New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-03
LITERARY NOTES.

Ercxmann- Chatrian will soon begin ne"
novel IN the columns Of Paris newspaper
Mr. Froude's Bunyan will be the next
volume In The English Men OF Letters Ser es
Alnbonse Daudet will soon publish IN the
Pars Fgaro q novel called Trous-eaux et Loye''es'
The Oxford examiners for the Arnold prize
essay report that composition which mas oeeh o' ."
appears 20 them deserving OF the award
The new edition of Hildreth's History OF
the United States" which Harper Brothers nave n'"e
IN style uniform with the B." Hume" Macauiay anu
other weknown recent historical publications OF MS
house. will be ready in about week $50
A volume on Washington irving VIII oe
added 10 the English Men OF Letters Series ana If
understood that Charles Dudley Warner will be asked TO
write It, His Atlantic article and his essayintroduc-
ton for the new Geoffey Crayon edition OF iryines
works make 1t particularly appropra,e Iaa' suon
ume should come from Mr.. Warmers hands.
New rules at the Bodleian Library require
that no manuscript shall be copied without permission
of the librarian and that IL a copy has been made no
notification OF It shall take place except afier Ike per
mission Protests against these rules have already Dc
eun "The poor Bodlean," says petitioner, "which
for 800 years been model of lineraiy ana geneT
osity, 10 suddenly placed below me Na,can Lioi"iS ="
illiberality and dOg-in- the -lnanSei-hcss'
Dorothy Pattison, whose Life has just been
published In book hearing the title sister Dora WIS
sister OF Marx PatsOn, the author OF the DOCK on NIL
ton which recently appeared in the English Men oil
Letters Series. Their father was Yorkshire clergy
man. Miss PattsOns life passed IN hospitals, where
she achieved sipna success and displayed the CHEST
herosn but 1t SAID by her biographer that she ne
neved the true sphere for women was home after az;
end toward end of her life was heard 10 reihak
had TO begin life over again would marry, because
woman ought 10 1--we with man. ana he III su'Yectou
A pOpulor account of foreign insects, Their
sirncre H. bits aud transformations, has been written
by the Rev J. c. Wood. and in few days George
RoutIedge sons will publish It, under the title "lnsecis
Abroaa" The authors object Is to show the great ana
part which take in the economy OF the
world, and the extreme value 10 mankind OF 'hose III
sects which are commonly called Destructive NoIew
er than SEQ insects have been described GOO Oi WHICH
are represented by illustrations. The author saws ne
has examined more than 600 drawers containing III,
sects, preparation for the Wolk ana maj cam ~
these drawers contains, on an average MY sleohes
Charles Clements work on Michael Angelo,
Leonardo and Raphael has been translated into English
and published in London. or leonardo NJ Clement
saws strange aud startling things The anthOr OF tue
Last supper" he airms, was neither gical nor
Christian, nor religious IN any decree Inc lehRlouS
thought is utterly absent from all his works. For
Michael Angelo NJ. Clement has the highest admrauOn'
He calls him the last and greatest OF the severe mas
ters" and adds that lac may be SAID to have had no
ancestors since $50 immeasuraby eXcelled ms pre-
decesso1s that 10 what lie may have assimacd
from bis age he had all the characteristics oil those eX
ceponal beings who owe TO circumstances nothing out
the possibility OF freely developing their taordinaiY
.
and citizen tnat ne was. he appears l'Hu ue 1a'e
Dante Leonardo Brunelieschi aud Raphael-'the lasi
clon of lost race dominating this army OF giants
since his character on par WITH ms genus VI
Cement inclines TO assign hun the nfst place among
the great men OF the modern era
An interesting contribution has been made
by the Cologne Zeitg to the old question. Was shyocK
Jewi A writer in that PAPER has discovered III INC
eleventh book OF GregOro Let's Life Of Pope Sxtus
wa story 10 the following effect: Ten years before the
probable date of the production of Shakepeares play
was good Catholic Christian, learned that SIR francis
Drake had conquered San Domingo. He impaired his
news TO a Jewish trader simson Ceneda, who either
dsbelIeved or mad interest in making 1t appear So
and obstnatey contested the truth OF the merchants
statement 70 emphasize his contradiction he added
he would stake pound weight Of his flesh on the con-
trary The Christian took him ut his word stalking LOU
scudi against the pound OF aesh and the bet was at
tested by two witnesses On the truth OF brakes con-
quest being confirmed, the Christian demanded the fu
fment of wager. In vain the jew offered money ln
stead of the stake he had agreed to- aud finally appealed
10 the Governor. Tie Governor appealed 10 the rope
who sentenced them both TO the gaeys-a punlshment
they were allowed to make for by payment OF OUo
seudi each Hospital or the sixtlDe Bridge Letfs
Life of Sxus "" published III 1869 at LAUSANNE
Catholic writers have never looked upon u WIN any
favor but whether trustworthy history or not, thls
story Is curious.