New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-04
LITERARY NOTES.

w. ,.v. r.c.ved the first Of the Half Noon
..n.rs an h,storic New-York to which We nave
nreviously referred. 1t Is on The staot HuyS y.
New Amsterdam" by Mrs. Alice Morse isarie' anu
~ all the succeeding papers are as sood inc puo"c
will be we'll satisfied.
ov.r q hundred years ago Lady Eleanor Butler
and the Honorable Sara Ponsonby went from .ne'r
English homes to little town in Wales. and there
set up an establishment where they hveo an ec-
centric life. wearing semi-mascune attire Their
adventures are to be described by Miss Helen
North in the forthcoming number of "The Century
IN a paper called 1.-THE Ladies Of Llangollen.
There Is an interesting picture or Heine Drawn
BY Professor Max MILLER in the Literary heeo'-
iections' which he has contributed to the ias'
number OF "Cosmopolis.' He says:
never came to know Heine knew he was In
In snch n state of physical collapse that a friend
OF mine who knew him WELL and saw MN from ,,
time TO time osrmSon as and my friend
sitting on the Boulevard near the Kue flchemt ,a
, pplns com euP H qs Jumped up to
friend stopped him: and told him who MAS,
himself f SLOWLY along his spare grayish hair was
hanging round his emaoiated face there the was nd
eTeiids with his hand and looked at me: For
time like the blue sky breaking from BEHIND gray
across his face as he thought Of days long gone
by Then he moved on. mumbling a line from
as II appealing for sympathy:
'Das Maulthier sucht i'm Dustern senen veg
The paper from which this Is taken should be
read II may be added. by every one who cares Tor
nreIlowness and geniality combined with perfect
dignity in photographed writing. Professor
Muller was perhaps more delightful In the chapter
OF musical recollections from which considerable
citation was given in The Tribune some time ago.
but no matter what his subject may be- ne talks
with Irresistible charm OF his memories They are
~ old man W
young and who for all his learning has never lost
the temperament Of a poet.
The giddy young editors Of 1.-THE Lark have
launched another little periodical under the title
Of "Phyllida: or. the Mlkmaid" 1t is bi-weekly
Of four pages and IS printed in old-fashioned type
with an attempt at old-fashioned rhetoric. One
gem IS as follows: THE American idea Is Strong in
the West not merely Theory. but an Idea
strong enough to mold the Opinion and Color TX
istence The West Is worth conciliating
The big Hobbledehoy is growing up and he has IN
Opinion to give and wants to give It," Bless TIE
little chaps heart! OF course he shall have bis
Opinion and give It, too. but wish he would find
some better way than starting new periodical OF
the Juvenile every few months
Mr.. Henley has published In London the first
voIum Of his new edition of Byron. and the Mac
milan Company will bring 1t out on this SIDE In
few weeks. AT the same tILe tne ccTiDHeis dh-
nounce the early appearance OF the edition " hich
is being edited by the Earl of Lovelace for the
house Of Murray The student of Byron Will tie
hard put TO II when he comes to decide between
the two editions If he has to content himself With
one only, for each has a distinct value of its own
Mr. Henley has material and his notes
are important. The Earl OF Loveace gives ney
text. "collated so far as possible with the orgi-
nal maIdscripts." and promises considerable
mass Of hitherto unpublished material. incl Lang
new poems with many letters and other valuable
documents.
1t is being rumored about that the Queen is TO
dictate her memoirs and publish them before the
end OF 1897. This is more fragment OF that KIND
Of information which Is surmised 10 be important
II true" On the face of it the thing seems absurd
strong man with fifty times the literary al ility
OF the Queen would find 1t hard to complete in
year such biography that to which reference
is made.
The Harpers are to be the American publishers
OF hansen bringing out his book on his Arctic
travels in February.
II ,s NOT 50 very long since call for subscrip
tons for a memorial to the author Of THE Schon-
berg-Cotta Chronicles" was issued, but the me-
mortal is now accomplished fact 1t took the
form Of an endowed bed In the North London Hos
pital for Consumption. on Hampstead Heath The
other day Princess Christian Of Schleswig- Holsten
unveiled the tablet which has been placed over the
bed. II is inscribed follows:
ITO the Glory Of God and in memory Of
Elizabeth Rumble Charles.
Author Of Chronicles OF the Schonberg Gotta Family,
a constant visitor in these wards
This bed Is endowed by some Of the
Many friends who love her
Mrs Charles particularly interested In the
hospital where this tablet has been placed and
there was quick response TO the appeal for funds