LITERARY NOTES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 11679, 31 December 1887, Page 2

LITERARY NOTES.

«*. — i-. The letters of Thackeray which iv& been appealing in Scnbner'fl Magazine am to be brought out inbpok form by Hetn>' Soribner about Christmas. ' • ■ . lord. Braaeey has offered, a magnifi«int reference librae; to ttie Corporation: ojC \ ; (Hastings; it will cost ot»me £lS,oott Needlesa to say the offer haii riot be»k * tdeolinec*. '-' "*'',- ' ;*■ • :'■ 1 A contributor to .Motes and item ■ ? that? 'ifc^uaed to' bY generally wmarJwa^ : among Dwkans' Wends aud^acquamtjmop^ '.:') that he had ? taken all tti& /na,insq 'f S(t> f'Pickwiok" from person's" residing r«ji'" Ram^ate. There was Waller, tne , f&pfc I ■ hat manufacturer and. hewer in High«<Bfcre«i; near th« market; Me Tupman VndMtp • Snddgra*» liv^d higher up -Mm BurdeU i also lived near. " V t /j'' The London correspondent lof ! 'thin Liverpool JPpat writes: —Mr Bobert,;L:iai» Stevenson will, it is reported, winter i» ' New Zealand. He did intend to wintait in Colorado. A new spirit' has nojw Wised him, and he goes to Japan, and thenoo. to Maoriland. ".'".'■ According to gome ot the! #ew Tork paper?, the popularity \bf Mr JSidet Haggiid ! ; in that city ie astounding. It iv. seiiot that "Allan Qnutermam" was not' out » fi»ybeford everybody was reading it,; In U»» elevated train in the morning, every other* man— grey headed bank prjSsidenla and Wall-street magnates-: eat with lin n.o»e> buried between its pages. Mr Haggard, it aeems, is more popular among Ameripaii. men than women. Woman, do, riot rtiad 'him, and failed to appreciate bis tilent«-,fo» e ver* varying inoident and adventore. Thes tender hearts are true to the reaueotible . f nineteenth century Dacbeas and the gorgoou* Ouida. -'';"' • , ' „', .' It is also satisfactory «-p 'learn-, that tW wholesome books of " one Edna Lyall m»' almost as much in demand in New Yort^M those of Mr Haggard himself." Bvidentiy. however, the New Yorke-rii Bavo'nb/ id*». that Mißs Lyall has long ago woW'a. repu^a* tion on the opposite Bide of • the ; ktlatitib» though they have ascertained that' 'site "» Snglish," and ol.Eer.ve that "she regiM* > Buchre as the great same of professional! gamblers and confidence men." Mr Haggard by the way, is declared to bar*. gained popularity among the 'male aex'int America becaueo he can write a 'book,. " teeming with interest from the first png» Ito the last, without a word of love." Ergo*, the American women do not like him., - ' The funeral of Mrs Oraik, the author of " John Halifax, Gentleman," took placa tti Keston, on 'Oot 15. The aervicb) wiiimpressive. In th? eh ;rch Nowmap's lyric, "Lsad, Kindly Lighf," was aung,' and at the grave the choir pang " Now tn« Labourer's Task is O'er." Among' thoia> present were Mr John i&orley, who etood at tne side of Mr F Greenwoods, Measw Macmillan, Sir George Grove, Mr Jformait Lockyer, and Mias' Mary Anderson. Th'» coffin bore the simple inscription : * l Dinah Maria Oraik. Died October ' 12, 1887.. Aged 61." Wreaths were sent, among oihero, by Lord Tennyson and Mrs OJiphant.. The death of Mrs Oraik, will cause muoh regret wherever her books wero read, and her books wero very widely distributed! among a certain section of the public Ihirfcr years ago " John Halifax " was published, and at once secured enormous* popularity. Since then the pea of its author has never been idle, ana although she never repeated the success whioh mad<» her famous, her books hare obtained a very: large circulation. Her novels were novelo wifha purpose, very earnest, very moral, most didaetive, and rather chilly, b,ufc they eupplied a want, and were appreciated accordingly. Mrs Oraik was the wife of one of the partners in the great publishing G,cm of Maomillan.