, 1870-07-10
LITERATURE

upon :. Iothair." ..
-Bulwer receives au annual copyright o
fonr hundred and Afty pounds from his Ger
Lie French publishers.
At length there is q ladies' newspaper in
lrdia,-the Run9o Mohila, or Woman Of Benz
so9s, p9blished At Calcutta, in DsngAG, and
GIFTED by a Hindoo lady.
Hans Christian ANDERSEN, tho sto,y-toller
t.eath of Charles Dickens, had received and
pied an invitation FROM the lstter to pass
few weeks next autumn 1t GAdaflill.
-Mr: Leland (Hans Breitmann) has arrived
in !-oEcon. Ho IL writing an addition to bis
taila1s. III which Hans Drcitnann is repre-
Americans and people who have made money
in America are fond Of doing.
a Remarkable suit has lust boom tried in
Eotton. Thomas { Talbot, newspaper aud
magazine publishers, wezo sued in ths su-
PreIla Court to recover pay for prose and
Charles Dickinson, and which they declined
TO publish. After keeping the manuscripts
few weeks for stamps TO be sent for their re-
turn, they destroyed them. The court de-
eided that the manuscripts were the property
Ct the author until the publishers paid for
10 The author, they became liable for their
vslue. The Jury returned a verdict in favor
Of the authoE for $50, which the publishers
paid, with the costs OF the court.
1t would Eeem that the profession OF
poet nowadays il not such bal onc-at least
il we may judge ly the following baance-
eLect, which u. Victor Hugo, With that CHARM
ins mo1esty and reluctance to obts1lc himself
before tho public which distinguishes his char
ac:es, has recently published in Frcuch pa-
PR ~ am possessed" F" w1ites the author OF
tho "Legende des Siecles" ~
In Dclgturp, Of 60 shares IN the National
lSanE, producing about. Ct $50
In Eog,end, si',ooo ef Ccasols, producing
In Flanss, i:m the I,isu.a,c. :. ...... 10 10
III GueEnsey, IinutevIuc Mouse se......,,... 10
M. Hugo adds that llis property in Lis
works il disposed OF for SONG yea1A to como,
and thak owing 10 family nrrangements he
pays oyer to his children Homa 81 200 q year,
living himself On an incoms Of $500. To
this ehould probably be added the fuctuat-
ing income ar1sing from the performance u;
his dramas in the different theatres OF Frazer
and Belgium.
The Louisville Courier is Of opinion that
George Eliot is the legitimate successor Of
Charles Dickens. It says: ~ The popular no
ton about the excellence aud brilli.ncy OF the
simply the excellence Of painter like Teniarb-
Peepls talk Of Rilaa Mariner ~ il there we're
nothing in it except Nancy Lammeter md the
famous meeting in the parlor OF the inn of
the Mill on the F!oes, as II it wera only rural
chronicle Of Glcigs and Dolsons and Tulivers
| OF Adam Deslc, az il it contained no moro than
Photographic reproduction Of the lilo OF
midland dai1ieA and far1n-houses aul apple
| orchards But besides these wonderful pic
tnIes there IL vast well Of poetry, philosophy
AID human nature Of wit and patllos OF
drsmatic tire aud action, which remind us OF
The old masters, George Eliot is tha eucces.
sur Of Charles Dickens, A woman Stands TO-
the peer Of Tenhyeon and Mil, and greater
| than al cthcrs''
-sIr. weltor;1 writes to the Boos- Inyer, o.
Mr.. VIM. Morris .iew yolune: "tThe Story Of
the vo'eungs and SibInnSe' il nos dsat trans.
| lated from tile 1ec}andfc Saga. The story, il
is Me!l-known, in almost identical with that o1
the 'SikcluDscn Iied,' and there is no more
romance than the comparative antiquity Of
the lce1andic aud German receneions OF this
tale. In the lcclandic, however, we have, be-
sidfs The Tolsunga Ssss-preserved in the
Edda, some OF tie original mythical ballads
that supplied material tor the more detailed
work Of the Saga men at a later period; these
are certainly older than nny remains Of Ten.
tonic literature. 1tanzlntions OF these are in
clnded III Mr.. Morris volume, in unrhymed
mct1lcal yeEse 60 near to the original that
scarcely the position OF word needs chang
ing. They give tho earliest form Of tho
great epic story most deeply embodied III the
mird Of the men Of northern race, whatever
its origin may have BEEN"
Just as you enter Dickens late residence,
in Feat frame. written and Illuminated by
Owen Jones, il the following; ''This house
Gals itiil Place. stands on tho summit Of
shakfpearcs Gad's Hill. ever memorable for
It's association. in noble fancy, with Sir John
Falttan. But, nv lads. tomorrow BY 4
o'clock, early at Gad's HILL There arc nil
g1imR going to Canterbury with rich offerings,
and traders riding TO London with fat purses,
havo visors for you al; you have horsea for
ypurrclves.'n
IA the first instance. when Chapman L
cl:ned. just after the publication Of Martin
Fl eco, which ho wanted for his iouruor IN
isaty. Tho resu1t was that Dickens applied
10 and obtained tho money OF brad
Enry 4 Evans. the wcll-known pull
l'shcfs OF Puach. to whom he At once
transferredl,ia business, Subsequently, he had
difficulty with that firm, growing out OF some
matters connected with Ills separation from
M!a. Dickens, and went lack to Ch.pn,an &
Hall, who remained his pnhliefera to The time
o. h's desth. 1sy declining to make that small
advance Of f1 f1,GM,-=mal for man like Dick
en1s,~ChaRman r. &c Hall must haye LOST at least
vii didn't sell go well as the previous works
Of Dickens. aud they began to lose their conf
ii zee in him. Moreover. tho great Times
had 5utt published IN elaborate comparison
between Dickens and Thackeray, in which the
palm was given to Thackcray. Chapman i
Hall looked upon this as little short OF ro"p
De grace for Dickens, unl concluded they
didn't want mich more stock in him. To no
sure, the distinguished author hid male two
Or three fortunes for tlern, but what Of that:
Such is lifo