New-York tribune., 1902-08-24
LITERARY NOTES.

There is to be. after all. supplemental
volume to the delightful new Murray edition =,
Byron. This volume-the thirteenth-wju Coz -
tain the photography and index. Six volume.
have been devoted to the letters and six TO the
poetry
NJ. Emile zoia has finished a large part Of hi,
new book, and the English version viii be
brought out during the autumn Ii is to be
called Truth and is the third of the series n,
four projected by the novelist a long time apo
The first and second it will be remer1bsoJ
were "FruitfulnesS and Labor" Neither book
achieved the success of his earlier novels Tba
last of this series is TO be entitled Justice"
The man who paid 81 40 last March for tn
unique" copy of Charles Lambs bit of NURSERY
verse The King and Queen Of Hearts, must
look upon his purchase now with some search
ings of heart For a second copy appeared. and
now a third copy Eas turned up. and the price
has come down tO-SZ0!
Some "reminiscences of Charles Reade. that
brilliant novelist are coming from the Den az
his onetime friend, John Coleman, the actor In
England at least there IS a constant demand
for Reade'S books: it is stated that nothing sells
bette in cheap editions In the United States
there is generally demand for that MASTER
piece of historical fiction THE CIOister and the
Hearth" 1t is a book witty. charged
with knowledge of human nature so picturesque
and so thrilling that it cannot die. The man
who does not read this novel with wonder and
delight writes himself down one without taste
imagination or the historical sense. As for
Reade's lighter books. who can turn without
keen enjoyment the pages of that most hurnor-
Gus and acute little study of feminine character
''Love Me Little Love Me Long? We ara
anticipating, not too patiently, the publication
of small. light. handy pocket edition OF Reades
novels May il not be long delayed
The sixpenny reprints of popular books ara
being sold in great quantities in England. and
it is stated that they have seriously affected tho
sales of the Sixpenny magazines.
Those who have seen Mr.. KipIings pen and
ink drawings for his forthcoming book OF Just
So Stories describe them as being full OF fun
TT is the complaint of "The London Morning
Post" that the current Lives of Dickens dc
not contain any account of his wonderful powers
as a talker. "As boy in a lawyers office he
was famous for his powers of mimicry and
an actor ne would easily have become famous
On the other hand. his inexhaustible flow Of
fancy and humor. flow which he never ma
any attempt to check. must have made b ..
most delightful of takers One remembers the
comment of Thackeray on one occasion when
Dickens was making after dinner speech. 4
cannot afford to cOrusCate like that Perhap,
it was impossible to preserve any of his con-
yersation Voice expression and gesture might
seem to those who heard him so essential to the
effect he produced that the bare words seemed
cold and dead when those who had listened
carre to write them down But we have a recol-
lection of story to the effect that Dickens once
took Thackeray out for a walk and brought him
back exhausted-not with walking but with
laughter One would like TO have even a faint
echo of the converse ton on that occasion
The re-establishment of Poland as kingdom
and the plots laid for the purpose furnish the
machinery of Mr. Henry Seton Merr1man'S new
novel The VuItures,." These ''FultUreS''
introduced as men in thu service OF strong gov
ernrnentS whose mission it IS to find themselves
where things are Stirring-tO be at the seat OF
war
Mr.. Paul du ChaiIlu. kindest and most cheer
full OF travellers. has been living IN Russia for
the last year busted in the collection of ma
teriaI for a book dealing with that country
He means to devote three or four years more
to this preparation. perfecting himself in the
language Of which he already has an excellent
knowledge and living among all classes OF the
population. He has had an Interview with the
Emperor, who is greatly Interested IN MS plans
and who has promised to provide the author
with a particularly useful special passport