New-York tribune., 1905-03-26
LITERARY NOTES.
New York
and London.

Emily Dickinson's poems-if these strange
Almost formIess collocations of lines can be
don. This eccentric New-England woman had
hucn poetic feeling, but she was utterly in
capable of writing poetry.
The remains of Tom Moore are to be trans
1erred from the English churchyard in which
tney GTy have rested since his death in 1852 to
Glasne1vn Cemetery in Dublin. A memorial
committee has this matter in hand as wen as
a plan for the erection of a monument to the
poet ~
discussing the other day the poverty of mod
ern drawing room conversation, Mrs Humphry
Ward said that the most wonderful instance of
rlch and appropriate diction in conversation that
she could remember was the talk of George
EAlot: 1 remember talk with her on The
opanlSh G1psy when 1 was girl of eighteen
Each sentence In itself was admirably finished
and musical. and yet there no impression
OF Ieoantry or straining after effect"
Coventry Patmore's talk. as Mr.. Gosse de-
scribes it. was apt to be startling Behold an
example:
Gf an IS @en v4 q
was an intimate friend of his. The conversation
RSmore II positive mahneT e4ciamsd
brant insect There Was was U5ye2sa nGang but
OF or @ indignant protest Patmore pursed up his lips.
ton proceeded and an opinion Of GoetRes Was
S presently emily Qg4ted Then Patmore lifted up his voice
but a brilliant insectF' -''--'''s
"Childrens Answers is the title of an anus
ing book which has just been brought out in
London. Here is one of its quotations:
Please. sir. it's a thing that happens in Amer
And here is another:
A Scotch dominic, after telling his scholars the
does God Strike everybody dead that telis
Claimed Becuee there %eun She little b eod9 e9W f
| AN Instructive Criminar' Is the title of the
| novel which the youngest son OF the late Lord
| Chief Justice Coieridge is about to bring ont
| ficiaL
Mrs. Cahyn, author of once much discussed
| DOCK, "A yellow Aster," has written new novel
when "nIch Is supposed to be her most ambitious
undertak1ng- 1t is called Patricia: A Mother"
| and it describes the struggle between a young
widow and her mother-in-law for the affection
| and control of Patricia's SON.
Other new novels of some interest to people
on TINS SIDE or the water are Mr. Crockett's
Peden, the Prophet" the late Mr. Farieon's
story OF hypnotic suggestion. 1.-The Clairvoy-
| sentials.'
or Thomas Hardy at the beginning of his lit
erary career, there is a glimpse in new book
by Mr. r. Downey, the London publisher. He
| quotes William Tinsley as saying to him:
| remember Tom Hardy we'll when he first called
on me He told me he was architect but had
eye trouble ANYHOW tried hs rst novel, C De IOfe
pefate Remedies' in three volumes. 1t went very
FIAT: The only decent review I can remember of it
was in THE Saturday. but that was good
enough notice to make publisher think he had got
hold of something.
| OF James Payn, Editor of ''The Cornhill," and
| Edmund ODonovan. the Man of Nerve" Mr..
Downey tells story of the days when the
editor logged the memory of the Irishman con-
| cerning an article he had promised to write for
| him:
Then for weeks the life at the Reform
Club of the author of Lost Sir MaSsingberd" was
| broken up. As he busiiy engaged with
| his afternoon whist message would to him
| that a gentleman wished TO him in the hall on
most important private business. When he would
go out to interview the man he invariably found
stranger-always different man. but each pos
sessing the same strong gfavored accent Il beg your
pardon, SIR the stranger would say, but you
Mr.. James Payn? Oh you Well, sir, 1 come
| from Mr.. Edmund ODonovan. He wishes you to
know that he is writing that article fast as
| can"
Mr.. Harry Furniss the illustrator, has writ
ten a novel. which he calls Poverty Bay" It
is the story of ghost for sale. 1t is illustrated
with many spirited drawings