New-York tribune., 1878-10-23
LITERARY NOTES.

An exhaustive index of Pepys's Diary will be
tubnshed in London at the end Of the month
The Rev. DR.. John Hall, Albert Rhodes and
A. r. spoGord are among the writers for tho coming
number OF The international Reciew.
An English gentleman after two months
absence In Sweden and Finland has returned to LONDON
with photographs OF 26j Runic stayes DesOes O'neE
writings on wood, bone and horn'
1t is expected that the manuscript for the
new edition Of POoes Index to Periodical Literature
will bo ready at the end Of another year. The CON-
petod work viii contain matter equivalent to one one yGi &
edition brings the record down only TO 1907
An Italian has written an article which he
calls The soltudcO Of Byron" and in 1t ne contrasts
ByrOn's conception Of solitude with Gcer0s end
PctrarC's on the hand and Shcleys on the Oher'
His conclusion is that Cicero and Petrarch sought for
repose and freedom from the cares OF llfe while the
solitude OF shelley was delrium and that OF Byron
continuous struggle escape from the disastrous CON
sequences 20 his souls lie which came from contact
Ernest Daudet, brother of AlphOnse, sent
copy Of his novel "Ls Marquis Jo sades" TO The A"e
nGuu onaOu). which, in TcviewinGt said he ought opul
Of the head of his books not list Of his own works. nu'
t bis brothers. whose popularity has made DIS rep
utatlon To this criticism he replies, In card when me
AAeH0um prints, that in the year 1874, when his
brother gained ms present reputation by the publication
Of his "FromOnt Jeune ct E.sicr Aiuo" ne CEIhCsU
already occupied ms brother an honorable rank IL
the republic Of letters.
A thousand volumes, in more than dozen
lnncuagcs on the game Of chess w,rc collected by the
late George Allen, professor Of Greek in tie University
OF Pennsylvania, and TO be sold There are IN the
collection $50 autograph letters from authorizes on inc
game and nifty eugrayings and photographs besides
copies OF Tarsa, G!auutio Selcuus, salvio, Loi ana
many other valuable works. Pmidcr being represented
hy forty-six coples, few cf which are duplicates
and OF Greco, treatise i0u teen tdi'i,u, dl1
among them the English version OF 1896 and the hlst
French oil 1861 An elaborate catdlobuc mas DDS"
published
The fifth and last edition of the Manuel
du Iibraire OF the late NJ D. G. BIuUct published in
Paris in 1860 'G5, was, says The Acadomy "a monu-
ment Of photographed labor and research such as the
world has never seen bgtorc-a work Of hesumaoie
value TO all Librarians booksellers book buyers, ana DID
uophics generally" During his own lifetime NJ Bru-
net made notes Of the mpcrccous and omissions CON
tainCd his WORK, with view either 10 new edition
ora supplement- But hc died in 1867, and since then
bis notes have uuaccouutGbly been lost Upon the same
model as the original worka supplement- cdleI by W.
Deschamps ana NJ Gust9vo EluneI ,a,, uo"C'V'' J"''
been published IN Paris by llrman-Ddot.
Dumas is engaged upon a comedy which has
FOR its subject the doctrine Of Darwinsm To CORE
spondent not long ago RE said: You ask me now
Writei Suppose IL Is @ comedy. When have thouSh'
it take twenty leaves Of paper for cach act except
The last; then sit down to work. When draw near
my twentieth Leaf know that t is time to slackcn The
astactIs limited TO seventeen leaves. Ir ought to DO
shorter than the others" He is orderly and mcthodca
In all his work. Years ago his father SAID he would
never become great author because Le was TOO
orderly "He has twelve pairs of boots" SAID inc
father and they stand side by side his bedroom as
straight as they being drilled" He told the cor
respondent that he always busted his own room,
aud brushed his clothes, as rclaxaons after ms
mental labor. His library Is contained IN Sige DOOR
case and is composed Of Homer Dante, sh3Kespeale,
MOntaigue, MOlere, and very few Others beIOle az
others. says the coTespondent st4nus tnS ULT & VIII %
Is the book that Dumas studies the deepest ana re"u
with the greatest pleasure"