New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-11
LITERARY NOTES.

A weekly newspaper devoted to the inter
eat OF the Roman Catholic Church is TO be established IN
Rome, and will be printed simultaneously in i've dher
ent languages. 49,
biography of the Duke of Wellington,
containing portrait, eight plans Of the principal oa'
ties end three maps just ready for the printers ~
Ryington's, London
A life of Machlaveli, giving also sketch
of the times in which he lived has been written ny
Professor vnlar OF Of the italian universities ana
author Of life OF savonaroa and TRANSLATION has just
been published IN London by Kegan Paul d Go.
history of deities, of Heaven, of demons,
of Hades and Of angels and Pgatory is promised III an
octave volume by L. o. Kelley NJ. d.. under the title
90 The Philosophy of Existence: The Reality and Ro-
nance II Histories j. w. BOuton will have II ready in
u week.
What Burns Scott and others have said OF
CALEDONIA mas been put iBOa small quaro GIT DOOR,
with Illustrations by r. Warrington. Mr. Worthingtoh
has gathered into two large 12mo volumes collection
Thackeray, Hood, hawthorne and others.
The translation by j. j. LalOr of ROscher's
important German political economy, which rs
70 be published this country by Callaghan Co.. Of
Chicago and Henry Holt Co., Of New-YOrk, will nave
CHAPTER on certain American topics OF special interest
at the present time TGe translation mas Deen revised
by the author. 1t will make two octave volumes
An historical account of suits for malprac-
tiee in Maine will be given by DIR. A L. Sanger this
and other important articles are promised from Professor
Da Costa OF Philadelphia and Dr. A. McLane Hamilton
of NewYork who writes Q, clinical subjects In the Jan
uary number Dr. j. 3 BILLINGS OF MasnlnEom, viii give
Cha rles f. Thwing, author OF " American
Colleges" the recent book at q. p. PuHams sons is
yonng man not yet through with his student life In
1876 he was graduated from Harvard College, ana Is
now a member Of the Senior Class IN the Auo0yCI
chapters when form this book were originally CONTRIB
uted to various perlOIlcas'
Henry S. King, who died lately in London,
was for many yea.- member Of the eminent firm OF
Smith, Elder Co. THIS house. as is we'll Known, were
Thackeray's English publishers and under his cditorsnp
started The Co,HhH Magazine; 1t was they who first
printed earlier works Of Ruskn. and they who nrS
put into book form the of Robertson lt fell to
the lot of Mr. King 20 DO the Editor 81 tho successive
volumes OF these sermons, and the lot was no easy Que
Robertson aneXtempOre preacher, aud the dlHculy
OF collecting versions OF his sermons was 50 great
that but Mr. King they might have been lost to the
world.
w. G.. Rawlinson, an Englshman, has Just
published with Macmillan Co. Turner'S Lber studi
Drum a Description and Catalogue" in one large
octave volume Mr. Rawl!nson contributes TO it long
introduction giving account OF Turner's interesting
work. Turner designed and carried 1t out between
1907 and 1919, dates which about include what is
known as his Second manner and was no doubt sng
cested by the Lber Yeritatis" Of Claude the third
volume Of which had then just been published. Although
the third volume was given to the world more Than
hundred years after Claudes DEATH that artist was
then az the height OF his fame in England Turner in
tended his work be series, not OF sketches but Of
fully finished pictures. to illustrate the whole range OF
his powers The groundwork Of nearly every plate was
done by his own bands, that Claudes was
utterly distanced," and the LDer Studiorum came
forth truly monumental work, taking rank with lhe
highest productions Of his genus" The subjects were
one hundred in number and In part were invented rOu
nature expressly for this work, and IN part adapted
from pictures which he had alrendy made.
A fac-simile of portion of the first edition
of Cations Golden Legend" reproduced from an inn
perfect copy and edited with introduction, has been
added to the collection Of the Holbein Society This
work is regarded as the arduOus well as the
most extensive OF ali Cations Literary and typOgraphi
cal labors Although one Of the most common Of the
works of his press perfect copy been discovered
one or two copies, however, have been made So The
book was compilation, made the latter half Of the
thirteenth century Archbishop OF Genoa, and be-
came 90 popular that upward Of hundred editions ID
Latin Italian, French. Bohemian, Dulch and English
were published IN a space Of 200 years To French
translation dating from tho end Of the fourteenth CEN
tury we're added many legends Of the saints, and
from this version an English translation made fty
years later by certain worthy clerks aud doctors Of
divinity" Caxton possessed himself Of the LatD French
and English versions and finding them varied IN many
places undertook complete new edition from Wuch
some Of the incredible and immoral stories were
omitted He flushed 10 IN 1883, ana IL was pfODADy
printed in the following year In The present pubhca-
ZION WOodcuts while of rude design and coarse exc
cutOn show decided advance from those used 0y Ca1
ton in his first attempt apply the art TO the Nus ra-
hook s the largest which is known eyerO have used
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