New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-26
LITERARY NOTES.

Aaetter from Robert Burns, which It Is De-
Rived the pubio never saH baoFe has been brought 10
liyh I'm scotch newspaper. It bears date November
IL 1854 an6 Is as follows: "Dear Thomas COrrt'
am much Obliged you for your last letter, thougn us
sure you the contents OF It gare me no mdter VI c
Germ lam n present cursedY taken IN WITH on Sna
of gallautry that very glad Peggy is ON my manu-
] ani AT present embarrassed enough without beF
don't choose TO enter into partcuars 10 %i -. ~
never was poor raksh rascal In more ptiu tAkIns'
To his belief that Cowper's fame has been
preserved by the religious mJTeisent with when IL was
identified. Goodwin Smith adds the assertion ths' we
Moral satres would have sunk into OBLIVION DuV i'
"The Task" which buOYed them up. lie reea In Ao"
ever that they pleased Franklin, 10 whom heir Soc'H
ph,losophy vas cOngeBial. and that Golden NJ ia'e
time was also pleased with them. At the 'lne VI tn'
notification Mr. Smith relates that C0"per he'u
trembling consultation as TO the expedleney Vi p.',
ing tbcm under the notice of Dr. Johnson one VI H
~ hs disnessea would soon fud ITS way into az con-
panes-and spoil the SALE it was neeneu ~. nc &c q
means for oaaxng him into good temper Tor ne vs. vs.
great bear, with all his learning 9nd penettatnn az
book at last found ITS way into M setSu@ 70
temper the wind of adverse efinc's" u 'Ne s"O'-
lamb"
Walt Whitman was among those who con-
trbuted chapter on Emerson 10 the current LttrofB
World Years ago lie began. like most youngsteFs'
10 have q touch OF Emerson. He read his w1uheS
reyercnty, and addressed him a. "mdster' ana 'ne
recollection Of all this he retains not ohlV VII" CUM
posure but positive satisfaction" To THIS day nc noS
him high in his esteem although he objects to cer
points in bis teachings. "cod ana Dio'u'sS ~
Ielectuaty dominates hIp, and his final influence IS
10 make his students cease t. worship anytmng-a
must cease TO believe in anything outside OF the'h
selves" For philosopher, he thinks ne DO Sesses
singular dandhed theory IL manners, nn ~ WET
at the same tim to say that mn me emerson Elm; hi
Carlyle have done more Tor P0ilcSI sEa o. en- n
than All the pronounced democrats one eotid name
Io S5s IN conruson that il remains for Tim TO avOw
OF
growth yet of the literature Of toe New World"
Dibdin somewhere cites as one of the pos
se cures Of bbliomsn the reprntng OF scarce WORKS
md ,hc reproduction IN fac sime Oi first and curious
ed,tions Mr. Eliot Stock OF London has done much
20 efsct tIs cure, book fancers have learned 10
kLow-lhose who pOss ssed the rare VOldnes he mas re-
printed no doubt their regret but Others TO their u
speakable satsfa elton. He Is now about TO Issue re-
prints OF the first editions of Waituns Angler Bun
vans Pilgrims Progress" AMI Herbert's "Temple'
m among the sc rcest OF books the walton 1or
Instance being worth from $500 10 $500 He VIII hnlt
the tons $50 copies of each work, and oilers the
10 Subscribers of The AthQHdry for the shldl sum 81
sbilIngs ap eee sone years Mr.. stock published
fac SMILES OF all these very works, and the present
issues appear be from the old plates In mat case
question will very likely be raised again respecting e
accuracy Of the lac sr Gr ane orr of M finest Cole
lions OF the various editions OF this work is pre-
IE nETSE in MarcS, 1873, showing that it was not
au fac smile Tue Lenox COPY OF tue oiGlnai Oh
forty uore pages of matter than the originate mat Il
eoutalDed paragraphs Lot in the original, ana tIat III
other ways It differed from IT,
Announcements. - Mr.. Swinburnes new
volume Songs Of the SprlYg TIDES" is Published tins
week by r. Wor. hng;Ou. 1t is dedicated 10 Trelawny
the friend OF Byron u: Shelley, and among its contents
are a poem OF considerable length to the memory OF
Shelley a poem SarplIo, and the sonnet on the pro
posed monument III West nins,cr Abbey to Prince Ma
po!eOu....Mr +. p. Roe is writing a new story for
Summer reading. Dodd, Mead Co. will publish 1t IN
due season Volume TX. is the Ginning volume Of the
American Book Excl anges Library Of Universal
Knowledge" Macauay's life and letters has 0een
sdded to the publications. OF this hGse..-..-Te HUI
sean Lectures for 1879 delivered hy the Rev NJ
BOYD Carpenter, and have been published ubde" the
titls Witness Of The Heart of Christ" a. d. F. Ran
doiph & CO)...... Edward Everett Hale has written
an article on the settlement OF the Christian
Church in Boston. Saem and Beighboring places
which will be printed in Frank LeSteS Sunday
M1gaanc for June. 1t will have portraits OF winthrop
nud Endcot besides cuts Of some Of the carly churches
To-day A. c. Armstrong & Son and Houghton,
Mfn & Co. have ready their JOINT edition nj tse com-
e or MacauiaY ia eight thick eYo NQluUes
They have made 10 ron plates which Formerly were
trd for sets comprising sixteen volumes. Fd!l indexes
are riyeu and tie memoir Dean IiuI2n, WA the
critical sketch 10y +. r. WMppe the matter which was
sold for $40 is offered here for MIS-
JonowenR, the author Of several books based on cH-
rCfIencc Eastern countries has n hand new Work.
LIE and Travel III IHda," vii Porter COates viii
pnD.ish Early next week. +. O'SLea. OF 81 Baic clay
VIII publish The Legend OF the REST Beloved, aId
Ibaer Poems" by Eleanor G. DUprvly fOr the beutht
of tnc Itish Famine Fund.