New-York tribune., 1898-01-06


ing poem OF his series. Her Letter and His
Answer to Her Letter" Another new poem Of
his is called Lines to a Portrait by a Superior
Person These two poems also TO be pub
lished in The Century,
Thomas Hardy. who is at work upon q
long novel, will bring out a collection Of short
stories in the spring.
The Hon. Martin Norris the eldest Of
the brilliant Lord Morris (who was Lord Chief
Justice of Ireland and is now a Lord Of APP
peaD. has written a book about America called
transatlantic Traits" Mr.. Morris is a Liberal.
and anxious 20 all that IS good ir the United
States and the people thereof. on some mat
ters. however. he is more than frank lie
praises for example. the resourcefulness and IN
teiiigence Of Americans but he denies them in
tellect. He asserts tha. the men have no time
10 be intellectual, and that they are WILING 10
bow down before the intellect of any woman
who has the smallest smattering OF intellectual
ability.
He is severe also the tendency OF Annerl-
cans 10 want fattery concerning their country:
well. sir and what DO you think Of our coun-
try" II is said that Yankee has been known
10 have asked this question or stranger tren !
at sea when the land was only IN slght Pu1,
early or late YOU must never forget That there
Is only one answer which Will SATISFY theih' anu .I
that is the clear and unquahled response,,
guess YOUR country is the finest in the word
And in so speaking you will be but cohlplylHs
with necessity which. FOR social success ana
goodwill is absolutely essential on all OCCASIONS
] knew that | should be expected 10 IKE mos
q. their things but had not realized that
should have praise in extravagant ana iiuSo Ie,
orous terms everything in the country, hus
thev are morbidlv sensitive OF the opinions OF
strangers and cannot endure any '"lp' V9sI' ~
that is not entirely faVoraple' Nt,n"u.s INlfS,,
rience you cannot conceive how touchy ana n'ay i
,hev are In this respect. and how stronsN lney
resent anv passing word that is not exp, -.
OF envious admiration Of them ana a. tmei Iloo
.-,ays op1 customs And Yet thSse same peO-
pie are cautiously critical OF us
A. ,or the flture OF the United States, MT
H,o-r,s thinks that there IS an immense future
before us. the said future 10 be not ii''ie que
20 the American love Of experiment
NJ Zola's new novel. Paris, is 10 appear !"
hook form early next month. the oooK mas Il"
some sort a religious motive for II IS sAiu ~
show the Able Fronent, the hero OF LourueS
and OF Rome" restored 70 peace ana nope
Dr Weir MitchelIs story. Hugh Wynne. mas
had a remarkable success the hfteth 'housanu
being now on the press
,ora Charles Beresford's coeditor in the prep
aration Of the forthcoming book on Ne'son say
tha, their restricted space will not allow them 70
the Admiral They have examined them ALL ana
made ouotations from them, and this is all they
can do.
rs Z, ,ndeed true that the sources OF poetical
inspiration are drying up, that all that can De
said in verse has been said, and that the "orld
is weary Of repetitions? There is at least one
English writer who believes that we are again
at the opening Of new paths. at the incoming Of
again he holds the primal themes Of the Greek
tragedy the problems OF duty and fate, or Mem
esis and the persistence Of ancestral evil
For whether 1t be for our happiness or not
we are coming to know the causes OF thihss.
The nightmare terrors of the supernatural nave
shriyelled UP like scroll, and even the Srldihs
din of Acheron. though ever present grows iess
and less horrible. perhaps TO change some oS. Gay
TITO mere lullaby murmur. If we are or the
earth then all the mighty Mothers ohspring are
our kindred; and though II be but the shoStS Vi
the dead nature gods that have come DacK' they
have come in such questlonaoe, shaPe M ,,,b WA,
we must follow them. Neither Dread nor nymph
has aught OF visible form yet we Khow % Una, as tme
sage for US and some at least or the words OF
II are spelled out And II is the same with the
things that move the nations; and though the
oracIes are ambiguous and not without terror,
and there is no one yet who can interpret their
voice. still in the feeling Of the mystery OF 1t all
there is the mark OF the true poet
.Tbe Saturday Review" on the ground that her
clever things and they are many. are in the sub
stance Of her work not flung at you In the de-
tached form Of cheap epigrarn. is the current
fashion in felton,"
The late Alphonse Daudet once described his
own way Of working as "irreguarity nsel1'
Sometimes ne would work for eighteen hours
day. and day after day. At other times he
+l,o,,. tr1ly a
wrote slowly. with many revisons, for he was
never satisfied with his work. He could dictate
his plavs but his novels ne obliged TO write /
wi.l his own hand. He practically wrote each |
MS over three times. When the working fit |
was on hlrn he allowed nothing to interrupt /
him, not even leaving his writing-table for /
meals He had his food brought 10 him, ate /
hu-riedlv and set 70 work before digestion be- /
gan 1t is no wonder that invalidism was fol- |
lowed IN his case by untimeN death.
Concerning his name. NJ. Daudet once said: |
NV name seems 10 indicate that descend |
from the Moorish settlers Of Provence, for. as !
YOU know Provencal people are largely Of
Moorish extraction Indeed II is from that cir |
cumstance that have drawn much Of the |
humor Of my books such as 'Tartarin.' 1t Is |
funny, YOU know, 70 hear OF men with bushy |
black boards and farirg eyes-like bandits and /
wild warrioIs-who are the one a peaceful baker, |
.he other the least offensive Of apothecaries. |
myself have the Moorish type. ard my name. !
Dau!et according 10 the version which like |
best is the Moorish for David. Half my family |
is called David. Others say that Daudet means |
Oeodat which IS a very common name r. Pro- |
yence and which derived from reo datus.
means given 70 God.
Daudets last novel "Soutien de Famillc" will |
appear in book form early this month. He was
busy revising the proofs at the time Of his
death.
Professor Georg Ebcrs's novel is entitled |
"Arachne" The hero is young Greek sculp- |