New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-01
LITERARY NOTES.

The third volume Of "The Memorial history Va
Boston" is in active preparation.
ME-. W. Gosse has undertaken 70 VINE ino =,
Cray for the series called English MICH oi N0''''
. Galicnopi speaks Of Pope Leo XIII. as frequently
employina his leisure in writing Latin poetry on
serious subjects.
Mr.. George p. Lathrop, it is said, Will soon 'ls'
spain in search of the novel and the picturesque.
Harper & Brothers are to have the literary iru'' VI
his journey.
Another Indian story is announced THIS time iion,
Boston. where Roberts Brothers are getting IL resuy
for the rext aNo Name" novel. 1t Is oorue,
romance named after the heroine oaoy "u''
il is said to be founded upon tact.
Mr. Henry Bohn the noted bibhopole, now IN ms
.,oh,v-sIxth year denies, The London BooSse"T
.ay. that he ia writing Autobiography ne Is
-s,,a,;no q catalogue of his miniatures and enames
and . new edition of his Dictionary OF Pocticai
Quotations" ,.,.
Mr. J. Elliot Cabot who is engaged upon the hie
and letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson, to be pup,
lshed after the philosophers DEATH was assoca'eu
with Mr.. Emerson and Theodore Parker. IN lo4' TO-
IN editing The Massachusetts Quarterly Rer'e" inc
organ Of the Trauscendentalists.
Mr. G.. A.P. Dachsel and Mr.. Garritt troopers
have translated from among Schopenhauei
asovs aThe Misery of Life The Metaphysics
of Love- 1.-THE Esthetcs of Poetry" "GeniuS
and Education" which, with piogrsph,'ai
sketch Of the philosopher, have been pupnsneo III
one volume.
II 40 happens that five Southern writers VIII nave
articles in the July Scribner including eir Caoie MI
Harris Uncle Rcmus) and Mr.. William Muriree'
s,vn;shos the text for an illustrated paper on
sThe Mississippi Levees" 1t will be popular
dsscr;ntive article with little to say about engineer
ing questions.
history of The Womans Suffrage Movement
Il, Massachusetts," by Mrs Robinson, the wido" OF
tho well-kpown correspondent Warrington VIII
no isuued in June by Roberts Brothers IL is III
timated that the book describes Abigail ADAMS INC
wife of the second President. as The first advocate
Of woman's suffrage in the United States.
Victor Hugos new work, Les Quatre Vents de
t,rsnrit has inst appeared in Paris. 1t forms two
roL,mes octave divided as follows: Tome Ter. lie
partie. LIE Livre Satirique; 2e Partie, LIE Ll're
Dramatique [" comprenant une comedie en- un acto
ct nh drame en- dcux actes v; Tome lie lie farue Le
Livre Lyrique; &c Partc, Gle Livre Epique' Id
Revolution.
The Berlin ccnsors of the press are not o1'en SO
tarly in their work as recently, when the PACK
Numbers were seized of issue several weeks Ola
of the Berliner Tageblah. The obnoxious article was
a ehapter of Spielhagens new novel "Angela"
which that journal is printing as a serial. Inc
novelist had made some observations disqueting
to the official mind.
NJ lola is engaged upon n new novel which VIII
he study of the bOus bourgeois 1t Will not appear
as a serial because he had sufficient experience
with Mana" of having a book criticised piece
meal He is said to have sold the right of selling
this novel in America to New-York bookseller for
100 900 francs OF $4,000. an incredible statement
in the absence of international copyright
Two epiprams by two famous Frenchmen are 60
ing in company the rounds Of the French news
papers. One is from Saint-Beuve; You must
write as much possible as you would talk, ana
not talk too much as you would write" The other
is ere lifted to Alexandra Dumas the younger: IL
have not great confidence i'll the men who do nor
work and who, coming into the world, hnu their
life ready made for them"
Lamarfine has been losing steadily his hold on
his countrymen NJ Jules Claretie regrets this. and
saws: "There is say il to the shame OF the rsing
generation want of taste and want OF heart III
the discredit into which Lamartinc has fallen The
poet in Lamartne a great poet. The man IN
him was a good citizen. 'Lamar:ine,' said Victor
Hugo himself in my presence one evening Is the
last of the great classic poets"
A curiosity among the memorials of Lord Beacons-
field was a poem printed as an advertisement IN
The Manchester Examiner, and of kind to make
judicous readers smile. The following note was
appended to the poem: 1.-The. above lines were
written by gentleman friend of Lewiss In Market
st. Lewis's feel that this production is calculated
to afford some pleasure to readers OF all shades OF
politics. Lewis's will not regret the expense in
volved in publishing this if the public derive a
corresponding satisfaction"