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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-05
THE NOVEL,.
TWO PROFESSORS ON IT'S EVOLUTION IN
ENGLISH LITERATURE.

NOVEL BY Wilbur L. Cross, Assistant Pro-
School of Yale University Emo, pp. Xvii. go.
The Macmillan Company,
THE EVOLUTION OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL.
hsh Literature in New-York University. Emo,
PIP Y. 30 The Macmillan Company.
Both these volumes bear the stamp OF the
professional expositor: but they are none the
less interesting for this reason On the con-
trary. they gain in clearness and in breadth OF
view. In each the writer endeavors. and
as a rule successfully. TO maintain an i'm
personal attitude. For the student of literature
the volume by Professor Cross is the more
valuable; in the first place because it is more
simply and more deliberately executed and sec
ondly, because il offers the material for thought
rather than philosophical speculation After
studying this work, however. the student would
find profit in reading Professor Stoddards sane
and vigorous little work.
Both books show how seriously fiction is be-
ing considered to-day. This is natural enough
since the novel has become practically the sole
vehicle by which many thousands of people re-
ceiVe their intellectual nourishment. Under the
circumstances, IL would be pleasant 10 accept
the statement made by one Of the most prom
inent OF our American novelists. that the art of
Notion has become & finer art than it ever was
before. To this dictum. however, neither Pro-
lessor Cross nor Professor Stoddard can give
adeqOate support. If We follow The deVelopunent
OF the novel traced by Professor Cross from the
Arthurian romance TO Richardson through the
eighteenth century realists. passing from Hum
pnry Chnker 10 Waverley, down TO the
roinanticlsts OF the early nineteenth century
and then 10 the realists and adventure writers
OF our own Gay, We cannot fail to observe that
fashion in fiction is very like fashion in clothes
subject 10 all kinds Of whims and inexplicable
fluctuations of taste The best that the critic
can DO is to expose the point of view OF each
author and his relation 10 the life around him
Both OF the writer's under consideration might
nave made more Of the influence Of personal
force in the development Of fiction few
novelists appear with originality, or with quail
~ violently opposed to the popular literary
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-05

The recent failure of two of our leading pub
fishing houses" said prominent publisher the
other day, has tended to give the public a
wrong impression with regard to the stability
Of the business of publishing. AS matter of
fact, publishers obliged to take less risk
to-day than they did before. 1t is true
that competition has never been so great as il
is now. but it has been more than offset by the
decline in the cost Of production, by the increase
in the facility of distribution and by the enor-
growth Of the general body of readers
On the last two factors place the greatest i'm
portance a few years ago the immediate suc
cess of such books as To Have and to Hold
When Knighthood Was in Flower Richard
Carvel' and Janice Meredith would not have
been possible owing to the meagre facilities for
placing the books throughout the country Now
there is not town hamlet where the nnb
fishers have not arranged to ship their books
with ease. The recent history of our literary
productions has shown one fact that the sunnI,,
Of reading matter has stimulated the demand
for il. People have found good reading n,attar
placed under their hands. so they have bao,
tempted to read, and many of them have in tht
way formed the habit of reading A s,ril,in,
illustration Of this growth is shown bv the en-,
cess Of the cheaper magazines which crea+aa .
public for themselves without seriously mining
the older, more conservative and mora 80
sive periodicals.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-05

introductions and Notes by G. r. Herford. In
Thirty-nine Volumes. 16mo The Macmillan
Company.
This is an attractive edition of Shakespeare.
Professor HerfOrd is a competent editor. His
introductions are apt and interesting. His notes
are scholarly. but helpful. too. in a very prac-
teal way. The books are well printed. and are
bound tastefully in red cloth The form is con-
venentIy small. but still large enough for a
good open type to he used. What find espe-
cally interesting about this edition. after its in
diyidual merits have been considered. is its
place in the list of publications. 1t is one
Of dozen editions. The Macmillans alone
publish Shakespeare in several forms, iustrat-
ed. luxurious. or, in this instance. inexpen-
sve. The Vale Press, which has succeeded to
the place of the Kelmscott Press in England,
has begun the publication of a particularly
handsome edition of Shakespeare. similar
enterprise has, we believe lately been set on
foot in this country. Shakespeare nowadays
seems more profitable a venture for the pub
Usher than ever. He is or appears to be, more
popular than the newest sensational his
torical novelist. But is he really read?
The Editor of LITERATURE has his doubts.
The multiplicity of new editions of Shakespeare
he explains in this genial fashion: The enter
prise of publishers in issuing reprints of
Shakespeare does credit to their knowledge of
human nature 1t fatters the public by persuad-
ing it that it likes to read Shakespeare" This
cynical view of the matter is fortified by divers
examples and arguments. There is quoted,
among the former this fragment from news
paper report of public speech:
The Right Hon. gentleman in conclusion, OBJ
served that the quality of mercy not unduly
strained. 1t dropped, if he might the ex-
preston, like the gentle dew from heaven upon
the place beneath. He would go far as
10 say that ii twice blessed inasmuch as
it conferred advantages both the donor and
the recipient.
This is engaging surely. But hesitate to
accept the belief that comparatively few people.
aside from special students, have read more
than four of the plays right through. For one
thing edition like the Eversley contradcts,
in fairly authoritative manner any such hy-
pothess. 1t is conceivable that many copies of
themselves read. They go largely to adorn
library shelves. But if the cheap edition is not
bought for use, then cannot why it is
bought at ALL since the buyers are hardly likely
to be in that class which afford to spend
money mere show. 1t would be interesting
no doubt, if something like literary inquisition
could be established for the clearing up of this
much debated question. Readers might be COM
PEELED to undergo an examination in the plays
and poems; those readers, at all events who
could be convicted of having copy of Shake
more would willingly to the trial. and
pass through it with credit TO themselves, than
the pessmist chooses to maintain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-05
ANTIQUITY or FAMILIAR TERMS.
From The London Globe.

The antiquity of familiar terms is surprising
when II is known. Many people are not aware
that What the dickens" occurs in Shake
speare but fewer still will he prepared to hear
that the phrase "a regular shndy" is found in
an authors note to poem called The Popsh
hlngdom published in 1910. writer in THE
Athen@um' quotes this note, which refers To
the celebration Of Maundy Thursday: Midnight
services held in church the lights are Dut
out and a regular shindy follows. men being
beaten and wounded"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-05

From The London Morning Post
Professor MahslIy. IN letter 20 Ths
Athen9um, refers to the recent discovery that
the name Smith. correctly spelt. occurs IA
Grsek, on one OF the Petrie papyri OF the date
80 r. Z. and he asks. lis Their. any other Eng
lish name comparable to this in antiquity
POSSIBLY Adam" and "A bel" take the hrst
TWO that occur would be described Hebraic
names. though borne by families which are
only To he called Jewish the assumption
mat as so many people argue. are CUR
selves the lost tribes OF Israel Hut 50,
smith is Greek and Adam" is Hebraic. the
second Is distinctly more antique than the nrst
among English" names We may derids
blshOp Usher's chronology much a. may
Please us. but Adam and hts certainly must
i--'e rourished before the third Ptolsmy reigned
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-05

GARDEN

Is the only book devoted to
wild flowers which treats
adequately their most inter-
esting aspect, Every flower
is absolutely dependent
upon the insects which visit
it, and acts intelligently
through the same desires
that animate man. Flowers,
moreover, are endowed with
certain powers differing only
in degree but not in kind
from the animal creation.
The writer is Nellie Blan-
chan, author of Bird
Neighbors." The work, a
sumptuous volume, with
SO plates from the living
flowers. Published April
5th: Already in its 9Th
Thousand. $500 net.
DOUBL EBAY, PAGE 4 CO..
"a UNION So, r., NEW YORK.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-05

Mr.. Richard LIE Gallienne in his book Rud-
yard Kipling, which has just appeared. offers
this interesting information: Il believe | am not
wrong in thinking that the first man who said
'Kipng' in English journal was Sir William
Hunter, the journal being The Academy 0hen
edited by that enthusiastic Indian scholar, Mr.
j. S Cotton). and the occasion being review of
Departmental Ditties'"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-05
IS SHAKESPEARE READ?
\ NEW POPULAR EDITION. AND SOME
REFLECTIONS THEREON.

THE EVERSLEY SHAKESPEARE. Edited with
Introductions and Notes. by c. II. HEREFORD. In
Thirty-nine Volumes. 16mo. The Macmillan
Company.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-05

Robert Grants new novel. "Unleavened
Bread just published by the Scribners, shows
that he has made of the knowledge of pub
lie life acquired during the last ten years. His
theme the study of an ambitious American girl
who makes her way from humble beginnings to
a position of Importance, is not unlike the theme
of The Breadwinners."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-05
A HUMORIST AT SEA.
CAPTAIN SLOCUM'S VOYAGE IN THE
SPRAY.

SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD. BY
Captain Joshua Slocum. illustrated by Thomas
Fogarty and George Varian. Octave, PIP. xvi
294 The Century Company
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-05

Now that Mr.. John kendrick Bangs has be-
come the Editor of "Harpers Weekly he is
taking rest from authorship. He believes
that he has earned 1t, after writing two books a
year since 1894 Late in the summer. however,
he proposes to write new story of a humorous
character for publication in the Weekly"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-05-05

Mr.. Stephen Crane has shown remarkable pro-
ductVity of late. His 'WhilomViIle" stories have
been running in "Harper's Magazine" He is
announced TO publish in "Harper's Bazaar a
series of tales somewhat similar in scope, but
with a girl in place of a boy for the central
figure. The series is 10 be called The Cora
Stories
, 1900-06-04
THE SAME OLD TACTICS.

The winter before the presidential
election Of 1876 was absolutely con-
sumed by Investigations, on the part
of the democrats in congress in trying
to find indictments against the repuh-
lican administration, and the demo-
cratic press simply reeked with abuse
of everything republican, from Presi-
dent Grant down. President Grant
had recommended the acceptance of
San Domingo as a place where the
colored men of the south, just released
from slavery, might find homes. This
a faction in the east led by Charles
Summer and Carl Schurz denounced
as a job; the mugwamp press which
had been republican until they went
off after Greeley, echoed every cry and
magnifed every felsehood, and when
he campaign opened and Tilden vas
nominated, the slogan of the horde was
"Tilden and Reform though Mr.. Til
den was busy through the campaign
with cipher dispatches; with money
where at would do the most good
and wound up by trying to defeat the
will Of the people by having the elect
ors thrown out from Oregon, Nevada
and West Virginia.
There were thOusans of people who
believed that General Grant was cor
rupt, and that every department of the
cn\ erpment was pOrrunt
The vindication came later, but it
was hard to bear while it lasted.
The situation is much the same now,
The attempt is to %inaugurate a cam
the democracy have done or proposed
during the past thirty years. but upon
the dement's of the republican admin,
istration. Wholesale frauds are
charged, wholesale conspiracies to stea'
the peoples liberties: wholesale asser.
lions that the president has usurped
power in the new possessions; that cv.
cry combine of capital is due to the re,
publican party; hat the laboring mer
CT the land have been made serfs by re,
publican rule. and that the only safety
the only chance of return to the an
cient freedom of the republic is to put
the party of dishonor and political dys'
pepsia back into power. 1t cannot
point to one act that it has performed
to one policy that it has proposed, tc
one principle that it hns advocated
that will commend itself to the judg
ment of men; it is plain that if restor'
ed to power, it would cause a blight up
on the present unexampled prosperit,
of the country; as II reads its pro
posed formula a vision of Coke armie:
shines before his eyes; but the roa1
goes up just the same, and it will swell
louder and louder until November
Then the cries will cease, the investi
cations will die in committees and W.
shall have another three years of rest
Salt Lake Tribune.
, 1900-06-04
Shooting Emus.

The Australian m is described as
a yellowish-brown bird, seven feet in
height, with wings so ru~dimentary that
1t makes no use Of them for flight. 1t
is so swift on foot, however, that only
the very ~fieetest horse can overtake it.
Like the ostrich, the emu feeds Upon
whatever comes under its beak. Wood,
pebbles, scraps of iron, or anything
else that it can swallow. will answer
its purpose, although 1t shows a
marked preference for bread and
cooked meat. A French explorer de-
scribes his experience in shooting one
of these birds. He was accompanied
by a white companion, and by an Aus
tralian black who acted as guide. Il
am going to bring them up" said our
savage companion. You will have to
shoot while they are on the run but
take your time and aim well. They
won't get off this time" So saying, he
began to whistle as if he were calling
a dog. The emus lifted their heads,
listened for an instant, then started to
run. 1t is strange that this was not to
get away, but rather to circle about us
without stopping, all the time mar
rowing the circle so as to APPROACH us.
When they were not more than forty
yards distant, still running with in
credible swiftness, we brought them
into line and fired. One fell with a
bullet in his heart. The others fed,
all the time in single file, and presently
they disappeared. In reply to a ques-
ton, our guide told us that the emus
always acted in this way whenever
they heard whistling, and that one can
call them by this means from far away.
Il think, he added, at is because they
believe their little ones are calling
them" AS the little emus do not
whistle, this explanation does not seem
to be conclusive. But who will sug-
gest a better one?
, 1900-06-04
SAILING THE PACIFIC ALONE.
About 2,7OO Miles Almost without
Touching the Helm.

For several days now the Spray
sailed west or the parallel of 10 de-
grees % south, as true as a hair. If
she deyiated at all from that, through
day or highland this may have hap
.pened-she was back, strangely
enough, at noon, at the same latitude.
But the greatest science was in reck-
oning the longitudes. My tin clock
and only timepiece had by this time
lost its minute hand. but after | boiled
her she told the hours, and that was
near enough on a long stretch. The
18th day of July, 1897, some hundred
miles southwest of Christmas Island,
| saw anti-trade clouds flying up from
the southwest very high over the reg
ular winds, which weakened now for
a few days, while a swell heavier thai
usual, set in also from the southwest.
A winter gale was going on in the di-
r"ection of the Cape of Good Hope. Ac-
cordingly | steered higher to wind
ward, allowing twenty miles a day,
while this went on, for change of cur
rent; and It was not too much, for on
that course l made the Keeling Islands
right ahead. The first unmistakable
sign of land was a visit one morning
from a white tern that tluttered very
knowingly about the vessel and then
took itself westward with a business
like air in It's wing. The tern is
called by the islanders the pilot of
Keeling Cocos." A little farther on
came among a great number of birds
fishing, and fighting over whatever
they caught. S%pringing aloft, l saw
from halfway up the mast c%ocoanut
trees standing out of the water ahead
l expected to see this, still it thrilled
me as an electric shock might have
done. | slid down the mast, tremb-
ling under the strangest sensations;
and not able to resist the impulse l sal
on deck and gave way to my emotions
To folk in a parlor on shore this may
seem weak indeed, but l am telling
the story of a voyage alone. l didn'
touch the helm, for with the current
and heave of the sea the sloop founc
herself at the end of the run absolute.
ly in the channel. You couldn't havt
beaten 1t in the navy. Then l trimmed
her sails by the wind, took the helm
and flogged her up the couple Of miles
or so abreast the harbor landing, where
l cast anchor at $3.50 p. m, July II
1897, twenty-three days from Thursda!
Island. The distance run was 2,7Ot
miles as the crow flies. 1t was a de
lightful sail. During those twenty.
three days l had not spent altogethel
more than three hours at the helm, in
Guiding the time occupied in beating il
Keeling harbor. l just dashed thu
helm and let her go; whether the wine
was abeam or dead aft 1t was all tn,
same She always sailed on her curse
No part of the voyage up to that poin
| taking it by and large, had been 81
finished as this.-Century.
, 1900-06-04
IN PLAY.
terest.

Prosecuting Attorney Sammon has
filed a charge of criminal negligence
against Dave Rasmussen, who killed
his companion, Charles Manion, in a
playful yet foolhardy manner a few
days since. The circumstances sur.
rounding the case are peculiar and pa,
thetic.
Manion was shot with a cloth wad
The two young men were herding q
band Of sheep together, their camp be-
ing at Fontenelle. They were the best
Of friends, and target shooting was 4
pastime with them. Finally they got
to making a practice of shooting al
each other with blank cartridges.
Last Sunday morning the accident
occurred. Manion's companion picked
up a-gun and with some j~ocular remark
cartridge penetrated Manion's hip. and
although it caused him considerable
suffering little was thought of it unit
his condition prevented him from
WalklnS around.
The young men Eel to Kemmerel
for medical aid, but Manion was ad.
vised to seek a hospital in Salt Lake
which he did. 1t was found hat gan.
creme had set in, and in a few hours af
ter the young mans arrival at the hos
pital he expired. The wad had ranged
downward and the limb was in a ter.
rible condition.
Manion was about twenty-one year.
of age, and his parents reside at Noun.
tain Home, Idaho. The author of the
deed is all broken up over the affair
He was at the death-bed of his com
panion and accompanied the body
h0me.-Evanston News-Register.
, 1900-06-04

You may as well expect to run 4
steam engine without water as to find
an active, energetic man with a torpid
liver and you may know that his live.
is torpid when he does not relish his
food, or feels dull and languid after
eating, often has headache and some
times dizziness. A few doses of Cham.
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
will restore his liver to its normal func.
lions, renew his vitality, improve his
digestion and make him feel like a new
man. Price, 25 cents. Samples free at
Frank H. Eggleston's drug store.
, 1900-06-04
CAME CLOSE TO DEATH

That five persons were not instantly
killed in Evanston on Wednesday fore
noon borders on the miraculous. That
many people are not killed in the same
manner is also strange.
As it is Mrs. B. A. johnson is seri-
ously injured and may be an invalid
Tor life, while Mr.. Johnson, her hus-
band, is suffering from many wounds
and contusions. Mr.. Johnson, accom-
panied by his wife and two children
and Mrs. Jas. Hackman, had gone to
the city cemetery to pay their respects
to Il honored dead. The party occu-
pied a two-seated buggy drawn by a
pair of horses and on returning was
compelled to cross the Union Pacific
railroad tracks, entering the city by
the freight depot. 1t was while cross
ing this track that the buggy was forci-
bly, hit by the westbound passenger
tain, which threw the occupants to the
ground, all receiving serious injuries,
and some with perhaps fatal results.
The injured persons fingered in the
Rocky Mountain hotel until Thursday,
when they were transferred to the Og-
den hospital. DR.. Harrison upon ex-
animation found that the youngest
child was quite seriously hurt and that
Mrs. johnson. who vas the most seri-
ously injured, received a serious bruise
Of the spine.
Mr.. johnson is a sheep man ranging
his flocks at Hilliard, and is originally
from Decentralization News-Register.
, 1900-06-04

A mysterious robbery occurred at
the Rocky Mountain Coal and Iron
"ompany's store al Red Canyon Satur-
day night.
A young son of James Eakin s.eeps
at the store. Saturday night at about
tire. In passing through the Office he
found the head bo0kkeeper, Mr.. l.. N.
Putnam. PROSTATE on the floor and
near by a small pool of blood. The
young man, being greatly alarmed,
hurried to the residence of Mr.. Brad
bury, superintendent Of the mines, and
informed him that Mr.. Putnam had
been murdered up at the office.
Mr.. Bradbury in turn summoned the
two mine foremen, and the four hur-
ried up to the office and proceeded to
make an examination. They found Mr.,
Putnam still on the floor, apparently
unconscious, but still alive. A doctor
was summoned and a hurried eXamin
alton showed no serious wounds, but
Q slight bruise on the face.
A superficial examination of the
cash shows thai about 81, 800 is miss,
ing, though the exact amount is not
at present known. Mr.. Putnam has
not up to the present time been able
to give any account of the affair. Fur,
Their developments are awaited with in
terest.
, 1900-06-04

Democrats are now complaining that
the operation of the Dingley tariff is
such as to cause the transplanting Of
numerous German manufacturing es-
Establishments to this country, which
are enabled to supply their German
friends at home at a rate beyond local
competition, and thus, they say, are
we Americans cheated. A frank ad-
mission and a wrong conclusion. Re
publicans have been ever c~Ontending
that the operation of a protective tar
if was in favor of the establishment
of manufactures in America, and now
We have democratic testimony to the
effect that they are not only being es-
tablished here, but are able to com
pete successfully with the manufacture
ers of Europe in their own markets.
, 1900-06-04
MAN DEAD.

A stranger was found lying near tn,
city hose house Saturday afternoon a
about $3.50, dead.
He came to the city Friday night suf
tering with consumption, and wa.
found by the night officers lying nea,
the west end of the freight platform
He stated that he had been herdine
sheep for a man named Allen for near
ly a week, but had to quit because he
was not well enough to stand the
work.
The officers took MIN to the city hose
house, where he spread his bed on the
i1oor. and DR.. Maghee was called in to
look at him and gave him some medi-
cine. Some time during the night he
got up and went out between the build
ings, and fell down and died. AS 1t
was in an out Of the way place the
body was not discovered until Satur-
day afternoon.