New-York tribune., 1880-09-29
LITERARY NOTES.

Miss Rhoda Broughton has been visiting
ofr, and collecting materials for story OF uNers'
life. :. G. Do.o,s
Tbo nro;ect 10 erect statue in ST. Peters
.no ~o., pushk,u Is reported 10 have failed
barely 81 500 having been subscribed.
Mr.. +. L. Corthell, late resident engineer
st the South Pass Jetues. has written h'',o'S
Mss,ssirpi Jcttics" which has been revised py |"p
Eads Jonn Wiley & Sons are the puphsners'
Alexander Won Hubner has written large
,or,o voume profusely illustrated. on his HaVe'S !"
America japan and China. 1t Is called 1nIc Em The
ENG nm die Welt" and IL puollsnco M ,Nran Nrn ,;nc
tt1,hor found New-York every respect lnteresuuS
The maddest performance recorded III Mr'
~ r Dobson's history OF Literary Frvoh''es Is '''
of the man who discovered there were 5000 ""sS "
.,c,,,nr the word scissors, ana who accordineV SAT
down and wrote them out IN voiume co"''ns WV
pagcs OF three columns each
Arerbacb's story of "Srigi A." which re-
coved a warm reception in Germany. has been Trans
lated by MISS Cara Bell, English lady, ana wiz w
,,,,.h.d soon In the Leisure Hour Series oi Henry
Holt & Co. II Is the story OF the dsueh'ei VI A'"
E.rest pcasant who became a princess
Tho Geneyese Society for the Development
.,po,ular Libraries proposes 10 publish catalogue OF
.n hos, ancient and modern books 1t is matter on
which different tastes would be expected 10 "'oeN
differ The compilation Of the catso cue VII ere the
he open TO competi'ioh' auo PiiNo "
most peri CT one. ,.r,
The Putnams will issue, October l. Inc
Creation and the Early Development of Mankind oy D.
II Cbapin Professor Of Geology and Mineraogy III '"o
ST Iawrcuce University. II is written rfom 'ne o''n
do. Unyersast point of view, and main tans tnat ne
Blblic Il az count OF the Crc"'iV"' " fi"'N''' '
Is perfectly accurate IN,
The November number of Scritners Mon""y
(which In the contents will be OF exceptional interest," ~
properly marx the completion of the hTs' ten years Vi
thc maraz,ue) will appear in new covers severai AT
lists have been WORKING design an1 .ne Vue W., -,
I'm h. IN
Thought 10 be a great improv on 'ue ou oo''i
N Rumianketf. the Editor of the Russian
Illustrated journal Looch Une Raw. who ded lecen'S'
had strange career. For many years ne was oarse
boy on the Vclga. aud. Joining Caspian caravan o'"
for Persia one summer, he was captured oy 'he ho"''
and lived for many years prisoner among them Beng
ransomed at length he returned to Russia with know.
edge Of severa! Oriental llanrnagcs; nrt anu, di
himself, became "a very successful lournaus''
Mr.. Ruskin. in The Nineteenth Century, says
,,a, SIR waer Scott. as he appears in "Waverley.'
.Guv M,ruerng" The Antiqusry." Roy Row. o'u
Mortality" 1.-THE Heart OF Midlothian - Inc MonaS-
,ery" The Abbot" The Fortunes OF Nigel Quen'in
Iurvard" and Woodstock" Is the model ot "n"' -
forever strong and forever far ~ nf,on the modern
AN hors' treatment OF love and deaih Win ''' VI W"
Wizard Of tue North. u1ho
Tbe ontbor of that absorbing story, The
Wreck of the Grovernor." Mr.. W. CLARK Kusse" mas
written another marine story, enu'ed "''o
see,beart An Account Of the Wreck Of the Sailing snip
Waldershore, IT is said TO be based on TWO aulheno
narratives and personal experience anu !" to p
,aoo tho suthor states that The Wreck OF he droVe
nor" was true story. Harper Brothers VIII 'ssdT I
sailors Sectheart on frioay' az III i'eeHNsN ~
in the Franklin square Library -
HARPER & Brothers will issue this week an
anonymous book. said to be a true STORY Vi
,usincss venture made by two Northern een
tlemen in one ofthe lower Miss ssipp sta'es IL e"
:. yoar Of Wreck; A True story by a Victim lDe
men were cheated. thwarted in their plans osraciseu
I'D ,., treated 70 the shotgun They sacrificed neary
au their ,apal and left the country in the preface
me author saws Herein are TO be fouId inc reasoS
,rhv tne wrecks of that supeb stream OF @
h;;oh d. ed into the South at the close OF tho W"
moS,iy dr.ie1 back 10 the North wi'hih tne year. N
ing the stream dry"