New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-04-23
LITERATURE AND ART IN LONDON.

LoSDos, April 8, 1859.
With general election immL ent such modest mat
ters as Literature ana Art naturally occupy but very
secondary place in the public attention. The mos eI
citirg literature nov il decidedly the usnestos OF the
members to their constituents and come of thess are
ru,ed with more attention tnan is bestowed upon the
novels Of the season. We do not hear that Mr. Tnaek
cray intends uakirg another attempt to get no Par
lament; mr. even that Mr.. Dickens will attempt to
cary his oratory in favor OF REFORMED apninSHa
ton at Druy Lane Thester into ST. Stephens
Chanel Indeed one patent fact which stares every
car didate for Parliamentary bonors in the face Is
enough TO deter any literary man from tskirg part IN
this el.ction-and tnst is the certainty that after all
the expense OF beirg returned, the new Parliament
will have TO be dissolved and reelected Is
soon a. II has passed 8 Reform bill. Now there are
not many literary men-not even such msgns,es % We
have nsmed-who can conveniently afford to stump
up some five thousand pounds for the luxury Of id
dressing Mr.. Speaker.
And 40 II is that while the turmoil in politics at its
hight the literary world is pretty quiet The Yates
and Thackersy squsbbe has died away, without in
tervention of Jadgs ard Jury-goDg out in weak
pamphlet from Yafes proving nothing but that ne had
taken the wrong course TO right himself. This was
great mistake. A pamphlet, 10 be Of any use, should
have been in the nature Of Touchdown blow for Mr.
Thaciersy administered right between the eyes;
something ike what Edwin James's speech would
have been bad the matter gone into Court an e1-
poture OF the man who could not bear in mud form
from another that which be has often and 30 Often
siyey been guilty CT himself There c An be NO doubt
about IT, that the general fselrg in the literary word,
shout this mater, is sgsnst Mr.. Thackersy, though
Yates ia certainly not held elsneless. No man has
carsured Others has taken lsss pains to spare the
feelings Of those he mas associated with, than this
great mofalist who has now shown himself so sensi-
tive about his own cor1s.
Everything is low settled about Mr.. Dickenss rev
paper, except what is to become Of the old one.
Mesers Bradbury s. Evans held one-quarter OF
Household Words, hr. Dickens fvs-eightns, and Mr..
Wills the editor the remaining share. Mr.. wills
who vss the originator Of Household Words) goes
with Mr.. Dickens, and here lies the difficulty. The
Brsdburys have fled bill TO force sale; bat when
the paper comes into the market one will be IN sueh
petition 70 buy il in ~ hsssrs. Dickens ssd Wills
For example, suppose 5000 bid $40 600: if the
Brsdburys bid i. they would have 70 pay 10000 Of it
TO their opponents but Dickens bought it he would
only have TO pay 60, 0o0 / am inclined 10 think,
therefore that tse property viii be bought in by Ar.
Dici ems and merged into AL Round the Year-A
title which is regarded the oluusest possible, and
painfully ugsestive Of |" All round my hat" As, no
doubt, ytu already know, TIE new serial viii be
opened with .Le by Dickens; and report over here
,sys that Nsw-York publisher has agreed to pay q
sum for early stereo.ypes Of the numbers The con-
trlbutors of the paper viii be the sane a. ere row
on the Household Words stsf-.n following their
leader TO the new ship. The principal names
smorg thsee are Mrs Gasken, Nessrs. Ho-
lrgshesd, Wray Thonv, Thonbury, Lang, WI
kie Colirs, &C., names which viii be, for the most
pal. familiar to you. Mr. George Augustus SAs, g;
ore tine the gres. attraction upon Household Worlds
LEFT il some time ago, on account Of quare! With NJ
Dickens The quarrel mas been made up, but SAILS mss
10. returned and it is believed by many that should
Bradbury & Evsls succeed IN keeping House mold
Words alive, they will secure the services OF this
graphic and now populAr writer.
There e some alarm smcrg the cheap Illustrated
weekly papers here, about Q report Tat M. Bonner
intends to publish The L>dger in London, by sending
over stersotypes. BE mus. remember tha. We have
already great many very decent things Of the sort
Of a penny-such . The Lez>s Journal, Fanay
Herald, Family Frxn2, GstI,, Welec~e Gsest, R<y-
noldss, and others. However, Mr.. B,nner repG!ed
over here 20 be q nAn who kns~s hs OWE b1sress,
and We dare say lie ssIeGissooe VIZ 'Srr oa ngaf
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