New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-22
LITERARY NOTES.


on Beauty IN Dress ;r
Private theatricals will be made soiiie|il'
by the lexicon Of acting plays whlch - 80
$50 nv Mr. Samuel French. Its aih, u u me-
,hs Incidents and characters OF each play "'' -
at a fitness OF unhtness 1oT amateur I'pi'''''
ton mn.
Miss Nor. Perry's Book Of Love STORIES VII
,eadv NJ James r. Oscood q Co.'S TINS "''N' az
a. tbird novel in the Round Robin S'ii'r en-
titled The GeorgiaGs' story oil SCUM
which the poor whites and negroes iar''is' r'''
the interest ,i
twill interest readers Of the iooF "'''t'l
~ ,ol.,,es in the Appleton series ci u'''ii
:. uo,ne Books &C. know what may be expo "a
arripy the coming Publishing season. ll"''''',
snI,icc,s ike house building and furniShhH' anu
hone gardens and grounds have thuS I-'
treated. Indoor life ard socla''hF wiz D."
cossed in Amcuitcs Of Home h"ih'- h'' i,'-'
Hone Amueemcuts.' Household h,,''' ,aa.
liberation. Home Nursing and " Home h'""'
fent.'
There i, something graceful in the dedication "'
H.. e. I,x,,'. translat.ui. of TLUcy'lides !"
r,. Ei,bt Il,uoral lc Niscouut Shcrhr."kc' one Oh
th. ,e.t Greek scholars iu England, whose F'"''''
lovrofancrnt classical literature though .""''''
,,i.s.,llel i4 rs we'll known to- his friends as tie
linln,ss of his hear, and tn charm oil i's COW
tio,7 The BaHg Ncrs Of London. calls inc ''" u "
quantities. irony" and ad"s: ms '"''''"''' mo-
&C.,, ,o,,,-c1 the stu.Iy Of useless Greek. and haS
often concentrated the civil engineers" on or l''
1,,, fr.ta classical bondage. Surly the M''r ~
Clo..ic,l Iit,ratur. might u.duuur III LoId Sh0r-
bro)kcs ear.
uisall very wei 20 disscmilc YOUR love.
But Why dd you Kick roe down 'l"ii''
The NIth portfolio OF RGcincts Ie Costume a.''-
+or;oue0 bs been received by J. W. E"u'"h' Inc
nlas and text cover diversity Of periods an" p''-
,,c. and are of great value aud interest, nN' ."'
,reccdina parts ol this excellent work Tue nc"
fo;to.tic costumes that obtained in France IN the
so,crtecntb and cirltccutL centuries are eNiIN"u
:; overl MATES am the costumes of other pail' ol
Furope during and pIior t. the SAINT I'I''u It's VIZ.
NJ SAMPLES of high decorative art IN furniture 1nu
household utensils are carefully portrayed some
of tLr Japarcsc aud Chinese costumes are "'''''E
fulIv,eud red aud several p'atcscVhbit the curious
1aste j., ornament and dre>- of some Amcn'n AM
can and Oriental tribes. Vrc chap'eI IS "''"'" ~
domestic architecture in Iompcu.
A oriet nook in East Scvcntceuthst. ,No. III Is
.bc nrscut home Of the Ncw-lork branch OF liou-h-
20, N0iin 4 Co.. the old stand in Clinton Hall nav
;n, bccn Given M about May /. Owing 70 The mod
estv If ,bc exterior Of the store the place II al pres
emf little ilcult to ind. The interior proves '''
taste and generous outlay can convert an oi-la'il-
toned hich--toop residence Of the Nt"-l"iN I''-
fem into an elegant bookstore having the zone ana
atmosphere of private library ana si'iihs-fooh'
It'll excellent commercial facilities that have been
hidden however from The casual glance Oh VISITORS
Wooden martcls artistcally tinted walls ana pan
elled shelves and heavy library tables-a.l IA hSht
chcrrv-civ. an aspect Of ELEGANCE and soL'iity 10
the furnishing In keeping with this tncr' the hTn
has s,ut on a full line of its choicest publ atloHS III
now and mel, calf and IN rocco bindings Tournament
the shelves in the second paIlor In 'niId ROOM
which will Doe devoted 10 the higher my slcr's oil au-
thorship and publication, tie decoration ami Turn"
turc approach the summit VI fsthe'lc eHu'd''i az
ccrdng to the new school.
The Paris Tenn, has applied Mathematics to a
busv period Of Litr6s life with tie following re-
sult: The first copy Of the French dictionary Was
sent 70 the press September D. lsj9 and continued
IN flow with little interruption from tho great
scholars pen until November Il, 49, when The
last Of the corrected proofs were returned pii-
inc the thirteen years thus consumed ia a., Woib.
nearly 10000 sheets of copy were sent 10 lh'
printer and 2.2l2 proofs were delivered To the
editor and revised 10y him. Authors vino are give"
tcmakipe additions to their proofs viii perhaps lie
someu hat co,socd by finding that N. Littrc was 10y
no means free from this auiablc weakness The AL
dtions tnalc in this way to MS composition after II
Xras IN print amounted 10 rs auch rs ~ pages, oil
trr,e columns each Ii the whole length ol iie
original proofs and the additions to them, were dd'd
together in single Glethat l. to say If the dcil'n-
arv were printed Oh long roll Of paper containing
n width Of ouly one cOlumn-the length OF Inc T"l
sopr:nted would he about 10 900 yards. Tie lcAcog
rapher usually spent every day about twelve hours
at the work.
Miss Helen Stanley, writing from Paris To me
dmcricda B91ksClir says the idea OF establishing
French Academy for women has BY no iaeans ceased
to have a charm for literary Pd11sjcaaes. And to
show how fashionable scrbb,iur has become among
French ladies' she gives the following Inst Of writ
ers Of social rank and title; Outside of The women
wb,>,, profession il X TO write. such rs Madame Id
,uond Adam Juietto Lainbcrl, the directories Of
La Nourelie Reruc and Madame Henry Gr,viilc for
Instance # one only took the fashionable women
who have the proofs 81 their talent on the shelves
of many libraries how many names conld 10" cited
There "a the Duchcssc de Ia Roche-Guyon. tho
author Of charming poems for children; Madame
C.eille Pollcnnais. tho chatclane of CIp-FcTat
at Nice: tie VicoIntesye de litray, who has IN
herited from her mother the Com;es'o dc N'gur'
the git OF relating fascinating stories TO chldfeh
Maalaue de Wit, the worthy daughter OF NJ
Glizot; the Marquise d'lIarcourt nee dc Beaupoh
s.. Auiairc; Madame Blanc, who under the
p,eudonym Of Theodore BENTON. has signed -
many charming novels in The Rerue dcs Dcnr Monde
Madame Mathilde Stevens who the nom-de-
plune of 1hilda and who writes clever articles IN
La France Madame dc PcroBnay, who has gwen a
literary crown the name Of Nicomtc de Letorere.
and to that Of Etincellc with which she signs her
brilliant Partisan chronicles. lie Garnet dun
Mondain' which appear daily in the Figaro; the
Comtcsse de Barck grace, lined with wit az the
French saw. and whose portrait by licnn Eegnauit
is one Of the treasures of the Luxembourg; Madame
Craven who gathers the most elevated stories from
her family Souvenirs the Marquise de Bocqueyille;
the VieomtesSe dc Jauze, the author of Berger
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