LITERARY NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 34, 10 February 1891, Page 8

LITERARY NOTES.

Stevenson's " The South Seas, a Record of Three Cruises," will appear in England in the new illustrated " Black and White," with accompanying sketches by Mr Stevenson himself and his stepson, Lloyd Osborne. Professor Sidney Colvin is correcting the proofs. Boldrewood's new novel, "A Colonial Reformer,", will be published to-day in 3 volumes, and forthwith added to Macmillan's Colonial Library. This firm have purchased from George Robertson the same author's " Old Melbourne Memories," and intend adding same to their famous red 3s 6d series. The Mr M. Watson whose play "The Pharisee" was produced ab the Shaftesbury Theatre so successfully on Monday evening, is nob the New Zealander Marriott Watson, but Malcolm Watson, a comparatively new and untried hand. The antipodean Watson has, as you are. aware, also written a play " Richard Savage," now in George Alexander's hands, but when it will be produced is doubtlul. Mr Herbert Ward's friends in New Zealand will learn with concern that there seems some chance of his. being courtmarbialled with Bonny and Troup for causing the death of a native whom Major Barttelot flogged to ribbons. As all three signed the warrant authorising the act as well as the Major, it appears they can be held responsible for the affair. ANGLO-COLONIAL LITERARY AND THEATRICAL. Petherick has added • Miss Ada Cambridge's exceedingly clever story, " A Marked Man," to his colonial library, likewise Tolstoi's latest literary vagary " Work While Ye Have Light." The run of the " Black Rover," which failed altogether to catch on with Londoners, came to a full stop on Saturday, and I should say Luscombe Searelle is several thousand pounds poorer for his experiment. There seems to be some talk of trying another of the composer's operas at the Globe, but I doubt its coming to anything. Mrs Searelle, -1 understand, is not in good health and wishes to return to Australia, of which she is a native. One of the papers declares Mr and Mrs Searelle sail for New Zealand by the Kaikoura today. Ib has been decided that Maurice Bernhardt shall accompany his gifted mamma on her Australasian tour next year. "Cc cher Maurice " is just now the idol of the Paris gommeux. Enraged at some indelicate allusions to Madame Bernhardt'- extraordinary get-up in Oleopatre which appeared in Gil Bias, he called oub the editor and ran him through the arm with immense effect. Mr Herbert Ward's New Zealand friends will be pleased to learn his book has already passed into a second edition. Hume Nisbit's **' Bail Up " has also hit the mark, and is selling, the booksellers tell me, better than anything this: prolific Anglo-Australian has yeb written,