New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-29
LITERARY NOTES.

sCape Cod Folks" Is the title Of q new sun'''''
sav.l which A. Williams < Co. have In press
u,v law publishing firm hes teen fornea IN
po.,o, savs The Sunday Courier ana cohsuS''
Ar James H. Bugbee and lar. Charles " ''N
who has been with Little. Brown * Co.
Amo,, recent valuable additions to the br'''sn
N,s.nu, arr some rare Mexican BOOKS. hcI""'e
f.v of the earliest productions OF Inc op'"i'A
Ino-;cou uress which belonged to the President Oh
tho rmneror Maximilian's first Ministry Doh 'o'e
Fernando Ramirez.
V.,nsl P.cba who has long been lntendant at INC
IIare,n has written u tragic poem on the ue"'"
AhduI Aziz Ii has a frequently recurring chorus VI
the following import: Certain accn,Se" nv No.
Yields d. c. Ju,ascs) traitors TO the Churcn anu '"0
State. have martyriled the Sultan Aodui A"|'
Gustayc Masson's French Dictionary JuS'
now the subject Of lively competition III tuo ,o'"i
hook trade house that makes business oi ono,'p
rrprints issued cheap edition. Th!s has move" D'
Worthington & Co. and &. i Putnams SONS 10 oi',,
the English edition for 80 cents; 1t recently soid
for 81 as.
The fifth volume in Casscll's Popular Library
will ho Domestic Folk Lore" by the Rev. l. f.
Thistlcton Dyer which will bc ready about july
IL. when Cassel PETER Galpln & Co. VIII aiSo
have ready Wood Magic Fable" by iucharu
Jefieries the author of Wild Life in southern
Country"
A series of twelve biographies under tho general
title English Political Leaders" is in preparation
in London. The first volume will he " Sir Rohcrt
Peeln bv G. Barnett Smith and the lives oil Gan
ming. Palmerston. Pitt. Fox. Boingbroke' uiau-
atone. Russell Lord Beaconsfeld. Burke Mei-
bourne and Chatham will follow
Rontine life on the United States flagship Tren-
Ton IL varied by the fornightly appearance OF me
Trenton Herald q neat little newspaper twice the
size of told seamans hand copy Just received
is dated AT sea, May 81, 1881 and Is accom-
named by supplement giving description oil the
Decoration Day ceremonies at Vilefranchc-sur-Mcl'
where eighteen American searnen and marines lie
buried.
81 Nicholas for July reaches its own high-water
mari of merit and in pictures, poenls stories anu
articles of practical value TO young people, gives
everything that youthful minds and fancies eau
dcsre. aTbe Story of Bad Bird by Mr.. David
d. LLOYD is of rare excellence and. like every hrst
rate story for children, will not please Young heads
less because it delights old heads more. IL Is
charmingy simple in style and sparAles with
ouaint humor The fable concerns n Qnack Dr.
Rlack (bir,U who usurped ownership of tic Spar
rows bath-hoat in Stuyvesant Park. set himself up
for learned crow competent to deal win all tne
ills of the feathcrcd race. and who disturbed
Sparrow society by cxacting tribute for baths ana
by exciting the admiration of lady-sparroWs. Ihe
rise and fall of this arrant cheat is told with much
paturaness aud with Satire reference to the foibes
of human society The illustrations to the Rock
a-bye Baby" verses arc beautifully done 10y Mr
Brennan, and the pretty ingles of the old woman
of Dorkng and Decoration are admirably illus
trated Articles which will appeal to the practical
sense of young people are How to Stock and Keeps
Fresh water Aquarium" by Daniel c. Beard;
capital portrait by Mr. Birch Of the young violinis
Dengremont, with sketch of his life by Mrs. John
p. Morgan Henry w. Troy's description of how to
make fishnet without a needle and the story OF
aThe Star-Spangled Banner" poem. which is the
subject Of dramatic frontispiece by Mr.. James T.
Kelly