New-York tribune., 1871-12-14
LITERARY NOTES.
orv , ali, .,, . na.k of lies thcnf VIM the

Is history all pack of lies thenf WIN the
,t,c leave us nothingf No great meni No great bat
so, Nothing but moan motives In that which has passed
10 long for the purest patriotsn There Ia Lycurgns
Chief Justice old Sparta and admired for years "a
model lawcivet ard now comes Herr Tteber "a Ger
man Of corse) who pretty much demoiisho~ this great
fame He traces all the knowledge have Of LycurEus
20 Euphorus. whose works only known t "a oy
suotatons In Aristotle and Plutarch. This Enpnorus,
.1s5a sosrspsrs Of Sapcsc I@eras An the
skepticsl Herr viii admit is that man named Lysu,s,
snEesrs th", the creeks thsmselvss differed the es-
tent Of century or so SO We 90 and, A. y. % Ssk
T Geo Francis Tr1,n and others Of great cnt. @ AZ
much imaginary characters az we Wlsh '""' '"''
nav.
"The Wonders Of the West" is the AZ
tractive title Of series Of splendidy iustrhtn "r'o
which will mn through Sc,r6ners Monthly FOR ls'2
These papers commence with graphic and WHY ar'r'
On The Yosemite" In the January number In the rep
ruary number. Prof. Hayden will descr'oe s""'e W.
ditionsl Yellowstone Wonders, dlscovereo U! hn u
pedition last Summer aud there VIII DO huSf@"u
articles on curious out-othe-way regions of the srea'
West about which at present. hut little il known we
arc promised also lively, illustrated paperS OF
travels In all parts OF earth the series OF Living
American Artists" will be continued as well ~ the
speeialty Of Illustrated poetry " At His Gates
ts the title ot Mrs. Oliphants nov Hria! which
TX gins with the January numbrr Short stories VIII
be supplied by SAKE liome twhose " Esther "ynhS
Love letter." and "Whose Wife Was She" have at
tracted much attsnton). Hans Christian Andersen,
Mr MscQaoid and many Of the hest and Amerl
Seen added to the OF contributors to Seror well
~ COL 7. W. HgglnsOn. Mrs. r. 8. GreeD0ngh. the Hv
his Back Log Studies" already published In re
Monthly, will he contributed by Charles D. Warner the
suthor Of my Summer in Garden" The series by the
Hon. Mr. Gladstone has already been announced. Impor
Gaut essays religious, financial and educational ques
cons BY eminent writers will appear In early numbers
and
able discussion Of topics Of the time, reviews OF art
culture and progress and abroad DR. Holland will
contribute as heretofore, TO every numbeI VIII als.
70 C:lfornians In the January number there will be .
description OF "The Big Trees and the Yosemite With
nnest yet engraved This is the frst OF illustrated
series entitled, The Wonders OF the West hand,
sou,ey illustrated article still nearer locality VIII
econ appear and contributions may be expected fin
Charles Warren etOddsrd, Joaquin Miller. and Noal
!TSe Cruise o the balboa. wlc win BE- published
carly number scrbnrr Co. printing for grstuitonH
s'sn SiDsSnss n.T story & FIJI H' which begins ~
the January number. SAKE Holmes story Of Esshtr
understood 10 I've founded upon Incidents connected
with IDngtellow's house AT Cambridge
A new volume of essays by Miss Frances
Power CObbe s IN the press, entitled "Creeds 0f the
Fast and specaions Of the West" It will contain her
articles On Unconscious CPrebration," "On the Rcii
EioD oS Childhood" others Of similar character.
Trubner g. Co. will shortly publish Cata-
,ogue Of Dictionaries and Graminars Of the Principal
Languages and Dialects the World. There will bc ny
ward Of $50 languages represented In this catalogue The
appearance Of each title will IN Itself be sign OF being
avalnable work, aud that IL still be obtained without
Aifcuity The various works ARE classified under Their
respective languages which arranged III aphabtt
cal order similar work has never been ATTEMPTED 10
England.
In the accounts which have been published
of the Inauguration Of the statue Of Schiller ut Berlin
some erfontOus statements have been made To the
descendants Of the poet He left and one daugh
Ter the latter who lie still alive married Count Won
Gieicbeu, whose sOnit who present al the un
covering Of the monument IN Berlin SobiIhrs son was
twice married and by his nrst wife there s ono son
living namely Baron Fritz Schiller, retired officer
In the Austrian bervic+ who prevented by ndjspOS
tion from attending the ceremonial In Berlin. The
present Baron schiller married TO the daughter or
Dol. Albert " stuttgart There no children living
by this unOn aud with the Of the present Baron
Who 10 In very bad health the name OF Schiller WI, M
extinct