New-York tribune., 1878-07-22
LITERARY NOTES.

II. H.'s Bits Of Travel is now in it's second
edition. In the Autumn Roberts Brothers wiz publish
ltOry for children from her PEN besides others HOni
eusan Coolidge and Louisa AleotG
Professor Homer B. Sprague, formerly Oh
Brooklyn but now principal Of the Girls High School
An Boston, has annotated Mlton's Lyeidas" for the
use Of schools and Boston irm viii publish It,
ga Masque of POets," the new volume In
the No Name series will not appear for two months
yet "Guy Vernon" the longest poem, will be novel,
Both English and American poets will contribute 10 the
volume.
Three memoirs of the time of Henry WILL,
containing important information on the internal az
fairs Of England and showing the ideas OF reform tha
we're prevalent at that period printed IN the trans
nctons Royal Society Of G6ttingen by Professor
ReiDhOld PAUL.
" Across the Keep-it- dark Continent; or
how found stanley"is the title Of amusing serial
begun in the last number Of Punch, the title oeing
drawn from the two books OF staney's, Across the
Dark Continent and How found Livingstone" III
follows closely the order of those two baOEs with GOOD
humored imitation OF them in both matter ana s'Jle
A monograph is about to appear in London
entitled The Puuiaub and the Northwest frontier OF
India" by au old Punaubee which is described by the
writer, General H. Cox, as rough sketch OF country
and people destined to play important part IN the not
very distant future as some Of us think SeneT SGS
extending over ten or twelve years.
1t is said that the Royal Academy UOndon)
has become possessed Of cash TO the amount OF 43OO
O0O besides several beQucsts making total OF &0OO-
OOO out Of which the institution TO pay $500 year
10 each OF the forty members and hold artcaRses that
Il is expected. win attract many pupils This report
The AtheHeun thinks, has only mOdicum OF truth IN
It, but docs not say how much is true and now much u
true.
A new volume from the late Canon Motley,
who published "Universlty Sermons" and Ruling
Ideas in Early Ages" will be issued by e. Dut-
ton Co.. under the title "Essays-HstOrical and Theo-
logical" They will comprise two octave volumes, the
first containing memoir OF the author and his essays
on Lord strafOrd, Archbishop Laud. Caryles "Cron-
we'll" and Luther. The sccOnd-thOse on DR.. Arnold
Blanche White Dr. Pusey's Sermons, the Book OF Jon,
Maurices Theological Essays, Indian Converson' tne
Argument OF Design, besides several Others
The pOntifcal accounts of Pope Paul Ill.
Q534 have been the subject of researches by signor
Baroott OF Modena the results Of which he has pub
lished in the form OF httle book under the title
'speserie segrete Pubbliche di Papa PaO Ill" In
an historical way the book viii have considerable value
as giving picture OF the political, social ana art
features of the middle of the sixteenth century Many
details Of the POpes life are disclosed" building
fortrcsses saws 7h, Academy, receiving sOveregns
in Rome, celebrating festivities, dspatchng ambassa-
dOrs charity, nepOsm rewards 10 arllsts payments 70
Sr te sons of his ivessuch are the things
that made up the lifo of the Farnese Pope"
ROuget de rIsle wrote only six of the seven
verses Of the MarseIlase" the last being tile work of
eestacy its completed form the hymn was first sung
at the Opera In Paris the members OF the Convention
being present After the Of Rouget de fIsle had
been sung a group of children appeared on the stage
and gave the last beginning "Nous entrerons
dams la earrere" which wildly applauded. Not
long after this the Abb6 being guiotned at
Lyons One Of the historians relates the event as fol-
lows: "The committee met in the Town Hall which re-
sembed funeral chapel and sat round table coy-
cred with black cloth. There the president who
had three judges each side Of bin. They all wore
little silver hatcbet round the neckterribe emblem
Of their functions There stool for the prisoner,
and behind this rank Of armed soldiers awaiting the
sign which decided the fate of the accused II the judges
spread their hands the black cloth, that sined
aequtta If they raised their hands to their foreheads,
that meant that the prisoner to be shot; II they
touched the silver hatehet, he to be guilOtned
Few questions were asked the fate Of the accused
was generally known beforehand The sentence OF the
court was Immediately executed amid cries OF anguish,
despair 'Vive Ia R6publque, and the bowling of the
'Marsellase' citizen, pale but calm, in presence Of
almost certain ath had Just been brought before the
tribunal His crime fragrant; he was priest The
president said, Who art thOuf The accused drew hm-
author Of tue last OF the Marselllaee.' There
was good deal OF cOmmOtiOn in the court, and after
some hesitation the Judges stretched their hands out on
the black cloth, which the police perSo OF the Re
public. without salutng thanking, the Abbe slowly
withdrew Forty years afterward the Government OF
Louis Philippe gave ROuget de Plse pension Of 81
month and the Abb6 PesSOuneaux had some Idea OF APP
plying for aid. but he changed his mind and died
peacefully in Daupbiny in 1880"
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