New-York tribune., 1901-03-17
LITERARY NOTES.

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| DR.. Nansen is about to publish another vol
ume of the scientific record of his Arctic expedi-
ton. This volume contains the results of the
astronomical observations.
The annual report of the English Society of
Authors shows that ii grows in prosperity and
usefulness. The legal expenditure Of the society
has greatly increased and now AMOUNTS to
is also making practical progress.
In his just published volume of "reminiscences
Sir Edward Malet the English diplcmatist. says
| or President Lincoln: OF all the great men l
have known he is the one who has left upon
me the impression of a sterling son of God.
StraiGhtfOrward. untiinching not loving the
work he had to 90. but facing il with bold
and true heart; mild whenever he had chance;
stern as rcn when the public veal required it,
following n boe-line To the goal which duty set
before him. ! still feel the grip of his
massive hand and the searching look of his
kindly eye"
The first volume of Froissart in the Tudor
Translate ms series WAS published six weeks
ago II IS no longer pr"cuTable IN the book
market. the entire issue of six hundred copies
having hedn promptly bought up.
Grim are the dest;nies of England in the eyes
of novelists. Mr.. Wells has already informed
us concerning what H. feels must he the conse-
quences cf modern tendencies and now Mr.
J. =. Fletcher. in The Three Days Terror
has described / horrifying attack upon London
by secret society provided with new de-
StruCtiVP force.
Stephen Longfellow had eight children. the
poet being the most distinguished of the group.
only Cpe of the eight survives. Mr. Alexander
Wadsworth Longfellow's death lately followed
that of his sister. Mrs Pierce after an interval
of only three weeks. MIR. \. w. LongfeHow was
Cor long time in the service of the United
States Coast Survey, and left some admirable
charts.
he
has been made of his letters written to
his wife during his imprisonment
The TolstoT shelf in the libraries of English
mon. ii appears from the sad statement of one
of the latter. lis the despair of those who have
a passion for orderly boukshelves. His works
have been published in all forms and sizes,
from the orthodox shape OF Anna Karenina To
the fiirnsy paper covered parts in which 'Resur-
rection first published There is some
chance. continues this scribe. that uniform
edition will presently be published in London.
All of which goes to show that brethren
across the sea are not always so many years
ahead Of our DnOr selves they like think
they are. The American edition Of TostoT pub
lished by I. Y Crowell & Co several months
ago is d uniform edition. and, took oCca-
sion to say when it appeared. IA very acceptable
one INTO the bargain. But when II gets into
circulation in London will doubtless hear
sublime remarks about the wonderful ''initia-
tive" of the English publishing fraternity.
Mr.. Cecil Rhodes was the chief figure in one
81 MIR. Morley Roberts's novels. and this story
writer IS now preparing another work of fiction
containing in its central character recognizable.
likeness II Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain. Mr.. Cecil
Rhodes. hy the way. appeared in NJ. Anthony
Hopes story. The God in the Car
In reviewing with cordial approval not long
HEo Mr. John MaCDunads Paris OF the Pari-
SianS q book strangely and most unjustifiabiv
neglected. IN this country. remarked especially
on thu authors evident acquaintance with his
subject at first hand. II seems that a. is in
decd closely familiar with some of the most
tprIStlC uf
tnCcS. Recently NJ was challenged Ey AN
iniurated antj-Semitc' accepted and happily
escaped unWoundcd from thr duel Ii will not
h' surprising II there presently appears in The
saturday Review a charming paper On An
AFFAIR Of Honor in Paris
Nh kinling'A Stncr N,rsinl nf his ..I11nnl,