New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-01
LITERARY NOTES.

rhe Century" has a way with it of being ex-
tremely opposite Last month, when ires
Mckinley was being indicted into office. there were
soorns ~ small bovs running about the streets Of
WASHINGTON with copies of the inauguration NUM-
ber' OF he magazine to sell, ana IL Is ou"s .'''
thousands Of visitors were glad oil JUST SoVn a
souvenir Of the occasion. rms month III" go
tomb on Riverside Drive is TO be unVeiieu ana III
the current Century" there Is an abundance %
Interesting matter concerning Grant Inc iroh'S-
piece Is a picture Of the tomb. "hich VIII 30 " ~
reassure those who look upon he structure VIZ
some misglving. IL the tomb Is 10 look M WI
Castaigne shows IT, with all It's decorative scuip-
tire in place It Will be a nobler work OF art INA"
,s nrom,sed in the present condition Of the thins
one especially valuable contribution 10 uran'
literature In this number OF the magazine is 'e'
ter OF General Sherman's written at Wash'rs'o"
fourteen years after the war He says:
don, believe Grants head has been t uinSw in
confused one iota by the extraordinaL! RRIe is
his honor at san FrS 0tbG III ike it is by
Piutarch the many who have s.ri ,ines knew
h fHs a osde at Vest Point OF
the Fourth Infantry as cltzch Pbc bloody civil
War Yet to he is a mystery ana hok from, CHI
is a mystery 10 himself am lusI r ua In numbers
ana display to that of san FRANCISCO T TaS rrs
dent OF me S SSnmaDded With which he achieved
the great victories Of Forts Henry ana nresGed at
of Sh sTea "@ asssSebases Of people the hS"f ire
ard at the banqpeirha all prmocecdnss He was
nm ps ana as awkward az when he was cadet; od'
al ne s'1 ib s' basis no man IN America has 6SG
higher office been more instin rd,,ns ri give
Snu what construe 10 be the philosophy OF OF n mn
fife simple faith that our country y, me day ne
and and by Reepb e rGgghtIfor whatever Is. Is right
lie doesn't lead T in opG Tsus the World
him The typical man ana ro9ross and unity and
IN these Grant has been. Is. and VIII De accep''" II"
the type.
=, the handsome new uniform edition OF inc
works Of Mark Twain. Which the harpe'S ~
,,inc,nc out n volume has just appeared oo'i,
,nr THE American Claimant ana sheai Vi '1,,
,o~,e. The latter will make the book espec'"'''
$500. ,r t. h,s hriefer sketches Mark Twain has
,oL which il Is rather odd he should never nave
,.vated TO any great extent unless MS famous No'
,,mAs lke The Innocents" are TO be Accep''u
,oose,v assembled collections or uhreia'eu epi9oN''
IN the new book to which reference Is i''a"o -
~. fragments ike the "Mestcrschaft' In 1hree
-" ora tho parer on Mental Telegraph
III, rrain,s humor IL very drol and very eoll!
&C. G., ,besa short pieces 1t would be well II the
whole volume were filed with them
Or Henry van Dyke writes 10 deny inc f'a'e
wan, that has been going the rounds OF 'he P'es
- the effect that he is preparing volume OF sno'.
,.o-,es He deprecates the ascription 70 MIN "a
that dreadful fault Of versatility we Vie '
nrint the protest, at the same time resIe''i's -
the short stories are not 10 appear. judging 'io
the authors other work. they would be wen "oi'"
reading And while it is true that versauIi'y Is
.a,.odful fault" II Is also true that 10 90 moie
than one thing we'll is no crime
Mfr Edward Bellamy has been silent lot SUM
wear. but new book Is now PROMISED from HE
nen II Is 10 be a successor 10 LOOKING p"0"
ward" his once celebrated socialistc paHp"'e"
NJ Hovells's latest novel, The Landlord al
lions Head" which has been running through 'he
neriodcal press is TO appear in book FORM heN'
week.
Donald C. Mitchells new book. American LANDS
end Letters" will be published by the Scrio'e''
next Saturday.
--hrourh an oversight the "Bal1d-In the Manner
Of Rudyard Kiplng." which was printed IN i,e
Tribune of March Il. was not created 10 NUN
sey's Magazine" its original source i""' WV
sight is hereby corrected
Kipiings new story, "The Slaves Of the Lamp,
IS 10 make its first appearance in the April mum
her Of "CosmOpois
The putnsms have made arrangement Win
the city Of Now-York 20 print in their hmcNei
booker Press a limited edition Of the RECORDS OF
the city Of Amsterdam Mr.. Bcrthoiu ferho" -
m he the editor There will be six DUNES oil t"N'
and one volume Of index. The records embrace
tho entire period Of the municipal life a. New
Amsterdam during the control of the Dutcn' from
1cF3 to 1864 and from 1913 to 1914. In addition to
the copies printed for the city there VII be an
edition offered TO subscribers in general
From Sothcran & Co. the London booksellers
comes prospectus OF a remarkable gathering OF
books left by the late William Morris 1t includes
about 10 manuscripts Of the thirteenth ana later
centuries with about 500 printed books, all OF when
were brought together with special reference 10
the needs OF the kemscott Press. Ii was the hao't
of Morris 10 ma ke himself thoroughly familiar with
the models on which his own famous publications
we're admittedly based and this collection is a
complete guide 10 the student of book making and
elimination All but two of the manuscripts are
on vellum and everything in the library Is SAID 10
be in a perfect state OF preservation
Mr. F. b. Sanborn points out in the current num-
her Of The Forum that there have been no less
than six biographies of Thoreau published since MS
death in 1867 besides a dozen sketches This Is
surely one striking testimony to the steady growth
of the philosophers fame. ana Mr. Sanborh SHOWS
in other ways that he is increasing in vogue Ills
own paper contains suggestive ana sEhp''le''-
passage in this estimate OF Thoreau ana Emerson
I take II that the striking Characteristic OF ooth
these men was their wisdOm-their distinct SUPER
ority to most ConjempOrares IN tnose uhlhsS 'ol
which men ought TO care, and which they ought to
rie1t sense that is men who followed truth wher,
ever 1t led them and who valued intellectual ahc
bIInan labor or the shining premiums OF mental
distinction. Both We're, obviously, persons OF uil-
have won many prizes in the contest for honor and
wealth. which so engages inc enors o, mo-, men
ton, ard in comparative seclnsiOh uoNOleu uI'Ine
selves TO the observation Of nature the pursuit OF
wisdom and the instruction OF their fellow men IN
the nobler ways Of human occupation. Both were
OF poetic turn of mind Incapable OF looking az az