New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-28
LITERARY NOTES.

A new edition of William r. Ayers DOC
trne of a Future Life" will soon be ready at ROBERTS
Brothers.
Mr. Francis Parkman's next volume In his
series of historical works will be "Montcan on wnicn
he IL now engaged.
Selections from the writings of George Mac
donald with sketch Of Macdonalds life and an intro
duction by James Fields, will be issued soon by d.
Lohrop Co., OF Boston, the second volume in their
Spare Minutes Series" Cheerful Words" will be the
title of the volume
Kossuth's autobiography and political works
will their appearance IN Ave languages, and II IS
reported that the gements already made by MN
such that from living in comparative poverty as ne
does the Hungarian patriot viii thus be placed I'D
circum which will render bis old age comfort
able.
In an article on "The Youth Of Nine. Neck
err" the Recu des Der MOndes gives romantic
account of the future Nine Neckers love affair with
Gibbon tho historian Extracts printed from some
long and unpublished letters which show IL is said tha'
Gibbons memory, when he wrote his =" Memoirs was
not exactly true TO him on all the points.
novel which has recently appeared In Eng
land commended by The Saturday Rertew as pleasantly
exceptional in that not soul bearing title OF any
kind is introduced incidentally romthe irst page
10 the last" The man TO whose enterprise the town
its prosperity is not even knighted'' and the
parson who the OF the story, is the only
person who has indisputable pretensons to rank as
gentleman"
The chapters from Ruskin's Stones of
Venice which John Wiley Sons have just published
were selected by Mr.. Ruskn himself for the use OF
travellers while staying in Venice and Verona, and the
volume the first OF series designed by tie
author with the purpose of placing in the hands OF the
public. in erviceable form, those portions OF his
earlier works which he thinks deserving OF permanent
place in the system Of his general teaching"
The Saturday ReuieU says it cannot help re-
earding Haw thorne's American Note Books" as
among the perfect and beautiful revelations Of
writer's personality that exist in literaure they are
the confessions Of innocent Rousseau who had moth
Ing confess except the coseness OF his walk with Ma
fer1 and The BlithedaIe Romince" the same paper
says their position In the highest class OF modern
writings is never more 10 be assailed."
The new volume by the late Bayard Taylor,
which will be issued March from the press of G. p
Putnam's Sons, will for it's title Critical Essays
and Literary Notes." and will comprise articles on
Thackeray. TcDnysOn. Halleck Hugo Howells, George
Eliot and Henry James ir, which appeared originally
in The Atlantic The international Reriec and THE TRB-
uSE His Days in Weimar" will also be included
The volume is designed as companion TO the recently
published studies IN German Literature"
The forthcoming part of Groves Dictionary
of Music has been delayed for fortnight owing TO
the unusual demands upon Mr. Groves time incident to
his writing for it biography of Mendessohn. This
biography he has written completely aresh and 1t
understood statement has been made for which
he has not seen the authority himself. He has made
Journey Berlin Leipsc solely for the purpose OF
In England. The number will also contain sketch OF
Meyebeer and probably good portion OF the article on
Mozart
The interesting announcement is made by
Roberts Brothers, of Boston, that they have In prepare
edition in two volumes of the " Diary OF Madame
DAbay prepared by Sarah c. Woolsey, and that they
will issue 1t in style uniform with Miss WoOlsey's
recently published edition Of the Autobiography and
Correspondence of Mrs. Delaney" Roberts Brothers
further that they intend to follow this work
with editions OF diaries That likely TO be read
until the end OF tne-thOse OF Samuel Pepys and John
Evelyn for which there Is certainly room In an edition
such as this announcement gives promise OF.
A remarkable example of extra book Illus
tration may be seen at j. W. BoutOn's. 1t Is the
octave edition of Peter Cunningham's Nell Gwynnes
Life and Times" inaid throughout to royal folio, with
upward of 800 choice prints and other matter inserted
the whole forming volumes three inches thick and
bound full crimson grain Lcvant morocco. Many
contemporary broadsdes OF extreme variety given
extremely interesting feature OF the work consists of
the original autograph royal accounts against Nell
Gwynne, which comprise seventeen cosey-written To-
los IT contains original document bearing the sig
nature ofChares III. Tue price for which these two
volumes held is $500