, 1879-05-10
LITERARY NOTES.

N. Henri Houssaye is preparing n " History Of
tic Conquest Of Greece BY the RoMais."
Tile Little Of jean Iugclow's new novel, which
has begun to appear In the Liptng Age, ia "Sasah
do Barcnger."
Mrs Charles Dickens, tho widow Of tho emil
peut novelist, was, at the last English mail
ndy!ccs, lying dangerously III.
Tcnuysou has not claimed any particular
abtl,ty a. criminal lawyer, and yet II Is said
l.o recc,ycd $l,5o0 for Ills "Deieuse Of Luck
now."
Tho PHILADELPHIA Lttlgsr editoraIly lamen Is
t],c dcDorture Of Or. AIlibonc from that city To
bcco,no the Librarian OF tho Lcnnox Library,
Now York.
Miss SusQn Warner, OF "Wfdo, Wido World"
rc,lltatIon, has u new bootk in the press OF Kub-
crt Carter, called ":iy Desire" 1t will br H.
sued IN May,
Mr.. Murray will shortly publish Capt Gill's
account Of hls recent Journey through China 10
l.urn'n., 1hs title will bo, "Tls River Of
Golden Salld."
The wonderful blbllograph!cat collection OF
Mr.. Ituth, u eseut 1.oudOn merchant, IL DOW to
be brought TO tue hummer. It Ia estimated 10
hnyc cust oser SG00. 0.oo0.
Mir. William Bln!ltle, the most careful and con.
scryatlye ot muscular Chrls.!ans nas book ~ s., tn
StsunE att How to Stay 3d."
Mr.. s. e. Hail Is about to publish IA Memory
OF T!Jnina Mooreth with whuH hn was acQua!nt-
cd 40 long nGu rs 1891, Tic centenary u the
port Is to bo columemoratcd In Dublin 6n the
%stlt Of May.
A. remarkable romance ey Julius Rolcnbcrg,
cd IN uesnany. Like Paul ltayso's "lm Pava-
ui.c" it auplcts Dcrliu as Hcfse depicts Munich,
anil concentrates IN ltselI the poetry Of city.
Prof. Moses Colt Tyler has in preparation
" Mutual Vi English Ltersturc u for use In this
country. This work ts founded upon Mr.:
IlpurY MorleY's hook, md llas been prepared
under an arrangement hetwcrll the two AUTHORS.
Tl,e world Is 10 hare tho fullest 'pusslble IN
formation coutcrn!ng rone's cA.upalgn in Yir-
r;n}a, In addition IN tslt tlnoUrate report Ut
The late hoard of Inquiry, We Aro to have Ills
tory oI that campaign by Air. GeoEsa II. Gor.
lDn
AlIehe,ct's widow has published In Paris tho
first OF her hus0arA'3 puathunlo!ts works. "l.e
Nanqust,''-wllich vtyidiy describes Gcnon nlnl
ths cecrluss country rouHu 1t, It's Impoverished
Inhabitants anl his own experience ~ an lnvul'd
among them.
Another novel by Emile Zola Is to be brought
out IL tlls soantry J.: u rste5sqa H. 9ra, nav,tfs !,
under tie ti.lo "Il!e Abbe's Teaiptation,n tho
translation l.ayiul; been made by john stirling
II viii be ready III u lew days.
| Mr.. Charles Dickens Is compiling, for publtca.
ton Ills season, utG{tuliAfy OF l4oluunI
which uilaa at presenting, iu i concise, conycn-
lieut., und economical form, oil intclgae splt-
ouio Of every ktna OF practical Information
about Londuu, 'tNo work Of itA precise scO,Ie
has" says Mr.. Dickens, "bten over yet Ut.
tempted, ana the arrangement Ut tie details
| will be IN manY respects as novel u the general
plap.n
A Paris correspondent says that It Is only BY
u acyese strctcl. OF tbs Imagination that the
Figaro can b called a newspaper. '.As for tie
daily evcnss that happen among Paris OK, ,0NO
vi iababitapis ills tiqaru nuycr prele,,ls to Gyu
tl,c slightest uccount, nor Ia thls to bu Wondered
at, considering tho Guitars Ut the payer aru nut
huppuscl to hare anY cogntxanco at a[l OF t!lu
ln,Iy events Of Paris He. They are expected
ratIer to contribute tsc dssprit, witty critctans
81 utirr 10 pcrs, aud biting satlras on opposition
uoIiticlaus. As to their relations To tl!e day'a
ttioings they 'alsht just ~ well b. In tho Raaru
OF 1850 a3 OF l81b"
q, n, Putuamts Sons add to their announce.
ments Tor tha spring aeasou:, "tto'nan DAYS."
nr tic swedisl, author. VEktor Ryabor9;
"Wotnan t,lu stronger,na novel BY a, pew
author; IA Bundiu Ut Papers, serles Of -.
SAYS aid sketches BY psul Ltagyolle; "Ths
Normal and Pathological Histology Of the Eyc,"
bra. All, ii. D.; lbs new "CedaIerott" edition
of Haya1d Tsylot's novels, comprising Hannah