New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-28
LITERARY NOTES.

The first volume of the Memorial History
Of Boston James r.. Osgood Coz ne nearly ready
Sir EVELYN Wood. who accompanied the ex-
Empress Eugene zululand, collected materials TOT
work on the Iuiu war.
collector recently paid $500 at auction,
for an autograph letter by Burns in which was quo'eo
"Scots wha haze"
London publishers are paving more at'eh-
tlon matter Of artistic bindings and silver Ju'
now taking The place Of gold in book-cover ornaments
Mr. John Bartlett, whose Familiar QUOTA
tions" has with very large sale, has compe'eu
companion volume. an index TO passages ana phrases
from shakespeare, which Little, Brown Co.. are pup
lshrg. ~
NJ Henri Van Laun, the translator or Tame,
will superlntend wholesale translation OF seie''eo TOT
eign works OF fiction for London puolshng house'
German Hungarian and Polish novels Will contribute 10
the list.
Houehton. Mifflin & Co. have begun
'Nodern Classics series. and the first voume a neat
Httie book contains "Evangeline." 1.-THE Courtsnp OF
Miles s,andish," and Mr.. Longfellow's "Favoriie
Poems"
Bv special arrangement, Henry Holt a. Co.
have received for the Leisure Hour Series the ma
terials MI Bentley discovered tor new volume q"
sketches by Charles Dickens The DOCK VIII &c c"'eu
1.-THE Mudlcg Papers, etc.
Mr.. George p Lathrop has entered the
political campaign with humorous pamphlet entitled
Presidential Pills "a. Williams & Coz The novelty
OF this that cit IS suited TO both SIDES in the
When MIR. John Morley assumed the editor
shin Of tie Liberal RAJ Mall Gazette II was with the
understanding That be should remain the nominal
eoitor Of The Fortjghty ECr,ec and return TO 1t as
haven of refuge If daily journalism proved failure
IL let The Eocctc for good an indication 'na'
The G0<eNe Is prosperous.
During the Russo-Turkish war, Lieutenant
v Greene was the United States military atache with
the Russian army His Official report to the war De-
partment has been highly commended by inh'"! "u
thorities in Europe and translated into French ana
German. On Tins report as basis. lie has written a
volume containing an account Of his personal cXpefi
en- .cs ana cnut!ed Army LIE IN Russia" which
CHARLES >cri5ueI's sons have in press.
Newspapers are proving popular novelty
in JsIau. where Journalism Is making great str"oS
The japanese said have keen relish for news ana
gossip ard Ike both the less for being seasoned
with scandal The best the several hundred news
papers tbs Empire published III Toxic IneN en-
brace journals OF every DESCRIPTION from the heavy
political Ncht Nicht ShmbWH. TO the sensational ponce
news gazette the H0rit-a Monde. and the come paper
Naru Mari, ChimLWn The japanese joke IS very deep
In IL Gaming. and much Is left to the macinaton Al
the time oftlc visit OF General Graut who was called
20 Ran-Sau" 10y the people, a t"r'ooa appeared "hch
was SIMPLY picture OF tne !neSe gr.s' cailed ran
win TINS leg, iG Owing to the fashionable rage Tor
TIL. specimen OF foreign horticulture tie population
has wasted great deal 81 money"
Belgium has no National literature. In part
for the good reason that people poor bookbuyers
and very htl~. Literary Congress is being held
IN Brussels TO discover Will foster native literature,
aud these questions beng dscussed l. The rights
OF authors p The pccts u III erary men, Does the
Government. by offering prizes. granting sUbvenons.
aud subscribing to new publications. attain the OBJ ct
OF bringing forward literary aientf Can the publishing
trade be organized 10 increase The circulation OF
naive productions in and ont of the country What
provision he made tor men OF letters and Their i-
lilies Tue role OF literature III education. Ought
contemporary literature to form part ot classical cdu-
cation How the teaching of modern languages he
imnfovc1i How can lectures rcadiI gs and public IL
bfarrs fha more usefuI2 WHAT ought TO he the OF
flee OF the Press regards literary crltcismf l. Lit
eraturc considered as an AT.