New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-24
LITERARY NOTES.

r,. ,o,e novel upon which Mr. Thomas iia,us
4. nj work ,.ill not be on the lines Va IA
Obscure" volume Of his shor' s'o''''
published soon
rrotives Of the great Mutny IN
Delhi have been translated from NV
.rd arc 70 be published in London
c,r,eor Lieutenant Colonel Neral inc n''
- - Nr,e Sarah Grand departed TINS '.e
,o,,r,cht AGO His son. Mt Cnai'o0' =,
aors NcFau Mime. Grand's stepso"'' ~ ,,-.
,.r novel dealing with life in Jamaica "'
"a noyv in the hands Of the pubhsher'
r,a nav and revised edition OF ih"O
r,or,,s which Smith & Elder IN ioiNV
xIorner G. BROTHERS in New-iorK a'e -
"a ruhlish Is to he a remarkably in'eIe'''"e
For each of the thirteen volumes NV S,,,.o
a.uc,tor Mrs Richmond Richie is "'i''"n -
,,enoo,r In the form Of an introoucro" .r,a
-, nacr,tar,v appropriate the ute Oh
,,,-,,oo, Ediior" The works, we are ''''
,ro "a 10 arranged as far as possiole III oiiio"O
,o,,ca, order The edition Is to be pr'h'eu 80. 80"
new trno. II will include many OF lH''
,e,.ers hitherto unpublished; ana "'nO"e
MANY Illustrations will be new sKe'c"e O.
drawings by the author. several fac-s'I''i'e
ST. nee and some portraits Of him h"hel"
.,t,,-,od The latter include those by Ma
elise II the possession Of the GarrlcK O'"'
These entertaining notes reia'ihs " 80
GOV, Gallo ~ the Kilrnarnock Burns 'or ''
80 ,,.o e,a g., THE Academy OF London:
IT,. ,r,eroet NJ the Edinburgh public IN tiie
,.io was iutengc and the room IN "hIcn w..
Dov.en the auctioneer twho = o, w. nscked
years OF age,. performed MS duties, 20 ,here IN
1T-
g.. for no such Burns has come mo 90 ".
market Cor years. Thirty gu'neas "s - e e.
bid. which the auctioneer lgnore' ,,,n h,ad,ny
the- eeventv- I've then hui.dreI lne o.,
20, quickly H. 70 three hundred suHc"H
then ala MIR Saain join in the contest st. Nv ,tan-
gone down 10 Edinburgh VIII, ti'I hi,. 20 on.
it, 20 nrlng the book back with MN ~ H'''
Mr.. Richardson. Glasgow bookseller: uropp5r
out az the three hundred-grll,ea' S,"er n.,stad
remarked pg;iotica!y afterward mat ne "'H III.
49, ra1 mn the volume up TO 100 gulreaS. lit
ho.:,e Yves now between Nj Pearson ara ~
Sebin both Of London. Thei raise, ,hem u, ,os
by - bid rapidly. until ooo guneaS "a
.asar;nd Loud cheers now broke out Mr.
SaiIn wavrrcd and allowed hhrself long
and risky pause. Bat the cheerIns na. Tba
cred him, and he bid another nv, guneSs' l,s
bidding Of the two dealers thee became SLOW.
and there were hesitations' Inc nsu NJ
up. 20 $40 gui9ers' 1,d by Mr' Iong snence,
and he hammer fell amid cheering such as i
Is said had never been heard In any luc.o.
room Mr sabin still holds the book ana rs
destination IS uncertain. he admitted II inls"'
60 10 America though he did not desire IT,
The next day an old gentleman called on the
auctioneer and inquired with suppressed ex-
ci.er1ent what would ne the value OF cop!
OF BURNS printed in 1900
People never tire of discussing the methods.
theories ard training Of authors contributor
10 The Midland Monthly" says that Octave
Thanet Miss Alice FRENCH thinks that the
educational preparation Of a short-story writer
cannot he on too broad scale
Her own preparation included not only the
study cf several literatures, but METAPHYSICS
political economy and science. She believes
that every realist should have literary or
scientific training Of some sort TO snow MN
the best method Of collecting and asserting his
materials and 10 teach him literary proportion
This training should be supple nented by study
Of style. II one wants to acquire style which
Is simple, direct and also picturesque. she par
Nculary recommends the study OF the old Eng
Il could not begin TO tell you" she wrote
me- "the queer old pamphlets and old reprints
land sometimes originals). Of the dead and
buried gossip OF the sixteenth century that l
have exhumed and read. The sermons Of that
time had the pith of manners and politics in
them. Just newspapers have it now. They
the mirrors If the time, and repaid me
often not only with first hand views Of the
age. but with a style Of singular simplicity
and strength. the style. you know. Of King
Janess translation"
should possess what Mr.. George Saintsbury
regards the ndspens able talent OF a novel
list the gift of conceiving and projecting
character
II is reported that the italian Government
will form special library Of all the books
which have been placed by order of the Pope
upon the Index Expurgatorius" The Vati-
has protested. on the grounds that the
majority Of the censured works are Of an un-
popular character and that such an action would
be an insult to public morality
Mr. II. G. Wells. the English novelist. writes
10 The Saturday Review" complaining Of the
way in which his story THE War Of the
Worlds" treated by two American journals
which had secured the second and third serial
rights 1T expressly stipulated" ne says
when tie bargain arranged. tina; no aitera-
ton addition should be made 10 the story
The American papers then promptly altered the
scenc Of the Marian descent to New York and
Boston respectively inserted namboyan; de-
scriptnns Of the destruction Of Brooklyn Bridge
BY the heat ray and so forth and had finished
the serial publication and the muliated version
of the story before the author learned wha; had
been done Smar; folks these American Jour-
nalists. The authors remedy is not obvious"
In the latest volume of the Edinburgh edition
OF II. l.. Stevenson's works appears the incom-
plete romance. "Heothercat." which was on the
stocks more or less during the last three years
Of the novelist's life II is a story OF Covenant
ing experiences in Scotland. and the author
meant to bring the character across the ocean
10 the Carolina plantations and then TO Darien
stevenson was amused by the fact that about
the same time Mr. 5. p. Crockett was at work
upon his Covenanting romance The Men Of
the Moss Hays" lie sent TO the latter one day
q sketch OF trespass board and gallows. with
r. L. Stevenson in the act OF hanging s r.