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

Ian Maclaren 4. beloved by thousands because he
Is a wholesome writer. He proves II ane" IN
most opposite and refreshing little chapter In Lit
erature" on ..Ugliness in Fiction" The slum novel
has reused his ire. but he means to DE impartial
and therefore contents himself with calling u a
mistake, adding these pungent remarks:
ONE Would n 5. as Pf sso arg Be- re
were the life Of this under world stated IN terms OF
IMPOSSIBLE sI that this can be the whole life Of the
East End-this inferno OF vice and violence. Is
SEs Ds sy 80 Syysd NJ a fey
be ruffans and loose women; and, therefore II IS
Ser so h maj e ees sfs 9: and
liable The writer has seen only sHS9 SgS be the
things he wished to see; and, Instead Of being
rEaIS aii g0G facts aceOrdng to bis ndh
author presents what is morally ugly as an ,,f
SS nsy as w
scs and q Ms has sf app ehs to his
a subject and he has represented what he has seen
s has pa cSese f"kf hs ink sumsn
meter and nothing remains 70 5s sad The rules of
question At once 1Ssu ns,,s to the Ss all s s
swey the 2, nora the ehe
eHd Of ' ssy sculpture I. to create marble that
Idea Of physical beauty which lies in the t back X
Dying Gladiator or much Of Michelangelos work,
s enc ssSDiG n @ M mia
have not shrunE from erucxOns but they h ss
lent Itself wei to treatment. nor surgical opera.
tS Sn shs or
s.bleY Because they are the violation Of the aw OF
shoad isy artist s" the of
perfect and the beautiful. wrought out often
Is sna ana FSn :G ss n s
bound to the service Of the IDEAL and is It not his
Character a and living which we ali have imagined.
after which we all strive but which we esPnot es:
the novelist. and he alone Of artists has the liberty
OF deformity?
The pictorial weekl!es issue, usual special
numbers for the holiday season. with fiction galore
and with dazzling colored illustrations Harper s
Weekly is In fine feather with a handsome cover
and with stories by John Kendrick Bangs. Miss
wilkins. Howard Pyle and John Fox. jr. Mrs.
Steel leads off The Illustrated London News with
a good Indian story, and she has as companions
Bret Harte. Ouida and Max Pemberton. Bret
Harte IS also a contributor 10 The Graphic Christ
mas Number" He is followed by Stanley Wey-
man. S. Barring Gould. s. r. Crockett. H. G. Wells
and w. W. Jacobs. The many funny pictures in
this number are printed In colors Mrs Everard
Cotes (Sara Jeanette Duncan, Ella Hepworth
Dixon. Mrs. Clifford and others supply the stories
FOR The Ladies' Pictorial" Figaro in It's Eng
ush rorrn gives TRANSACTIONS OF stories oy rrench
authors. the best Of them Jules Claretie. Miss
wilkins. Barry Pain. Robert Hichens and s. Barring
Gould are represented in THE Sketch" Accom-
panying The Lady's Pictorial" Figaro" THE
Illustrated London News and The Graphic
Christmas Number are large chromos, attractive
In color and suitable In every way for framing
II is. on the whole an amusing batch OF holiday
rniscellanies. II may be said. canddly, that all
the journals have illustrated high standard in
their fiction. and that their pictures uniformly
good.
From the Frederick A. Stokes Company we have
received a handful OF decorative calendars. Some
are In color. others in black and white. All are
daintily made and will be welcomed by those
Gus people who rightly rank a calendar among the
best ofeChrstmas Gifts