New-York tribune., 1899-07-30

OF its history with particulars concerning the
authorship of the various articles.
Mrs Isobe Strong the American stepdaugh-
ter Of Robert Louis Stevenson, is preparing 10
give n pair Of lectures entitled respectively In
Stevenson's Samoa" and stevenson in Sam" D.
Mr.. Bryce Nj. p. is, it appears, interested IN
fiction to the extent Of having begun 70 write
novel himself He declared at the Lonoon
Authors Club the other evening that he had got
a good plot and n good title which had never
been thought Of before-Which is a statement
calculated to fiji the souls Of The professional
story tellers with raging envy Mr. Bryce added
that he had reason for not publishing that novel
now because the writing of fiction has gone
through many changes since he began 1t.
The novels which seemed to be most in vogue
now were those Of pure-that was to say, OF
highly mprobable-adventure, and he should
wait, Mr. Bryce added, until the wheel of fort
une came round and brought again the par
ticular phase in which his novel was conceived.
and then he should finish it, but anonymously.
The author of the book on Modern France"
included in the STORY of the Nations series
Is that Andre Lebon who has acknowledged that
as Minister of the Colonies he ordered the in
Fiction upon Captain Dreyfus Of what prac-
tically amounted to torture.
Mrs. a. d. T. Whitney, who for a long time
has published nothing new, will bring out a
novel this autumn. 1t is TO be entitled Square
Pegs"
Canon Bardsley, writing in a recently printed
Bronte Society publication, mentions that his
father and mother, friends Of the BrOntes, once
paid a visit of two days to Haworh Parsonage,
and he adds "A year two before my aged
mother died, when we were talking over the
past / asked her what struck her most about
Charlotte Bronte the occasion Of this visit.
She answered. Charlotte's careful thoughtful
ness for the comfort Of her guests, and the order
and method with which she arranged every
domestic detail" This is not what mankind
has been accustomed to look for from the lit
erary wOmani
Mr. A. B. Wenzelrs spirited Illustrations to
Mr Egerton Castles novel, Young April or
april Boom"-one is the English name, the
other the American title-are to be included in
the English edition of the book.
Mr. Rider Haggards delightful papers in
| 'Longmans' on his experiences as an English
farmer to he brought out in book form in
October. Those experiences were not alto
gether happy ones, for certainly English farm
ing does not pay but they described with
never failing fun. fancy and philosophy.
A number of American characters appear in
Mr. s X. Crockett's new story of modern life
called lone March"
Matthew Arnold wept-and why? Read this
story from THE Pail Mall Gazette: within
almost the last year of his life Matthew Arnold
went down to stay with friend on the wye
and expressed his desire to catch salmon:
There was some doubt to whether he had
thrown line before; but he had bought ROD,
reel and some rudimentary tackle. visitor IN
the house-for his host did not hsn-set nm up
with a fly and undertook the charge or ms
efforts. The keeper was summoned, ana nav
ing been consulted, indicated a pool with
lawn sloping to it, where no chance OF fouIlng
trees nterposed and where a salmon had been
lying in the low water for considerable tlme.
BY all reasonable probabilities the fish was Ger.
tain not to rise, the mentor sat down ana
smoked peaceably To his utter amazement the
miracle happened; he saw the fish come for the
fly seize it before the poet could snatch IT away,
and Immediately the fight began Arnod was
adjured to give him the butt and the salmon
as luck directed, ran down by the bank Inc
friend looking on thought no chance should be
wasted. made wild dive with the landing net
and i'm a moment the salmon was on the Dank
II was summary, but sufficient. The poet was
so excited that he actually wept; and his iriemd
persuaded him that, az Providence mad specialy
intervened to let him know for once the joys
| OF the barbarian. he had better let well alone
and go home with his prize That was ArnoIds
first and only salmon
"Tommy and Grzel" Mr. Barries sequel TO
his story Sentimental Tommy" is now com
pleted
There is a good deal OF critical common sense
in these lines to Shakespeare in newly pub
lished volume, The City of the Sour
Most tuneful singer, lover tenderest
Most sad most piteous, and most musical, -,
Thine is the shrine more pilgrim worn than all
The shrnes of singers, high above the rest
Thy trumpet sounds most loud, most manifest
Yet better were it if lonely call
OF woodland birds, song, madrlgai,
Were all the jesam of thy sea unrest
For now thy praises have become too loud
on vulgar lips. and every yelplng eur
Vans thee "A pfean; the whiles little men,
Not tall enough to worship in crowd,
Spit their small wits at thee All better then
The broken shrine, the lonely worshipper
NJ Jcbn Morley is now living quietly near