New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-07
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
new Ruskin book-one at least containing mat
ter never before publshed-is just coming OUT
is collection of his lectures on Landscape oehNe'eu
at oxford in 1871. 1t Is accompanied by Iep'ouuc
lions Of the pictures used by the au'hor 10
his addresses.
M Johnson once said that the only book he had
ever read twice was that containing Lazy MAJ.
Wortley Montagu's letters Equal appreciation VI
tha.a letters beloved OF all readers was lately
evinced by the King OF Siam. Being tod that Nine
De Sevgne was peerless as a letter-wrlter' ne
o.xed rs she better than Lady Mary Wortley
Mon,agu? Her letters never wearfed me as boy
when 7 had to use them as English exercises.
7. saer,s p wicked thing 70 put weapon In the
hands OF those persons who go UP and down 'he
world exciting the murderous wrath OF their ieHo"
men by asking questions like that OF the famous
Hebraist-"Tf Thebas had been built in seventy-sM
cays. why would that have required the nhabitan's
Of Ihrace TO eat their dinner looking 'owafu t"'
North" But 1.-THE Green Guess Book. when
podd. Mead G. Co. have published for Susan Hayes
Ward and Mary L. Mel. Watson. takes so peas
ant a view Of It's baleful mission that we cannot
but receive II with thanks. 1T aint chore' "
a pastime" is the legend on their title page ana
since they append the answers TO their cohuh-
drums they make the path OF the man VINO Du!s
the book singularly smooth But We foresee grew
some time for tho VINO faces, unarmeu' d
conundrum like this
I'm named for love OF little child;
My first gives rest, my second Is intiu'
Ny whole is restless and noisy and wild.
MI w. E. Henley's collection Of English Lyrics
upon the editing which he has long been engaged
will be issued this month. Besides the Ordinary
edition there will be a special one OF fifteen copies
printed on japanese paper. a ne" euiuoh u MI
Henley's own poems Is TO be brought out soon
Mr.. Richard Harding Davis is one Of the COM
paratlvely small number Of fortunate amer
novelsts His latest book, Soldiers OF Fortune -
and a clever book II is-has gone into It's iorte'"
thousand Another volume-a collection OF arVc'es
written by him during the last year ana en'l'leu
''From a Reporters Notebooks nearly ie"u'
for publication
Arthur Hallam. whose early death Tennyson Ia,
mented IN his In Memoriam," was the peioVeu
sohooltime friend Of Mr. Gladstone Concerning 'his
brilliant youth the English statesman has written
nanaI which Is TO appear IN Tho Youths Com
panion"
Miss Aeres Repplier has made another htte VOL
NINA ont OF her fugitive essays. and under the tue
-, "voria" HIoughton Mflin & Coz they ne
,,,,e the reader in the discursive fashion Which
mis- writer has devised as tho fruit OF some 'hl'N
ing and more reading. The balance between 'no9o
two elements is apparently matter 10 "inc' 'i'9'
DDlfa
among books are obviously amusing TO her ana heF
main point Is 10 pass 70 others her literary Ct"
Sovments The result is slim-walsted No'uine
which will do for idle moments one point '4e
suthor has decidedly in her favor. she mas hones.'
wholesome tastes. standing IN no awe OF the lra"i
tons either OF author or critic Proies'hs as~,s'
the dogmatism cultivated o! 'he" Oo'" a. Wv f
ent time she says:
IN the nature Of man to be he cnn 1SG
no ma 10
When Mr.. Hamln Garland says '"a1 h.r, s6iv
American that be faithful to ,b Ame bcsn
conditions / is de I, H. not to ffP evSing Let
him write his stories he thinks bes;: ahu ms
many admirers VIZ n resa snf limited to his own
literary offspring. He cannot eXpec5 to wR o'i tpo
good people Of Ednbursh that the nGye5t e ,dS
Brothers keeper. that 1t Is evasve cGwaGco r,aTe
fact of his having written book proves nat he
feels himself something stronger than qeaa ns sean
assuming any share in TINS sP n oc Of our failure
To accept and appreciate the gifts which the liberal al
gods are providing for u.s. ana ~ "V"i 49, o
more NOR se mGf bs feast woud orbesr to exto It's
This month will appear. IN two volumes, the
familiar letters OF Elizabeth Barrett Browning
They begin with her girlhood and are fun OF inter-
esting descriptions OF people and things Inc
Mscnllllans are bringing out the collection
Mrs James T. Fiedss biography OF MIS- S'o"e
,s coming from the press of Houghton Miffiin q
r. Though the author OF one OF the most effective
books Of the century, Mrs Stoves life was sin
,,,arIv unevent,u This being the case, 1t Will be
Interesting 20 see what Mrs Fields Will make OF
her subjects career The strong Wonany char-
acter OF the author Of Uncle Toms Cabin" Yields
matter more attractive.
The series OF tiny volumes in which Mr.. Walter
uerro,d has been collecting the celebrated wit
t.csms OF witty celebrities has received "elcome
edition In "Bon-Mots Of the Nineteenth century.
THE Macmillan Company Sidney Smith. Charles
TAmh Douglas Jerrold and Theodore Hook are
si.nderly represented because they have been COL
lected in previous volumes OF the set, but there
have been many others TO draw upon Rogers Is
pictured in the frontispiece, and deservedly. lot
some OF tho best things are his. be 1t was who
used TO tell the exquisite tale Of an Engishman and
a Frenchman who agreed TO fight duel in dark
ened room The Englishman. unwilling 10 Kill his
antagonist fred up the chimney. and brought
down the Frenchman. when tell this story in
France" Rogers was wont TO add. Il make the
Tnglishman go up tho chimney.
There g more than good duelling story in
this collection. Perhaps the best Is that which
trnmortalizes the two Irishmen who went out on
the field of honor which happened 10 be the public
highway The challenger. who was lame. re-
nuested that he might have a support suppose
cold he II lean against this milestone?' With
pleasure" said his opponent barrster' "on con-
dt,on that may lean against the next These
booklets by the way, are not improved by the
whimsical illustrations Otherwise they make de-
ughtful pocket companions
Tho Late Professor Henry Drummond left two
stor1es for young people which are to be published
This autumn. They will appear IN illustrated form
nnder the title OF one OF the tales. Tho Monkey
that Would Not XIII.
"IIis Grace Of Osmonde'' IS the title OF the novel
which Mrs f. H. Burnett has just finished Those
who wonder over the authors liking for British
themes should not forget that she Is herself an
Fng,,shwoman who has simply happened to live for
some years in this country.
Miss Sarah Tytler has made excursion into the