The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-08
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j - Literary Notes.

v..,rs H. w. Fisher Co, Of Philadelphia have in
u. nour Annual Execution, forgotten essay by Will
y Mskrpeace Thackeray This paper appeared in Fraser
s n and contains two of Thackerays ballads "Tbe
s Hss Guerdon and THE Amscks Adeu' II was
sn,ed with variations in the Miscelanies, of Messrs
Ta. ossood Co.. Boston, 1869 1870 but it is claimed
.v, appeared elsewhere, and it has never been noticed
~ the photographers having escaped even the carf,i
u AZ Mr.. C. p Johnson through the pages of Fraser
& Williams in his photography appended the "Bibio-
.,;ral Edition OF Ihackerays works declares that the
referred to did mot appear have been published
sbete previously TO the collected edition of the ballads
s,s In connection with this paper is another critical
80 "A Word the Annuals, also from Fraser's Maya
~ hch has been identified by Mr. Johnson as Thackernv
III though it has never been reprinted in either England
= a. United States up to this time, the issue of Messrs
~ Co. being the first reprint. These two ESSAYS have
IN ornted lin volume) at the Merrymount Press
81 ~ edition is limited $50 numbered copies Mr.
u Dexter edits the work and has supplied bibosaphi
II Introduction .
"a the s,h of June the Independent of New York pub
rAd through the courtesy OF Mr. S. r. Pickard Whitters
D.rnpher a poem entitled Eternity" which has never
,sr been included in Whitters complete works 1t was
as,n In 1880 and signed by the name Adrian"
AN plume which Whittier often employed as editor of
y. New England Review.
The Abbey Press publish Max o'Rers latest book Her
ps,l Hishness Woman and His Majesty Cupid"
u u II
Now that we in the full tide of the simmer books on
,..o.doors seem to take lease of life 1t will be
rusnbered that The Garden of Commuters Wife"
oving closely the heels OF Elizabeth and Her German
tn" and THE Benefactress" and ran through edition
,f edition within few months OF its issue and that
Is not book of only is proved by its already
having into two editions this spring As the English
k BY the anonymous German authoress was so warmly ap
r.asted in America SO this Garden of Commuters
WIFE, American in its title, and by anonymous American
woman has found equally appreciatve audience in
rnvand Still another edition is lust on the press for inn
MEDIATE publication and it will be unntercstnp news
many readers hear that the early autumn will probably
sec another book by the author of Elizabeth and Her Ger
nan Garden The Macmillan company publish both books
=
The description OF tornado on the Danish West India
Islands Gertrude Athertons novel The Conquero gives
pretty vivid impression of the which must have
seized the people of Martinique when the day became black
night and the darkness was rent by lightning and the
air hrobbed with deafening rolls of thunder From her
personal experience while down there gathering material for
t book she describes which devasted one of the
stands during Alexander Hamilton's boyhood This latest
her novels by the way, has been the successful
book she has yet written and is already its edition
The Macmillan company is The publisher.
"The American Men of Letters Series" published by
Hpghton Mifhn Co.. is example OF persistence in
literary undertaking. The series projected and begun
James Fields the friend Of Dickens and Thackeray and
evels successor on the Atlantic. 1t continued by
Charley Dudley Warner, and his death passed on to
Horace E. Scudder, who died leaving it unfinished. De
e the deaths OF successive editors however the
has gone and the publishers announce its rapid
progress towards completion The present will
volumes on Hawthorne, George L. Woodbcry; Longfeow
BY Thomas Wentworth Higginson and Whittier, by George
Carpenter Other volumes i'll preparation arc Motley by
Edward g. Bourne; Parkman by Henry d. Scdgwick Jr ;
Whitman, by John Burroughs and Holmes, by Owen
Mttr The Life of Longfellow,' by Thomas Wentworth
hssnson will be especially interesting the personal
a; Tor Mr. l!igginson, having married the niece of the
ht Mrs Longfellow has had letters throwing
much light upon Longfcllows early married life.
=
After hanging fire for year and half following his in
u0auehon to the English reading public the work Of Gory
specially his short Stories flaming up and kndiing the
ns and admiration of the literary circles OF both London
u our chiet American cities The strong personality OF
NUMBER OF anecdotes related which indicate his pos
on OF an unusually independent spirit the days
a &c was wandering aborcr. From Free Russia (Lon
y VIC quote the following note addressed to who
aa Interested himself in Gorkys welfare e" live here we'll
neferoiore have made friends with my colleagues (he
Ssehman) my duties have learned to perfection and
=. carrying them out with accuracy The station master
.Asnea win me, and mark of his good disposition
wNs'ds and confidence in me, he intrusts with the
MY Of eniptyng all the kitchen sops every morning,
i i let me know whether it is part Of my immediate
' 70 carry the sops from the station masters kitchen z!
d
hc editor of Notes and Queries says OF Horace Howard
nesS Narorum edition OF Shakespeare that it is the
achievement regards Sbakespearan literature OF
-, scholarship, and puts to the blush all rival
s e'lort 1T is with delight that watch on the
'es Inc augmenng of volumes and express hope
ne ult series contemplated by the editor will appear
ms supervision. Enough for fame, and enough also
institute proud etimcs accomplishments, will be such
Dr Furness is indeed the best OF eaitors,
Az earned better than any other the al-impotant lesson
~ nc edits best who NEEDLES least The reasonableness
j, y OF his comments in striking contrast with the
~ i1r misunderstanding and mcdding with which most
"No approach Shakespeare seem afflicted"
u :.
a sSas Bailey Allrich contributes to the June Century
,-e on LAiglon,' calling attention to curious re-
,s between the Wagram battlefield i'll Rostands
q u passage in Victor Hugos description OF Water
49,, IN Les Miserables" which he says does not show
3,., but merely that great minds in the same
an ne describes vision he himself had by the ruined
s,r.e,, hugomont his imagination repeopng the old I
MA c with the vanished hosts in the charge Of the
Il, h aafa the thousand sabres flashing in the air and
t9ung to Druot dEron Are you not going to get
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MI, w Robertson Ncoll, the well known London jour
aAL axes OCCASION in issue of his paper the
Am weekly to lament the present decay in style
,, hgn he asks "in thinking that alike in
t,,a our books there is less and less concern for
Ill ne continues: Some twelve years ago Robert /