New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-30
LITERARY NOTES.

Among literary families that OF Mr.. Rider
Haggard, who is at present in TINS eouiius' ~
conspicuous. He has two brothers, and all tnree
are noveIlsts sHannibaIs Daughter is the pesl
known novel of the Oldest brother, coioflel An
drev- Haprard. The youngest brother. Major T.
A Haggard publishes military novels over 'ite
pseudonyu.e of Arthur Amyand
Mr. Robert Barr has a novelist orother mo
appears on title pages as Angus Evan Aepo'
siias and Joseph Hooking are both popular
novelists in England and a third literary ihelii-
her Of their family is their sister saionle- M
Oui!ler-Couch mas two novel writing s'stsfs' III
the Benson family there are three writer's a
G Benson poet and biographer, is the OLDEST
He Is now az work editing the correspondence Vi
oueen Victoria The brother next him IN age Is
1sobert Renson. who has lately published novel
entitled by What Authority" The author OF
~Dodo" Is known IN America as the elder BROTH
ers are not as yet. BY the way it ought to be
said that the character of "Dodo' was not
drawn from MISS Margot Tenant. as was once
believed The book half done before It's
author was introduced TO that clever young
lady
The amusing experiences of an editor Win
rnsought for contributions are presented in the
current ~outlook." Many were the brides that
ACCOMPANIED manuscripts sent TO him. one oL
them had something Of subtility:
He remembers finding on his desk battered
pastehoard box, which. opened gave up s,i o5 a
ing fragranee thrsf biossoms In better days
these had been Southern snax among ts n mCia
debris debris T snserIbed Just breath OF southland
FOR moment the Spectator aeat , nS read
fmpersonaily, The Editor me spects'U nan MI
i1t tied with an appealing pink ribbon and signed
Maryland Jones The heat Of TIE ealtog m hac G
sEith printed slip marked coldiy Just breath
OF Northland."
The great English Dialect Dictionary" winch
Professor Joseph Wright is now bringing 10
completion has been prepared. and is being pun
ushed at its editors expense. This might go
,sr % ir,noverish him if he had not been award
81 3 civil List pension of $1,000 year HIS
staff has been composed of women ana ms "ihe
has been his most Indispensable assistant. n
novel feature of the work we told. has been
the gathering of hundreds OF phohographic ie0-
or6s of dialects in all parts of England. These
records Professor Wright proposes TO present 10
some public library, for The benefit of future gen
erations.
The late LORD Dufferin was brilliant man OF
the world but while fond of letters he haa not
much literary gift. He had a leaning toward
verse but never accomplished anything IN inns
direction. Tennyson was apparently his leeal
as a poet among the moderns. Homer ne en-
5oved reading him in the original. Literary
anecdotes in Dufferin's letters are few. Here Is
one OF the few:
x,sr+snoDie on nv wag TO Syria met AieXandre
1ennss with a young lady in tow dressed as d BOY
haPP Gentleman aa who is ' STAYING at the
he told me that he was al fa4erilo a. ,,e tho+
where Dumas and his little friend ianded ana t!at
ne saw a great deal Of them both. Al GlnneF tIe
young lady sn the habit while Gunzs t Ne
peroratng, according TO his won't, or
The flies. OF which there were millions ms sne
did with great dexterity. and put Their podies INTO
Tunaas.s glass. After she had well filled 1t with
these ingredients, she turned round 10 MN IN
winning manner and reminded him that ne had nor
refreshed himself. upon which Dumas. stlH eagerly
talking. used TO drain of the decoction!
Miss Esther Singleton is indefatigable in COM
piling books on this or that inspiring subject
from the more or less classical literature avail
able We trust that she win not weary in her
task if she can go giving us books like her
..Venice as Seen and Described by Famous
Writers Dodd. Mead & Coz. an octave pleas
antly illustrated with half tones from photo
graphs Dickens, oddly enough, opens the col
lection Ruskin, of course, is freely drawn upon.
and we are glad to see more than one quota
ton from Symonds. A few foreigners are cited,
notably Gautier and Yrarte, but most Of the
authors are English. The extracts not all so
brief as to make the book seem scrappy. but
neither are any of them too long. This is one
Of the best Of Miss sIngleton's anthologies. of
equal interest to those who have and those
who have not seen Venice.