New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-24
LITERARY NOTES,

H. Thomas Bailey Al irich Is soi"S ~
~. DOLLS memoir of her husband is to con-
,.,, sovcral engravirgs from ph"'oe''
49, n, Hnlrs method of holding the N''''"
-, .n;oviadie PAPERS" will presently I've pun
,"1 t.a VIRGINIA Historical Society Inc No,-
i''''0 -, no uniform ia size and execution Wv"
49,. containing the SpOt>wood Letters i"o e.,
g. saarchng vainly as Yet for P'I'i'''s -, min.
biocrauhical information concerning
widdie. ,.u.,icini
rho interesting memoirs of George rama, -
,,r;tte, bv himself. have just been I.o1r
Turin They tell the story OF hi'io ~ -, tcrri-
century from Use TO 1915 ana "eS0i ,,,.,u The
lilo vivdpess the bloody " five days" ~o,rtecn
authors narrative Of his suhernHs 5is is i'm
years in the prisons oil Sp'i'"'e
pfessive in it's simplicity ,,-.,,;ao, Flake
Tho Ms and sletch-dook OF w. hronoht
owned by the ate Dante Uan''.' - tbe sum of
-. ut salc of the lattcrs chec's Nv -
at inc A. syyinburne's "AtalSata III sO"S uo"
% % 60 Mr. Rossctti by the author was e'
fiose,' ord for the four unbound hu'nooi "
1 ar1 60, tbc famous Prc-Raphaehte magazine
collector paid $50. I-.,,noss
,, ,o,o+irs DonneIlv, cx-memOer OF OonE,'9
- cisbcd a book entitled KaShaI"N, f
1T he attempts to show that the s'-caii'u ,,o
'a,,osi,s were not the product of lce-ac'''' Ije
- &C the contact of the earth Win Vo''' ,rore
49, ordeavors 70 prove that man eAiS''"s nov,
tbo drift was civilized to - he
- ;rcredible. "Ragnarok !" 40
rnhlisbed shortly by the tay Eve
A. Donnclly's former book A'i"'N9 c1d
ed;tiops il is reported, have already Ooo" ''-U'
The fifth and sixth volumes enlonJid
1;sbed Of Nessrs. Smith. Elder ~ 60 Iot.or,,
now edition of Fieidings works I'll
.hort napers. There are the series u -" s..Tbo
Known essays published uhuer NV C,.,.,;or y
Covent Garden journal ana lHo IN, ,rr,,c
VA Tho more sober political papers oil INC 1i"o
'ia y t,,.ti,ar with many papers less known ~
,o,5ers in these times. but everywhere pi'S,i',
1,.orist,c traces Of the hand OF the au'no' "
-, lanes The reprints of the pamphets "H'',,
= ,or ,he General designation OF " Iegh C"9o'
o,,o ornonr the most curious contents Ol 'no
Srnntuously printed thick paper ana ,0Toi"P''
,ied hv Mr.. Smalps numerous spnl'o" i"i, 20.
drawings printed on nice paper anu V''i0iJ
sorted aftar the fashion Of the " IhackVIa5' ~
,,o,umes form indeed noble monument TO ic'u'"S'
aud are likely long to be priced by book AN"
1twaso lady who originated the use OF prihlne
IN .Iapan The Empress shiyantoEu' soo1 SUI -
nur.uance Of a vow, directed III the you 'oi '''
million of small wooden pagodas shou'u 10 ''9'--'
nted among the Buddhist temples ana ihoIaS' 'ii''
of the eu,nire. and that each should contain "
dborani ont Of tie Buddhist Nimala mTohaSs"
c+ro The Sanskrit text OF the dhaTam was 10 pe
,r;,ted in the Chinese character on Sips OF paper
ahout eigbteen inches long by two inches Wi"e' 80
a. IN admit their being easily rolled up ana H.
sar,ed into the hollow interiors OF the pa9o""S'
Manv of these slips are still preserved IN the mon
astery of lIofa-riu-zli in Yamato and i"c sln"eS
ofsone Of them are to be found III Jaranese anu
,ror,on works. ConnolsscUJs are divided IN opih-
ION as 70 whether the plates from these impressions
,vero taken were of metal or Of wood; bat Inc ma
FORTY hold that they were OF metal
The late DR.. John Brown, certainly one OF the
,nosr delightful essaysis of his time, was strangely
enonoh. afflicted with profound sef-dlstruSt. lie
could not be persuaded that he WAS in any sense
Great writer. or that lie could do any thing
neopie would care to read. No number oil
favorable reviews could change his idea perina-
,,ontlv IN that head 1t might be pleasant Tor IA
moment 10 read them; it was kind, of course III
,,oonlo "a write them but they gave him no encouI
ocemcnt 70 try his hand again. Not even Iiack-
erav's letter. which he has published or that OF
wendell Holmes which appeared lately III The SCOTS
,non conld make him ut all believe that II was his
1ar dutv 10 90 on Therefore, his friends had very
bord work TO get him TO take up his zen again lie
rond talk and tell the most delightful stories, ana
make the gayest-hearied fun at pleasant social
c,tbcriDps: and one lOngcd 10 have shorthand
writer hid in some cupboard near by 10 take down
the wise quaint odd and tender words winch lhen
"a naturally flowed from Inn. But to sit down and
write and still more to correct proofs the very
,houoht of il seemed to freeze him.
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