New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-07

new edition Of Emersons essays Is coilIln i
ont in England. The essays must have certain
measure of popularity. for there we're editions
under the dates of 1S41. 1913. 1853. 1866, 1851,
1890 and 1891. These are exclusive Oh Vafiou'
complete editions of Emersons prose
Mr. Edmund Gosse complained at the dinner
of the Royal Literary Fund. the other evening,
that his countrymen are STRUGGLING asaiis. y
widespread lack of intelligence. Inc auetS5
Englishnan" he added, has all the pracuc'ti
and private virtues, but it is Impossible 10 say
that ne is intelligent. Our nationai eouca'Ion -
elaborate and perhaps II Is wen sul,eu W OI
national requirements. but II Is lncreasinsy
physcal rather than intellectual we are curI
ousiy incapable. n people, OF seeing thinss 90
tbcy are and therefore literature, In the hienes.
sense instead OF penetrating, COMES up az a ,..,
a dead surface of prejudice and conVentiohaiiy
and a thick lattice-work OF cliches Ihere are
other than mental problems before us Oh Gout &c,
ia our national existence. NO doupt lhis 10
moment at which the physical, the material
parts of life need to be emphasized: am NOV
so foolish as to try to stem the unitarian .ue.
But il is permissible, to say that one nope'
that when the need has passed when our en-
pIre Is settled on broad basis there may COM,
a reaction in favor of intellectual THINGS
claim no more than that the noDHlty anu ui5
nity of human thought should nave pii0e Ia
our life And we shall not have to wait lot
ever: already class OF writer's promises 10
come forward whose mission WIN pe u Iii
thought back again into literature, ana VINO WI,
check our excessive preference for impressions
over IDEAS Meanwhile, we live i'll hope ana are
convinced with Bishop Berkeley. that IIine .
latest offspring will always be the hopies'
One scboolfellow of George Borrow remains
in the land of the living. This Is Or. James
Martineau, who has just entered on MS ninety
fifth year. ,u ,o,,,
1T was on the boy Martineau's, back. says
"rhe st James's Gazette" that the boy Borrow
was 'horsed' to be hogged when that Nas on
lover Of vagabonds had been guilty. Oh nea snaoi
band of truants from Norwich Grammar School.
And humble and involuntary as had peen MAJ,
tneaus part in his punishment, Borrow stupluy
refused on this account IN later years 70 Iii,
his DISTINGUISHED schoolfellow. Hence propdoiy'
Harriet Martneau's caustic comments on the
unconventional missionary of the Bible society
Mr.. Richard Harding Davis's new book Of
short stories is coming out under the ute Oh
'"The Lion and the Unicorn.
Mr. Edward W. Townsend, the creator OF
Chimmie Fadden, is writing two new nove is
one "Thc Bookman' tells US Is taIe vi sn, -;
love highwaymen and fighting. with scenes ialo
in tho Sierra Nevadas. The other Is a story OF
New-York Iife to be called THE Deep Sea fooo
Man."
The cnwper centenary is to be celebrated with
much energy at Olney next year
The hospitality Of the late M. Pailleron. the
distinguished playwright WIZ De refeiii1e t,a1
Paris for many years TO come he ue'esteu
society and rarely met outside MS own
house-but in that house he delighted IN enter
tanning his chosen friends. ne was new, See,
at first nights" writes the Paris correspondent
of 1.-THE London Telegraph. and he was
thought to be reserved by those who were nor
admitted into the inner circle or MS irlenus. bu,
he gave dinners every Monday evening, anu
these were by far the pleasantest social meet
ings at which have ever been present In Paris'
He adopted a practical way OF insuring mar
monv among his guests by writing on the back
Of the invitation card a list of the men he had
asked II there was anybody on it whom you
would rather not meet, you had only 10 decline
and you were sure to receive card TOT the
ensuing Monday. These dinners were a hobby
OF Paiileron's and he would call on you in the
morning and after telling you whom he had
invited for several Mondays, ask you TO cnooS S
your own day. Literary men are an irritable
genus and precautions had TO be taken In
bringing them together. even before the Afaire
Dreyfus divided all France into two hostile
camps One reason OF Pailleron's dislike 10
society NAV be traced to his objection TO DON
ming a dress coat. and when first frequented
his house evening garb was almost tabooed' the
host appearing in velvet jacket. The dinners
were al first exclusively OF men. but in later
years Nine. Pailleron sometimes sat at the table.
there never being any other lady present. and
then evening dress became the rule instead OF
being as before, the exception.
Mr.. william lie Quex's book. THE Great War
IN England" has gone through eighteen edi-
TONS and he is about to publish a sequel under
the title of "Englands Peril" This romance Is
said to throw curious light on the methods OF
Engiand's enemies.
1.-THE Stepmother is the title OF Mrs. Alexan-
der's Forthcoming novel. John Strange Winters
rev book Is entitled "A Name to Conjure With"
Mr. Winston Spencer Churchill. the son of the
late Lord Randolph Churchill and his American
wife, has written a novel. II Is his first effort
In this direction. Under the title OF 'Savroa:
Military and Political Romance" its opening
chapters appear in the current number of Mac
millan's Magazine" 1t is odd coincidence