New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-05-10
LITERARY ITEMS.

Nv Uepworth Dixon has written n circular le''cl
=. .h oo,ne papers, denying Tho utlfulncss OF bono
rsooarNs on his "New America" contained IN t'o i.1'
,,umber OF IEe QsorerIy RecicW 7ae Q9dEery SeIt
Rs brought together phrases from different paISV us
Wofk, and applied his own mearlg TO Ih,h'
Sir Percy Shelley has recently given-o one l'.'i.0
Antho graphic copy OF portrait, taken j! 80 -,
of hs llustIious father, the poet TIE Wa"I'h
In 1878 az Rome. and is a" the otIS .tcTee This iact
NJ the author OF The Ccnci" ln t3sti iIraT ia
alone viii give the portrait nov } M rent nest
$3.50 a. a work OF ant IT, is sa.d To ht\c hO ho"
Ubo number of undergraduates pgTsuing INC retu
A., ,odo,oic conrse at tie various NeW-llsiaho Nol'
So ~ . follows Harvard University etl; i"io' '0'i
Dartmouth 3is Bowdon st2; s Wc Sc I'M
Sendtv Isl Vermont University, - Moy NtoSS NYt
teSs 10 Boston college, 'O lluy, ~ lnS,.s' NV ~,
Ss1dTity Si Nd,leb urgh, 62 Norwich UhN efsiy,sV;
E otai. sos
The Cretan Committee formed at Paris comprises
some Of the most distinguished members o. the lAbeISi
party such as NJ Jules Fayre the great orator NJ Picard
Ms rival IN eOquepce both members OF The Legislative
Fody NJ Havin Deputy and Director of the "Sieelei
Satcnaie: :" ". Dc TIxie Dlond chief editor of the
sI;Avenr Nationals" N. Greenhouse. Advocate ana
former Minister Of Justice under tie 10 pune; ~ 10
Sengfy and very able writer; aud, finally. NJ. Liue
tbe author Of The new Dictionary OF me Frencn L,n
held by some TO the chief Of the Posi1is School OF
Pbos0rIy so wen krovn 10 the general reader by the
charming portrait Of him by -. BeuNe.
which II the first complete OF series OF letters ad
dressed by Madame Roland to her schOolfC0ws sophie
and Henrietta Garnet, and which extend over series oi
eleven wears viz from 1870 to ISL number or These
lettels we're printed in e but thcedtor Of the eouec
AiOn NJ Broti suppressed passages here and hele on
account of their reference 10 who still living
Jhesc lncOnvcnont individuals hay ing since gone ING
Rsy Of All flesh. have NOT only INC inu"ttgu
Settlers entire hit the whole Of the series addressed 10
Ahe two CMmcts, besides plumber OF others written oy
Madame Roland to ScrV0n, BT'Sot ana lsone>P.,llt,
Nlth few miscellaneous documents, interesting IN tuelI
connection with The personal history OI hls lRiiVuS
heroine Of The French Revolution
A cheap edition of Ella" and Of the Last Essays
Of Eha" has recently been published. THO issue has
Given occasion to goody amount o. reviewing, especially
n the provincial journals; and in The brighton Hcod Of
April ~, meet with avery curious CllI>ln. Inc
writer thoroughly objects tO the IIcl3te aIN'Q 10 me
collection Of last Essays. He does not altogether NE ne
aone which me considers "tOO apologize ana 10 rs ms
opinion either that tine author could not have understood
lamb or else thar, 'in his ina other eases personal
AeauaintanCc tended rather 10 lower than 10 raise us Cs
4inaton OF the writer" The reviewer then gives tong
extract from his CreCated preface ana yTdtt
In which Lamb speaks to us Of himself, in order 10
show that author OF Ella not the poor weak crta
the writer Oi the preface gives one an impression OF
OF course an The world knows, except inc ltc o me
Brighton HCjUid that this preface was written Dy Iaub
himself and. indeed, u - so characteristic that IS pas
ing strange how any at al convcTSnt Win The htlc
OF the incompatible hmOrist could be deceived IN the
snatter.