New-York tribune., 1874-12-26
FOREIGN LITERATURE.
PUBLICATIONS IN ENGLAND.

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pYCEs SHAKESPEARE WITH PREFACE Br JOHN H
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF THE NINTH EDITION H
OF THE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA.
HRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE rRIBuSE.i |
LONDON, Nov. 81 cut from one Of the week. |
Mss-in almost oil Of which IL maybe found-the
Jelewing advertisement az literary curiosity:
a.. POLITICAL ARTICULATION.
THIS day. svo. g. 6l
sd THOUSAND. Mr.. GLADSTONE ON THE VATICAN
DEGREES IN THEIR BEARING on CIVIL ALLEGIANCE
H.
ys,a THOUSAND. The PEOPLES EDITION OF the ABOVE
Work for GENERAL CIRCULATION. Price od
JOHN MURRAY. Albemarle-st-
II might be difficult to find paraelinstance of so
great o circulation in so short time. Mt. Oiad-
stones pamphlet was published in the octave form
inst three weeks ago. The peoples edition OF IL mas
been out less than a week. aud the two reach the
enormous total of Seventy Three Thousand. Per-
haps the distribution of $4,000 Of the cheap issue in
five days is even more remarkable than the aggre-
gate of the two editions OF letters and other tera
ture relating to the pamphlet the number is legion
Lord Acton prints three columns of proof in The
Times one day this week, in support of his PROPOSE
tions that Pope Plus V. had approved a conspiracy
90 assassinate Queen Elizabeth, and that Pope
Gregory XIII. had applauded the massacre OF ST.
bartholomew; and bis evidence seems overwhelm-
ing Mousignor Capel's long letter Is to be repuo-
ished in pamphlet by Messrs. Long
mans Other letters appear daily, and the
latest bits Of news wo have are that Archbishop
Manning has arrived in Rome. and that grand
consultation is going on to settle what answer shall
he made to Mr.. Gladstone. The speech in which the
Pope compared Mr.. Gladstone to an intoxicated
viper asalng the bark of ST. Peter is at last admit
ted to have been uttered by HIS Holiness. Panch
thinks it was sea serpent Perhaps the deepest
impression made has been by the ADHESION OF The
tablet the recognized organ of the English Ultra
nOntancs that should England be 1T war, and the
Temporal Sovereignty be at issue, and the rope
romrnanG:cr advise English soldiers and sailors to
desert their flag and fight against their country Ii
would he their duty 10 do so. This, in conjunction
With the letter Of MoasiGnor Cape to The lines, is
more than enough to convince ErgiiShm n that Mr.
Gladstone has not mistaken the emeaning of Cltramon-
tanism, and has not raised his voice too sJon IN
wainimg against it, pcrs. IN fact, they are rather
usking why he waited so long. The 1Gbtt of this
week rcaflims its OGiniOn, and says:
The doctrine on which 1t Ia based surely very intel
l.ible Over and above the PJpcs IDfaIbl.ity IN bis
dtfntOns cIedrd-which is held by all Catholics as
revealed doyna-wc consider tha' Divine Providence
specially watches all his Official acts. that is
always the true ANA Catholic course TO follow
whatever moral and eiiiilua guidance lie may give.
This opinion Of is based on thcoocical grounds.
which We cdnrot Of course here set forth; and we
consider That past history abIudaDtly confirms IT,
Such bang doctrine. VIC have TO consider what
woud he onr proper action the unspeakahy
Improbable sup that the TOpe-speaang officially
alter taking AdVic Of his r-cCEa!z i Coursclrs, auh
investing his utteranee with those circumstances Of
soeinnity wlcD att nd all his o1al acts, even where
they arc crtaCdFG dcti Ions--soud give moral
aiyce so utterly unexpected arc here To suppose.
For pari-wc SCdy spoke only for ourselves
shnuh lake for granted. that there were circam-
stances aud considerations, TO us unknown and unsuS-
" NhiCl rendered the he advised the
kgiumate course.
The first vOlnnc deny Svo) of the third edition of
Dyce's Shak,spearc, the announcement of which
mentioned in former letter has been published by
Nossrs. Chapman & Hall. IIr. John Forster cOn-
tributes Preface, but neither from that nor from
glance through the volume can discover the extent
OF the alterations which have been made from the
hecOnd. Mr.. Forster says:
The latest employment OF Mr.. ryces lie rCvi5
Of the second Impression of his edition or Shake
sirra. IL on his dcath-bcd when received from
bD tie copy from which the present book IS printed.
task whCa he had set bis heart he had not been
shie entirely 10 complete; bu there new touches
throughout and important changes were made In
st four volumes In h:s hrs edition, TO use his
own wor Is he had too tmidly adhered to sundry
than questionable readings of the eiIy copies. His
edition Inhibited text greatly amended in this
respect thou ;h ne had not less st!cty cOnorned to
rules language an construction drawn from that full
aud varied knowledge of the phraocolOgy OF Shake
sleare's age which made him eminent among English
scholars. The result its acceptance generally
perhaps the approach to a correct text at
i,nable. Tue changes in this third eltion had their
Origin Nj Dyccs Just dreat of the restless ingenuity
prd ilnls'ricc, wledge when have led 10 many
wantop alterations in our old writ rs. No longer
rycr-cautions editor he is Yet very iar from
bot
The present is in appearance pretty nearly fac
similc Of the second edition, and corresponds with
il page for page Bat it is not well printed, the
ink being Ialer-a great fanlt with most recent
books-.,nd the paper scarcely equal to the other
Mir. Forster eXpresscs-very propeTly-his obligation
to Mr. Robson, the printer, and Mr. Dyces own
snse of his >crupulous attention to the accuracy OF
the text But he implies that Mr.. Robson alone is
now responsible for the prOof-readiug which GER
taialy could not have been the case with Mr. Dyccs
two former editions. If nobody outside the printing
office has read the proofs, the value of this edition
will he seriously impaired Of Mr.. Dyces final
changes will try to say something at leisure.
] should add that the book is wonderfully cheap,
being published at eight shillings 1872 volume The
second edition is getting and now costs about
four guneas $50 for the nine volumes. 1t is not
likely 10 lose it's price.
The Sptctatorof to-day has three column &" first
notice Of "Mr. Nordhof7s Books of Travel" de-
voted to his California" in praise of which it
hardly able to say enough to satisfy tho en-
thusiasm Mr. Nordhof has created in it's critical
breast. The book reads like a fairy tale, and
peizes upon the imaginaion with the force of one,
though full of plain statements which. though
addressed to Americans will be equally valuable to
Europeans who are lucky enough to profit by them"
"His book" continues the writer is altogether 80
attractive that it is difficult to select portions for
such cursOry and restricted notice as ours. Aud
after rnna narkinp on Mr. NOrdhoH7s "enchuntino de.