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An American who has visited lbsen gives ~
the current "Atlantic" some interesting gllilps's
81 the Norwegian. That he has been much J."
fuenced by French authors Is an aSSeIu''
which the visitor pronounces the N''ls' III
sense; he hardly knew of their eNls,.h'v. ~
docs not understand word OF EhEIlsh "i
French when spoken. and can scai i',y. i1' ,,
even a newspaper article III el'leI l'', ,,
He knows practically nothing or ShaheSIch''
and seemed reluctant. il is added, TO accept 'l'
assurance that the English dramatist Is sun en-
loved by theatre-goers in hoth hhsIahu anu
Indeed his self-devotion seems almost to haTe
blinded his eyes to merit in others very raIe'H
is he betrayed into making crlilc'sI"s vi V'" -
men If he has concelt, he seldom icNcdIS ~
Rut I have noticed that sometimes MS pIeJu
dices amount to almost Intolerance. we MAJ
nened once to speak of Goethe, When Nv
sshr,cgad his shoulders and said that he did not
think much Of anything Goethe had produced
surqested that the First Part OF Faust was
butts there anything better IN German man.
nuerjed on. no. nothing better in German
he replied: but after a moments hesitation II,
changed the subject abruptly Oh ftHSHSil anu
Irameb literature he knows practically nothing
~ German. the only foreign Literature WIN
which he is at all familiar, he is unWillhg IT,
speak in admiration.
urs Ella Hirginson. whose two books. "a
Forest orchid" and From the Lana OF u on'
Snow Pearls" have been puhIlSh.u ny a.
n. a
nddIv mar, ID town Of w-Whatcom, Wash.
In lately published life Of George Thomson
The friend OF Burns and the collector OF ha'lo""'
music there appears an ingenious letter from
pvron He had consented to write soilcti'n-
for the collection" and seems to have urea IT,
do so: but year after he wrote ..,e..,
"A had song would only disgrace "'""','u.
,oueic | know that could rhyme Tor YOU, ""'
not produce anything worthy OF your lu,'I lea.
ton 1t is not a species OF writing Nnvm un
dervalue on the contrary, Turns III your ,'u
49,. ord my friend Moore in this, have SHOWN
that even their splendid talents may acl uni,
additional reputation from ms eNrat'SI decIint
movers You will not wonder inal
r,ritinp after men whom il were dlihcult To I'M
tate and impossible to equa.
novel whose scene is laid in the Italy Of the
fourteenth century has lately been c"inie.'p
Nr clinton Scollard. 1t is to bear the tl'e o
"A Man alarms
number Of short stories 10y Mr. II. g: MeHS
are 70 appear in "McClules Magazine l"''
are said to be scientific romances.
One Of the principal English dealers in second
tand hooks acknowledges in his last calal"Eu'
,hat tho authorship of Junius's Letters II ui
known. and that Mr. Fraser l'aes recent 'Np,
siuon that Sir Philip Frames cannot We Wv
writer leaves the mystery IN greater u"' N"''
than ever.
Mr. Alfred Mutt writes to The Academy. 81
ordo to -
the most perfect English prose MAST, l W.
tho cnntury is 4 fair contention" Mr. Mutt mas
before nut himself on record as aylhE "I I'M
hook that Of all modern consciously hNrii''"
fairy tales he knows but this one when c'l"'i.S
f,IIv IN the folk-tals convention. 1T follows
the formula as closely and accurately as ','
lest Of Grmm's or Of CamphelIs tai'S. 10 a.
vino tho mature Of "A convention. ana 10 US, ~
canabilities TO the utmost is special marx "l
gerius" He dddi: "The other eNcclIeh'eS o'
.Shagpat the richness the heXIbiilty. tle nun
the abiding humanity alike of suhJect hat'e'
and style-must be apparent 10 all VINO nave
anv feeling for the art Of words
hansen having made comfortable fortune
ont Of his book "Farthost North. Johansei MS
comrade Of thu sedge journey. Is reaching I%r
share Of the plums. II is rGmorcd that ne mas
r@ceivod 81 900 for the English rights Of his
coming Arctic volume. and the German NorWe-
gian ana French editions WILL no DOUBT De
profitable also.
The publication Of new series or Shorl
stories bv Foreign Authors" is promised by
Charles Scribncr's Sons These will include two
volumes of stories from the German three VOL
umes from the French and one each from the
Italian Spanish Russian and scandinavian
NJ. Albert Sorers book "The Eastern Question
in the Eighteenth Century has been translated
into English for immediate publication
Mr. William Watson has been contending, ana
NOT unreasonably that tragedy in literature de-
Ioands as the prime condition Of its present
ment moral stage Of some grandeur ana am
ptude. lie says in The FortniEh,IN o.,
"A great or splendid spirit is wrecked or over
borne or gradually disintegrated ana III inc
terror Of such a spectacle there Is subilinltN ana
awe If a palace or a fortress fall We trcWhIe,
we do not stand aghast at the collapse oil 4 Huu