiet Road is of Celtic
origin and haslived all her life in Maryland
Patti as written the words and music of
a One-act comic opera, which she Will soon
produce at her private theater at Cralg-y-
Nos. Wales.
Stephen Cranes Red Badge Of Courage"
has been translated into French, and is
meeting with very favorable reception on
the Continent.
The next volume in the stories Of the
Na'ions'' series viii he THE Balkans, by
william Miller. Mr.. Miller calls the Balkan
Peninsula The cockpit of Europe
The Harvard senior class elections fur
nis an illustration or nsreGity. 1ne class
poet is son or Joseph II. thoaJe. and the
ivy orator Is a Son of Carl SchurZ.
The current number of the Outlook is
book edition. This magaiZnels edited with
consummate intelligence and skill and holds
a firm place In the arfectionate regard OF
Its readers
Besides those two Scot worthies. Barrie
and MacIaren, there is in our country this
ran Mr.. W X. Nicoll, to whom were dedi-
| Gated The Gray Man" and Beside the
| Bonnie Briar Bush"
In spite of their fundamental difference
| in religious opinion, Cardinal Manning
; ann u rchDishou benSOn. uT tantcTDufy,
! often met at the Athenaeum Club, and
| were warm friends.
| The authorities OF the Boston Public Ii
] brary still have the echolng thunders Of
| general resentment that they selected four
! foreign women's names ndonly one Amer
! leans for the memorial tablets
! Nine. yirginie Demont-Bretcn, daughter
| OF the Gel ebrated French artist, jules Breton,
| herself an artist and the wife OF an artist,
/ is the only woman painter since Rosa Bon.
! heur TO receive the cross of the Legion OF
+, Honor
! mousIy in England The long period OF
! neglect to which his poetry has been sub
T. jected Will he more than made up II the
! present renewed interest in the great
poet continues.
William Sharp has returned to England.
! Besides being a noted essayist. poet. novel
! ist and leader or the Celtic Renaissance IN
| English letters, Mr.. Sharp has given spe-
| ciai attention. in his capacity OF critic, to
| American literature.
Anillustrated article onthc new American
University in this city will be found in the
! number of uarper's Weekly dated De-
Cernber 5 In the same number of the
| Weekly viii be begun story of California
life, by ROsina Il Emmet.
Tennyson's birthplace IN Somersby, Lin
colBshre, of which he spoke IN stately
| measures IN In Nemorlam,'' is unsightly
with the signs or auctioneers, who nave
been securing tenant. The house and Iir-
teen acres bring in $500 year.
The Bookman publishes a handsome
, Christmas number. 1t is not only meaty
with literary news and reviews OF ability
but CLOVIS with portraits and pictures
1t is the handsoInest and most valuable
number ever issued OF this valuable anC
handsome magazine.
The Rev Walter Weston's long expected
work on The japanese Alps is at las,
about TO appearin London. The work deals
/ with the scenery IN the unfamiliar noun
tain regions of Japan and also with the
picturesque traditions and superstitions ol
| the people in those regions.
| In addition to the books already an
nounceu for publication before the end oi
| tiie year, MtsSEs- bEttItTs VII
. include IN their list volume entitled En-
trations by George du Maurier, with al
introduction by W. d. Howells.
The monument to Paul verlainc. which
was 10 have been placed in the precinct
Of the Luxembourg, will not be raised. sine
the publication of his posthumous volume
Les lnveCtiveS,' contained much yiOlen
abuse Cf several of the gentlemen VIII
wound have To pass upon permission Il
erect it.
The Merry five (Lee & Shepard) is tn,
| second volume of the Silver Gate Series
The merry five, consisting Of Molly, kirg'
and Weezy Rowe and their twin comrades
Paul and Pauline BraGstreet, continue thei
excursions and adventures amid the move
scenes and strange surroundings Of theI
new home.
The November Bauble exploits thu
Hindostanee find. The gentleman signs
| his effusions Gunjat Singh and his line
are about as uneven as any which Wal
Whitman ever hacked up The presen
number is printed on a choice article O
remnant wrapping paper.
Itappears thai Mr. &. u. tiihSon has beel
devoting himself to some drawings in il
IuStration OF dickens, ,andGhaLJney are sOoi
in London and has made portraits of PICK
wick, Pecksniff, David Copperfield, Die
Swlyeller and other immortals. They wi
be awaited with more than ordinary inter
est.
A critic of james Lane Aliens literar,
method says: 1T has not the least strai
of novelty. A full classical outline, bot
in style and narrative, sends us back fift
years for itsprototype. Andhere We pause
since the days of Hawthorne and Thore a
has fallen such an accent in America
letters?'
"reddy's Button" from the press c
Fleming H. RevelI, is another of those d,
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