New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-13

is familiar to every body: first as the wearer Of
a most remarkable snuff-colored coat. which.
IL Is said has never been repaired. though he
has had II for years; and then as a picturesque
and highly original writer on musical and dra-
fnauc subjects. For a long time. fact
through all the later years OF Edmund Yates's
administration OF The London World" he was
Of Mr. Yates he ceased to Ice identified with
Ihe World" and for the last few years has
nVid the post OF dramatic critic to The Satur-
day Review In that journal ne has amused il
not edited his readers through a great many
d atrEer number Of really brilliant articles On
contemporary plays and players. He is ccle-
DRAFTED. too as the author of any number Of
plays which have been constantly on the brink
Of performance. but have only in Instances
been brought before the footlights; AT the pres
emf moment Mr. Grant Richards. London
publisher. is bringing out all these plays. and
they are creating more talk than ever about the
most eccentric and in his way one Of the
abrst journalists in England.
About the time Of the Crimean War. Karl
Marx, whose name is familiar t. students Of
Socialism. wrote series OF newspaper letters
on the Eastern Question. 1t is announced that
ms daughter. Mrs. Marx Aveing. has been edit
ing these letters. and they will be published this
season in book form.
Some early writings 10y Thomas Carlyle are to
bc published here and in England this fan They
date from 1870 to 1873 and have never appeared
IN book form before.
People sometimes have the impression that an
expensive work On a topic Of more less
special character Iors not sell very rapidly or
very extensively. But Lord Roherts's book on
ms IiIH IN India proves this to he u falacy. The
two volumes are costly. hut they have reached
the eighteenth edition. nevo "he!ess.
Mr.. Max Bee rhohm nutters uD and down the
hyways Of literature trying find his meter.
The search seems Very difficult. and a writer Of
less energy than Mr.. Rccrbohm would proha hly
have been discouraged long ago; tut he keeps il
up ard at last IL has struck the nail on the
head. John Lane publishes for him as the first
of what h calls the "Bodley Booklets" a little
phantasy called The Happy Hypocrte." 1t has
for subtitle ~ Fairy Tale for Tired Men"
This subtitle is a little supcrnUoUs :nasmuch
as there i nothing within the pages # this little
pamphlet calculated especially refresh any
one suffering from fatigue. On the other hand
x is sure to a!nuSe the reader whether he lee
tired or not Mr.. Reerbohm's anectatious ut
Well into this whimsical sketch of a Georgian
rake Lord Hen. the hero is called is exactly
u his side and Ny Bee rhohn has strucL iIsf
the right note in his attempt to reproduce the
conversation and manners Of the most lacrant
types in that particularly fragrant era Nj
Lane, 10y the way. has made a remarkably
pretty booklet out cf This tale. and il is T. he
hoped that ne will continue the series. But we
ing if any one but himself cCud provide a fitting
companion TO his last experiment; in literary
frou-fr
The Life Of Cardinal Wiseman." upon which
Mr.. Wilfred Ward has been working FOR a long
time. is at last nearing completion. II is eX-
pected that ii viii appear in the fall.
MT William Loves Rushtoa has written. and
Nessrs. Lee and Nightingale, IF Liverpool. have
printed. little volume entitled "ShakeSpeare
Archer" in which Mr. Rushton is at great
peare to book Of Roger Ascham's. first pub
lshed in lji5. This book Of Ascharis was
called ''Toxophus: The School of Shooting
and Mr.. Kushton is persuaded that Shakespeare
must have conned it well Nay. he is e the
impression that if Ascham had rot written
"Toxophilus' Shakespeare would hardly have
said some of the things that appear in his various
plays. Mr.. Rushton also finds parallels" be
tween Shakespeare and Ascham's school Mas