New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-21
LITERARY NOTES.


lish Men of Letters series is announced
Charles ScIibner's Sons report that Froude's
Caesar is already in its second edition scrionev
Wexford have ready in their new series OF ILLUSTRATES
Lives Of the Great Artists two new Volumes kaph"e
and Van Dyck and Franz HAS,
The Heine revival in England, OF which the
latest feature Is the announcement of TRANSACTIONS oil
his complete works, gives interest to fact NOT gen
orally known VIZ: That for want of TRANSACTIONS OF MS
works in their own country, London publishers nave
bought editions OF at least two works by him IN TINS
country. Henry Holt 4 Co. have published four VOL
umes by him, " Pictures OF Travel" "scintlauons OF
Heine" Pearls from Hene" and the " Book OF songs
the last having been translated by Charles g. Leland
They sold an edition of the Pictures Of Travel in Eng
land and the Book Songs they st sell there Ihs
house expects have ready about the 25th OF tnis
month Alexander Johnston's handbook OF AmerioaHH
Politics. which will mako thlck l6mo. NoIume' anu
promises TO supply need OF long standing.
The recent publication, at Berlin, of Count
Moitke's Wanderbjch" leads The AhenGuDa, in re-
viewing it, that the the actual events
OF 1870 and 1871 become known from private memoirs
ms well as from Official documents some of which are
little known beyond the Continent the more 1t appears
certain that Count Moltke and not Bismarck was I'D
reality the leadug spirit OF the time He commanded
not only In the field but in the cabinet Also In etter
from Paris dated III December, 1856, the Count oe-
scribes the Emperor waiting for Prince tfeueUcA
William at the foot OF the staircase IN the Tueres IN
taller man: no looks very vel horseback but less so
on foot There IS a certain mmobihty in his features
md was struck by the vacant, or might say aolhG'
look OF his eyes, pleasant AID goodhumOred smile is
,gsfaat, SSI me- TcJ iS II He does rot assume
imposing attitudes and even appears shy III coH'eS
ton He IS Emperor, but not King.
The BabylOnian civilization and the cunel-
form svs,om OF writing by which the literature OF
Babylonia was preserved, owed its origin, SAYS MT
sayce In his book, to allied neither in booo nor
IN language 10 the AssyTans or TO the later senl.o
populations OF Bduyl0na ITSELF This race Is usua1
termed the Acc5diau and marked by It's sluhteu
urure and obioue eyes. A considerable part Of the
literature of Ba0ylolia and Assyria now remaining was
COMPOSED originally this tongue, out Of which II was
translated into the language after the semltc con-
quest OF 900 B. CT while the Accadan language with
this overthrow the Accadian power became exnnet
as a spoken language The works composed in It, es-
leciay those pertaining TO religion and law, caused II
foreman az literary dialect just Latin remained in
the Middle Ages For a considerable period afterwart
al acquaintance with Acc0dian was required OF every
person claiming 10 be educated ana u was gSgu a.
To assist IN learning the ancient anEusse Sfalnlu
& yorss mar modern scholars have been able
10 deriys their present knowledge VI the A'caulah
tongue,
The leading article in the July number of
me Fortaighay Rerieg is Cardinal Newman, by W.
J. Lily Mr. Lilly is of the opinion that IN large measure
is dle 10 the Traetaran movement all that most sig
Tally distinguishes the present position OF Catholics
from that which they occupied half century ago. For
generations they dwel, he said, In darkness ana the
shadOw Of DEATH and the hand entered into their
souls but after the of Emancipation the fresher
zeal the wider cultivation and the uncramped energies
Of the band OF proseytcs, whom Cardinal Newman
headed were placed az the service OF Catholicism in
England This new blood IN the Catholic communion he
regards very important result Of the oxford move
mrnt long he thinks ii will be found that
80 as Catholic Church is concerned, the most
considerable product OF Tractaranism is her gain OF
John Henry Newman himself, her acquisition OF this
one mlnG-a mind upon a level with that OF Pascal or
Bossuet aud unitiug to much which was highest and
best in both, great eudOwments that were given TO
neither" OF New mans mastery of the English tongue,
sl7. Lilly shares with many wise and discerning men
the opinion living writer has attained such SUI
premaoy. His Anglican Difficulties" Is, perhaps, the
most powerful wOIt Of religious controversy in the Eng
OF our literature shall find passages OF loft1er ec-
quence and religious feeling than In his sermons
VINO has DISPLAYED greater descriptive force, or more
Cousumnate power Of wordpar ting, than he who Las
made ancient Kittens live before us Z"
A seller of old books in London has written
for The Pal 41H Gazette confession of few of his
sins which would gladden. the heart OF many Aneri
can buyer the writer gave any evidences of repent
ance. The na7ete OF his confession is simply charming
bu the morals OF it are very bad a number Of u.s.
he says, crowd 10 auctiOn-room, where library is
brought the hammer, and buy every article Here
know another, and C0ch OF us Dids Tor rest
There is therefore, advance the first bid unless
an outsider iuterfeTes wheG run the price up
beyond what he cares 70 give This trick, repeated
often as may necessary dssusts the outsiders and
secures tie stock for ourselves at far less than s
real value" When the auction is over they retire TO
neighborng tavern and repeat il" among Themselves.
There the volumes 20 fair prices, which allows the
buyer 40 per for profit on his private business
IAN being sold, up the totals of the two sales
subtract smaller from the greater and divide the
remainder equally among those present" This is not
all; nor is It the startling confession one OF the
Graft" has to make. 1--WE have good many ways OF
enhancing the value OF Celebrities Of all
SORTS who are 10 seryiceabe 70 in way about to be
described merely literary, are dying off every
day. and their libraries disposed Of. In these cases
we look up stock ali likely books, furnish them
with sham b0ok-plates and autographs and soon get
nd OF them AT fancy prices. II is fact that after
Lord MaCaulaY's death thousands OF volumes which he
never saw were sold tins way coming from bis
library" A. nobody inspected this sort or tactics IN
seller old bO0ks one OF the Craft gives his friends
Completely away j bad been ser 10 keep ETH little
lOu ger The world 60 suspect the members OF his
Tie most conscientious transactions with their fellow
pentance the Cnw0ry buyer ueed hardly hope for that
uutil the golden age.