New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-15
LITERARY NOTES.

NV G. Ward who was for many years Editor
of The Dublin Rerie,o, and who was known at oA,
ford "a Ideal Wardr from his work. The Ideal
30 = christian Church, is dangerously i'll at his
English home.
The forthcoming RoundRobin novel is entitled
"Ieones and is a chronicle Of modern Italy writ
ten Inv an Italian The demand for Miss Edith
Simcox's Episodes in the Lives of Men, Women
and Lovers ~ has been great enough to justify the
printing of an American edition by }. H. Oseoou
d Co.
That clever satire the modern ao'a".
woman "The Revolt of Man." is the WORK u, ii'
Walter Besant, the novelist and essaylst' 90 ines
Were Married." the last novel written oy MI ~.
with the assistance of his late col'aoordte"T' MI
I.rnos p,oo hos inst been issued by the Harpcrs
1t is a pleasant story, containing seVorai
studies of character
William Rodham Donne an Epglshman OF lo'toiS
q kinsman of Cowper and a hneal descenoan' vi ~"
poet John Donne Dean of St. Pauts' mas Jue' ''' y
in England Mr.. Dome was an essayls'' o'i'i0 ""N
editor of much force and many accomplishments
and was for many years Licenser OF rays III "''iN
Office he succeeded Mr. j. NJ. kenOle'
Those readers who are most prejudiced against
Ou,aa,s feyerish and unhealthy novels cannon Tau
"a he touched by the charm of her " bimoi' 0V,'
lection of tales for children just published ny D. d.
Jippincott g. Co. They are full OF pure anu so"',
ous feeling and are unwordy ana iue'' %
right-minded child ought to be. mere Is ~" a.
them tender little story of pooule WIN"
serves 10 become juvenile classic
ME- A Abbey will have delicious little Illus
tration Of HeIricks verses on Mistress SuS'''n''
soutbwell IN the Forthcoming Harpd. 1t is scene
sweeter and brighter than they. Colonel l. w:
Higo1nson will present in this number the hrSt Oh
his series of historical papers 1t is entitled Inc
First Americans" and richly illustrated
The late Henry Giles preacher, lecturer ana
,rr;ter was man of large heart and genial dlspo-
stiop His last wears were full of suffering, borne
with manly patience. His personal appearance
in vontb and middle age almost grotesqueiy
nnattractvc, but honest and gentle was HIS
nature and so brilliant his wit, that he won loI MS
wife one Of the most charming of New-Englanu
girls.
7 r. Oscood & Co. have imported limited
edition of Professor Won ShiefneTs " I1bctah IaieS
specimens of the folklore OF Central ASA COZ
lccted from several volumes of the " Memoirs Oh
the Academy of ST. Petersburg. The volume con-
tains many valuable explanatory notes ey the iate
collector and editor. His text has been neati9
turned into Englsh ny 'he "'0OAnpi' ~
Ralston. who is himself authority IN folklore
The two literary brothers De Goncourt propose 10
fonnd q new Academy of which all the ten members
are to be prose writers and are each to receive HE
pension of 81 200. An annual prlzc OF $l'ooo Will
be gwen for the best work OF the year to be chosen
by the Academy. This scheme was arranged twenty
wears ago and the fortune of the brothers is TO serve
os the foundation. The ten members are TO De nameu
III the Will OF Edmond lie GOncourt, and as Vdcah-
cies occur they viii be filled by election Among
the first ten are to be Aphonse Daudet and NM
Zola and Veuillot.