New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-14
LITERARY NOTES

II Ia stated as evidence that Germany 10 no longer
watching France with argus eye. that between 1856
Ind 1870 when war; was known to be only ques-
ton of time the German press teeIned WIN frehcn
correspondence In the last few years letters from
France have grown more and more meagre.
Mr.. Ruskin ia now writing sketches of the history
If Chtistendom for "boys and girls who have brcil
held Mt its fonts" and informs historians that the
STYLE they adopt deprives history Of its moral sig
nifcance He goes out of his Way to pay n remark
able compliment to observation-disclosures Butter oooN
Far Out: Rovings Retold," aud says that Coioiei
Butler, "if he had not been otherwise and more ac
lively employed, might have written All NY 'o0A'
sbout landscapes and pictures
Two Sheiks from Mecca have arrived IN Constah-
tjnople and are distributing pamphlet written III
Arabic which is making great str IN hat cap''a''
This isintended to bolster up the sultan for IT dem
onstrates II G sovereignty and legitimate authority
inf the CaIiph over all Mahomeians of whatever
climate or government II is said that several NIL
lion comics are being distributed III Algeria, luh'S
Morocco. India and the Eastern pToYn oil KGS-
STA.
A curious combination OF handsome binding car
nest and pedantic poetry andabsurt illustrations o,
which Mr. A. Maynard Lyon IS both author a",,
prblisher ia called " Earth Scenes aud Space LIE.
Il is in three chapters The hrs'' III "'',I
"Man and History" are declared 10 ~
simaged," is brief p2raphraso ol
biblical account OF creation, wiich p'-
travs acouaintauce with Milton and ignorance
of the first REQUISITES of poetry. THIS same chapter
h reneated at the end OF the book. There are III all
swo or three hundIed lines whose CHARACTERISTIC
form j. the cumulus, for the author is as iona Oh
Milling I'D verbs as the ancient drawers Oh test nr"'
ary documents. As an example we are 'oi., 'h"'
shadows of men older. smaller fainter grow DC
cause " tLeir creators droop, langush decay IAN
down and waste"
LITTLE pamphct, of sxty-two pages has llSI
been published by MessrS. Roberts Brothers OF DOS
Ton containing remarks on " The Actor ana MS All'
bv e. Coouelin. of the French Theatre, translated
BIZ Abby Langdon Alger. 1t shonld be read oy el-
ery playgocr i'll the land-and by every ACT H. Inc
.honrhts NAV not be new, to all readers, but they
certainly have freshness for sOme and the ceaTness
OF their statement and the authority OF their origin
commend them TO general attention. Nature pure
and simple" says NJ. Coqucin, would produce nut
a slight effect upon the sage....Iry 10 produce ah
apparent truth but let it be true only III SEEMING
.We must not destroy all truth III the theatre
by too great conventonalIty; but neither must we
destroy the theatrical illusion 10y too great fidelity
to truth" book full of such sound doctrine as
this is a beneficial and admirable teacher.
The Naca.ine of Ame1jc1n History, edited hg MI
& Co.. enters upon its fifth year and sixth volume
with an excellent January number devoted mainly
to the Yorktown campaign. The pictorial features
Of the magazine have grown i'll prominence
portrait of Count de Grasse, an etching OF Moore
comfortable country house. the scene of the captu-
lation, and several Old maps, add interest to
the Yorktown urrtnbtr. One can hardly over
estimate the permanent value Of His monthly
publication to future historians, and all serious stu
dents of history. 1t is Therefore gratifying TO hhd
it SO well and carefully printed and the bound vol
umes for 1850 are substantial and handsome enough
to OCCUPY prominent place on the shelves OF the
most elegant private library. Valuable improve
ments in the plan of the magazine are critical de
parment o. literature be lrlng principally upon the
special field occupied by the magazine and winch
every other month will be devoted TO photography.
There is TO be also monthly chronicle of contempo-
raneous events which have historical interest.