New-York tribune., 1868-04-09
LITERARY ITEMS


The example OF Madame Victor Hugo, VINO
.sn,e time since published highly suooossiui mover
which was understood be the history OF aer husoahu
n about to be followed the wife OF anoeL % @
exile, Madame Edgar Qmnet oe cn1v ,nrmors OF her
own and her husbandss life In bahisisneh' pu' many
Details Of the prescription OF Io'i'
A curious litigation has arlsen concerning tho
setter~. &c, which Lord Brougham commissioned D.
uvin 20 ,ranee for the composition Of his lordshps
,nerors Wow that the work s partly finished Dr eau
win claims ~ COO and endesyCrea 10 maintain hen on
the documents nnnl ms s teFns % ae , 10 me-
,denied tlas alleged right altogether recOmDehNed com
Dromse pending winch the etteIs should IellS Sn d
N she Court.
The Partisan correspondent Of "Thefoblish-
,urs Circular" gives some bits Of gossip about several
popular literary celebrities.
~ is said that n. Thicrs Is writing his lSeuGrS @ m
and has ordered that religious service whatSoever
sba take place at his funeral Nine Marie Alex Dui1ss
has returned TO Paris irom long German eSe a
anC her father and some friends are AuOut W
- tSe pnbc tssfe FOR novels In daily slices She has
wl{tten novel Nine. Benot Tor " m, M ,ii "a
About after spending the Winter on the Nle, VII
the ferue OF art critic the Revue des Deux mohuT
u Paul dc St. Victor, the brilliant dLamat. jberfF
yj ii tccssor n La Presse is NJ Albert Auber me
author Of humorous book, NJ Bou1in f on@n,ng a
nubic subscription erect monument 10 Vhe , I
TohSu; oY sr6amvl dictated by him to the Russian
C'o,ci p6inovkld i am Cfatifed 10 be able 10 say NJ
eyc whose health has long given serious uneasi-
es "a his trends is much better as u be able 70 Ie-
sne his stud5es Prof OF the Garden ~ Plants
subose ipfrigies mentioned in my last letter. is 50
dangerously IN that he has not only been oDgeo 10 ea'e
hIs chair but his life is despaircd or"
The Partisan correspondent Of the Publishers CHeu-
lar" writes
M regret 10 record the death Of Elias egnault IN the
deepest poverty his rent overdue several quar-
ters ne received quit his lodgings on ear
eve He was so very that when his grandson came
the following day wish him happy NeW-1eaf ne was
obliged 10 borrow forty cents from his porter 10 Duy
little candy FOR NewNear's gift He was the authoT Oh
Histsty OF Eight Years Q3i0-4s written rs cotn
etOn of NJ Louis Blanos pamphlet, The History OF Zen
Years uo0 40) against LOuls Phihppes rc1En Ihe IC
or sells well and though tiEetured by party passions
tyhat contemporary history is free rom thcuD Is var
Hable work He wrote, too, History OK EOuinahl',
and translated under pseudOnym a great many WORKS
from English. He was, besides, contributor 10 10
steele and Le Main Jaune.' HIS friends nave Deeh
blamed for his wretchedness They have replied tner
purses open TO him. and they repeatedly itleu 10
press money upon him. He refused TO ask charity ana
rould not consent to receive aims He concealed MS
misery az wei az he able from every eye ana
restied with evil fortune until he at last was thrown
uished during the iirst revolution and was ODged 10
from France with his family upon the restoration B
ELIAS Regnaut was born IN England during TINS eNlle,
and there became familiar with tae English language
he was trained 10 follow his fathers professiopy
but from OF another Il believe lrOm ina9e-
qAate resOurces) he gave up s pursuit lie was "a Il
dru Rollins chief secretary during his epheerI tenure
Of Office He might have secured lucrative Office hd ne
been willing reliuquish dssembe bis polliicai pI
ciples as was than once suggested 10 NM re
could rot sink low this and he died prelnatuIely,
plunged as deep in poverty as man could De-