New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-19
LITERARY NOTES.

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/; ,qhe Nav number of The Atomic, published
an Saturday contains four chapters 81 Mr. Aot'ers
sstiiwatef Tragedy" and three OF Mr. ho"enss ou,
.,,.saxsrsa Cnuntry.s Mr. C. p. Craneh writes on
gelent ard Genius" ana II. ANGEL contributes
second raper ON Records of W. H. Hunt"
The representation next month at ooeian-
errsu IN Upper Bavaria, Of the celebrated Passion
Play waeh aroused eaeh interest ten years ago. mas
raled ont a new edition OF Henry Bnckbnrhs Artln
tha Mountains" Goribner Weifordl, in which de-
scrplon Of the play and pictures oil the thee "uu
Ors are gwen
In the Record Office in London prayer IN
fhe handwriting OF Charles l.. dated 1881 has oeen
found and it turns to be identical Wish inc eeco
,raver in the Exon Basilike." j. b. Marsh. VINO
found the document will have an article 2bOnt ~ ~ uo
POynS Wbc no SonCt Viii SHOW the Importance Of the
IDENTITY OF these two prayers 10 the vexed question Oh
the authorship Of the Ekon IL,
snmntuons Latin Bible written on vellum
or Giovanni BeativOgO, Lord of Bologna VINO was
saaspated in 1903, sold recently IN London Tor T4oo
The first edition OF Bunyan's House OF Gou oEouen'
p4s and the frst OF his Heavenly Footman" $Sl oO'
%sos YSs sa 81 LAP a tie
. job" fetched $50, aud Biake's " f'"neS NNH'
3nouehts." S4s. ~,
Mrs. Whitney's new story, odd or Even
viii he ready at HOughtoD, oSgoOd Co.'s on "ednes
day and it s sold Of the book that "the persons tDe
scenes the incidents, the conversations the sunni
philosophy such Rs Mrs. Whtneys aomr 'rs ueiKu
In" FOR the day this house announce AMERICAN
Proseo as n companion volume TO the American
pnon. 1 bished last Fall The selections will com-
prise among other authors. Hawthorne, lrVihH' HOnF
fellow, Lowell, ThOreau and Emerson
Among some prize and other questions re-
Gently asked by The Literary Nous, published By r.
IAYoldt at Nos IS 10 ParkrOw there was one ior
tho finest passage in point of beauty OF mougnt LII
Edwin Arnold's Eight OF Asia" The highest yote mas
been received for tie follow ng lines from page A44
Pits and need .
MakA eli desb Mn There Is no caste in blood,
Which rnnnetb of one hue nor caste IN teaIs,
which trickle salt WITH all; neither comes man
10 birth With tikamark stamped on me prov pro- Iod.
Nor sacred thread TN neck. VINO ooth IlShI ueSus
II twice-bOrn and who doeth Ill deeds VIC
In a long review of Max Miller's " Sacred
Rooks of The East" several volumes Of which are
already out The Times Of London, quotes what Emer-
son IN his English Ttaits Of the affinity OF the
English mind for Oriental literature BY the law OF
ontraries says look for an Irresistible taste ior
(rteut,lism In Britain. For selfconceted MOD 81 me-
aaa mn of triAos cipepg TO a corporal civilization,
hating IDEAS there is nothing like the Orient aTse
nesss clam not surprised" he says again; :" nnu
an it he rranG syle Of thinking in the Indian
writings, depIeeatnG tng Of he BbassyS
An unpublished and extremely interesting let
tor from Leone Leon to Michael Angelo is printed IN the
current Acadcmyith notice by Charles Heath Wilson 1t
efrs to designs which had been submitted by artstsIOr
te colossal hGnre of Neptune ip the centre OF the Iou
tain of the Piazza della sgnora at Florence ana also 10
keons coming departure for Milan 1t is addressed 10
Michael Angelo Rome and begins with these words;
Very magnificent and my most honored slgnor"
The exte nal address also s as characteristic OF the
times as 1t is indicative Of the high honor In which MI
ehaei Angelo, then in his cighysxth year, was hed by
other Italian artists: To the magnificent SgnOr
my most bonOred signOr Michael Angelo BuonarottL
ROM" The first sentence in the letter is TINS " 10
morrow morning, 1T please God shall free my ears
snail 90 10 Milan and leave it to them make the
giants AmmRnato has got the marble ana nhs dtdgeeu
l into 2e Ss aud ensces the Duke O FOreRce with
his tongue" Cellin was then sixty years OF age ami
bs temper from ms appears W hA'e oefh dc
abie rs eYer
Early In May Bangs Il Co. will sell an I'M
commonly choice lot of books which the best
editions OF many standard authors and elegant ART
works in excellent condition. The set OF HameftOns
xors it wonld probably be hard 10 match; certainty
another Ike 1t it would require great industry and
patience to get together. The set complete aud those
volumes which have Illustrations are early Impressions
Under Ruskin there are twenty-five titles All are
London prints part OF the Modern Painters is the
b4t edition. and there is copy Of the Giotto and His
works in Padua," ore Of the rare Ruskin volumes
ryeven vou,pes of the edition De Luxe OF Tart being
c5mpete set TO January l. ISIS are " me orG an
n VOLS OF the GG1es oil thick papee
SasS Ss e4SSS HSrEs Chsncer So the
, hurry Tales" 8 vols, .evo, 1890 ara the "WorKs !,
t" the best edoH; copy The Oxford classic
Hume" large paper eo2y o. ud Den. hn ann
S'NN@N~-'
type reproduction.
Il The publication IN the Standard Series of a
ehcap edirion Of Canon Farrars Life Of ST. Paul has
called ont some interesting facts in the history Of the
,tssae in this country Of Farrars works. They asO
illustrate feature IN tho English publishing system
winch for long time has beea serious obstacle in tie
way of American remuneration TO British authors.
Funk Co., the publishers Of this series, have sent
ont card containing a letter from Canon Farrar to
them saying: Any Acknowledgement, by way OF roy
ATTY on the sale my books In the form issued by y0
win of course be acceptable and tue more 20 because
have scarcely ever received from America even the
most trivial pecuniary recognition OF the sums gained
by the sale OF my hooks" e. r. Dalton Co. are the
pnb,saers here referred 10. The PbtsheTS Weekly has
taken fe mans 10 learn their side OF the story. which
apnaars 10 be TINS years ago the English pnbsa
etr desired 10 PRINT Life OF Christi aud engaged
iii rights in It, he preferrtnc this TO copyright on TIE
saies The success Of the book WAS so unexpectedly
Great that when wrote the " ST. Paul ne feqnrt
so large that the English house, Cassel PETER
CialpiI. were compelled 10 figure that $4,000 o.
filis must come from the American market" OF the
sun p Dntton 90. have thus Tar paid S3OOO 70 th6
Eegilsh publishers. In addition they have expended
$1,000 in advertising the books OF Canon Farrar thus
largely creating the market that exists f0r them. az
Ci,fistnas time they forwarded directly 70 him. ae on
honorariuu, 500 This he acknowledged. but with y
sosnnlatnT that not TuOse. Ia the light OF MS
later 20 Funk Co. he does not look II as even
the trivial recognition OF the sums gained ny inc
sale of his books"