New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-10-27
LITERARY NOTES.

that had come from Meerut on May TO- lso'. every
body knows how the man was just CLOSING ms -
gram with the words. I'VE must smut up ""'"
the Sepoys rushed in and butchered MN. AS
matter Of fact he still lives. This, 100 IL hho"'
hu, m, so widely as the legend 10 wnich We nav
,,fsrred nor Is the history Of the event accura.'
Known in all Its details. Mr.. r. " Luxe III
mlllan's Magazine" tells the story ale" OH -
authority Of Mr.. William Brendisn me ss"d
who sent the momentous message. nc "'O
.,,rvlvor OF the telegraph staff present at Dei'"
when the rnutiny arose. has just retired from 'm9
Government service. after having oeen on ''0 '
for forty years. The famous message was SCH ~
M Brendish after his superior officer. MI loon
had gone out 10 see why the wire 10 Meeru' o'u
M. work Mr. Tcdd disappeared In that noun
Brendlsh telegraphed TO Umballa: we must 'ea'e
Office: all the bungalows are on hie pui i, .,
down by the Sepoys OF Meerut Ihey came III ."''
morning We are of Mr. c. Todd is dead. think
He went out this morning. and has not yet re-
turned We learned that nine Europeans arc
killed" After sending this message, Brenoisn' WIN
a companion named Pnkington ana VIII 1'''
Todd escaped TO Umballa They had incurred Gan,
gers but nothing in all their experience 'us''"
the myth which subsequently arose
II would be interesting to know just what ue
"Outward Bound" edition Of Kiplings WORKS Is 10
bs like when completed Two volumes OF tNe
twelve promised all that remain 10 De pu"
,,shed and II the American edition Is 10 be ike 'he
English in arrangement then the eleventh Voluihe
will be devoted to the authors poems ana 'nv
twelfth 10 Captains Courageous But 'is s'''
leaves quite body Of material TO be answered lot
The handsome Thistle" edition OF stevenson was
exnanded and is TO include. believe. the POSTUM
nous romance Of "St. Ives" VIII the edi'ioh U,
Kipilng be expanded TO include The Brush"oou
Boy" THE Record OF Badalia Herodsloot ana an
those short stories which have appeared during tne
lac, wear Or so7 There is The SHIP that Found
Herself: there IL Bread Upon the waters ! 'heie
IS THE Slaves Of the Lamp and there Is W..
Are these to printed in the beautiful form gwen
to the bulk OF Kip!ing's works by the ecrIone,s. -
will they have to be sought IN some o'"e'' N''''
emily made. volumes?
Mr. joseph s Tunlson shows in the current num-
Der Of The Atlantic Monthly" more optilhls''
feeling about contemporary letters than VIII per,
haps be shared by all his readers. Under the he"u
of The Coming Literary Revival ne discusses
largely the prospects OF our own literature. ms
summing up is deferred to a later NUMBER ou' ne
Is explicit enough in this passage:
A common. perhaps an incorrect. opinion is ,nat
psratiyelv duh periods in its literary history the
alleged decadence Il is said. pervades an huSS
The censure is merely that its productions never
81 genius though to this censure added BY some
curious array Of pathoogical conlectuir,e.s; II
In INIT this way the cry of decadense might Al one
with melancholy forebodlngs. The fact Is that
Of genius to the world the rare exception; For
example. acute though academic ciit 4; mas
point ed out that the drama has bloomeC IN per
fection only twice sine history began 10 De re-
Ss 9S this ars * Ss a
wrights earth than ever before at any given a,i
Tiers mus, acknowledge that certain fields Of lit
srary endeavor were never better cuitivs,,eo WAN
profound learning. acute and patient observation
and mnutely attentive thought supply me place
Of genius.
One observation Of Mr.. Tunisons will be wei
romed with cordially. America needs TO start a
new intellectual cycle" he but. he continues
ut IS superuCps to say thai The way s 30 ssa sh
form Of terature-for example, the AmerGa,n snTrd
pan rival val Of Hom-- ana Dante and Virgil and
Goethe and Shakespeare
Mr. Lang's collections of fairy tales already
numerous 1.-THE Red Fairy Book" has been fol-
lowed by 1.-THE Green Fairy Book" and that one
BY anthologies yellow and blue. but apparently
dis resources inexhaustible. Longmans Green
Co. publish for him 1.-THE Pink Fairy Book.
with drawings by Mr. H. J. Ford. who has helped
70 illustrate its predecessors. and It must be said
that this book Is as good as any that have
zone before. Mr. Lang is wise In his selections
.actful in his arrangements, and pleasant in his
preface. The book is delightfully."- companionable.
The unpublished juvenlia Of Charlotte Bronts
asve engaged the attention Of Mr.. william c.
Kngsland and In Poet Lore" he has offered
ample tastes Of their quality. The Green Dwarf"
one OF the novest's early rorcanceE. IS among the
things he discusses. This and its companions call
for no Efforts on the part Of the publishers give
them TO a waiting word but the sequel 10 the
romance we have named is least amusing. Char
Bronte wrote It when she was sixteen:
levi from thence he rose to the office Of compos.
or. and being OF a saving and pfering disposition.
Commission in the army. lie then took 10 the trade
II author. published dwelling rhymes which he
Ter The denomination Of novels I need saw no
pore. Msny are yet living who can fnd passage
The Green Dwarf.
Dr. Henry van Dykes Little Rivers" and his
volume on The Poetry OF Tennyson' have been
reprinted by the Scrbners in their pretty Cameo
series The books worthy OF this artistic
FORM. Little Rivers has the spirit of 4
iature-iover in It's pages. and the analyses Of Ten
tyson helpful 10 the student Of the poet IL they
ire rot especially readable for their sakes
The Cameo books. 1t NAV be added small in
,ize but are we'll printed and attractively bound.
The ingenious person whose examination Of the
literary tastes of a solicitor recently referred
20 in this place has followed his subject further
lfeld. In the endesvor to ascertain What the
people Read" he has sought out waitress and
persuaded her TO tell him why she prefers a book
,y Mrs. /. I. Meade 20 by Mr.. James. This Is.
" course thrilling, but IT is a sad commentary on
what English literary Journalism come 10
when Il tries.
Mrs Oliphant. In her Annals" Of the house of
Blackwood. chiefly confines herself. naturally. 20
he relations Of the great publishers with authors
.ther than herself. Nevertheless, she was too
closely connected with the Blackwoods for her
chronicle TO be without illusions TO her own ex-
,eriencss with them. Writing Of her struggles in
aer early wi6o~hood. she says:
I tive Oply my
pend on. though always possess.ns an absolute
foolish courage $50 long the children were well,
my ;ormu.a) in life and providence. But had
not been doing well for some time. IL VIII, perhaps
not be wondered at, considering the circumstances.
My contributions Gent from Italy, where had