New-York tribune., 1882-09-27
LITERARY NOTES.

Cassell Peter a. Galpin Will puOhsh n'A' "'0
Canon Farrars new work, "Ihe Eariy Days u
Christianity"
Iondon publishjng house is bringing out an
illustrated book with the extraordinary u'lo VI
.Rellam Ballads and Strait-Nastcoat stories
Mr. George Augustus Sala is preparing volume
~ @Iiv,nr London" with illustrations made oy
himself.
Mrs. Harriet Prescott Spolord has contributed 10
Uarpers Christmas story Of the early days 'l NV"
England. entitled A Widow
Someof the most interesting letters III the lo''"-
coming volume of Emersons correspondence "''
from ;he pen of John Sterling
, comnl,te bibliop,aphy will accompany Mr.. W.
Kennclv-s biography of Whittier--a book "hlcn
will shor.ly be published by 5. /. Cassiho'
c,.il,.r i Wexford offer TO holiday purchasers
rh,rrcs yrqrte's magnificent folio on Florence ana
.heo5ti.uIly illustrated translation OF NJ Oh'i-
lamcl's History of Fashion in France
Colonel Burnaby. OF the " Ride TO hhiva iame'
H., Subcct of u volume Just published IN London
ustitle suggests book of the last century-t Is
.Vhe I,ifo and Adventures OF Fred G. Burnaoy'
The e. ,rt:cle Of series on the American poets
has been cpared by NJ. Leo QueSncl for ihe 81 TO-
t5.se Tnirc..s lo 1t Ecrae Sasse. Its subject is
longielow.
hgNSell. the 0NluoI VI tAi"N '''''-'''''
n,a ocaon The Wreck OF the GrosyenJr,' has been
writing another entitled The Sea'Qneeh' Inc
larpers will publish it during the winter
Twcnty-Hve OF tho fac-smilcs OF the Shake
.oeare Ouarto,-tho work undertaken 10y Nr'
tir,,,s nf L,nloD--are now on the negative; the
ni,vsors TO he repro luccd with absolute fidelity
Life Of Sr w. Rowan Hamilton, the inventor
os ouatcrnonS. will shortly be published 10y the
pnbun University Press. Hamilton as child was
ro les. urecocious tnau John Stuart Mill but at the
Same time strong and Joyous
The American additions to Chamberss Encyolo-
,.pli, ar. 70 he published soon by :. W. Green's
SON in four volumes alphabetically arranged
,hes, volumes Will be uniform in size ana Olhdlhg
with those of the encyclopedia.
Harriet JAY buchanan, the novelist and actress
the author Of "Ihe Queen of Counaught ana for
mcrly the sster-in-law and now the wife OF Robert
Inchauan has written s new story with the tlte
Of My Connaught Cousins"
Anthony Tiollope IN his biography OF Fameiston
which lately Appeared IA England saws that the
Premier was ready to fight any man who was not
an Lnslishnan for any point. and any man who
was an Englishuan who opposed hun, as long rs ne
lad leg to stand on
N Turaeuen is much better-the happy change
iu his e.lth b-ius attributed in part to the gen
erous use of milk lie no longer needs hypodeimic
ir,,rtions He is ENGAGED upon n short story anu
las lately written to the Pushkn Society that he
e<pe.ts +, he able to attend their proposed reunion
at Il. Petersburg
Mr. Austin Dobson is engaged in writing preface
aud making selections from llerricks poems Tor the
heautifnl volnme winch the Harpers intend to
,rhiish Many of Iicrrick's verses besides those
,lu-trated 50 chaImngiy 10y Mr.. Abbey VIII be
included in this American tribute to the LnglIah
poet OF a former day.
The Legend OF ls0l," the sketch which MI
Thomas Hardy has written for HGrpe. IS C"~tmdN
deal, with the story that IN that year Napoleon made
a IuIdH ght reconnaissance at Dover preparatory
toan invasion of England. Mr.. Hardy describes an
English 6shei-lad rs gong to sleep on the shore and
waking to hear in the darkness near MN the
r,uiled voices OF Napoleon and his companions.
Mr. Sbeldon's story of the Volunteer Fire De-
pariIncnt' will soon come from the press OF the
Iarpers The readers of their magazine Will re-
member that ono chapter OF this interesting DOCK
has appeared theIcn The work IS exhaustive
c,ut,iniug not only a complete history of the
departmcnt but sketches OF we'll known iIemen and
DESCRIPTIONS of notable lres. The illustrations are
uaiiv some of them being copies of quaint engIaV-
in, made IN the early days of the department.
The English FOLKLORE Society" has no" pub
li>hed three Volume, of their Record : Notes on
Folk.Lore OF Northern Counties OF England ana
the Borders" by William Henderson, Aubrey :;
Eeuains of Gentilism and judaism edited by
James Briten. l. l.. :. "Nntes on Folk Lore OF
Northeast Scotland by the Reverend Walter
GIeror Many laues are members of the society
which also includes Professor Max Muller, Mr.
Lang ana Mr. Kalston.
George Macdonald is writing new novel. The
sub ects OF the ESSAYS III his forthcoming volume
sorts" are as follows: "The Imagination: its
Functions and its Culture" a Sketch ot lhdl-
vIdual Development" "St. George Day lo6I'
The Art of Shakespeare. revealed by himself,
"1he Llder Hamlet q On POLISH" Browning =
Christmas Eve" " Essays some of the forms Of
Literature" The History and Heroes of Medicine,
Wordsworth's Poetry,'" True Christian Minister
ing" shelley" a Sermon" Those who don't
care to look At the dictionary may Ike TO know
thlt the word "Orts' means fragments '; and
fnat it has been used by Milton.