New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-19
LITERARY NOTES.

~, su,rhrrne.s new drama, "Rosamund'
IN Ia ruhlished within a few weeks IL Is
said TO be distinguished by raplull9 % i
and concentration Of dialogue.
No. all lane Austens writings have reacneo
tho dignity Of print-her knsmen possess seVera'
~ her early attempts, which are sui III MANI
scrnt hooks It is too much to nope perhaps
that these poor little bits Of practice worn H'"'
remain in the oblivion which best oen's theh'
Mr. Walter Pollock, by the way has written
o new critical and Biographical work on MISS
Austen, and two new editions OF her ho'e''
in preparation.
Mr.. J. NJ Barrie has paused IN 'ile wins
If novels to pen merry little DOCK aoou' '"o
o.o,,o, +aan, that he captains. Our readers
need not look for it, however, on the ooohseHei
,obla-tba edition is limited to twenty copies
for private circulation. 1t has been iiiusti a'e'
nv various artists. including Mr. Bernard Par
fridge.
Mr. Bret Harte is the subject Of volume TO
be included in the new series. published IN Loli-
don Of English Writers Of To-day MI W. H.
Courtney is writing for this series monosraph
on Thomas Hardy. special Volume VIII 10
devoted to Realistic Writers OF To-day Inc
&C, volume Of this series, published not long
ago was Mr.. Monkshood's laudatory WORK OH
Rudyard Kipling.
II e an odd manifestation Of the personal
note" in modern authorship that most departed
writer's having been disposed Of in many me
moirs and monographs. the biographer Is forceo
% turn 10 living subjects. Mr.. Kipllng seems 70
4hatt yu1n n
everv writer of the day. II may trdst TO
the first volume Of this series there Is no DANGER
that the writer's of It's successors viii mete out
.. .ho living the treatment mentioned by James
Hannav in his epigram on How to Write
Biography:
Take YOUR facts from the last man-let no theft
appal We; 49,, ..Io
Then take thought from Carlyle, and take style
from Macaulayi ,,, -
Throw in plenty OF sympathy -ruooi's '0N'
eyes about -, ,,
Men whom. # living, you'd snuo and tell lies
Pass the word to the critics. and fling your pen
And Your brand new biography's out on the
town.
Miss Beatrice Harraden's story. '"The Fowler
has gone through three editions in this country
over eight thousand copies having been solo,
IN his book on the history Of Trinity College,
Oxford Mr.. Blakiston makes some interesting
quotations from records and private letters
which show forth the human nature In the olo
time undergraduate One of these quotations
runs thus:
Edmund verney, for instance. grandson Of
Sir Ralph Verney, of Clayton, when admitted
as a gentleman commoner in JAN. 1853. brought
with him "a new sylver hilted sword. a new
striped morning gown, and rev laced Bands
whereof one is Point de Lorraine, as well as
sort Of schooboy's hamper Of oranges. lemons
raisins and sugar; but in February ne wrote
Most Honored Father: I want a HIATT, and
q payre of Fringed Gloves very much, ana L
desire YOU to send me them II you can POSSIBLY
before Sunday next, for as come from Church
Everybody gazeth upon me and asketh VINO
am. This l told by Friend or Myne VINO
was asked by Two or Three who / was.
Some sketches Of w. NJ. Hunt not previously
published will appear IN the forthcoming vol
unoe on 1.-THE Art Life of William Morris Hunt"
The author. Miss II. NJ. knowlton, was a pupil
Of Hunt. and has quoted in her book much Of
her masters brilliant talk. Little Brown q Co
will bring out the work
Sir Walter Besant will probably publish next
spring the first volume of his survey OF London
Three or four volumes. told, are already
written but fresh material, absolutely demand
ing a place. Is continually coming in and must
be incorpbrated. AS the printing be-
gins these tempting additions must perforce be
stopped and the various sections Of the work
will appear thereafter at regular intervals. The
illustrations provided are said to be remarka-
BILE.
I'm Zola does write book about London, II
will probably be gloomy performance for his
stay therein left him with the conviction that
| happiness is more widely diffused in France
than in England
Mr.. L. ]. Burpee a Canadian and a nephew Of
| James De Mile. who once had something of a
! reputation a minor novelist. is writing book
on the literary history of Canada There be ir-
reverent souls who have said that rch book
in Ireland.
| big book on the Khyber is coming out in
| England next month Its author was the late
! Sir Robert Warburton who was warden Of the
khyber for eighteen years. His mother was an
| Afghan princess, whom his father married while
| on service In Afghanistan and the fact that Sir
| Robert belonged to both races was Of great
value TO him in his office
NJ. Jules Claretie sends from Paris to THE
Athen@um" an interesting letter in which ap-
| pears this paragraph:
Some weeks ago. when II was proposed tn cele-
| brate at La Ferte- Milon the two hundredth an
Ixixr Of ha frfh nfD