New-York tribune., 1880-03-08
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr.. stedman's edition of Austin Dobsons
,o., I'M he ready at Henry Holt & Co.'S next week
sssss. ss;ss: pieces in the collection nave '''
The cheap edition Of Thomas HuehesS
~Manliness of Christ will differ from the oriSha III
having paper binding instead Of eloth Inc popu"'"
OF this book has been very much greater than was
expected ~
The fifth and final volume OF Theodore
Martins Life Of tue Prince CoDsOrt" is promised TOT
the middle of March Occupied as 1t Is with anarraNe
of thelater days OF the Prince IT Will have spec"' III
terest and value.
Poc's Poems" have been brought out by
W j. Middleton, in what IA known a. the Di'lnond
Edition memoir OF Poe goes with them MI "l""ie
ton expects to have In few weeks an edition Tor h
market of j H. IngraIn's volume Poe which ls now now
IN press In London. aud which Mr. Ingram mas oeeh
long engaged
The revival of interest in the first Napoleon
has le W. j. wodleton 10 bring out new EDITIONS q
O'Meara's Napoleon in Exile" aud Las CasesS Me
noirs of he Life Exile and Conversations of Ihe lhPe"
Napo'eop" the Ormer work beng IN TWO volumes 49,
The latter IN nur Both boos had great sale years
ago ana have for some time been ont OF pF1ht'
J. Brandcr Matthcws's Theatres OF Paris "
will be a book of uncommon interest, giving iniOruia
ton az 1t wii Il subject Witch many reader mas
sought in VAIN acGaant himself with Mr Matthew's
has made personal TO the Paris theatres and had
access Through acquaintance with NJ C0qnclln Oi tHF
t. ca re Franc ais, exact kaOwledgr OF affairs DC
hind the stage as well as In front Of H. HIS BOOK VIII
contain about twenty-five Illustrations after sketches Dy
Madrazo Duran Sarah Bcrnhardt and othcIs Por-
traits win he gwen OF oil cnIef members Of the Com
edle Frauclise Charles scrbners Sons expect t~puO-
lsn tde book IN a snort Time
Success in publishing cheap books is not
limited TO bad or TO indifferent literature. Standard
works at low prices experience the same large sales
Perhaps the OF this IL found III A T. Aih-
strong sons new edition of Haliams complete works
Hallam was formerly Published IN ten volumes al
Sl7 5O and late has sold only moderately Well
The Mcssr Armstrong have repaged and rendexed the
Old plates and brou INT the ten volumes into SIX at inc
low price OF 81 80 the They printed the edition
al the University Press, Cambridge and had II hahd-
somely bound Three weeks ago II was published In
very short time the first printing OF 15OO copies was
Mi sold ard another started About ons hundred
copies day still selling ani mere is no possuS
any being of red at the trade sale II s estns'gu @ @
that the sale of Haam by this stroke OF policy mas III
creased tenioid
Marcus b. Hush, who has been impressed
with the daily want OF book OF reference wherein the
sudent IN could learn where and how 10 OBTAIN u
sction and the arts could turn for Information as 10
where and how he could exhibit his work; also where
the collector could 1nd when a certain picture was sold
And when a certain engraving was published. has un-
dertaSen TO supply the want himself III vonme wmeh
he calls The Years Art" (Mscmiilan Co)-being a
concise epitome of all matters relating TO painting
sculpture and architecture in Great Britain durlng
1880 Mr. Hush shows by figures that there was need
OF such book Hundreds OF thousands or persons are
now educated rudiueuts OF art Whefe score oi
years ago there were actually nOne.' and " a pro
tession which but short time ago was followed oy
hundreds is now embraced by thousands.
William Cary, an Englieh gentleman, some
years ago attempted to give foreign guest, who was
neither Christian European, an outline OF Eng
ns potcs the foreigner being at that time engaged IN
reading English history for examination At one of the
Inns OF Court This experience has led Mr. Cary TO
write book for the not only OF lntclii
gent Frenchmen. who do indeed make great many
mistakes about English things" but for English gentle
folks and educated who have but little knowledge
about the meaning of certain references employed III
potica writings He has called his book "a Guide to
Modern English History" and Henry Holt & Co. are
about 10 publish il Ii VIII seEve as an excellent
handbook to any student of England. Many facts In
recent hstOry we'll put in brief form, as fOr ln-
stance this reference the Waverley NQvels Here
tofore the foiiOhs tolerated IN vrtuOus parors had
sounded like the purrng OF ome eats. In the Wdverey
period there was heard twice year a brave mans
trumpet and no one was afraid 10 listen" OF Shelley
the author SAYS: milar to Lord Byron in unmeas-
ured huency and literary self-indulgence was Mr.
Shelley in e far less popular, after death more hon
Ored and perhaps more prOhtably lmlateu ne 100
kicked against the customary restraints OF the lncsh
gentry aud c0njribu ed not little to the stock oi lndl
nation which gathering for the day OF freed IN"
Al the end of the volume q chapter OF Supplementary
statements is given. The following entry CONTAINING
that old story George Tvs reply when ne heard the
news OF Ndp8eOus death IA an example OF thef chaI
fer: MAY s. lS2l.-Grncral .BOnapaTte dled 10
George w. then Ireland. It was dnDounced sire,
vonr enemy dead Wnen did she die Z skcd
tn King assuming tIat was his WHO that had dIed