New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-23
LITERARY GOSSIP.

cult;es Of the times having there, as hde pssvx.S
the desire for books and consequently ths prodeco,.
and in the dear.h Of new books TO w.e % tab sb.,.
and to read the makers thereof have retired 70 nv..,
and silen.e To the latter If report speak, asy, ~,
Dickens has partially bound himself for the future. ~
he declines hereafter to publish serials. He doee rot
choose. perhsps tha: even;s shall sgsin elsuts n.
origna Ety. as in the remarkable case Of the to1se N
Little Dorritt" whose fall, conceived By him .. as
outset Of the story was anticipated by the setSl an
Of house IN London before the story wss fn,ted
Perhaps too be may have grudge against he dam.
stis.s who sometimes work mp his plo. tefs-e kehss
done with il, in way 10 suit themselves. H.s tSes
are sort OF stock in trsde for the Loadon tbes:e
The Silver Store Island his last Christmas s;or,
has bee well brought out at two OF tbemthe SsniXj
ard the Strand.
The serial, however, is not gong on; Of sshon. TIE
Messr. Blackwood Sons of Edinburgh sre sbout q
try it in republication. They propose to psbAsA in
sixpenny numbers a series of the tales which, for forv
years, have made the popularity " their Magsxi.s.
The frs. Of series Of chesp tracts on ihs Ns;cta
Promotion of AT and Science mas just been ssssd By
the Messrs. Lopgman of London. Il presents Plan
for the disposition OF the grea, galleries OF paintings By
combining some and distributing The superfutes and
duplicates in the provinces. One OF the galleries Which
il is advised shall be joined with others Is tfas oi Tsr.
rer. life of this great painter TIE A;AeHsa" hea's,
is in progress by Mr.. Thonbwy, the aathor OF Art
and Nature" Mr. Ruskin has aided him with the
MSS and note books of Turner-a fact which nayb be
held as pretty certain indication Of the character Of
the book. Ruskn could hardly be satisfied With an
impartial biography Of the man whom he considers as,
at least the greatest landscape painter that lived.
Those who consider il as yet too early to make up
their minds IN the controversy between Elizabeth and
Mary and quite uncertain as 10 which was the bet
fer woman will rsoice 10 hear that there 10 DO some
Ugh. shed upon the subject. Mr.. Markham raerpe,
gentleman connected with the State-Psper Office has
been epgsged for eight years in the collection ardr
rspgemert OF papers relating to Scotland, ana espe-
cisly TO Mary They are 70 be published IN two vS
umes of about five hundred pages each. Among them
are letters of the Earl of Leicester concerning the
for unae GU. en- while detained prisoner a: Lochleven
Castle and others from Mary herself which have never
before been printed Ii is rot likely, however, taH tue
whole or any considerable part OF the thousand pages,
can contain much new matter.
The Rfcue deS DcuG MoRdes has an article by 81.
Rene Tai!landier the most eminent English AMI Ger.
man scholar in France, upon The Correctors OF the
Text of Shakespeare" based upon review OF Mr..
Grant White Shakespare's Scholar which presents
an interesting view of the subject. The article after
a comprehensive view of Shakespearsn literature, aud
an appreciation of the causes OF the renewed interest
which has been manifested in Shakespearan criticism
within the past few years passes 10 the examination Of
the controversy excited by Mr.. Golfers annotated
copy Of the second folio edition Of Shakespeare plays
and especially considers tho discussion which It has
caused in Germany, in which Delius, julius Frese and
Leo have taken the lead The last OF these, eensarng
alike Mr. Collier for his blind enthusasm m favor Of
his folio as WHOLE and his German and English opPo-
nens FOR their stubborn rejection Of 10 as wnoe, says:
" Let criticism perform It's task let II nave time 70
separate the grain from the chaf it Is only after pro-
found examination OF these newly-dscovered manu.
script corrections that it will be proper to issus final
edition Of Shakespeare
Upon this the Rerue remarks as 10 StG.espcarSs
Scholar: Here is book that seems to respond TO
this appeal of M. Leo. We do rot know whether Mr..
Richard Grant White knew Of the discussion OF which
have just spoken, for his work, rich IN al that
concerns Shakespearan literature, is absolutely silent
upon this point Mr.. Whites book was published, we
believe, pending this controversy in Gernsny.-Ed.
Trb.l bu this is certain that il logically continues
the abors of NJ Delus and NJ Leo. n. Leo re-
proaches NJ Delus with too precipts.e condemna-
tion of Mr.. Golfers MS folio rejection Of it almost
without discussion Mr.. White also rejects the correc-
ons accepted by Mr. Collier but he discusses them 10
detail and in this discussion he exhibits a rsre literary
sagacity, accompanied by profound knowledge Of
Shakespeare and his times. To the reputation Of tho
pretended corectOr of 1852 and his eaned pSron Of
to-day, superficial or general appreciation does not
suffice. Mr.. White devotes chapter 70 each one Of
Shakespeares works; he is penetrated with the sent
ment OF the play, with the sgnfcaton Of esch seess
the spirit of each parsonage snd confronting the su
thenc text with that Of the corrector he arrives s
conclusions 80 evident that the reader has reached
them before the author"
After giving Mr.. Whites often quoted summing-up
Of the argument against the authority Of Mr.. Golfers
folio, the Rec.e continues: "The book Is not mereys
refuation of Mr.. Collier it is also study of the
corrections made at different periods by the most dis
tiDguisbed editors. The critics of the eighteenth cen
tury and the nineteenth Rowe and Malone, ss well
as Mr.. Knight and Mr.. Dyce appear before his trbu-
nal. We will not undertake TO decide whether Mr.
White is always right when he accepts this correction
ecs the other; but ii is difficult not TO bs charmed
with the talent the knowledge and the sagacty which
he displays in the treatment, Of these delicate matters.
He exces in Disgusting the ardiiy Of his subject or
rather that subject is transfgured in HE bands these
pathological dissertations are a, the time sdmra
bic Literary performances. American letters, repre-
rented by Mr.. Grant White have taken an honorable
position in this curious controversy" England and
Germany labor earnestly at this task ard Mr. White,
who worhily represents critical literature .. New
York now takes bis place among the intelligent scho-
of the great Shakespeare. The English and the
Germans commenced, the Americans pursue the work.
After Coleridge and Goethe, after Carlyle and Ger.
win EtnA in Ma fxa