New-York tribune., 1869-06-24
LITERARY ITEMS.

Mr. Swinburne is at work upon poem on the
subject OF Tristram au(l Yseult," which has already
been 50 well treated by Nlr Matthew Arnold.
G.. p. Putnam &, Son have in preparation
aJournals in England and Familiar Letters" by Mrs
Nathaniel HawthO me, and an illustrated volume OF
"Letters from the East" by William Cullen Bryant.
Tennyson has been engaged on q new volume
of poems for the last months He said to be re-
arkaby fasudious with the abors OF his muse aud has
NIL his productions put into type at Farngord DeIore
they are given to the publisher.
A London paper contains the following ad-
vertsement:
the New Testament. You requested 70 supply an
unfortunate omission in the printing by inserting az
IN the spiritP Deanery, Canterbury May i 1857.
A London correspondent of an American lit
erary periodical makes the startling announcement that
the late Dean William Goode of RpOn's library has
been sold by auction" We don't know where or what
Ripons Library is, but it appears that the Dean con-
taned bbncal and lurgical works., tmany Of them in
foiO and can extensive collection Of important tracts
and sermons" Among other things they got out Of him
edition OF St. John Chrysostom in 10 volumes folio
From the interesting London letter of The
American Literary Gazette and Publishers Circular we
learn that the Chaucer Society have just published an
edition Of the Canterbury Tales in six parallel co"S'
each column containing the text Of different manu-
script. The volume also contains essay Dy MI n 0'
Ellis early English pronunciation EberVs re'e" o'
sandras's Ei,de Slt Chaucer e0sdcre CONNIE 'm'oe"
des IFourereS thirteenth century Latm treatse on 'he
Chnindre and preface by Mr.. Furnval, in which he
attempts to show the proper order Of the Canterbury
Tales
Victor Hugo's ability to write nonsense Is
VOL Illustrated in the following letter which he wrote to
the author Of Of jest book 1t reads almost like
burles0ue upon The Man who Laughs"
Sir: I have received your book. have read It. l
thank for It, You are too humble. Laughter, Whch
II attaius proportions is great There are gro
tes0ue passages i'm Shakespeare. To laugh is 70 act
AristophaHes laughed, RabelaiS laughed NOtalre
laugh is cold. Your laugh is irauk 1t consoles laugh
At your zee MOl6re lie DOcteur AmOuTcuN.' Inc
beam announces the culgeuce The shepherds song at
will wilte your MisanJhrope am with You.
VICTOR HUGO"
A complete edition of the Works of Charles
Sumner is in press by Messrs. Lee shepard Of Boston
The edition viii probably consist Of ten volumes in
style similar to the standard edition of Burkes Works,
published by Little Brown Co.; and each volume is
prepared and edited by Mr. Sumner and issued under his
strict supervision biographical sketch, written by the
Hon Charles A Phelps the request Of those Interested
in the preparation Of this edition, will give TO 1t desir
able completeness This Of course, viii be the only au-
thorzed edition Of Mr.. Summers speeches. and will place
HIM before the public regard to all the important ques
tious Of which he either been the originator or IN
which he has been prominent actor, exactly as ne de-
sires The volumes will be issued by subscription, ana
are already In an advanced state.