New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-01-22
LITERARY NOTES.

The most gifted of the younger authors iii
Holland il a Young lady who writes under INC po'
name OF A. s. C. Wallis She has 1nst punnS T war ar
tOrical novel Of the days of the eighty years ~
Tho JanoneSe Government never untll now
nos any portion OF the scriptures to I've pun
Ished in that country. Recently it gave authority 10
japanese publ sher to PRINT an ediuoh Vi '"o DUN VI
Genesis In Inc Chinese language 3,
A cold medal has been offered 10y the R0yal
Ahr,loral Society OF Rome To the author oil the pest
troatise IN The Roman Forum and its monuments
tu, the Via Sacra TO the Arch Of Titus and extending
from the classic ny To the present day
Nearly all the copies of Herbert Spencer :
cbcap English edition OF his four ESSAYS on Eiucaoh
have been sold within two months and new Issue Is J."
hand Mt spencer will not spend the Winter IN AEfrI"
o intended but IN the south Of France where
he has already gone,
When the City of Antwerp in is" ce'e-
bratcd the 30Oh anniycrsarrof the birth Of Knnehs
nr,, was offered for the best history Of Antwerp p"
my which was awarded 10 two compet''r'' Man
Ro,ses and J. Vandcu Brande. Their csSWs, Wheh arc
yolnm nJus. they have just begun to publish
Danish pocm called "DerOvrctra Graend-
sen" which was the frs serious attempt 10 d'" Io''
icsg with the disastrous wsr Of 1851, and ITS reeoI'c
tions and wac published during the past year. "ehI
hroucn seven or eight editions in SIX months several
corno.,r. have st fragment Of it 10 music, which has
penetrated INTO all ranks OF the people.
The German public is not given to buying
books; II subscribcs to circulating libraries instead
not given to buying newspapers Us 'HO "'n'''O' -
the English is Berlin has population c"h>ld-
erably over million but it, Tag Bah the most WI cy
read journal m the city. has ouy about one-thd lie
sale of frst-cIass provincial paper IN England ne
German huTsh. T. NJ! 1licGi, i'.,,l sin's and
Deer-houscs. ~
Berlin correspondent of The LoRdOn Tee
0ydDh says Dr. Busch dd ID; have the consent OF BIS
marck when he ruhn=hed his remarkable book. what
gave color to the story that DE did have 1t was That the
Prince finding the work press. sent friend " revise
fhe proofs and cut Objectionable passages ont OF IT, Bu
fine work Of cXcison was done with sufficient com
pletcncss and the result has been that great dt q"
the Princes frankncss has been published 10 the NO!u
which was never meant to be repeated ont OF private
conversation Another story is that Dr. Busch solicited
BismaYck's permission while the work was IN manu-
script and that the manuscript was submitted to MIN
for approval As thus submitted, the book contained
large number Of anecdotes ana comments concerning
exalted personagcs, the Cx-Emprcss Of the French
among them, to the printing OF which imperative OBJ
lection was made The iuumauon Is SAID 10 nave
reached Dr. Busch that. Il the propOscd book were
pubs shed all II would he without Prince BlsmarckS
authorization aud against his wish bu that II 1t Wcio
published without the previous Of the passages
especially OBJ, ted TO- It's sale would ne p1obeo an"
DR.. Busch wOni probably have reason 20 regret Nc
enterprise. Inc items thus luerdced were Vi course
stricken cut.
OF Mary W0llStOnecrafts ASSOCIATE on with
Gilbert Inlay many incidents are brought out IL l.
said In Mr.. Kegan Piuls book, Mary Woilst"ne-
craft winch Roberts Brothers Will soon publish in th'
country. of the book IN the last Acade"y
Londou) brings the point that, although no formal
marriage proved yet there are facts 10 snow tha
there was acknowledgment enough on Imay's part TO
make bls with May wand one IN those t0u"Ious
lines Tor was IN the 5prn2 Of 1898, when il was
no longer safe for Mary British subject 70 remain IN
PAWS That She consented, she UNDERSTOOD 70 share
the protection accorded 10 Americans. ny becoming the
wife OF an American captain From letters, II appears
that NJ first INLAY INDUCED her in a way e that fairly
FYft. y-ay fup4p of ~
rru51ln selfish pei son, VINO might have filled without
punic scandal in more peaceful and orderly times, the
position OF husband and father But the letters read
like CHAPTERS ont of some unknown novel OF EchdId-
son" They cover space OF two years only Ihan the
parly letters "nohing could De loving and con
tented" But in December, 1898, INLAY went alone 10
Havrc and remained away unnecessarily long. Then
the storm brgan and il not until the February FOL
lowing that he allowed her TO join him. After Tort
night together he found 1t necessary 10 20 TO ParIs
leaving Mary at Havrc. In month he returned, and IN
March, their ill-.;arred daughter, Fanny, was born.
six months later Inlay went to London Mary re-
naming in Paris and they did not meet again between
September and Apr. The letters covering this period
bring out the growth of the enlargement between
them. when finally conscious OF lmay's Indifference
and her eGuent dcsolauoD, she contemplated SUI
eide but from this he suaded her by becoming more
tender in his letters In april joined him in London
but had scarcely arrived when he pretended that hcl
ic sent er win her child I was during this absence
that Matv WosOuecrdt wrote one of her most success
fun wOrks-tnc letters written during short Resi-
demo" IN sweden. Norway and Denmark INLAY con
iiuued GOODNESS decided her September separa-
ton, OF her Intention 10 return 10 London
and take care of herself she dld return, and Inlay,
pretending affection. received her AZ he had done
at other times. In month she learned thai
he was carving an intrigue with NnothCl
woman, under ROOF and waking mo
the Thames that her clothes might he made heavier
from saturat0n she then iUwPrd int" the river some
Waterman rescued ncr. TO ErT lfillt" dlSapI"nt-
mcnt," hut IS these letters show she firmly resisted
ali attempts made or pretended. nv Imtv, and thai
wholly dtspiCabe figure disappears from the scene
II Is not known when where he dIcd.