New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-07-18

vorous announcements are made in regard to
Mr. Killings literary dongs. The Jungie BOOK
* being translated into German. The century
Company is to bring out Captains COURAGEOUS
in book form next autumn About christmas
time one of the magazines Will print rev s',9i.
story by Mr. KiplinS. entitled Inc Iorip III ne I
Ancestors 1t will deal with Indian me he
has also written q new poem called the rect Oh
the Young Men," which may be printed 10y the
Scrbners in their magazine next winter anu
that periodical announces that It's August mum
her viii contain a railroad story by Mr.. klplnS.
one fragment Of rhyme from this tale runs as
follows: ..
oh the Empire state must learn to wait
And the 'Cannon-balr go hang.
When the West-bounds ditched' ana the '"oi-
cars hitched
And it's way for the Breakdown Gang Cdara-ra)
WAY for the Breakdown Gang.
In their list of new novels the Appletons an
nounce "A Colonial Free-lance,' an American
historical romance by Mr.. c. c. Hotchliiss; ana
His Majesty's Greatest SUBJECT '"Ic vi
India by :. 5. Thorburn.
It has been bruted abroad that Mr.. Thomas
Hardy has talked IF returning to the pastoral
and idyllic manner OF ms carrier ,,i,h
whether on his behalf or not, but certainly win
a tone Of assurance the English journals speak
Of this as some concession to that section Oh
the public which is opposed to the treatment ni
sex problems in fiction" If this means that MT
Hardy fears to continue in the vein OF Tess
and Jude" it is pitful indeed, but 1t IS to be
hoDed that the rufnoT Is Ho Illoic Una"
familiar thing l. O., a thing as baseless as it is
impertinent. why should Mr. Hardy turn ms
hack uuon the secret of making masterpieces?
Let him be as pastoral as he likes. OF course,
and let him return twenty times To the manner
of his earlier books. If he wants to give US an
other Far from the Maddng Crowd,' the world
will rejoice But If he tells us nj the same time
that he Is doing it for any other reason than
that he wishes to please himself, If he coniesSeS
that he is afraid to write another Jude. then
he will go down to posterity as moral weak
nv of X Nj
Hardy has done things as beautiful as Jude
or Tess" but nothing nober or more inspiring
They mark his highest level, give him the rank
of a great tragic poet, ana IL Is dlfhcult 10
imagine anything more modifying than that
the novelist should abandon this high plane OF
his at the bchest of any portion of the reading
public. Let him follow Lambs example, II II
comes to the worst. Let him bid the public go
hang while he writes for posterity. But, after
all, it may be that there is occasion for
alarm Mr. Hardy may have uttered no such
sentiments as are attributed to him. At any
rate we will believe that he is his own master
until he himself announces that he is ruled by
the public.
Mr. Anthony Hope is to lecture in America next
winter and to give readings from his works, FOL
lowing the example of ii would be hard To say
how many successful authors 1t looks as if he
were pretty certain to maintain his success. UNI
like some Of those predecessors-Conan Doyle,
for example-who sorely disappointed their au-
Ciences. Mr.. Hope Is known as Il good after-dn
ner speaker one of the best in London. And
when he read a paper on Romance the other
day-presumably OF those which he will de-
liver herc-it was very well received. The Lit