, 1879-05-17
LITERARY NOTES.

AAIAFtANA No A1l0s
Tho English chess journal, 1Nts'ns:asttr Papers,
'ls dead.
Tho A.heneu,n criticlscs Froude's "Cmsar"
severely.
IarTxr'a gives lis q hpli-hour with Thackcray
tlis week IN "Tlc Four GcorGes.''
ucorec Barrett Smith, an English gentleman,
who, among other works. Inns writ:cn LILO OF
Shelley md volume called " Poets aud Nov.
eilsts," viii soou publish Life of Gladstone.
.sc;tuct Ntps, the scientific journal recently
established by Cnssiuo, Of Snlc1n, AEass., unler
editorial charge of Atr. Esncat Ingcrsoll md Mr.
William e. Wycknll. IL hereafter to be pub.
lishcI by sir. Wyckotr In New York. slr. Ingcr-
soil Will retain tlisplacs as editor.
A correspondent Of Ho'a and Queries suggests
tic following 1tlutto tot the new Index Society
Of London: u for my part vcnorate tho III
rentor OF indexes; aud know not to whom to
yield tho preference, either to HlppurrAtes. who
was tho great anatomtzer of the human body,
llrst laid open the nerves and artcsscs oi
book.'-DlsEaclPa Iisctsanies, Londou, 1906,
.. 100.
There will bo published, Mar 20, BY a. s.
Bar,us d Co.. New York aud Chcago, "a Man
unl Of International I4aw," by Edward N. Gal
nf as sioa 5 and poitea Iii sr!ecs IL tbs @ coiIess OF
Deaf Alutes, Washington. D. G.. Thia book
gives IN condensed form comprehensive view
VI what isNuW recognized rs the lnns u natl0us
throughout tic civilized world. md II designed
for higher schools ulld colleges.
There ore many per.ons who think Themselves
well read IN Dplles~ltttres WHO psubablylnercr
heard Of Henry Itmrod, tho poet Ut South Cnr-
ollna. Yet Il WIS OF lin tliat Tcnnyson sa!n,
bo.orc Ttmrol's death, that he was the trueat Of
American poets. There Is now project On foot
iu South Carolina to erect a monument to tic
memory Of the genius whose name WILL probably
Hive long after some of tlIu State's most cher
is,ed military heroes haYe boon forgotten,
Ihu people Of JIaworth determined to pull!
down tile Old church and build new Que aud
larger omc, OH whirl! acry went forth IN favor
By association with genius, within whose wnl.B
Ellis, nnd Cnrtcr, nn.l Acton Bell worshipc.l.
u,nl Patrick DFonto tafntstered, and bcncath tho
shadow of which he buried bis wlfe and six
children hcforo departing himself, The little
church tuy beara no ttrl.er truce Of the Drontes
lhA,, small tablet III tho claneel wall, opposite
the pew In which they sat, but tic spirit Of the
family peryalcs the. pase, and Instantly almost
builIccnt wus subscribed TO proserye this mctno-
rial Of tllosr who Inaus 1iaWorth iat1lotls.
In Incidentally turning over Tnz CHICAGO
TRIBUNE Of March II. We came across q falr cor.
respondent WIN, ndotEnE 1n Mr., Howels "tle
most fascinating OF uorslsts," j" cqntrlVes to pay
lin ctsrlous'y c!rcaiastantiat compliment
reallailc fidelity Of tho. author Of "a Chance
Acquaiutancc,' resolved to .spe,ld his honey-
moon At Quebec, aid in tho very boarding.
house patro%,zcd % By Mtty ~ aud hcs @ cousins.
uisgusted to find that another enthusiasiic
COUPLE had got tho start vt him, AuI
wcru alrcady ensconrcd III tle apartments
"alIye With tho memories oi charming
as for Mr, 1lowells or the Goartisnlg,.llouses
to tlcprceate such Ingenious criticism, since IL
offers ua : useful hut. Tie truth Is that Atr.