New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-31
LITERARY NOTES

,,.,,,.... .,o.,o. have now an addition in the
90 ,l, official history Of the tranco-Uf t
war Which has bcea principally e"I'e-
NoltIc and which ma just been conciho'o'
KIM. and princes out Of Business VIII NM NJ -
.naGtebfe 30 enter the b2C.-Hahing tra"c' / 'o'N
tbe sale of her commonplace and Hiaf'ls,'' -
40, ROD Princes Be,trcc of Great briSun anu
ireland has vi hin few weeks rec' lNei %i''''O
N, z Green's new historical work. me
Making OF England" is 20 be pnbl'Shed e"'iS -,
month nv Nes-rs. Macmillan q Co., who w''' arc
bring out about the same 'hHe
new yo hume OF Essay.
r., e,o,,Io,,s manor On the Rev. 7. ". Robertson
g. 20 onnoor in the Midwiuter Century. 1t VIII DC
accompanied by portrait of the Brighton pl'"C"c'
Mr. Robertson was by the way, at the time OIL n''
deotb engaged to marry Miss Mary Cecil Hay the
novelist.
vessr.. Macmillan & Co. have just pa. hsh'a
profa..or Noricnskiold's story OF the vega"
voyage in the region OF ice. One espec.aiy van,
obe norton OF this book is the preliminary SnINey
of all prsyious Arctic VOYAGES. Ii Is thus mace ~
some measure history Of Arctic exploration i"'
book has maps and many illustrations
A copy of Ben Jonson's works, on large paper paper
1.-TWO vols. W. S. Stansby Il Il. Meighsn' Ioio ~
sold in London few weeks ago I"t fo"o' /" -
were written by .Jonsou's own hand these Wor?I'
ward Hayward, Ben Johsoh ; gum ""'
OF Observance"
Miss Marietta Hollcy. who printed seveTa years
., ,,der III, name Of - Josiah Aliens Wife" book
,vhicb is curiosity OF feminine slrcwdnesS ana
.,oiptness but which is quite without literary
,olro has a new work in hand Ii 10 to he pUo-
Isbed next spring by the American Pubh'hlns Coiii
many Of Hartford and is to contain the portrait u
the author.
Mr. Browning's sccord series of Dramatic
IJvls is already out of print in England an" nc
,rintiuC. The poet viii soon have the SttiStc'ion
of seeing n concordance and primer OF HIS o""
works These are to be published by TIE d LIS
Society An indication Of the ungueS'e"-' "oP"-
larify of Mr. Browning is the fact that inc IiS' pa
OF the Browning Society Papers mas run o"' VI
print. A second edition is in the press.
The "Life of John Quincy Adams by J. /.
uor.o The first Of Messrs Houghton, Mjilin Il Co.'S
series of American Statesmen, VIII ShoIuS aP
near Professor Sumner. OF Yale, Is to write the
i,ooraphy of Andrew jackson; President Gilman
that of James Monroe: Dr. H. Won Hoist tha' ol
John c. Calhoun: aud Colonel HlgginSon 'o'' oI
BENJAMIN Franklin This series viii, as a WAoo'
furnish in some sort history of politics N America
VI Alexandra Dumass Theatre" yin six volumes
is 20 be one OF the raretes dear to the Dloh pAieS
of the future Only ninety copies are to be printed
and not one will be Sold The greater part VIII oe
given to the actors and actresses VINO nav
"created" ". Dumas pays. Inc WORK. WIZ" %
exclusively printed, is filed with notes an"
details of great interest concerning inc f4encA
stage for the last thirty years.
Mr.. Nathan Sheppard has arranged, and the llar-
pers have published in their Franklin Square IL
brary.D a collection Of character readings from
DickcDs's novels All the old favorites are here
from the pretty scene in which David asks httIe
trembling Dora IF she could love Deesar' 10 'h''V
grave iuierlude in which the benign Chadnahu IN
proves the mind of Custer in a spirit OF love- ana
delivers his opinions the subject OF REFRESHMENTS
MANY of the readings illustrated by cuts appai-
entity taken from the Harpers popular houSeAoiu
edition of Dickenss works.
A graphic and spirited story is "The Captains
Room" by Walter Besant and James Rice 1t Is
the latest issue of Messrs Harper's Franklin
Square Library" 1t tells a story OF shipwteck ana
savage life in the South Pacific and has fer villain
aYankee sea captain with the marvellous name OF
"Barnabas b. Wattles." The most striking char
after in the story is an heroic fellow, who after
rescnng from an island captivity the sweetheart OF
the girl he loves stands up in the departing boat and
receiving i'll his breast the spears hurled by the Gu
RACED savages again saves his rival at the piiee oil
his own death
Sir Charles Lyelrs habit Of persistent letter
writing has been Of ineStimable service to his b.
ographer As a youth, he wrote long and lively
letters and contnued1h practice to the day Of his
death comp sing them far more carefully, Win
more literary finish and choice of phrase than most
noone of this generation take the trouble TO bostOw
mon q rnocazipe article In writing his books he
used To take what he called two hours spell" OF
work Then he would rest for two hours, avoiding
any reflection conversation on the sutJec-inater
Of his book Z" After lying two hours fal!ow," he
Saws in one of his letters, " the mind is refreshed
and yen in five minutes your fancy will frame
vaccinations which it will take you the two hours
TO realize on paper"
Paul Hryse, one of the most distinguished Of mod
ern German writers and one whose novels and po-
ems are especially beloved by his countIywoncn
las been guilty of an ungallant attack upon Serb
bling ladies'" In volume just published he char
acter,zos the modern female literary work as
prsduct of the disappointed. He thinks that when
n woman has been "hurt in the heart" and feels
l,orself iinpclled to attempt her cure 10y pouring
out her loves and her suiierings into little book,
the book will probably be good one But the
worst of it Is be goes Oh 10 say, that the authorship
which comes at first as a sort Of inspiration, easily
Masses into a habit ard business. and a lady
writes a second and third volume for no better
reason than because she las written a inst"
The charming Letters, Literary and Theological
of the late Bishop IhlIi"al are 10 DC puphSHci
shortly in this city by +. 81 j. Is. Young IL Co.
Thirlwal was one of the most natural and delight
full of men, full of simplicity, earnestncss and kind
ness One OF ms ecceniricties habit OF wan
dering no one knew whittier. When Lord Mel
bourne wrote TO him bestowng his bishopric he was
away on five weeks rlmble and one OF his friends
beating the letter, searched for him for days. At
last tins friend, in passing village inn by night
saw that the light within threw the shadow Of a
profile on the blind no recognized his man, and en-
,-;,b tho Ia+tar hicb made the DrOile that of