New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-07-05
LITERARY NOTES.


Prof. Huxleys Elementary Lessons in
Physiology are translated into Hindostanee
NJ Michele, is i'll at Florence with conges-
ton of the brain. and his recovery is doubtful it ia
eaid that LIE overwhelmed by the recent events L.
France. -
The Acadcny is authorized to contradict the
rumor mentioned in the AHgeneine zehu,g that Mr.
Thomas Carlyle is cnsagedu collecting materials for his
autobiography.
The death is announced of the Baron Won
Mdnch.Belnghausen, the wclknown Austrian drama
Ilst and poet who became popular and famous under
Henry Crabb RobnsOn's Diary" will shortly
4, published in Dresden in German version from the
I"u of Herr X Either, under the title of Reductions
of Germany froln 1904 TO lsC4.'
a medal has been given by the Royal
Geographical Society DE- Keith Johnston, in ackno vi
odgmcnt the services of tho devotion Of more than
forty years Of an unusually active life purely gcograph-
Ca pursuits Tie has done more for popllarzlng geog
caiiou Of his Physical Atlas in lsi7 gave an unex
nmpod impetus to the study Of Physical Geography in
Britain and his publications since thcn OF great u'y
ard Importance, have been very numerous.
An elaborate critic on GeTvinus, by Julian
schmidt the AHgcneae Zehng traces the success OF
MS Literary History" TO his dogmac tone and super
abundant erudon which carried away with 1t the gen
Grafton cotempOrary with its first appearance. VINO
showing the connection between different porous o.
German literature ne failed 70 explain INC M 'ated
writers respect be had not the cift OF plctu-
reeQueness which aones for instance, in santeBeuVe'
for inferior scientific accuracy
During the last siege of Paris many learned
FreuChmeu experienced heavy losses throngh the hlhR
81 private houses NJ Bertrand lost the manuscript OF
the third volume Of his great treatise On the Dln'r
entail and Integral Calculus The amount OF labor re-
0rired for writing IL second time is immense W.
b ttnd has calculated many formula rom new hethos
II his own Invention Many instances OF similar ms, ms
that the amount OF mischief done was not even larger
Daring the whole OF the rebellion, the Academy Win
held its meetings regularly. NO TACT
tyeutiu history Of the learned society.
Mr. Robert Browning is now engaged on
work which will shortly appear in print. 1t is under
stood the subject claims the special interest Of
scholars basis Of the poem being translation OF the
Aloosfis Of Eurpides Mr.. Browning's comments, his
readings between the lines, are placed in the mouth Of
girl who figures from the commencement or the piece
while the transcript from the Greek is lntrodlcel
toward the middle as a play. Hitherto Mr. Browning
great successes have not been ldenthed WIN classical
modes OF thought, and II would seem a. n the treatment
al the chOruscs must present Pee ar am lllcs 70 one
whose lyric often appears to bear the trace of I'M
fulfilled effort.
OF What | Know About Farming" The
Tdea Herald says: great deal of fun has been poked
Mr. Greeley's book, and We DO not wonder much Be
cause the book is ingenious enough and Greeley-ous
enough give full play TO the imagination Of newspaper
wits. We have IN our minds eye Just now, one OF them
who rlbly tells that the chapter on Draning-My
Own is deeply absorbing, containing musings of an
interpretive nature, wherein Mr.. Greeeys cherished
theories yvise ted with charming courage and vgor;
while the chapter on Muck" is characterized by
holiness Of grasp ana extraordinary power Of magma
hou only equaled IN fiction by the description of the
storm in Victor Hugo's "TOilcrs of tie Sea- 1t Is
private opinion Of ours however that all such hppancy
IN this connection is like the Australian weapon which
eIos back and strikes the who IL. We very
sure that II does hurt Mr. Greeley. The sage OF
ChappaQua is imperviOus 10 such shafts; and
the critic who INDUCES in them here is pretty
to have read this book or else to be unable
good points. MI. GreceN docs not dV
dress his readers the stand Ont OF pure science or
~ ref knoWledge OF practical agriculture Nor is his
boob any the less valuable on this account What the
farmers this country most need are PLAIN words rom
men who stand in the breach were between writer's
OF bciT own INK and the theorztrs address them in
the of their hobby Science While we discover NOT
very much In the volume that IS very new ~ i
Of pertinent facts, set forth Win uhe pftDinion
q veteran Journalist Al o Iiht bn ie,yed from
the staunont Of an intelligent consideration OF cause
"f 9cnnral forces suggest themselves the thought
fnl man even though lie he without much practical eX-
iations 10 the farmer who in grooves or ruts
through after another OF seednC ana harvest
SI our hook ia destined 10 do an invaluable work
we suspect. in making the avOcation Of agriculture a
more attactiv the men who are growing
,fwspapeT harness There has long been a growing
ropugnance TO the real though really unnecessary,
rudgeTy Of teamwork on the part OF the farmers sons
tendency unfortunate One-unfoTtunate Tor tue
tob nnioituilate TOT anu, D' n red f
unfortunate Tor the country: lhet Us CA lnS hSeu vi
written 10 assist in checking tins tendency.
Rr Greceys book notably OF the best of these
and inapI ~Opratey socaled, aesthetics OF agrcu
deain IT, We wish there were more in 1.-THE more the
letter; and Horace Greeley spite bis yagaries, ana
tut more into IT, His book that Will stimulate
Thought among the farming population Of country.
re who has the power to stimulate thought is greater
aid 20 the farmer than he who tells him facts,
develops Tor him some new invention which hghtels
HE manual labor II there is any farmer hereabouts
who does not believe this let him know that he Is behind
the times Let him drop his hoe and spade while lie
PATCHES up