New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-28
LITERARY NOTES.

b;ocraphy of President John Tyler Is W oe p''-
,ored nv his son. Lyon Gardiner Tyler
Mr. Aubrey dc vere's new volume of poems is a
xersifcation of Irish legends, entitled lho roi"'
of Queen Meane."
An illustrated volume dealing with ceieoIa'eu
American cavems has been prepared ny II, "
Uoyev. and will be published next month py hoo'i'
Clarke IL Co.
Menotti Garibaldi is said to contemplate 'ne pup-
,cation of his fathers memoirs which were wli''e"
nv the old Italian hero with the intention VI 0o",
tradcting the many silly stories TAME sciScn'~N'
as he himself termed them-told about him'
Mr.. Longfellow's last volume. " In the harpor,
will come from the press of Houghton' Miiliih ~
20 this week. II to contain number OF poems
rever before printed, as well as the verses
since the appearance of the last collection
Colonel Higginson's collection of essays unue' ,no
title of Common Sense About Women mas Az
under the talons of The Saturday "e'e% WIN
resnlt NAV easily be conjectured. he s''''iio"'
-. "a dorcoo If the critic about the unhappy
book are calculated 10 MI 'le iniP''' 'i"
awe and amazement
,ro, Kamnerer. born Nopstock and niece OF
.,,a .t1or ol the Mcssias" has just died at Metz
~ ~ Asr of ninety. She was eleven years OLD at
the ip'e OF Klopstocks death. and up TO inc Ias'
60 cJulhued TO recount her personal "reminiscences
Of her famous uncle.
Hei mes only and much-lOved sister, the Lo''e
.ovybom no addressed that dainty Idyl":
"My child, we two were children-
Two children, bright and gay ;;
,s still alive at the age of seveDtyelgu' enc mas d
great deal OF her brothers brhancy and ceVerheSS'
He often submitted his compositions to her censor
ship before publication
The next publication on the list of Charles Serb
ner,s Sons is Wa Baillie-Grohmans camps IN 'ne
Rockies" a narrative of life on the frontier ana Oh
snort in the Rocky Mountains. The author OF tniS
picturesque book has purchased comIof'aole
estate in the West and has proclaimed his intention
of becoming an American citizen. Ills NE" oooA
will consequently be q copyright ISSUE
There is q pathetic and poetical story told ABOUT
James Thomson, the author of The City OF Dreau-
full Night.n In his youth he was III the british
Army. and was betrothed to beautiful girl. from
whom the demands of military life temporarily sep
orated him. One day he received news OF her sllght
illness and on the next without further warn
ING the news of her sudden death. The young poet
fell senseess 70 the ground and for many weeks lay
dangcrouslv i'll. He arose a reckless and defiant
man careless of life and fortune. George Ehot
once wrote to him note of hearty admiration Tor
his best known poem.
John Brghts admiring mention IN his Bnming-
nam speech of the Scotch peasant authoresS, janet
Hamilton recalls the strange fact that TINS clever
woman never had any education except that de-
rlyed from reading few books chiefly Shake
sneare. whose works she knew almost by heart
She never had lesson grammar. yet she wrote
ESSAYS in English absolutely fautless. The estima
tion in which she was held IN her native Iahu Is
shown by the enthusiasm which moved 6o'Ooo
oersons to attend the unwilling of her monument IN
1850.
That cynical and pessinistic novel, "Democ-
racvU continues its successful career in England.
The Pail Mall Gazette goes far as to call 1t per-
feet from literary point of view the rather weak
and sptefu caucature of the scenes with the Presl-
dent and his wife constituting. perhaps, It's che
blemish "There is" adds the critic, "no tIreSome
oyeranalysls such as spoils the trumphs OF Mr..
Henry James The characters. slightly sketched TO
begin with, grow in depth and significance with
every scene There is no waste of power, no oppor-
tunity lost"