New-York tribune., 1899-08-20

new book 10y Lafcadio Hearn is on the
press Of Little, Brown & Co 1t bears the ~
"Iu Ghostly Japan" The same firm announces
a translation Of SenOr Galdoss story 'di"
gOssa"
splendid collection OF editions Of Burns mas
been promised to the Pittsburg Library py u.t
collector, Mr.. w. r. Smith, the botanlst ANU
a thousand volumes are included in the coHeI
ton, many Of the editions being exceedingly
rare and valuable, and it contains nnoreoETI'
several Of the poets original manuscIiaS. W.
Smith has been collecting burns DOORS III ''0
last forty years.
The memorial statue OF Huxley which has just
been finished in London by Onslow forn Is Sopn
TO be placed near the statue Of Darwin IN Ihe
South KcnsingtOn Museum. The race "edi
the serious expression characterisuc or the graz
physicist one who asked him upon occasion
about his health received this reply: On am
vii enough bodily but mentally III at ease
When we were young we could read ana kho"
everything in science that was DeihB ION uomg;
Now the field is too vast and the TASK Ioo iii'
Nobody can be abreast of all discoveries
Mr.. Bliss Perry. the novelist and Holmes Pro-
fessor Of English Literature at Princeton mas
taken the editorship Of The Atlantic, us re,
cent editor Mr. w II. Page, having accepted
q rost under the naY Harper Mcclure alliance
Mr. Perry is n clever writer ana mas every
chance Of winning his spurs as an equal'y cleFe'
editor.
The Welsh bards we're either lazy or unin-
spred last year for they did little or nothing
with the ode on Gladstone, the subject set ior
competition. The prize was to be aWaruy9 anu anu
the poems recited at the great Eisteddfodd just
held Everything was ready but the poem
There were odes it is true. but odes TOO poor
for recitation, and the authorities in despair
ordered a company Of Highlanders to ascend
the platform and perform a reel rather than
that the people should go away uncntertaned.
MIR Hopes Prisoner of Zenda' seems to be
peronnally attractive to the American public
FOrtY-hVe impressions in the old "Buckran
Series" that public has absorbed, and paper
edition, too, Of one hundred thousand copies
and now comes a sixth impression Of the new
editiOn-illustratel by Mr. Gibson. 1t Is not 4
thing to regret, for the story deserves longer
life than most of the pieces Of fiction OF the
day But we would remind our readers that
they should preserve in at least equal liking
it's brilliant predecessor in the same vein, SteV-
cnson's Prince otto"
The real if modest success Of Mr.. Paul l.
Dunbar in the field 0f verse makes doubly in
of this estimable colored youth was first dis
covered he was running an elevator in busi-
ness block in Dayton at the magnificent salary
of 81 a week on this sum he supported him
self and his mother and wrote poetry which
was more than readable.
Somebody has truthfully described Mr.. George
Meiedith's new poem, A Night Walk" as
"ohscurity. complicated by semicOIOns' 'The
London Globe" thinks that "a night walk with
out a lantern" would do equally we'll in the way
Of description. The value Of a name is forcIbly
illustrated in the publication Of this poem
To speak quite frankly, it is utter trash with
no title to be ranked as poetry. No editor
would look at it twice if it bore not Mr. Mere
diths name. but that Of an unknown. II IS
strange that n man wise i'm other directions
should play such tricks with his fame.
Mr. Kipling's new story is rather a long one
that is to say it is one Of sixty thousand
words
Mr. r. w II. Crosland. by the way, has
printed in his Just issued book Of parodies one
which is not SO bad on Kipungs "Bohs." lie
calls it "Kips:
0 'e's eyes right up is coat.
Little kps,
An a siren in his throat
Rudyard Kips;
An when that there siren vents
All yer ear-drum feels in rents
An the listenn' continents
Says, That's Kipsr
Walter SCOTS menu at Abbotsford was often
restricted to mutton. beef being luxury not
readily attlin1ble in that region II had TO be
ordered and sent for days before Sir John
Steel has told Us. ana therefore could not 80
often be INDUCED in. In the "reminiscences Of
the sculptor lately printed appears a story of
the time When he stayed with Scott. intent on
modelling the novelist. on morning when their
breakfast was over. Sir Walter asked Steel if
he felt himself that morning under 4 lit Of
the CleVers.' in which case ne would be de-
lighted to sit for him. but If ne were inclined
to idleness he would be glad 10 take him TO
some Of the sights of the place Steel ex-
pressing his desire for a walk, the two started
out to admire the views and enjoy the freshness