New-York tribune., 1880-06-23
LITERARY NOTES.

General Hoche, the early rival of Napoleon
onapsrte IN the race for military h0nors France the
respopsibhty for whose death BY poison has been
charged upon Napoleon himself by some writer's, ana
who had he lived, might have precluded Napoleons
suosequeut career and saved his country from many
humiiations will soon havea public honor restored to
him which the late Empire robbed him Of. At Yer
sales there Is q statue OF Hoche which formerly bore
this nscrption "He died soon for France. and his
go TSs TO es ssO fSSse
words were erased. Tomorrow they viii ne placed again
upon the statue.
Mr. r. H. Stoddard's praise of Hawthorne
I'm bis Encyclopaedia Britannica" article as creative
genius and real master OF English prose straightor
ward and unequivsca and 1t will nod large welcome
in tits country where the fame OF Hawthorne is 'h
creasing every year. Hawthornes longer stories are
declared to be absolute creations as Hauet UT ou
dine" nnd although he lacked the accompaniment OF
verse; he was In the highest Seuse poet" Again.
e possessed the terary quality OF style-a grRce'
charm perfection Of language which no other AnerI
can writer possessed in the same degree ana "hcn
places him among the great masters o English prose-
Mr. stoddard boldly af3rms that while Ha~thorhe was
p-ofoupd anatpmst of the heart, he was stngniarY
free from mOrbldness. nnd in his darkest @
concerning evil was ssn9s,y @ ss we'll as his
moral nature; II rs supreme IN all he wrote
Mr.. Stoflard A. Brooke, in his preface to tue
Posms from Shelky." which the newest aaotloh 10
Macmillan Co.'S Golden Treasury Series. explains the
leys works. He acknowledges the necessity al feauns
n poet's entire work would know the poet truly
hut says his intention has been not to represent eheeY
fully but to present in brief compass enough oi MS
poetry to induce those who are ignorant OF IL 10 read the
whole This he adds, the only valid excuse Tor max
ing selections from any poet. He holds that Sheley Is
more open to selections tnan OF thc other poets
His whole work is short; asnau book VIII contain Il
great deal OF It, and there is one spirt-the Spirit OF
youth-which fills all and brings ii into unity, so that
one is not troubled by tnat change in 1he whole nature
of the poet whicli age made with Wordsworth Mr..
Dropke notes how SheeYs fame is becoming greater
every year. 1t is what strange, he says to Uok DacR
nearly sixty years. VIXEN Shelley died, and md thar
scarcely City people IL read his poetry and that
even thes ied TO unuerst md H. To-day there remains
no longer y doubt among kOee worthy to judge that
Shelley has L" assunrd his own separate throne among
the greater poets 0i EnGl and."
Announcements.-T new and enlarged
edition of Mr. Stopford Brockes English Literature
iMacmilIan & Coz has been printed. in limited edtoh'
on handmade paper. with wide margins ehu uou.
edees Professor Bairt's " Rise OF the HuCuenots "
in the English edition has reached this country ana Is
handsome compliment to an American NiosTS
Colt Tyler will pass the Summer at Cambridge ana con-
tinue to work his History Of American Literature
another nsalment of which Is expected 10 appear our
ing the coming SAINT Slnon TIC lorhco-
ing volume of Mrs Oaphants series OF Foreign Classics
for English Readers will be ready in few days AZ D. b
Jippincott e. The new Bollcy book, " The
Bodeys Abroad" will be ready In AuSust-..Ihe m
tcrnatonal fer July has paper Oh the Labor
Prnbem by Jesse II. Jones. the wellknOwn labor le-
former of Boston DR.. Brtdgnan the Baptist MIL
fster OF this city, has prepared for Use IN BaptiS
churches a new hymn and tune book which A c. Arm
strong e. Son are about TO publish. Mr.. Henry Camp
who has charge Mr. Becchers choir has selected the
music A statue Of Leepardi. the eminent poet ana
philosopher of modern Italy, has been set u In puohc
SQUARE at Recanau. his native place. Mf D. D. Pit
ts abont to publish q book OF essays ana sketches
through Robert Clarke & Co., of Cincinnati. which VIII
have the title Pencllled FlyLeaves." p Peter
son Brothers Will pub III. immediately novel called
"Myrtle Lawn" by Robert E. Ballard, OF North caro-
lima ,ndd Mend H CD. have q complete set 0f seven
tyone plates in seven large fOos, or Turner'S Liner
Studiorim" for wHien the sum OF l2jQ Is asked; II
tor. OF Harvard.