New-York tribune., 1911-11-26
LITERARY NOTES.

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the period is that just recorded by Sir
James Crlchton Brown. He believes tina,
| the mysterious lameness from which S,-
| Walter Scott suffered all his life wa.
| caused by what is now known as "infan.
tile paralysis Sir James quotes scotr,
own story Of his physical defect, frs,
observed when he was eighteen months
old: "One morning / was discovered N
be affected with the fever which often
accompanies the cutting OF large teeth
II held me three days. On the fourth.
when they went TO bathe me as usual.
| they discovered that / had lost the
power OF my right leg. My grandfather.
an excellent anatomist as well as physi.
clan, the late Alexander Wood. and
| many others Of the most respectable Of
the faculty were consulted. There ap.
peared 10 be no dslocation or strain, and
other topical remedies were applied in
vain. When the efforts Of regular phyd-
clans had been exhausted. without the
slightest success. my anxious parents
during the course OF many years, eagerly
grasped at every prospect Of cure which
was held out. by the promise OF empires
or of ancient ladies or gentlemen. who
conceived themselves entitled 10 recon.
mend various remedies. some OF which
were of a nature sufficiently singular"
Mr. Fox's Novel.
The new novel by Mr.. John Fox which
will be published as a serial in Serb
ner's Magazine" during the coming year
is entitled THE Heart OF the Hills" 4
set OF stories turning upon mysterious
adventures and coming from the pen Of
Mr. Uornung. the creator Of Raffies. viii
also appear I'm the magazine in l9l2.
A Monument to Brunetiere.
Those Americans who have pleasant
memories Of the sojourn in this country
of the late French critic. Ferdinand
Brunetiere. may like 10 hear that
monument has Just been erected 10 his
memory at Montparnasse. m Paris.
The occasion was brilliantly marked hy
the delivery of speeches by Comts
d'Haussonville, Of the Academy. and NJ.
Francis Charmes the present editor OF
the Revue de Deux Mondes."
Justice TO Blake.
At last the genius of that strange
| creature. William Blake. is 70 he com.
memorated by his countrymen
proper memorial has been planned By
many distinguished persons. and ths
movement will probably be a successful
one.
! o. Henry.
This ingenious author untmely lost
put an astonishing quantity Of work 70
| his credit. Some seven or eight collec-
tions of his short stories were printed
| before his death. and since then one or
! two others have been made. "SiXes and
! Sevens" is the newest volume bearing
| his name. II contains twenty-five ex-
amples of his crisp humor, his pictu-
! resqueness and his adroit handling II
more or less dramatic situations.
Though the mechanism Of one of his
tales is in nowise subtle or distin-
guished. it works" infallibly Fates
ironies are hardly ever so neatly and ex-
peditiously developed in life as they are
in this book, but that need not make the
latter any the less amusing for the
reader who takes his fiction simply and
solely for amusement or tn ttillation
which comes from surprise.
An Edition Of Ibsen.
The Scrbners have just brought out
the first two volumes of the Viking Ed.
tion OF Ibsens works-an edition which
will be complete in thirteen volumes.
Mr. William Archer has edited the edl-
tion and made most of the translatons
Notes enumerating the circumstances
attending the composition Of each play
are to be included in each volume
Dr.. Nansen's Views.
Even the polar regions may be sought
by The money maker-Dr Nansen. at
least, said the other day that there is
nothing impossible in the idea that they
would sometime be inhabited by civilized
beings. He mentioned the present work
ing Of the mines of Spitzbergen, and
pointed out that Spitzbergen had no ad-
vantage over any other part OF the
Arctic except that it was more acces.
sible. Apropos of DR.. Nansen's just pub
lished book it is worth while 10 mention
bic acSartion that tho inDortauce OF
Arctic exploration is very much greater
than the man in the street commonly
supposes. The physical conditions OF
the earth's surface" he said, are OF
grea. Importance TO humanity Most
people are interested in the weather. ana
like to know little about it beforehand
il possible, but the condition ot The at