New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-29
LITERARY NOTES.


= sou, knows of its existence" The public Is III
FAC, 80 absorbed in the Dreyfus affair that neither
a new book by Daudet nor lola PARIS c''.tu
be expected to provoke any serious interest AZ
uding 10 the public lRh'ia'0e 10
Mr. Sherard writes; 49,
7'his Is circumstance which probably gives
considerable satisfaction al the ysSse ~ne DC
the Rerusal OF the nrst apI Sh some irrita-
t1n and this is why. In 1874 there nNeu ~ Az az
Msrais quarter an excellent an hoy t ol worthy
dealer in bronzes. whose affairs were III a n;,
INT fbe lsndlady bore with him because she
knew that ne man of excellent ln'S nv Ne
S S,gs aid Children When she died in the same
ycar-lss-the house went by her vi" sacrefar ,ie
~ state This Under Secretary of state was pre-
efnincnty business man ana w WiS ia excellent
n,@mti0ns but did not pay their rent 30 me ,
dealer IN o5 6TUHde in the mos, eecve fashion that
ne could devise; that is TO say, ne VEN ; niu
H5or,in He too left a Will by which he ne
oueaihed his two children 10 friend OF ms
111Velisf who lived in the same MaFals quar- n
and whose name was Aphonse Daudet on re-,
ceint of his trends letter paudet rDsiep on - ~
I'D ouf his intention OF committing suicide. loon t
Che Two orphanS ny s sc aqy OF state NJ Felix
Faure NJ. Faure was dining peace srrihy dis
merry MeridSnal rive f ana bis late tenant had
done and at the way In which II was IIhp , ~
Word Nj Faure promised thai ever! thing maj
w. IN his noIcrr Should be done for the unIor u
na,e children and very ioyally kept nis W9rG, ~,
me- Were educated at his cost. And AIphoh51e
Daude also kept his word the "o,9 w. 49,, No i.
mo, o 1en "a n'oubera jamais The novelist
has not forgotten, and ne oPentaaS I pgeaf,ng
sonuen sT Ie The people at the Eiysee contain
tbe Story Of n Faures unfortunh Tenant ""0
his children. .
:, nav n. added that NJ Leon Daudet mas al
orr. started upon a biography Of his fa'her' inte
Is danger that II may be too sentimental "o
That is likely to happen among rrc'''''
,hs other hand there odght 10 ot III eiio ~
o,anti-y Of interesting data upon which W Loon
Dandet NAV draw His father was the friend OF
80 IN ~. uterary celebIitie OF his time and
III, collection OF letters alone must BE- largo oiis
s,orv of Pomerania in the sixteenth century
,s coming from the pen Of the hard-worKlns - ~
Crockett Under the title OF Inc Neu Az
vii h. published az a serial in "Harpers weekly
rnring the coming year. Another serial promised
~. tho weekly Ia "The Associated Hermi's
humorous story by Mr.. Frank r. Stockton.
Mr. Arthur symons says that George Msreoi'n'
though he has written novels is essentianS Poe-
no; a novelist. 49,,
quite inexpIic able 1t is the unreo0snSeo
csculabe attraction OF those COMING to us in
he disguise Of prose and the novel an hsa1iifil
in spite OF ourselves a. rnr ss smons the Judges
Woi'@ conIt OF law where they were deciding some
dusy ,mnress,d YOU in Mr. Merediths novels and
Won will think first after vague Co 49,, 800
OIL OH men az The scene in Richard Fevere, where
Richard Lucy meet IN 'he woON' 81 s mr. a
You oeo va" sbout first love Then you will think OF sone
ns ssjonate love-scene one 81 Enila , IN "a
PPaIoni." or the Venetian episode in 'Beauchainps
sreer, or the fiery race of vents. where dawn
and darkness meet in Khoda fIen IN rh onaii.ies
IF poetry than OF prose. The poet str1ssn a
agns, Inc bondage Of pqse hI nE bohdass Even
n he fails he has made us lhrhnnsy on, tIas
Of his 1t Is tm"s b Gy Mr. Mersdh holds
us by the intensity of his vision OF Wotto VIZ, az
is not our wC5d 6 0S { our sng1aee by the energy
Of GENIUS which has done 20 mucn 10 aohie'o 'i'e
Impossible.
What PROMISES 10 be a more than commonly IN
teresting description Of the famous Waliace cSec
,ion at Hartford House has been prepared oy NJ.
Charles Yriarte. 1t is TO be proflsely illustrated
and published during the coming year in The Pail
Mall Magazine.
Tho time has pparenty gone by when Mr.. Will
fam Watson might hope TO set the Town asos Win
q new volume of poems His latest BOOK. inc
Hone Of the World and Other Poems" is being
received with the utmost good-nature. put with
Tho utmost discretion Perhaps tho general feeling
in England is best summed up by The saeuioay
Review in the following admirable passage;
The qualities Of Mr. Watsons verse are by this
time well known Though there has been some
critical strife ts exact merits and me Ise,io
tractors enter upon known ground as eSch yeaI d
new era Of his Pertormsnce ol, slredv 10 have
found an indication Of the writer nin,auo -
known ground and not new ground Serious ana
sober and edifying his work is 1t becomes cyl
Ts: his Verse seems to be already essentially middle
aged Almost while We We're s P neW1r Of bar 70
mony much might have come hhd mere oeoh
found ourselves beginning TO look back 70 discover
him o A. his fiat A hs 80 rank he may take
in the future must come from w3rK areaoy
achieved Indeed for wr h OF h any fs or s too
crucial and fortunate ever TO come again; he mas
For the purposes Of poetry 1t matters no,hing
whether he mistaken In his view ~hen ne aH-
Armenia his convictions gave him his opportunity:
of his sincerity there could be no DOUBT: DVery
At the back Of his utteIs3ce -, WIN he Chose cv to
I'd world FOR not seeing righteousness az ne saw
Il. as he himself says he had against him half
ne wise and all the % b w and the result a.
we nave said, was respectable But that M, wat
chance for showing himself one has gone by. de-
cline 10 ahmit
We have recently had occasion TO point out the
srtrene incapacity revealed by Mr.. Charles Dana
Gibson in his illustrations for the new Henda story
nv Anthony Hope running simultaneously IN Me-
Clure's Magazine" and "fhe Pan Mall MaeazlHe'
II Mr. Gibson wants 10 know how the thing should
he done let him look at the drawings which Tho
Pell Mall" prints with Rupert Of HeNzau they
ars signed by Mr.. Sidney Coweil. and. while they
are not as drawings, particularly brilliant they
ara unusually successful Illustrations. Mr.
CowelI hits exactly the right note I'm every ono OF
hts figures Between his faithful sympathetic de-
signs and Mr. Gbaon's coiorless variations on his
now wearsoInely familiar American types there IL
simply no choice whatever
The story. 1t may be added movea with spirit
thai .peaks volumes for Anthony Hopes ability to
come with the peculiar difficulties Of sequel
.y,upert of Hentzau" is thus Far as Interesting as
its predecessor and some OF It's episodes are as
thrilling the very best In Tho prisoner OF
Zcnda-"
NJ Henry Provide announces book, sntftled