New-York tribune., 1882-02-08
LITERARY NOTES.

Tn "Tbe Making of England" which is shortly 10
be published by the llarpers, j. r. Green gives 'le
history of the earlier times up to the union vi
England under Ecgberht.
Miss Constance Woolsons novel; Anne" VIII De
concluded in the May number of Hdrpers Md9oS"o'
The remaining chapters illustrate III s'riKihs way
the beautiful and noble character OF Anne
rrobablv National feeling came TO the ald oil mo-
,aitv in the recent seizure by the German police au-
tborites of the entire editions of two OF Loa nov
oils which had been turned into the language oil
Goethe.
d Lothrop & Co will soon publish new edition
of Banvard's Life of Webster" with some addi-
tiona matter. They will also publish new edition
of A. Eventide" with biographical sketch OF Dr.
Nehemiah Adams, written by his son.
Alphonse Daudtt, as a child, showed wonderful ht-
erary prccocity He was always found at the head
of his class whenever subject was given for or1gi-
nal composition in prose or verse and some verses
which he wrote on Homer were an event In the an
uals of the school.
The original editions of Poes poems are now ex-
ceedingly r re. Mr.. Lang has not been able in
England to meet with any text earlier than that OF
lS45. In his new edItion-included in "The Parch-
ment Library"-he has restored the American spell
ing with an appeal to Americans to preserve the
English spelling in American republcationS.
DIR. Paul Chadbourne. ex-presdent of Williams 5
College and now president of the Massachusetts,
Agricultural Coli ge present in Albany at work
upon that elaborate enterprise of j. *. Osgood ~
Co. The Public Service of the State ofNew-l ork."
The three sump uous volumes of this illustrated his
tory of the great commonwealth are now going
through the press.
James Spedding's Evenings with a Reviewer
which for time existed only as a privately
printed book has lately been published III England
II presents cOmpactly and pointedy many OF the
reasonings which are given in more scattered and
indirect form IN the same authors elaborate Lille
cf Bacon: and it makes mincemeat of Macaulay III
contrasting his assertions in regard TO Bacon with
The evidence upon which they are grounded.
"The Bride of Bar Cocab' is a long poem wherein
valiant Hebrew executes deeds of daring against
the Romans and is finally eaten up by wild beasts
in the arena. The manner in which this Is de-
scribed is excessively blood -curdling
The lions upon their prey
And crunch
The best that can he said of this poem is that it
shows facility at rhyming; the critic pauses
aghas, at uch lines these
Phenomenal men in epoch times
Commit what were in others crimes.
Professor Charles Kendall Adams's Manual of
Historical Literature" is to be published by the
uapers next week. 1t is intended for students,
general readers and collectors of books, and gives
compact information IN regard 10 the most impOT-
tant histories III English French and German, with
suggestions as to the proper methods and order of
using the materials Indicated The Harpers will
publish at the same time volume on the Law of
Stockholders and stock Exchanges" by J. r. Dos
Passos They have just published Metaphysics.
A Study in First Principles by Professor Bovine,
of Boston University.