New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-24
BOSTON LITERARY NOTES.
SIMMER BOOKS.

D
srnE TREASURE TRovE ,sEInEs'-MR sroDDARD'S
pRrFAcE-aRsENE HoUssAYE's LETTERS IN
BOOK FORM.
lFRoM A REGULAR coPREsPoSDTVr OF TIE TEfBUNEl
BosroN. June 22-1he first volume OF the
"Treasure Irove Series" published by VIM r. Gi q Co..
" ready. These books viii be dainty little volumes
This one IL entitled 'Bulc.que" 1t is to De succeeded
by "Iravesty," STORY" "Poruature," "satfc''
"E.sav" Rim. ssc," Correspondence" "I~ta'a-
canza.v "Trayc," Farce" and "Aneedote" The
Tah. Of Contents Of the first volume Will AFFORD you
AN idea Of the nature of tbs undertaking;
The Noble Savage, by Chas. Dickens; Our New Liver
and Oher THINGS 10y George " Curtis; Mis. B"uif
0nuion on cards Charles Lamb The Parish keY ON
ton by Thomas Ooa t pay PIN ~ i% y ST Ar kchcy
Tho VII of a Nl!tuOsO ny Joseph ADDISON: ne Not
Age Of New Nan wues Ddse An Fnoouncr with IN
Interviewer. 10y Mark Twain The Painters Iafs.l Nv
William NJ. Thacleray; The Lady koHes"' ny i''""" -
Barbam.
The editor Of the series Mr. r. II. stoddard, has writ
fen characteristic Preface the first volume. as bright
Ms 1t can be- nom which Will give yon some extracts N
stead of any comments Of my Own on the quality OF his
selections:
II the principle which shoold guide the ed tor Of ne
Treasnrt-Troye Series has been followed a. ulnN
has the result Will he series o rea lihc mite V0iahs
which ore may take up al "o" MEAS d 9n "' LONE D1 ,uo
things in which he cannot fail to be Interested ne
seccpd ,laee' for variety II he lin Is thes qua
here he has something 20 be than ki or lie ha> 10 'e
"a,
cxpendsI for hm-abOr which is not 70 be- measured BY
what is accepted much rs BY what IL r.ec.d, 'lr
reading OF many hooks IL no end "SIE''C
first from the pen Of Engan rs greatest hum0Ilsi,
serio-coIuic protest AGAINST an ndiy dua with whom We
Iamrant and lrrcprcsslc myth The noble savag He
nude Lis earliest appearance IN English roe'ly' C3
OF which GLe, had leisure FOR eohtiatioas lh,W WIS
written Iva Autumn of 1908. Here arc the lines III
which his urfia. rant nobility Is elnbdined
Ire he bs, laws Of s'rvitude brgan.
" hcuW
Ibaye forsotien # ever knew in whose mouth this
heroic trplet is placed nor does IL ha''ei-'houeh ta'
sixty Years passed. and this elderly abOrn when,
indee he MT cid ry ihs swaShy au'oc'hon WLo,e
~ ~ 81 e.nnry ti7:9 ana he reapreaie3 in
English VERSE longer running Wild IN Wimevh woods
but trained into irctnte nenhrrp frontier society,
ignorant no Doubt. but seriously inciincd-wLen sober
lie was IN, discover, poet uamed rOlc IN ingenious
young Papst, who, daolmg IN ethics wmch ne gid not
Understand, must 9eeds wrle al Es.''y Oh Man
Against Popes poetic Misrepresentation Of the abo-
rgial native and tc 40 less poe,ic iiS clshttloh,
of Kenmore Cooper, the genius oil Dickens lis rni'Id
it, pIOlesi-a protest which needs 10 .ulc on !" our
eyes. which for the last two hundred yoS4s nave sen
OF the noble savage The nollefa,agc quoh Inc
Opinion OH, MINI IN regard to THIS Eiaia myth poet.
VINO Las summed the matter no "a q nutshell is:
N 1i' Sn oi sla f s de '"'""
To trace the connection %, tween iunOr ana VII of
which have several specimens ia uic pr sent volume,
would be AL interesting STUDY II nad the space 10 par
sue 1t but as have not must ccuten u'ysel 10y say
ir it the hunur u "a people lIcCecs it, wit ( hen II
has AMI being the first il Is frequently the lust.
GROWTH VI its genius We have huluGr IN abundance
e,cn oar English cousins allow thai bat Of ~it ~ It's
highest sense We have iiuie We have the Wild
- iunor We have tie most nlrOarlOGs IAN. We have
nonsense alive that 1t nighl create soul under me
r vi deah but we have no sat, 40 sarcasm no Ha.ie
TIA; is worthy OI The We Lave our DcKciss but
W. nave 1hackeay. Our best indeed Cur DnJ, SIT
fist Is Mr.. George william Cartls, wlOsc EO.iph.T
Iafers" al, that have 10 show Ira THIS del shtim
walk " lctols twenty years have passed since thty
fist the Hight, but they as fresh ana - ltkc as
ilfney written yesterday. Nothing tna they sl'iI-
izel las passed say albeit new regime 80 10 ak. hs
a IOOiAOid among us-tAe Tsyt0tc of siu dy ana
Mr.. CuTtls'S SATIRE il sharper than u4t
mink. IL il not hittcr should
in i considering the sIuness OF the game IL puTsucs
I'VE do not break butterflies The wHe,D bal II l. sly
and lAugiabe, and just II II were ten Tunes a,
pave ~ i. is. The state of society which awakened 10
only obtains perhaps, IN new country Ut Us hope
al al events f0s II IS not pleasant " have to confess that
We are as great sos iilcuds over tho @acg, ANA
that have yet u learn the difference be. genuine
I mood aud bogus Refinement
fle fcrtis which follow, | commend 10 The lovers of
Bcnt itGd4a They may remember some OF them, ~
do but n,- fancy, Wl De- new, OF as = ~ a. new, TO
iaem: fof 10 matter how mluy times tius Aas bvcn
rtad provided really forgotten The last reading 10
s good as the Inst and Ia that ~ least II 10 Ger
ian,y Treasure IiOse.
II is Intended that these yoiumrs shall contain tie
choicest humor Of Eugish we'll American writer's.