New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-06
LITERARY NOTES.


or,,v stricken with paralysis is said TO have + %
writing his "reminiscences at the time illness oe
took him. Whether they are completed OF "'
unknown but fragments at any rate are e~pe
10 appear soon In Paris They ought 10 ne anus
ing. The painter has had checkered exper nee
rising from obscurity to position IN "h'' no
became acquainted with many OF the most u,s
,inguished people Of Europe The latter onei'
70 he represented by considerable anecdote IT the
forthcoming chapters.
Tho phantasmaCorical and pessimistc Mr.. lbsen
Is once more in hot water. This time IL II ~"
own boiling B1ornson awoke the other Gay. 50 "
is said 10 find tnat the author OF Johh "
Borkman" had been Incorporating In that pIa CO,
tain episodes which manifestly alluded !" IL
(Bjornson's) own life These illusions are "'' u
a nattering nature. In fact, they make II p'"!
practically an attack upon Bjornson. Inc ,i'','
has written n savage reply and the hsht u ''h'''
TO wax fercer. The marriage OF loseh SUI
Slgurd TO Bjornson's daughter does not see" "
make much difference. Apparently the coihoa'"'''
feel as Mr. Whistler felt upon certain more Vi
less historic occasion. when he expressed the opn-
ion that the relation of brother-in-law was ho' oo
that necessarily called for sentiment
The funniest thing In the world Is TO read 'he
English journals the subject OF MT o'ephe'
Cranes survival OF the catastrophe whch a's.eu
the Inflated Commodore off the coast or fioriuh'
Their solicitude IS of course credi'nble 10 ther
io,ce that Mr. Crane escaped the perils OF the VasV
deep. But when these naive admirers OF MS aciosS
the Atlantic hint Of what loss 10 literature i''e
have been there-why then, II Is lmposs.ole nv
~ smile And they already hoping mat 'io
exnerjence Will yield Mr.. Crane some copy Never
,oar r. tho trim Is not "worked up" into some
highly colored military Cranellated fiction then we
very much mistake Mr. Crane.
I-nder ,ho title Of THE Mirror OF the Sinlui
Soul" fac-simile OF an interesting Ola WORK 10 W
n. published in London presently. 1t Is a prose
,,ors,ation made by Queen Elizabeth, at the age
Of eleven from lie Miroir de Tame pecheresse
Of Margaret OF Navarro When Elizabeth hau hiaue
this translation IT was presented IN ''ci"'S
made COPY 10 her stepmothcr, Katherine frr' VII"
a dedication in which the young translator ue
scribes herself as "coyning the sentences oee'ne,
&C vel az the capacite OF my symple witte ana
small lerning coulde extende themselves. MI
percy " Aymes edits the forthcoming facsimile
which is dedicated 10 Her present Majesty
W., ,. civ y 7 Roehm executed at least one
,ood statue and that Is his picturesque and ex-
nreesve CARLYLE on the Chelsea emhankment- IL
Is REPLICA OF this work that the Edihoufsh caI
lvle Memorial Committee have recently DECIDED 10
orect IN tho Scottish capital 1t Is time this was
done
NJ Charles A. Cooper the Editor Of The Edin-
burgh Scotsman" has lately published volume
q, recoIlections his anecdotes being mostly Illus
.ra,ivc Of a Journalists experiences He tells one
daucious story OF a dissipated editor who was
found by his aid every evening at his po'auohs.
t,ro,, those he was detached for a time. IN oruer
that he might write the leadeT-whlch ne "Io'e
very well-and the assistant then depaf'eu' C''e
night the tipsy editor was fan TO be Iet alone'
GIVE me The Times" growled he, ana cut the
leader from its broad pages. FASTING TINS on on
~ roner he wrote above K; What does Inc
Times mean by this" and with this marvellous
Introduction the lea Ter was printed next morning
Henry Holt & Co. announce. by-the-way' ne"
sorios of Lives OF the Great Explorers The
| ,,aro,bios are 70 be the work OF well-known au-
charities and are presumably TO be illustrated
Professor Albert Bushnell Hart. OF Harvard, Is
editing a work in four volumes which VIII be wei
coined nv historical students 1t is TO illustrate
American History as Told by Contemporaries
ord is made up of extracts from original sources.
/ Volume 7 deals with discovery and Colonial
ton 1882 1889" The succeeding volumes are Max
ing Of the Republic. 16ss-17S3." Growth OF the Ma
i ils52'' l'S'-l''' anu F''''S " ~
We record with pleasure the speedy publication
! by The Publishers Weekly OF the annual l''-
! ora-v Index" for 1896. This IS an invaluable re-
prce for literary workers who need to have access
y, short notice TO the contents Of the periodicals.
The next biographical work OF importance TO ap-
near and the only one OF nrst-rate signitcahce
we think that the public is promised thus iar Is
that Of the late Master Of Baol. 1t has been
/ ,orr in the making and even now comes slowly
| from the press bu, Mr. Evelyn Abbott and his
| colleague hope to print and publish before many
| weeks past.
Anparentlv the "Half-Moon Series Of Papers on
| Historic New-York'' is prospecting The third num-
! her devoted 10 an interesting paper on Annehe
! Jans' Farm" by Ruth Putnam. Is larger than lis
predecessors and more deliberately printed Inc
| success Of the series Is well deserved
! Mr. 6 r. Gardiner. the historian, IL about 10
publish six lectures delivered at oxford last year.
Tho book will he entitled "Cromwelrs Place In
History"
r,ro ro,ireroont OF Sir George Otto Treveyan
,ron, Parliament is no loss TO English politics and
ought 10 he gain to literature. Perhaps now he
will complete another volume as companion 70
his Early Life OF Charles James FOX. mat
work IS one OF the best In modern biographical
literature being like the same authors Life ami
Io,,ore y, Lord Macaulay," a masterpiece Of tact
and intelligence II Trevcyan inherited any OF his
famous unclc's literary gifts they were not among
the less admirable IN the historians equipment In
both the memoirs 10 which We have reierreu
rrevelyan writes with suave dignity In striking
contrast TO Macaulays often restless brnlancy.
tIo had al, the usual qualifications OF biographical
writer industry patience, sympathy, and in addi-
ton he had what few such writer's can boast
skilful attractive style, so that he Is nearly ms
readable In HE original passages as in his quota
.ions The latter II should be noted are excep'
tionallv rich, for he had access TO remarkable
archives.
There is 70 be established in London n School OF
Fiction and Literary Art. and the presiding Muse
will be that not particularly brilliant novelist
Florence Marryat She proposes 20 teach young
/ reopc how 20 make Of the talent with which
they have been gifted. 10 show them no" 10
handle a theme and develop It into n plot; how
/ ~ compose and write short and serial stories
social and political leaders; how to construct a
drama. etc.
( ",rbe Rookr1an" saws that Mr. II. T.. Krehbel's