New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-15

suffered heavy loss, has rendered tho whole poem IN
English wonderfully close and wonderfully Tree from
strain and harshness Line for line and metre for me-
ire he followed Gocthes way fnchng before no dilcu
lies and seldom otherwise than vac otlouS Hh"I ~
great thar could have hoped for snccoss VINO nu
not in himself enough of the poetic sprl' 10 uhoeaAo
II M a labor of love-
Henry Irving's article in the February Nine
tenth Ceu,,,ri Is No 3 OF his An Actors Notes ON
Shakcspcare and has the motto look here upon THIS
picture and on this" MT j. Norman Lockyer writes on
the chemical Elements" and Professor Fawcett on
the Financial Condition Of India" Mr. Henry puncK-
ley, whose papers Martins Life OF the Irlne Co
SORT over the pen name "VeraI." have attracted
wide attention IN England, has an artc'c on 'oh"i
Rule"
Scclcy's Life and Times Of Stein" will be
ready At Roberts Brothers to-day. It will make
two octave volumes and have portrait and several
maps The author lie now ReGus Professor OF MOD
ern History in the University OF Cambridge
and II was he who wrote tho famous Ecce
Homo" This life OF Stein has been widely
noticed in the London paper. and Is undoubtedly among
the most important historical works of tho time. II
was reviewed by The Aenoum, in an article nine COL
umns long That paper TO it " very high place
among tEosc recent histories which have aimed at orS
nal research" and finds "nO page that IS superhuous
and none that unnteTeStng" The value OF the DOOR
by tho fact that every day tho interest
attaching To tue political conditions Of Germany In
creases Every day see more ana more cledry INC
outlines great constitutional struggles, possibly
OF the revolution that must surely soon come abou'
The subject Is one which has before been treated
bv English author. In London the work was tc,
carded OF such Importance secure It's publication
under the auspices Of the University i'ress.
The sermons and addresses which Dean
Stanley delivered while in this country ami Canada VIII
be pnnished to-day by Macmillan & Co. I'm 12mo vol
uc OF $50 pagc OF the addresses there are nine hye
OF tbQm having been delivered in AewYOrk and tee
others at Salem, Boston, Baltimore and lryingtonon-
the-HudsOn. There are eight sermons, four OF Whcn
preached in this city. and ono each at Boston,
Philadelphia, Quebec ana S'ockOridge, Mas preface
10 the sermons is printed with the title The Condition
or RELIGIOUS inquiry" In note at the beginning OF the
book Dean Stanley comments these pages TO the In
diligence the American people, with the humble hope
that they tend in some measure to forward those
higher principles OF Christian civil zaion on which the
sU eO States so largely depends" The book Is printed
in large tyne on heavy paper ana mas an t1.c,n'
Photgraph Oh ne DGaisin & in bc within The
reach OF every interested in It. and the number OF
/ such people must be very large
The books belonging to the late Mr.. 1luth,
Of London, form very important collection lie" Id
England are more The nest private lbIary In Great
Britain is that Of Lord Spencer, wnich was chiehy
formed by the second Earl, who employed the famous
DDdin as lis Librarian, and TIE praises of which That
prince Of bibiophles has gratefully recorded AItef
the Spencer collection comes the GrchVe, no" III INC
British Museum ana the property II The Nation tcost
! 100000. Next IN rank IS the library OF NJ num-
when cost nearly double what the Grenvle collection
did largely due, however to the rapid Increase In the
pecunary value of books. Before his death MI
Hutn had been engaged for some years in preparing an
elaborate catalogue Of his books. and his widow viii
continue the work. intending II make II pcIlha-
nent memorial of her husbunds tastes and industry
Compeent Judges have already estin rcd the va ne OF
the collection Win reference TO current auction prices
ana they place 100000. the lots number Ebnut
10000 and it is estimated that the sale VIII extend
over forty days. The famous RoXnurgbe sale ~ ISL,
at which the Valdarfcr Boccaccio was shocked down
at $1,000, lasted foIty-twO days. 1t IL pr'D-De
that the HUH sale will be divioed into four sales, one
'or each volume OF the catalogue and that each sale
will he separated from another by an interval OF al
least SIX months Mr. Huth was not fond OF Ola DIHi
jnEs as most collectors are, and the larger portion OF
his books has been bound In sumpuous style.