New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-31

his old manner
volume TO be called "A Farmers Year: Being
His Commonplace Book for 1895" 1t deals With
country life in the English county OF Nori0Ik
and gives daily record Of experiences on 3oVs
acre farm.
Hardly twelve millions out Of the seventeen
million inhabitants Of Spain know how to read
and write. Vicomte A. de CroZe is quoted as
saying in the Revue des Revues" that except
in Caderon 1t is useless to seek in Spanish ht'
erature the heart of the country. He ADDS:
1T is the nineteenth century and modernism
making their entrance. Moratin himself, who
in Spain is held for a national genius is merely
a classic in the style Of Boileau-so much SO
that he was buried in Pere Lachaise! And Spain
has been romantic with Gorilla, Espronceda,
etc. realistic with Perez Galdoz, Nine Pardo
Bazan and Clarion. the critic. Each French au-
thor has had his reflection NJ FerdinandeZ
Gonaas was the Iberian Alexander Dumas, as
NJ Benevente is its Lavedan, NJ. de Alas the
Jules Lemaitre, and NJ Eusebio Rlasco the
Scholl Shall ! speak OF Gumera, prolific and
morbid; OF Veraguer, idyllic and religious; OF
| RusiRnol poetic millionaire and luxurious an
archist No, for their language is not eastman,
| and their Spirit is merely Catalonian. And now
| Spain tries the pre-Raphaelites and attempts
scandinavian art Forgive this sigh, my friend
| Gomez Garlic, you VINO are one OF the masters
Of modernism at Madrid. but aesthetic Span-it
| Is too much!'
| Miss Charlotte NJ. Yonge. whose capacity for
| literary work appears to be bOundleSS, has VIII
| ten another novel Ii is entitled The Patriots
Of Palestine" and will be published in the
Autumn.
| The promised biography OF Professor Huxley
| will probably be published within the next six
| months nine-tenths Of the MS being now IN
| the printers hands
Mr. G. w. Gable. when he visited the shrine Of
| Burns, the other day. wrote in the visitors book
what even for an impromptu, is rather weak
| bit OF rhyme:
| "Of heavenly stature but most humble smile.
| Gyved with our faults he stands,
| Truths white and Loves red roses rendering US,
| Whose thorns are in his hands,.
| Three stories by the late Mrs. Ophant are to
be brought out soon They are entitled That
| Little Guilty" Isabel Dysart' and DR..
| Barrere," and they will be included IN one VOL
| Cme
The late Aubrey Beardsley left number OF
| Illustrations for Ben Jonsons "Volpone, and an
edition with these decorations Will soon be issued
| il London.
A new edition Of George Elots translation Of
Strauss Life of Jesus is coming out in Lon
don The editor is Professor Pflederer, whose
! earlier edition OF the work, published in 1898,
has been out Of print for some time
Professor Mommsen. is to be ranked among
those Germans who not anxious to see q
monument TO Heine set up in the fatherland
THAT Heine' he writes, lis one of our most
eminent poets is beyond doubt He was how
ever not only -bred darling Of the graces.
but a man of no honor. What know about his
personal character and political life is simply
shameful and even if genius makes up for all
errors IL does not excuse Infamous deeds. This
prevents me from expressing myself in favor OK
the monument. Yet / should not like publicly
to oppose H.
1t is reported that Mr. F. G. Jackson's book.
Three Years at the North Pole" will be pub
| lished this autumn. 1t Will be illustrated with
a large number of reproductions Of photo
graphs.
Apropos OF a new edition Of Mchelets book,
"L'Oseau," the authors widow is quoted as
saving that when he had finished the closing
chapter Of his history Of the Revolution he
showed serious symptoms Of overwork. For
complete change of thought she thereupon suG-
gested to him that he should write sort OF
prose poem on the birds In reply he urged her
, TO write the book herself. When she set about
doing il he became interested, added a touch
here turned phrase there and sprinkled gold
dust over the whole
II is said of the late w. G. Wills. the play
wright that though lavish of money when he
had it, ne hated parting with it in any formal
Way When friend, TO whom he owed 10. TOOK
advantage Of his just having received n check
for a play to ask for payment, the debtor de-
; clined on account of the claims upon him.
The friend. who knew his ways, came back a
few hours later and asked him for 10 10 heip
him out Of a difficulty. Certainly my boy
said Wills entirely forgetting what had gone
before Take what you want" And he or
, fered him a handful Of sovereigns