New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12
LITERARY NOTES.

NH, ir.,,,,storc, ie noted with some surprise
that the only TChnyson concofdahce II, =. = go md
.hnrId he ono published by MoXon years asu o ur'
So. h~ourtt further up to date than 1903;
This is Il serious omission. when uoup.lc, ,o",h
soon he repaired if the poet OF the my CO
,iGconco Is to be adequately edited There IS
n Shelley concordance there ~ DIo" ne
phrase Book" which answers much .he ea"o
nurpose For Tennyson to be wi'hou. sun ,
,piiptc tn the value OF his work as store
house of wise sayings is remakaD'e inueeo'
Mr. swinburne's letter in '"The Times, OF Lon
don. concerning the proposed Aca1eI,s "
is terribly laborcd in It's huIlor' put sum ,rs !,
,,iee in its serious view of the matter Illus d"
runs: .. altar ,bc rroat sea
serrent has usually risen once ifore " 'e r.
faca az the press-ony perhaps. 10 De cnoheu W
"a, a. 70 CON, unreasonable effort to emulate the
digestion OF other contributors ny 5WuI'm Vii taI
piqantic gooseberry--no sensible man WIN -
and no honest man VIII aiieCt SUI pl 'a.' .na,
anu ~ az a more ridiculous monster thah
these The notion of an English hcaueiny 20 ~
seriously stupid for farce ana 700 esSen, ,' ~,
.,ar for comedy But that man whose put
snnLan derision OF the academic ideai OF iuea ia1
stood on record for more than Few years ar,
,iven deep offence to naineiess IL n's"-"
ccnsors by the frank expression OF its Co ,,i
and the unqualified veheInencc Oh us -
should enjoy the unsolicited horror OF sd, ~
IN a prominent place In 80 unlmaginap'c Eau ~
orinp-colluyies literarum IL probably "ouiu WI
e. . . ho 40 ever n skunk into shape ana ~rthed
into existence-well II seems to me INA, lhe TUT
and nroper definition OF 80 prrpost'rous an nv
ertinencc must be left To otherh tnan ,"c -
~ 49, na,,a selected for the aduiation OF such
insult" 49,. ,,,r;,ino a, tho
Iusnoners in n tart fashion. obJectlnE 10 !"
Hi,p criticsm ON some dialect used in her
Iotest book 1T Is true. she says, tha' , a,,
not lived much in Ireland since ! was a ch,iu
hui should think any intelligent Ehg ,
n,,ia kno,y that the Irish and Scotch 90 not
drop their his without having lived III irt,ahu a.
all This lady's letter Is a iair Sample Vi INV ""'
in which books are read. ,., .,
contend with in the shape of Mr Max i'c'i
bohm's Saturday Review" jecrs. ana replies III
"Sir' have received the article by your new
gentleman-a simple youth Of German eX,ra hT.
tion-'belockter JUngng-l take H. loII '.'o
eht-hearted conviction that II" ~ III ''i''"e
'etn and his free use Of Limburgcr French.
Most Of the text OF his paper think itone'k Sc
used to send me LONG ago 1cWen ~ 81 ! '.i'' %
me-Yiddish. I darcsay-dont leu MN uHIl'''''
a. trust I may never know what 1t means.
"But 'F'ais Icntrcr" (sic) intrlgucs me Vastly
and would ask whence come thrsc Qua W" .,is
and what bit of acrohaiic imitation c"uIu Po,
sibly have expected. from Mr.. Joseph f'hhe"'
when ] used them? $500, -
"J congratulate You. sir. upon your latest ac-
ouisition in all his freshness. and would say 10
him as Marshal MacMahon said to the negro
Continue" , ~ ma,
eo"'p'e'' ''''' - MNEIL WHISTLER"
II has been Sdld tnit u Wa W Q" "''''
The Red Lion Inn at Hcnlcy-on-Ihames ulieiy
snId of auction) that Shenstcne wrote with a
diamond The verses the last OF which is so often
quoted:
Who'cr has travelled lfe's dull round.
Where'cr his stages may have been,
NAV sigh to think he still has found
His warmest welcome at an mn
Another authority says Gn an old hooh that II
was at Edge Hill. in Warwickshire. that the
verses were written. and ii is added:
"To explain the cause Of the above lines. we
RubiOin the following remark: III appears that
Shenstonc was on visit to his friend. Mr..
whistler who lived in the southern part OF ox-
fordshire and that unfortunately. disagrecing
on some trifiing oc rurrcnce. the dispute ran 80
high that although MIR. Shenstone suppressed ms
choler that evening yet ne curtacd his visit.
and took n cool leave the next morning, ana,
traversing the whole country. reached Edge I'M
that evening where, under the influence OF the
feelings we may naturally suppose he let on
this occasion. he wrote the above lines
"The Athcnaum" says that Mr.. llarriSse has
been writing and Mr.. II. II. Stevens Is going 10
pubisb a. monograph called THE diplomatic
History of America. Its First Chapter. l4oZ-
t1a3-149t" The work is dedicated by PERMISSION
to the American Ambassador. Colonel Hay 1t
consists Of twenty chapters. descriptive Of early
Diplomacy for the possession of the New World
treaties demarCation lines Papal bulls. ana
scientific theories, with a map showing AT a
glance the lines OF demarcation, as fKed ny the
treaty Of Tordesillas d19). according to fcrrer
049.) CantinO 0502) Encisco 05lS), the BAD
eioz experts n524). Riberio 0529). Oyledo h3l)'
and the Sevllian photographers lH,o trans
ferred on an English Admiralty chart nun
dred and seventy notes follow the text