New-York tribune., 1872-02-22
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr.. Conder has in press 10 work on the pro
ort,ons Of human symmetry as reported pS o
scuIptors and by the Italian painters ol tr "" :,
The new German translation OF ShakeSpe"ies
~Dramato Works" written by frloui'Vn DO"ou',e"' T,
Euclaus Delus Otto Gdemester GeoIS N M 1n
1890 Hermann Kurz. Adolf MbranGt Win an mr.
ducton ana notes edited by kIleacn oO"[uSSSu' - m "
9Tockhaus OF Leipsic'
Sompson Low a. Co. have nearly ready tOr
n,ucaiou in London large octave volume OF some 400
.os on the subject OF Corals and Coral Islands, by
p, 1an,es D. Dana the eminent mineralogist OF Yale
SocSc I IS the result Of the authors personal oDser-
saons in the coral regions, and VIII he VIII b
Spot.
1t is stated on good authority that NJ. Ivan
EOurgufnicf tho eminent Russian nOvestis is not dead
s has been recently announced in the foreign Journals
On the contrary he is alive and we'll and has just pun pun
Ssrn Torrents which is 20 be found in the current
nuInber OF the VycSink Erropu lis heeroogst%S % aSe
Eourguenicf decease has been recently nouceu'
new commentator on the " Divina Com
media" has recently appeared In Naples, In the person
of Grcgorio al sena. He is no mere compiler OF notes
sprroprated from the abors OF his predecessors but an
original thinker VII, enters the vast arena on WhC o so
many lave gained reputation and an honoreu pIS qIi
with purpose and intention pecuaIy Is SOW Owl % VioIT
that ne has taken survey of the Diyina C2lnmen"
aud comes forward to oler the results u LIS "
cations. --
The centenary Of the poet Wordsworth passed
pnpotlccd It was The 5th of April, 1870 Wordsworth
BY t.c WAY bore wonderful personal resemblance 10
s;iitor ana his death occurred the traditional ami
Yersry Of shaEesreares birth dloush the exact daie
a' LDy @ C, @ ,y isyy o1d I.fiy eo TO men Of letters
1 arrive GA the 10Th of August 1874. That OF C9cIe
marvellous in imagination ana great IN lAt,Ht. ~
closer at hand, occurring on tie lSt Ol Oc0O>i " 'No
present year
A correspondent sends us the following state
eut with regard to the early of Charles Dickens
ss professional Itmay fact, or may pe ncon
Tie curious passion for tie stage which character
tied the late Dickens s perhaps, better known thGn
auytly else about him directly connected with his
books but few that he was in his earlier man
mood actually prcfessiOnal-in point Of fact what
thcn called q stroller This will explain much Of the
most amusing part Of Nicholas Eicklchy,' where the
stroors are placed before almost as faithfully as In
Hocar;hs picture. Mr.. CTummles, Mr. Lanville, MI.
Foair The Phenomenon. and the rest were once living
beings and thirty years ago. or less the good people
OF AuGover In Hampshire, England witnessed their per
scrmauces Ely authority for this statement IS mr. G. Of
thJ Walnut Street Theatcr Philadehia who was IN lr
Cromwell. Mr. {. tells me (with no idea that I'm going
- the information esewhere, that when some one
pointed out Dickens IN London long aer the CIumn, 5
kucs, he recognized in the novelist at once tho quiet
yo2ne man who had once shared WIN nm ne heaIles
occasionally arranging some new lodraina 70 suit cir
rVmpdny, day so in advance always, 20 bill
the next town, get the license, &c. THIS was called
On one occasion, to guy Dickens-ths after he
nrst Oined and was not yet wc knOwnhe cast for
Khe part Of a servant in The Watch Dog but.
60 everyhCdys surprise he made an immcse hl;, ana
eIl'ltcd versatility that was GitelWdrj profitable
both to himsef and to Mr. Crumules Dckcns's de-
neauor during his connection with the company was
Odest and reserved but polite and at last lie became
quite popular with mis- associates lie with ms
audiences He was remarkablo for his close o0seTva-
ton, and particularly for his quick study. More than
be went fOr parts Of fifteen or twenty lengths at
such short notice would considerably surprise our cir
quit actors In these COstermOnCcr days Why Dickens
left Cromwell old bricks CHd mortar as lie was
Feally called bOthn Nicholas NChCby and IN reality
GF {. does remember without his diary Tor that
sen which accessible But lie has the satisfaction
OF recalling mat during his theatrical career lac has
played with Charles Dokeus."