New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-23
LITERARY NOTES.

A cheap edition Of Canon Farrar's Early Days OF
christianity is to be brought out lmme'ia'eIy ny
l'unk 4 Wagualls
Mr.. Jenkius's" Paladin of Finance is exceedingly
popular 10 Russia. AS many as STA different 'rass
!atious of the book have appeared there
PRINCE George Of Prussia is reported to be the
,ptbor of a book entitled Rachel, Souvenirs dun
"optemporaire" which was recently published III
French at Berlin.
Walter Crane has made some delightful illustTa-
,;ops for Panpipes" a music. book of the 4uan'est
Of old English dittIes arranged by l. Marzia!s'
Tho most notable EDITION de lure when has been
published IN London this season is that OF tue Lie
and Works of Thomas Bewick" by MIR. David c.
Thomps,n The edition is limitod to 200 copies
The text IS as attractive as the illustrations
The level In tho LOTUS" the new novel which
Mis-, Thicker has just begun in Lipp"cotfS Mag
q.iHc shows pleasant evidence here and there 'ha1
Il is the work of the writer OF "Signor MonaiulnlS
Niece: but she has introduced her characters con-
rusedly aud with singular awkwaidness
DIR. Holmes writes concerning the new Hawthorne
romance " Dr. GTmshawe's Secret feel as one
might have felt who had been admitted TO kem-
bran1t's studio. have been closeed with n magi
clan and admitted within his mysterious circle"
MIR. Whittier VS." be wurk ~ Hawthorne's.
Tn,re can be no question about IT, 1t is one of his
weird unmistakabe cTeatOns-a creation not fully
ronnded chaotic peOped with strage shapes. like
,nr pauet m its first discovery. 1t IS powerful or
course and will he read With interest by his admir-
els on both sides of the water"
1t will be remembered that about two years sacO
Mr. Kwong III Chin Chinese gentleman residing
in Hartford, Conn, published book entitled
"a Dictionary of English Phrases This book eX-
cited much interest at the time, as being, perhaps
The first contribution TO English literature by
rhinaman Since ,hen he has prepared an Eng
Ish Reading Book for Beginners" "Comprehen-
sive Geography" series of Conversation Books
md n MANUAL of Correspondence and Social
Usage" TO be printed in China for Use in the Gov
eminent schools The author is to revisit his ma
five country, aud expects to leave Hartford next
Tuesday
Anthony Trollcpe is said to have left more than
one couplete story of which not page has yet seen
the light, He nsed to say of himself that he had
piodnced more volumes than any other English
writer of this or any other day. His intimate
knowledge of the feminine mind and nature, shown
especially IN he scenes between women alone was
once illustrated by the question addressed 10 MN Oy
ono who was sitting next TO him at dinner -" MIR.
Irolope how do you RnOw what we women say TO
each other when We get alone in our rooms 2"
Trollopu made more than 100000 by his pen duI-
ins the Lass five. thirty years.
Tho last literary WORK done by tho late Henry
James was the brilliant article on Carlyle contrib
utea to The AHaatic last year DR.. Bartol wrote OF
bi,, the other day: How well the author of TINS
passine notice remembers, and VIII ever bear ID
mind the last call of this man at his house on the
se.shorel To the hope ] veptured to breathe ,s
helped him into his carriage for the recovery of his
health, he answered. y am going TO die with
simple, natural cheerful childlike tune; and telt,
he that can speak So will not die, but live forever.
10 one who sarcastcally criticised paper of hs
at the Radical Club defending the supernatural IN
the gospel story, he with sharpness of marvellous
humility replied: Yes, must confess am an alb
iect Christian lie knew not what better indeed
lie could be-"
Sir Archibald Alison's autobiography, just pub
iished in Edinburgh shows that the historian mad
lively conceit and no sense of humJr whatever.
One day he went TO dine with Buwer at Kueb-
worth Il soon saw" says Alison that lie was
listle at loss what subject to address me judg
ing from my writings, in direct opposition to the
fact that my conversation would be of gave and
serious cast. ! determined ia consequence to put
him at his ease constantly did in such cases. by
saving something ridiculous; and as the converse
tim had turned the indcbe character impressed
In respect TO both external features and internal
,ualites by the influence of race. said to him.
looking at his light hair aua huge red mOustaches
lam very glad, Sir Edward. that you and belong
10 the same race; we are both Danes UT Normans ;
We shall leave 10 the black haired gentlemen the
care of pleasing tbs ladies. and We Will confine
ourselves to the easier task of cOnquering the
world and IL we do think we shall not find the la
dies very far behind. he laughed at this unexpected
sally. which probably flatterod in moro ways than
one his secret thoughts and from that noment we
became great friends" IL is easy TO imagine in
what vein Dulwer laughed at this amazing "sally.'
o. his new novel, EEvangehsto" about To ap-
pear in the Paris Figaro. Alphouse Daudet writes to
some friends in Vienna: 81 narrate this time the
story of a Danish family in Paris There If in Paris,
yoa must know q Scan linavian colony. which has
itH own churches coffee houses clubs, etc. This Is
oil very characteristic and has never been described
The Ioine of my novel is Elmo Ebsen. She is
gagged TO be married. Some prayerbooks are sent
TO her for translation. three sous prayer The
commission is given by Madame Anthemau, the
WIFE OF very rich ban. or Tho has passion for
proseiytizing people BY degrees the young cir be-
cowes religious enthusiast She avoids her family.
The marriage project is broken up. One day tine
girl disappears leaving only letter for her m6ther,
who. left entirely alone. o stranger in a strange
country applies successfully to lawyer to the po-
lice. to the judge, but all in vain. The Anthemaus