New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-14
LITERARY NOTES.

George Routledge e. Sons have in press Me-
MORALS Of Baroness Bunsea" by Augustus j. C. Hare.
The adventures and achievements of English
mon ON the South American Continent, form the subject
Of q book published at Bucnos Ayres,
A. Granier de Cassagnac-Paups father-ls
giving In Paris journal, his Souvenirs DIN Second En-
pire" He can evidently reveal much secret history.
In Paris, lie Figaro makes cOpious extracts
from exMnister washburnes dispatches describing the
rise and fan Of the Commune It speaks OF his impas
slOnste style and remarkable accuracy
The September Atlantic viii contain long
poem The Vision Of Echard," by Whittier and an ar
Gle entitled "Pope's Virginia Campaign and Rorter'
Part In IT." by General Fancis j. Lippltt'
"Plain Lectures on Astronomy" have been
published in cheap fOrm at Manchester, England They
are by the Rev. W. n. Wordsworth, whose History o.
England won public favor on the Recommendation u
John Bright. -
A Tauchnitz edition of "The American" has
been published The author. Henry James, jr, is de
scribed by tue publisher as 81 rising wTter.wh :,
though an American, has resided Tor seyeIal years "
Europe, first - Paris and now In London
Madame Michelet has written to the journals
mat there Is no truth in the staten made by some
papers that judicial obstacle exists to tho puDhcaOh
of her late husbands correspondence with his tamiy
AMI most intimate friends The note refers to letters IN
the hands OF MN. NoGl and Dumesnil
Mr.. Charles Barnard will explain in the Sep
TENDER Scr5n several material features IN which the
Paris Exposition IS inferior 10 inc Sehtohh" '1Nf
ton in Philadelphia Among other good things in the
september number win appear Days and Nights In
Concord from ThOreaus unpublished manuscript
General Carrington's Battles of the AmeT1-
can Revolution has Just passed into its third edton
The General has made few slight corrections ana
awaited himself Of suggestions from Mr.. Bancroft anu
facts derived the abors OF local historical sGSe
ties etc. AS prOfessecly military history OF the war
of Tie Revolution the book is unique and valuable.
Victor Hugo's Historic dun Crime" is COM
Tam pa nFr ma
the painter of "Marceau" has designed the death OF
Bsudn the PROCESSION Of the Killed on the Champ dc
Mara" Napoleon III at Sedan" BriOn illustrates the
"Arrestation OF Baze" Haute Cour," "Dupin carried
by his Representants" Bayard gives the Interior OF
the Eiys6e" "Charras Diseharging his Pistols sticking
and Verge Mamie Chf rt, RiOu, Lix and Scott FUR
nish the streets and bairicades
Edmond About dissents, in his letter to The
Athenenm 1ondonl from Victor Hugo's proposal that
copyright be peRetual In votng"he says, referring
10 the Literary Congress- that the property In works
of the mind ought to be transmissabe, ad ndnitum,
people seem TO have forgotten that OF every ten
Thousand works of the mind not more than
one survives its author. Copyright laws do wisely
in proongng authors rights for thirty or hfty, or
even eighty years after his decease because this prvi-
lege profitable to the himself in his lifetime ana
renders HIM. so 10 saw heir Sure that his death
wiz not make his works public property, he can bargain
with his publishers honorable and profitable terms
IT, have proposed the State came into possession
OF his books either for nothing by payment no pub
Usher would treat with an author OF sixty. Most
assuredy the house of Hachette would not have spent
half million Of francs the Dictionary OF NJ Litre
for il the mind this wonderful scholar is more vigorous
than ever, his health has long been broken,
and his life hangs a thread. The French law,
by deciding that he shall remain proprietor OF his
hook for fifty years after his DEATH enables him find
publisher 10 discount the future profits OF his work
and to end ms days IA n0derate % =.
thing not be despised but it does not institute ID
Fbcua sBcuOren literary canOnzatOn for the benent
OF the descendants Of the author his publisher The
perpetual transmission Of literary property, which was
Voted tra thOuRhtlessly, in my opinion, would nave
no other effect than 70 tax classics, the spiritual
bread Of our schools the profit OF COrnele RAJ
lateral descendants"