New-York tribune., 1880-01-14
LITERARY NOTES.

The two child songs which Tennyson has
written for ST. Nicholas will appear in the February
number OF that magazine Both have been SET 10 nus'o
under Mf TennysOiPs SUPERVISION
Mr.. Herbert Spencer while in Egypt has been
able TO engage somewhat in literary work and 1t Is said
that he will return homo TO prosecute further his
literary undertaklig% .
recent fire at the Palazzo SfOrza C9sarinl
in Rome DESTROYED valuable library OF 1000 voiumes
In the same fire picture by yandyek for which Sl2ooo
had been refused besides pictures by Gudo hehi anu
pOus sin, were consumed
The "Souvenns of Madame lie Brun nave
reached fourth edition r. war,hingtons The orsi-
nal issue was a careful reproduction OF the EngIsh
Translation This, however, was found TO be c1iremV
inaccurate ana sfr WOrthington has mad careful re-
vision made OF the entire work with all the necessary
trouble in the making OF plates. This revision has
been done by Morris II. Tyler, NJ. A. Oi Nc"-ha'en'
whose now appears on the lue page
The Boston Public Library has acquired
valuable collection works relating 10 Frankn the gt
of DE- samuel A. Green. 1t includes l40 books and
pamphlets a large number OF autograph letters ana
eighty portraits and engravngs Ii is said that hitherto
M pubtc collection has beel formed In Boston, de-
signed IN include everything which Franklin wrote and
printed besides orraiis prints medals auto
graphs and other memorials OF a per sonal kind
DIR. Busch in his latest volume of Bismarck
lana tells extremely good story OF way the Chahce
lor has 10 rid himself OF people who stay too long You
must have many tiresome visits" said Lord Odo Russell
20 him one day when he had called q" How do you man
agc 10 rid yourself OF bOres T. Oh, 1t Is very easy
replied Bismarck. Z" Ny wife always knows the people
don't care to waste time over, and she nvarlapy
comes in the most opropos manner to disturb the H.
terview" Hardly had the words left Bismarck's lips
when the door opened aud the Princess appeared ana
gave practical demonstration OF he system Nv re L.
ing after bowing TO the British Ambassador: Fray
don't forget. Otto, that you nave some neulche
TO take to-day"
Eugene Schuyler prefaces the first chapter
of his work on Peter the Great which begins III the feD
ruary Sri5,er with note saving that his history Is
founded on q dilsent study OF original documents I'D
the archives of various countries of the Russian coec
tOns Of laws and state papers, OF the memoirs ana az
counts OF Peters contemporaries of the WORKS Oh nus
sian historians and of most important books writ
ten on the subject by foreigners lie Will tell the story
OF Peters life and reign he understands IL, ana he
homes his readers will believe he has good evidence Tor
every statement he makes Foot notes he avoids as mat
ter convenience in magazine article ana reserves
them for use the work when it takes on book FORM
there are in tie Imperial Public Library at ST Peters
burg than 400 portraits OF the EmPeroT& & ~nlcn
have been collected from every country IL Europe
The portrait which Mr. SCHUYLER mas selected as oh-
tispiece is which was best liked by Peter hmscH'
j. F. Riail0, who has written valuable
work on "The Industrial Arts in Spain" and ia known
In England for his knowledge of current spansh
literature writes to The AMeneum that within the last
few years SPAN bas done more for the history oil her
now lost American possessions than she did IN the
three centuries when she he'd an undsputed conrol OF
them Last year a remarkable work Of this KIND was
published by Don Antonio Fable a we[known Spanish
author on the life and writings Of Barthoame de Las
Casas B.sGop OF Chiapa. and called by some people
the Apostle of the Indies" by Others the Protector
of the Indians" Many errors concerning the Bshops
character opinions refuted. and the theoIy OF
yarnnacen that il was Amergo Vespucci who first dis
covered the American continent is set aside his
anthor shows that one year before Vespucci landed
Christopher Columbus himself then on his third voyage
of discovery had touched frma at Para In the
eu of the same name. OF the Coast OF Venezuela near
the mouth OF Ofinoco. THIS he proves by dOcll,
ments preserved in the archives OF Sananeas aug
Seville. One volume only OF TINS valnaoie WOTh, wiiu
ought find publisher in this country mas apptaf9a
bui tue second containing the remainder or Las
Casass unedited letters and tracts will come out
shcrtly.
Henry James, jr., in his forthcoming volume
on "Hawthorne" Oaper & BrOthers), while noting That
"The Marble Faun" has probably become the most
popular of Hawthorne's four novels adds thatto his
sense II has sligter value than its companions he
is far from regarding the masterpiece OF the author
position to which it is sometimes assigned He THINKS
the subject and many Of the details are admraoie'
but as a whole the work is less simple ana compete
than either OF the three tales OF American me- Haw-
thorno forfeited precious advantage In ceasing to
tread his native soil" Sl 1t has enough beautiful per
cepon interesting characters OF Rome and enough
rich and eloquent expression of IT, to save the DOOR, IL
the TOOK could be saved He adds that The style Is an
inferior one and that the thing remains charming ro
nance with intrinsic weaknesses" The fault OF u Is
that the element the unreal pushed too lar, ana
that the book of category nor OF another
The idea of a modern faun charming one, but MI
Jamcs thinks that Hawthorne should have made the
faun more definitely modern. without rcverpg so muc
10 his mythOogca properties and antecedents." IL is
more than likely that Hawthornes admirers Will tnd lr
Mr. James's volume good deal to critiGise, on lhe
ground 0i ts want OF sympathy with hawthorne
Genius Certain expressions IN the hnal paragraph az
His work Will rcmaiu" and among the men ol
Imagination lie will always have his niche. seem hkt
saving IN an essay Shakespeare that lac was gtea
poet or ia one Michael Angelo that an artist ne
made himself famous