, 1870-12-18
LITERATURE,


months suspension.
LITERATURE.
An snnorccement has appeared that Ms.
Maltiu F. Tupper is about to gtvo readings
from his own works in St. james Hall, Lon
don-
john Hay, who was one Of Mr.: Liucoln's
Private Secretaries, is ths suthor Of Little
EFeechee." He has recently become an at
tache Of the New FORK Tribune, in which paper
tie poen trst appeared.
The death il announced OF Captain Cha
mier, tbs author Of "Tom, Bowl1ne," and
other novels vhici sere very popular thirty
5earu ago.
{ The Miscellaneous and poethuuaous Works
Of Mr.. Buakle, in three volumes, edited by
Miss Helen Taylor, with ehozt biography Of
tho author, Aro to be publishe5 in England
befsre the close OF tho year
The Boston journal says the children Of
tho hate REV. William Ellery Chtnniug have
giveo to the Boston Public Library, three
hundred volumes, and two Thousand three
hundred pamphlets, sll valuable parts of their
fathers library. Many Of them we're selected
in Europe, by Edward Everett, At Or. Ch1n-
nipg's request.
Tho German poet, Adoirho Doettcl.er, has
+ just died. at Leiradc, his natire city. Ha was
born Gn tLe LIST Of May. 1876 and, 1t the ago
voting himself TO pathological pursuits, and to
the study OF German and English Eoett.
Anloug his numerous poetieal Productions,
his tranelations Of the English poets occupy
. conspicuous place. In addition to The
tbs poe,us Of Goldsmith, Pope, Milton md
| OssiAu.
The number of volumes in the public
Libraries Of CeEssaniiuoplei is se,ted at 6 ,l5O.
At Ereaent, most Of tho libraries ars within
l tre}o Nv y.1
by t1ue oelieyera.
1 In the atlantic tfn,,thly, for January,
| these singulaziy similar lines arpear In the
poems Of Mr.. Whittier aud DR.. Holmes: Mr.
| kit4ed," Dr.. Holmes-"Lips that lnper
Except Marx Twaia-s aud Bret Haxtes
books, volumes not On law OK mining haTe 3
poor eass on the Pacific slope, and tue bigger
= book 1te better it will cell, for CAlifornians
| despite vsluns cosltng less than $3.50.
| "A letter in the London Times OF nov.
25 conveys some cu,ious infoImatiou- The
I writer, visiting the city Of Verlun, After ita
! capture By tho Pruasiane. recalled the history
| of the chief literary eseLt connected with
that p!ace. and wllle looking up the authori-
tics rtuml led upon a discovery. In Goe.he's
| Diary OF tho Campaign OF 1792, which he at
tended IN the trezn Of the Grani Duke OF
Saze-Weir,aE, he tells tho story of the four
teen vlHginscf Veaup, who came to offer tho
/ =
interes ting incsaente., 1t now appears that
| Goethe narrative was wtitsen long after the
| event. aud to EoE1e. extent was fabricated
from French nazEations published in the in
tsryal.
The efforts Of the Cevlcc Government for
sanshrit, Pslir and Clngalcse literature ara as
sumlng more importance. AlocAI authority,
Ar. James de- Al~is, was employed in SEARCH
ing out and cataloguing mannscrpta. His
three moet important discoveries. are A tiae
l AAffn brit fHfB GIr
sixth Century. and two Sinsa1ese religious
l uaDuEctipts- His catalogue will comprise
! three volumes of 600 pages each. 4 library
Of manuscript Of Buddhist work has now been
formed by gov"rnmene, for vhich she impor-
tans continuation Of the Tripitika, IN forty
volumes, hon The Hng Of Burmah, il on its
! Nay. The government has also applied to
thn King OF B,Am for the Burmeee version.
| The Ceylon Oleerrev remarks that Ill these
copies should be closety examined. in order
| to see It tbs priests have made them conform
| to their own notions. 0na Of the Hnest Budd-
Inst collections is that Of the Ind;a Library In
| London!
] One ct the most industrious snd euccess-
full young suthors is Professor Jenes De Mil}e
who, eeme four ysArs ago. first became knowa
through the very anteEt aiming - Dodge Club
rapers, published in Harper. His Ee1t COZ
siderable work was <-The Cord and Creese." :"
which appeared H seriai in the Raxav, snd
could hardly be pronounced successful: a
I
rilea." aud has already written two volumes
Of 4 sa1ies which promises to bo vety popcIAt,
resides a story. The Lady ot the Ice foE
Appt sontS Journal He is. now nnder on
,g.gemeuts to furnish serial stoiies for H-rpe,
and the atlantic. He is ona Of the most RAPID
writer's one Of his books. '.The B, O. W. C..
C'ah,' uas finished in eix days; and hesom'
rleied, in Fix WEEKS, Manuscript which hs
sold for =. Q:tl. In addition to hia iaeozs hi
tinrs time 10 dlschargs tEs dutit,s Of Ais pro
4 ,1<, 10y Tosfh III
hss occupied his :eisura moments With thi
! preparation OF . text beck OF rhetoric, wticl
has not yet been pubiiaaed.
--Tba reconstruction OF the Etr1s5ousg Ii
braty il making rapid progress. Beside. th'
l. united action Of tie acsdsslics znd bo *
! eellers Of al QesmAu7, there arc single git
pouring in Of no su NJ yalua- Tie 4ell knox1
Hchollarrh Landfe1-1ann. Of Ccblenz, IA
offered his owr enEre library, the result Q
many yeara, careful, collection. chiefly rich i
philology and hie$aey, and continuing not
| lew 1aEe works no longer to be had. Ho ha
| hoped, be tasd, tk>loase these taoks Sofa da
| to MS son (1ohAnrea 1nndfetnaun, youu
, histo1iAn), that he might uss them after hin
But be had COMO down m tho .1enches befol
, | Metz. and the Professor didnot know viii
, better purpose these books could eaEve no
, | than the one hs has, under tac circumstance
. destined them for.
-Lots0sr and Wilhelm Meistrr are con
! pared by An enthusiastic admirer Oh D1seael:
/
= |; -Nt.es, that does nst share IN the Hortd'e wo
= + bhip Of either, ssyn: .'Th< hero st Goethe
y tale ia = vxcillssing, salf-cons>aous, sent
a I mental usseompoop, gifted with the gauctari'
+ Of manaex and speech> which made Goett
= himself Ridiculous whe7 be entesed the tocie
n | Of LEIPZIG; and tho hero of DtsEaeli' e Hcanaoi
r is \ fesb}e, ifresolute, and vey dull donke
/. | Ahou. whom = lot OF women are pl0ased
4 l cnncaIn tbemselves> Goethe ouce Epent
- wet evening 1t an inn in 6AuEcuck, III
L hxH fntt -
- t1iAnd to prove that mAnliue.s. cou11e
= and decieton die oct OF tho has
Il q man who il IL love. and th'
70 in fac., lcteE is . sort Of insplr
= baby. Perhaps, in that theory We get sor
a key to the weakness Of Wilhelm Aels.er 4
OF LoAdir, beth OF whom ara ready ut 4
10 ,moaasnt TO fsA II love with anybody who do
"a not wear 3 beard"
The Washington PdsriH eomnunicxt
r. the following Bit Of information touching t
a. "a Mr. Bret Ha1ta, the author Of The Lu
10 ! OF Roaring Ca12p,' md other ehnracteris
A. sketches o. California oiners' hfe. sod I
IL present editor Of the 0uertans Monthly, I
ad been successful enough 70 bring the ahat
. PulaltheEs to his fees. Two magazines hs
,tn v;ded labor rs / contributor, and one Of tn
10 has sueceeded, Nr4aarte being unler euea:
~. ment. it ia said. ofuruish it wlthtwelve conI
~ buttons for e5,0oo. A grest deal Of
be- celebrity OF this uoT-poputar wgitet II du 9
A. one Of his recently published poems, cal
M 'plain Words from Truthful James whe
;}se in the waya and tricks' OF thu 'hesth
to Ehinee are apt1y e1possd. But Bret 4 .
Tor Was Al equally good writsr ave or sl1 Je'
ago. and, Ike many other good wrissfs II
sns hsd not get succeeded II taking Tue Petpu' Pta.
~ fancy, his art,cles xa.e ut that nne reins -
NJ By magaz;nes, tha most Of FhIeo ne
TX uibu:ed TO by certxin literary eiss5, ,,,,., !"
IN. nreseut an iraoassabla bsr1lsE 70 tns A2p1o7 y
OF new znen With brains in then neAua
The hereditary Grand Duke K Ais1.aa ss1a
thn ha,r r about TO write book on tna ne1suSa
Seb.stonol, srpeak, In the ofhe1a1 otSsns
, y Tnss;s To- the pubic in general to assist
,s9 q n h Fla xo1k. Anybody rho thinks he {
VIC eo.e i.et IN Que ton, anyone Who possesses =!
w HING. either in writing noted down BY him
III, tf,e time or aiRee, or who has gsrnared up
,nla ,a tain reeolleeta in bis memory, is inyit.t
11ciy :nemcire. fetters. even anecdotes re.er1inf
,sSa the tmallest episode, or any jotti1ss dowr
Tnrr an eyewitness In the kimpls..t form will
rtisl highly welcome. There Is only ous co,
tidn tion made, which Is 20 ba couside
thar eacred truth! Iiks<dss those who b
Of been dnttnEnishedb b; ezosses, ,orders, ind q!
hs1- 1esspaa bssose ssosstopc1 11n oh!ise tho