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

Italv has more than 1900 periodicals and news
papers and a full collection OF them Will DO seen d.
the National Exhibition in Milan.
a. Treatise on Modelling In Clay" by Sarah X.
Hartley. sister of J. s. Hartley. the sculptor VIII
he published in the spring by Duncan g. Hall.
Mr Edward strahan. Of Philadelphia. is writing a
hook on "The Seven Wonders of the World" III
time to revise the old list of wonders to enlarge IT,
A new edition Of Sidney Laners " Florida"
which is an excellent guide to the healtn resorts
of the South is in preparation by j. b. Lppincoe'
& Co.
Mr. Herbert Spencer is at work upon bis sutopi-
sgraphy. III hea lth has prompted him 10 TASK
which sometimes, 1t may be thought has power 10
reuvenate.
The memoirs of Rattazzi the Italian statesman
will be published in Paris about the middle OF thls
month. There are two volumes prepared by Mme'
Rattazzi dc Rute.
The late Epes Sargent's last literary work, COM
oeted short time before his death. was " Hsrpels
Encyclopaedia of English and American Poetry
which Harper a. Brothers have nearly ready.
Byron has found many transators and host OIL
leaders, in Russia. NJ Kozoh is now making
aetrical translation of Don juan" for hooS"'
M.csl RUSSIAN Thought, monthly magazine.
Draft copies of several letters of the Due de Morny,
recently produced in Partisan Court of Law seem
to confirm the suspicion that he had a personal IN
tcrest in promoting the disastrous Mexican expedl
ton.
Professor Fishers article for Soibner on the re-
vision of the New Testament has been postponed on
account of the hitch in the dealings of the publish
ERE of the new version. which puts Oft its disriou-
ton from February until May.
(ustave Dvre has illustrated Italian edition OF
hr;osto's Orlando FuriOso." The subject is one
which aust give wide scope to his weird ana ro-
mantle fancy The number of illustrations is GIG,
OF winch 81 are full page.
Miss AIcott's I" Little Women" has been published
in Paris under the title 81 Les Quatre Files du Dr.
Marsch" 1t has captivated the French critics, one
of whom says 1t is a rare book. that appeals to the
imagination and the heart. and is agreeable aid
healthy food for young minds.
"Pv the Tihcr," the new novel by the author of
"Sicnor Monaldn's Niece" in preparation at Rob-
erts Brothers, is said to contain an exposure Oh
Roman habit ofImprisoning troublesome people III
luuatic asylums to &c: rid of them. lie author Is
credited with writing from experience.
A work which aspires to greatly influence the fu-
ture of the Republic is DR.. c. Z. Pages " How we
red tbe Baby.n which Fowler & Wells have in
press. The author has made inquiries in European
countries as to the feednG and care of children and
lis conclusions have been assisted thereby.
Chancellor Howard Crosby has written a reply to
the critics of his temperance views, mainly re-
;,inder TO the lecture OF Wendell Phillips which will
lie appended to his lecture, "A Calm View of Tenn
perance." Both are included in the new volume of
'Boston Monday Lectures" which Roberts Brothers
have in press.
The library of Mr.. W. Harrison. Of Lancashire, is
TO be Sold 1t is notable for its editions Of Shake
speare and its Shakcspeareana Among the latterare
the Ireland forgeries, in three volumes; the Ms.
deed of the Final Concord respecting Shakespearc's
estates at Standardization; and the lock of hair
supposed to Lave been given by Anne Hathaway to
Shakespeare.
The news comes from Paris that the ex-Empress
Eugene has nearly finished history of the life and
death Of the Prince Imperial. 1t is her purpose to
publish the volume as soon as she becomes settled
in her new residence at Farnborough. She also
intends to publish the daily notes Of the Emperor
written during his reign in collecting which she has
been assisted by M. Rouher.
Two new biographies of the first Napoleon have
appeared recently in Europe. Both throw new
light on his early years. NJ. Jung's "BOnaparto and
HIS Time is written from extreme Republican
point of view and makes Napoleon out a consum-
mate plotter and rascal. 1t is shown that his first
ambition was to stir up revolution In Corsica and
free the island of French rule. Dr. Bohtllngs Ma
poleon Bonaparte: His Youth and his Rise to
Power" is published in Germany, and takes an i'm
partial view.
The London academy has been reading the libgus-
tic experiences in England of DR.. Stark, of Ken
lucky, and remarks: "He found that the natives
talked the American language, but talked it badly,
not nearly rs well as it is spoken in America There
were many dialects and vulgarisms about. and
frichtful displacement of the initial b. Even an
Anglo-SaxOp professor, too, called which 'wich
and another light OF Old English pronounced hard
'hawd;' the letter was generally swallowed.
The doctor was also terribly prosecuted by con-
spracy of malignant folk who would tell him they
were very pleased and did not know that very
ought not to be applied to participates He was graf
lied at finding in the House of Lords that the two
sneakers he heard-the Duke of Argyll and Lord
Granvlle-were able men as well as lords while the
rest of the Peers who only gabbled were unknown
nobodies. His remedy for the reporters not beng
elle to hear the Lords speeches is simply an Amer-
can elocuouist to teach the Peers how TO Use their
voices Dr. SHARKS article IS lively reading"