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

~. 49, -
Lady Hardy, who visited this country not long
sipce. has written = new novel called Beryl For
fescue.D which win soon make Its appearance IN
London.
The number Of books published In England IN
1880. was one less than In 1879, namely ABS III
quantity were an Offset to quality what o literary
ace this would bel
American magazines have invaded England, and
now two Of the EngIish quareries are carrying the
critical war into America Hereafter. Honeymoon
Miflin & Co, win import the sheets OF Ihe guar
trly Rerier aud The Ediabargk Reuiee and puDlsn
American editions at the low price "a year eacn'
Theirs e to be still another sixpenny London
magazine. called TIE GrosueRor The starting Oh
magazines and weekly papers In Londen Is TO
earded now as hiGh-class and popular amnsemen"
but limited to the few who have plenty or money
end little business sagaclty.
A novel with the suggestive title, Plougneo
IJnder.S and dealing with the Indian question IN
realistic and romantic way. will be issued shortly by
Fors. Howard & Hubert. 1t purports to be the ex-
perences of young Indian chief, and the legends
descriptions of Indian manners and incidents are
said to be authentic.
Madame Theirs worked with indefatigable zeal
upon the proof-sheets Of NJ Thiers's speeches nine
volumes Of which have already appeared, leaving
or seven to come. After the printers readers ana
NJ. Mignet, who devoted to them his patient care
and erudition, had pronounced them perfect. sne
would take them In hand, and 1t Is SAID ne
ouontly surprised the ablest of her husbands
friends by her ssgacity in ferreting out errors
There Is -disagreeable character IN George
Sands novel Mslgre Tout" which was believed
by many to be disguised portrait OF the Empress
Eugenie The author, SO soon as the gossip came 10
her ears, wrote the Empress an explicit denlai OF
apy intention to carcature her. The ex-Empress
has been 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 private note, which The Boston Courier is permit
ted TO COPY. az am sure don't know, and cannot
see why should care. When my mind is full OF q
subject 1t di0ests everything given to it, and alb
sobs whatever thoughts are suitable for its produc
tyeness, could as easily snalyze 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
good patriot and bad politician 1t describes the
4ANoSN"A
seeond Austro- Italian war after Viafranca, which
wore brought TO sudden termination by the death
of Cayonr Italy was to furnish from 10000 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 III the venture
Tho novel which Helena Won Rackowitza has
been writing in this city. is finished, and arrange
ments have been made for its publication in Paris.
I,eipsic and some Russian city. The author doubts
il there will be an American edition OF the book, and
thinks 1t will be Of interest mainly to European
readers It is story of French and Russian LIE OF
the present day. and many of the characters are real
persons disguised by name but easily recogn1za-
b,e The authors husband is Nihilist refugee.
Che admits that there is no field In this country for
social agitation.
"Tbe American Code of Good Manners" recently
reprinted from AndretcSs american Queen, aims to
describe the usages of good society More valuable
than the precise rules it lays down are Its fuller ex-
lanasons of the principles of good breeding and OF
the 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 DO hesie
ahead Of time and not behind It,"
Judge A. W. Toureee's Bricks Without Straw"
was really conceived and most of it written beforeh ne
produced "a FOOLS Errand." He has been amused at
those critics who saw in the book effort to repeat
n 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 It, He did not like
the first half dozen chapters and threw them into
the fire and started again. When he got home he
found the chapters previously written. and discov-
cred that he had reproduced page after page almost
word for word.
..We cannot but regard it as happy sign OF the
timesD 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 S0ibRes Monthly has here as large
a sale as most of our own magazines Hdrpers Maya
siae is now running against ScribRer, while Npp'n-
colt and The atlantic are endeaverinR to cecure
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 our authors as the
Americans have shown. But we have done some
thing equally good. Where is the Englishmsn who
wonld permit wor6 TO the detrimept OF Long
fellow Who is there who does not feel honored
lx tla Kfisaion of Mr. lowell n