New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-14
LITERARY NOTES

Waggener's Bookkeeping Simplihed'"
concise and comprehensive little treatise mas been TO
Gently selected as textbook In the Columbia eenoo'
Mines after careful examination OF the meti's Oh d"
the books on the subject.
Students of picture-writing will be glad to
know OF curous volume of pictorial Inscriptions rou
Southern China lately acquired for the orientai
ment OF Manuscripts in the British Museum ioe com
ponent characters are principally men, animals o"u'
trees heads and ornamental devices
The Passion Play at Oberammergau makes
especially timely description of the rise aou aeo"u0
o the miracle plays and mysteries and their erect vi
the later drama This Is accoSpisnea oy MAJ"
pl.vs and Sacred Dramas" by Karl Hase, just Issuing
from the press OF Houghion, Mihin 20 .
Boston people who are endeavoring TO as
cover what they really have been recently assi''a
nv TWO novels Man Proposes" published by Lee
shepard may not provoke so much discussion as mrs
toarcbamp Brown" but 1t Is all about Boston people,
winch doubtless furnishes some satisfaction
At the recent sale of the private library OF
NJ Ambrose Firma. Ddot IN Paris iorty-four alleged
original drawings OF Hobein for his Dance OF oea'h
were sold for 1000 franco DR.. woltman In 1865 ex
amincd these drawings aud decided that they were no.
original but coples from HolDein's fiawlngs; ID nas
opin ON the originals were drawn upon the wooo-oo0A
Scribner g. Co. announce the speedy ISSUE
os soiri,ua Songs for the Sunday SCHOOL," new book
NJ HYMNS and tunes prepared by the Rev. Dr. Chares
g Robinson editor of Songs for the Sanctuary with
the assistance of W. F. sherwn. the musical conductor
Their aim supply the place DOW too largely occupied
I'm The fancy children by fippant WORDS SET 10 "orn
less music.
Among recent "Quarrels Of Authors may
n, mentioned the controversy aroused in Berlin by the
exclusion from the banquet held after the unveng OF
the Goethe monument OF many welknown mouern
German writer's London Globe suggests IA inc fea
son the fact that shortly before the reH
soIira nv Johannes Sc err appeared 10 Paul Lndaus
Gf0epndrf the subject of which was "Soethe otu"ehVs
anu Goethe Researches
historian of the Jesuits has In preparation
"Coectanea Provincip Anglia s. j.; or General Gaia
,oeue OF the Deceased Members of the English Province
~ the SocIety OF Jesus Earliest Times to the
Year ls7o inclusive" with catalogue OF npwHrus oI
Non aliases or by names assumed by members OF inc
province means OF protection IN thr ZINES vi Putd
cntjon The catalogues will be Alphabetically arIaneeu
and include many Irish and Scotch members Oh 'ne so
ciety.
With the current number Inc Lorofy
yo,rnof suspepds publication and hereafter Its distn
gushing features will be merged III The Publishers
W,ekv ,s announced that this action is enforced by
The inadequate support pven to the Lt0rdry Jo"1''
whose successive publishers have sunk about $500 in
che IN snstan IT, and by the obvious fact that COZ
tinunus in the future 1t is intimated
that The Library Journal Will be revived as r
publication as soon as INC pu'-'0 H"A"'' N"~ 49,
rants that course
The Berlin correspondent of The London
MORNING. Post SAYS of official history OF the Franco
Prussap war, the last volume OF which mas been just
completel, 1.-THE entire work has been composed
undcr the personal supervision OF FieldMarshal Won
Moltke who may regarded as its main author, ana
s reviewers agree that reflects high credit upon him
as an historical work. distinguished not only by q
lucid style and graphic deseTlpilon' pul ny
subject dealt with In all It's ue tas
Nv an extraordinary amount OF technical knOWeuge no
less than by regard io justice and impartahy