, 1873-04-06
LITERARY NOTES.


Max Muller, but he declines to leave Oxford 10,
the University Of Strasburg.
The Cobdon Club are about to publish Mr.
Cobden's letters. Mr.. Henry Richards, III. r.,
will edit them.
published in London. It contains lead
er, written by the Japanese editor,
on the characteristics Of the English
press. There are, besides these, a description
OF Windsor Castle, and an illustrated article on
Napoleon. In Japan, the Japanese are taking
to journalism with great zest. Newspapers are
springlng up on every hand. This new element
OF civilization will enlarge their vocabulary and
their experience. The Government has SIM
marily. suspended some OF the papers, and the
liberty Of the press must ere long be slogan
Of Niphonian politics. . =.
The Early English Text Society has made
arrangements to reprint gradually all of it's texts
that are out OF print It will devote to this pur
pose al the money received for sale OF past
years books, ns vol as the special subscriptions
for the reprints. Dr.. Richard Morris second
and revised edition Of 1.-THE Story Of Gbnesis
and Exodus" is nearly out Of the printer'a
hands.
IA Dickens Concordance by ". F. Poacock,
OF Manchester, England, Is now in press. Five
years have been given to its preparation.
"A fine copy Of Capt. John Smiths History
Of Virginia, folio, 1927 Qhe dedication copy to
sold for :E146, at q recent auction in London.
An edition Of Montesquieu's works, on which
Mr. Louis Vian has been busy for ten years, is
soon to ba issued. Ono Of its fenturee. will be
out by the State Censor, who, when Monies
quiou wrote, did his work in d very intolerant
and elashing style. ...
"A series Of the literary productions OF the
most distinguished 1rishmen Is about to be pub
lished ID BY Mesars. smyth, Of Dublin;
Carlyle is now in the hands Of the public. It
consists OF IN appendix to the peoples edition Of
his Life Of Schiller" the publication OF which
WAS put back for several months in order to ena-
dition to the volume. The appendix consists OF
matter translated from the German, giving an
account OF the Schiller family, as we'll as Of much
Of the early life Of Schiller himself, which has
not hithorto been known to English readers.
Another monument to Robert Burns is to be
erected at Glasgow by shilling subscriptions,
which already amount to $4,000.
-Harper's Library Of Select Novels ts Just
rounding ont its four h1ndreth volume. Oddly
enough No. is "Pelham, y and No. 800 is 500
dolphin" both by Bnlver; and the List extends
over period Of forty years.
- -Gnribaldi is said to be writing novel
entitled 'tThe Hyena OF Paris.' 1t is believed
that this title refers to the ex-Emprsss Eugenie-
:. Robert Browning has ready for the press d
new poem. The scene is again laid in France,
and the subject, like that;of the "Ring and the
Book" is judicial
: Sir John Sinclair, N. r, is preparing for the
press book On the late Franco German. war.
Il is to be published simultaneously in English.
Tie work Which II. Victor Hugo is now
completing at Guernsey is said to be novel
called Quatrevingt- -treize, = the scene Of which
is laid in the second period Of the French Revo-
luton.
Earl :Russell's book on Christianity, to ap-
pear soon, IL. 8: The Rise and Progress OF the
Christian Religion in the West Of Europe, from
tho Reign Of IiberiuB to the Council Of Trent" !"
Since Louise Colet died, in 1871, at Nice,
George Sand is the only living feminine writer
Nine. Colet, very voluminoua writer, was once
poor goyerness, and Left 9 fortune OF 700, 900
or 100000 francs. George Sand il still richer:
The curious romance OF the Holy Grail, ~
full Of chivalry and the Catholic faith, Is about
to be fully translated for the first time into mod
ern French by n. Z. Hucher: The text will be
manuscript OF the thirteenth century, the ear
lest known, In the dialect Of Pica1dy, and the
work will form three volumes. .... ..
Tho Camden society will publish chronicle
writton by Gregory Skinner, who was Mayor Of
London in the year 1452. The work, which ap-
pears to have escaped the notice Of John Stow
and Of all subsequent inquirers, contains much
new aud interesting information concerning the
reigns Of Henry VI. and Edward ". New
light is cast upon the rebellion of Jack Cade, and
novel and highly characteristic anecdotes OF
Margaret OF Anjou and King Edward ". are
among the points Of interest.
-" Song in Fable tor the Nineteenth Cen
tury' is the title Of Owen Merodith's. new
volume.
"A now translation Of the "Purgatorio OF
.Dante by Thomas W. Parsons, will be published
in the fall. Dr.. Parsons has already published
his translation OF the "1nferno."
lnrpn T,nndo0 s,1,htiahara have aaiya6 bnf1i1v
on DR.. J. G. Hollands new story OF Arthur
:Bonnicastle," before it's completion in Sc7-ib-
ney, and reproduced it for the benefit OF Eng
Esl noyel-readers. The F" Letters" OF Mr.. Tim
son Lows cheap edition Of American books.
Tho Rev. Mr.. Agera A." Life Of Edwin For
rest" will soon be completed. The reverend gen.
tleman is also writing . discourse on insanity.
Joaquin Miller is stated to be writing poem,
entitled ~ By the 6undown Sens, which will be
published in London next fall.
-Mosars. J. r. Osgood Co. announce HAT
thew A1nolds' Essay Toward Better Under
standing Of the Dible,,' just published in Eng
land, under the title !" Literature and Dogma"
can history and customs Is Mr. John B. Dillon's 8
ssHistorical Compendium Of EARLY Remarkable
Laws Enacted in tho English Colonies on the
Subjects Of Religion, Morals, Education, Lands,
Slavery, Indians" DC.
MIR. Froude will reply, in q preface to tho
second volume Of "Tho Eng1lsh in Ireland, !" to
tho critics of the first volume.
Mr.. Mortimer Collins has in preparation q
treatise on t'Rhythmic Algebra, in which scien-
tifc notation is applied to the science Of rhythm
Mr.. Justin McCarthy's new novel, "a Fair
Saxon" deals to q large extent with the Fenian
question in Ireland itself, his scenes being laid
in that country and in England. His hero is IN
II. P. for Ireland, who deprecatee the rising and,
like most 1econci1ers, is suspected BY both sides
The Marquis de Chambrun, who has resided
in Washington for nearly fifteen years, has writ
ten book entitled I" Lie Pouvoir Executf aux
Etats-Unis; Etudo do Droit Constitutional" (Ex-
ecutiye Power in the United statesi Study OF
Constitutional Law.)
The veteran historian, Leopold Ranke, Of
Berlin, announces as nearly ready for pubIlca-
tion selection OF the correspondence between
Bunsen and the late King Of Prussia, Frederick
william w., from their earliest acquaintance in
Rome to near tho end OF the life OF the King
Another work by the game author, "The Gene
sic Of the Prusaian State" is advertised as in
the press. .;.1na am
time" though it will probably not be bis last.
"A literary curiosity, The Poems 10 OF Ma1y,
Queen Of Scots" is in preparation. The verses