New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-02
LITERARY NOTES.

Chapters on the haunts and friends of Tha.k-
cray arc to appear il Mr. MeIy.iies Life Of
The novelist
The late William Arincham vas one q car
lyle'e dearest friends and h. and his wife were
often in the sages house. II was accordingly
with all the knowledge " long intimacy that
Mrs. Angham painted The hitherto unpuo-
lished portrait which We reproduce RON me
pages Of The Magazine Of Art The AilinS-
hams were among those who thought their
atrabilious hero could do no wrong. The gent
ality OF the artists feeling toward her sitter IS
reflected IL her work
Mr. Hall Game is writing n new book. and
propose To- finish It in Rome whore he las
taken d house Tor next winter
MIR Dooey" has explained in London how
ne came 20 write his lIghtsome papers. Il vas
talking" he SAID. zone day with an esteemed
saloonkeeper OF Chicago McGarry 10y name.
about Jay Goulds death, which had Just oc-
CURED. He used the lingo and followed the
line Of philosophy which might be- expected from
all Of US having ancestral homes in Queens
County or elsewhere in Ireland. His Observa-
tons struck me as good human nature, and
when a spare hour found me with little en-
ergy set them down. They appeared IN PRINT
and were liked 10y the editor Of our sunday
paper and boy mysef-we being our public"
Miss Marie CorelH has allowed an awestruck
and impatient world TO know that she Is writing
\ long novel as well as a short one Many OF
her novels il is cravely announced have been
manned IN the rose garden az Court Farm.
near Worcester. the home Of Mary Anderson
d. Navarro the novelist and the retired actress
being devoted friends
Tennyson was very dear 10 his friend Jowett
as the following letter addressed 20 another
friend boy the Master Of Balliol testiles i
paid my annual VISIT 10 Tennyson last Week
Shall / tell YOU about him ms year me- IidS
3D. q N.f4If q e.
v4rv wild peculiar metre. with long lines ana
inuumerabe shor, syliabies. II i very me
but too strange "a r. popular. he nau ueeh
i1I and greatly suffering and depressed rear.
The more see Of him the more respect ms
character notwithstanding a supernc'aI irrlI"
bilitv and uneasincSs about all things nav
Il pleasure in repeating this about MN. becduSe
find he is so greatly mistaken 10y mos "H0
don't know him or only know MN d HIue ~
one is more honest truthful. manly, OF d warm
friend hut he is as open a the day ana Inc
. cbud teus "a any chance conner what Is pass
ing I'M his mind. He sometimes talks or gong
an with King Arthur For my own part nope
ht won't. NJ has made a. much Of II AZ the
subject admits Twenty years ago NJ formed d
scheme for an epic poem on King Arthur IN
IN books. Z - perhaps fortunate for hiinselt
thar circumstances have prevented the COM
,.etion ofit HI disikes Byron. but speaks very
generously and warmly Of Wordsworth
We ind Dbl me July "Scribner' an interesting
l,,.r - friendly remonstrance addressed by
. r Stevenson a. Henry James. II deals with
%. .ut.icct of fiction Il seem 10 myself.
writes The Scotc Imam 20 the American. very
-lId4 left-hauded countryman. not M 10 he
read far Jess complimehied. 10y man 50 a.
-,-,,,ebet So adroit So craftsmanlike as You.
You win happily never have cause 10 under
stand the despair with which writer like
myself considers say the park scene in Lauy
Ts~l.r.ua Every touch surprises me- 10y us
intangible precision. and tn effect when done
~. night AS -yuauub a. distinct as a picture
Mis- me- with envy. Each man among us pre-
D., nd
W. come o. speak ~ performance. rec"IhZr
nIrs,.f compared with YOU ~ he I"ut anu
eioCcE OF the first water. Where W. diH".'
10Th AS To- The design Of stories ana the o..
r.,..afI,r q character begin 80 lament ~
course am not So duh as 20 ask you 70
desert vour walk but could you not. IL one
novel to oblge sincere aofnTef. Ahc u e"