New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-02
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr.. Gill, in the fifth edition OF MS hile VI
Edgar Allan Poe" W. j. Widdltonl, reprints roc cli,
ieism of Griswold's "Poets and Poetry OF A"neii0"
which be holds had great deal to 90 wild V"o ee'
OF Criswold or Poe in the Life OF HIM mat ne W'N
This review is not included in GriswoMs eo"'0'o, "
Poe, works and has never been printed III any othci
eatt,p Of Them I, compress eighteen pages IN sma
type ana II as Poe knew so We no" W udas
following word are those with when i;,roI and
sForpotI en- save only those whom ZEE ma INV
tnsuted c wi! snK mo Oh lEiop "lt'"'t, y s,nkeu
landmark tell tia II o &c clsttoi or nr,.nf
nj be will be- quoted "a the uuiaIhu scr
who abused MS trust Mr.. Gl'tH i.i',,,i, e. mort
rails and views Cf aces associated WIN re-, ~ -.
INC latter n view O. the house and room i'll "h'e" AN
Raven was written =,
The fourteenth and newest volume III Ntil"-
per g. Weiford's series Of artists livosiN N'cae'
cello" by Charles Clement NJ. Cement IS wen ~
for his work "Michcl-Angc. Leonard ia 'l"''' ,
aeL" which appeared some years asol II !" az" '. .,
translated INTO Englisha year since He judges '""v
,,o- no onc pon who is a more striking rcpes' h""'0
NJ the Renaissance Than 81 his contemporaries" "
r;chacI Angelo Character in him was on n par VIE
genius, aud he united TWO naIt brn comhC in The
sa,ne indiyIdral create the sovereign greatness i th
NV Inauguration directed by precise, firm rIn snlc
method. He was one OF those giniS w. .. t ON far
and wide on the pages "f history as hyig tXam ,i ."
The greatness 10 which our race ~ /! ati" anu ~
the ambition Of man may aspire
Camoens the greatest of the poets OF For
,nco the mir centennial of whose death viii he ctc-
brated at Lisbon on the 10th of tits MONTH dlcd III l
most aIjcct poverty and his lfc WAS hieh win 'hN'
,n6cs Though Of noble birth, lie was cXiied from h'
native land in early manhood ard saw hiis II force"
10 leave the presence of lady at Court To whom nc WIS
deerly mr. lched and who returned his affection II was
these mis- fortunes that led him to write POI nv 1or III
he fonrd "A consolation. He made voyage I" lh'id'
md devoted his time shpboard TO the c''hpo l" %
The Iusiad." Being s!ipwr,ckcd near Goa nc VIII"
dnicrltv reached the shore. and was OhEcc 10 swim
with one la I'D and cIry the manuscript III tir ui
lie list whai few worldly rCSscSs"nS lac ii1u ne urE
60 Lisbon hc was met WIN MANY lioup' ,, in " M,
two years before he cout get h,s pom Inn'.'. t
young kne When ne n in" the me- nicc rnon Of
b. and rruured HIM 10 live Wliun tHc Nf'ch'lSo
ir+e, him, and lie had suusSt charity. Has fRth-
I'M servant used beg bread at night 10 "uplr mn
ne boih ursnown Joseie Juiia, friar VINO saw nm
die. wrote these word on H. re S Ti T3E :? tg ~
srr so great genus ll-rrwardcd! saw MN uis W
hospital IN iSU9 fcr hayine horne arms VIGOROUSLY
III India. and having sailed 0'JOo .S,H , a. uni dy
G fi%s." ''''''' '' ' p
The revival of interest i'll Shelley, which oil
late years has been very IN rked adds ne" Iorce l"
the ID nnud for Lie that poet which sdli deserve I"
he called an ADEQUATE Life. Mr.. Stoddard some yeas
ago when he edited his "Anecdotc Biography OF Hhe
lev" louted cut wherein this want cA't Il ana gave"
statement Of the shOrtcOmnts OF the sc-a ca lAFcS '
now exist Mr. II. T. Forman, in MdcmH|""'S A"J0-'"e
for Nav has revived the subject. Ctria chapters Ia
slcIry,s life have, he say, been written Win gita'
felicity but in almo> every instance where b'liaPA't
H., had srecal Knuwl,0gc aud unimpca'I23.c Haicl =
there has been some Giawhac OF The first lnp'l"ce
The roots wioY, OWING TO The threats she ysi aihcr
affecting the material welfare of heee' ai'' mr. infant
,or WAS able TO give only some yaluah" notes I" re
po.t's works. McdwIu. in spite OF his rsd'i 1r In
aO,,7, was nuf 10 vi tie lc Of totally Cnlb"
him i'm every ail,y Of mind and mpcI tiHci Ir n
Iiuut's Ccniu- lacked the judicial qaaiN 50 Muci'
nnedd M the wOrk, and Hog 0ttt iar tuoFoluuS
for IN" occasion" TrclaWHcy tie best of az personal
observers Jeff any EuDSiaih ~ record %!
Snclipv ,jld moi know tuC poet u1ti 1872, aud deals
uuaortatlyriy with the last lcW months OF hr'rN =
evsfpr,p. uD!v Mr. SvuC.Iss volume III the I'm lSi
Tru of Letters ScIir>." without VctCudhg 10 % i-lha
rcSrIcu ives 4 c. teal mtn0ro adun o. Ills lie d"d
wII;ihrs Whcnis sjlpcfiOr L. al that have gHIc ""Ic
II Iu If does not UuriUrt L. be luil ana mai M1"a
INV Tirre IA as vet - great deal more material
~, rura RI ned before the work can lie properly d0uc
NJ Fnu ewes IN his ar;ice some letters Wll'!l Dear
on he c,rus. anccS ding tie untiHcly d,diA Oi