New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-26
LITERARY NOTES.

Dodd Mead & Co. have in press the letters writ
tan TO 1.-THE London Daily Mall by Mr.. @. W.
eteevens from the scenes Of the recent GrecoTurk-
ish war The book will be welcome. Mr.. stevens
,rovab that he was worth listening to In his Lanu
Of the Dollar" and his war correspondence oush'
to be excellent.
Writing on Literary London Twenty years Aso
IN tho current number of THE Atlantic Monthl!'
Colonel Higginson offers some diverting ske'che' "
the people he met. but he gives some queei ! ,
ments upon some OF them. Fancy 'hs huee
about Matthew Arnold: "Arnold seeHeu "
nersonally. as he had always seemed IN htera'u..
49,. 49,, hv M means judicial critic. and IN no
n-oner sense poet That he is held to be eucn 10
due. in my Judgment. only TO the fact una. IL. -"
represented the passing attitude or mhu ~ ~ a.,
cultivated persons" This is almost cof'i' ~ 49,
faulty.
Gilbert Perker's new novel, "A Hundred 1ealo
Ago" ,s almost finished, and It's serial Puoi'N"'O'
will soon begin. r, ,,-o,,.r Re
1.-THE Changeling'' is the title OF sir ""''''
SAINTS story. TO-, .o,., Ia %
Mr. Stanley j. weymans forthcoming mover Is ., 70
he called "The Castle Inn" The scene - 'a'D ~
the England of the eighteenth century
Cir Walter Besant in 1.-The Author refers WIN
regret 70 the absence Of correspondence ~" Wv
pages OF the first number Of Li'ela'u'e' ~ ~
ner,odical Of reviews Continuing. ne says
always Of oRnog9 hnaS GGTrespGnSfss In
snneaence The world hears the opinion OF speC, In
sts the WRITERS T5n from ON 'e every point the uds
ment OF the paper is deierreG tmch with It's read
.e there is no Correspondence there must
be authority i ths5s rs R0 ReYiew for
nay NO. correspondence Its influence pre-
was measured BY the su,hG ANONYMOUS stat Great
ss that authority time undo9oteay WaS as
paper snectater with its columns Of
enoe Il is from the letters in The Iie by The
on all pST@ihoss and iis readers
are mostly Instructed; and, OF course ''' '''"
thing must be said OF other papers
~, r-,m q presumably the author OF tho judi
-,ous little essay on THE Domination OF 'he NoNe''
which appears in the third NUMBER OK L'e'".
7, ought to be printed on leanet anu ooa''e, ~,
s9as. Mr. Traill is naturally sick OF the silly
10. MORN nv many novelists to-day especia"y 'ie
mediocre ones. They tell us shaKespe".s ,orr,
Rave written novels instead or plays IL 'N
Rad only been invented in MS u'ne' -
o., such talk ia rubbish. writers OF hcuoh VI
- aagree ~ importance. and of no Importance
y. III" savs Mr. Trail "have OF late contracteu d
habit Of absurdly magnifyins their ONO.
ought really to understand that their auop" Va
the form in which all the 'hghest h'e!"'' So
n, the period seeks its natural e'c'' ooes "o. -,
-, Ga any presumption that what they "r''c
A. literature any more than the once genera ei
nlovment of Latin as the common a"e0
educated Europe proved that the "es'e'"
was neopled with letter-wrters, essayis's anu oi"
,or. NJ Ciceronian elegance. NOBODY "ouiu
'oi, ~ 80 action thrust back into the position II
our,ad a, the date Of Jane Austens apoiosI io'
~ hut from Cinderella TO elder sister Is TOO ''s
Jump"
,x orord.s new hook has not been FAVOR
hI, rsce,ved by the critics, many OF whom seem 10
hold the opnion-in nine words-pronouhoeu -
"The Academy: "One-haf is intoierao'y 'eu'ou''
The other half unpleasant.
rpo good stories about Bishop Wilson OF car
- ara printed IN recent book called "A ser
can't Of John Company. The Bishop was ceieo'a'
ed for eccentricty during service or While ehsaseu
In family devotion: ,,
A young clerical servant OF the company ne~s
o. rived from home a guest at the pala..eI,
Awaiting orders and instant with the oolmesuc
ShaPab S g ss fn shop sG & due
dsvs produced no response. Al last one even s
me decision ona was Sv 'snS Assembled This
roof especially the Rev MI Cast o oyeo nn%
morning nS for the remote and nsapbrous station OF
naming one OF the warn pen of similar nature
may perhaps be tolerated young ensPifa aEs
The junior clergy breakfast with him on certain an
mST3ng Ths %as o1 Of
rotary type-appeared at the paaace 30 be
t tse s,iauese the bishop e9u5sOar
2rTes Thsn HIS Hh dshp quite Sna
resist temptation and nyokns the dlylne f 9ess
Ing on has a Come hither Without an INVITATION
Much new work It is reported. will appear In MT
William watson's forthcoming volume. The Hope
of the World and Other Poems" There Is, by the
way a bit OF very truthful criticism In a remark
made by Gerald Massey in the course OF recent
interview. OF Mr.. Watson he said: HE has the
grand style the grand manner, but do not see the
grand matter"
Paul Lawrence Dunbar. tho negro writer. has
completed his novel Of Ohio life. The Uncaled."
His lately granted position in the Congressional
Library will probably give him ample opportunities
for study and writing.
The Marquis Of Lorne Is az a writer even more
Industrious than is his father and quite as dull
The latest addition to the list Of works emitted
by the Queens son-inlaw is collection OF tales OF
the West Highlands. TO be entitled Adventures
IN Legend"
Punch" has been caught napping-and not for
the first time. correspondent OF THE Literary
World" Of London says
In 1.-THE New-York Puck" Of November II. 1895.
this appeared
CONFESSION Is GOOD FOR THE SOUL
she-Dont you find Browning interesting?
He-Well, to be candid with YOU Id as soon read
And in punch" of July 10. 1897. this appeared:
CONFIDENCEs
Miss Grton-And don't you like Browning?
Muscular Cndergraduate-Well. to tell the truth.
ia as read a timetable.
Mr.. Kiplng. like every other literary man OF note,
Is bored and worried by the impertinent and In
capable in the ranks of would-be authors. To one
OF these who recently sought advice from him he
wrote: mo mans advice is Of the least benefit IN
our business land I am very busy mani. Keep on
trying until you either fail or succeed
The attitude OF authors toward these silly people
who write 10 them for advice criticism and auto