New-York tribune., 1880-02-07
LITERARY NOTES.

John Morley's Life of Golden is 50 iai
o IN the press that It's appearance is looKea LOT wan"
in few weeks. ,., s Ch.rles
n ot England Ieitered. " Shakespeare VOL o, ~"
containing the frs: edition Of the second par. Vi
~ 1000 besides several other scarce
NAYS was sold recently In London From 'nis i"'
1Deaaum remarks that while Charles H. posse0 .. =,
al bnt certain that lie preferred the alterauons VI ~
own day to the genuine texts. n,l,
J. s. Stuart -Glennie, frlend Oh Duohio .
who was with him at Damascus when ne uieu' 20 g.,
poupced as having In hand historical WORK "hc. o
lows Rrcxes own plan I'm historical writing, I'D so ld s
o., trial of history as au exact science lie mas mauo
The bns,ness OF bis hfe the report says 10 Propou
the world an ultimate law OF history ,i ins ne The
Modern Reyouton" and 1t will comprise :" ooZe" 'o
umes." ,, e;ts
T.. p. Roe's papers In Scrtbner on sn''li iiu'''
will he made the basis OF a handsome 'oIuH'o -
Iodd uead & Co the publishers Of Mr.. Roe's DINER
hooks intend TO have ready for the spring I"e .
IN ha considerably enlarged, and all the Sc71o"eT '
,,,s ,vill he given with them. Nothing OF mpo'""0o
has been pub.ished this subject In seyera, y @ com,
Mr. Roe's welI-liown experience III is nw nronse OF
b,ned with his position as "a writer, klNcs Pi''
work of special value.
A writer in Belgrdria, who has persona
Knowledge OF the matter, discloses some ih'e' -
facts about the secret history OF MT
soee taken It's rank among the classics o' hns.su
u,eraturc" IL was written many years Deiore wac
,nblished and after being revised III Keen ep''' "
criticism was placed under lock ana A'', ~. .,
long remained. when Mr. ktugake nuaiy ""'' ~
the English publishers. they reiused H. "no ~
upon any torIus The author ut "st ""Aeu my ,',,
IN Pail Mall aud made present OF 1t TO tue P"o"'"''
,ro,,dcd n ,boueht IL worth printing. In ths WAY -,
finally got into print but The Irst oiUn oi xtoniion TO
the publishers hands until Loku, s,cc.ss was AS
La RefifH
sure.l ANA Tor many years aiterward te chccG for
$500. ,,,
James Shedding, the Bacon Scholar was 'io
,ptbor Of the somewhat famcus article on p"so"S
1" American Notes which appeared III me h"''0''p''
Rericc for January 1913, and In volume o. oS''
reviews which he has recently reprinted III hVn''
orfc,s has been Included. 1t will be renemoet'" '""'
Dckens's ground OF objection to the hot'cc WIS ~ ~
represented him having gone to Ameilo" 40 'r,,s
.,onory in the cause OF International copyriSnt' i'
he resented as "a malicious misrepresentation, ".
Perieo acknowledged that 1t was IN error DIS !" wv ~,
five OF the visit, but it did SO Without conSuiNe
sneadtny Inbow rcprluting his article Mr.. spe"nlns
,ustiaes his statement by quoting Irom e''o'r .. -
nppcar in Forsters biography Showing 'h''' 80!
,rarm,v Interested himself in the copyrght quo''
while here William Miuto writes ID Ihe Aou"0"'v 80
ft is difficult TO how the statement eou'o INV
sueh hot offence, and adds that the reVie" ''Se y
"cxDlans the mystery" for It seems unlhteh'Io"m'
have ssUOuuGed
sneddine after citing the qualifications WHICH po'"
Possessed for writing of American people went VI
20 saw tnat he Iabored "under some copsidefa'e "s
advantages" HIS education must haVe oee" - -.
tory and not OF q kind likely to tram Dim W "'O9
and solid speculation" Mr. Speeding asked aSa,"
"How can lie have acquired tue kuowleoeo anu Wv
speculative powers necessary Tor esun"'' w. nn,
.a,or ~ n great people placed in CIRCUMSTANCES n'
ouly strange to him. but new IN the history VI "'n
k,ndi or tho working OF institutions whch arc yo' ~ "
their infancy. their hour OF trial not vet ooN"o
o,ipons cannot lie taken without abatement unu a.
iowance" while as comic satlIiSt VIII M n,serye
as"cv IN caricature 1t has been Ills business 70 ths
socIetv IN It's Irregularities and nr
sun a1d total result Of Its operation slnco neiv 'hs
nophino about which Dickens was so seustNs 10 Ill
dcsccts I'm mis- carly training, Mr. Mnto conolSu h,,
soySng that Mr.. Speeding uneODscousy ue"' ,,ini %
IIow with the fun weight OF mis- hand upon sinpsion
70 which Dckeus could not bear the siShlest
without agony" 1t here be added tha wsen EN- @ % ~
c,a anneared Dickens wrote TO Mr. Napier Una. nc " s,d
@ 6irne who its author was, and that III ms luukI
n,cnt the article was most unworthy OF s
I.,a. - he went on to say, "be read IN some cu.t.
xWerican paper This and other monstrons iS
uhich j could at any time have cOnVel leu in.o @
t,n nraise by the payment Of some fifty dollars