New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-19
BOSTON.
LITERARY AND ART GOSSIP.

| BosToN, Feb. 1.-THE literary events OF the
month have been the appearance Of Mr. william Cullen
Bryans noble volume of Homeric translation, ana OF Air
James Russell L0wes cluster Of essays which may larry
be welcomed entirely new matter, SO narrow Is tne
circle regular readers Of the North American hete"
which first gave them the light The critics ana inc
lovers OF criticism In full enjoyment Oh inc ieae'
provided for them by the volumes respectively But
these books are out THE TRIBUNE has told ana can
tell its readers about them IN Its own way Inc Bica'
piece Of literary OF the month Is decidedly tne an
Douncement Of 1.-THE English Note Books OF NalhahIei
| Hawthorne" 10 be published in the early eprlng ny
Fields Osgood Il Co. This book will be in two Volumes
sonew hat thicker than those OF the American Note
Books" and will be composed entirely Of matter new 10
the public may be expected TO have more OF connected
narrative description and less OF the joted memo
randa for stories plots and characters than the 1ouras
OF the great the quiet OF Salem and concord
They give full record Of Hawthornes experiences III
England and Scotland The account Of his consular lie
in Liverpool which furnished such excellent material 1or
several chapters Of "Our Old Home" is particularly ln
and interesting. special feature OF value IN the oooK
will be the record OF visits TO London and the shrewd
observers Impressions OF host OF people prominent ID
political and literary life whom he met there The artistic
| finish and Photographic accuracy OF all Hawthornes
descriptions will make his books sought after even
guide books for Americans visiting the loeahues 10
which his made and his pictures OF the
University towns IN these journals have proDaby never
been matched anywhere This coIIecuon ike its peue
cessor, is edited by Mrs. Hawthorne. Only the note
books OF journey Italy remain IN manuscript and IL
is uncertain whether they will ever be gwen 70
the public. The English Note Books" are announced
| to appear about the first Of April
Mesrs Roberts Brothers have advices that the long
domestic poem by Jean Ingelow, which they have an
nounced for publication together with other of her
yet ppn isquite distinct from her 1.-TWO
Margarets," just published in GOOD Words 1t is poem
which che does propose TO publish in England Tor
| several years.
This house will ready early next week collection
Leigh Hunts pleasantest essays hitherto uncolected
led off by his Day by the Fire." and cued and edited
by Mr. j. f. Babson. Beside the literary charms OF the
book it VIII remarkable Of the incest bits OF
printing ever executed in America The text is thicy
sprDked with extracts aud notes. IN uncommony nhe
type which by the printer. art comes out clear and
legibe as If twice big. The honor belongs to
one Of the Cambridge presses
Miss Ellen FrOthnchams translation OF Hermann and
Dorothea," Goethes sweetest ldy will be issued by
Roberts Brothers early in April 1t will have half dozen
finely executed illustrations and he pretty enough 10 DC
cassed cift3oOk II TO come out with the swarm
at the Christmas 1t is, believe. one OF the
longest specimens the English language OF the hex.
amcter meter, fairly naturaized in Germany but mainly
known TO public through LoDgellows Eyangenhe
and some pieces of Arthur Hugh Clough l have pre-
vailed upon the publishers 20 let copy passage as
Illustration of the with which Miss Frothng-
ham has gapped with the difficulties of her author and
her measure IL the illustrated by one OF the
best of Kaulbachs familiar and admirable pictures:
So they arose eonsel. descended
Through the uIursut grain ENJOYING the btueso evening
Until they whey entered into its shadow
guided de~ulo the blocks ha. were Wing
slowly leaning her hands his shoulder
While With beams the through the leaves overlooked
Ere snd len the couple d.rtns
Sa, ' n geTss The maj. sc Ten. IS S led Down
had faen
Had the dslisrGu yOu.h his arm oorses,d y an instant
Grs. pressed again" chti against cheek Thu. he
P1.d a. %arble .Aue the will keeping him readhs
brew closely but braed hm'eIf under her
the So,l.. s he r, S OH bosom
Bore with I'd. form Of the woman
That Of misfortune timorgg, persons voad tell q.
Wbea on house ss %S S a RON a we s'h0H
st here nssr sTe. thu; 10y parents may Iassas to n thee
Gail Hamiltons book OF scandal containing her side OF
her bitter quarrel with her former publishers has been
transferred from the Harpers who at first expected
to Issue it, TO the house OF Hurd oughton, who have
literary headquarters here and business headquarters in
New.York. 1t will be highly entertaining book, OF
course like bits Of scandal and like all which comes
from this sprghtly and pugnacious ladys pen. The
bunness from the charges she brings by the use
OF fictitious and distant period OF time giving
the work what the form Of an aegory But her wit
and audacity will be found to shine through even this
in March.
Messrs Lee & Shepard have published hardly new
book since the new year in but they accumu-
lating quite list OF those accepted, in press and nearly
ready with which they will burst upon the world In time
for the rush Of Spring trade They have just placed In
the former category novel, by female writer, called
by the engmatcal and unpromisng title OF Life ana
Alone" which those who have examined 1t critically
think will prove one OF the strong books OF the year
They will publish volume in the department OF musical
literature called The Tone Masters, and consisting OF
sketches OF the lives and OF
the great German composers including Mozart Mendels
| sohn Beethoven, and Haydn IL will be suitable for
youthful readers though not intended exclusively Tor
them. The author is the writer of 1.-The Soprano"
musical novel published here in the Fall by Loringa
young gentleman OF the name of Barnard, who has
flashed into literature within the past eighteen months.
something after the fashion Of comet and has written
rapid books on variety topics generally under
feminine dc plume The record Of the experiences OF
Mrs Maria Gilman" in horticulture small scale,
which many readers accepted az solid TRUTH came from
his imagination and he has another book OF the same
kind IN press, called Happiness In FlowerPot The
same publishers have in hand large octave volume OF
scientific character elaborate treatise on American
Railway Construction" by George L. yose, an engineer
writing for engineers to read 1t will be illustrated by
| numerous cuts and diagrams.
The first volume Of the edition OF Mr. Summers
letters and speeches still fingers at Cambridge, having
fallen into the hands Of Of those pess proofread
ers who magnies his Office and has entire contempt
Of any such trivial considerations as time, when so i'm
| portant a matter the placing OF comma or
| the verifying Of a quotation concerned. The
| Atlantic Honihly used 10 be under the sway OF
| a tyrsnt Of this class, who tramped on the toes
| Of its contributors without fear favor, ruth
essy smoothing down TO o dead level all their little ind
yiduates Of STYLE writing In the margins OF their