New-York tribune., 1880-06-12
LITERARY NOTES.

The manuscript of one of Dickcns's DOCKS
,sowne in ths country but OF Oaly one 1t Is OeeVe
MIR Childs OF Philadelphia is the fortunate p'Scso "
It, soon howe yer, another Will be here MT "c"o'"
has secured In London tie manuscript OF the
of Youpg Gentlemen" one OF Dickenss very crllcs'
%nds9tirc in il re- aid TO he remarkably clear ana
very unlike that OF his later days AZ 'nC So N MI
M WeOGa ons mas of Mr. BrcWmns The tnree viii reach
Rew-York. prObaby within fortnight
Mr.. Whittier acknowledges himself III error
in the version he has given Of the story OF "Od fu
Irrson and hls horr'd hOrrt," In the eelepta'eH
ballad which he wrote about 1t. Mr. EolnS ~
his History OF Marblehead' (Hougaton' Mitn
Co1 ptves the true facts in the ease, an" nav
ing sent a copy Of the book to Mr. Whittier, 'nr p"'
writes TO him aS follows: 81 have now no uou"
thy version Of Skipper IresOn is the corTee' ''
verse was solely founded on fragment oi 'n' -,
heard from one OF my early schooin Us Inferred
MarbleLead ,uppOsa the story 10 whicn !. t ib
dated back least century; ThG" ho baI1ad was pure
fsney am Il 3D. Tor the sake Of truth ana Scr od
The real ae Siy S DO Injustice to any one dead living
For the pernanent pedestal of the statue OIL
rord Rvron recently set up in London 1t Is propoeu
that use he made Of pillar from the Atheuhu f'''"e
pou objection has very probably peeh r'Se" W ~ "
,be crouud that Byron strongly condemned tue re'nO
TO England of stones and statues from TINS famous 'o'
Of ancient art One Of his outbreaks against DIS co"n
trvmep occurs in the second canto or Chide H"iou'
Cold is the near fair Greece that l0}6s sG on 'hee'
Nor feels lovers DER the dust they t gSs iOseu'
Tny walls deiaeed, thy mouldering G Shr IVES I'no'e"
By British hands which it had best Deho9Ve"
20 quart those relics neeF to b. restored: ,,.od
Cursed be the hour when from Their IS 'hey roFo'
Aud once again thy hapless bosom goleu. o,;r,.e
And snatched thy shrinking gods to north rn cln'S
abhOrred. o,,r.
i,c III ioo and ncrneai disturbance between the bieker
ipg agents of certain British nobility anu gentry, 1u &
adds that wild foxes. e Owls anu strpeI ~ - tho,
Of Pa ~ ipDW
flow are the mighty talitn," he says Whc" W.
ters contest tnc privilege OF plunderng the fntr"m non
and triumpn turn according 10 The tenor &t G"Gn nG
eeedrg firm w. Sylla cou,n nor pt plSt fnr tbe Uniy
antiquaria and h despcabe ,nts 70 ren"er hef CON
tempt0.c himself and his pursuits
Mr.. George Longs translation of Marcus
Aurolms's Thoughts" published about five years ago
is now accepted the standard version OF 'his WOE ~
Formerly there was practically good one I" he hld
Jeremy Golfers had been the chief but It's iauls were
many. The first English translation IS Dy 70 mc'uS
well known aud The cycOT@dAs fail altogether 10 "'
tion it, II was made by McIie Casaubon re'eud"fe t"
Christ Church. Canterbury and published III lo1f' VII"
a spcond edition in 1858. Mr.. CisauhOn In Il quaint
note TO the reader after remarkng on the b'"R h"Nh
O., 50 many ages been undcScrNc"IE DuIc" III u'iN
ness says many before hun there h"u oct"
certain book hrst written IN Spanish ana aI'erN"r"H
translated into Italian French English 'nd now many
tongues more not, which PIE etendei hN us e
70 he translation Of Marcus Auellus. but that the
author was in good earnest he can never beeve sure
lam" he says that by bis whole o"oRe II do'h uo'
apueare that lie had much scene that himseI
which his Title doth promise unto Others hne copy
Of ClsaubOn's translation was sOt1 tns Wtth d" iliIt
q Co.'S tor G5 cents ~. Renan recently Ptd Sto'lI
tribute to the wisdom OF TINS nobest hn1an pr1uct oi
mac nis,nIndrtd almost it, last product Ilat no
blc-and the VINO have done HIM eXcepti"iI 1"uor
not few. Captain John smith IL Is iccUt, II. VIZ Wa
wont to read book men read nc blbp 0hlN Hu'
hr did read il in English, for he died three 'f5 nc
fore Mr. Casau6, n's tranSlatlun published. Jon
Stuart Mil has said that trtats1 IN etics IL 1e-
serves praise almost equal to tLat We d. lohss 10 we
tha q
dead nearly one hundred years when Marcus AueiiuS
was born.
ANSoUNCEMENTs.-Le Stephens Pope"
fn the English men of Letters Series Is iast ready at
Harper 81 Brothers. Mr. Stephen is the author ol
one other took in this series-the Johnson RedG-
ers who have been curious 10 know when Mr. Ja'ness
new novel WASHINGTON Square,, announced sJue time
ago to aprear in COrnhH would he published in this
cOuutry will glad to learn th1t 1t Is to come Ou III
HarDer and that the first chapter Will appear in tic
July number Mr.. AldricA's "Su!lwat2r Tragedy
now running in The Atlantic will he made into book II
September. Mr.. HOwels's " Undiscovered C"nnllF
Will lie ready some time this mOnth..-..The July Wi6
AroEp Will have PORTRAITS Mr. Bronson AlcOtt aiC
Miss L. NJ AlcOtt with picture of their Concord home
Anew Budey hook Is in preparation iOr issue III tL'
Autumn It's title will be " The BOdeys Ahroad".....
feature OF the Juy Hdrper will be Qu'en victoria
by Mrs. OIpha with portraits Of the q icen as cha
and young girl. and of TIC young Pr1nce.....R II
Shepherds autobiography of RuskIa" has led one o
MIR Rusk,'s Oxford pupils to prepare for The Conen'
p0rGry Rtrec article on Mf. Raskln's pu1c tlttTs
Tn we SeVr been Collected He he1ds the artc,
with quotation from one OF the FOrS lrltrIs; ~
n, reJrcne 70 read # they W Row!ou vii
sulplV mere "The Parliamentary Album ant fonuc1
Atlas Of GfeIt BdIn and Ireland fOf the General Etc
tio of $50 aud Is ready 10 receive ubscIiheis....
D1hdhOc'S MGgG=He for July, published ~ Boston VII
coatain The tu text OF the celebrated O"eramnier@'
Passion Play.