New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-06
LITERARY NOTES.


rre Hour Series.
New editions of Miss Lafan's clever Irish stcries
Hogan " f." aud e The Hon. Miss Ferrard' ne
IN press at Macmillan & Cos.
Mr. Wendell phillips's recent Phi Beta Kappa adj
dress on "Thc Scholar in n Republic has been pub
lishcd in pamphlet form by Lee & shepard
The last Boulevard novelty. the Journal des Gonr-
NETS is only the reyiv of Paris gossper that was
well known 20 an earlier generation.
The late Earl of Beaconsheld's London publishers,
Longmans & Co., preparing an elaborate edition
Of his novels aud tales which will be called the
"Hughcnden Edition"
The Bibliorapher is the title of % now English
magazine which will appear in the autumn and de-
vote itself wholly to book lore. 1t will resemble
Tbs Aniquars in size and style.
"Side-ligts on English Society; or, Sketches from
Life, Social and Satincal," is book by Mr.
Granville Murray author of THE Member for
Paris" which will appear in London during the
month.
S. c. Griggs q Co. have in press 1.-THE Foreigner
in China" by the Rev. DIR. l.. N. Wheeler who
sided eight years China, aud has sought to give
concise history of the contact of Christian cviza-
ton with the Chinese.
The Library Journal learns that the publication of
Mr.. Watson's photography OF the pre-Colurnbian
discoveries of America has been postponed for a
couple of months to enable Mr.. Watson to revise his
lists with the aids to be found at the British Museum.
Fords, Howard & Hubert are issuing a series of
Hammock Stories" the latest being a novelette,
entitled -" Surf: Summer Pilgrimage" the princi-
pal characters being four Washington newspaper
correspondents who Journey for amusement into
Virginia and North Carolina.
After February, 1883, English will be compul
sorry subject OF examination 70: the entrance OF OIL
into the German army. The examination will
include reading of English at sight; translation of
English into German and of German into English
English syntaX and the grammatical and ctymol0-
gical analysis of English phrases.
A worthy memoir of the late Dr. E. II. Chaplin is
promised by the Umversalist Publishing House,
Boston. The Rov. DR.. Sumner Ellis has under
taken the preparation of the work. and persons hav
ing letters who remember anecdotes which would
add interest to the volume are invited to commune
cate with DIR. Ellis through the publishing house.
HArt u w. Bouton. New-York) offers each of
its subscribers this year effective etching by f.
Chanpollion, after painting by A. Casanova. 1t
represents garden with pious Irritation be
tween Capuchin Monk and beautiful Spanish
girl. EArt promises increasing wealth of
etchings and facsimile sketches. Its annual col
lections form of the most interesting artistic
corders of the time
BY the death of Miss Elizabeth Fleming, of
Edinburgh, at the age of seyenty-two," says The
AthenGum, =" link i'll connection with Sir Walter
Scott is severed. Miss Flemings mother was the
youngest daughter of James Rae. q noted surgeon.
RAGS second daughter married Keith of RavelstOn,
and at her house Sir Walter Scott was in the habit
of almost daily meeting Miss Fleming and her sister
Marjorie, or Madie, he always called the latter
Her story was excellently told few years ago by
DIR. John Brown, under the title of Pet Marjorie"
The Portfolio for July presents as its opening
plate an etching of a painting by Mr.. W. III. Hill
hard, one OF the hard working American painters in
Europe The plate. which represents ishng-boats
off the coast of Holland is somewhat too hard The
masses of storm-cloud and heavily rolling do
not easily lend themselves to the etcher. An etch-
ing of the old City of Lancaster by David Law is
more satisfactory. The Portfolio contains several
attractive articles, those upon " italian Embroid-
cries" and " The Development of Genre in Early
Italian Art" being especially readable.
At the annual meeting of the Wordsworth Society
recently held at Grasmere, Lord Coleridge was
elected president. 1t was announced that full bib
biography of the poets works and an engrav ing of
of his portraits won Id be issued soon the por
trait to be called The Wordsworth Soclety's Por
trait" At the meeting read some unpublished |
scraps of the poet, including a sonnet of no great
excellence, an election squb Lord Brougham |
and stanza written in the Strangers Book at Win
dermere besides verses by Dorothy Wordsworth
and a letter from Charles Lamb referring to the
Duddon sonnets.
MIR. George H. Boughton's picture of "Rose STAN
DISH" one of the chief attractions of this years
Grosvenor Gallery exhibition WILL with the artists
consent, form the subject of frontispiece or Wig
nette for the handsome edition of Miss Ellen Mackay
Hutchinsons Songs and Lyrics" which James r.
Osgood & Co. are preparing to issue in the autumn
The association of the painting with the book is
happy, because Mr.. Boughtons ideal of Crosse Stan
dish was inspired by of the quaintest of the
poems, entitled " Her Picture" A photograph of
the painting sustains the judgment of the artists
London friends, that it will take place among the
most popular of Mr.. Boughton's works The Puri- |
tain maiden is shown in of her meditave strolls
through the quiet glades of Plymouth. The syrnrne-
try and pose of the figure perfect and the face
which is lovely in feature and sweet and dgnifed |
in expression is suffused with quiet sadness as if
she had received premOnition of her early death
Judge Tourgee COMMUNICATED the constancy and |
courage of his wife by dedcating his novel Bricks
without Straw" to her Ito whose unfiinching cour-
age unfaltering faith. unfaing cheer and steadfast
love- owe more than many volun s might de- |
clare" He was strongly opposed to the publication |
OF TINS book at the time it appeared lest it should
interfere with " FOOLS Errand," and only did SO |
at the earnest solicitation of Mrs. Tourgee he |
therefore presented her with the copyright not an
ticpating for 1T, he couesses such success as il
achieved. Mrs. Tourgees dividend for the first |
quarters sales amounted to $4,000 with which
she has purchased beautiful residence on Lake
Chautauqua, where the Judge says she kindly
allows him to board with her during the summer
season. She has chrstened the place "Thorheimv
Fools Home-whether in allusion to her husbands |
wel-knOwn sobrquet, merely OF with Just a sus
picon OF reference to his generosity in renauishnp
70 her his second fortune from a second book the
Judge declares he does not know
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