New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-20
LITERARY NOTES.

Ferdinand Lassale," OF which no HtlIe sPoi' "" =,
made in comic German papers, has reaoned siA'"
German edition.
Edward King writes from Paris that Albert
Rhodes il NJ work on novel the scene OF WHICH Is
laid in Normandy Several OF the characters are Amer
leans The plot. he says. is clever, ana mere , beA
IriSe in it which viii astonlsh even 'H0 A"V'' ''
ieader
The first volume of Freemans Norman
Conquest has Just been issued by Macmillan W
Mr. Freeman like Mr.. Carlyle, but very unlike many
others Of his counrymen not only believes IN indexes
hpt he makes them. and makes them thorough ones
This concluding volume is simply an index to the nNe
other stately volumes that comprise bis history.
Professor Tyrrel of Dublin University, has
undertaken to edit the correspondence OF cicero
task which The Aeaasmy pronounces gigantic anu
one whca very few editors have yet had TIE harohoo
20 attempt Tne hrst volume which has Just peeh pun
lshed contains only eighty out Of more than eoO eV
ters yet the editor shows anxiety" The WORK mas
not been done however with the care needed IN no
sense tue present volume hnshed pioaoct oS on a
tempted aud too htls thoroughly carrie" out
John Wiley g. Sons have just published
another voame-tlns the fourth OBeof selections from
TIE writings Of John Rusu Ii consists Of letters an"
other suggestions 70 young girls ana young aoIe, OH
dress education AMI marriage. No man ever HNeI
ght life" says paragraph the end Of the book
who had not been chastenei ny womau's love-
strengthened by her courage, and guided py hef as
cretou." TIE best women aIe he says, the mos' uh-
cult 70 know, and they are recognized chiefly IN the
happiness Of their husbands and he nO6cneSs on the
children without the help or one ol them ne N%g
would probably have come before row when should
lave written aud thought 10 more"
BENJAMIN f. Taylor has just published
new volume OF short essays which he eaiis summer
savory." II u dedicated 10 5 c. Gricgs Oh CAo"E"'
VINO been the publisher OF all his books now SIX IN
number Mr. Taylor has preface wnlcn he call q" Oh
The suev Therein he lt Is An art TO set oacK
the old clock and be 81 child again. Imagination can
easily see the boy nut how hard for E 10 see the
man child and whoever learns TO glide back ID thtl
rosy time when he did not know that thorns are under
the roses or that clouds Will return after the RAM
when he thought tear can no stain cheek than
n drop Of rain a flower; when he fancied life mad no
DISCUSSES and hope blight az all, has come a. near as
anybody in the world 20 discover the Northwest Passage
10 earthly paradise"
The first volume of Professor Sidney Col
wins Translation of Woltman and Woermanus" History
ofPrntng in all Ages" Will be ready az Dodd Mead
CO.'S in October This viii be very important puoh-
cation In size II will DO somewhat larger than Clar-
ence Cooks edition Of LIbse's History OF ATT ana
eomDrise as that work does two volumes. The ustri
lions will exceed 400. Another large work treating OF
nrt subjects is announced by this house. in a thick
uuario volume, to be called The Print Collector" II
Is designed az an Introduction to knowledge OF an
cut prnts with suggestions 10 the mode Of collect
ing them The revival IN our times II tho long neg
lected art OF etching IN give special value To TeaIse
in this worl etching, with sketches OF the most prom
KIND there Is an evidently large Wan'
IT is well-knOwn that yet very little OF
The conteus Of BibyOnan libraries has been revealed
70 the world trey still await the help OF exca-
yaor and that nearly all that has been learned OF an
Gent Blbylonia and Assyria derived from the con-
fonts of a single liblary-that OF NnCyeh The con-
tents OF the Babylonan Libraries comprised says Mr.
sayce In OF his lectures recently published IN Lon
DON historical aud neurological documents religious
records legal geographical Astronomical and estroi0g
cal treaties pOeuca compositions, grammatical ana
lexica disqustons lists of stones and trees OF birds
and beasts copies Of treaties, Of commercial uausac-
tons of correspondence Of petitions TO tine KING and
Of Royal procamatous" II is further noted that up to
tic era OF the Persian and Greek conquesis the popular
religious creed OF BJbylonla was based upon great
herarchal system at the head Of which stood Trinity
and that from this system outburst OF poetry and
numberes hymns composed In honor Of the GODS came
forth After time many Of the hymns were collected
together and invested with sacred character me very
vine Among them are be found several penitential
passages in the Psalms Of David
r. H. Shepherds efforts to restore to the
public eve certain poetry of the past which has been
forgotten when deserved to ve have got him into no
little trouble now and then, and the English critics
have not always said the kndest things OF him. but 1t
seems generally to be admitted that he has done liter
ature substantial service bringing out as he has
Just done volume Of poetry by Ebenezer Jones, first
published in 1874 and called Studies of Sensation and
Event" MIR Shepherd was led TO do this mainly by
remark which Dante R0s>etti made nine years ago IN
letter which he found printed In an old English period
Zeal Rossct said OF Mr. Jones that ne affords nearly
the most striking instance OF neglected genius IN our
modern school poetry" and predicted that he would
some day become better known. W. j. Linton the ar
list, many years ago was an intimate friend OF MI
Jones, and he has written Tor the present volume
chapter OF "reminiscences which he closes by saying tha
his friend had clear insight as to the right and wrong Of
NE fFffru4 lpug Enfng II
arose He was the type Of Aeibiades, but with an
ioea Of duty winch the Greek hdd rot man seemhyLy
marked from his BIRTH, by his very nature to be Dc
loved and 10 succeed Sorrow and Misfortune and
ali that PROMISE" scribner Wexford have the book.
In England has recently appeared a volume
OF dialect poetry which possesses merits OF very ex
traorIlnary kind. William Barnes the author, has be-
come widely known in IFS country Tor his produc
tons IN the tongue Of DOrseshe, three collections OF
which have been published These collections he has
now revised and issued in a single volume (scrbner
wefordl adding some new poems TO the old ones Ed
mund W GOsse, an authority who should certainly be
hoard Is OF opinion that Mr.. Barnes, dialect poet
can be compared with nobody except Robert Burns All
others have moved UNNECESSARILY below hlm III pure III
spratious fame, already great, is destined to be-
come much greater, aud IN certain branches OF Ms af
be is second TO no one living" Something OF the
kprit which snmatos this collection may be seen IN the
following delightful piece Of fancy on Hay Meaken
'Tis merry a RUNNERS day.
Where VOC be a mCdken hay;
Wh.re men ana women ia sulng,
Do ted OF turn tine grass and zing,
W. checMe vai'es merry zOngs;
A-tOsseu o tueIr shccuen prOngs,
WI EARNS q evans en- left an right,
IN cO.Ourd gowns an shirtsleeYes white:
Or wider spread, rc6ken round
The rwosy hedges o. tho ground,
Where sam do q Fl the spcCklcd sneake,
AN tiy 10 XII him WI ms rcdSe
An Pol 90 Jump about an squall.
10 Dee the tSisten slOowOrm crawl
The work on the Sacred Books of the East
which Max Mile has undertaken 10 publish and OF
which several volumes nave just appeared from the
Clarendon Press (Macman CO.., will be Of great i'm
porance and nterest to all oriental students and scho
rs rhere are ONLY great and orlginal religons.