New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-22
LITERARY NOTES.

LADY, Hardy. who visited this country not HOBS
sinca has written new novel called Beryl For
Z sescue.1 which win soon make Its appearance N
London
The number of books published in England IN
1850. was one less than In 1879, namely 4,29S. IL
quantity were an Offset to quality what Literary
eye this would bel
American magazines have invaded England, and
now two Of the Engish qusrterlies are carrying the
critical war into America. Hereafter. houanson'
Muffin & Co. will import the sheets OF 1he Qsar-
tvly Reriesu aud The Edinbargk feUiee. and puDhsn
American editions at the low price "a year each
There e to be still another sixpenny London
magazine called TIE GrosrcRor. The starang OF
magazines and weekly papers In Londen Is TO
earded now as O high-class and popular amusement
but limited to the few who have plenty Oh money
end little business sagacity.
A novel with the suggestive title, "Plougned
Under,1 and dealing with the Indian question IN
realistic and romantic way. will be issued shortly oy
Fords Howard g. Hubert. 1t purports to be the ex-
periences of young Indian chief, and the legends,
descriptions of Indian manners and incidents are
said to be authentic.
Madame Theirs worked with indefatigable zeal
npon the proof-sheets of N. Thierss speeches nine
volumes of which have already appeared, leaving SIX
or seven to come. After the printers readers ana
M. Mignet, who devoted to thsm his patient care
and erudition, had pronounced them perfect. she
would take them IN hand, and 1t Is SAID ne
ouontly surprised the ablest of her husbands
friends by her ssgacity in ferretinR out errors.
There is disagreeable character IN George
Sands novel "Malgre Tout" which was believed
by many to be disguised portrait OF the Empress
Eugene The author, so soon as the gossip came 70
- denial
apv intention to caricature her. The ex-EmpresS
has beep requested to allow this letter and Others
written to herself and the Emperor to be printed
with George Sands correspondence.
somebody asked me if all the ideas in my new
book are original" writes an eminent clergyman IN
a nriyate note, which The Boston Courier is permit
ted to copy. "I am sure don't know, and cannot
see why should care. When my mind is full OF
subject 1T digests everything given to it, and alb
serbs whatever thoughts suitable for its produc-
tiyeness, l could as easily analyze my blood and
tell whence each particle comes as to trace these
ideas to their sources"
Tie second volume of Kossuth's memoirs appeared
recently in Pesth and is said to confirm the impress
sion made by the first volume that kossuth Is q
good patriot and bad politician 1t describes the
preparations made by Kossuth and Cavoar 1or a
second Austro- Italian war after Vlafranca' wnich
xvere bronoht 70 a sudden termination by the death
Of Cavonr italy was to furnish from $4,000 to
40. 600 soldiers and 100000 francs for Hun
par,an uprising. Victor Emanuel, the book AYERS,
said he was willing to risk his crown in the venture
The novel which Helena Won Rackowitza has
been writing in this city. is finished, and arrange
ments have been made for its publication in Paris
Ieipsic and some Russian city. The author oouOts
il there will be an American edition OF the BOOK ana
thinks 1t will be Of interest mainly to European
readers It is story of French and Russian life OF
the present day. and many of the characters are real
persons disguised by name but easily recogniza-
HE The authors husband is q Nihilist refugee.
She admits that there is no field in this country for
social agitation.
"The American Code of Good Manners" recently
reprinted from Andre,cs's american Queen, aims to
describe the usages OF good society. More valuable
than the precise rules it lays down are Its fuller ex-
plantations of the principles of good breeding and OF
che difficulties that surround social intercourse,
When these are well understood and felt by per-
son of common sense that person can hardly 90
amiss The book abounds in good suggestions as
when il says there is no woman but looks older for
dressing too young ITO look ones age. to dress
appropriately woman should always be little
ahead Of time and not behind It,"
Judge A. W. Toureees Bricks Without Straw"
was really conceived and most of it written before he
produoed "A FOOLS Errand.n He has been amused at
those critics who saw in the book effort to repeat
a,former success. When he consented to furnish
second book after the SUCCESS Of the Fool ne was
In Denver, and as he could not direct anyone at
home where to fnd the manuscript already pre-
pared he sat down to rewrite 1t. He did not like
the first half dozen chapters and threw them into
the fire and started again. When he got homs he
found the chapters previously written. and discoy-
ered that he had reproduced page after page almost
word for word.
..we cannot but regard it as happy sign OF the
times,D says The London Bookseller, that English
and American thought are subject to such inter-
change Every new English magazine tries to OBJ
tain an American audience, and frequently does
succeed in obtaining a very respectable footing in
that country. The Americans have been equally
successful here Scibses Monthly has here as large
a sale as most of our own magazines. Hdipers Magd-
zine is now running against Scribner, while Nppin-
colt and The Atlantic are endeaverinR to Gecure
friendly recognition. The atlantic Is perhaps the
most national, treating everything from the Bos-
tonian point of view, while the Others are more
catholic. We question whether we in this country
have ever felt such for authors as the
Americans have shown. But we have done some
thing equally good. Where is the Englishmsn who
would permit word TO the detrimept OF Long
fellow Who is there who does not feel honored
by the Mission of Mr. Lowell n