New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-09
LITERARY NOTES.


reading his poems TO his bride on his honeymoon
when she suddenly called out. "Oh. do stop. waiter
There's that dear delightful Punch performing IN
the street. and must look ont OF the window
Thus the verse:
Damon was sitting IN the grove
And md she was listening: but no word
OF all he loudly swG;e she hea no. che.
Phis was quite the contrary .,,,h,
Tapping his elbow she said Hush
] think he never sang go well
AS now. below us, in the del
In one OF the letters written soon after the pup
ucat.on OF "Pericles and Aspasa. Landor tells the
.sle O, how n lady returning from the seaside
had accosted him by saying, "Landor your rei.
Wrinkle and Asparagus is beautiful DOOR, o"'
faith. I've no time 10 read IL
Professor Charles G. u. Roberts. poet and novel,
Eat, is a cano!st and capable. 1t IS said. OF any
amount OF physical exertcn. These quaiilIo"'
,eys enabled hin, TO explore Acadia 10 It's iur'hes'
limits and his love for ;he region has grow" VIZ,
his knowledge OF II. II is no wonder 'h"' ms 0
The Forge and the Forest. is fun 10 'he I'm -
Acadian feeling and Acsdian romance; IL IS "i"'e"
out Of a true enthusiasm
Thu life OF Ernes: Renan which Nine. tMary
Robinson) Darmesteter Is about 10 prns ou' ~
London was written with the heip OF NehAii
family Nine. Da mes:eter was III her 3ou"e
a fOoliSn
years have probably given TO her pen s"i''. ''''s %
restraint; dignity and coGnmon-sense.
VIVA, sort OF intellect does the scientific spirit OF
TODAY develop? Not the highest II we ma! oe-
l,eve q writer In THE London Spectator. Ihere
is much truth he holds. in the assertion that the
s,rass Of modern life does bring intellect 10 the
front but It develops in the mass, III 'he
average man and 1t does not develop 1t IN pro-
found form.
What seems m ,st obvious TO us in considering tn. me
nodern word IS first the growing dearth OF the
Iaper and deeper kind Of intellect; and, secondly
the pressure brought 10 bear ny Ihe ri1inS 40
not produce to-day Kant spinoza put clever ever
critics who write about these men, ~ho dst yews
We have not the deep constructive mihd wh nes
operations ,ds oy wbi n T comek dart into sight
astonsh by their lustre, and quickly % tSe ton
dencv OF our society to-day cannot be doubted:
Men will exhaust themselves IN atleiptn eO but
who can AFFORD the leisure to grow wise me er ep Of
to be talked about des to Vd depih osnaty
Genuine power which Is always solitary; Ih he
dominance Of the msn OH T1n to the
even when they can see II IS an ihe'l'doie s'"7' "
TSis Sort of life breeds undoubtedly certain
oucKess but does +, really ala H e. TtndeT kf hem
heahsr does give them larger no, views nerm and
engendered men Of intellect by the G9nd' S
OF life which ere obviously due 10 s''e"'''o '''
We are paying and shall pay more and and more
d ss sae Pe S our
Whole Of human life. We have to do not only win ha
with and elgiSn with the twin Ideals a5S Of rg n
and beauty and life VIII hs SS un these
are co-ordinated with that keen desire 10 Know w
which is the root of our scien''''c c0h0eP"o" Oh
society.
What will probably be the last volume published
is On he
press 1t Is a collection of pictures and verses
dealing with the life OF society. The rhymes are
IN both French and English. The book is TO be
called "A Legend Of Camelot"
In selecting Brighton as his temporary home, Mr..
Kiplng has done what is a pleasant and no douot
n wise thing. 1t Is within an agreeably easy dis
lance OF London. it is a very comfortable and not
too expensive place to live In, and no matter now
much the "cheap ripper may invade those sands.
the that stretches out before the old town Is
gloriousy beautiful. 1t is place. too. in which
man who has a mind to study human nature can
find plenty Of opportunities.
OF George Daniel who Of the famous
English book collectors Of the earlier half OF the
century II Is remembered that he cautious
buyer and a hard mouthed bargainer. but that he
could show emotion when it cost nothing When
he bought his precious first folio Shakespeare from
Mr. Pickering Tor fl00-a high price in those days
paper NO, no." cried Daniel nothing less than
silk Fetch me Of your best silk handerchiefs."
And In silk, and in a hackney-coach. the volume
was conveyed Islington. 1t was this folio that
after his death sold TO the Baroness Burdett
Coutts for So 0uineas
Miss Braddon has written a new novel, a his
torical novel, which she calls "In High Places" It
is to appear a serial first
The oxford dictionary. the greatest OF exist
Ing dictionaries" so-called is accessible TO
scholars up TO three fourths Of the letter IF. II
is thought that n the year 1903 1t will be COM
pleted closing the period of forty years
during which students in all parts Of Great Britain
have been engaged in accommodating materials.
Mr.. Austin Dobson at least finds 1t profitable to
write poetry His "Old World Idys" is in It's
eleventh thousand AT the Sign Of the Tyre" has
gone into Its eighth thousand. while THE Ballad
Of Beau Brocade' is in the twelfth nd and
Proverbs In Porcelain and The Story Of Rosina"
respectively In their seventh and tenth thou
sand
The long-sient author Of THE Silence OF Dean
Maitland" has written n love story which under
the title Of Ribstone Pippns. is to be brought out
by the Harpe:s.
The American edition Of Literature" makes its
appearance In a very attractive cover. with the
title and publishers imprint printed In red and
black. The American letter by the way. which
Professor Barrett Wendell, Of Harvard is to write
Is expected TO appear for the first time in the
ond number.
The London "Athenaum," In the course OF a re-
view OF Captains Courageous" refers with some
bewildermeni TO Mr.. Kipling's phraseology in pOr-
tions OF that fascinating tale. Certainly, the words
look funny enough when they are brought to-
gether after the fashion OF the following passage
II Is not Mr.. kiplings way to avoid using tech
nical terms; experts. indeed. inclined 10 hint
that his of them Is often more according to
zeal than 10 knowledge His pages are simply
peppercd with them on the present occasion. and
the readers for the oxford dictionary viii find
plenty OF new material in Captains Courageous"
At first sight they look repellant and incompre-'