New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-18
LITERARY NOTES.

,.,s s,.tea shat the work that has held its own
.,,., steadily among the thousands issued by the
p,ye,side Press is Uncle Toms Cabin" IL sells as
readily Today as when it was first published
Mr. George H. Boughton shows himself In his
forthcoming papers on Holland strong and genial
,riter "a we'll as an accomplished artist. HIS style
Ia fresh and touched with refined sentiment
#; pleasant to know that Mr. Browning has
written a number of new MINOR poems-ehougn
indeed. to form thin volume by themselves no
will not publish them, it is thought. until nc n''
finished long poem to come out with them'
The story by Charles Reade which is to appear
in the January number of HdrPer's is enutleu
for Tatn Itis Russian love-taie anu !" - w
first of the series of short stories WHICH, MA NONN
Intends TO contribute to the magazine
Mr.. Phil Robinson, the clever author OF ohuoi
49,. c. y will have in an early number OF HdfpFS
,1,oo-iyo an article entitled Birds and Bards' ITO
,omn,res therein the treatment OF nature-anu es-
nsciollv of birds-by the American aHd hhehsn
poets
That Carlyle's philosophy was the outcome OF
weak dsgestion Is the declared op nlon OF an Eng
Ish medical journal. A slucy critic observes ti"'
u wonld be interesting to know how many loOs'erS
over night would produce philosophy next n'oiH-
ing.
There is remarkable collection of 10 editions OF
Horace in he library, about to be sold OF d. Non
Ritter of Prague The collection lncluoeS tuoSo
editions published at Venice in 1000 ana l21o, a.
Milan in 1912 and 1914 at Bale IN IoZ'' aV ""u"
in 1929, and IN Paris in l54i
4 pret,y little volume called The BooK-LoVer
cra,ir,dinn in the form of n dainty Elzevir
classic has just appeared IN Ehglahu' i'S ." ~.
s the solace and cumpanionship of books and whaV
old If
the pres. ut dav. The list OF writers contains
many celebrated American names.
The st, lie of Henry James, IT,, is somewhat lightly
referred TO by The London WOr'd as OF the "tepid'
irvcrtehr,te captain -biScuit soTt-whlch SHOWS
a snrnr,sinr and lamemtable want OF gratitude con
siderinr Mr. Iames's deep appreciation OF all Things
Rritish IN. World goes on to quote Mr. HOwelis
unfortunate sentence about Thackeray and Dickens
and exclalms Let burn our cations do '""e anu
fill our shelves with dime copies OF " DAISY Mller
OF Their Wedding Journey"
Mr. Henry Lucy, an English novelist, Is said 10
have inst received from a London publisher the
largest SUN ever paid for first novel-at least In
England HisstOry. entitled Gideon fleyce'' Is a
poliucal one. Two hundred aud fifty dollars Is
thought ia London TO be a good sun 1of Il H's'
novel Mr. Justin Mccarthy. who now commands an
excelent price in the market, got 1925 for one of
TO pay for short story by an unknown writer
,lnost AZ much as Mr. Lucy has received for his
long novel.
Mr.. j. F. Monoy has published a volume on
Jonoon under the First Georges in which he gives
an Interesting not witty description OF the gross
and nrotliYate society of st. Jamess. He does not
for,et TO fell the story of the Duchess OF Boston,
who appearel in the drawing room at the Palace
one day in state of great excitement ana went
straight up to the King, who asked her what was
the matter "Mr Winston" she said. " tou me the
corld will be- burnt up in three years; and for my
mart she added saeely, 4" am determined 10 20 10
China"
Harper's Christmas" Will appear early next
week 1t isa publication original as it is beau
tiful casting completely into the shade all Enghsh
holiday ANIMALS OF whatever character. MT. how
ellss farce opens OIL a sleeping-car on the Boston
and Albany road. AS the scene begins, stout aunt
relates to her pretty niece former experience IN
,lesninpcar when she ipcautiousy took down her
back. hair" and the fearful result of her e1Ieri-
ment Mr. Aldrich's verse is as harmonious as
the music that accompanies 1t
In the hush of the Autumn night.
| hear the voice of the sea.
DIR. Charles Mackay in his volume "Thc
Poetry and HumOf of the scottish Language "
starts with the proposition that the " Scottish Ian
guage is >ertaby language and not dialect
beiug no more a corruption of English than the
Dutch or Flemish is of the Danish. The Engllsh,'
he SAYS bristles with cOnsOnants the Scotch Is as
ppangled with vOwels as meadow with daisies IN
the month of Nav. English. though perhaps the
most muscular and cOpiOus language in the
world Is harsh and sibilant; while the Scotch
with its beautiful terminational diminutives, is
almost as soft as the Italian. An Enghshman If he
Sings of a pretty girl, uses words deficient in eu-
pnony and suggests comedy rather than sentiment;
but when Scotsman sings OF bonnie wee
lassle' he employs words that are much softer than
their English equivalents, express tondercr idea
and are infinitely better adapted TO the art of the
composer and the arynx OF the singer"
The draft of Hawthone's unfinished romance
owned by Mrs LatnrOp appears in part in tho cur
rent number of Tie AUGHt under the title OF The
Ancestral FUotstep." 1t will Dc continued In the
two succeeding numbers. Mr.. Lathrop In his in
trodnction to tho first instalment apparently
ignores the existence of the Hawthorne MS, which
Is T., appear in the forthcoming Century as "A
Glimpse into HawthorDe's Workshop" This is of
a different character from the Osgood and Audahc
MSS, which in their way comparatively pol
ished and rounded fragments 1t would seem to be
In the nature OF studies for the Osgood draft of he
story and reveals the way in which the novelist
felt ont his plot and misunderstanding tamil
iarly, in short, with himself concerning them Each
of the three MSS. is Enthusiastically in the hand
writing OF Hawthorne.
Mr. Hall Game chronicles the fact that Rossetti
was touched by the dedication to himself in Ian
guage of apology by Mr.. buchanan OF the romance
of God aud the Man" This. adds The Athcndean
Though true, 10 scarcely characteristic. Slow TO
form diskes Rossetti was still slower TO he moved
from them. Like many emlnently peaceatle men,
be had strong aversion from those Who com
mitteG acts of violence. Never writing himself an
i-natured word concerning any one and seeking
rather to he helpful to every worker. the nature