New-York tribune., 1876-05-31
LITERARY NOTES.

A new dramatic poem by Aubrey de Nere'
as. Thomas oi Cautobuy."is soon to be puhhshco
ur. Gladstone has written for tie juno
Contemporary a strong paper on Modern Religious
An article f.om Prof. John Fisko on cata-
oci, m cass lc'ion may shortly be ex recied IN the
Mort, I,acriem Rccise
Mr.. William Morris prints two-col'mn
Fragment OF narrative. poen on "lAe S'o'y ''
Aductus" in the tu' rtui AbssHfVm.
Tie chapter from Mils Political Economr'
which ea,. of dau'le coin stan lard Is reprint O'
Eocs. Welsh & Co. Pni.dcipnil. in separate srnpr,
The series of papers on "Hhe National
Vcal,h." by Dr. B. W. Richardson, T. r. s., author q.
al" fla: TIE CITY n Iioah' ,i, iisa,1 1o' o. lgGc
A. Williams & Co. propose to bring aires"
70 the no.icc Of tl, genera ION t"o poois brci "o'N
to q gst by rual.'hnf tG r2, ,. e.. s5,i s' Of Ane1cau
Of .ar.Ls go. sii,', :, W ,t,,,i.r, 5.5 y one.
Mr. 4. r. Wallacc's important work on Inc
Ccorraobic,l Distribution oi Animals with stuoF @
the Relations Of Living and ETnrt fanIs lg,se 's Mi BE-
dqfitr the Past auErs o ic l-8t IS o"ii"No "-' "
plh' sicI y cry soon by Macmillan CO.
The Hon. George Dawson Of Albany, veteran
di.cl,e of Izlak W.ton, who hts FOR hiiy-Ave years
ageu rculr piscttori ioI<s ana oaiHt, lnstNeS' ,
soon puhhsn.
A compilation of more than local value viii
be Mr. Georg. HOwcs collection Of the Brlsb Labor
Laws" Which completed and in press, and Will be
tsr,a soon. Il cmbrdcns the Employers and Work
nc acl te Conspiracy and Prot ctun " Property act
tie Tadssuuion act. the Arhtiatl act, and others
with m the authorized rules ana forms, ana an eiaoo at
abstract of court orders The proof, have been revised
ana corrected by wel-known English barristcrs.
The Australian colonies are showing much
enterprise ia advertising tlcw attractions Queensland
occupies a considerable portion OF Che catalogue q" me
Btsn Department at Phladclp pima aud there is about
,a ha1 iu Ion
meat Of South Australia" an extensive WORK on ti'
gf,rr colony "Siutb Australia; its History. Resource.
and Product .ons," is edited Dy Vim. II rcls a"d VII
give very comprehensive view @! the fsld, vita maps
and &c Illustrations rom photographs.
The Publishers Weekly prints the results OF
Its pr1ze question as to the most saabc novels Tie
work. Of Bulvcr Dickens, George Eliot. Scott and
Thackeray we're excluded as holding mdsputed Suptm-
acy. By tn votes Of 80 booksellers John H1ita&
comes next heading th list with 81 votes ont oil the 80
"Jane Eyre" comes next, being mentioned 10y 80 "itt
Wooing O u" and ST. Elmo" mentioned by 81; one
Summer" hy 80; "1lc Scarlet l. tcr' ana Mrs stowes
"Unclc Toms Cabin" and NJ wife and - AZ hot tN
tremcs 81 icr literary career b, 81 " lhe flnccs- OF
Taue,"" inclce aud Alr Rpcs t"0 oo0ts, b4iIel 4Iel,,
Burned Away" aud q" The Oucn,nS % "a Oh stu -hnri,
Eys, 10y ~ iicnla6 '' Mrs s-owes 1--WE and our Neg
boT-," and "The Wide. Wide World by p; ~
From rest to f rnest by y; Les Mscrablcs" by %
Wilkic CoIlins's Tie Woman in Nlite" and Levo''.
by 90 Miss Evans MR. Stowe, ana Mr.. RIc seem, lu
the opinion Of the booksellers, 70 dispute IN lcad W.T.
IT,, library returns, which frequently place Me SCUM
worth at the head.
There is letter by Mr.. Swnburne i'll
The AncnGum on Charles Lambs letters TO Goodwin
suggesting that Godwins tragedy OF FaulkeneI Us
the scheme on which the authors consulted in this
corresuCndeuce. Mr.. SwinbuTne adds: 90 Several OF
Lambs suggestions, in spite OF his modest disclaimer
Q the hand in the world az p'oO seem 10 ~.
cspeca,y a.. coming from the a,]SIgI ] % eotin amy
empuneSs OF thcatucal snJeci worthy @ Htle LVr '
thel, rouSh 'nd rapid our nes 'I, nv h
tie wrtt record OF its damuatOn as any tenant Of
Daue's He'll contains singular anticipation OF one %,
the most famous passages ln tie W0i. oI lAe tIea''
master Of own age, the scene o. the portraits DO
'Heluaui;' TO relieve tie former part Of tie play,
could not some sensible images, some WORK io th. eye
be intrYduccll gallery OF pictures, Alexander sane 50
sisfrr one i,g one, With anecdote &c' know OF o
coincidence pleasantly strangely notable ,hii
t1s between the gcuile genius ot tie IoVedes. aMoh
ERssh essaySs aud the tragic invention u 'Ae lo''s'
among French poets
new series of Classics" to be edited by
Nj Rossiter johnson, the successful editor oi L'tu'
Classics" will be anu@mccd soon by Henry Holt CO.
Tais ia a set of "Condcnsel Classics" which shal.
acQuant hurried readcr5 with "books that cYeryboi,
talks NOBODY reads" TIE attempt is not 10
supersede the complete works. bat 10 meet tie question
whether they shall be read In this fashion or not at al
The plan Of condensation viii be much ike tnat Of ih
dr.ma' ST. WHO preserves the plot of a Story ana ls
most characteristic important uts Nothing to To-
Or essential % the trIcIt.on Of TIE characters, nut ina
o,ly wlc cu tLe hasty reader would naturally Ship co"
he look forward o. 4s connection With, or ol7cohuct o.
from. tie wtr.. Except few connecting clauses th
authors words viii bc miOuclcd II is proposed o."
h-.iu tEe series with ScUttS "IVanuOe, Dckru-s Our
NHUiI Friend" ErlWeis "Last Days Of Pompen ana
I, t.sse s.9u meet with success t. duce IN sz.
leading WORKS of Fielding. 5 cuc, hauyat Lev-T,
Warren, and others II BE- curious that Mr H"i, and NJ
johnson both entertained tIs lcd one as 20 scott
works the other as 10 DcAeus's. One venture oI th
sot had arcadg been made by MrHoit m t"e c"lornSa
tion 10y Mr. Jones for tue 'Lcs are Hour Series" of
lsesl,l-.n's "IIauEsa Hgrlnwc.' The series o. con
ccnsrl Classics wIl lee confined 10 standard works g.
English HcOn: they viii be of about Lai the size Ci tu.
originals, and VIII he publ shcd at the price ui cod.
in handsomely decorated l-mo volumes which NJ Lon
the most tist iu books lie has Produced
and that il saying a great deal.