New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-04
LITERARY NOTES.

A,exandre Dumas is writing book on the science
Of ohiromancy, in which he is an ardent believer
Mr. Whittier says In regard to vexed question
that the family whose name suggested the title of
EMand Mullern pronounced the word Muller"
They were Hessians'
F. Ansteys Vice Versa or Lesson to Fathers"
has gone into an eleventh edition in London. This
lively bit of extravaganza is one of the chief liter
ary successes of the season there.
Mr. Howells has changed the title of his forth
coming novel-it is to be "A Womans Reason"
Instead of "A Sea-Change'-again a Shakesperean
title, as the readers of the Two Gentlemen OF
Verona will remember
Miss Rose Kingsley, daughter of the late Charles
Kingsley will contribute several articles TO mac
A,cake during the coming year. An especially 'n'or,
estine one is entitled "Our Dogs at Eversiey'
Another is on the "Washingtons in England
Mt. Trollope's new serial novel. Land Leaguers'
att onnaar An Our Continent simultaneously with
arc publication In London. Mr. TrOllope spent most
of tho simmer in Ireland preparing material ior
This novel It's not impossible that that pleasant
fellow Phineas Phlnn, will make his temperance
therein.
Mr.. Frederic May Hollands volume OF "stores
from Robert Browning" contains Stanford
aSordello," "Luria," "The Adventures OF BAL
austion' a Blot in the 'Scutcheon,' " Inc hins
and the Book" "Pippd Passes" =" he Return Oh inc
DR. :" and "Colombes Birthday The Ahe-
nGam SAYS that OF these Straford " comes OH per
haps the least badly. some of the strong dramatic
touches having beeu preserved and the paVhos oi
the situation being oDviouS in IFS appeal
brilliant little volume on Nihilism has just ap-
peared in London-a book described as a manual Vi
Tho theory and practice of anarchy-a handbook OF
..,1o oil of revolutionary
tvpes. Its author speaks of Vera Zagulltch as the
first of the Terrorists and describes sophy Perov-
sky a. infinitely graceful and charming, as eXquIs-
itely neat aud pretty she loved children, and was
tLe hest sick nurse in the world she had an IN
doa,itabe 6iu and the genius of affairs In hussi@
she is regarded a heroine and martyr; ana INC
cushion she used aud the sofa she lay on are re-
garded as relics.
One of the most interesting collections OF auto
graphs recently sold in Europe was that OF the ae
Francis Joseph Schaler, of Braunau. AUSTRIA
which was disposed of at auction on OCTOBER 10 Ill
Munich. 1t contained above 5000 manuscripts
soue of great value. The House OF llaps0urg was
rspresented by eightytwO; among them was the
SIGNATURE of Duke Rudolph w., the founder of the
honse. dated 1861 1t could boast OF complete
eollecton OF signatures of all the German Emperors
fro,o Frederick III. to Francis ii. OF spelal III
terest was set Of letters from nearly AL he prom
ipent generals who fought during the Thirty Years
War A letter from Wallenstein Is signed " MY
dear masters willing Al6recht. Duke OF MeckIeh-
burg" Autographs of Luther, Me'ancthon'
.Zwingli. Goethe Schiller, Beethoven. Haydn ana
Mozart were among the less valuable treasures OF
his collection.
The lot Of a Russian editor Is far from being
bappy one NJ Leroy Bedulieu in his Empire OF
ths Cars relates the story of editor who was
summoned by the local censor for having Knocked
i'm III lt two clock in the morning. waking all the
sighllors by the noise he made, and refusing to 60
,uay until he received leave 10 print certain
Gle to which the censor had objected. Inc as
,,rt,6 Official went forth into his balcony and rea-
soosd with his tormentor. Finding that bis re-
,ponst,apces we've Intellectual, he was at length
,bliad 60 admit the enraged editor. and finally to
ma, 4 hin the desired permission, though only
nnlsr protest. The defendant when called upon
q, account for his behavior, declared that he had
walled himself Of tho only means in his power TO
extort from the censor the permission without
which he could not carry on his paper adding
"Ouly think that we obliged To obtain after THIS
fashion 3G5 authorizations every year." In this
case the editor was acquitted But few weeks
later the paper for which he had struggled so per-
sistently ceased to appear.