, 1870-11-06
LITERATURE.

,thervolumt Of oems +. y ) for 1hs press.
-Mss Pail. ser, we'll known for her It HIS
ory Of Lice" ia :zing1Eg out: in England,
curious work, coriouffs illustrated. On
= War Cries. Devices, Emblems, ETC."
George Sand is wiring novel for Euery
The ,-4Lbenaum understands that Mr..
swinturne has in contemplation poem
four ded on one Of the medieval 5omsoces.
--BuiHeE Lsttons new novel. report says.
will appear IN Bidcl1crods.
The fourth part Of Nr. Morris * Earthly
ra. ahise will shortly ap2er in London. II
will conclude the poem.
Mark Lemons notes on the origin and
hiatotJ Of Punch have been found, and are
The Bt.4e is the curious hut Characteristic
title OF EeF magazine eonn to Acpeae in |
Londop, written by the youth OF tho Nue Goat
School Of Ch=ist'- Hospital
Nature exposes the p.eteusioos Of \ Dr..
r. An..in Nut Ill. ~ho. ia bis Dictionary OF
Scientific Terms, hss such follies ss this:
"A few OF the priuclpal metals arc black
lead, hrase. magnet, ochre. pewter. and
steel!'
Miss Christina &. Ro.setti. sister OF tbs
Po*t and the PAINTER Of That name. aod who
hAr ht rselt written serses. is also the au'hor
Of eoile ction OF tales lately published by
Roberts, and called - Commonplace. Tale Of
To-Day, and Other Stories
Howard Glover, formerly Of the Morning
Posi-, and we'll known in London unuaical and
literary circles, il about to pub1sal. his ''Isa-
collections; or Twenty Years on tbs London
p1ese.~ The wurk will shortly appe1r stimuli
tAueuusly in Lordon and New York.
DR. Holmes has changed tho ti.le Of his
little Volume which FIELDS, Osgood / Co, ara
10 puel.sh 1t viii be entitled 4 Mechanism in
Thought and Morale; An Essss road before
tho Phi Beta Kappa Society at Cambridge, With
Notes and Atierthoughts." These litter have
about double the bulk Of tho original essay,
and y i'll bring the volume up to about hun
ired pages.
Mics Kate Field. according TO The Boston
pubEahers Of the atlantic Monthly for her
article on Mr.. Fechter's Hamlet
-3lrs. Harriet Prescott sponord. whoss
winters are passed In Warrington. is beIiev-
ed to be engaged On politico-sociA novel Of
hfe in that city.
"A French paper brings tho following:
IA ptaseian soldier had died euddenly 1t
Jouv, near Versailles, and his comrades
claimed thlt ha h,d been poisoned. Ths in
hati.an.s insisted On N Inquest. and this
| at eingle meal eiI pounds OF meat"
Tho Williams iteuiero has begun its puhli-
! rAtiou Of the old college themes found in
lIuf. CleFelsnu's Is desk With short LATIN es-
-ay on the Roman Seuate, read By Nathaniel
| Hawthorne At An exhibition in oxdoin Col
| lcge. in December. 1928. when be VIA -
yfa1a old. At that timo be wrots his Mans
:" HtthoEue," a. many OF his Anceetors hAd
done. The essay has nothing very striking
| about 1t; follows the traditional ideas about
the Conscrpt Fathers, nud is not 1Rays
! coUched III tho best Latin, but shnwa an oc-
| cestonAl felicity in the choice or Arrangement
| OF words.
When Mr. Dickers died It w,s stated that
he bad written for his children, in sort Of
rarAphrase of Scripture, the history of the
life and lessons Of the SariouE. Mr. Dickens
himself alluded 10 it io = letter written on the
very day before bis death, and it WAS said
that this paraph1sse would be published. Tho
| friends Of Mr. Dickens in Boston, Gays 4
New York Tribune correspondent, now have
dirt Ct information from his family in England
thst Gro Of his most positive injunctious vaa
that the manuscript nhonld Devel be pub.
],shed. and it never will re seen by any one
ouseitle the authors Own home cirrle.
Virgil bAs found . new translator in Emp
fou T. Middleton. who has published, in Lon
:Eneid. liz. Middleton Translates % Virgil iuie is
rLymed verse, but his efforts do mt muel
With much favor from tho british critics.
The libraries Of tho cities OF Alsace anJ
Lorsaine are being tearched By GERM,
scholars for valuable manuscripts. a com
iteion Of scholars has also teen appon:eS
ly the government at Berlin to examine the
libraries of other cities iu France nav oocu
pied by German troops. il order to fut Aot
itcover scmc OF the literary treasures wh,c.
| we're carried off from Gernauy b5 tha grsod,
cohorts OF the French Revolution and tho Fan.
| Empire. It is vol known that an immsn.,
number of invaluable works, Which were take,
from German Libraries du1irg the French oc
l cupatinp, we're not recovered in 1915. aud 81
! | \ rich harvest IL expe cted. The librarians O
the p:lEcip:l libraries OF Gsrmsnv ara in thi
, commission: and they have orders to soascl
The following paragraph is translate
from tho Ripista Europea . The Princes
! Dora d7atriA has puhlishod in tho Recur d.
Deuz Montks an interesting article on u
Popular Pot try Of the MAgyass. 1t has bee
said that gratitude is not the virtue OF th
r people At Large. but the Albauiana certsiul
+ cannot be counted among the ungsatef,
], | rncea all are aware with what enthusiast
. | strains Of Houg they celebrate their hero Skar
t l darbeG. Il is pleasant 70 observe with viii
l. manifestations theF testify their gratitude
: the Princess Dor1 d1stria-1ate the Princes
+ Helen Ghika, Albanian by origin, Koumania
4 l by bi1tb-who in her writings bag asserta
g: the dignity Of tho Albanian people, and d.
9 | Tended their riEhta- We have just receive
n m elegant voluue. publiahed II Lsghorn-
i. ! COLLECTION Of the poems addressed to her t
q | the most distinguished Albanian writer
t ! among ottler4, Cama1da, De K4da, Ac-"
. Emile Olivier ia staying 1t Polona, nca
+ biella, with one Of the most liberal and mo.
e respected Deputies Of Piedmont. n Cesas
d Valerie, the brother Of the famous Iorenzt
r He lives there entirely. out Of society, PIT
j. pairing work in two volumes, entitled, IS u
volume will be entitled - The Plebiscite. ar
: the second The Var" In the second 70
. ume he proposes to prove that the wAr u,
s not provoked either BY the Emperor OF
!. "A London letter in the Boston .Adfrsis,
r ssys that American books are eversehere fea
: in England. Every book stall It rAilxl
X station, every circulating library It watesin
. place, every one Of these dear 9
neos tents 31snp At det.ebm.ns equity Of vo1a 1aa
r. which are aboro al things American. Th
o popularity Of American literature unquestio
le ably increases, snd extends IN fiction fro
ID The Last Of tho Mohica1s," to Is The CAT
= :Aia1.' 1n English boarding schools, Coop
d throughout the lAnd, is nearly IS much SO
"a ss the Bible. II proylaion could be made
id | keepiuEA = constant supply 1t rexsonaa
10 price. The Atlantic Monthly and the Nor
10 american Ktc1fto would meet With numeIo
e purchasers, At 4 large shop on Lndgato HUI
ID little else than cheap editions OF Americ
s. books in paper covers. You may there b
ID | THE House with Seven Gahlas,E for nj,
= pence, and THE Spy" for sixpeDce: 7
Ia place is not kept By Americans, nor do
~ people appear to have sns spesIi.l Ams1ie
id amazing fondness Of tho present generat
q. for books that deal with American life, or p
n tess the characteristics Of American thoug
- The English publishers. though gems
he business ia drlll. are isauing host OF move
he The latest ars 'Beasy Rane." By Mrs. lie,
er | Wood; ~ From Thistles-GEapes p By u
Eiloart: .tBeauty Talbot" By Percy Fl
ve gerald; "a Rigbted Wrong" BY Edmr
on Yates: Lady Neaderburn's Wish," BY Jan
IT, Gr1nt; beyond These Soices," By the
ice Ct Dcssrt: Robert Lynne! By Mary Bti
Is. man; The Inquisitor," BY William Gilbe
in '.FaleeIr True By Mrs. cAshel Ho'
.u- "Sclooled With RiArs:" story Of tod
In ''After BA1tow's uesth,' hY Morley F
,ot row: !" FenacEe Gr.ngs." by Laogfora ce'
be- Life" By Thomas Wright {ths JourneEu
ut Eusinoer); - Private InquirE,- by Cha1
a. II. Ross - Bought with Frice !" !" Claud
tes by Lady Blake - The Village Of the Wei
de b! r. W Baddeley :" Thssesa," BY y,
Ter KadecnNs :. Esther Hills ssctes,'. b Ge
tu- giana II. Claik - Diary Of Novelist
nd Siren" By Thomas Ado!phus Trollo
aul Against fi,ne,~ pr Alexander Innes Shai
The "Among Str1ngers"-au artobiograpt
w. edited By E. S. Maine and "Si1 Nor
ne Hence"-Passsges from the Life Of Msria.
II secretAu.
ne-
il ART.
w w LAypo,lt i Holt will shortly publish ano
.14. Of Ta!ne's 1orka-his ~ AIT IN the Not
~ lands"
~ Lee d Shepard are 10 publish = work
uu; ~ (.1' The Philosophy OF Art, By \ nav Eng
~ ~ | art critic. Samuel P, Lpug,