New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-24
LITERARY NOTES.

The volume ON N. p. Willis in the American
ye Of Letters Series win be written by that ceVei mn
AZ the pen, Professor Beers OF fse Oonoee' ~
engaged in collecting maten" ,,h
TIE Io,ra Eeoiesc is the title OF weekly pup
,,oa,,on which will make it's first appearance u DC
Nopes next month 1t win discuss politics anu vi"
maintain tone of independence
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe declares 'na1 sno
nos mot written new story and has no present n'entOn
Of doing so. s,s
Mr.. Leonard Huxley, son OF the famous
xrotossor has distinguished himself al ohoiu
nv writing verse; He has song IN Iees,t Il NOT
her OF Temple BaT-a pretty song, Dut oho "H "
remarkable in any way
Mr.. Henry Irving will presently make an
o.ber snpearance as an author On his way ACROSS o
ocean he wrote sketch entitled Bitten by Dog ioi
the Christmas number Of dhe Sporting Gf q R Ss same
number paper called 1.-THE Burglars Story"
Mr.. Alexander Ireland has published large
,oner oopy of his pleasant work, "The Book1oVers
Enchirdion" This edition contains three aoi,raolo
nustrations-a portrait Of Francois Quesnay uiS'n
u,sned French economist and physician OF the last cen
t,,rv and a bookloyer-from fine engraving 6y VIZ
17I7: copy of study in oil OF group ol on pvIes
specially painted; and facsimile OF Inona hsoranby
leer 10 leigh Hunt after reading his AutoDlograpn'
Cupples. Upham g. Co. have in press vaiua.
HE description of the private and public libraries o'
BOSTON Some other Folks" book by MISS n s %h
the author of Cape Cod Folks is nearly ready or
LEGATION. -. r,.o-or
THE Birthday Book which Miss Eleanor
Arnold has made up from her fathers writings contains
many onotations from his rarely seen and almost tut
.t classical tragedy of " Merope"
SbeIlev,s drama. "The Cenci," has been
translated into French, and has been puDi'Sn0" WV"
preface by Swinb1rne IN PARIS fl
The Harpers are bringing out the tourth
.a,,,on n, professor Grinis's Mkado's Empire" IL
contains supplementary chapter bringing the history
down to June, 1883. r.
Mr. Rroadlev's forthcoming work on Egypt
viii account Of the he PROMINENT PRO- Spd Rn ses
Mr. John Esten Cooke has written Tor Inc
Mooo.ine of American History what ought TO De Pc
tnTesaue article ON "Christmas Time in Ola virginia"
The concluding chapters of "The Bread
winners" which will printed in the next century "o
IN he II Is whispered fun of startling situations pre-
.o5 an q hold and exciting fashion. There be rlmors
also that Alice Belongs romance endsh hsnS '"'''
factory way. -, -:
The middle of December will see the pegln-
ming in Harpers Weekly of the publication Oh WIZ
Collinss new serial story. 1t Is entltled A0"' -''
The Love Letter Answered"
M. 2. .. Marston's new volume OF poems
called "Wind Voices" has just been pubhsheu III Eng
Mr.. Walter Besant, very good novelist NM
self thinks the art Of noyewrtng t this winter
neglected He means to lecture On tn"' sun -
Arminius Vambery's autobiography Just pup
,shed i'm London discloses some pathetic deIsS oi INC
,royoIler early fe Left without father when ne was
only a few months old, his mother married secono
time ont of poverty the hope of providing tor large
fa,ogv Her expectations in this respect were dlsal
n,ed and her sons were obliged to go shift Tor the
selves at the earliest age possible VambeTy teus inc
sorv Of his early life in very simple but expressive IAN
,ase His turn to seek his fortunes came when ne
was twelve years old and lameness from wncn ne do
entered since his birth increased the difficulty OF making
his way through life. Nevertheless, he was niue uaueu
end having served a brief apprenticeship TO ladleS
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teer in store for him." and engaged himself 10 lhe VIZ
lace nnkeeper as tutor his He had 10 vary HIS
dnties "a pedagogue with such mental offices as cleaning
fhe family boots Saturday, anu hepiiII 'Lu $500
The inn To what they might require HIS pupil more
over was two years older than himself ana on one
sion was nearly showing his seant res ot MS
Inv giving him sound tTasllng, so liat thS IJ
,entnr had not altogether agreeable time OF IT,
ever he succeeded in saving the vast sum OF ent
with which he quilted his native home on an 5!dnu u t
Danube and proceeded to join the gymnasium az ~
George near Pressburg His money Just snoSU " ~ h
henevoIent proyided him with some means anu Vte
eeessalies and his proficiency IN Latin soon carieu m
10 the top of his class ,
Divers letters written by Keats to his brother
a, America will shortly be published by Dodd, Mead q
~ IN one Of three volumes bearing the general title OF
The Letters and Poems Of John Keats some OF uese
letters have never before been printed
Poetry sells in England, If not III America.
Mr. Lewis Moris's Songs Unsung has had great good
fortune The first edition of 1,500 copies was taken by
fhe trade before the day OF formal puphcauon anu MI
Ansfin Dobson's book has had the same luck
Various English novels have lately been trans
lated into Bengali and published at Calcutta. II the
natives like them others VIII iOhOW'