New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-10

| The English translation ,ror, A.,
correspondence OF Victor Hugo TO W.T.. sS"UuoskAso
has been made in this place. 10 10 n. -. N.aenes
IN America by Houghton. Miflin q ca ~" ct
volume Is 10 appear IN the autumn . @ INT
follow not long AFTER completing the vor, v1u
| The Scribners announce for the end -
! Mr.. Swinburne's new poem. "Ths Tai. .as mont
| work OF which the substance has besr Ss'sn'
| Mallory The rhyr.ed measures In wh,ch >. rcn
| ten are said to be Though with vh., " wut
| not yet clear new In the history OF Mr. s..a.th
| verse. "noufnes
We have received an interesting circu,..
| DR.. w. ". Du Rieu. director OF thu r.. tfon
| Library OF Leyden. He arudes n IN. senlr
| brought forward at the Congress OF Iibr,"s"oa
| Chicago In 1893, that an association he ,.~mu
| the reproduction OF rare Greek and ~
scripts. The association Is still unform.a , manu-.
| Du R!eu has enlisted the sympathies Of w u.
| publisher. and they are going to bring out 9. 'aa
Of twelve autotypes Of Greek and Ian, ~no
MSS" The series promises some fascna,,,ss. ssesl
cations. to Judge from the circular sent 49,. paol'
den. The work will be expensive, and nh...sy'
| will have to pay much as $40 for the e.4''en
| the "Vetus Testamentum Grace Cod4, s~r
| anus-Cobertinus Saec "" But to hav. NV
| productions as ttese will be Is no small ,r
| and the scheme may be cordially recommsrA'e
An American publisher, Mr.. ID. b. Upd,ks =.
| Merrymount Press, Boston. issues at this M
! prospectus less important than this OF n.
| den editor and publisher. In fact Mr. Upaits. -
terprise is OF much deeper Significance IA ~"
sands In this country. For two years he M. ~
az work upon THE Altar Book: Contain,o, ~
Order for the Celebration OF the Holy Euch.~
According to the Use Of the American CHINA
|
iturgicnl books this title alone tells much "A
the absence OF the volume itself we cannon r,,.,,
describe It's contents or its purely mechanIcsl ~.
artistic points. But enough may be gathered ,,r
the specimen pages received. and from the ,,,,
ments In the circular. 10 see that this Is one ~ A.
most remarkable and most admirable piece, =
modern book making put forth in any country .
has been a labor OF love for Mr.. Updke He 4.
been more than the publisher OF the book H. M
put into It's production a deep knowledge Of N
subject and an enthusiasm for II. An exaunna,..
OF the complete work will be awaited with interr
The absurdlty of a mans reprinting his book ~
views. when neither the man nor the reviews cops
claim any emiLence, any authority. was shown l,
its finest in the Literary Log" by Mr. lie Galieur.
which was recently discussed In The Tribune II n
not profitable TO go talking about the kind A
literature" represented by that work But the "a.
demic OF republication is spreading more d.
perately than was at first supposed to be the can
and II is necessary 10 APPROACH 1t once whe,hs
the task be interesting or not Mr. A. T. Qulle
Couch comes in the wake OF Mr. lie Gaenne WITH
a volume published by the Scrbners under the tih
OF Adventures in Criticism" 1t is sorry book
The very title of "Q's" volume Is ludcrous A.
ventures in criticism. forsooth. What Is there A.
venturous about that intellectual exercise vhA
hat a reviewer should write n
The Speaker every week. about boons
II is well enough 10 retort that the place IN
time the conditions. have nothing 10 do With he
case. This would be true II the reviewer d
question were I creative genius. choosing bic ON
theme and expanding over 1t. But Mr. Qula
Couch. who Is admirable writer OF stories and
not cheap reviewer. is nevertheless reyievs
stu when he writes about books. and he would
appear TO have done nothing more IN The Speak
or than take UP such books came 10 hand ron
time to time. new books editions Of ID
writer's and say his little reviewers say Nosh
reprints these snippets. In a dedication to NJ
b. Walkely who In collecting from The Speaker
some OF his dramatic criticisms. had set hin ns
frightful example, he says: ~ have chosen HN
papers which l hope may be worth second rad
ing They are fraRmentary. by force Of ne cr
ditions under which they were produced bot pr
haps the fragments may here and there usyr he
outline OF first principle" That last aS .
good "The outre OF a first principle" MA
Stiffness OF II ALL the faulty, the conce't @ "
speakable conceit. The last line In this vdsrs
bringing UP the end of so-caled "Bacosr
dithyramb runs. with an allusion to Ibsen. u ~
lows Without Ghosts we twidde thumbs. WIN
Mr.. CUTLER Couch. IL may be Observed we ~
"twiddle thumbs and much good may II DO
The first article In this book Is headed ChsScc
Noble name, Eloquent promise. But these twenty
eight pages OF review OF Professor skeatss nv
edition OF the poet-they Clever" but besnu
fully superfiuous.
Henry Holt a. Co include in their list OF spsfrS
publications Mr w Fraser Rae's new biography
Sheridan, a translation of Albert Lavsnaes IA
Musique ct les Musiciens" and. in the department
or fiction. a story OF San Francisco by Mr.. Hons
vachell called The Qucksands OF Pac,olus'
Nine. de Novikof has been publishing some
Souvenirs d'Angleterre" in the "Nouvele Revue
and among her anecdotes is one about Knslan
which is worth repetition. The historian received
| letter. while engaged upon his great book sta'hs
that the son o. his correspondents. a man and ~
wife In the colonies. had met his death 10 !"
| Crimea. and that they would like his name 10 =
mentioned In the history. Knglake wrote io' y
| ticulars and this Is the reply that reachea n@.
What details do you require? He died on inc sp
| like many others. We know nothing more. oe' A.v
| thing you can invent on his account VIII 49, ~.
accepted by u.s. We rely entirely on your A'"'''
| Imagination"
More details about Mr.. Crawfords new se' =,
| The Century: II is TO be called "Coreon. -,
| Don Orsno Is to be the hero. IL VIII De- !" ~"
another page from the annals OF the house Oh '" -.
| nesca. II is TO be hoped that II viii enaee WV
| impression left by Casa Braccio.
Extraordinary English. beautiful, ra''"as ',,,,.
| glish. is kept constantly before us oy puv' -s,,
| like THE Yellow Book" The Savoy. LUG 49, 49,.
| Book" and the Works OF the Clever i0u"s .rs,
but the latter must admit that he Is pea''" a.
| all The "Baboo" OF Englands Indian hmp" "a
| most impressive handler of the Language RS,
| days Of the famous Portuguese Grammar .r.
| don journal has been printing some DaoSs a, .
For example: Major -domo. The CHIEF "0"'- ".,."
family" "Sea-room, Space likely 10 ~ p.boe
| Some OF the most admirable exploits VI ' ..,o,,rs
belong to his examination on the three una,
| questions "Who was Cardinal "oise' tn
| is the meaning Of Ich Diem "nA' ace
| IN the first queS''~