New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-11

AFTER Ieased out 20 one Evans that up the
boyes commonly called the 9seenes Mestes nSeS
up 20 bee men, considered that house would be as
from Evans with our money, and placed men payersi
which were Hemings. Condal. Shakespeare and Richard
recent theories opinions respecting Shakespeares
business connection with the theaters.
The same journal prints to-day the first letter from
it's new Paris correspondent, M. Edmond About. L
don't remember whether ever said anything about
the letters of his predecessor NJ Philarete Chases,
but if not, it was duty omitted. They had not
their match in any English journal in brightness and
ghtness of touch and they were full Of out-ofthe-
way literary gossip which everybody wanted to
know and could not find elsewhere. And their En-
glish was something wonderful to be written by
foreigner, by Frenchman most of all, SO free was
the style. SO idiomatic. and so crisp. Whether NJ.
Abouts letter be his own English translation
don't know but it lacks of the qualities which
make his French prose about the best written by any
living novelist and journalist Translation would
certainly rob it of its delicate flavor and writing in
q foreign tongue might well dull the edge OF the
most brilliant wit in France. NJ. Abouts English
letter however if not equal to his French is still
thing to be thankful for. He was to have sent it
the week before but makes his excuses ION the
ground of one of those accidents of literary life
which every French journalist should be bound TO
foresee.o In other words, NJ. About had been fight
ing a duel with NJ Herve, and been touched in the
hand. And he appeals to Englishmen to explain
how old colleagues and friends in France get fatally
drawn on 30 the point of mixing few dropsof blood
with their ink. With excellent sense ne sets 1t down
as an absurdty at which the French themselves
will end by laughing. A good part of his letter is
devoted to the French Academy, always burning
topic with French writer of any distinction, and
of it he tells this good story:
The successful candidate at the last election was an
old historian. honorable as he was obscure. Inc
members, who liked him man, but who certainly
could not deude themselves INTO believing III ms otner
qualifications much abashed at having TO elect
him. and particularly at having TO elect INN rom Q
st In which his the only name, that they stopped
at home ana there was no quorum III was posltveH
ecesary to beat them up They popped messeng, ,
into cab and said to him. Don't You come nome Win,
out at least three Academicians" NJ Plngard hat was
the Of this worthy cer0 galoped over Paris Tor
an hour to catch three acSdec voters o. %4o,n 3 W
NJ. Dufaure. fought like TURK. That is bow NJ de wei
C9stel maze ms HlAphshG etaS ny MA az Sox
which room could not ne round Tor eitler 81 &c AsA
andre Dumas The0phe Gauter, and PBiiarete Cnasles
Nor yet for NJ. Edmond About. may add, though
he Is too modest too sensitive to so. M About
assures us that Tame will be chosen at the next
election. which wish l could believe. His election
Is to be obtained by balancing against it that of NJ
de Pontmartn, " peevish and pious old gentleman
who has been scratching paper for forty years" A
third vacant chair lies between three professors, of
cause he taught me rhetoric but because, of three
unknown men, he is the least known"
new Literary Review is promised for the begin
ming of next year, which its projectors describe as
intended to combine the leading features Of The
AtheaGan The academy and Notes and Queries. 1t is,
in fact to rise from the ashes of The AcGdemB peri
odical which has always been learned and instructive
but slightly dull. Mr. Murray started it, but be-
came frightened by its want of orthodoxy, and it
PASSED into the hands of Messrs Williams and Nor
gate. who have not succeeded in making it prolta-
bic. It's editor, Mr.. Appleton, is q very accom-
plished and conscientious scholar, with just shade
too much of contempt for those graces of learning
which make it readable. The new review will pre-
serve is sad the scientific and linguistic features
of Tie Aeademy and supply regular weekly account
of English and Foreign Literature, Science Fine
Arts Archaeology, Music, and the Drama which is
a good deal to undertake. but certain to succeed, If
wei done. The AheRGum is too well established to
fear rivalry and no harm will be done if it should
be pricked into some extra enterprise Notes and
Queries and The AhenGam are now in the same pro
prietorshp and their field is almost unlimited, but
their business management is not particularly ener
getic.
fear / may have misled some American readers
by describing Mr. Pickering's reprint of Paradise
Lost az 4 fac-simile. i did the faith of Mr..
Pickering's announcement, but the book has since
appeared and is not fac-simile at all. In size it is
about twice the original. in thickness more than
twice; and though the type is of antique pattern,
there is no pretense of reproducing the originally
appearance. What is reproduced is, if the tie-page
may be trusted the text from the first edition Of
1864 in ten books. There is an Appendix, contain
ing the Additions made in later issues, and Mono
lraph on the orr gnal publication of the Poem. So
shat. as the book is well printed by Nottingham,
hope anybody who may have ordered 1t in conse-
ouence of my former paragraph will find il worth
having. l don't understand how Mr.. Pickering
came to call it a fac-simile. now hear that it was
originally printed like the Sallust for the master of
a public school, who took go copies for presents to
his boys As $50 are issued to the public the edition
consists really of 800 But it seems too much to ex
pect from an English publisher anything like con-
scientous accuracy in these matters. G.w.s