New-York tribune., 1880-02-21
LITERARY NOTES.

Forster's Life of Dickens" has been trans
lated into Italian :,
The Dutch translation of Mr.. Froudc's lee
.res on sou,n Africa will be circulated among the
Bosrs. -
A new French translation of the Waverley
Novels with wood by Distinguished artists is an
nouneed by Didot
Zola's last novel, "Nana," which had run
of neary four months TOitaire. has been pub
lshcd in voume by Cbarpentler, ana already 'n'i'''
five editions Of ii have been disposed OF. .
The last poems of Francis r. Havergall
have been issued by A. d. F. Randolph. in a small vol
ume bearing the title " Under the shadow. pi Ut.
Howard Crosbys Yale sermons VIII be ready al 'h's
house IN a few days
There are !, 700 female authors in France.
TWoh,ris of them are natives of the provinces. ana
onethird OF Paris. OF those born in the provinces
majority the South: About 600 writer's i UIe
of 700 write novels or stories iot te ,naI
200 arc poets aud $50 devote themselves 20 eoncAOhi
works. ~
The Life of Bishop Doyle"-whOm Sydney
Smith ia credited with having called the Pope OF ireland
first pubshel in 1861 has been long out OF PRINT ana
new edition. full OF letters and anecdotes that have
not already been printed. Is on the eve OF punncaV%H %
The author, Mr. Fitzpatrick. has had ready anu ~ ms
work from the family aud executors OF the late blsnop
IL is held that the expression AS big as
Garagautua's mouth" In shakespeare'S AS You Like
ID is not reference Rabeais as has been asserted
but to the History of Garagantua, published IN Eng
land, probably when Shakespeare was a iad te ys, @
old and 10 known that Garagantua was giant o"s
before Rabelais was born
An anonymous writer in the March ScftOneF,
reviewing the Memoirs Of Madame dc Remusat ana Oh
Prince Metternch advances the theory that the former
work was tanpered with before its publication. lie cites
te fact tha the only persons who are not Spoken
of harshy Eugene ana hortense be,unhIols' n,
the only lrequenters OF me impeIlSi Taaee m c @
had IN their veins the blood OF the OLD nODy 10 "Hoh
the Remusats belonged
Punch itself cannot always provide new
iokcs. literary detective " believes lie mas eauSh'
IL in the Of resuscitatng numerous old ones from s
own flies He cites several instances OF such transgres
s:on The recent sketch OF stout old gentleman VINO
complained that he could find his dog, while the dOg
was on the ground beneath his feet where he c0nd DOT
see him owing to 9's Mo own S%on OSSs .mgn He 1s the
Sketch for which drawn by John Tenrlel. lemon
one day told the objective" how the Original oeslgn
was sent in by a gentleman TO whom the event really
happened
Another important addition has been made
by Leo XIII TO the Library of the Vatican III twelve
manuscript volumes said TO be of great value as well or
their contents their antiquity They include the
Institutes OF Jusnian; two copies OF The Decretas OF
Gregory IX one OF which contains the letters sent by
Gregory the University of Paris collection 90 doru
ments pertaining TO the sixteenth century when are
described thrOwing marvellous amOunt Oh gn. oH
the history of that period and volume OF deolsOs vi
the Rota OF the fourteenth century whieI nc M are nm hn
in that those already in the Archives OF the ota oes
only with the fifteenth century
Buckle at one time possessed 22,OOO vol
umes and though he frequently sold parts OF his library
the collection was seldom short of IL 900 volumes III
is common thing in London AID by no means very
rare thing In Neg-York find volume at bookstores
bearing his book-pate. Mr. Huth. in his Life OF
Buckle" relates that it Buckles way when com
posng to pace his room until whole paragraph was
fashioned his mind, and then TO write out He was
great reader OF Milton, Burke and the dictionaries or
nine and tobacco he was as fond Carlyle Once be
ordered whole of clay pipes. and he wou1 never
accept invitation 10 house IN when he ceuI' @ net
smoke He once declared that he would never marry
uni he mad 81 O1O year. Twice he fell IN love Win
consins Oae Of them was aTeadv engaged and as for
the other there were friends who ineee ed to prevent
the marriage OF grounds OF consanguniiy