New-York tribune., 1880-03-01
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
Whom the first edition OF 1900 copies OF
Henry James's new novel, Confidence" was published
fortnight ago. the orders had reached 2,lOO ana new
edition started at once.
f. c. Stedman has written an article on Ed
gar Allan Poe which will appear an early number OF
critneF portrait OF the poet has Dcen prepaed
Tor II, Que never before published
Congressman S. s. Cox has completed work
on political economy which he calls Free Land ana
Free Trade II will mako volume OF 800 pages ana
has just been sent to the by G p. Pnnams sons
A memoir of the late Frances Ridley Hav-
ergal edited by sister, will he published III about
month by A. d. +. Randolph & Co. II viii make vol
nme 400 pages have steel portrait and several
woOd-cut Illustrations.
Charles Dudley Warners essay on Washington
Irving winch Introduction to the new
GeOfrey CrayOn edition of IrVings works, Is longer
and more exhaustive treatise the article by him in
the March AHcatc That article was an outgrowth OF
the former undertaking aud had it's origin primarily
IN IT,
While travelling in the East and short
time before his death at Damascus MI Hunth reports
that Buckle said to one of bis companiOns 9" lave
spent years uninterrupted happiness which
imagine people boast OF; hut then 1t was spent
IN work such as few men have cared to undergo
Scrbner g. Wexford have imported for this
market edition of and Instructive work on EN-
broidery which recently published in England by
authority of the Royal School Of Art Nerdework, 0i
Princess Christian is the President The OBJ
that has been long felt by those who interest
in the art in which Engshwomen once excelied; but
which has langushe0 Of late years ana almost ded out
amongst us" Tho volume contains many illustrations
several OF them fulpage desgDs by Walter Crane VIII
lam Morris and Burne Jones.
The Rev. George w. Cooke, who is the pas
tor of Unitarian church IN indianapolis. has nearly
completed book which he calls "a Study Of Emerson,
aud which Mr. Joseph Cooks recent discussions OF
supposed change i'll Mr.. EmersOn's religious faith are
taken up. No man. he affrms has greater or deeper
convictions than the Concord philosopher and his opin
ions have uudeigOn change" lie rejects all creeds
FORMS books aud special revelations; has faith in
any OF them such He Is more OF heist than he
has always been, the less panthest. 1t is in En-
ersons essay on Religion that tins weknOwn pas
sage oceurs-Mr Cooke, however. does not quote 1t
God builds his temple in the heart the ruins OF
churches ana religions" Nearly thirty subjects will he
treated III Mr. Cookies book, among them Emersons au
ccstry early life and minisrry his home life, socie reia
tions lectures essays and growing fame his conduct in
war tme his literary methods. aud his Views OF God,
man and immortality
David NJ. Main, an English gentleman, has
Just published Manchester. IN beautiful volume.
treasury OF English (Serbner WefOrd which
has edited from the original sources aud TO which he
has added 200 pages OF notes and illustrations
Many extremely interesting facts and suggestions are
contained in these notes. One is the ascrlpuon TO Mr.
John ForO himself OF the authorship OF sonnet which
Florio nrefxed TO and third editions OF his
translation Of Montaigne Since 1852 the sonnet has
not til now To Mr.. MAINS knowledge, been reprinted
except in a volume brought out in England in 1870,
where 1t was rbed attributed to Shakespeare"
ano given in a corrupt form. The sonnet has been at
tYbuted 10 two three other persons besides shake
spcarc. bnt Mr. Nam gives several gO0d reasons 1or
making FlOrO the author The sonnet deserves TO DC
gwen II has the title Concerning the Honour
Vf Books" aud Is as follows:
Since honour from the houourer proceeds.
How well do they deserve that memon;e
Aid leave IN Doors iOI an p9st,etltties lies s..s
When al their glory else. like water weeds
W5GSq ,5s1 sS eaSas: 9nsns pne Ttefy Ss les
And when ano how they hourshed no man heeds
And other monuments that men erect
To princes. which lenan in closed rooms
f GiSce Goe Sui iSa It 10 GST Se %aiver.s 'I eye
Show how they lived the other where they lie
Several interesting facts in the trade history
OF the first edition Of Paradise Lost are given by Mr.
Mason in the final volume Of his Life Of Milton'
Copies bearing the dates 1867, 1868 1862 all belong
unquestionaby, he to the first edition. and are
valued accordingly. although they vary not only in
date. but in the form ana typography OF the titled
pages in the inserted before the text of the
poem Nine different forms of title page have been dis
covered and while copies have fourteen pages Of
preliminary prose matter. others nothing of
the sort. The explanation is this Although the
thirteen hundred fifteen hundred copies which
comprise the first edition were all printed In or
about August, 1867, they were not all then bound, !
but issued IN nsaiments-twO in 1867, four In
OF booksellers. Although Simmons had the manage
of this business Milton also had n hand In
IT, T1e second binding Of 1867 had MiltOn's name
in smaller type than the FIRST, while the third
probably a shTewd device against the unpopuarity
Of Milton at that time owing 10 his political
rcputatiOn-had merely hls initials, j. NJ" and the
book had eecn entered in the Saoners Registers In
fourth binding also the initials only gwen, hut
the size Of the type varied from the third more cou
siderable change took place in the fth binding IL was
then that tho argument" and the small paragraph
which known The Verse first appeared. There
had discussion whether the work could be called
poem at all II did not rhyme, aud the title
Paradise Lost" conveyed vague notions OF what the
work really TINS extra matter was inserted be
tween the title and The poem itself ana added Our
the book. Simmons Vcnturcd now for the
insert his name as the publisher, and
Milt0ns In full to It's proper place One other
curious change this fifth binding had Simmons of ms
put III tAese four lines advertisement
The Printer 10 the Reader Courteous Reader: There
argument first intended 10 the book, but for
the satisfaction OF many that have desired It, pro-
cured. ;. SlmnOns." few copies were actually
pFnted, when Milton discovered this bad grammar and
able to stop the press and correct H. Copies now
oXtaHt Of this NTH binding may therefore contain the
advertisement as Summons wrote II or as Milton cor
Icctcd IT,
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