New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-10
LITERARY NOTES.


TIC first thing which the author of ITO Have
and To Hold" ever wrote for publication is said
10 have been a little account OF roadside meet
Jig with Queen Victoria in the south OF france.
The first volume of ''The Century Library Of
Music OF which Mr.. Paderewski is editor-in-
chief. viii appear in September The work IS to
be published in twenty volumes, and will com
bne articles on the great composers written by
other composers and a collection Of the best
Ii&noforte literature in the world.
y new story by Mr.. Howells will be brought
out in the July Atlantic"
Madame Sarah Grand's promised story is said
10 be not in any sense problem novel. AS 1t
is to be published first a serial, the book will
LGt appear until next spring.
Mrs Clifford says that her striking little play,
TIE Likeness of the Night" IS founded one
OF her own short stories, entitled 1.-THE End Of
Ter Journey and published in 1884 AS for the
story she adds it was founded upon nothing
but actual incident and her imagination.
All this has been called out by a review sug-
costing on her part an obligation to Ibsen-
The Kendals to produce Mrs Clifford's
little play. 1t is believed that the wife's part
Is q particularly great one for Mrs. Kendall Not
many people remember, by the way. that tho
title comes from some lines by Swinburne
And where the red was. 10 the bloodess white
And where hope was, the image of despair,
And where day shone, the likeness of the night"
Miss Marie Corelli's new novel. called Boy"
IS coming from the press Boy" who Is tho
hero goes, of course. to South Africa
Mr. John Davidson exuIts over what he con-
sders Mr. lie Galiennes smashing arraignment
Of Dir. kipling Says little Mr.. Davidson in THE
London Star" of little Mr.. lie Gallienne. HE
says what is the last word on the subject when
he declares that, broadly speaking MIR. Kipling
cannot "rlte any klnd OF poetry In SIMPLE ENG
liSh. AS Il poet he stands falls with dialect
In my view he falls for his dialect is not really
dialect ut all 1t is merely bastard argot
used to mask the vulgarity and commonness OF
the thought. the sentiment and the pseudo
imagination. 1t is not necessary to grace Mr..
Kipling with the high name of poet In order to
enjoy what Mr. lie Ciallenne calls his mastery
OF captivating sing-sonE,' of catches and re-
frains.' There are many nameless and faneless
music hall ninstrels who can capture the ear of
the man In the street as cleverly as the author
of The Absent Minded Beggar' the popularity
OF which Is slight compared with the popularity
achieved by such masterpieces Soldiers OF
the Queen or The Man that Broke the Bank
at Monte Carlo In one sense he Is the Burns
OF the music hall song but only in the shallow
est sense. A smooth pebble from the
brook of truth has slain greater giants than
Ktpling, and l look forward to the day when
Mr.: lie Gallienne will lay the CORY head OF the
Art"
The Fourth Generation is the title Of Sir
Walter Besants forthcoming novel. 1t will ap-
pear In book form a much longer story than
1T has been a serial
Mr.. Charles Neufeld prisoner OF the
khalIfa, is writing another book 1t is n story
OF adventure for boys and is based his ex-
periences III Egypt.
What is practically reprint Of Mr. Colling-
woods life Of RuSkin has just been brought out
In London. To the original work has been added
some interesting letters one of these mentions
RuSkIn's meeting in Verona with I4ongfellow:
AS was drawing in the square this morning
IN a lovely. quiet Italian light there came up
the poet LonSfrllow with his little dauEhtcr-a
gin OF tMeLAe ihirieen. WIN snriu--.-c-.rInd