, 1870-07-17
LITERATURE.

LITERATURE.
Tie Le;Esig Gart,44'anoe claims circulation
OF Sc, rUD copies.
-}aribalui novel, We ere tul1, WAS pub
lish.d il. si1 languages, but never paid its e1-
Yen-en III any.
--.lTle Poison Of ..sps" is the title OF a
novelette, Ly Florence Narrsas in Temple Bar.
bcfyre her death. She dictated her last work,
which will soon te pubiiahediu this country.
-Slins E1a1aotl, the novelist, hAa recovered
hcs health, aud will soon reopen hcr horror
factory.
The announcement Of 4 book on America
ty Justin Mccarthy is made IN England,
"A new monthly Is talked of-Doily's Cir
c1,lir, edited By Charles Dickens, Jr.
"ttoney's Worth " is the title Of Nr. Tom
Hoods l,et novel.
The author Of Alice's Adventures in Won |
de;land has written another book. - Through |
the Looii1g Gl>es, and Wlat Alice Found !
The "Iondon Literary Agency" is the
tite Of new institution organized to receive
ara examine manuscripts. ......
-four American housed announce reprints
Of the Engheh work. "other Worlds than
Ors."
-srielhaeen, whose novels have lately
e;1rug into fame in A:nesica ns well as in Ger
m INV. Las Just finished new drama, !" Uaus
u;.i tfrete, or ''Jack aad Peg"
a female novelist Is about to publish
=. Ok under the s!a,.lins, ti;ls Of .'SaaSShty,
d,ul,t constitute the thesis; forthe naughticr
Imitation i. the nicer it is, Of cou:se.
Within one year, Slcssrs. Roberts E.otl;-
e.s, puhlshcr~, have paid Miss :Alcott, anthorr
a. .sLitsle Women" and AN Old-Fashioned
G,rl,' over So 600 IL authors percentage on
t!osc two books. Nit. Alcott il nov in Ger
uauy. .....
We arc promised smother addition to the
fsmous literary puzzle known IS the "Junins
con,roversy." The ith*nGuM states that
there viii shortly be given to the World ees.
juni,:s letters, wl,icl, tic descendants Of Sir
| Philip Francis have hitherto withheld from
publication at the ins:igation OF prudential
I tsotives.
Miss ,1ngclow ia contemplating story for
children, the sccne Of Which il TO be laid IN
I Florida
-s1r. John Langaon sibley, librarian OF
| Harvard College, has for many Fears been Gu
/ gs6el III preparing biographical sketches OF tho
| frrt 125 graduates Of the academic department
O. esirsa sas sasieient sapport m T 10 pabsn Them il
single volume. The design embraces the
classes from lGso-1G7B, In tho first Of which
graduated Sir George Downing, aud the last,
Cotton Mather, With many moro or less c1nl-
ncnt rersonagea between.
! 50 va!uaIlo for its autographs is Il. viu-
cent Buffers list OF subscnhers to Sumner =
works that lie Las already had q cash oncr OF
s1,nGO 10. it. which hl has refused in or1cr
that he may iulbll his original in:ention Of
presenting it to Mr. Sumner ~ pleas.u6 eT1-
dence OF l,:s friends.
1t is .sil that Washington Irving drew
sao;ooo from his iast publisher as his share Of
the profits Of ten years s.les Of his works. ant
that during his lifetime he earned 5250, 600 BY
his PEN Il il estimated that Sir Walter Scott
c!en1ed ::oN, 600 in twenty-siS years. DicAeus
IL said left an estate Of 5ia0, 600, aud he mus
| have epeut At least slo0, 1000 within the las
, ! twenty years. No other author ever made st
: much money by his pen. -
The new Hungarian Minister Of France
t u. keskapcly, is we'll known in Hungary as
c philosophical aud historical writer. He il th
. arthcE Of translation Of uegel into Munga
}. I ran; !" Philosophy Of Hlstory;" '.Histor
+ Of the World cf which only the drst yolum
Q has get appeared. m able po1itico-religio Voc
. called. s'1hc Constitution Of the Pfotestan
o Church; and two works on Political EcchoMI
He las slto oltaineas considerable Eepntatio
G a. journalist and orator On the side Of ii
II Professor Emil Kuh, well-known collee
i ter Of literary curioaitics at Vienna, his jus
II published two letters, addressed by Goethe
4 Prince Mesteznich. when he waa Chance!le
e il Goethe thanks the Austrian Goyernmc1
r. for the ''muulficent assistance" it bad give
~ to the restoration Of an ancient convent
Of Tlrtinsia. The other, dated 1925. is pct
,e tio.s (which was ut once aceeded to) nsEir
or that tioethe's works may not in future be :
r. r. rn.i.r;cn. both letters are written in
ia tcac Of fulsono a'lu!atioa not very ctelitah
u t. Gcrtkc's ebarlrtcr. :.
al -. Lo:h:or L Co.. the Sunday sehool m
er i tt:t. Of Boston, "ede.. to quote tfo
Ut 7-;vm Of a.otp for the est manuscript for
nj v.,lr,r fct young men aud women, that III
- {a' ;rzstica. IL its subject, instructive in
ill n,..t,r. attractive in it's style, evangelical
1T tcrc ui:LuH, Icing sectanan, full Of vital
Vi i, !! st.natna, and that shall embrace not le
Ne Il ~ 5000 lines o! nioe words each. and to
be- w7i;;cn with proper aocurscy and care.
zee The Lkgnil Zeitung made the annount
Il, nrns 4 Few days ago that ltvlui codek, &C
.ry taiuipE the fourth dec1do. nearly compile
m had ben found ty nr. kranc1t, principal
lT- tie Lcispitz Gymnasium Of that city. !
~ ErsCert, Who It the time only examined
he yery c.1rsori1y, announced that this .'nan
les SCRIPT had great rok to plaS in the leafn
IN world" The discovery turns ola to be not
i" writer in the 1Tfter zeitun9 uaEs very prop
Ire ly that Dr.. K1arer speaks as i We ku 20
ich nothing about the fourth decade Cooks 81
by HOY. which is pe1fectly preserved. II it VI
IMs the hfth dcc&e, Of which We possess o.
1e, the ars: h4n. and shis only fiAsneass
!
. ! Ike sixth century, il would then be =
IA creat sain for science; then il were posi-
;sts 10 supplement the gaps Of the Vienna o
cen We hare plumber Of tnAnnsc1ipts OF
iye fourth decs3e. among which the Hsm6o1s
20 tie Msverce one. which has been lost, Viii
~ hor ever, did rot contain al tho books OF
r,v. f,p,th decade Tho writer thinks it poss
n5- r.,:t the newly discovered Licgnisz codes
less b, tbs loe; Masence one. Il this should p
l ~ %t, ttSI
ind ir,1 ortanec !os teztusl criticism. II It b,
and III Identical one, it will eti1l be OF great "a
Tie thorgh on this point nothing definite can
: iu t.A Until It is thoroughly examined
TIE -Sescr. The Gsstnsa Huolsshc. 81 PEE ..k,
lie years, in way OF percentage. on sales. Eit
the Cysr ID ( Co, have received letter
Inn Enr.io, a.kinE for copy Of u The ltsEtes
wt Eiv.n Roth" 4 Paris Journal, announ
are, the d. ath Of NJ: Evans, q tae poon9hssns
The cf Bradbury / Evans. says that IN co!lAbos,
VI. v;th Dick. ns, be wrote - IickWick. and 9
.tna1 ve,l-krowp works Of fiction. The phll1de1
heu. correspondent Of tho Boosstt1tr,s Guide
,liuc ecne icte.cst.ng facts as to the sssu'
find reksns saF1y works ~ as,,.Se5 ts sogn h. M
,nlav tcr. 1856, ~ the house Of Carey, Leak Ms
and: i, 500 copies uere issued. pvuad IN bo. ss y
yext cloth lack, p.ice sozty-fye CENTS n ~
s.aT- ccmpie:e Sketches b. Boz was puo!is
lis1 e9Eies were printed: s,,nses ,ne afs e
aItin exs 70 Light ihss severn 5c9s tsnrse. srE - =,
q in | another edition w4s required. onFet u
the wa- isst,ed !.y the same honsc in lS3ss
ascre picters wrote 70 his American pupl's
:. his November =, 1859, announcing the PIE
Gav- tiou Of Master Humphreys Clock. pnt "a
ii be i,:s TO the t.rtliress Of E1,l service, "a
en1o5 ns fei feoains ais F. feb!1 ola Curiosity
,iael a1d f.naby ku3sa' followed u
Ineas. succeseiau. ! liberal price. e2nsdel1ne
1 the ti.nez md the reputation OF the 1utnos
.t,t-c. mid fer advance sheets Of each o. theso
Fad Dickens yisi: to america, IN ISL, Was
,.rese fno.te . he came to obtain n infeta4
J;otsa cor{r;eh. and failed: he returned to f
; that aocr and esnooca, Anu 1.ci ~
!. a to 1851, NessTs- Carey, Lea L HAocaazc
.ier to The onfv publishers ii complete Amersc1
i In tious Of Dickens work." Some years
n3;,;ca Fnr1ish Jewees wrote to Charles DicSt
j lila eou5nlain Of the injustice done her race
ror, cHa1srter OF Farm, and TO ask for sue
eject ticn to Jewish charity, bJ way q Atone /;
[ection H{cteus sent donation In reply to :
.e,t.1n onest. md sAil II must take leaSe
them ihat IL there Be any general feeling
n sni rsrt Of The Intelligent Iexish people
: Viii b,vc f4ore them what you describe As
emn- Wn,nc'' thev a1r far less sensible.
painted lust, ind ! far less good snpe1ea Peep
when 1 have always suppozed theca u o..
Il take in .O!ivet Twist, is Jew, became It,
o corr tnntteay. was true Of the time to VIII
,r;nn.1v stnTv reforr. that that class OF crtuai1