New-York tribune., 1897-12-31
LITERARY NOTES.

ANO
~, p Marion Crawford is prospering as d
,.c.urer. his present engagements taxing mn,
.cross the country to the Pacihc Co"s. ",iN
keeping him in the United states u"''
spring
A.. .rt,rsv new edition Of one Of the most &C.
urhtful little books in the world "ai'ie'S'
"Auce's Adventures in Wonderland is III cou. 'o
~ preparation by the Macmiiiahs' l"'
.he eehty-sixth thousand. which Is tes''i''o"' "
the fact that good things are sometih'eS "pP''
c,ated Fresh electrotypes have oeeh ."ne" =
~. wood blocks for this edition. ana oii Jon"
r.rr,el has expressed his approval OF '"e i''
,ra.sions The whole book. moreover mas oee"
90, I'M afresh with new type Lewis oai'o'' >
.scond book. continuing more or Ance
,.n,,,rss-"Through the Looking Glass is ANU
70 be retssued with the same care. lh'S No''''''
nv the way is In its sxty-nrst 'housa'u' go
r. ,hesa new editions Mr.. Carroll IN real me
tho Rev Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) mas writ
'"N .oa,oI ,ra,aces dealing with certain points
&, the TWO hooks which have puzzled some OF MS
sreaders o,o
u,ho has contributed some charming lines for the
,,.ou,a.s do,igbt-is described In 1.-The Saturday
,,,o," 90 IN onpearance quite the popular
,aao, op a noet He was small and erect neat
o,a ,anenorous. having curly. dark halr large
vrov ewes and a sensuous mouth. HIS eyes II
,s added were the striking feature in his race
+hers WAS something almost sinister IN theii
hoart, and he used TO relate. half-pleaseo nan
rrof,l that wherever he went the peasants
crossed themselves supposing that ne hau '',e
evil eye He had theory that one shou'u "'-
WAYS laugh with the mouth closed ana lie cal
r,sd This into practice giving himself in mirth-
f,, moments an extraordinary effect OF 'he
.nirce sans rire. II was odd to contrast him IN
This respect with Rosetti. who laughed with
both his lips. like Ariosto In the sunshihe'
r, ,s excellent review Of Mr. Hall Gaines
,ook "The Christian" The Atlantic says with
truth and justice
rbara "a no reader but must be astonlsheo pE
the great lack Of refinement inrousnOue ~ - even
wanI OF education In life. by the absence % s
rrdiroentary art by the pitiful intemperahCe oI
the book An artist takes fact yer! nuTa T a.
a iucgler does holds IL in his hanos' il'ahVo -
Sa,y mick movements. stretches IT out TO me
beholder and 10, the fact ls entlrei! g
from what it had first seemed 10 De; 49, t.is "a"
nitv has the power OF throwing nght Oh "
suSiect 40 that the humanity interesting ,, vie
ment disentangles itself. and STANDS eut Out Nhe ,,s
the spirit Of the fact quite eXtrica'eo % iiV,ii 10 a.,
trappings It is the lack or TINS IaSu1 ;, li'
t.b n.ritars and readers. that brought phlio-
reaiisr into passing fashion. Let us se' d.
facts said the croyd but IhGy anpears GUua J TO- the
crowd only in multitudnous disguises.
Mr. vvckor. the Princeton graduate VINO
-. ,,vo vaars working as day laborer in
order to acquire an accurate scientihc KNOW
ao tho life of this class is said to regard his
,a,e,v nnhlshad book on his experiences as only
on ,ntroduction In the new series or papers
,,ob ,vu annear in "Scr1bner" he describes the
,,a Of manual laborers among all the nlseries
and vices of an overcrowded city. We are 'ou
that IN the pursuit OF flrst-hend materlai MI
Wvckon nearly starved on the chicago streets
as one OF the unemployed. The author is now
lecturer in the sociological department at Prince
ton.
Professor Walter Raleigh. the author OF the
clever book on style" which appeared mere ho'
long ago occupies the chair of modern literature
It University College. Liverpool In his younger
days he taught English to Mahommetans IN
India. It is said OF him that "six-feet-four IN
his boots he is the very physical embodiment OF
the scholars ideal in the streets Of commercial
city" His forthcoming book is to be selection
/ Of English Epistles. He has tried authorship IN
\ many drections-even to the writing Of pas
Il toral comedy founded upon Chaucer's ""ife OF
Baths Tale"
Mr. H. Stoddart is 70 take the part Of 'Lach
Ian Campbell in the forthcoming production here
Of a dramatization of The Bonnie Briar Bush
Nobody can better play the role Of the ole
Scotchman than this quaint actor.
What we believe to be an unduly compN
mentary notice by The London Academy o
Mr. William Watson's new volume or poems
contains nevertheless a bit Of careful and ju
dicious criticism. 1T IS pity" says the writer
that Mr. Watson does not recognize his owl
limitations His bent is essentially thoughtful
meditative. elegiac; he has not the lyric cry
Yet from time to time he would write lyrics
and. of all singers most deliberate, will call him
self a tarrying minstrel who finds. not fash
ions. his numbers At heart he is philosophe
rather than bard
An unpreiudiced reader may add that he is
philosopher Of a commonplace order. who some
times. in his weaker moments. actually ap
proaches the point OF Tupperian pomposity
But--for those who like MI William Watson
kind of poetry Mr. Watson's kind Of poetry
what they like.
In "Voces Academca" volume Of sketche
NJ oxford types, Mr.. c. G. Robertson devote
a page to the casual American visitor In tn
precincts of the ancient University. Thus run
the talk which an English critic pronounce
'lifelke":
American Man (airilyl-I guess this is S
Philips?
Porter (houghtily)-No. IT ain't It's St Ther
American Man mot in the least impressed
Oh, really now?
American Woman reply'ng to her hance)-
calclate we've barked up the wrong tre
(Sharply) That comes OF hazing round withor
a guide , A..
American Man 0akng general view)-Any
thing 10 see here?
Porter (superciliousy)-Tha depends on o.
YOU look at it. l dessay you wouldn't find notf
ing here.