New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-16
LITERARY NOTES.

Roswell and Johnson IL the latcsb N"t'i'iN "
tho cheap Cassells Popular Library.
Professor J. r. seeleys recent CAMBRIDGE lectures
will form the groundwork Of a book nearly hniSne"
OIL the early life of Napoleon
There is more than one Lieutenant Aciano' anu
10 clearly designate the author OF me "i''"S
L,ok . Tbrouch the Ranks to a Commission he IL
now described as Lieutenant J. T. Aelahd- iI'YUc'
u poston MFR. Howels is credited with being
engaged upon a new play, in addition To the ia"''
Of writing long serial story for next years NcrbHT
or The Century. as it will then be called. The novel
promised to The A;lGntc is said 20 be acady III 'hc
bands of Mr.. Aldrich.
Tho new illustrated catalogue of tie rams
"s,lon has in two years become one OF the inoS'
popular of ANIMALS The sale in the UhlI'" ''''''
pfo,nises this season TO be betwceh ono an" wv
Thousand j. W. BoutOn spoke Tor l,"OO coi",'
and has sold nearly all of them before 'heir
Accounting to The Country GcRterGH. Lord bea-
consfieId left little nothing IN the way Oh an
autobiography This. does not simplify Lord Row
TOMS task who will devote himself at once and en-
tirely to the preparation of memoir and inc eoi,
ing Of letters. He has ample materials from WHICH
to select
Two religious books in preparation by Honfh'oh'
Mnlin & Co. are The Gospel Of the ke~uF'eo-
nom By the Rev. J. NJ Wilton, of Newark ana
sThe Republic Of God" hy the Rev. Dr. LliSha
Milford the author Of "Tno Nation work on
American political philosophy, which appeared
eleven years ago.
Mr. Dante G.. Rosscti has new volume OF TO
mantle and historical ballads in press. including
complete series Of "The House OF Life and othcr
sonncts and lyrics lie will also issne an ENLARGED
edition of his first book Of poems. HIS sister. Miss
Christina RosSctti intends publishing new volume
of poems during the summer through Macmillan ~
Co.
An autobiography Of Theodore Parker is promised
for this wear by Mr. T. b. Sanhorn. who by the VIII
of Mrs Parker was made custodian of hcr husbands
papers. new volume of sermons IA among the pos
sibilities: and a new edition of Historic Am'H-
cans" is decided upon 10 which VIII he added
,ketches Of Charming. Webster and John Quincy
Adams
"Tbe Story of Ireland" is u little pamphlet from
the pen of Dion BOuccault just published by James
n. Osgood & Co. 1t is a sngularly effective because
clear. straightforward, brief and compact narrative
of the centuries Of cruelty and oppression which
make up the history Of English rule in Ireland The
case of the Irish could hardly be presented more
forchly.
Sicnor Salviri is writing n paper on ms three
Shakespearcan characters OttcllO, Macbeth and
Haeqltt. which will appear in the near future IN
ScYibaer's Monthly. He has undertaken authorship
at the solicitation of the Editor of that periodical
and has consented for the lr, time to have his por
trait taken (by Mr. Robert Blum in the costume OF
each character.
There are words in every language growing out
of race pcculiarites that defy direct translation
One can imagine the agony Of the French translator
who came upon the word nursery" III the travels
of an English lady III France, and in want of better
words 10 describe tho full meaning. rendered
Hnursery a. chambre sp6ciale pour les cniants
sous la surveillance dies head nurses"
The Master of the Rolls has just decided that a
newspaper is periodical In 1869 Vice Chancellor
Mains ruled that it was not. The reversal grew
out of an attempt on the part of the proprietor Of
The london Times to restrain publishing house
from reprinti' its memoir Of Lord Bcaconsiieid.
Since that newspaper is not registered as perlodi-
cal under the Copyright Act, the application re-
ectcd.
great fetc is being organized in Brussels in
honor Of Hendrix Conscience, The Flemish novel
list. who is about to publish his tooth volume. His
hostility to the French tongue tho official Ian
guaSe of Belgium and his untiTing effort to keep
alive the old Flemish diom, lend coloring Of po-
Itical interest to the celebration of his extra
ordinary centennial Many of his works have been
. translated into German, English, and the hated
French
Victor Hugo's Art OF being Grandfather" is
said to be the volume among his later works that
finds greatest favor with the mass of his country
men. At the recent evening reception given by
Victor Hugo his new four-volume work, Les
Quatro Vents dc lEsprit" alluded to often. and
It was learned that the first volume, then in press
contains comedy and drama. The second volume
will end with long poem entitled " Les Reyolu-
tionsr