New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-03
LITERARY NOTES.

ro,pme of he hitherto unpublished essays anu
lectures of the lato Henry Giles is in prepar',on
A memoir and possibly portrait VIII pioi"'o 49,
napers. Years ago Mr.. Giles was oho VI Wv
notable figures in American authorship; NO -
original thinker and witty ana Dfii"ah'
md speaker. In his later years he was ioi 49,,
and they passed for him in poverty anu III p'iD .
Illness Several of his books are ehui01 o
print A. J. Rich, of Hyde PARK MASS. 10 o"s"eoo
npon the new volume. and asks 1or reiiiii''' "
.,rrasnondence which Mr. CHESS friends may
possess.
rhe cont;uept has become IL monthly as we'll as
,veelklv unbhcation The first monthly part "h'ch
,op,ans the recent numbers bound together Is 1u'
az entertaining practical and suggestive matter H.
lnstrated with taste and know ledge The cuts gro"
better with each successive number
Miss Kato Fields biography Of Fechter is one Oh
tha most successful volumes of MI Huttons Ora
matte series. Ar. Wilkie Collins has lately "Ii'''u
IN the author IN its praise declaring 1t TO be ehi-
nentlv readable aud done in an excellent spllt'
.Noisteres Irwin Brothers." Of London. have a
,ancv for priutimg books after the fashions OIL
former times. and very beautiful work 90 'ir0',
oresses produce They have just brought out 'ahu
ScribneI & Wexford have imported All An'i-
tiente Aunualle" delightfully."- printed on he"'
paper aud ornamented in the style oi the siA'eoi'"
century, Many OF the decorative borders " '"0
pages are fac-similes OF HObein designs LOT FL"
mus's Greek Testament taken from tho Noiiu'i u,
eopy in the Lambeth Library and the heao ana ''i
pieess were found in various other worhS Vi N"'"U
I'D r.r;tv charming collection of quaint ola
verses merry sayings, epigfams anu pu''0 IL, ;,
the pagss not appropriated to the "kalendis.
Edyard Walford IS the compiler OF this dainty piece
Of work which bears the title Oh Hpnonoi "'' "a
the Dayes of the Yeare 1883"
This weeks issue in the Franklin Square Library
isa collection of Character Readings from George
Eliot arranged by Nathan Shepard. The extracts
lose nothing by separation from their context ana
most of them have enough of the drama OF human
nature to make them suitable for reading III com
Iany
Henrik lbsen. the head and front OF modern
scandinavian literature, has made himself nearby
hated IN Norway by his Brilliant dramas satri@ins
the social and political hypocrlsies OF the niuu0
classes He has Lately published I'VE act pay en'
titled An Enemy to his Country" OF "hioh ID "F
nllegorical fashion he is himself tile nero anu III
which he cleverly avenges himself upon us mug
nant detIactors.
The new number OF Latino gives of course in Latin
with the exception of the translation oil le" lui-
oms, the close of the speech OF DivitacuS lor Oaui
dome into the dIrct discourse Win coloHuial eAl
else designed TO snow NECESSARY 'H"HsO'' -.
norton OF the Eneid done into prose- part OF Olo-
ere against Catalina -; a collection OF synonymous
EXPRESSIONS from Caesar some idlons from cicero
essay on Friendship; and divers other seiecIonS
and arrangements The little magazine IS said to
have won many friends.
Science, the journal which is soon 10 appear az
Cambridge. the first number bearing date ct FeOru-
ary O. will have for contributors the cher sclenthc
mon in the country Mr.. II. :. ScuddeT. the bloIo-
yist. and Professor S. F. Langley director CT the AL
legheny Observatory, are tho editors Each weekly
number will contain at least twenty SIX pages
while occasional larger numbers will be broughtou
The most wise aud generous management Is prom
ised. Ii is 10y the way, estimated that the eHpeh-
diture for Science will amount to $4,000 1or The
frat year