The San Francisco call., 1905-03-12
Literary Notes

@ HE following extract from the
Courier Journal OF Louisville, KY.
shows a good example OF the art
some great writer's have OF correct
ing and recorrecting their work to ever
finer perfection:
One Of the most interesting literary
discoveries that has been made In a
long time Is that OF the original manu-
script OF Keats Hyperion" On some
OF the pages there is a good deal OF
correction-a good many lines cancelled
and other lines written IN; on other
pages there are comparatively no cor
rections at all. In every instance the
corrections are for the betterment OF
the poem. For instance:
Deep In the shady sadness OF a vala
Far sunken from tho healthy breach of morn.
Far from the fiery noon. and Ever ons star
The poet has written Far from the
fiery noon. and evenings star but
changed it in the manuscript. A few
lines further down he wrote first:
Like clouds whose bosoms, thunder
Gus bosoms." Then he did not liks that
apparently at all for ne scratched II
out and wrote. Like cloud on cloud
No stir OF air was there" The next
two lines seem to have given him
good deal Of trouble. He wrote first:
Not 50 much lifs as what an eagles wing
Would spread upon neId OF green sara corn.
Then he scratched out what an
eagles" and wrote "a young vulturs's.-
But on re-reading the manuscript hs
scratched out both eagle ana vuIturs
and left:
Robs not at all tia dandelion's fescs.
This was left unaltered In the manu-
script and reproduced In the Wood
house edition. but Keats was dissatis-
fed with It and changed It on ths proof
sheets.
For those who wish to know more
about Maxim Gorly. the Russian
writer, who put his life IN peril
through his efforts In behalf Of the
people before and during ths ST.
Petersburg massacre OF the tnno-
cents" there is detailed life to be
had in English. It was written by %.
]. Dillon. the well-known English
traveller and journalist. who had un-
usual facilities for gathering his ma
ter1al. both from Gorlxy himself and
his friends. In view OF recent svents
the biography OF this manr-born
practically In the guitar. reared among
the lowest and most vicious surround
ing@a tramp until almost middle
life-who has now won himself q pro-
fessorship IN literature at q leading
Russian university. Is OF peculiar In
terest.
The Burlington Magazine OF Lon
don, England. now published In Amer
lea by Robert Grier Cooke. has won
for itself the distinction Of being the
foremost art publication In the Eng
lish language. Appealing as It does to
connoisseurs and collectors. Its schol-
arly articles are always welcomed In
an art lovers library. Among ths
noted authorities on its editorial con-
sultative committee appears the name
of Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke, who has
succeeded the late General di Cesnola
as director OF the Metropolitan
Museum. New York.
In view Of the plans for forthcoming
numbers OF the Burlington Magazine.
embracing the art Of Colonial Amsr-
lea and the fine arts generally Of the
new world, 1t Is interesting to note
that this periodical has more than
doubled in circulation IN America since
Mr.. Cooke has become Its publisher.
The New York Evening Post re-
Gently said: NO other publication
covers so wide field. or. on the
whole, with such accurate scholar
ship"
The Critic, New York, said: "a
magazine OF this sort Just nts IN with
Mr.. Cookies business, which n the
making Of handsome books-books. by
the way, which seldom get into the
bookshops. but are made for the own
ers of private libraries and private col
lections of pictures and other objects
of art"
The Freedom OF Life" by Annie
Payson Call, author Of Power
Through Repose." to be published In
March by Little. Brown & Co.. may
well be called ''the gospel OF orderly
living Miss Call attempts to show
in her new book how In the main at
fairs OF life we may be spared the pain
and annoyance of doing right in ths
wrong way. avoid the distressing waste
of nervous force and gain new life and
power for work