New-York tribune., 1879-04-21
LITERARY NOTES. :

The entire library and art collection o1 the
late sam Bough has Just been sold IN Edinburgh In
the library there copy OF Hume and smollets
.'History of England" mounted on folio sheets ana
inte1leaved with 1900 illustrations, the complete
work in this form making thiry-four Nonmes; nara
OF l2O landscapes by him in water color.
The Spanish courts have adopted law so
tits said, which eguates literary property with o'her
countries oflts principles TO form the basis OF
treaties add interesting feature to the international
copyright question 1t proposed that complete reel
procity shall exist between the contracting powers
and that every author representative OF an author
who shall enjoy literary property in one country sha
also enjoy IN the other and the fuhment OF no iPr %
Inality shall necessary secure H. moreover ne
printing sale and exuortston Of work IN tne Hu th
guage of another country without authority Holn ule
proprietor the original work, shall be nierdeted
The academy hears once more in Iennysons
memorial lines the Princess Alice the how oi the III
inabe blank verse liquid pure and strong OF which the
Laureate the greatest MASTER It is
elegac fancy in most sweetly-vared verse" But the
ballad on the Defence OF Lucknow " is Disappointing
being rough but hardly powerful. interesting but not
MOVING slful piece OF description, but neither !ca
nor passionate It's long rough 1f GcSSS % qSs sag xf
popularity that awaits ms maeunecnt Dt1e G Ul 1nS
of Europe has caused considerable bcwhdeIment me
academy learns, among scotch readers, and when Ie-
printed wil doubt be revised
John Wiley & Son have ready the first
volume OF a new and imIo ortent edition Of Ruskins
Modern Painters" 10 is "a large octave printed on
fine paper in clear type, with ouomoujm head ana enu
pieces and illustrations. The other volumes are at
ready under way aud the second they expect to publish
soon 1t will be remembered that the first and second
volumes OF the English edition have no Illustrations at
all, while the Others are very rich in them. Ihe
Messr Wiley have caused to be prepared for these two
volumes several lusra ions OF works by Turner when
mentioned III tie text I0oSHcb are siVen mthc N".
uue now ready IL iLe I'VE N,.uH,s IN, p I,Ss i
large form have been SO dcul; obtain and the prices
Of them have been so great that TINS tdgn oush 10 10
great ant writer IT Is the plan 70 follow Tie Modern
Lamps" the three works making nine volumes Ihey
aIe sold 10y subscription at - volume.
Not the least pcrpleXing question in inter
national copyright discussion IS the one which Cand"
now and then brings into the foreground IT Is also ono
oItlo most serious difficulties I'm the way OF comTcnsa
ton to foreign authors from publishers In the United
States since compensation gives no immunity against
Canadian iucutslous This was illustrated very recently
IN the case Of Busc's Bismarck, cheap edition from
Canada oblgns Charles scrbncrs sons 90 reduce their
two volumes to one and fix the price at point below
that OF the inferior Canadian pubcatou Another
illustration il now furnished in Taiue's English
Literature Qne'9 9lnwe c9uo4 IN @ DI T.,Gn, ,, N me- % ,
ket by Canadian mouse. II is wci-kuo|n among lUP
house in preparing tie original English plates Of t1is
Tame aud lis translator Mr. Van Lauu, but 10 meet
the from Canada they have hecu lea 10 pubsl
one volume edition 81 The uurrftaaie price OF 81 %
and TO mas" 10 large l-mo OIL lo" E!tes. Inc 'alau
printed in smaller type
A valuable collection of autographs and
manuscripts 5 O. he sold at auction Tomorrow aud
"Wednesday by Charles L. Lbbe in Boston II is the
one made by the late James L. Root Among the man
uscupls the most remarkable, pcruaps il fifty closely
written pages Of Mary Cowdeu CdTkcs Concordance TO
shakespeare" with long autograph letter OK ten pages
giving minute account Of the progress OF the work
through the sixteen wears during which it was in prepa
ration There 0ftcon quarto pages of the manu-
script OF DicEruss Hunted down." first published IN
T.f{or a tU~yy Is sal
t. have paid Dickens - 600, being the only story Dick
es special y tOI an American publication and The
puly Dickens manuscript, with ono exception, that e1
ists iu this country. A-ong other manuscripts are a
part OF the first book Of Bryauts Homer Emersons
"Considei iatons by the Way" and " The nmouse.'
Uawthorne's " A London suburb t3l ppJ and " Con
suar Experiences" 81 pp), portion OF one OF Pre-,
ppJ There autograpus-some OF them ettets-trom
john quincy. John ana samuel Adams, Bguedict Al,
mold, Balzac, Carlyle, Jackson Jefferson, DE- samuel
johnson, Byron. Charles Lamb, Louis Kill. Cotton
hather. NO.taIe and Mirabeau.
A curious discovery of treasure IN the form
o. rare books related by Mr. Charles Wexford in the
rurreut Book Buyer One Of the members OF the Rox-
butshc Club Lord AchesOD atterward Earl OF Cos
ford Of Ireland, who Is casually mentioned In one Ot
Dhdin's books as a buyer Fifteen he died,
snd no knowledge Of hs books transmitted to the
world; intimate friends Of his do not to have
known that ne possessed that were remarkable.
Last Autumn Tie present head OF the house consulted
london bookseller about moyiuS quantity OF OLD O3OEs
% tue family seat Ireland. The bjoNseller went first
10 what tl"y wcrc and was almost struck dlmO Al
what he ala seepcr1rqs the choicest lot OF books
IA Europe exactly such are mo. sionatey sought
Tor I'm France aad England TINS moment" They are
not going Ireland but have been carefully prO;ectedu
room on tho first floor q welkuown
house I'm Plccadnly, ami their value is esti-
mated at between Sl2j,OOO and &l5O,0OO The
collection comprises amos. complete set OF
the Aldiue editions, all ~ the choicest O|d french
and Italian bindings. and books nearly without end III
the famous binding Of the Dc Thou, Count Uoym, Gro
her and Longcpcrre Hbrtrcs besides others from the
collections Of Madame De Miutcnon Madame du BarIi
the French rucessce and the royal family displaying
the choicest work OF Du Scu! Padcloup, DE Rome and
the famous old French artists, whose productions are
now valued almost literally al their weight In gold" in
the mo perfect condition. II also has I'm the best state
the choicest Elzcyr editions For the Ezeyr "Tacitus
being Count Hoyms copy. and having hls arms 500
wae offered by Paris book -ocr and fused, while for
q choice copy Of the 1873 edition Of MoLerc," with
Moreau's plates, the present owner has recently been
offered OCO francs 81 s0O) and he refused the offer.
The most urgent entreatcs have made from Paris
10 persuade the TO win ms treasures nut
thus far he has declined them all what he fnture btt
Is iuplssibr t0 forctc hut tue chances are that il
will De sent Paris where the highest price now pre-
Gently sold IN Paris collection Ot French books which
had cost SO 900, realized for them the hand
come advance OF SJ0,OOO.
That Milton derived many suggestions for
his Paradise Lost" writers who had lived before
him, not only from Cowlcy and the younger Gilcs
Fletcher Of his own country, but from Italian Spanish
and Dutch writers often been st forth. But the
most curious and perhaps the most Important Of all
condolences has been pointed out Only IN brief aud
imperfect way This OF Vonders "Luci'er"
publ, ,hcd i'm Holland I'm 1854, copy which probably
soon found its way into Millions hands, and was per