New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-03-29
BOOKS AND ART IN LONDON.
NOTABLE LITERARY EVENTS.

PREFACE BY MR. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. MAR
TlNrAU'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN PUBLIC Favor
THE "NINErt ENTH CENTURY" IN GREAT DE-
MANp-A RELIGIOUS VIEW OF HOUSEHOLD Arr.
TTRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRiBU"E.l
LoNDoN. March "a revised and corrected edi-
tion OF "The Life and Letters OF Lord Macauiay'
Qougmau's has at las; appeared, with an interest
ing preface ny Mr. Tcvelyan. OF the book IN lts
first state edition after edition has issued from the
rroanlng warehouses in Paternoster-row without
change or hint of change To all the remonstranees
and complaints which poured in upon him.
Mr.. Trevolyan replied that justice should
H. done when the second edition came
out; hut it was not to be expected that he or his
publishers should stop the sale OF the book
Nothing he says, more pleasantly indl-
Gates the widespread interest with which Lord
Macaulay has inspired his readers, both ut home
and in foreign countries than the almost micro
scopic care with which these volumes have been
studied. There is hardly page in the book winch
has not afforded occasion Tor comment or suggestion
from some friendly correspondent. At the Same
time, there is no statement of any importance
throughout tho two volumes the accuracy OF which
has been circumstantially iinpugned; bat some OK
pressions which have given personal pain or annoy
apce have been softened or removed With respect
10 the plan on which he worked. Mr.. TTeyeyan le-
marks:
II has been soid by some critics that the author would
have better consulted Lord Macaulay's reputation, or
sagcs in the letters OF diaries which may be said to bear
the trace Of intellectual narrowncss. or potiid anu
was t. show Lord Macaulay as Was, not he OF
any one else would haye n"a nm, 1t l,id "l
iujurN his memory, he wOGid nave iit inc task OF
taken lie work he had no choice hut to asb himself with
regard to each feature Of the portrait noI whehTt IL
attractive but whether II was char4cieIsnrt VIE
others who had the best opportunity Of knowing nm ne
has always been convinced that his character Monu
stand the Il exact and even inmate ct!ihe'-
ton aud lie boli.yes that this confidence was MOI ms
placed, and thai the reading world has now extended 10
his books
No doubt the last sentence is true. Whether it
proyes the sounduess of Mr.. Trcvelyans theory OF
biocraphcr'S duty is another question, which need
not discuss. Since the publication Of this Life and
Letters, Macauay's readers have grown t. feel tor
him an affection not unlike that which DicAcnSS
readers felt for him before the publication OF has Lie
aud Letters ia the latter case, it may be doubted
whether the affection Increased by the vie" Of
his life which Mr.. John Forster presented 20 the
world. Ii should I've said Of this second edition Of
Macaulays life that il is very little enlarged, and
that posesSors Of the first need not feel that they
have been inconsidoTatey deal' with, as too often
happens IN tae case of second editions.
The whole of the first edition Of Harriet Mar
tincau's Autobiography sold off Immediately,
end second had TO be prepared, which Is promised
fornext week Thisrtquirod thcput!lng atresn
of the first two volumes, which had been printed on
twenty years ago, and were issued az then printed.
They had been So long packed away that many
copies have what Is known the warehouse mark
not ornamental. for il consists i'll streak OF dir;
nloug the fore edge Of some sheets which have been
exposed bul which has nevertheless . yalu" as
certifying the commences Of the copy should the
Second edition appear with 10 alteration Of the
ti;le-pa@.
OF the first number Of The N;netCeah CCatwy
Q.OOG were printed a. first edition. and five other
editions perhaps Of 900 each. have since been
issued. The la; is probably without precedent IN
the history of English periodical literature. think
NJ. KNOWLES ought to b. very much obliged to
Ncssrs Strahan \ Co. for their attack upon him.
and bo,icy, :hat in fact, he regards it as having
tern the most profitable OF all the advertisements Of
h.s new yyuturc. An American houSe took 800
copies
The project Of rcpubshiHg Mr.. Green's "Shor!
History of tho English People" in library form has
am SORRY % say. been abandoned; Mr.. Green hav
ing withdrawn the consent which the solicitations
OF Ls publishers and oticr friends hal obtained
from lr,. TIE found il difficult | understand, to
revise toe original book fer reissue while at the
falar til. rsvTi.iuc IL OF larger scal', and with
ecIre change Of plan. The iis' oTr, Of which the first
volume Is announced, viii be new work extending
10 SIX aad peIl&ps eight volumes and tie first may
ia expected ais Summer. " Fascinating" Is the
adjective WHICH Nh Matthew Arnold applies to Mr.
Gr.ea's narrative. and the public, having already
bought some 5oGO copies q it, would appear to be
Of Mr. Auods mnG.
copy Of William I!a'.-'s Jerusalem de Eina-
rate. cf TIE Slant Albion" was sold hy auction on
Tce-ay III 500. Tbs j., folio lor QuaI.o volume,
the p4c, t'itcd SIDE only, illustrated with
ronc uf Ei.!c's rdcst and least-iuiShed drawings.
II has been sold Hot very long ago for so. bus the
1un,hrr Of ,kc collectors has Increased rapidly Of
late aud ths Is ole Of bis scarcest works book
rchr who 6oas IL these wares sent $50 10 bay it,
which was Just $3.50 700 l.tle-a fact which shows
how falcful tbs value OF books is and by what
III zpr,t.3 leaps and bounds TIE price OF them goes
up We; books a. general cheaper this year than
last as pctUg,s are. and nearly all china bat good
old oriental, ard most SORTS OF bTic-a-brac.
described AT. v hs;ier's peaoock-roon the other
day. forge. whether have said since that it has
been writ Tn about in nearly all the London papers
but can mention much more astonishing fact
viz that it il@s been preached about. If it did ncJ
quite furnish the Of the Sermon it furnished an
illustration. The preacher was the Rev. Mr.. Hawcis,
and his sermon was a sermon on Money or Morals,
with much good counsel How Not TO Spend your
Money; followed by suggestions for the right spend
ing Of il. You may spend il in what called lux
urics provided You choose your Injuries well such
NJ blue china, if you really love blue china; in
such art as Mr. Whistler has ayishcd on the adorn-
Ilent of Mr. Layllnd's dung-rOJm if you can afford
md enjoy that and get the night teaching and profit
from il all:
was looking the other day At marvellous room
pant,d all over with PoacOcks feathers 10y MT. NaisCr,