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that had but the most moderate capacity for
1t, literature was the only alternative left open

! that had but the most moderate capacity ior
1t, literature was the only alternative lett open
] to me-"
The printing press which Napoleon carried
I With him to Moscow, ami which fell into tue
hands OF the Russians dur1g his retreat, is nov
at st. Petersburg. and the owner oilers 10 SUI
it for I 900 zouujes (S'32ot.
A uniform edition Of Voltaire's works is now
! publishing III Paris, Of which the twenty-thfsu
volume is just out. The seventh and last vol
nme OF a uniform and complete "Montes-
! quieu" is also announced.
Mr., Planehe, the dramatist, now upward OF 50
| years of age, is still under the necessity ol
| ]aboring at his desk. anu the proposition has
| been made to publish for his benefit hanti-
| some edition OF his eItrasasanzas IN i've VOL
| nmcs.
| 4 Turkish Commission on the alphabet has
| recommended the use Of Roman letters Tor statt
military maps, BECAUSE thty allow more names
| in the same space than the Arabic character.
| This is regarded as step towards Romanizins
the Turkish language.
There seems some prospect of the catalogue
of printed books in the British Museum library
being published at last, if orders. for l,oOo
copies from the libraries OF the world are re-
ceivcd. A specimen page has been prepared.
1t may be printed at a cost as low us 81 q vol
ume foolseap folio Of 1000 pages. The cata-
lognc would include English printed books from
1850 to 1878, representing about 0,000 vol
umes, aud comprising between 2,uo0, coo aud
5000, 600 Of cntres,i. G., main titles aud cross
references. Tie work would require about
forty-fiye volumes
At the recent Tennvson sa1c in London, 1.-THE
Lovers Tale" the chief curiosity OF the colcc-
tion, brought S205. 1t is a single poem of
sixty pages, 12mo size, and was privately print
ed in 1888. Of the :. Poems BY Two Brothers"
was sold for Sl9.25; the large paper one, &hich
was presentation copy from Charles Teunysou.
for s5O, und the other large paper ones for Sis
nnd S41.25, respectively. ''Poems, Chiefly Lyr-
ical,'' by Alfred Tennyson Qs30), being tic first
edition In which the poets name appeared,
fetched S42.5U. a copy Of the first edition If
Maud " vent for SG15, one OF in Memo
riam y for $eG25, and one OF the "ldylls Of d
King for s7.75
At the celebration Of the twenty. fifth ami
vcrsary of the establishment in New York Of the
American branch Of the publishing house OF
tieorge Routledge l. Sons, a few evenings since,
the company sang after q toast complimentary
to the manager:
For be is Rontledgeman;
For he himself has sad 1t,
And it's greatly to his credit
That lie is Routledgeman,
That nc is Il Routledsen,an;
For ne might have been HarpAf.
A Scribner Carter,
Or perhaps an Applc-tdn,
Or perhaps an Apple-fdn.
Bnt, in spite OF a|l temptations
To sell out publications.
He remains Ruutcdgeman,
He remains Routlcdseman.
II. Zola, prolific and successful writer that be
is. secms to be nothing II not critical. Few Of
his brother noyeists have escaped the Judgment
OF his pen, whether Of high or low degree, and
in several articles contributed to the T0itdire.
Those who hold up VI. Hugo as universal ge-
MUS are, he says, his worst enemies, and. In
spite Of Lies Miserables," II. Zola aflirms that
In S9o1 ]Srf1f SAc Arn
only as poet. He is the most mar I
vclous handler Of words and rhythrns the |
French have ever had, but even as poet be is !
declared to be in full decline. He is rare and |
splendid plant, now fully ripe aud in the hight
Of his greatness, but he is SO great that he is |
failing to pieces, So ripe that bis verses fall to
the ground like fruit in autumn" ~ Zola |
knows Gorkmen who reduce their expenses for
tobacco IN order to buy Hugos books-not to
read Them, but to bind and keep them Us part Of !
the furniture Of the best room In their homes.
Froudc's ssCmsar,'' now in press at Charles
Of May, will make crown svo. Of several hun
dred pages. Mr.. Froude calls it "A Ske1ch,n
and explains in a preface that he does this be-
cause tile materials do not exist for portrait
At the end Of the final chapter he remarks that
Caesar "fought his battles to establish some
tolerable degree Of justice in the government OF
this world,h and that he succeeded, "though he
WIS uAurucFeu loT .u0uiS III 6transs33e ana |
startling Resemblance be continues "between
the fate OF the Founder OF tile Kingdom OF this
world and Of the Founder Of the Kingdom not
Of this world. for which the first was prepara-
ton. Each was denounced for making himself :
q King; each was maigued Us the friend OF rub-
leans and sinners; each was betrayed BIZ those
sflutn he had loved and cared for; each was put
10 death; and Cesar also was believed to have
risen again und assembled into Heaven and be-
,ame divine being" The Standard, of Lon
Ion, declares the work to be-" by far the best
account OF Julius Cesar to be found in tile En- |
slish language" Froude's estimate of Caesar
s. it thinks, in the main correct, while no writer
'as probably better understood uud depicted the
characters Of Marius and Sylla-
ART NOTES. !
The DUO d'Aumale has bought for sum,
aid to be over 600 600 francs, the collection of
ortg paintings of II. F. Reiset Honorary Di-
cctor Of National Museums which In ce1nbrated t 1