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

Mr.. Howellss collected novels are six in
nnn,bcr Venetian Iafc" "A Foregone Conclusion"
"a Chance ACQUAINTANCE" " Their Wedding Journey
The LADY of the Aroostook." and the recently pun
lished Undiscovered Country" He has also pnohsned
g Italian Journeys" suburban sketches anu
The Oxfold undergraduates who recently
REFORMED the "Agamemnon OF Eschylus AT baiioi
have been induced TO visit Eton Winchester ana mar
row. so that they became for the tme as mas peeh IL
marked strolling players The room used at Harrow
was the largest yet put IN use by them sna ~ s"P
and judgements was much like a Greek theatre.
al knew some years SINCE" says Mr.. H. H.
stoddard in his hdepeneest article on some my Va" A.
the Life OF Poe" worthy man OF letters wnoeo e
imposed mission II to write life OF beeto'ep' un
cerning whom and whose productions nc hau 'nOuN"'
long aud to whom he was brought tonsorany near U!
,he nossession of lock Of his white hair. He made
tourney 10 Germapyrn some consular capacity .lh
,snd set about bis projected work with such exped
ton sne divine Jury Iinay say that at the end OF SIX
wears he wrought octave OF eight hnndren pges
In which succeeded in bringing the ne OF INC srs"
maestro down to within year OF his birth !!
An ANONYMOUS novel published few weeks
ago by j. b. Lpplncott Co.. under the tte inco"ot"'
or Star by has arousedan unusual interest," we"
OF the slight attempts that we're made 10 'hc
lie when 1t first appeared 1t is understood 10 DC 'he
work o. writer unknown to literature, and tire h'erh
evidence points to a young lady author who either l'es
abroad or One Of the chapters opens Win
paragraph the statements Of which, the author DC
new writer one may well wish TO see verified IN her o"
ease These are its words Theo's book was published
At last The usual amount OF praise and abuse was ac
corded IL by the discerning critics It's noVey aIareu
sone rn,id souls VINO pronounced II dangerous book
After such an accusation ITS success naturally as
sured Theodore surprised ana delighted Her pup
fisher was less surprised Though more delighted
He wrote congratulatory letter which was Kind ana.
what more to the purpose ehcioseu cnooA i OU
hundred pounds
library of books was sold last week Mt
Clinton Hall IN which, according TO the catalogue there
should have been a volume described The Gentle
Boy. BY Nathaniel Hawthorne Twice Tod Tale An
oblong Quarto with original illustrations ana the
date 1889 Before the sale came on there had been ire
ouent noures from collectors and dealers rare books
for this curious volume, butt could not be fono any
where. One of the men in charge said he had rarely
ever known many people ask for one book, but IN
spite of oil his researches high and low through CLINTON
Hall no trace Of the lost volume could anywhere oe ds
covered adds the interest of the case is the
fact that nobody ever TO have heard OF such
book. Lives of Hawthorne make no mention OF IT, nOr
do the photographed dictionaries make any r. d me
appeared The Token" an annual OF Inc tneh 1901
no laer-for Il was MADE mo GUOs
form with others OF Hawtbornes early stories us Nome
l. of the Twice Told Tales in 1897 two years before
catalogue at Clinton Hall he saw the quarto ana
Is able to describe it infinitely But where IL went u
neither he nor any one else IL able 10 tell
Announcements Houghton, Mf1n q Co.
IN the Autumn will publish from the plates Of the
Vest Pocket series new series OF popular books to be
called Modern Classics ".....The August number OF
Scri6ner viii contain The first OF series OF papers on
ploces associated with Dickens. Each paper VIII be
Illustrated by Charles A. Vanderhof who has made
special visit TO England for the pGrpose. H.
Osgood g. Co. expect to have the complete edition OF
Mr. william Winters poems ready for publication III
October The revised and enlarged edition OF ." Inc
Trip to England 4" will be ready about the same fme
Macmillan & Co. expect to bring out the final two
volumes Of 1.-THE English Poets" very soon. MARX
Pattison does the "Pope'' Matthew Arnold the
"Gray" y: Goodwin Smith the Scott y; MI
svmonds the BYRON" and Mr. Arnold
the "Keats ".. r. worthinCton has ready Julia Gin
ton Jones's "valhaa; the Myths OF Norseland" This
work was privately printed some time ago and us SAFE
In that form reached thousand copies III now for the
first time TO be had through the regular book trade chan
nels The Library OF Religious Poetry which
DIR Schae and Mr. Arthur Gilman have edited Tor Dodu,
Mead & Co., ia all 10 type. 1t VIII make STOUT
volume of 600 pages. This hrm have at thelf
store along with many choice art books set OF me
original edition Of Audubon's great work. Tor whlch
81 200 is asked Harry Quiter, OF Trinity Eoiiege
Cambridge. has published a volume on "Glotto mus
frafed with engravnRs. Photographic and tacslmles
Mr. stoddard's "Encyclop@d Britannica article
"Iiawthorne" has been published IN small paInphet
nv Charles scribners Sons. Collectors OF HAWTHORNE
of whom there are now about forty In this city alone
Will thus be able get this article In separate ana
nfanff form