New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-05
LITEP4RY NOTES.

1t IS estimated That the editions of Burns
published in this country and Great Britain number
about 400.
Two manuscripts of Lamartine were sold in
Paris few weeks ago. Originally they given TO
friends OF the poet, who died. Joceyn,"
dated 1885, fetched Q sos francs abOut $J6ll 1t
in a very bold handwriting aud had very few
TONS "Harmones sacrtGs." full Of ana cor
or Sl31.
Few languages in Europe arc involved III so
much obscurty the Basque, ana the labors Of pnl0
lOgsts its origin and history havc yielded any
thing but satisfactory results Considerable interest
attached to the discovery St. james Of Campostea
In Spain, by Jesuit priest Of a BasQuefNavarrese
dictionary. which dates from the middle of the eighth
century. This is earlier by three hundred years
than the Oldest Basque documents hitherto known to
exist.
What has been done with Gibbon and what
many people think should be done with all great works
that oyeredted-the restoration of the
to original inteRrtywll be done for poor Boswes
johnson. edited. commented and discussed as few
books In the language have been. The Rev. Alexander
Napier who is known Tor his connection with the works
Of Barrow, has this undertaking in hand. Crokers
notes he will use far they OF value but the
things Croker left out he win carefully put back again
The notes OF other students besdes Csoker will also DO
be used Bell 81 Sons are to be the publishers OF It,
r. II. Shepherds newest production is a biblio-
grapny Of Dickens. There already % photography
of Dickens in existence, and very good 1t was
puDDsneu year, james COOK Dclng the editOf.
received at the time with favor, and certainly
tanned great many curious facts about Dickenss
works Mr. Shepherds volume is exhaustive treat
ment OF the subject and has been very Handsomely
printed He has included among books pertaining to
Dickens Mr.. Cooks photography, with notes and COM
ments It, comprising two pages in the
Of lnaure. Mr.. Shepherd has q bIblOgrapny of Thnck
cray In preparation, and 1t Will doubt be OF peculiar
interest done as 1t ought IN be DONE Mr. Shepherd
ground scribner & Wexford have the two Dickens
bbiORraphes, aud any admirer Of Dickens will find IL
Interesting to compare them.
Among the rarest American books which bring
high prices because they curious rather than for any
intrinsic value that they possess the productions Of
what is known the Erhrata Press. This press was
set at Ephrata, Penn. village Lancaster County,
twenty miles from Reading before the Revolution prob
ably not farfrom 1900 by Peter Miller leader
OF those German Bapiise who known as Dunker or
Tunkers As early 1882 these people had begun at
Ephrata to lead monastc OF life In temple and
other buildings which they had erected picturesque
bit OF ground surrounded by hundred acres OF fertile
land, that able to produce for them nearly all the
necessaries OF life. Besides these they put up
a schOolhOuse paper mill and printing Office when
the Revolution began this paper mill IN full opera
tio1 Previous 70 the battle OF Germantown the Fed
cart loads OF OF IN printed sheets for
cartridges It the battle Printed books, also were no
other to make the Ephrata Press productions
tremely rare az tno Brinley safe single small vol
pages. sold for $40.
Announcements Swinburne is writing
for The ForinghaV RevieW article Victor Hugos
new poem General schencks celebrated Rules for
Draw Poker have been privately reprinted by a we'll
known collector OF BrOoklyn..... .Bayard Taylor's
Critical Essays and Literary Notes" will be published in
London by Sampson Low Edgar Fawcett's "A
Hopeless Case has never appeared in and IL
entirely In its present form Stuart Gennes
pilgrim Memories" the book which primarily gave rise
bitter controversy between Mr. 0lenne and
Mr. Huth the biographer OF Buckle, has gone TO q new
edition, In which there preface giving further
shot at Mr. Huth. In novel called "Clea" winch
s about to appear 10 Austria the leading characters Of
the Berlin court said 10 DO described "with reEOrne
less accuracy" The authorship attributed to Prince
Rudolph third edition has been called for Of Kate
Thonpson's Handbook Of the Public Galleries OF