New-York tribune., 1905-11-12
LITERARY NOTES.

LIIERAhI NOI EO.
Mr.. George Lille Craik, who died recently in
London for many years an actlVe aridnI partnen
will hest remember him the husband OF Oman
Maria Muloch, the author of John Haiifax'
Gentleman"
.arhe Flower Book of the late Edward Burne-
Jones is a volume of drawings, a reproduction Oh
which is to be published soon Ihe artlst ihaue
notes of old English names OF mowers that az, -
tracted his fancy, such as Love IN s, Mlso,
meadow Sweet Rose Of Heaven, !raVei-
ler's 10y afterward making studies in the
same volume, not of the flowers themselves put
of subjects suggested by their names to his
fTnagination The reproductions have been made
I'm Paris. Only three hundred copies have been
printed
Americans who have known Froude, the his
torian, will look forward with interest to Mr
Herbert Paurs biography of him. The book
contains many letters worth reading, especially
q series addressed by Froude to the Countess of
Derby Mr.. Paul, it is said has found himself
I'm position to deal in singuarly convincing
and emphatic way with some of the vexed pas.
sages in Froude'S career, notably the charges OF
fnaccuracy brought against him by the late
Professor Freeman, and the subsequent con-
outcome of close and chivarous
friendship-of Carlyles life at Chelsea"
We quoted recently from "The London Acad-
eny" a rather scathlng criticism on the teach
ing of literature in Germany. To that quotation
we must add another-a confederation drawn
1t is penned by German, not by a foreigner,
gives it much weight and 1t deserves careful
reading, especially by the students OF literary
handbookS everywhere
We have q lot of teachers-and it is pity that
they are, the most of them-who cannot enjoy any
It gives They consider all poetry, etc. as objects
for their critical and dissecting studies They most
They are real ischulmeister.' and such one has
Is dust for their tastes and dead, dsseced in par
t3cles Gassied ana qmasl snui up - IN peted anov v'
nower without plucking the leaves out and count
hs sass ,he It belong Ask any German @ wnat Sentiments
remembers concerning literature lessons OF his
Sentiment Of awful tediousnsss and aISgust if he
eber furious Wrath against the man at the
desk. who analyzed the finest literary work and
ieft ot hssss Or p0etr
ha 1ns Afd he the oa Of and
enayzao9 In most eases there Is more more p9etTy try
e1atuTe in German gymnasium ~ Most probably ld;
fsat a not please fook at the Schiller number
OF the aIlterarische Echo following under wrap
Refy yhs me to In
& you w tber dssust CHEERING the
Echiller lessons in school
That George venabes Thackeray'ss school
mate was not entirely responsible for the novel
lists dsfgured nose is to be gathered from the
tust published autobiography of the late Sir
Venables and Reid were visiting Lord Hough-
ten. Reid bluntly asked his fellow guest who
1t winter, and We were walking Kin In Indian IN
Venables he suddenly stopped. and, turning round,
gared at in manner that instantly revealed
the terrible truth to my alarmed intelligence He
continued to glare for several seconds and then.
apparently perceiving nothing but innocent con-
fusion, not unmixed with alarm. my face. his
features became relaxed into amtable
preston. did anybody tell you." he said slowly
and with solemn emphasis Ito ask me that cues,
ton?" could truthfully say that nobody had
done So Ny answer seemed to mcllify ,Venabies
1t once. Then If nobody put you up to asking that
question, 1 don't mind answering it. It was who
broke Ihackeray's nose; We were only little boys
the time, and quarreIied over something and had
the usual fight. 1t wasn't my fault that be was
disfgured for life; 1t all the fault of some
wretched doctor. Nowadays boys nose can be
Enended that nobody can see that 1t has evor
been broken Let tel you." he continued that
harm had done him. and do not believe he felt
any" =.
The third centenary Of the birth Of Corneille
Is to be celebrated in Paris next June. The
Parisans know how to do such things. NJ.
one can imagine what that will be in those
stately halls-and will receive delegates from
the academies, universities. schools and colleges
A monument to CorneilIe viii be formally in
augurated, and various works by the dramatist
win be produced at the theatres
An appreciation Of the influence which
Eonsard and his companions exercised on
French literature will be found In Mr.. George
Wyndham's forthcoming book-a work upon
which he has been busily engaged since he re-
hnQuished Office.