New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-14
LITERARY NOTES.

Roherts Protb, RS have in press DOCK ol ou'u'''
life in India entitled - In NV Indian Garden
"a Nameless Nobeman" will be the title OF the
srst of the Round Robin Series II NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
It will be followed by e A Lesson III Love.
An Irish novel enbodyiug an entertaining 'oIo
s.ory and Illustrating the relations OF peos"n' ="
English landlords, is L. Owens Backburne,S t"en
of SILVER Brches" recently issued in tue fIlnAi'"
SQUARE Library Of Harper & Brothers.
"Madee. the Violet Girl; aud other POEMS oy
Mary j. Brine (New. York, George w. NTlAui' mas
the ADVANTAGE Of coed print and handsome binding
The long poem of the violet girl has pathelc STORY
of ,be anectioD Felt by a street girl for rich man
crpped daughter; but while the verses are g'' Iey
are much inferior in force and poetic fancy 10 ,n'
short POEMS which are reprints from several "'efF
journals and for tie most part possess POSITIVE
merits.
Puslkn says wise thing in a fragment OF ms
novel 1.-The Captaiu's Daughter" lately l"nnd
among his papers, the following extract from
which Mime. RoGoziu uses for an appropriate 'eNI l"
her article IN The International Eer'uc Tor April Oh
"Ihe Last Trial of Russian NlhlliStS': lie''o"
save rs from bchodng Russian insurrecn"h'Se"N',
les and mercIless. Those who in OlrcouHtfy ""uH
bring ahout AN manner of violent revolutions arc
either very young men who do rot know our people
or tbev are hard hearted men, who value their own
necks at a groat and other peoples at less
There u to he an American Men and Women OF
Letters" series, edited by Mr.. James /. FEEDS and
published by HoughtOn, liilllYn 81 Co. Washington
Irving will be the subject OF the hrst volume ana
those who have read the sketch prelXed to Tue ne"
"Knickcrbocker edition" of Grvng's works VIII 10
Gid that Mr. Charlie Dudley Warner 10 to write IT,
The " Iif, of Noah Webster" will be by Mr. Horace
+ Scudder, aud Tbomas Bailey Aldrch, the new
Editor of Tie atlantic, will write The book on Ma
flannel p Willis. He was at one time associated
with Mr. Willis on The Home Journal.
In speaking of the approaching sale of The third
part of Mr. George Brney's remarkable library. The
Hartford COurdnt says: Mr.. Brnleys zeal and sue
cess as collector may be inferred from til" story oil
his Increase Mather's Brief History OF the War;
with the InCans il NewEngland' describing the
King Philip War; 1t is a book 50 rare that ITS exist
ence has been doubted and very high authority
said that only two were in cxistence-}ne in England
pnd one owned by Mr, BInley. 1t Turns out now
that Mr. BIiney himself had three. One was sold IN
the first part. and the annOtatOr calmly remarks
that in the hurried preparation of the catalogue the
btber two were overlooked To talk of overlook
Ing two copies of a work one copy of winch Is
enough to make library famous, is rather cruel to
tther collectors"
All of the poems written by Wutticr since the
bubii alton Of The Vision of Echard' in 1873, are
Included in one of the handsomest little volumes al
The year. published by HoughtOn, NiGm 81 Go.
1.-THE Kings Massive y lends its utic 90 tine book
which contains the most satisfactory portrait OF hr
Whittier that has yet been printed. The poems on
Garrison, Bayard Taylor, Trailing ArbutCs and
"st. Martins summer" show that the fountains OF
Mr. Winters deep poetic nature remain vital aHd
fresh The Kiugs MIssive" Is beautiful setting
Tor an old trad ton winch will be well preserved IN
these durable verses. though since the poem was
DIST published the scholars have Questioned ITS eX-
act truhfuncss DR.. Ellis, in recent aidfos, be-
fore the Massachusetts Historical Society, showed
That Governor EndicOt did not open the jail doors
md release the condemned Quabcrs on receiving lie
Kings missive from Samuel Snattuok, III fact not
Jingle Quaker was discharged. The laws in T, gard
10 whipping Quakers at the Carts-tnl and putting
hem to death were suspended for about a year aud
ihcu put III force again, and Charles the Second in
mother missvc LENT ms sanction to renewal OF the
BID prosecutions.
Tho chief illustrated articles in Sc,tbnrs for
April will be a study of Marine Forms ap-
bcable to Decoration" bv James G.. Beard
Father HyacntEe," by Bishop D0ane, of Albany,
with line tLli-page pOr,ralt engraved by Cole;
The Greek rcrra-COttas from T1nagra aud ESQ
where" by Edward Stgahdn; and the Hcfibap prize
mgravings with paDer on the new school of "opd
Engraving, by Robert Z. Johnson. lie says: " The
Onmanding characteristics OF wood engraving III
the United States at the present time are %
originality of style % individuality and variety OF
ityle CB and chicly--falthfulness in The reproduc
ton If a wide range of subjects by diverse methods,
The new school desires to cultivate the personality
IF the not at the expense of the artist but
Is interpreter Thismagazine has held that what
over may be the function of the ensravcr, 1t does
aot argue license to play at will with the personality
If the artist bur simply freedom to from con
territorial ways Of approaching it. The musician
uus' keep TO hs score. the actor to his text the en-
graver to his original but within these limitations
there is a wide range for the training of expression"