New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-25
LITERARY NOTES.

writer in g German periodical holds 'naV
Che transaction between Heine's brother ana 'no
trian Court, by which certain OF the poets Nsiu"Ol
MSS passed out of Germany. was illegal, ana nc 'N
prcsses hone that the present holders OF tue MSS
they hear Of this fact. will restore TO the German
q treasure which II is enttled 10 oelnahu'
The first edition of a useful work on sS-
cno,ocvp nv Dr. W. d. Wilson, of Cornell UNIVERSITY
having been exhausted edition is in press wnVn
VII he ready about the goth Of September ~ VIII us
revised enlarged aud rearranRed 10 meet the new Sbf
aud phases Of the subject W nlSSn, nav IA is&S
since the first edition was published III lo'-'
Italian biographers of Victor Emanuei
lave so often gone TO the extremes OF pTase "uu W.
sure That an accurate and truthful account OF MS Io
was much needed 1t is believed that " = U'aA W
1vor- IN two volumes, published by Macmillan Co.,
has met this want writer in The Daily NerS accepts
in for The present the most satisfactory ana eope
work on the subject that has been published Ill any idu
guage.
OF Buckle as opposed to Macaulay, and rep
resenting the class historians who would make "a
history an exact science, Professor seeley says nv
succeeded In flashing his theory upon tue pnOo iu -
such a way that ldca not IN itselt popu'"i "
once popularly understood, and his book maoe EIe'
b,, Than had been made by history since 49,,
laws The book had, however IN ms me- saws II is not
effect the course OF specUmuoh' anu III
now very often referred TO- \,
An imnort9nt work on the Roman medal
lions being handsome Quarto volume mas Ie0eu'S 81
,eorad IN Paris IL is edited by NJ Froehher WHO j.
well known in Europe rs the editor Oh h"HI"n'o"'
1D,no NJ Frochuer has collected ana engraved 10
fewer than $40 examples of Roman meoalons,
winch however. included number OF speCi ore
Nrbch a. believed were current as coins ana are
not properly medaihons'
Three new works by Arsene HOussaye are an
,,o,rcod in PARIS One is on the ladies who composed
Molere's company and with all his KNOWLEDGE OF INC
Coincide FRANC ise since he was the director OF from
1s4q 1856 The Saturday ReUiec expected lie Wohu
write with mere accuracy than he has done Anoner Is
work on philosophy, Of which 1t Is said that the au
thors Imagination has 6ee3 KP CaS read The
third volume ia called Histories komanes9ues, ua W,
lust what character the foreign papers 40 ho' 1'
saw.
The Count Ag6nOr de GaspaTin, of whom
life has lust been published by A. D. T. Randolph Co.,
was one OF the most Incorporating OF aptEsmVery
men In Europe His interest in the American OWL wal
as deem and AT one time ne carried active cor
respopdence with President Lincoln. In book called
cine Uprising Of Great People" he predicted that the
North would succeed, and this was at the time when
Southern victories had led many wise men in Europe TO
believe that North had lost its cause He believed III
the sovereignty Of principle and would not allow siacG
ling facts shake his confidence. Another DOCK Tncn
he puoshed called Some Things OF General inter
est to French Professionals" Lectures that nc delivered
an Geneva are said 10 had rivals there III popu-
iauty except the lectures of Pere Hyacnthe and FRO
lessor NayIIe.
A somewhat curious instance of a work,
often quoted by writers but by the public
has come to light in Great Britain. In IVA the Rev.
George Low made tour in Orkney and Shetland ana
that he left writing interesting record OF IL mas
long been known TO persons Interested in the literary
history OF those Islands. though little known to any
one ese For more century nearly all writers on
tocs related to Orkney and shetland have made use OF
IT, some Of them avlng themselves freely Of its orig
final sketches and descriptions. Although the au'hOF
himself prepared il for publication yet by some hook
or crook 81 has never made accessible to the public
uDril now The Ms belonged to the late David Laing,
of me gnet Library, EuOurgh, and was through hln
mai BTtsd publishing house has been able to print in
hook form 4
Low also left iu condition suitable Tor puDncatOn
history Of the Ormeys. comprising about 500 quartz
F sia1ci O" "n''ns' no 'H'' Is 10 '' p'''' ~
That the Sacred Books of the East are full
OF primeval wisdom and sound and simple moral
teaching, Max Miller does not admit Those pioneer
scholars Who have opened the first through the
bewilderng forest of that literature have DONE he
SAYS real mischief by raising expectations that cannot
be fulfilled He has ong felt that it high time TO
dspel such illusions and TO place the study OF tue
ancient gons of the world real and sound,
and more truly historical basis" The need is for
thorough and complete translaons. Men do not know
Germany when they the Rhine, nor Rome when
they have looked upon st. Peters In giving extracts
no one can resist the giving what is beautiful,
strange startling and leaving out what is common
place. tedious, repusive or diflcult 10 understand
Rightly to know sacred Books that which fresh,
natural supple. beautiful and should be studied
by side or that which Is arhra, silly, mdeOus and
rcppant. How this mixture should exist at all is
problem but IT exists and IN some way 1t must be a.
be properly studied IN English and properly understood
Is ole motive which has led to the series of transa
recently undertaken by Professor Muller, with the
help Of many other oriental scholars
Books for children have shown an improve
merit in late years that well stand a comparison
with more serious works. The holidays for three
four years past brought forth very remark
able productions this kind Last season gorgeous
"Mother Goose" and two three other Boston works
were quite startling TO behold DOdd, Mead Co. have
prepared thus early In the year two Juvenile works that
Will open wide many child's eyes, aud broaden many
faces One OF them Is called "Around the Yule Log"
by Richard Markham. aud is collection OF stories
bearing on the colonial period Of American history
The wars Of the Pequos the sutferDgs and peculiar
customs OF Puutans. and picturesque incidents OF
The Revolutionary epoch furnish themes for many a
thrilling tale The volume Is beautifully printed 1t has
host Of illustrations and the fantastic 1t Is
in gold, yellow and red. would instantly pc seen DIV
child anywhere within Ieaen Oh Sue nanou
other volume the title open Sesame, aud IKE us
c c0pnoq 4om@qn old stories ike Pa.s in Boots"
"Blnebeard 4" Jack, the Giant klIcr,' ana "GOody
rage Illustration for each cooIs gold. quite equal
Ing The best work that has been lone IN inns new ana
striking feature OF Juvenile illustrations
One historians opinion of another historian
always has a special interest. In MacnftL0n's Maya
zine for August Professor j. r. Seeey. author among
other works. Of recently published Life aud Times
OF STEM" says Of Macaulays work that II has done
mischief which very difficult TO repair. hacau-
lay has created impression that he has laid down
royal road historical knowledge. making it necessary
10 say once again that there royal roads TO knOw
edge Maclulays principle that history may be made
as interesting as romance " periously demands an
interesting plot that shall keep curiosity always awake
characters well marked and sklfully contrasted, an
easy flow Of narrative making the knotest matters OF
legislation aud finance easy the c. and most
of all reasonable number Of Amusing anecdotes" His
tories OF this kind are brought into existence by sort
Of literary magic whch cosrupLs ahI iesIhes his.oiy.