New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-30
LITERARY NOTES.

1.-The London Academy's' Academy OF Letters 10
already beginning to pail upon the expec'ah' puo'o
before even It has got itself really organized. Inc
ambitious periodical prints more letters this week,
mn, thew are bores Not 80 the letters that appear
IN punch" They are printed under the title OF
among the Roaring Forties; or. The New Me-
nagerie Of Letters" and they ars attributed 10
noted outsiders" The high priest OF Hill-Toppery
may be permitted to speak first:
The Summit. Hindhead
Nea' THE mountain sheep are swee,er,
But the valley sheep are iatter
You follow me' A0u'S WI 'GR-NT ALL-N.
At the Sign Of the Aerial Triplets;
creation Gould 1 and similar matrOns nave ,t our
way. he should be soundly smacked; sexual zeal
H Tsfy list aN Yet have just written the Beth Book
IN the W sbs 1t s not ssS
81 exempt you. Mr.. Punch, from the spank
Ing assertion with which my letter opens.
Care Of Clio. Parnasyus.
Dear Mr.. Punch-I am glad to observe my name
s seeptioaiiy. ~ '' ''''' ~ W. E. H. L-cKY.
Sir Punch. Mister; Hope diffs cred one says
the the nose hne FOR merit Albeit in effect. not Of
made the sraRd q there
Agree. etc. EM-L III.
The third supplement Of "Poole's Index to Peri
odical Literature" published IN a portly volume by
the Houghtons. Is Justly adorned with a portrait
Of Dr. william l.. Poole. the originator OF the
work and as Mr.. Fletcher calls him in a brief in
PRODUCTION the Nestor OF American Guardianship.
Dr. Poole was. IN his feld man Of genius The
outside world seldom heard his name. To libra
rians and TO special students who had occasion 10
use his now famous Index" ne a considerable
figure for whose labors unassuning as they were
II impossible to feel anything but warm graft
tude. The index with which his name Is still iden-
titled Is a monumental thing in It's way The pres
ont volume covers the periodical literature pub
l!shed between January /. 1892, and December 81
1896 The seeker who wishes TO get at anything In
that period is certain 10 be able to trace 1t through
this compendium. The publishers issue 1t in sub
stantial form II is the kind OF work to receive
hard usage. and II is we'll to have 1t strongly made
II Is said that Mr. Kipng has authorized Miss
Olga Nethersole to dramatic his story, The Light
that Failed" A writer, signing himself IAN
Hassar. by the way has just been unburdening
himself on the subjec; Of Soldiers Three" and the
''Barrack Room Ballads" Mr.. Kpling has
ceeded he says, in a task that acts Of Parliament
have failed in-namely. in making the Queens
uniform respected. The story-tellers comman nd Of
technique. he goes on. is almost perfect. There
is garing instance Of error In ballad that
the soldier at once detects. but with this one ex-
ception, ! have never met the soldier who could
find any fault with his local color. nor can my
self And his command Of saoring technicaties
IS ] have learnt just perfect. A marine en-
gineer to whom I read McAndrew's Hymn said.
after had concluded. The man who wrote that
has done his graft in the stoke hole and the engine
room. Lord, 10 think chap could write poetry
on my engines!"
Success Is for You and The Way to Keep
Young two little books by Dorothy Ouigley
which are published by z. p Dutton e. Co., show
an ingenious turn for sermonizng that is quite
innocent Of dulness dogma. The author is
strongly persuaded OF the importance OF ethical
ideas In daily work. but she enforces her lesson
gracefully. mingling plausible literary fancy with
sagacious admonton. The books are presuma bly,
intended for readers emerging from youth. bu,
older heads will be pleased and impressed by these
stimulating pages
Professor Mahany. writing In Literature" hai
some disconcerting observations for the sapien
critics Of all the literatures under heaven. How
many of u.s. he pertnently asks. can really under
stand the beauties Of any language but own
Then follow these healthy remarks:
When I see criticisms French and German
masterpieces written by men who unable
either TO speak write these languages II re
minds me Of the foreign criticisms Burns b.
people who can read English. but who only know
the dialect Of Burns, as do. through q glossary