New-York tribune., 1870-05-31
BOSTON.

NOTNCEMENTS OF TIE IObhtohr-"S 49,
poTNts-sToRIES AND PICTURES-QUARliELS
or THE STAGE-NEW PLAls.
DosroN. May 2S-The literary events OF next
ec and tie crowning and last incidents OF the spring
pnpshng season. will be the issue by Messrs Fields o
GOOD 4 Co. of the second volume of Ar Bryant lnu'
and OF .he two volumes OF selections from the Engsh
notebooks of Nathaniel Hawthorne made by his widow
These books are more the form of journals, ana nave
fewcr detached iotngs than the American noe-oooks'
but VIII be found TO have at least an equal interest NUS
hawthorne expresses in her preface the hope tat 'so
volumes OF notes viii dispel the opinion so ol'eh OK
pressed that Mr.. Hawthorne was gloomy ana ihoIOi"
SIZE saws that though having the inevitable cnsNeness
and Gravity of person who possessed what friend OF
his called he awful power of insight" her husbands
mood was always cheerful and equal his mnd peeuary
tealhfl and that the "airy splendor OF ms VII ana
r.mOr was the ii h Of his home" she adds that his
vivid sympa,hies and shaping imagination made him sad
or behalf others and that his comprehensive charity at
tc.eI lcnces and made him the coniessor tomany
shining and sul. ring souls, whom he aided Win
sympathy. leaving Judgment to the AI-Wise.
Tho volumes full OF graphic vieueite pictures OF
cnctarc people whom Hawthorne met abroad Wr1'eh
with an Jlc freedom Of private diary IKE 'is oi's'
portrait OF .l.1s Harriet Martincau in lSA;
81 think I neteced to record that saw Miss Mar Mar
tinCau i,v vo.t, s,lce. sac D, 9re' rOpuS' eEf3
cl'Isi and Gtriecat a face that size is pleasanter to
iok nj tl5u most btautcs. Her hair ls Of decided
Sic Is tse most continual t1lkcr ever hcalo ~ Is
r.4v I.hn.Ig of a brook, ara very llNeIy hu
se..ii c too; and an the while she talks, she moves
,e bowl OF her cai-trumpct from one auditor to another
th.t 10 becomes quite an organ OF Intelligence ah4
syuustlv Id. wec her and yourself. The ear-rumpet
f,cisa sensible lait OF her. Ike the antenn@ OF some
drop IN; and She helps you to make remarks ny SnS
delicate Atle app,ai OF the trumpet, as se sSy a
TIE a-rsal is not strong enough TO embarrass You Al
Ter l r.s about herself and her affairs but it did
Lot Ike egotm, because 1t was so chceIiui auu
f.cc from NOR duess. And this woman is an ATHEIST
end thinks tet the principle Of life Will become eAtnct
yh, her body GId in the gravel will not thlnk So
y,Ie it c.!y for her sake WHAT only few weeds to
symp.tHes lowering and iruitlng forever"
srinlIod among the long accounts of excursions to
tie Lakes and other interesting parts Of England are
such scraps these:
"Tacle'av has dread Of servants insomueh that ne
hates u them, or 10 ask them for anything HIS
morbid sD-Dy, in tis regard has perhaps lea MN 70
study and muse tht that he may be presumed
10 have more intimate knowledge OF TINS class thah any
tli,is dresses so badly and wears such a rough out
eide that the hUlhcys are rude to him at gentelnens
a. wonaps chastity consists, like onion, of series
OF coats. You may Slp of the outer without doing
nu,H ai7 l.f perhaps none at all but you Keep tahhg
od one Sfttr another in expectation of coming TO the
incT-igC.eus including the whole value OF the matter
that chastity is Giuscd through the whole series of
Coat> lSeued with the removal OF each ana Nashes
with ho na one, which you supposed would introduce
you 10 the hidden pearl"
ucsrs Roberts Brothers have issued this week in En-
gsh sheets the volume of poems by Dante Gabriel
ROsseti, over which the critics all shouting with
such delight, and huTying through the press the
edition OF tie work from their plates, which they
viii sell a cheaper rate. They have also issued the
second Of their transatons Of George Sands novels
"Anto1io" Tie very pretty vignete in the ute-page,
representing the lily which gives the book its name in
the hand of the heroine is from the pencil of Mr. Ham
matt Billings. The firm will push through this edition
Of novels without stopping for the Summer, it having
made q decided hit, and will issue in few weeks
"AIouseur sylyestrc" translated by Mr.. F. G. Shaw,
md soon after "LHCmme de Nege" on which Miss
fe or he supcal Draseg which
have been showered upon "The Lovers Of Gudrun" in
"Tbe Earthly Paradise" as Mr.. William Morriss master
piece have induced them issue that poem by ITSELF
in thin volume. desirable thing for summer read
ing Mr. Hammatt Billings has drawn frontspiece for
the hook, 1cpIcseuting the heroine as she is first
descI.led by the poet:
"Tigt Spring she first come to her fall hight;
r.oa . s:o,roi.. fir where EsI The The 3 ai.sdns 1n6i i
Nessrs Roberts Brothers will probably issue the Lee
tur5s Imperialism" by Prof seeley, author OF
"Ecce Homo" recently delivered to class Of 200 young
ladies al the KcnsngtOn Museum and soon to be pub
lsled in London.
The Riverside Press at Cambridge is already engaged
upon books for the next season, make their appearance
early fl the Ta Foremost among these IS translation
Of the history Of the Coup Etat Of 1884, written by NJ
Ttuot OF the SCc!oa fair and honest work. quite free
from paItisaushp. This is Of those subjects Of which
tie public Of this generation 10 great degree in the
DARK from ITS very proximity Of time since little can be
le.rncd about it except through IcOnvenent cOnsulta-
tou Of Giles of foreign newspapers. The translation has
been done By Messrs. A. II. Brandon and c. W. Adams,
who have added some illustrative notes upon such mat
t.-s as fin tie original would be only inteligble to
Partisan ryalers. The establishment has in the
printers hands original historical monograph of the
Ciidrens Crusade, Of the most curious and little
known passages Of medieval history. 1t is written In
simple una su0inc, but readable STYLE and has many
passages OF Intense and romantic Interest," as where is
described the episode Of the column Of the great Juvenile
army which reached Marsces expecting that the waters
the Mediterranean would part to LET them pass as their
inspired leaders had promised. When they found the
still beating the beachthey were fast becoming
deno1azcd until certain merchants of Marseille offered
them tie use Geet of ships which they accepted
fulhmcu of the spirit Of the prophesy. twenty
years before heard Of this enthusiastic host
ard then sgler Ortwo brought the terrible that
tie generous merchants had been wicked schomers, who
had carried the whole company to Africa and sold them
into lifelong slavery from which very few ever escaped
Another book in preparation by the same house Is
manual OF "FiIs Steps in English Literature" by Ar
thur Gilman de gned to assist the student In rational
way and without the cumlrous Of material which
lntorieTes with the usefulness of similar works
The authors are cassed in groups the natural cleavage
Of history divides them and the biographical and crti
e s.ctch,. are Given without extracts, leaving the stu
dcut 10 make his selections for himself The manuscript
tas been received Of supplemental hundred pages to
Hans Christian Andersen's stOry of Ny Life, written
especially TO added to the autobiography ~ the Aeri
can Uniform edition Of his works, now publishing by
Grrd & Houcn-on.
TIE ode O. -. Christopher p Cranch the occasion
oftie Margaret Fa.er OssoH conmemoration, which
was allowed on al hands TO be one Of the finest pro-
iccous that brilliant occasion, is to be published in
lie August uuiifjer of The Atlantic Monthly. The July
crl.r ls - bc made especially notable by poem OF
considerable length by Mr. Longfellow, whose muse has
fr many month, been silent and is TO have a story by