, 1881-02-26

| t"nA ll7 ll}&S lIlCl HEGUHIHN l1f LIZ, f.
{: Spllzka: a.nl will. ,wlrn completed. fortl
~ exrecttingly valuable MD tn af wlln may
" engaged III the study nf The HOW compare
! lively rlrs' literature Df Insanity.
| LITERARY NOTES.
Mr. Il. lie f.awzfcrts-'riltrmiuc's now
honk, "1.cs Urnnes tit feu," is highly
praised by tic Memorial Dlp7omatiqtc.
-EictnrTsssotnndC Constant 4 rnGr0 formed
literary conartlcrsliip ald llayo produced
n work entitled "4Ayentures tlo trolls Fuxl.
tlts."
The Harvard La1npnon, which cntne to
MI Unexpected unsl last June. will probnbly bo
started a.,aEn within n week or two rs an uR-
dcreraduate journal.
-TlIa American publishers Of the nutobt-
oqrapitcal papers left by Thomas Carlyle
VIII bs Charles Scribncr's Sons. They Will
make n Eootl-sized volume, which will DO
rcatly abn'lt tho middle ri March.
Tile new Index to Ifarpcr's afnun=jne"
Is nearly ready. II is alfa1ct1cal, analytical,
md classified, and includes everything from
tlle appearance ri tho first number OF tile
'uae'zlIle III june. fsio, |" June, 1sS9.
W. u. lfowri!s .as Consul to Venice un.
nsr Mf; l4,ncoln,s, ADMINISTRATION. nnd he
lliA ththcr comes frhul Gen. tsarfel's Ills.
tf!ct, a'lti the two hive known each other
Ltaly years.
49,. @Yhe Sa'nrs,,au Rerts,r says Of Mt: sted-
tnas ~ r.: sisay ; ~ rue: 'Tle Northern States
urn!tucett, III Mr. StedtE.i,'s essay, tho best
they 80 lntig uHlcryAlncd."
,W OF Z9la's ".,Sana," al.ooo copies have
b.e;, soh ~ France. In the Ftyaro this
"r a; A..a sars ave , amns M nore isT sh
Training Of dramatic talent than atl the Pro-
ftssars of the conseryatuirc.
~ Prlssian ntllccr llas published NIL
mute "inl exhaustive repurt UPON tile fortilj-
f;.t'ls nt!ll tile natural fLefeuses uf the entire
10 SwltzcriaNl. Freuel, pat,ers III .lisciiss;t,nz
the circumstance aII,,de to tie possibility Of
another war.
A ttmeiy work for March ! is "Chlps
from ihc ,Wl,i!g-l House." which D. Lotlrop
slst Of selertlo,s from the tliaries. letters,
speeches, anil conversations nf nil tAe I'rtsE-
'lel!ts, lns!uding lin who will be President
4H the day "f publication. THO ynI1,nle has
been t'lrpaIHt By tic Rev. j. Chaplin.
"W"rtrs'pr's t}nar,o Dictionary will b.
ready shortly. With supplement of over 1tD
lmses, containing more ttt,n l2,0N INV
wnrtis aud II vocabulary. Of synony,Ms. 'rhe
publishers claim tliut tlle additional lnatter
Renders this work the ls0st complete Ectfuu-
ary Of tile Engtlsl language published.
THE .lfhrna1tm, III sprak1nriu terms Ut
rrutsu ii Mr.. t;r;.ut'y "tnnfess!nns Of u
Frivolous, Gfrt." gives Anerica. literature
some credit fnr originality IS ~ fn11ows: =. A1t
fresh niil striking about It 10 English read
rrs: T'lure lsn foreign tlayOr about details
lt'ltl ways of thinking, md ut the sans time u
tousl II what seems to lis l'oinely md did.
An admirable account of the French pro-
yiEc!nl tNWllX Of tite seventeenth md efrh.
tee',tli centurtes las tsnys the Rcruc. tri-
t!Nnf] Just heen put forth By ". Albert
l}M6eam.. 1t IL worthy to tnkc place hestie
~: works of ~ 1octiuey'lc and Tainc OIL
IT, ..ll . r,.sllne. t % %snvers tae w!!ole Gf
lent bt'ok oM tl,e DID Village In France was
c0n1l,setl tn the Northeastern district.
-TAc late Trank Hurklantl was M cxccl-
lent classical sclsntur. iIu had wlluie pas4-
sEes of Virgil ~ lls lllgers ends. lIe USED
~ say. when tn cu,ltI mt understand an act
tf l'Nr!HinvHt. t!,At. he always turtlrd It islio
Latin: mud within Il fortnight II Ills death
|le was discussing II t'IsSugr nf u Creek plAr
with nnr nt the arcUApltsllell medical Inen
who attended him. Interesting himself nbs.ut
tile different pronunciation III nnrient md
rImlrru Truck, md the merits OF Greek, ,uc-
crnfi!ntiUD.
,,-The many rrntlers Of Judge Allison W.
Tuurea'p's mlstrat nuyeis will In surprised.
when they ser his n'rtsnft Iii tho llext lttlt-
hrr OF ;i'e Crlflt, t4 ii'.! him 10 yn1ne.look-
saptaI M Eenss Of ,,l.e I",sete. i." ' ts :"e i,st
ly tl.u way. TINT ias eyer icrM engraved. III
ILLS Slsl. ll!lIsl'rr Ut the t'rtic Mr.. .10el e.
I!Afrls VII besin his ssHles Of "Slshts with
Nh" nf II 's 'ost'i. n IL nj Il Hfa Saw yo4 y%4i!
st,,mv twenty years aEl. mn! Elnills tinoaals
will have Il i"irm on "Tte Tl,resllcrs.''
HOOKS RECEIVED.