New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-21
LITERARY NOTES.
his grain.

Two new volumes Of poems from Victor Hugo's
pen will shortly appear IN Paris
Paul Hayne the Southern poet. is in spite Of pow
cry and illness. man o. wonderfully youthful
feeling and appearance. At fifty-one be does not
seem more than forty and be has almost tho vivaci-
~ and freshness of enjoyment of boy.
A limited edition on large paper Of Caroline Fox's
"Memories of Old Friends is 10 be brought ont in
Philadelphia. The workmanship will be as perfect
as may be, AND steel portraits Of many OF the
famous personages mentioned IN the book will be
added.
Mr. RAYMOND L. Newco.ub, who the natural
list of he Jeanette Arctic expedition, is now IN
Hartford. Conn., reading the proofs Of the forth
coming History of tho Jeannette Arctic Expedi-
ton" The book viii be fully illustrated, many of
the engravings beng from sketches made during
the expedition.
James Thomson, the author Of that strange and
powerful poem, The City Of Dreadful Night"
bas inst died in an English hospital Mr.. Thomson
wasa man Of largo heart and ideal nature and 20 such
a being the faults and niscres of mankind could
not be Other than matter for constant and painful
thought The result was collection of weird
poems many of them pathetic and beautiful also.
There is in circulation in England pamphlet
bearing the bizarre title Of "Aggravatlng Ladies"
II contains list of 15l works, nearly all Of which
arc in the British Museum, issued during this
century a. "by lady," and still entered in It's
catalogue under that Vague definition The names
OF these retiring ladies have been sought for IN
every likely quarter, but In vain, and the identity
OF most of them will probably DO unknown for all
time.
There is a sad waste Of good material IN vellum
and gold in small edition Ge lure of Mr.. Alcotts
"Sonnets and Canzonets lately published in Bos-
ton. These little copies, which contain photo
graphs of the persons TO whom the sonnets were adj
dressed have been taken by subscribers at 81 each.
MI Sanborn, by the way, has had his sensitive ma
ture so wrought upon by THE TRIBUNE's genial
notice of his hysercal preface TO this book that he
has n anifesed hisROe as well rs his sense OF pro-
pricty By writing an editorial defence of himself
which Tie Springfield RepUJhoGS has been silly
enough 10 print. y
An irreyorent correspondent Of The Boston Courier
has furnished to that paper some frank descriptions
of the people who went 20 Mrs Stoves birthday
party last wcck. There was DR.. Holmes. :" one of
fhe most bewitchng Of men to a wOmans eye"
with Ibis brisk boyishness his flashing w.t. and his
unfagging spirits Close by was Frank b. San
born n tail man with big eyes, loose limbs, straying
hair and, as everybody knows. an intellectual or
ganlzation remarkable for anything rather than
trigness Behind him were to be seen Mrs. a. ID. l..
Whitney a delicate anemone-like woman, and
Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps. with her pathetic
fsce upon which was the delicate flush which
always brings to mind the hectic red of pale New =
England girls slowly dying from the rigOrs of the
climate" Not far away sat Mr. Acott, "a tall, limp
raan, faded and ashed out in general, with look
as placid and meaningless as one Of his 'Orphic
sayings'a; and Mr.. Howells. before whose ana
lyto mind" the writer coniesses. every one OF my
sex trembles yet the winsomeness Of whose smile
no one of us could resist"
Dante Gabriel Kossetti's funeral at Birchington-
on-Ses Was a quiet one A distinguished literary
man writes concerning it when we got TO the
house there wero the Rossettis, Watts and one or
two more From there to the burial was a most
painful hour and baif-every one talking in whis-
pers-and that awful hush had carried a wreath of
bay. aud that put at the head of the coffin. and
Sharp cross Of primroses. which was placed at
It's foot Christina unpinned some flowers from her
dress and put them inside her brothers coffin.
Birchington is treeess place. and tho house where
we were stands IN most exposed part. There was