New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-04
LITERARY NOTES.

DR.. Isidore Singer. the managing editor Of the
Jewish Encyclopedia" now being issued oy
Funk & Wagnalls. publishes through the same
firm work designed to keep green in the mem
DRY of Americans the horrors OF Kishinen 1t Is
entitled Russia at the Bar of the American
People" and to it we have already alluded in
this column Apart from its character as an
Indictment" it is of great interest by reason OF
the light it throws on the attitude Of the Russian
Jews toward the government OF the Gar Dr-
Singer embodies the conclusions OF Dr. waiter
Kempster of Milwaukee, affirming that, de-
spite all prosecutions, a large proportion OIL
the Hebrews of Russia have strong feeling OF
loyalty to the land of their birth After detail
ing the massacre and the subsequent trial OF the
rioters he makes urgent plea Tor the lul
characterization Of the Jew, quoting from the writ
ings of Russian statesmen. generals, church Dig
nitarfes and economists to prove the seriousness
OF the situation. The work is. of course anti
Russian throughout. and its author is at
no pains to conceal his hope that the present
conflict in the Far East will result disastrously
TO Russian arms. '"The poor Russian soldiers
and sailors sleeping their eternal sleep in the
cold earth of Corea and the bottom of the
Yellow Sea- like the Bessarabian Jews who had
been butchered to the sounds OF last years
Easter bells, are victims of the same natiohal
and religious policy which. let us hope sooner
or later will dismember the proud empire of the
Gar"
Miss Margaret Sherwood's romance Inc
Story of King Sylvan and Queen Aimee Cine
Macmillan Company, is aptly dedicated TO
.'runaways in spirit It is the tale OF the ad-
ventures of two royal lovers who. abandoning
the affairs of state. wand2r In holiday mood
through forest and alocg seashore. the incidents
of their ioamings being narrated I'm medieval
fashion.
A recent addition to the list of books issued
TO ships libraries in the United States Navy is
Mr.. Jack London's People Of the Abyss"
The .AIacmfllans ha,e just issued volume of
selections from Malo.y's lie Morte dArthur'
with an introduction. notes and a glossary by
A T Martin. Assistant Master at Clifton Col
legs
DR.. Walter F McCaleb, whose The Aaron
Burr Conspiracy provoked some comment. is
busiIy engaged in editing the Memoirs OF Sen
ator John II. Reagan the only surviving mem
Der Of the Confederate Cabinet.
To the interminable discussion concerning the
part luck plays in the affairs of men. Mr.
Charles BIoomingdale. jr. contributes vivacious-
Il in his novel. "A Failure" published by J. B.
Ii1pincott & CO, His views are well illustrated
nv a little conversation between Dunwolde,
collegial, and John Franklin, the hero OF the
story. From it we quote:
DunwoIde filed his pipe and puffed medi-
tativelv before he answered. Then he said;
II don't care what il IS caled-Fate. Chance,
Luck Kismet-call il anything you want. there's
an element of chance that has to do with a
mans success You know and 1 know score
of men of brainv attainment. good. hard work
ing fellows who make but a pittance when
compared with the wad rolled up by an IL
literate contractor who can hardly sign his
name. And the careless slipshod fellow VINO
goes on his whistlfng way and doesn't care II
school keeps or not. II the world goes round
on its axis once in twenty-four hours or once in
forty-eight-those fellows get along and make
their piles Of money You can put il down as
an axiom that success IN life is nlne-tenths
luck and the other tenth ability"
You're talking like freshman. not like a
senior" said John. You're too radical Ar
thur Lots Of fellows hit the bulls -eye-lots
don't And when they don't hit IT'S their own
fault Their mental eyesight, or their business
eyesght or their husting eyesight Is AZ fault
shoot once or twice in our lives-and it's a case
Of miss and out largely-just as it is in any
other tournament.
Mr. H c. Chatfeld-T45lor. who some time ago
became a victim OF overwork is now slowly re-
gaining his health in Paris. where he has spent
the winter His illness has delayed the COM
pletion OF the "Moliere" novel upon which he
was working.