New-York tribune., 1879-01-13
LITERARY NOTES.

Door CU;ft,s noctical works, making two
volumes. will soon be addcd 10 'n' h'' ~
the British Poets"
"Thc Art of Figure Drawing" by e H.
ws,cau being the fourth volume in c. T. putnam
sons. series OF Art Hand Books" Is In press.
-" Uobroica" is the title of a monthly sup
rleuent TO The JeSiSh Messenger which mas u"' oee
issneo and which will be devoted TO Hebrew htef".uo
d ,be science Of the Bible. II is edited by Dr A. .
Isaacs. r.. T.
Tbe volume of "Six Selections from IT.
ill., sLccb Book edited for the use % schools ny
Professor Homer b. sqrague and NJ T. scales VII. nc
o,cr he issued Jointly nv c. F. Putnams sons ana "hn
& Heath Of Boston the latter firm were oflgnallS "0
sole publishers OF the boOk. =,
In q lecture recently delivered in London, MI
Frederic Harrison estimated that in the choice OF DOCKS
for constant use the authors represented neeu no'
number more than or two hundred III the louI Wv
partments Of poetry history, science ana ie''s'on'
aim sDonld be 10 gather into one coHceuoh NV
Greatest and best books each department. ana s"'n
only, He further said that as 10 which the Dest n,
drcd or so books the world had iohS Dteh Ple"'
well agreed
Karl Blind, who was for many years an IN
climate friend Of Mazzini besides being associated WIN
him IN poidcs writes for the January nunoer "a ~"
Jnt,ruotonaI Rcriec the first Of series Of papers Oh
mis- Recolect,onS" OF the Of the ltaan eaueI VII
,be Eastern Question and the relations OF Russia 10
other European states. II Is said thar theSe VdIcIs "
he tr.ft a
wrote and d!d with regard this question Edgar raw
cett has a poem IN this number called "trusta''"h'
and George W. Julian a paper on " suffrage Br'H
right" The Rericr heretofore bi-monthly, VIII Hon
This time he issued a monthly, and the publishers IL
tend TO make 1t more valuable than ever BEFORE E''"
monthly number will contain as many pages as lne VII M
InonihIv ores did but the Hnnual subscription lcV WI
NOT I've raIsed March, Mr. Henry b. Barnes tue pre-
snt LdioI NH o LaTc me e of Alexander Hamilton"
md Henry Cabot Lodge, author OF the Lie Oh ucoEe
CABOT
The career of Leopard, the young Italian
roet and classical scholar OF the time and OF something o
the temperalncnt of Byron and Shelley has been made
better known TO the world by the recent publication '
importau letters and papers In Italy ana Germany Al
the age Of twenyonc tired Of the iron rule OF his Iathe
he resolved to take fight from home. But MS pans
and terrible scenes eusucd in the paer
nal household lie had written farewell letter 10 hS
father which described ragicaly earnest IN tone
tbouch couchcd in the respectful terms Il Is III
fact tremendous denuncidtioD Of pattrnal tyranny
correspondcnt Of The Acodcmy relates thai one day
friend sitting beside hlm while he was engaged III VIII
ing noticed that whenever he had filed page he tooA
up an Euclish grammar and studied ii attenivey uhtII
His ink had dried. 81 never use pUuncc ne eNtlhcH
al learn English while my WrInS diles' ana NeIttu @
acquired IN the same manner lie du nol nav ~, ~. al ~
his rOO-wlethor from uSIlhc 10 II oI rl"n i 81
not XpaIucd-aud used 10 st WHluS 10Y nous 'cHWt W
up in a big bag stuffed win feathers Wnc. ~ H. :
his home, he never returned TO III I @
warm affection for his brothers and sisters except uuut
The pressure of material necessity
Robert Dick, Baker of Thuso" the Scotch
seologist and botauis, always slrank from publicity
md notice OF any kind distressed him. his in the
newspapers ever heiug painful to him. From Smiles
life of THE remarkable man, which Harper Brothcrs
have nearly ready appears that OF friends he had ieW
though those he had saunch and that his great
reserve kept him apart from the townsolk TO whom he
never gave entertainment and from whom he received
none A Baron Of England one day sought TO draw him
from his bakehouse meet at breakfast his country
man Thomas Carlyle but he rs Indifferent 10 car
lve as 10 the folks O his town. The cause o ms hhy
ness IL eyealed the book lie had Sepnothel ana
his boyhond clOudcd with ilEiTeatment ana ulsaI
pointmeut IAN my naturally DuOyart srltS ne "n' e
SAID "were broken. ltls TINS which makes me thlhG
from the world" His studies were pursued win an
moss bic privacy microscope and other sCientnc IN
etrumenis were brought home IN sacks OF Hour as were
also fine editions OF his iavOIc books lie had fOna-
ness for literature and Of poetry he cOnescs that IN his
yOuth ne composed in secret "bagiuls TO SO dlstln-
guished man as Roderick MurchisOn he mapped GU
n section of country baklnGboard with Hour inns
flour he raised up INTO "A blum hcadland ana now
scooped with his fingers until he formed gradually
deepening depression Thus he dcneated the GeoSrdh-
zeal features of the country and It's geological pEe-
hOneua So that Sir Koderick, DrectorGeIcra OF ihe
Geographical Society was proud to can MN my us
tinguishcd friend"