New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-11

II has been that the author Of Tales Of Mean
Streets" ard Of "A Child of the Jaso' Is to-day
the most noticeable image on the literary horizon
OF London. and has therefore 10 be regarded
whether he is liked or not.
rha other dav Mr. H. D. Traill went for him
in fine style assigning him to the same limbo
with Mr. Stephen Crane as writer or OBNOXIOUS
and stupid realism" Instantly Mr.. Morfisoh re-
,orted that Mr. Trail was very much IN error ne
really should never have called him "a realisI
the last man In the world 10 be Kept still unoer
q label was Mr. Arthur Morrison. Nay, In mat
ters Of art ne was frankly neither TO bind nor 10
hold This Is all very d!verting for IT Is so obvious
that Mr. Morrison Is missing the point tnat WHAT
his critics object TO in him is not tha' ne Is
reaIist or an ideast but that whether he Is one
or the other his stories are sordid as an ash
barrel In the last stages of decrepitude. street
fights and gutter slang are not literature MT
Morrison seems TO think they are. Poor MI Nor
rison.
short time ago. Mr.. Nathan Haskell Dole
no,nted out in The Boston Transcript" that Rud-
ward Kipiins had probably been thinking OF omar
KhAyyam when he entitled his latest book OF poems
THE Seven Seas" In private letter recently ~
ceved In this city Mr. Kipling confirms the surmise
The title suggested to him. he says py .ns
forty-seventh quatrain in the fourth edition OF Fiji
peralds translation the which runs as follows:
When You and behind the Veil are past -
Oh, but the long. long while the World shali last
Az the Seas q. self should heed pebbIecast
A new edition (the ninth OF Kiplings Depart
mental Ditties" Is about to be published In Lon
don with illustrations 1t has been dedicated 10
Lord Roberts, more Familiarity known as "Bobs.'
"He has commentators" said Voltaire OF
classic which Is reason why ne Is never
understood" It might be said in the same spirit
ArEok-
lishers there is one strong reason abroad Tor
nobody's caring to possess his works. or very re-
cent years the publishers have brought their ne"
editions of the old masters WITHIN redsohaOio
limits as 10 cost and artistic" manufacture ou'
even to-day there is many an old writer VINO
has been reprinted scores of times without oiC'
having achieved dress in which he is reaiiy
readahIs Either the volume Is too large or too
beavv or the paper Is too thick or the margins
are so wide az make the text look SHY anu
80 on This being the case. Ii is dinlcult 70 SPEAK
In measured terms Of approval OF the new uauS-
hill' edition OF Dickens issued by the scriohers'
Thus far "Pickwick" In two volumes. and O!iver
Twist" In one volume. have appeared Inc sue
ceeding twenty-nlne volumes will presumably be
as we'll turned out. and, that being assured ths
lover Of Dickens may feel that here, AFTER years
of patient waiting. Is the edition ne wants 10 puy'
The volume Is an admirably proportioned octave
and the handsome page Is or light enough "elsn'
paper is of pleasant surface, too. ana tne eA-
cellent tyne shows in clear relief The old Illus
trations by Hablot n. Browne, Crukshank ana
Seymour are retained in impressions from good
mates and number of distinguished artists have
agreed to supply some additional pictures. Finally
Mr. Andrew Lang's introductions are as sympa-
thetic and as agreeable as could be desired His
nass,on for Dickens is Of long standing When ne
compares Mr.. Pckwck with Don Quixote, ana
Sancho Weller to Sancho PanZa. he does II with
touch OF affectionate feeling that Is not OFTEN en-
countered among the most ardent students OK
the novelist Altogether. this edition Is boon. ana
II is published at price small that IT is within
the reach OF everybody.
Mr. H. NJ Stanley Is about to bring out popu-
lar edition Of his book I'm Darkest Africa IL
will be In one volume with all the old illustrations
and a map. The text will be somewhat revised
and the author will supply new preface.
Mr. Bellamys new story. the first he has pub
lished since Looking Backward is TO be brought
out by the Appletons in short time IL VIII %
called Equality"
That gddy young periodical. THE Lark" 10
going out OF existence. The April number. IN fact.
brings the series to a conclusion. we want IL 10
die like the tabled swan" said the publisher the
other day ..iust when it's note Is clearest We
want IL to be remembered II was In the hour
Of its greatest strength and beauty. So just at
the happiest, sunniest hour. when ts columns are
filed with bright verse and original drawings
The Lark will disappear from the sky leaving
memories that never die, pictures that VIII
return like visions OF sunshine anu eOn NIX
Doxey Is quite Larkey.
Mr. Cielett BURGESS also has something 20 say
as his bantlinS departs IL departs ne observes
because our mission is ended. II flowed along
naturally and was not forced. but 10 20 further
would be forcing It, The Lark Lived because OF
Its beautiful optimism. being at the same time
sort of Joke In earnest and protest against jour
ralism that Is merely commercial Almost all OF
the fads and freaks are already dead and we are
content TO go also. now that the spirit OF spon-
taneity IS over" Mr.. Burgess notes that his great
est hit was THE Purple Cow" lie retires GER
tanly with good grace. The Lark was often
a bore but II was often captivating. The Purple
Cow" was a little masterpiece. and there must be
r,any who can say the author says. Il cannot
get rid OF IT," Mr. Burgess is probably right In
,hirk,ns that he will be remembered by this bit
Of doggerel.
Professor r. w. Moore writes to us announcing
that the first number OF The Journal OF Germanic
Phiology" has finally made Its appearance. This
pertodcal is edited by specialists identified with
the University OF Indiana. Yale and Cornell uni
versit.es. and the University of Michigan. 1t was
originally intended TO call II The American Jour
nal but some sixty Europeans have promised to
contribute and It seems probable that the maya
zine will eventually possess an international stand.
ing.
Mr. Thomas Nelson Page whose pen has not
been mueh In evidence Of ists 10 now euSaSes
.vye& asAeQr o1pet e1eoasi1asasls ba&A