New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-04-02
LITERARY NOTES.

Four collections of manuscripts by Goethe
have recently been purchased by the library OF ,he
University of slrasbourG They contain among o'ner
Interesting works number Of popular songs composed
by the poet at the age Of Twenty-Five while ne Was III
SirasSonrS They formerly belonged TO Baron Stein
The Vatican Library has just acquired
through the efforts Of the Pope 1875 bound volumes Oh
the Moniteur Unrersel OF Paris. which contains inc
continuous issues OF that famous newspaper "nh""'
break from it's first publication in November i'oo
the end Of the year 1861. The volumes were SOFA 10 ~
pone bv ancton for 900 francs the agent having hau
from him unlimited commission. Inc S'@I~nE Pi''
was2 1000 francs.
F. r. Nicholson. librarian of the London
Institution, believes that the English language -
destined divide itself into several DISTINCT tongues
He would prevent this calamity possible and proposes
that an academy be founded similar IN plan 10 Tue
French ACADEMY and that it publish dictionary which
shall be an authority throughout Enghsh"speaklnE
countries. As matters going on now he fears that
Furope America India, EewZealsnd and Africa VIII
in time nave angusges Of their own when VIII oo, m
closer relations TO each other than ERgSn vas a. nseS
IN Central Asia 5000 years ago
1t is observed in England that the habit OF
quotations. going of fashion, II indeed IL mas no'
already gone. Parliamentary debates renaFke INC
GLobe are no longer enlivened by those hrlhaht sSe
OF scholarly citations which adorned the eoquence Oh
Canning Pitt Fox and Sheridan, while at the dinner
table and in the clubs man who Is given 10 quota
ton is ant 10 be voted bore" The fashion Tor caSA
cal quotation came in with the Renaissance onuet
the old system of education, the classics were dea"
less critically than they now, but with more attcn
tion To their 'orin aud substance ana inc use U ~ an
tIoDs in conversation was the natural outcome Vi az
intimate knowledge and appreciation OF what was read
Donald G. Mitchell OK Marvel y has long
been engaged writing history Of the Repuplc vi
Venice the material for which was IN part gathered y!
him while consul at that city in lS53-55. the work II
understood 10 be ambitious one Hnd us yet 10 p'
only In part completed Mitchels Reveries OF Bache
lor" published in 1850. had sale within few months
Of 1900 copies and when new edition apPearou
seventeen years later 5000 copies soon disposed o.
Ii now has annual sale OF about 1900 copies tsnR
nreced.nce over All his other works. The frat OF the
reveres was written for TIE southern Literary Ae'S"-
NJ the request Of friend who the editor OF inc
H1ocszne Ii ceeded well that ne determined to
nSkS book and went, he says. farmhouse in tins
etate where he "shut himself IN and " W3rheH al Hl
hours sometimes to very late hour" Much OF Ias
writing was by the light OF candle ana ne hVcd
on farmers fare
Dodd, Mead & Co. have taken steps to pub
lsh a translation Of DIT. Alfred Wotmauns History 81
Painting" al important German work some"h't larger
than the edition OF Lbke's History Of Art edited by
Mr Clarence Cook, which they brought out tte more
than year ago portion OF 1t has already pcen
printed in the German language and sold by suoscrip
ton but the appearance Of the complete work in Ger
many Eagland and here will take place at nearly the
same time. Dodd Mead Co. will publish the Engl5h
translation in COO eratOn with C. Kegan Paul Co.. OF
London and arrangements have been made by the two
houses for duplicates Of the German illustrations Wleh
are prepared expressly for the work, and VIII be 4oo
number Professor Sidney Colyln. Slade Professor Of
AIT IN the University OF Cambridge. will make tie trans
iation and edit the entire edition. The work is com
prehenslve one, including the painting OF az countries
Mead & Co.'S during the coming Fall There VIII Ger
tanly be one volume more ana neTe nay Uo W.,
the edition of Ldbke the success OF which large and
expensive work has encouraged this new undertaking
The " Lubke' is already III It's third edition
Brief items: G.. P. Putnam's Sons have
in press for issue early in May, book Of travel
by John Goldman called The Round Trip by
way OF Panama through California Oregon, Nevada,
Utah Idaho and Colorado" which will give in
formation in regard TO railroads, commerce, aGri-
culture and mining besides describing the coun
try and people. The same firm Will publish IN
about ten days pamphlet by Professor Burt g. Wilder
on Emergencies" and have in for publication
soon a work On "POtts's Disease" by Dr. Newton NJ
Shafer Colonel Valentine Baker has written an ac
count Of the late war Bulgaria. which Is nearly ready
at sampson Low & Co.'S, London 1t promises TO be IN
ali respects Of the most important narratives
Of the military events that led to the Treaty
of San stefano which has yet appeared'.----
pamphlet of twelve pages. containing q
list OF prices Tor which the books the Briney Library
were sold III preparation at Hartford and copies will
be ready at George A. Ieavit & Co.'s. Clinton Hall in
"Com2Ieie Angel was recently sold in London for
S5s....R Worthngton has just published Science at
subjects connected with everyday ne and has received
an edition IN one youBe 3j NILS @ bS ln
=
resenls what bong done by English scholars In the
direction Of classical and Bible study will hereafter he
edited nv William A. wright ana Henry jackson, OF
CambrdGe University, and Ingram Bywater OF oxford.
The collection of Napoleon autographs and
portraits made by the late Baron Heath who for many
years was the Italian COnsul-Genera in London was
sold by auction in London a fortnight The three
large volumes which contained them fecned 1920
OAly one letter by Napoleon l. was contained In the
collection The great rarity Of letters by him is well
known 10 collectors. This single specimen had for
time been missing, and though every effort was made
10 And It, It was not discovered until just before the
hour of sale Special interest attaches 10 1t from the
fact that II was addressed by him to the Empress
Josephine. 1t is a short letter extremely negibe and
dated from Arras August 20, 1904 He addresses her
as Madame ct cIere femme" and, after line or two
as to his movements continues: "J'ai quelque lmpa
thence de vOus Jai appris avec plaisir que vOus
ayez continue los Giles peuvent que vOus fare
du bien Ma sant6 est bonnie Eugene Sc porte ben ct
est aVec moi Mile chooses amables partOut" The
first volume also contains several official documents, on
the margins OF which he had written brief notes in
eiugulary illegiblc scribbe and bad spelling" Four
Official papers pertaining the army IN Italy are signed
"BDnaparte," and letter which written the day
before the Battle Of Jena, October 49, 1906 is signed
Napoleon" There two letters from Josephine
One from her successor Marie Louise Is dated April IS
1873 lust two months before the Battle Of Waterloo
and when Napoleon in the midst Of his prepare
mons for final strugge with the allied powers. Marie
Inuse who will be remembered had refused 70 com
MY with tie Emperuls request reOln him at Paris
after from Eba writes 10 the Baron lie Nes-
sembtrg inQurDg II II IL true that the Connie NlepperB,
whom she sfterward msrned, had broken his leg, aud
adds hope it is not true; that would grove me-"
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