New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22
LITERARY NOTES.
Truthful James and the Klondiker" Is the
title Of the piece OF verse when MT p'e'
Iarie has Just completed.

The most famous American presses pleasant
little story is told 1t was in 1902 that MI. H.
o. Houghton established MS Sanh i e,,,d;ns,
on the banks Of the Charles River in buiidins
formerly used for the town poor MI Houeh'oh
not liking we are told. Ito have any hant a.
tach itself to his new press when niiR ,,.,, ne
suggested by the former use OF INC puIui"b,
sought the advice Of his friend. MT James
Brown then Of the firm Of Little: br1Wn q 1",,
OF Boston, who one day said TO MINI inns pr. t
stands by the side OF the Charles RIVER; "h.
NOT call il The Riverside Press" ana TINS most
natural name was then given II, so that INV
the term Riverside has come to cover thleky
populated district and to be aPP"eu " 'A''""
neighboring industries"
IN a complaint that the older firms OF Engn n.1n
publishers are producing ugly and n aIts,i""
hooks a writer for The London Achnehy
takes pains to point out the superiority OF makc AK
of the books OF the younger frrr's ana a" ' '
printing commenced IL am not mistaken win
The Riverside Press al Cambridge MASS
Miss Betham- Edwards in her volume OF rem
inisccnces lust brought out in England. mentions
a fortnicht's visit paid by George Eiiot anu
Lewes and dwells on "a certain hush. a sooI'ey
tending to pensiveness IN the ho's"o' nc,
ner ION her shoulders" says her tr'snn'
Seemed TO rest the maternal and spiritual bur,
dens OF the universe" And when the TWO mao
departed Miss Edwards asked herself: NUS Nus
edmt the fact? We were gayer. eo COZ, Wh,ch
was easier. existence more buoyant Wh ma
goes 10 show that the author Oh Daiii.I - y,
ronda" must have been a little overpower'nS IN
her ways.
The article On John Jacob Astor which MS
descendant William Waldorf Astor IL prepaI,,
ing for he July number OF "lhc ran Mo,
Magazine" is to contain much maj, n,rer
Unpublished. II is COMPILED from u",u.I'.
ard Io,ters in the possession OF the author All"
is to have many illustrations-amohs .nei a.
COPY Of Gilbert Stuarts portrait o' '"e mo-
American Astof
This Julv number Of The Pail Mall" will print
the conclusion 81 Mr.. Anthony HOPE s'",x
| "pun.r, 81 Uentzau" The August number VIII
contain the opening chapters Of Mr : r X
Crnrkc,t's new novel THE Silver skull The
seen. If this story is set in lialy IL th' ear
nan Of tins century. and il deals largely WIZ WIZ
p,~i,,,,,rr Indeed 1t was originally called
| The Rrigands but us author Is very PAL
lar all ut titles. and after VAR Jus cha"srs ,nn,n
upon "The silver skull deriving ..is ~, n,',,,
fr III the coat of arms Oh Inc 'H'''' ''"' "
| the story Is built
Love Among the Lions" is the ,itlc OF ,he
new humorous story which Mr. Anst,y mas
/ lately completed. It IL "A story OF London me
and is about the length OF The TINTED N'"uS'
In che free library at Todmordcn. England
there Is an almost. II not quite, unique
| - ,vn,ks on tobacco consisting II Ia DOCKS
| and n,rnnhI.ts The dates Of thesc books rangr
| from 1880 Ia the present day German w". VIZ
rr,u,cd in the seventeenth century. one OF these
! being King Jamcs's "a Counter-Biaste I" To-
! baccO.
NJ " II Mallock Is writing new novel:
and Mr Seton Mcrriman is IN Russia hccuthu
! lating material for another book IN the VEN OF
| The SOvers
"Thc Black Douglas Is the title Of MT : X
| crockett'g new novel. Its author Is takinE a
walking tour in Spain just now-an exercise
| which few people will be disposed To envy.
ro,don is to have two new literary papers
."rhn Inndon Review" edited by Mr. oswald
crawford. and The Literary Gazette a )ourha.
ia be devoted exclusively t. notices 81 cur''nt
| publications II is difficult t. So" what hr'd ~
! n,en ,o those periodicals. for England mas al
ready more than enough u their KIND.
r..yy edition ~ Mrs. Gaskcils Memoir Of
ch.rIn,ie Uront," is to he brought out by b"dd'
Mead 4 Co An introduciion ana many hp ,e
bv MIR Clement shorter VII a''", ,,ls, NV
hiopraphy Hitherto unpublished Illustration"
will also be used.
rho real history Of the principal actors In
c.r,,e Eliot.s MIR. C;ilnl's Love story Is told
In a volume dealing with the family NE Oh '''
! Newdigates. which is about to be pupiiSh''
In London.
MFR. Lionel Johnson has been freeing his nlnd
with "A vengeance concerning i'Yr", "a. ,,na
"I,vron with all his pretenslonS anu MS iaii''.
so.r,s a very twopenny poet and "A farihifi6
man" His letters alone. the cTl'lc auuS; ~
veal the man. man OF fhaiSha'. u''
ard dcclamatory aifecta'lon. ana p"c''H''s ''''
| colt. a man who could not even act upon Iu
| tber's advice and sin boldly. but must heeus
advertise his silly obscenitcs.
Despicable. that is the word for nm: ana IL
| l., ,o philietin Puriianism that speaks The
vulgar aristocrat the insocnt pieheian' that 10y
ron was looks ludcrous by the side OF his
great contemporaries. Worlsworih' 80 irnfas-
stoned awful and august Shelley and Keats;
| Lamb the we'll beloved. that tragic and smiling
pati.nt; miraculous Coicrid~1 Landor with MS
| gracious courtesy and Roman wrath; now does
| Rvron show by these? He did one thing well.
he rid the world Of a cad-hy dying as sol
der There was strain Of greatness In the
/ a Lnr Inc tDL IL tn. lusi