New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-06
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
DIR. ]. G. Holland is at Saybrook, Conn,
working his lecture His novel OF seVeho"hs
u ALREADY finished
Ex-Presidcnt Woolsey win contribute Cen
,enp,al naper 10 the October Hdrpcs in discussion OF
"The American Experiment, md the PREPARATION for IT.
The Hon. s. S. Cox will give specimens OF
Legislative uumor' of which he has personal knowl
edge, IN the forthcoming HUpeTs Monthly.
A Spiitualist view of the Salem witchcrait
IL Forthcoming from the pen of Mr.. Alien Putnam
whose Surname was n familiar one 10 Salem Village
Possibly he may claim to be inspired by his On
the spot.
Prof Schele de We're, An inveterate DOCK
maker despite i'll health has completed history OF the
University of Virginia Of whose faculty he Us member
IL l. said to include q record OF all te si'nts no ne
been in ate since Jefferson founded the unVs o
sity 10000 in number, and will make volume OF 0oo
pages.
The most important short poem jean lnge-
low has written for time will appear III inc ooo'c'
Rorpers II has the of such early poems as songs
OF seven fes story such as she is fond OF tsm
oftwo farmers. friends faen o made As one ms MN
by the loves OF the second generation Inc po'i"' VII"
It's illustrations, viii occupy several pages
Mrs. Fanny Hodgson Burnett's pathetic tales
of Lancashire life in scrtbne's and HdTprs Monu"'es
won for years ago ecognition as promising
writer. The serial That Lass O. Lowre %non i fbo
style Of those early dialect stories se was born n%
oashire but she came TO TINS country "hcn Nei! 'o
and lives in Tennessee 49,
Mr.. George =. LathrOp, now assistant editof
OF The Atlantic will occupy the place Of honor III the DC
tober ScT7bners with his poem Of 'Jessanlne' winch
Mr.. La Fargo illustrates. Mr. La faFges apie'f-no' N
the periodicals is suggestive, as illustrating 'ne s"'i
art standard 10 which the happy rivalry OF INC TWO
ontbles has led The other poems in that number OF
Srr,,per's will lie " II. H., Susan Coolidge, n W
ts,Jer Mary l. Ritter and Mary +. Bradley. ar slcd
Poets" concluding his critical series Pos nTsi
S s. pdi S to hmss NJ Francis Gerry Fairfield tails
the ranks Of his hographeis WIN me- 's
discussion OF him as "A Mau MAI VI ie''''s III ~
coming SeTibners
Bret Harte's new novel, which is at las
COMPLETED and carefully guarded in the publishers sie
calls forth the highest anticpations In Literary circles
IL will he begun rs serial in the November number OF
seribners Magazine without Illustrations Tor II Is sa'o
70 he graphic beyond OF them, and FIJI of incident
The story takes title, Gabriel Conroy" from its hero
simple sSodhearted fonest Ta ner o.
in Mr. Hare's writings. Several familiar rehds never
thcss renew old scqrainianee' amSng sns oo,
bottle, and the story Is wholly III eil. Iltte
field and is said to fulfill anovelthe promise OF MS very
had access to the nanscrlr 10 very poverful
terrible picture OF ssrNhg camp, anu IRON o aost n
comfortable grip seeing that he hs to wait month o
month.
The Rev. Edward Everett Hales new story
will be begun in scr,ters Eoga-e for January On te
conclusion of Dr. Hollands "Sevenoahs." Though not
strictly centennial story, deals with the early history
Of the nation and appeals therefore TO the omDilTesnf
snrt The title IL "Philip Nolans Friends; or. Show
y, nSaF f5%ss Man without cSnnSry who did
service during the war by ;ugF'sthg 10 iope t, ~
Phlip Nolan was pictured having been haisn'd ioi
participation BurIs attempt az reDcoh ne war
purely creation Of Mr.. Ialcs yet the newspapers ave
any number of additional facts about NM anu M li'
himself received letters iiOm people WHO -,
this very Nolan The new story Will DC ii"Si-"'0u "
sketches by air. Hae's daughter.
Miss Alcott and Mrs. Whitney must have
very practical sympathy with Mr. Charles Reades pres
ent efforts Nearly all their works have been reprinted
I'm England and sold widely, in various sxpcnny and
shilling editions. In Sampson Lows Rose (shillinsl
Library" alone one finds Miss Alcotts Little Women
"Ii,tle Women Welded" part ID "Litte Men," cod
Fashioned Curl" Work" and Beginning Aeain% SpIooc
ably divided half Of WORK. me "lay series nc a i
whtneys books and there are two other cheap series n
@ SERIES Of Messrs Low is announced as copyright aud
under arri.u cement with the American authors nt te
can be very little. Dr. Hollands books Dr. holmes G.
Charles Dudley Warmers, " The LampiEieG &C., ".N
American humorst lie is game %T hsaIy an
editions at few shilngs each, of books by Artents
ward, Marx Twain, BRET Hart ana several o'neis anu
the sales said 20 be very large.
Bayard Taylor will be the editor OF Pic
turesaue Europe" arrangements concluded last
week with D. Appleton u Co. Thus Mr. Taylor Will re-
trace his first Journeys, when i'll company with his artist
friend he took Views Afoot and came home to ascer-
tainif any publisher wished book from young writer
who had as yet name III literature An interesting
memorial OF that journey org in the possession or
the publisher who did want such book, Geo T. Iut-
nam and mas since his death returned 10 the subject
'view afoOt" OF MI Tay lor himself rosy spIas III
tramp garb apCns;Ock III hand skctchet CURING tue
journey by T. Buchanan Read Bat thal VIII not az,
ncor q frOutiSpicce TO picturesque Europe
ibs new venture Of Messrs. Appleton promises
10 be 1ner ia appearance than " I!ctuieSqde
America" Mr. Frcdercks is designing the cover ana
The first number will be issued IN October sufficient
cCrrs for first supply be printed ny that time me
early par is VIII deal with the mqtner eeHnry the It
with the abode of royalty The Motel Tor German
princes" william Black calls 1t, ndsor castle ana
iowp and the second with EtOn school. Europe, OF
course gives opportunity for picturesque interiors tnat
America cannot aud in This respect the new WORK
will have an advantage OF which the most VIII be made
The drawings By Mr.. Fem and the other artists have
brpn engraved on wood b. Harley and other GOOD art
ets and the steel engraving has been done both here
nd abr