New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-09
LITERARY NOTES.

arr,,,.F rrtti y n book of quaint and happy emu
.oors hv Iarra Ledyard and w. I. Peters iueo. -
w 4arlo,l u nrofusely illustrated by u onn ,
pa,ars whose designs are pretty and SONIC u '"''
fanciful .hor,s
No. ea;.;ons of the Rev. Henry Ward beech'i
ayole Lectures on Preaching" ana NJ
ynloga Life in New-Eugland" ana aiSo u ~,
r,r'st pcecher Stoves domestic stories are roa0S
at Fords Howard & Hulberts'
,,. D,~ustt Smith is remarkably enterprlslng
,,;,,-~,nher II Is seriously said that hr' 'oAn
FRIGHT has given him 10 materials ior 'he VIZ
,vbch he has Just published on the career OF 'Hi'
statesman. Mr. Smith has found no dlmcuV III
making bulky volume in spite OF the TACT that 'De
Quaker politician has contributed nothing anu 40
vised nothing
Augustus Frederick, Duke Of Sussex, was one OF
the few students il the Hanoverian line OF groSs
and fat-witted men. He was person OF LOO
opiniops-so liberal that he condescended TO own
ond att.ntivelv read volume of William Ellery
Cbaprinr,s works-a book which has recently come
into the possession of Harvard University III ls
;n.erloave1 for annexation, and shows carefu anu
studious fashion of reading.
A. william c Sloan. a member Of the class OF
40 at Columbia College. has complied book OF
information about that institution and calls lhe
IInderoraduate Record (Giliss Brothers.. III con-
tains about 600 names and the personal STATISTICS
conveniently arranged, of all the college societles
ond miscellaneous organizations, annual class ana
social anniversaries and athletic clubs. IL is lul'
pished with complete index of names.
Miss blanche Willis Hcwards novel of Aunt
Serena has won for itself success rather unnsua
in this country, whose prophets are generaiiy oi
foreign extraction. Several editions nave arehu9
been published and'sold, and one large OookselAils
house in New-York has gone so Tar as =" oiu1f a.
one blow 1000 copies from the publishers. Two
-. .,instars Miss Mel can and Miss Howard, are
In the business sense the lheSV s"0'0''
makers of the autumn.
Recommendation and other Devotional Poems" oy
Frances Ridley Havergal a. d. +. Randolph ~
Col is the title Of a pretty little volume when
;nclndes the popular Leaflets" known here IN Eng
lish editions and various other rengious pieces.
The book will he welcome to large class OF
readers. Int we wish it did not begin with this
hopelessly numerical line:
"oths compensat:ng springs the balancings OF ne'
The hound volumes of Soribne's Monthly for the
mast wear November 1880, to October, 1881 are
noble specimens of what the popular Illustrate"
magazines have come 10 be in our tme' lhey are
drawing to their service a large proportion OF lne
best literary work. and they have opened an en-
firelv new era in the art of wood engraving Ia
able success. and in both it has made and lie stu
making steady and rapid progress
There is 70 be new biography of the brilliant
and hitter Dean Of ST. Patrick's, which is expected
n fill the void in later biography left by John
l7orster,s unfinished work The author is Mr. Henry
Cra;k Scotchman, who greatly distinguished
hirnsex Mt Oxford and who has given much study
10 the life and character of Swift 1t seems ahoin"
lous that learned Scot and an authority Oh 'ne
British Pedagogical Department should attempt |"
nut en- paper the odd being who was SO entneiy inc
Irishman in his eccentric humor and stormy me-
Nevertheless those who have SCOTS and SheIldanS
lives Of the Dean on their shelves Will gladly WEI
come another work which will include the fresh
material used by Forster and will tell Swifts story
r. its end ia the gloom of lonely home and DIS
ordered mind.
second edition of Thomas Pitt Taswell-Lang-
meod's s. English Constitutional History" 1s just
been published by Houghton, Mi1lin * Co. The hrst
edition intended primarily Textbook itor stu
dents ut the English universities and Inns OF Court
was fayorably received by the general reading
nnblic as a concise and clear chronological nara
tive of the origin growth and varying political as
meets of the governmental forms OF the Engllsh
Nation and valuable supplement to other MS
tories which deal mainly with dynastles' wars anu
striking social phenomena. In the present edition
has rewritten several of the chapters OF the original
work. The book has marginal notes and a coplous
index.
Shakespeare for the Young Folk" edited by
Professor Robert r. Raymond (Fords, Howard d
Hnihert is intended to facilitate the intelligent
study of the dramatst by presenting IN AN attrac-
tive form only so much of the text as the young
mind can assimlate in other words, it assumes to
skip for the child judicousy, bridging the dreary
void of omitted passages with a lively representa-
finn of the original in which the language OF the
author is to be reproduced only so far as is con-
s,s,ent with the interest Of the young reader.
Three PLAYS have been subjected to this process OF
selection, abridgment and synopss-namey,
Midsummer Nights Dream" AS You Like It," and
.Julius Cesar" The book is plentifully supplied
with ,wood-cuts, and is printed in the form OF a
handsome quarto.
In aThe Boys Mabnogion" Charles Scribners
Sonsl the late Sidney Lanier performed for young
readers valuable service parallel with that when
he had previously done them in "The Boys
Froissart, and " The Boys King Arthur" and the
volume has now been published IN the same style as
its predecessors with illustrations by Alfred Fred
ericks The text used by Mr.. Lanier in this repro
duction of the ancient Welsh romances is the trans
lation of Lady Charlotte Guest. The tales com
meuded themselves strongly to his fancy not only by
their intrinsic interest but by the fact that they all
relate in one way or another to the court of King
Arthur: and the young folks who have already
learned TO look upon Mr.. Lanicr as friend will be
thankful for book which matches so well the last
preyious publication of the series.