New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-14

humorist right well beloved Of Socialist -, u g
alas. departed In fact in William Morr,s ~ -
'Bounder the Socialists lost the two .x,..-0
their literary forces. and when the Ioss 80
OF the party come to be totted I'D II VIII -
surprising TO find that the Inflated biadn.~e
jngling bells OF their jester will be as much -
as the piercing hautboy Of their poet For N. -
IL not bubbIing over With humor, nor has 4, v
been hilarious" va
The sale OF the pictures. books bric.A.h,.
other treasures belonging 10 Edmond de Co..
and his brother Is attended by some freakish ss0
on the part Of the administrators. 1t will
msmbered that when Edmond died he lss, -
will remarkable scheme for an "Aoad4nt.
Goncourt." with all sorts Of luxurious 49,"
ments for such unrecOgnized genius ar bad ~.
the good taste TO follow In the footsteps OF "a. -
novelists and critics. The will was nmed,.ss
attacked by relatives ana In the long run . ~
likely 10 AFFORD much comfort to the po,.,..
"Academicians." In the mean time, while Tia -
factions are quarrelling over the thing the n...s
In charge OF the sale trying 10 settle thlnr, ~
OF hand by spending money like water The 49,.
being carried with every cIrcums,ancs
gOrgoousness there are 10 be six or seven -
logues. and those which have thus far ann...
are In the costest style OF art upon which ~
Parlsians have long since been accustomed 10 M
themselves. Altogether. the A. ademy has hr.
poor prospect. and Edmond. presumably. Is tuna
I'm his grave.
The Houghtons have added 70 their camhrx.
Edition handsome octave, giving THE cousas.
Poetical WORKS OF James Russell Lowell n.
poems are printed In double columns and ,ho,-.
the volume runs to nearly five hundred PAGE, q =
full index. 1t is a handsome edition. which vmh
valued rendering accessible in little spaes A.
entire work of the poet
On Castehill. In Edinburgh. there ia an estsbSA
ment. yclept THE outlook Tower" and from a.
high erected refuge Messrs. Patrick Geddes 4 CA.
leagues. as they call themselves may be seen IN,
day to day issuing gorgeous editions Of things M,
geously Celtic. Most Of the time their publicator.
are Of an exasperatingly minor and twiddlIng ch,,
acter, but in a circular JUS, issued they annous.
set OF three volumes that will be worth vhg.
They are TO be devoted 10 Miss Fiona Macleod,
productions, rearranged with additional stories M
hitherto published. under the titles Of splrituL
and Barbaric Tales and Tragic ROmances n,
books are to be beautifully printed. II IS eoos
enterprise Miss Macleod is one OF the few 'celuea
writer's OF the day whose work is deserving Of W.
attention. and IT will be privilege 10 posssu
her romances In handsome, well-edited form
The author OF the extremely popular song Il.
the Cleaning" and of several novels has writes
q new romance Miss Orreds story Is enttA<
Glamour" and is published in this country by h
Lippncotts.
In the st. James's Gazette" appears humo.
protest against Mr.. Warmers thirty
volume anthology of the best literature Of the
world. As is well known from the prospectus II
that work, Mr.. Warner carries his survey 'ffcn
the stone records of Assyria and Egypt down V
the writings Of Kipling. Stevenson. Weyman, How.
ellis and Octave Tnanet' The English journa!
grudges the busy American for whom these cor.
centrated volumes being prepared the o.te
writer's Let him be happy. observes our critic. q
'his Howells. his Weyman and his Octave Thans,.
and leave the stone records OF Assyria and EgyH
to American scholars or 10 effete peoples with !
Ieisured class" Which deliverance. in It's SER
BUSINESS. goes to show in spite OF It's humor tia;
your English writer can hardly. even AT this late
day, shake off his provinciaIism when the itefsr
doings of his American cousins are under d.
cussion.
Waltons "Compleat Angler" seems 70 hold hs
own as a photographed rarity with extraordna1
! persistence. 1t is not long since a copy OK ns
! first edition was sold in London for fil5 and ,ss
other day at Sotheby's there considersks
/ q
editions Of the book, published between 1853 ~
1876.
| Dr. Henry van Dyke. who has written sermoa
criticism. poetry and sketches Of outdoor life.
approached Gre more field of writing and y
nounces through the Scribners a volume OF sAx
stories.
The old neliotype process OF reproduction. mAh
famous in this country by the Tcknors. was tfA
source OF funny little joke. made all unconsciecE
/ ly the other day by printer Asked how pct
/ ure might be reproduced in many copies. Be-
promptly replied: TRY the heliotrope process
| In connection with another story OF happy isno''
/ ance told by the same Boston periodical in whls
We have found this Mr.. Malaprop OF the prs
room-the story Of the who took ns
/ Prophets in Mr.. Sargents Library decorations
be "the Trustees"-it Is noted that Sargent pa'
! trayed Patmore in Of the figures OF that sus
! ly procession. The poet is said to have been ID
! original Of the Ezekiel"
Mr. Robert Hichens. OF Green Carnation" tina
has wrttep a new novel called FLAMES" vsks
! Herbert s. stone & Co. will soon publish.
Apropos OF Captain Mahan's brilliant paper
/ Nelson's last battle in the current number OF 10
Century" 1t is interesting to to the :ecolee
tons Of a participant in the action and 10 h''
what he has 10 say concerning the famous SelA
| at Trafalgar. Rear Admiral Hercules Rob!nsA
who was a midshpman on Blackwoods vessel -
Euryalus. published his "reminiscences under u
title OF Sea Drift" in 1858. He throws no dos"
upon the signal itself-that would be useless-'~
he offers an important correction as 10 the reeT
ton OF IT, He says: Lord Nelson's England "
poets etc. was sublime. but then there Is n'
historical lie 1t was received throughout the -
with shouts OF reclamation. and excited an W
bounded enthusiasm Why. it noted 10 "
signal book and in the logs. and that VA y
about It; We certainly never heard one word 49,
1t In our ship till our return TO Engano'
Some valuable PAPERS have just been announ0.
for sale In London. These include autograph -
Of Keats's "Endymion" and "Lamia." and an ~
nal unpublished poem OF two verses by Thack@S'