The Washington herald., 1909-05-02
LITERARY NOTES.

Writing from Rome 20 a friend IN
America. Rudyard Kipiing says that the
Wrights are ahead OF his story with
the Night Mail" the date Of which IS 2oeo
A. D. NJ Kipling. by the way. wrote
supplementary matter for this story In
the way Of Aerial Regulations, An
swers to Correspondents, Book Reviews.
and Advertisements. supposedly taken
from a magazine OF the same future date.
B,st already the London Times has pub
lished twice a full page CT actual adver-
tsements OF dirigibIes and flying ma
chimes.
Il sometimes think there's never sucn
TRADE
As where some bridge game has been
badly played
When some one thinks you should have
mad 10 irumps.
And you have thrifty declared a spade."
The Rub&iyat q Bridge" b. Carolyn Wells.
The novel by William Dean Howelis. It
is announced by the Messrs- Harper.
which was to have been Published this
spring. has been postponed. a little
volume. made up Of two dramatic poems.
vii take IFS place.
Horace Traubel. who has been Iecturing
in Boston on How Walt Whitman looks
to a rebel" is a Unique figure among
American writer's. lie IS a boy of
about fTty years. an American Of Ger
man-Dutch ancestry. an artist frst in his
fathers studio. and then in anything he
has done during a busy lfe An euthusi-
astic lover OF books. at one period read
ing over L0oo volumes year. he ranks
among the best reviewers Of serious lii
erature in America. He has been vel
coined by some OF the leading actors as
their sanest critic. IN his great blank
verse poem. Chants Communal. which
has beer translated into German and Ital-|
ian. he sings the song of labor and the
economic struggle.
The death OF sWin0urne took place I'VE
days after the celebration of the poets
seventy-second birthday. his birth having
been in ISg7 contemporaries with the
coronation Of Queen Victoria The poeTs
first published volume -Rossmund and
the Queen Mother" appeared forty-eight
years ago. and at least one volume from
his pen has appeared every year since
that time. The last year Of his life was
prolific of three volumes-"The Duke Of
Grancia." which was q short poetic trag-
edy; The Age OF Shakespeare and
Three Plays Of Shakespeare, the last
being published by the Harpers only four
days previous 10 the authors death. Il is +
generally recalled OF SWiuburne by a con
public that he was a man OF
intense feeling and independent convic- /
ton, not oveTfond OF society. n lover OF
country solitude and devoted TO a few
friends The lifelong friendship which F.
he enjoyed with Theodore Watts -Dunton 4
sometimes Obscures the relationship he I
bore to other literary ner but Do vii be .
that he was a worshipef OF 4
Browning. a companion OF Walter Saw I
age I.andor. and the cherished friend OF I
George Meredith
Frederick a. Stokes Company has an
nounced a third large edition Of The 4
Glory OF the Conquered. first novel; /
oy Susan Glaspel A second edition was (
before publication. and the 4
third was ordered only two weeks after
the publication date. The book appears 4
10 be popular not only with the public.
oUt with the critics. who have IN many
eases called u "a great novel Extreme
" favorable notices have come from
every important city and almost every 4