New-York tribune., 1879-10-27
LITERARY NOTES.

etute" will appear soon ~ lohd"n i"in '"o t'N''
Sampson Low 4 Co. j.
Tho first number of the second volume OF
M,s Lambs d" History Of tbe City Of Ncw-iork VIII
no ready early IN November Ia this Vo uwe the nH''
tive Is Resumed at the outhrcas 81 'hc Rrvc"1"n'
Three Harvard students, who made tour
OF Great Britain ana the Continent last summer c"'
in brchhaIk canoe through regions waiered oS h'Nr
cable rivers intend 10 publish book Of their ad'en-
lures.
A life of Bishop Wiiheriorce, now III press
n, John Murra,'s London viii contain letters from 'he
Prince Consort Carylc. Gladstone, frsey and others
Those from Pusey ard Gladstone will relate TO the OK
ford movement Mr.. Giadsioue's being on Dr. Nevmans
Theory OF Development"
Some of Zola's writings have been drama
tined Tor ihe Italian stag whcn Is doubt erauN
a. NJ z,a. since he is of Italian origin Bu the re''
ton Of them has not been uniform. u A som .o''
-, 80. v.t,h ,,r.af success Wine "THcresc Raquih
is Sand 10 nave been "a complete ha>co
When r. II. Shepherd published his BID
biography Of Ru-kin" II Was anticuaied mat "' "'.U
,of been able 10 und all Of Ruskiu's contributions ''
iodical literature and this has proved 10 be TIC case
.,,,, ,bre edition Of tho work have been made nee
essary and iourtn, announced as The final one aid
containing many addiu.uhl l'lnS tha' naNo I''0""'
come to hight is just ready ~ l. rd"h'
DIR. Paul Richter, who will write the life OF
1.on,rdo d. Virci m the series of illustrated Bio
ohes Of great Artists" winch scribner Wexford
supply IN tins country has been carefully engaged IL
d.c,phcring the scuograrhic handwriting or the l@ou
allo Mss az the r VA Library at Winsdor' snd 'nS
hl~ di,coyeri,s are sad TO be OF considerable import
Huce
Arthur Gilman. the Chaucer scholar, Is about
,o ,nnisn through Dodd, siotd 4 Co., a Work c"ira
"shakesyea-e's Morals" in which be viii aim TO sno"
b, parallel psgcs that the poets indebtedness 10 tue
Bible was large. A cAaptcr ON The genius oil su"A'S
care viii he added Ine books promised Tor NoN'"'-
her TIE puDic.tou OF the "Cyc c.oi ea "i i'iI. Is
tI'i6 vr a. . Is one OF he editors nas b. en post
lorei loIa few n'utA>
Eugene l.. Dldier's new memoir OF EoE"'
Aim zoe aies about huuired pages n W. >. Wiz
fi.t,n'- new hto1 of " poe's Lie ana Poems sew
,r rev points IN Pos l;c brou-At o"i, some II
th., being corrections OF ortun.oas statements when
had been I'm r Oae OF these relates TO the death O.
Y,'- parents ns mother cid not perish al the ouThug
ol the Richmond Theatre ~ j. l. out d!ed na'ul~i i
rr,rru hul tic Probabilities nIr that he, TOO uN '.
prr.,n m TIE h,atlr Nj w.edc:on ggn.u.ces for
!.-Ilr tiis month h'g~ h'i 'i' %. or zoe 9'''''
" ,fks.' vtIc. lDcIaJ,s both por.4v and prose
Somebody has collected several very curious
fct, about Ae cost O. book boz early times, and Ia the
llelt o. tl.u VIA, shall the books nowadays are
rtrcacapl Thc Kiuc OF Noftnun n'r anu IN $50 gave
tor history q, Che word 500 aciss OF land, aud
Countess of Aui'u date u0r Stated. once gave 200 sheep
ard alag. parctl Of urs for ume of no" lies and
100 crowns i,r sirgle book Of Ivy! In 1920. a
l,fiu Bible WAS valued at $3.50, ana this was time
when two arches London BrG-e were built for less
tEan $50. laboTer those Cays had wages so smal
tif t,~ ,ru - of n ru ycas lad bccn necessary to
by ihe Brle ard Ihe Bible being "a Latin nc could hot
have read n alter all
The Napoleon memoirs which Barry l..
oNeara the surgeon Of tne eA-Emperor at 81. Heeio
,ubhshed many years ago have n the earlier American
oditious been long out NJ ptut W. J. Middleton all
nomccs that he viii h'lnc out new edition oi the
work before tle cld 'f Tie present month. Few books
beatns on ~. .ol,oAs career have excited more O.
yer,ty OF opinion tlan this Whlo 1Ae EdinbUTsh Ae
rcc defended L. The London QgGrtcrg ass1!ed IT, and
Christopher Nor,A. no gave many hard raps finally
admitted that q abused the better II sold
When OMeara died he left - Older 7, oGers Know some
Among them were few lines ia nis nandWiltbg Mhic1
ie,chct nearly $50, out too's Oi lis %Hlgh OMea;s
had extracted together Win te ioic"Ps DC uld ""'
went Tor only SIG.
In the current Portfolio Mr.. Lang brings to
an end the series sketches lie at Oxford which for
many months been OF the chef featuresti this
excellent art-jcurnal. lie admits that tho axe In OK
ford the world al large, l. the axe OF collapsed
opinions" and mindful Of the scepticsm prevalent
I'm th- world, even oxford enthusiasts are wont
10 admit, he saws. that ." tho world is WIDER
than their system" One of the hrce etchinGs given
IN ihe number "a reproduction Of Albert Durers Mel
aucolia" on which Mr. HanertOu offers some remarks
favorable to buers oilenSliN thah 90 ms s'h'' i
rruyorti0n ~ art. THIS picture iii. H0mcIiOu thinks
Wa 81 ''iI,u , s f,o.i ~ u,I,r H. ladder ana the
block OF siouc do much offend him.
John Morley has got into trouble with an
Jngli4h reviewer Hs vork Edmund Burke
called cut The AHsN@WH an article citing IN detail
several errors Of fact into w.ich IL was said he had
fallen. and other errors we're mentioned 10 general
W.. Ofthc latter Mr Il r'-y asked ihe AUenGNm TO
furnish Linn a si. 1his TIE itep0Us c,chned T. d..
In repv 10 IA, rev ". Mr. Morley prints an article u
The current Tort,ghry Ia which n mentions this re-
f.sal and Chen adLs 81 Doc ginning 10 thlnS that
the cri c made random and un-ctupnlous charge.
faf na "a frsN
II following pnnicd al SNcf: ihe iact = maj We
lvf Ould tlat T. draw NJ fhc oug sl asked for would
b. serious lar p and we 10 see thal We are honnc
g. neip Mr.. Mori T. pi-pie his second eelIo4
When that edition app' ars We snall D9 happy 10 point
out tine slips M IT,
With all his misfOrtuncs and his natural
disposition 10 melancholy. riioz did not become a
n.santnIopo. Winters hke La Yocaeoucau d. who have
said that 10 ones good fortune there is always some
thing unpea SAINT 20 ones best fiends he calls "imm0i-
aisfs and his Obs, rydtOn hs prouOunces ian MIA
nous calunny" ." can swear" lie continues, 80 thet
UNEXPECTED good luck ms come IN the most brilliant
puse 10 some oI my nonds. without having any effect
upon me whefeveri" THIS utteruce j. contained "a
letter 10 which published in tue book hy Beroz
recently brourh by Henry Holt Co. Borloz sud
deulv cre- enough" aud ADDS that n bit
vanity that made begin his letter TINT way since.
a. he says woe consciously trying 10 initiate you.
YOU the iuiuiiahle master 81 IRONY" That Heinz, be
meath all his so,Gr-. really sincere. Berlioz evi-
arnty had great faiiu. for be- says 10 hun: What
infinite tenderness breathe- OF the folds II
your tnat country you have rallied at. tor
tlst sol erie 100 poets. the great faibeIland ~
dreamy genuscs. fp- that Germany call your oll
grand lu and w. rl loves 20 ich a spite Oi al"
I-Ioz write. ms letter nom BfunsNlck having ncrn
ln tue saais rudrr tone IN winch Srok, you
mc tuiIng u1 lrrucy: lcs. she lov s. YOU! She has
cent ull u.I at-cuon. 90 you Irr c.dtr are
deao b, get sone her great iren Nou are an that s
lcit c Aer, y"u nom she snningy calls her uaug T.