New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-19
LITERARY NOTES.

8
,ha Gregi is 10 he published Tho nrs volumo OF II was
issnca Jannary o. tac anniversary Of the Kings birth
day.
In the birmingham Library there were
,o-. Than three hundred editions Of Shakespeare ana
the only one " all that saved the Handy VOL
unr" cdtion in thirteen volumes.
The first issue of Macmillan & Co.'s trans
lqtiou OF De- Bu.chs boot, on Bismarck was SOFA ne
fore it was published aud new one is probably of the
presses IN London before his time.
Charles Lambs essays, including both the
ella and "Euaua," aud the memoir Of Lamb by
yorrv Cornwall. have been published in two neat
imperial 32mJ volumes, by George Ben " No"''
OF London.
Blanchard Jclrold's "Life Of George Crulk-
shank vas al written last spr'ng. the prining' or"N
ings. etc, have all been executed ana the "olN = wv
ready for publications but The Acadcy learns ihS ne
book lis likely to make fret appearance III court
law Instead Of in TIE ordinary manner.
ChauceI's knights Tale has been trans
lated into Persian by an English gentleman ana an
Afghan Of Persian descent II is said to have involved
a vast amount Of literary labor. Al the same time u j
learned that the VceConsul OF France, VINO Is SUI
dent Of English literature is engaged noon tr1atse on
Cnauc,r rs a representative OF English literature IN 'he
fourteenth century. ~
Next Saturday Porter &; Coates will publish
n new work by Joseph A. ScisS, d. D., author OF
e." Miracle in stone" II is called "Nolcos from BABY
lou and is intended as an introduction To the BOON o
Daniel Ii is accompanied Ivy revised translation OF
the entire book prophet Of Bobylon and mnc rS
cent information touching Ine GnSl"n' 'upi0s mas
employed 10 1lUstratc his nalIAlious'
The sketch of ThackCray for John Morley
"Eucish Men OF Letters" series viii be Written .!
Anthony TrolIope, aud that OF Adam hnl'h 'y L. H.
Courtney NJ p. HE first Of this series WAS 'Joh-
son" vhchin LuglnuJi Is now I'm SIS sixth tho"s'h"
then came scott" now in It's fifth thousand;
"Gbon" IN ITS ionrih "shrilcv." IT. tfth; Gold
smith in lis fourth, ana Hume in It's am.
4 writer in The Acadcmy Uondon) in re-
viewing HaMertoI's new "L"c OF TURNER, indicates
whore ne believes further material Tor fuller under
standing Of tIc artists character may be ioani J'"n
Pc the onerayer Who died not Ions ago. was wan OF
individual thought, distinct personality III art an"
Dc knew Turner wen. liner, cNistst says, somcNhero
or other. "papcrs OF his which viii some day i'Ne"
mach and interest Us much" or othcr cnTaye's VINO
w-Ce brought greatly into connection tn IL. Pn,',
zone dicd only the other DAY al BlEntol' ana on rs
h.i.' !iNn-, an as i c"l,.lnrs r.obaly BAT lew
Death has thmncd and is iIcqucnuy busy "iih''
Justin Mccarthy has written history
wLicA comprises tNo largo octave volumes 1.e nrsI
edition Wds suid rapidly IL LONDON u"t lO'"UF
in the country seems - have known anything apo"
the BOOK until TIC second EDITION was published lie
callsita History OF Our own Times" II Is said tHat
Mr. Mccarthy has made no pretCLce to phI'sophlctI
discussions, cOu,onjilS himself with giving clear
narrative in epi>oIca form, OF the chief events IN the
reign OK VctoIla. MI. Mccarthy made his first reputa-
Lon
IN The United states, and returning home, became
novelist. Coupled WIN TIE publication of ms new hs-
tory comes the uuuouac meut that nc intends now 10
stsG for an lrSh borough at the genera f'llaheA'
uiy election, and tnat nc us beforehand assured u
success"
4 curious literary venture has just met with
signal success IN Italy. Only few months asoa book
of poems was Published in Bologna with the title
Posturna Canzoniorc iii Lorenzo 5tecchrti' az ed
i,oria note ststng that the author was young poet
who had become well known from contribu-
tons 10 the magazines over tho name MFR
QUITO" and that he had just died. leaving this
volume as lis only literary legacy TO tho world. a
few details OF his unhappy NE given by DR.. Olndo
GuerrIni, LIBRARIAN Of the University Of Bologna,
who professed TO ne cousln OF the dead poet.
The book sold fast 1t could be printed, edition
after edition being exhausted Ii was nualy made
known tnat The author was hO other th"A d. Quorum
himself.
The origin of the EuusCan race is one of
The mos; disputed problems IN tho whole compass OF
classical inquiry. That the country of Italy to which
they gave name Inhabited before them, men are
pretty well agreed also that they came originally from
another land. Beyond these points there are Wide
divcrgencos of OpiuIon. Mr.. George Dennis has Just
published entirely edition OF his "CIiies and
Cemeteries Of Etura," which first appeared nearly
thirty years 60 For the first edition he made several
tours through that country, and at least oneGrlf
OF Inc work was written there For the second he has
made five additional tours aud the entire WORK has been
revised IN Italy. Nj. Dennis does not claim TO have
solved the difficult pYOuom. but he adEcrcs TO the ira
Itlone recorded by HeIOdou that the Lruscans were
q colony from the ydans Of Asia Minor VINO migrated
Into Italy sea Apart from this theory the book has
n rare interest from the information gives TO snow the
extraordinary degree OF civilization which that people
had attained lagos before the hut Of Komulus
arose on the Paatine" They were undoubtedly one
of the most remarkable nations OF antiquity the great
cyizers OF Itllyand their influence extended over the
whole Of the ancient world, aud has affected
every subsequcnt age, including tic present Mr.
Dennis claims that Rome before her intercourse with
Greece Indebted to Eruria for alnos everything
that tended 70 ezalt her nation, "saye her stern
vir,uc her thirst for conquest, and her udOmItabc
courage, which peculiarly her own The re-
searches OF recent years have far disclosed her in
terual history that IL promises long 10 be as dis
tuci and palpable that OF Egypt, Greece or Rome
for 1t Is written the mighty walls OF her cities and
other architectural monuments; on heI-Ioads. her
sewers her tunnels but above al III her se4uchrcs-on
craven rocks and the painted walls Of Ombs" II is
hot the purpose of the book TO build theory on The
origin Of this singular people. the character Of their
language the peculiar nature ~ tLcr civilizations
lut TO indicate precisely what e now 10 be found on
each site Of CITY or cemetery. Jtfurla or Old was
'dcnsCly populated" and what IL now tho zen or the
iaglc tie haunt the wild boar, the buffalo, the iON
aud the noXiOus reptile where often breads stay
hs steps and hurT.s away as from characterization
land o. old Welded rich hoIvests of corn vino aud OIL
and contained many cities mighty and opulcHt, EtO
whose laps Commerce poured the treasures Of the East
and the precious products Of Hellenic genius
The country was divided into small territories, tdth
with ts city Ike ancient Greece dud thr Italy OF the
middle ages But the uf these ancient cities, now
without a hap'taut, fTr"Owcd annually ty the
lCUsu or forsaSen a. Improbable WllderDtsses Mr.
model 0f the topographic art scHDLcr Ne!IUGd nave
received II.