New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-02
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr.. Thomas Bailey Aldrich's forthcoming
book. "A Sea Turn and Other Matters VIII
contain a group of short stories, including prac-
ideally all he has written since he brought out
the collected edition of his works America is
the scene Of most of these tales, though some
Of his characters disport themselves in Europe
The centenary Of the birth Of poor l. f. l.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon-has lately paSSeu
with little mention. Her name would De q'iu
forgotten If it were not for the occasional IeI
erences found in nineteenth century Hleihoii'
10 her prettiness her sentimentality her verses
and her tragic death from poison on the "oi1
Coast. Her poetry. much admired in her day
does not appear even in the EnslSh di''''
II is hopelessly weak and obvious
The noat'e good looks We're acknoU lodged even
b,, her feminine friends. When Rosina Wheeler
The Irish girl who to become the VIE OF
Rulver Lytton. first came TO London, MISS Ian
dnn was to be found every literary gathering
A "Reminiscences Of evening at MISS behsei
was thus set down in Rosina's Autobiography
written when she WAS Lady BulWer LN'loh'
Then Miss Landon arrived. and she looked re
n,arlza hlv well. She had d sweetly pretty piush-
rose complexion; her forehead, eyebrows. eyes
md e,-e,ashes were beautiful; the mouth not
had. the defaulter was the nose, being one OF
she most homeopathic ignobe snuhS that ever
a++enrted TO do duty for that feature. fieI
hands feet ankles were also very pretty. anu
her figure 50 light and petite that It's hal'le~S
and angularity were almost un"hSerNeo- sue
e,,,r herself at my feet in her usual theatrlcaI
WAY with tirade about its not being idoIatrS
20 kneel''
Mr. Owen Wister has taken enough time from
.be perpetration Of successful fiction u write
q biography Of Oliver Wendell Holmes 10 be-
Included in the American Men Of Letters 0e''7S'
Readers Of Nj Wister's clever books VIII look
forward with curiosity to the publication OF TINS
nenHir His humor Is Of q kind winch ShouIH
pecJliarly ft him for appreciation ~ mat Whl'h
attached everybody to the witty doctor And
speaking of the huaor Of the author o1 me
virsinian." why do not the publishers bring
out = reprint Of his always amusing Dragon
of WantIey?
English critics, by the Way. have been o4pu-
waited by Mr. Wister7s "NITglnIan, a man whose
r11anliness strongly appeals II them Even IN"
reluctant Pail Mall Gazette" says that the
novel is one OF the best that has appeared for
some time and it advises every one Who l. IN
need of novel Of incident and freshness to
buy. borrow or steal The Nirginian
Mr. James H. Stoddart's recoilections Of the
stage promise 10 form the material Of an IN
commonly delightful hook. His humor as an
author is as quaint and dry. and gentle and en-
Eaging as is his humor as an actor Those VINO
en,oyed the portions Of his book printed not
long ago in The Century" will watch Win
pleasant anticipations for the complete work
Charles Dickens's latest hiogrspher, Nj Kit
ton has traced many of the noVeljstS Charac-
tiers to their originals Paul DomheE MAS DICK
ens's nephew Harry Barnett. pathetic little
cripple who died in his tenth year Dora Cop
perfieId is supposed to have been a Miss Bead
well With whom Dickens Was in love at the
early age of eighteen. The belief that he drew
the character of Micarber from his father is
not upheld III, the bographer, VINO has discoT-
cred in one Richard Chicken of York more
probable model. This Chicken had suhordi-
nate place in the office Of engineer wherein
Alfred Dickens. the noyest's brother, was en-
pIoyed for several years Miss Mowcher Dick
ems WAS distressed having drawn when he
learned that he had unwittinsly caused pam
To a really worthy person William Shaw. VINO
sal for the portrait Of the abominable Squeers
is said to have been in actual lIt. a man Of a
kind and humane disposition; after his death
his neighbors placed stained glass window IN
the village church his memory Mrs. Skew
ton we are told was Mrs. Campbell, "a lady
we'll known at bennington, who INDUCED in
such tight lacing that the slightest eNertlon
caused her to pant for breath" Captain Cutie,
that fine old boy made his first appearance in
Perys's Diary that gentleman recording that
.he met Captain Cutie, Sea Commander,
at the ROYAL Exchange
The Song of a Single Note" is mentioned as
the title of Mrs. Bars new novel
French readers in a fair way Of taking in,
an spite Of themselves. knowledge Of Anglo
Saxon literature There just now running
in Partisan newspa pers translations Of Bulwer
Lytton's Last Days of Pompeii. Conan Doyle :
Sherlock Holiness Dickenss Oliver Twist"
and Crawford's Via Crucis-' In an article in
The -cAIercure de France NM. Marius and AIRY
Jehlonde have been warmly praising the works
Of KipIing who has much admiration from
French literary men. The TWO critics ascribe
his nopuIarity to the ignorance. sometimes so
,rofound as TO be impertinent. of modern
French, novelists OF ali things outside the houle-
wards The Partisan writer's Of to-day only re-
neat themselves and their predecessors. and deal
over and over again with the petty personalities
Of boulevard life. with absolute unconscious
ness of the great world beyond
II is said that the life Of Goethe which Wis
count Goschen is writing viii he severely crit
zeal. He has nearly finished the book
Mrs Eliza beth Stuart Phelps Wards new
book is to be entitled Avery Those who read
this story Of matrimonial life in Harper" will