New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-02
LITERARY NOTES.

Prominent citizens Of Philadelphia are eon''iIins
with the object of founding great free h'ra'9'
Mrs. Wheeler Of Newport, daughter Of 'lo la'o
William Beach Lawrence Is SAM 10 oo
materials for o biography OF her ia'A'I'
Uouchton. MiGln q Go. are preparing I"I-
Mar Edition" of The Critical and Mis'e''"u''U'
ESSAYS of Thomas Carlyle in two volumes
In pamphlet recently published by the al h ~,
imrnt is a description of the Veteran room 'i '''1
new Armory The article is not signed but run .,
crsd,ts TX Marvel MIR. Donald G. Mitchell
The publshers Of Mr. Edward RassettS carry ~
Anthology Henry Holt & Co., ia we" % ''.,
creased demand for Ccrlylcs writings nave ls,'''u
new and cheaper edition of tins hanoS com
of Carlylc's most striking passages
Mrs MARI 5. Robinson. the author Of three vol
,ne bitory Of The American Conflict. toid IN t4'
,or,o of household story for youth Imihps y
urnt is daughter OF Dr. Abel Stevens, author OF
,be recently published Life and Times OF Mime dc
stael."
Cassen. Peter. Galpin & Co. win issue in tc"
DAYS " Companion to the Revised version OF ',''
English New Testament" which viii explain INC
changes made in the revised edition. ana IN an Hi
pendix. written by q prominent member OF vi"
I,nerican Revision Committee, will explain inc
changes rccomm,n ded by the American comm '''0
and rejected by the English revisers'
The Aoadeny finds General Lew Wall hfl
r,urp an singular book" the local colofng ana
transcriptions Of Palestine scenery heingeSie' iy
well done" II discovers also from MI Gay pr
face that William Cullen Bryants participation III
the authorship Of "a PopuhI History ol "o ','.
states amounted only TO D." verbal criticism oil '"o
erst two volumes and delivers q bomily thereon
nr Emil UoluIjs "Scvcn Year. in South Africa
I. g. l,t.
fin & Co. The translator is Ellen +. fTeVcr Dr'
Holub began his travels in ls72. and in the seven
sncceeding vears made three different Journeys be-
t,ccen the Diamond Fields and the LambeSi HN'r'
He includes skctchng among his many accom- iis"-
nents useful to the explorer, and the two volumes
contain nearly 900 Of his own sketches. The "oI~
Will be ready on May.
"Rone and Carthage" Mr. 2. Bosworth smith
contribution 10 the Epochs OF Ancient hi@l"ll
series of Charles Scrbncrs Sons Is an abbrcNia'"h
Of his larger work ON Carthage and the Cartilage
mans" The greater part of the volume is devoted To-
the Punic Wars and the destruction OF Rome t''"'
rival and in the last chapter which Is enilrey new,
the author describes his visit in 1877 TO The N' "i
Carthage, and gives vivid picture Oh It's p-'c"'
desolatiOn and ancient glory
Professor Malaify's "Descartes,' in tho " PHI
losophica Classics for English Readers" -. r. lip
~ l D..
volume. The style is lively and the Cartesi@n PIN
losophv is presented with admirable clcarncss ana
happily for the aGthor Descartes, unlike most PAL
losophers since his time, had a varied and interest
ing life. II will crafty many readers perhaps &" be
reminded that the man who rcvoutionizod ri i"~o-
nhy in the seventeenth century held to the h2n
through life Of lying in bed in the morning and
claimed that his greatest discoveries IN science aI"
logic were thought out in the morning hours before
rising. He had the excuse Of cate health, which
was constitutional.
The late Walter Bacchot's biographical Studies
have finally been collected by Mr.. r. II. Hutton, ard
published uniformly with the same writer's literary
and economic studies G.ongmans Green x Col The
book contains eight solid. bat also yiyacous studies
in political biography, aud several short papers oi
similar character Nh Bagehots style Is rrnaI cable
for animated treatment OF serious subjects aud for
literary finish and evidences Of the solidest acquire
ments. lie was capable of hasty and unhappy Ju"H-
ments however like his approval Of Sir George c.
Iewis's fling st that village lawyer. Lincoln THE
short PAPER on " M. Disraeh as a member OF the
House Of Commons gives rise TO wish that Hace-
hot had lived 10 make the Earl Of Beaconshcd tn
subject of more elaborate study. Speaking If Dis
rselis frst-rate powers leader Of minority and
"ninth-rate ~ the head Of q majority he oi rs
this as an explanation Though his chat is cN-
ouisto his wheat is poor stuff The solid part oi Dbl,
mind-ihe part III for regulating bills and clause
is as inferior to that Of an ordinary man of decent
ability as The light and imaginative part is sup"-
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