New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-04
LITERARY NOTES.

II.
issued about May 10.
Charlie, scrihners Sons are putting forward the
last Of their edition OF Gecrg Branfess sSeten u
BeaconsGeld.D which had a good sale wheh 3" was
fist issued. some time ago.
Professor Goodwin Smith has reprinted iof pi'Va'1
eirculaflou only, his various essays reviews anu
letter, contributed 70 different periodicals Every
thing beori.N on politics has been excluded
The first priyes in Iotlrop Il Co.'S competition Tor
hooL cover designs and magazine drawings were
awarded. for book-covcr designs, to Misc L. H.
Un,nphrcy of Boston and Miss Rosina tmhet' %
New.York for black and white drawings to MT +
II. Iungren, Of New-York, who also 'ooN '"o
second prize.
Mr.. w. II. Harrison. of London has ransacASu 'iio
British Museum for literature about inc i"'
Silyl As Mother Shiptou II sometimes caiio"' 'o
',hI;bcd tb,. result Of his investigations IN
little hook which ought to give great reiie Z" people
who fear her prophecy about the end OF The woriu
may come true Mr. Harrison proves that most oi
tho ,ropbecies ascrbed TO Mother Shipton did not
originate with her.
Dold. Mead a. Co have published a cheap edition
of DIR. Lubke's "OutIines Of the History OF Art
edited by Clarence Cook. II is printed IRON Inc
mates of the larger edition which they put loi'h
about three years ago. and really differs from tha'
sumptuous work only in the size OF the margins inc
style of the binding. and perhaps tho quality "i tue
paper. Still the cheap copies are elegant ana
tasteful aud they contain of course, all the MUS
uations.
A book has Just appeared in London which may
possibly do something TO protect househo'ucis
against the scandalous propensity to adhiteia'o
food It's title is How to Detect the Authorizations
Of Food The writer shows that the simplest orti-
ces of the POOR mans diet, like oatmeal, no less
than the luxuries Of the rich are shameiully mixed
with indipestibe and worthless substances. Sucb
a book is painful comment on the capacity OF hu-
man nature for meannCss.
The History of Frederick the Great and the
Seven Years War by +. w. Longman of Balhoi
College Oxford lin the Epochs of Modern HISTORY.
Series Of Charles Scnhncr's Sons, ia admirably
nAapted 10 interest schoolbOys and older heads VIII
find it pleasant reading. The maps are numerous
and we'll arranged to tell the story OF PrusSas won
dcrlul growth. Mr.. Longman gives list OF more
elaborate books on the subject placing Carlyle
at the head and calling his Frederick noble WORK
which is appreciated most by those who know II
best"
The next novel in the Leisure Hour Series of
Henry Holt g. Co. will be MatrimOny." by W. L..
Norris the author of Mademoiselle de Mersac." 1t
is a story that has been warmly commended in Eng
land and is said to present both the good and the
unhappy side of the subject. The principal female
characters are an unprincipled adventures and a
coquette without conscience, who are offset by one
admirable woman. Mr. Norris may bo called dis
ciple of Thaekeray, and The SGfW'ry BcrIco says
that the author of Pendenns" lbs never been
approached 80 nearly both in matter and quality a.
by the author of Matrimony."
Professor Monck's sketch Of Sir William Hamil-
ton" in the English Philosophers" Series &c. J
Putnam's sons Is mainly careful and thorough
statement Of Hamilton philosophical views. His
life WAS uneventful lie tried the practice of the
law after leaving Oxford in 1871, but met with
little success though his biographer says. with u
naive effort 70 apologize for him. that there seems
no reason TO doubt that if he had devoted his atten-
ton 70 his profession he would have earned IT,
spectacle livelihood lie lived with his mother
and a cousin whom he married after the death OF
his mother. His appearance as an author dates from
shortly after his marriage, and we are told that
Lady Hamilton not only acted as a literary goad,
but also as a drudge, for she served her husband
continually as amanuensis.
@Knights Of To-day is not al inappropriate title
for volume Of Mr. Charles Barnard's stories which
peeupy a field of his own and may be described
as science applied to the solution of affairs of the
heart Nearly all the stories. which. with one ex-
cepton, made their first appearance in periodicals.
have something 70 do with Morses Geographic
alphabet IL is therefore apt cOnceit Of Mr.. Bar
nard u adorn the cover with picture of Cupid
transmitting heart by telegraph, in the same way
that boys send paper messenger along kite string
10 the skies The story, called A Sanitary
Measure" is one of the best. and shows New-fork
professor and his numerous family, including
marriaeeable daughter adoat inside of Sandy Hook
on fatboat which is made to furnish a cheap and
healthy summer home. 1t is easy 20 feel prefer
enoe for the story of Kate and also 70 discover
that Mr. Barnard has not the faculty of dclneating
character. His persons are thin types of classes
instead of individuals.