New-York tribune., 1878-11-20
LITERARY NOTES.

The first volume of Sir Francis Palgrave's
History Of Normandy and England, long out OF PRINT
has iust been published by Macmillan Co.
Washington AllstOn and Landseer VIII oe
the subjects Of the other volumes IN tue nine'
Riographies" series which HOughtoD, Osgood ~
promise for this month.
memoir of John Lothrop Motley has been
written by Oliver Wendell Holmes who was his inti-
,na,e friend II will be published in quarto form early
tn December by HOughtOD, OsgoOd 20. popular
edition in 16mO. is also III press
With the change in the prOprletorshlp OF
The Examiner G.OndOn', has come general change In
the style Of the paper Larger tyne is used, new ar
rangement Of the reading matter been adopted ana
topics are discussed with more Vigor and freshness
Two years ago prizes were offered at Munich
for the beet works tragedy comedy ana iarce' anu "
ispow announced that fewer than 192 tragedies
1l0 comedies and 125 farces-in all 436 productions
have been offered. The prizes nave lot !eV oo'i
awarded. =.
The December number of The Magazine OF
American History completes the second year OF that
periodical The leading article is by Henry o. Iyor'
and treats of the development of constitutional govern
men in the American Colonies. An account OF me WISH
of Lafayette the United states In 1854 Is gwen OS
the editor.
The new edition of Mrs. Stowe's Uncle
Toms Cabin" with 100 illustrations. viii be ready al
HoughtOn Osgood & Co.'S In about week Besides the
photography OF the various editions and languages III
which the work appeared by Mr.. George Bulen, OF
rating the origin OF the story the circumstance when
attended its composition. and the extraordinary pOpu-
iarity which it gained in short space of time
The Shere Ali who translated " Robinson
Crusoe into Persian is not the ohere Ali OF present
European fame Tie name shere Ali is, 1t seems, as
common I'm Afghanstan as John smith England, and
from this arose the error Of The Academy Londonl IN
ascrihug the book 10 the Ameer OF Cabul. The true
translator is Talk, or Afghan OF Perslan uCste,' ao
his Trans slaOn regarded by scholars WHO nave OK
smined II very poor piece of workmanship
And must Amy RObsart go tOOR Has much
of our sympathy gone ont to her by mistaken Canon
Jackson Of the English Church takes strong position
In that direction. In late number OF The hHtsh"e
Archeologea! and Natural History Mdgasinc he has an
article fortysx pages long, which he gives the results
Of careful examinations Of many hitherto unpuDlsheu
documents associated with that unfortunate lady An
entry in diary of Edward VI June A. l55U "uch Is
well known shows the marriage to have been not clan
destIne but public and notorious and as evidence OF
Any's legal connection with Lord Robert Dudley Canon
Jackson prints for the first time the deed OF settlement
on the husbands side MAY a. $780, as correaVe' 10
the settlement on the adys side eiay TO- loool Amy
died in 1860, and Canon Jackson prints trans
latiOn OF the original charter when con-
veyed possession of KenilwOrth TO Dudley,
dated three years later Queen Elizabeth @ dld
visit the castle until 1873 so that SCOTS story
of the interview between her ana Amy has no 10unds
tOn in fart The existence OF Richard Narney, which
Sf letter dated WsrwcR Kp 2o 1860 six months
fore Amy's death, and addressed 10 Dudey. CNhou
jackson
the part of the husband 70 the wlIe ana aims 10 sm
thatan amabe feeling always existed between then She
was eIpensively INDUCED, and III OuTneying 10 LONDON
Suffolk and other places twelve horses at her com
msnd sine evidently not always confined I'D Gunner
which she died shows that her embroidered velvet hat
e3 6s 3d.; her velvet shoes 43 her hood 39s SIX
her Of Spanish damak her velvet krtles scale
and frnges of silk and gold named at proPorionate
prices. all OF which must be multiplied by elshI 10 DO
Understood by the present standards OF value.
Of EurOppon InrEpV.O
.on L. Clark author of The Arabs and the Turks" is
a now volume lust ready at Dodd, Mead & Co.'s. Mr.
Clark takes ground that the progress of civilization
and empire which for twenty-five centuries has been
toward the West has turned in lie course 10 tue
East and that that direction it plainly destined
TO continue for generations and centuries TO come" The
book is divided four parts in tue second of which
the modern Greeks considered and that theory s
adopted which claims them be the lineal descendants
of the old Hellenic race. 1t was not, Mr. Clark
says until the great awakening OF political life and ac-
tivty among them hundred years ago. that they called
themselves Hellenes Greeks. They had almost for
gotten their own nationality and the fond and constant
dream OF their ambition the restoration OF the last
empire Of Rome. The Treaty OF Berlin Mr. Clark re-
CARDS as the greatest era the history Of European
Turkey since the taking OF COnstantinOple in 1453 aud
thinks may result IN transierrns 10 TreeH n y
except Albania at Is at least possible he cOnIudes
ana so fulfil the fond and long-cherished
dream of his race" Mr. Clarks book press long
SetSs aG Sd If is somwh
in this chapter he should have reacned
to the future OF Greece not widely different from
those of Mr.. Lewis Sergeant in his book called " New
Greece" which has just been published by Cassei;
Peter Galpn. Mr.. Sergeant considers that England
will never done her duty TIL Constantinople Is me
capital OF Greek empire and the gea4 Sne E
He demonstrates the Justice and expedlency OF hs de
mand by series of interesting chapters, I'D WIlcn ne
shows the which Greece has made IN
the last few years.