New-York tribune., 1868-12-30
LITERARY ITEMS.

n p Putnam g. Co. are Just bringing OUT I"
,t on C,liforli, by Mr. C. l.. Brace II VIII contain
.oarefnl description OF the features OF coun"y -,
unknown to Americans despite the Iu",Dod scenery
Visited II, Ii. climate VIZ t Witch California Is
Tbs new branches uf production lh wiz 1 ,r,ny ak
suG ,,rc-,uiuence, such as Wlne-hahlnh' I'm
Growing olive aud almond plant y @ "G 80 s described
i.5 ~ " c"l1iry and city, and the IIo'oiTr RAJ
chinese labor aud Immigration Is n5 robbers and
49, q, tbe ig Trees and Geysefs, form so,ue O J tho
(.cts Of iiy S Hnxp'i de.ciihed Much practical ad
80. also il given 10 the farmer ana ehls an ,on,o
10 settle iu California iho pOoA wiz ~
with about 80 pages
ceergc Routcdge g. Sons have pub
,.lod a Holiday edition Of Tcnnysons Enid inc
,l,,e - in folio FORM aud is printed on very tmch
vite p.per i'm Il large handsome type. ana luus'I"'e
VIII, min. eugrayiugs on steel after designs ny "uS
DorG The following pants have heen chosen Dy, o 0i
~, 49,, shows Prince GcraiuI his Ruined Castle IN
grayed by }. saddlrr Ind ana i1e , Es LADY
graytd bT + +. bnhdaid Luy y III ~ t,r,ye5 %,.r Inv I
ami Dwarf Journey To Arhirs Court buHIdNeu ~
GQdfrey. l. "Geraut Charges me b1,4l's; I,iov
by A. Wllmorc 3. GerlIt aud ilG III sio ne, L Hoon
R,e-ycd Nv T. r. BraudITd 6. The Fhghto oI the b%uu %
Companions of Prince Limour EhsrNtd ny a. Nil
frry z. Enid Tends Gcruut;' EngaNcd Dyni Dy n hv r
mo-. .t,irf,iut ~ays Earl DoOun." Engraved D9, -
q Fiudtn Q. "Gcraiut aud Emd klde away, not%'s
graNcd 10y 1ddgway ltW thls pe ss' 10 Icst steel
drawings have been put into the hands OF Ic dome
eugtaycrs England to interpret ana & &tt{ rt IA do
all with ttc1l tIa u was S,'uie ry iT and finish Of
Int DJIos o,a J., not suited To Tie deheat@ @ drc5 by
steel ci srayug. II looks muck better VIII ~ bave
ihe w0od-cuttes. Tie tracks which ne may ~ 80 eAprts
Invented. aud which he manly relles iU s+r,iot,
de- the syieht Of tue % nng e 9son We
~" ffa .l.,i md rouge and are able 70 judge niue
re ainlv of tbe exact value Of what the arr mas 70
sv M ns Aud it nust he confessed That we 90 nov hC
,,uri troUt from lstciug 10 hu. IL "oUiu 10 t%'u
sov hos hti Tor 10 diS>olvcs IN the analysis anu Vr @
u. the end wondering hD" sucn WI % Ink at any
h.ru 6ult up0n almost nothing. Nhen we loVh ~ y Hny
ono o The designs iu tEls volume, or III tuo S,b
80 ,cc n NJ Illustrating the other poems OF Whlcu
'ge ivls Of the King is composed, we are at ho lo
g. understand now i'ore eau go 100 as In the
sine thr .'VIvcn" aud the "GUnevcre tls eNldtut
pa' 10 hi1 T 5ir, H. indeed he has read them at all HIS
d,s have the slightest possible relations to the teHt
xLirh they are supposed to illustrate. III ~ ploPape
~, he bsS rled I'M the assistance OF some friend who
knows little English, ana Who mas d s"Suo no',o W.,
q what The poems poes ,ar are nn9tr"ion The poem
n no way suited 10 Dores powers as d ul'tuie " ,ui
tfiye stUntios m which he especially delights. Yet
euously enough, the only subject o ths sort t3I nc % %
poorest m treatment of all the ne lie seems 10 Aao
made effort to conceive the scene as the io1t a u
serbcd H. but las merely arranged sort OF tdO'e0"
,tequt In which the only ann has been 10 piOuuCe {"
n,atrcal effect. AT such deed as tins the sudden com
ing 10 lie of q supposed dead man who, AT one dow
s~ikes OF the Lead OF gigantic warrior III ms own hai
snd surrounded by his vassels, hs women ana ms SCI
snow of horror. OF fright, or other human emotion len
ny '0N say So died Far nOorn sy him counted dead
A., .5ns ss 9. %s9 -. Ta ~, dead % man S n m and fed
Yedlg from 'Pee'eL"
Rut port apparery wishes US to understand that oo-
p, NE t1s are every day matters in the castle,
% 81 ne faw wLo take the trouble to give the affair
more than glance, only one or at the most tMo, s
any particular emotion In inc DacA .nV and
kVsu ON with their talk as II nothing had happcnSu au
the servant the foreground, who Is setthS me WIZ WIZ
S,d NV he Sight Of Lie late masters head, which
hes i'm the middle OF the floor But this Is only Doie
,sni VgSv Of missing his authors meaning. when that
nuthor is not FrcnChman. II was mistake 10 set nun
at the task Of illustrating TennysO But We should
temR he might do something clever with Charles Reade