New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-28
LITERARY ITEMS.

= - ,nsens recently published by hui" 'N 'io"e
80 with very favorable reception rom tne pu0n' INV
80 number OF copies have been sod "i'iln snoI'
ia ~ rafbos OF her productions, with the art
JIM "a their yersificatiOn, has won for the gh'eu
"s7 ny ,toh Mace in the affections OF tine American
-, Few Of the younger class OF our hauNe poo'
- lined n more enviable name at nome anu nei
Lev oceving Just recognition at the hands OF Euro
merits ar re- Ieafng literary journal OF London thu
Ieas ~ her recent volume " The Halads LyLo o'su
ns' nv Alice Cary have qualtes when shSH S''.ash
Hymns ~ cordial reception in England The bala"s are
r he most part idylhc; their subjects are YER SP
h scenes and characters described with sympatheo
heart and with an eyre t aus free rom the stale cCnyen
Eonaiisms OF poetry by rule ana surprises ~ ~ Oh
amount Of novel 9eI anu SH igf must he very
ont mind indeed that cannot be won by the uesCp
ure pvS,y I'ear, and Ny Faded Shawl There is
saT higher vein IN many OF tae Oalads IMAM our 80 ~
LYMAN NJ what is characteristic in common things LteI
sTAonehfs and Theories and Hymns reNeSt nv HtS
deyCpt atutude oi iiin'' 0u' " 'Ne"
emotion"
Since the return Of Mr. Hepworth Dixon, the editor
NJ The london Aheaese, from his recent tour in the
United states the of that journal is sofened IN It's
criticisms on American books Instead OF the unjust ana
SpeTciIiOns hrevity with which they were usually ds
Tasssed we find spirit Of kindly appreciation ndMneIe
fault must be found OF noble eensOro f me- T@SSl
nent is The review OF Mr. Bayard Tayors Picture OF 81
s of Nh Iopgfelow better poetry than that which we
sy abonf IN notice has not appeared in America for many
E when Il developed with great deeacy and truth of
feyeepton and with finished beauty OF style Inc dea Is
Eg~for the ministry Of Art With Mr. Taylor Art IN any
high sense, identified with Religion Ana ~ rs IrIe
simply spirituality sf life earnest and deV0ut mature
win BE better qualified 20 treat sacred themes than would
Ne Datnre of less conscentOusness and purity. Other
hmngs being equal no work can DC SO iOEeloe "s n"V
which expresses mans me-
OF the Poems of Elizabeth Alers Florence PercyJ
IN, Aheaat SAYS: Mrs Akers does not attempt the
A.. xard TaVlor has
Individuality and grace Of Alice Cary but she shows
tenderness and purity of feeling ana no niue eegance VI
manner"
The London RerieU, in a no tice of "A Chld's Book
Of Religion" by O. B. rockingham remarks that the
KnpHcify learning and entire fr cedOm from cant IN
Mr. FTOthinghams works for children, make them III
valuable for their purpose
Mr. Charles Reade in letter addressedto me SHh
eonfesses himself indebted to the Fivadlere cse, ~
Che causes oteCres for the main incidents in his Griffith
Gaunt"
Charles Murray the British Minister at Copenha-
en has received from the Danish Government four let
lers written by Lord Bacon to King Christian w. ID
l62e a. and has transmitted them 10 LOiu 0'io1'
Some letters from Leigh Hunt to Mr.. William Haz-
nit son Of the celebrated critic and esayst and to Mr.
w Oarew Hazitt grandson Of the same, appear in the
Est number of Notes aud Queries. 1hey are hilheu ~
Ihe writer's accustomed geniaty OF tone, ONt contain
sOthiDg OF mark
The 4beagun has printed four hitherto unpublished
,etters by Lord Chesterfield They addressed TO his
niece Gertrude daughter Of Sir Charles Hotham Their
lone not what gentleman Of the present gay Would
Rte good bnmOr and spirit in them when makes lhem
pleasant reading
One of the two surviving brothers of the late Walter
sayage IandOr has recently died Henry Tyres Landor
was the third Of four brothers Of whom Walter Savage
was the eldest and for years past had been blind
tie nearly eighty-seyen at his deatn ms InoIo III
nous brother having lived to the age OF ninety
Mr.. William Kidd, the author of many works on
Of nets and
of beasts and birds has Just died at the age Of
kxty four years
A collection Of antiquities in Hungary, which the
British Musuem probably viii buy, is that Of NJ PulszRy
During the past year there have appeared IN Lon
aon l2O4 new books and new editions Kenglous oooAs
md pamphets elo biographical and historical 1914 med
zeal and surgical poetry and the drama 2Sl; novels
SeO: minor fiction and childrens BOOKS oa ua ai1,
fyainmes oniy1, 225; agriculture, horticulture, DC;
y. English pRiooey and education, 1876 European anS
CLASSICAL phioogy and translation l6l law, 81 naval
nihtaTy and engineering, So science natural histoly
Gthe day 1877; illustrated works, So art architecture
&c So miscellaneous, not CLASSIFIED So' IO'aI' szVa'
OF most extraordinary series of essays which are
now pubshing in The London Reader setting forth the
ostimpious blasphemy in singulary polished language
ne Spectator remarks Some strange rather SURFING
and very reckless papers full OF SORT OF & ~.
nse word not 10 convey any censue OI our VI III Its
strict meanng-which has scarcely been heard IN any
fGS b with PaSanism first began appeared
The Reader during the last two weeks 10 DE
IPamr Of suicide,-and iD the second OF the series,
leTIsed A Religious and Autobiographica Romance, =
revfvng language that reminds one rather yivdy OF
Ihe madens address that supreme evil Cod one OF the
most curious aud utterly obsolete dreams Of the o
he papers partly, If not altogether dramatic ana
that they are supposed TO be written by man WIN
germ Of insanity in his blood but still this hypothesis
would scarcely be TeoeG TO- TO 1 gVS GOF S ee
wish the part Of the writer to revive that intel
Iecual nightmare Of age Of egious nightmares with
express reference 10 the position OF modern faith and UNI
belief The Gnostic fancy TO which we refer was-that
sgme extent Incapable GiOd-the derni,00os, the
GDosties called hm-who was the instrument lndsea o
Whose power altogether limited by the matter with
which he had TO struggle in the task"
The question whether we should have our books
supplied "cut or uncut" is being discussed in Lon.
don. Mr. Charles Darwin writes urging three Obec-
lions against uncut books: In the first place they
sometimes get torn badly cut, and know lady
who ~ habituany guilty Of cutting books with her
ahumb Secondly dust accumulates the rough edges,
books vibTate their shelves Thirdly is the sowness ia
finding by the aid Of the any lost passage especially
IN works OF reference. VINO could tolerate dictionary
with rough edges Every new proposal Is sure TO be met
by many silly objections Let IL be remembered that a
depuatiOn Of waited on Sir r. Peel
proposed 10 establish the penny postage urging
they would suffer great loss all persons would write
nOepaper, instead Of on ettersheets! An eminent
pubhsheT remarked to me that booksellers would object 10
Receiving books cut, customers would come into ther
worth reading could not be deYoWed In this nasty man
peg"
{ On Thursday the 9th ult., Victor Hugo gave, at
his residence, HauteviHe House. his annual Christina
I 20 fcrty-twO poor children Of Guernsey including
Channel Islanders French, English and Irish The dinner
was followed by Distribution OIL c9thlng, ana o. toys
the occasion, and the ehdfeh apeafe 10 en-
iOy themselves greatly. weekly dinner IS also gwen Dy
The poet and novelist 70 twenty-five poor chiiureh
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