New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-18
LITERARY NOTES.

There ia compiled every year, and puolished oy
Messrs Dodd, Mead Co.. volume caI'eo AH'i
lean Book-Prices Current" which may not appeai
very strongly to the general reader out mas his n
value for collectors and students Notnihs 20
more entertaining for lover Of books than 10 pore
over auct,oneers' catalogues aid speculate from
the prices entered therein. upon tho fortunes y,
this book or that, upon the chances ioresnauo"eu
Of his ever getting for reasonable price inc pai
,,cular object Of his constant searches IN oooA-
shops and rooms Of sale. Mr. Luther o. LN-
,rgston has compiled the volume for 1871 ana inc
publishers have testified to the usefulness OF MS
labors by printing his pages In handsome ior'n
IT IA a work to be placed on every book-cohec'or"
shelf.
The reader who likes to peruse now ana tneh ONO
NJ those sophomorcal masterpieces In when some
heaven-sent genius reveals the opening OF MS eyes
upon the world should turn TO MT beh'ai.
eylfrs essay on The Function OF Art IN tho
-, ,rrher NJ .Cosmopols" Mr. Swift delivered
the lecture OF which this is a part before tn0
Dlalectic Society Of Glasgow University as' nio'N
Since the discourse is sprnkled over WIN ii'eia'
illusions and hints at critical omniscience' We pup
pose the Dialectic Society thought II pFoiounu I
rut what is the fash Of illumination that TINS
,vordv performance projects upon all tho artst
sinnnlv that the function Of art Is TO mirror hie'
one would think from Mr.. Swifts sapient 'o,,o
that no one had ever heard OF THIS oeioie. t'
fancies that we look at a portrait oy liuan VIII
ont
man. We forget the principles OF thrust ana coun-
,arthrust in the art Of building. We take archl-
lecture for a type Of inertia AND 30 on M.
Swift is all for the dramatic, as MS cieEer ou'
quite unremarkable novels might nave lee us "
sunnose and he fears that stupid world does not
connect the dramatic instinct with estheucs ha4i
enough Delightful discovery Let Mr.. Swift now
that he has opened his eyes. look around him. nc
will find that from time immemoriaI the ~oiiu
has made art a medium for the Interpretation Vi
life to man, that man has realized TINS through
the centuries and that his pompous deliverance on
.Drbe junction OF Art is one Of the most conical
.xhihit,ons OF complacent adolescence that ever
got into print
Mr.. Henley having resigned from the editorial
,o,r ~ THE New Review" the publisher. Mr..
william, Heinemann. announces that the periodical
will be continued. but in new form An entife
break will be made with the past shape price,
STYLE mode Of pubcation-au will be changed
There will be an interval OF Few weeks between
the publication Of this last number and the appear
ance of the next which will start as weekly jour
nal instead OF monthly magazine" The Ne"
Review" it is added will be steadily lmperiahs'
and Conservative. and will be published at three
pence 1t is a pity that Mr.. Heinemann did NOT
insist upon one thing in bringing the career OF inc
magazine In ttp present form TO close. instead
of printing the portrait Of Bismarck IN TINS ias'
number he should have commissioned Mr.. Nlchoi-
son to make drawing OF Mr. Henley himself
The latter. by the way. utters MS vdieocsoi' ~
the shape of a sonnet in memory OF T. Z. Brown.
the poet. who died in OctobAr last we reprint l"
herewith:
He looked haf-parson and half-skipper; quaint
Beautiful blend with blue eyes 5000 70 see ,
And old-word whiskers. You found MIN cvh'c'
saint, ~, g..
Salt humorist, Christian. poet: with free,
Far.glancing, luminous utterance; ana heaIt
Larse as ST. Francs's: withsl q brain
Stored with experience. letters, fancy. ART
And scored with runes OF human JOY ana pam
Tai six-and-sxty years he used his GIT
cu.ft Ia
And left the world a high piled golden drft
OF verse. TO grow more golden with IN me yea
Breaks into song. and he that had Love haIh
Praise.