New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-24
LITERARY NOTES.


The next publication on the list o, hen'A 49, n"
Go. is Heines Romantic schooi anu '"'''''''
Mirror" l.
Matthew Arnolds son. Richard Penrosc Armour 10
more practical than literary. The "oNeih uo"' "''
~ a,,ooi,tod him an Inspector of Factories
Mr. Spnrgeon has come to the honor oil ha''"s "'r e
works translated into strange tongues 0ono VI
,no,, hovc lately been turned INTO the LettSh dla-
lect of Northern Russia; aud his BOOK ENe"'"s ~
Evening is to be translated into lamiL
Mr. Rnskin has no mind to endure the worries oil
q larco correspondence He has formally asked his
.iIs 20 refrain from troubling him with nnneces-
sarv letters Il venture he saws, to hint 10
friends who NAV at any time be anxious about no
,bot the only trustworthy evidences OF my near"
are nv writings; and that II is prctticr a'ten''o
IN an old man to read what be wishes 10 say anu
can say without effort, than to require MN 10 a."
swer vexing questions on general suoJoc. u i
~ his DAVIS appointed labor the burden Oh "''F
dental and unnecessary corfeSponoenoe
Tho late lanes Thomson. the author OF the tragic
roeu &C. The City Of Dreadful Night, passed. scNo'"
mouths in this country as secretary OF SILVER
,,uin, company and during the CarilsV "at Nl'''0"
snaiu as war correspondent OF an American J'uiA"
His life was full of vicissitndcs, but ms cou'"Ho
and energy never failed lie taught himself
a..
which he acquired Italian was simple ne went TO
hear an Italian opera, bought book oil Tue "oIuS'
and studied each word down to its origin
NJ, Harriet Prescott Spoflord is said to show rare
inIustry and conscientiou>ness in her Work. enc
,co wrote sketch desert Ding the experiences oil
,ovicc who attempted to manage a railway engine
Db;ch beiur uncontrolled, ran away with lts VIC
,i,, To prepare to write this sketch Mrs Sponord
NOT ONLY studied the engine IN all us patts "'i"
Yowers; She also made the acquaintance OF ehg'-
neors. consulting them 10 It's possible acuon
under n given handling; and having made heiSeh
at home IN the subject she wrote the story 'na' IL
so v:vidly real as to impress the reader with the
belief that il was an actual occurrence.
That Judce Tourgec's novels do not show the
Southern people as they arc or as they were IS Tue
angry statement of The chart stop Necy ana courier
I, adds that 4 Fools Errand is read III the >oulh
with regret il not Indignation. The praise tha'
bbost.ys i, of as little worth that of the show
man WHO bids his audience note the sinuouS grace
TIC niercng eve the cleaning of the feroclous
animal of which lie makes spectacle. There IS 10
need to 20 far to seek an explanation 'UdHe
,ro,,qec knew nothing OF the South before or during
the var. and has never been i'll sympathy with the
South"
The hest writers of the most learned age Of Japan
were vomcn The most celebrated OF the classical
Jananese romanccs, "Genji MOnogatari which
has lat.lv been translated into EngSh-was the
work of court lady of great accomplishment $
The scene of the novel is laid at the Mlbados court
in the early part of the tenth century and Is ch@y
concerned with the fortunes OF GenJi, son OF the
ruler. He is the gallant gay Lotharo OF book
which has but one hero, although there are many
lcrones 1t is impossible not to be reminded Ooth
by the character OF story and the society among
which and for which it was written, OF Hamilton
Memories de GrammOnt.' Genli Is the DE Gram
mont of his time and there is ample room tor luI-
Their anaosies in the fame OF the style ana III inc
unsparing way IN which the authoress III ight anu
airy narrative exposes the characters and folbles
NJ ber ov-, sex and the idle thoughtesS tickle and
selfish courer who the product OF the frivolous
and artificial life she around her.