New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-24
LITERARY MOVIES.

The seventy-eighth thousand of John klcharu
Green's Short History of the English People h"'
Just been printed by Macmillan ~ Co.
MrEA. Freeman's forthcoming work on ,ne
reign Of William Rufus, is the complement Oh us
"History of the Norman Conquest
Professor ]. NJ. Hoppin, of New-Haven. has e~-
,dod o,d i,nnroved his treatise on homiletlcs I'M
iii II ,s now practically new work, ana WIZ ap-
near shortly in new edition at Dodd Mead a w. =
In q volnme entitled "The Epic of Kings" MISS
Helen Zin,mern will present In simple language Tue
stories told by the Persian poet Flrdusl III MS Ia
mons epic "Shah Nameh." notable feature OF INC
work will be etched illustrations by Alma laoeina'
Mr.. G.. Fl. Boughton and Mr.. E. A. Abbey have
baen travelling in Holland together, and the 1rt OF
their observations will appear in several " Ar'Ists
sketches in Harper. In the December NUMBER
Professor John Fiske of Cambridge, begins series
of articles on Early American History"
The first volume of the "Cyclop@dia Of Political
Science, Political Economy and OF the History "a
the United States" published by Rand McNahy
Co.. of Chicago, is the beginning OF a WORK "hion III
scope and plan is something new In the Ehgiisn 'n
euaee. though similar works may DC lounu IA
French and German Among the articles III inc
first volume is treatment of the subject OF Clear
ing and Clearing Houses by Mr. ii. ID. LLOYD.
Amopg English journalists it is the fashion at
present to make frequent illusions 10 the bigio"
Papers.v which speaks well for their appreciation
of humor But they seem TO have neglected. MI
Iowell's serious poems, for some OF them nave poen
copyine that part of the "Commemoratlon Oue
referring to LincOln-which was prlhteo Ill an
American paper as beng applicable equally to the
death of Garfeld-as a new poem by the American
Minister on President Garfield
~ IfnnrN
ing, is announced by smith, Elder & Co. 1t is to be
royal octave in ten volumes, each volume OF inc
novels to contain eight illustrations by Mr. "lliia
Small The first volume of " Tom Jones" VIII DE
unfinished early in January and will contain no
gartbs portrait of the author. 1t is matter OF goou
ro,nise that the biographical essay and the edlthg
will he nv Mr.. Leslie Stephen The edition Will DC
limited TO n thousand numbered copies for sale IN
Europe and to $50 copies for the United States.
DR. Jacob Won Falcke's striking work on " Greece
and Rome has been translated for Henry hoit
Co.. and published by them as hondaY
hook. 1t is beautiful. large quarto'
Handsomely printed on heavy paper and contains
all of the original illustrations. Special attention
is paid in the work TO the daily life OF the DreoNS
and Romans. Domestic scenes aud street HE are
Denoted and the pictures restoring the ancient
cities of Athens, COrinth, Mycen@ and Rome come
near to filling the worlds ideal of what those honu-
mental capitals were. a large double-page engraV-
ing is devoted to a restoration of the temples at
Olympia.
NJ. Sudrc advocates a scheme for a universal IAN
ruage TO be formed out of the seven notes OF music
do re- MI fa SOL a. ST. which are pronounced IN the
same way by all peoples. All the words IN his UNI
yersal vocabulary would he made with compounds
of these notes The meaning attached to the simple
notes themselves would be: do. no; re, and; n or
ia to; SOL if Ia the 81, yes. The feminine would
be formed by doubling final vowels-e g. m'S'-
ia, husband; mistdG. a wife; and plurals oy
doubling the consonants in final syllaoles' as mr.
girl FIJI, girls. NJ. Sudre has decided that inc au-
iective shall always follow the substantive and,
according to the dictionary which he has compiled,
the sentence 1--WE have an incapable Government"
wonld read. Doddo ssOlfaSoI LdSsidOr6."