New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-30

W. ,rdaratand that Mr. F. Marion Crawford
10 writing a book on Sicily. which will be eau
orately illustrated by an artistic iriehu Vi III n
author This is good news Tor TWO redS t,,,h
the first place a good book on Sicily In EneIIsI'
such a book as Mr. Crawford above moSt lie"
could write, Is sadly needed. MT. fa'on , ~
ume Of a year ago has some good quaits' -
but il is far from filing the requirements vi li.e
case Secondly il is we'll for Mr.. CraWlofn "
rest from novel writing now ana then anu W. W.
works OF Typographical and historical reseaISh
His later stories have shown the lll-eHecls VI
strained imagination and they have been written
with less than his accustomed skill. ne hao
shown in his work on Rome how iehcltousi;y az. ne
can treat the scenes and events ana personaiI'es
of the historic past and as his knowleuse D,
Sicily must be profound, as his attitude to"dru
the country must be in the last degree syfnpd.
thetic we await with keen interest the ruit
OF his labors
That Fortune" is the title of the new novel
which Mr. Charles Dudley Warner fas Iateiy
completed. 1t is said to display ,he IRE IRE an
the character of the millionaire girl OF the gay.
The principal personages OF his TWO iori''e'
novels will reappear IN TINS.
of ironv in literature THE London Spectator
saws that like the honorable cyncism when
often masks a tender sensibillty IT presents sens.
truth of conviction or truth Oh poItIal portray!
in an inverted guse. 80, like cynlciSm, IL -
doomed to misunderstanding Much has been
written. for instance, of Mr.. George Meredlih
unpOpuarity This novelist you are told. mas
acuIIirpd the appreciation WHICH was hiS NNN
after thirty years Of patience. And many red-
sons are assigned for the hardness OF the hOhor
paid him He is obscure. says one; ne IS ran
tastic SAYS another; yet we believe tnaJ ne
too has heen misunderstood because he has al
WAYS aimed at an irOnic presentation what
are Harry Richmond and Evan HarflhStUh
save experiments in irony-rot consistent Hhe
'Candide' but interspersed with passages OF
true sensibility? What else is The Egoist thdn
portrait ironic as Jonathan wild? TINS. then'
is the secret of the worlds neglect OF MI.
ceals from his characters their true vilany.
Sir WiIloughby Patterne in brief IS perrectIoi
in his own eyes and the casual reader does not
easily endure the deliberate compacency OF
parsonage whom he condemns
Mr.. Winston Churchill has introduced in his
now novel Richard Carvel." Il careful draw
ing If the sea-rover John Paul Jones. II IS
said that his sketch Of JOneSS early HE Is
based upon little known records.
The erection Of statues to old WORTHLESS is
thing which THE London Times advises should
~, undertaken after much thought. We used
to hear" il adds much about the heaviness or
the dead hand on the living. the inference
being that the wishes of the past as 10 the as
position of property might be 50 much re-
spectPd that their descendants would not nave
fair play and elbow room. If every one that
was distinguished two or three hundred years
ago is 10 have a statue. the dead mana VIII
he more tyrann0uS than ever There must.
as time goes on, be a more careful jealous
scrutiny Of the claims of past worthless Inc
standard must be raised. Posterity VIII not De
nut upon as II has been too often. by people
who had their cake and ate 1t in their hVes.
Those who now striving at Norwich TO do
honor to a great citizen Sir Thomas Browne
need not fear the application of a stringent test
They may rely with confidence on the support
Of one class.
Among promised books Of biography is one on
Leigh Hunt and Sir Arthur Sullivan has agreed
to publish account of his musical life
NJ Gabriel Hanotaux former French Minister
for Foreign Affairs. has almost finished book
which Frenchmen are looking forward to with
lively interest. The title will be La France.
NJ HanOtaux endeayors in this his latest work
to show that France has always BEEN and IS
still i'm the vanguard Of civilization and that
the French mind, being open to all new ideas,
is much superior to that of Anglo Saxon PEG
pies who never start any hing, but content
themselves with adopting French inventions.
Finally We are told. NJ. HanOtaux will compare
the noble idealism of the French race with the
materialism Of the Germans and the British.
the comparison being naturally very much to
the advantage Of his own countrymen.
An annotated edition Of 'CyranO de Bergerac'
FOR the classroom has Just been brought out by
the manners Of Cyranos times are discussed by
the editor
The first three volumes of Professor Edward
Arbers series of British Anthologies are nearly
ready for publication. The editor declares this
to be the first adequate attempt ever made
toward an historical national anthology Ii is
to contain about twenty-five hundred entire
poems and songs written by some three hundred
poets Each volume is distinguished by the
name Of the chief poet Of the period dealt with.
The first copy to appear in the open market
of MIR Kipngs School Boy Lyrics has just
formed part of a sale in London. 1t vas print
ed for private circulation at Lahore when the
author only eighteen years old. The title
and design the cover were made by his
father.