New-York tribune., 1879-01-01
LITERARY NOTES.

The " Almanach de GOtha" for 1879 has
Jus, been published This is its 1l6th year
large lot of satrical prints, many OF them
by Gfray Rowandson and Leech. were sold IN London
recently for $1,000.
Mr.. George William Curtis's address on the
life and character Of William Cullen Bryant VIII We pun
lshed very soon in book form by Charles scrbners
Five editions OF Miss Alcotts "Under the
Luacs have been pubiished four Of " H. HIS Nei-
ly's Silver Nine" and two of the Memoirs OF Alma
Jameson" .
The papers read at the late Prophetic Con-
ference in this city have boon revised by commt'e'
and within few weeks will be published in book ioIm
The Rev. DR.. y. West, OF Ciselnnaii mas ehako VI Vi"
book.
An English female poet of distinction has
Nxed upon Robert Buchanan the author OF "A Mooo
of Cleopatra in "A Masque OF Poets" ana eri'cs u
some literary acuteness have varleo 80 "'uel' 40 "
guess Emerson Lougellow and Elizabeth stuart fhe's
as the author Of Zone Hundred and one Inc pu"
lsbers OF the book Roberts Brothers. have lnuna'co
that these guessos are all "very wide OF the h"A.
= Sarah Bernhardt, painter, sculptor auo pai-
loonst, has become all author Her hfst DooA 10 ju'
published in Paris and is called Dams les NuHees-
Impressions dune Chaisc being account OF Oaoon
ascent made author last summer In no lbs nSe T
does she mention herself but the char "hch tei7 % he
story manages some clever thugs aoOnl IeI m
book contains large number of fnIpasc lusIsH"s r
from sketches made by artist WhO accOihpiuou nv
The sale of the Christmas numbers OF the
English Illustrated papcIs has of late years been reacn
inc enormous proportions one OF them has just SUI
passed all former achievements. The 3OOoOo copies
prned were all ordered five days before the date or
publication, and many of the large orders were OF
necessity reduced In the OF one OF the largest
news-agents in the Kingdom. OF the number ordeieu
barely two-thirds could be supplied Orders ioF over
10000 copies have since received an " OUT OF PRINT
reply and the smaller news-agens, after selling out
their own supply obtained at trade price went 10 lhe
railway bookstas and bought up all TO be found at the
full published price, and got ready sale foT them at an
the Christmas number 100000 copies OF the OrunlIy
DISPOSED o. and 10000 Of another Chrisss
publication by the cs' adjustment. ADOut quarter
OF million copies of the Christmas number OF ahoner
illustrated PAPER were sold
Among the books from Charles Dickenss
library tnat Charles scibners Sons have just acquired
Isl Hoods Comic Annual for 1872 which cont aims
sonnet addressed by Hood Dickens, on his proposed
voyage to the United States The sonnet is entirely in
the autograph of Hood and is signed by him. Ii is not
given edition of Hoods works, and II Is
believed 1t has never been published beiOre-On As Slue
Of the water at least II If as follows
"Pshaw! Away with leaf and berry,
And the soher-sdcd cup
Bring Goblet and bright Sherry!
Aud bumper fll me up.--
Tho | had pledge to shlNer,
And the longest ever was
Ere tls vessel leaves our rlVcrI
will drink health 10 Boz!
Here's success to all his antics,
Aud to paddle O'er Atantics,
After such sale at nome
May shun all rocks Whatever,
And the shallow sand tnat turks
Aud his passage be rs clever
AS the pest among his works THOs HOOD"
The literature Of England has associated
Itself with few places closely than with The groves
of historic Hampstead. Word comes in the last nal
that the ne old avenue OF hme-trees In "ell-waiS Is
threatened with demolition, and that the village Is up
in arms against the proposed vandalism. The trustees
OF this public resort have the act In view, ana
are bent not only cutting down the ancient lines
but levcllng the embaDkment and lining the
devastated roadway with new houses. Is
recalled by The Tclegraph G.cndon) that Lord
Erskine at period contemplated cutting down
clump OF Old Gins al Hampstead but was induced
by his gardener TO desist-sn incident which
Cowper has commemOrded IN verse. II vas In Well.
walk that Johu Constable the great Landscape painter
died. Constable 1.-The monarch of the rain clouds
and the brimming rivers" OF whom Fusel once said
"Gifme mine umbrella. am going TO zee Mister Con
stables blgnres" Teuuyson must love Hampstead, for
close by mother died Coerdge often went there TO
visit Keats. then invalid, who had taken lodgings
there Just before his last pilgrimage to Rome In bis
ouIet lodgings Keats wrote Endymion and the Eve
DIST Agnes" That Pope loved HamPsead the world world
has learned from Cowpcrs Task" Steele, Add
SON 9nnr SSn'C Men of fame who freGuened it. In
the course OF its long article, The Iettmdph ASKS N
The Rev Francis Gastrell, Of stratfOrdon-Ayon wh0
content with demohsnlng oaakespealS nVusD ~ av ~
pooTrates, for tenement which he did not lnnaO pos
fyoy cut down the poets famous mulberry tree on hy @
ground that he was weary Of showing II 10 pooDeh'
Mr. Henry Irving, in the representations OF
"Hamlet which he began in London last Monday
night followed his new acting edition OF the play,
which aims archaeological correctness THIS raises 10
fhe mind OF writer in The Daily Ners Londonl GU
rious aud interesting question respecting the limits OF
archaeological correctness in stage matters. 1t points
out that in the old times dreamed OF cor
RICHNESS in local color the miracle plays Noah was
permitted by ST. John, and the characters OF the
New Testament wore the ordinary dress OF the thir
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and Marlowe wrote their contempt OF accuracy ana
chronology was almost part OF their genius Trojan
characters quoted Aristotle and Italian stories
were cast in Pagan times The melancholy Prince OF
Denmark, il he ever lived at all, lived deep In
heroic ages lie went about I'm kirte OF WadmaI'
coored scarlet other bright hue. He had long nose
formed OF bands OF linen that crossed ana recroSsou
each other On his back he had an axe, In his handa
long spear and about his waist he short sword
III her fathers house 0phelia acted as halroresSer
Had Hamlet wished send note TO her he would nave
notcbed il in little nicks square wand OF wood ana
when he courts her would have hung about her Ia
fhers hearth while Laetes kept stern eve on hlm 10
see that his intentions were serious what apphes 10
Hamlet sppes TO thei King who must, TO be correct
wear those immensely long mustaehes when were the
pride of the hardy Norsemen and TO the Ghost VINO IN
the old times would been rough and ready as any
live Danish man, and who, II he had injuries to aVenge
would have delegated the work TO others The real
Hamlet would have had delicate feelings. His short
sword would have eaped from It's sheath TO ayenge hs
father and he would have made the Kings head spin
The floor, whether at bis prayers or Lot
Jhe Ye,rs argues that If Irving. appearing before
London audience Hamlet, were 10 yell out little
snatches Of song whenever he was excited (Which Dan
ish heroes always dd, Shakespearc tragedy would be-
come farce II declares that archaeological accuracy
is the merest pedantry when 1t interferes with the
drama. Nothing be gained by cllnSing to details
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