New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-10-24
LITERARY NOTES.


bIesD with other pieces in prose aud yersewl soon
30 hronoht ont nv 7 r Osgood g. Co. Its contents
will incnde Mr. Winters later English letters care
fllv revised and his papers Longfellow, as Wen
as the poems to which he has given form since tno
publication of his last volume
Mr.. T. Humphrey Ward complains in The London
Atheneum-and with great deal OF just lncugha-
tiop-of the manner in which Professor welsh mas
borrowed from his English Poets" in preparing
the much-discussed volume on "The DeVeiophleh'
of the English Literature and Language MT
Welshs plea that he has given a list OF his authoIl
ties hardly answers in this case, SINCE as MI ""i
declares the English Poets is not mehuoheu
though it has been freely used Mr. "ard gives
various parallel passages which VIII dououcss III
terest Mr.. Welsh He concludes his letter thus
aImav add that in turning over Mr. Welshs pages
Ibave boen led to infer that my book is not the only
one which has supplied him with thoughts ana
nbrases ready made Thus his account OF the
autbor of Piers Plowman is taken almost word
for word from Mr. j. r. Green's History ana III
his account of Miton-in which he uses no quota
ton marks-he is not afraid TO describe the poet as
tried at once by pain, danger poverty, obloquy'
and blindness though curiously enough, Macauiay
had hit upon the same sentence before"
An English edition of the Austrian Crown Princes
"Traves in the East" is to be published shorty III
London.
A number of etchngs by the most successful
students of the art in America will lliuStrao VIC
holiday edition of the Essays OF Elia'' WHICH 'N0
Putnams preparing to ISSUE
Another Carlyle book is on its way to puoNc
which is not especially anxious at present 10 Ie""
ANYTHING more about the crusty Scotchman. NJ
oror, frie,d used TO send him new books and peri
odicoIs containing matter which he thought might
norticnlorlv interest him. These Mr. Carlyle al
1yo,s sent hack dotted with characteristic annota-
tjons and il is these brief criticisms which are to be
combined in the forthcoming book. An admlrer OF
CARLYLE by the way has been investigating the ques-
ton of his vocabulary and has discovered that not
less than 800 distinct words are used III " Sar'or
Resartus alone.
New letters of Scott Southey, Lamb, Wordsworth
and other interesting persons will appear III MI A.
A. Watts's forthcoming life of his father, AIarc
Watts.
Mrs. LYNN Linton is about to bring out, under
the title of Girl of the Period" book OF essays
modern society.
The PRESBYTERIAN EerieC for October contains
orofrllr written article on Studies in ENchatol-
opy hy Professor Philip Schaff, and vigorous eS-
saw on = Presbyterian Worship" by the Rev DR.. X
NJ Patterson. The latter article Is mainly an argn-
ment against the use of liturgy and responsive
worship in the Presbyterian Church, and is doubt
less intended to counteract tendency toward ut
urgcal worship in tn non-liturgcal churches.
Mrs. Fanny Kemble's Poetical Works, somewhat
enlarged by the addition of new poems, Will appear
during the coming season.
"The Unity of Nature" the new work by the
Duke of Argyle, viii soon be published.
A daughter of the late Charles Lever, Miss Sydney
Lever has developed literary tastes and proposes to
publish volume OF poems TO be entitled " tHeiicS.
Three editions of a luxurious volume of original
ptchingS by distinguished American artists are to be
brought ont for the holidays by Cassell x CO. The
Parchment Edition will be limited TO three copies,
numbered at $500 copy. Only etchings made ex-
pressly for the volume will be admitted
There is nothing in The american Church Reriec for
October which is interesting TO any but Episcopal
lians and little that will appeal strongly even TO
them The editor has appreciative notice of the
late Dr. y. s. Richardson of he Church G"0rdi0n,
and the Rev. Dr. w. q. Langdon pleads for a reform
in church finance.
Mr.. w. Clark Russell certainly makes the ocean
useful in The way of getting living. Another salt
water book from his pen is at hand. This is a col
lection of terms and their definitions entitled
Sailors Language"
NJ Jules Simon, at the age of sixty nine has inst
brought ont a novel of life III Brittany called
sLAftairr Nay" Ii is a striking story full OF dTa-
matte movement.
Miss Braddon's next story is 10 wear the name of
sUnder the Red Flag"
Hiss Yonge has been writing for young people Il
series of papers on the dscOverers settlers and early
wars of America, with accounts of the Revolution
the abolition of slavery, etc. The volume is TO be
entitled Stories Of American History" Miss
Yonge has been assisted in the work by the Rev. Dr.
II. Ii. Wild.
Mr.. Trollope writes somewhat emphatcally in his
autobiography of American republication and the
lack of international copyright, K" cannot say"
he declares, " that have never had a shilling OF
American money OH behalf of reprints Of my work ;
but have been conscious Of no such payment.
Having found many years ago-in 1861, when ]
made struggle on the subject being then il the
States the details of which sufficiently amusing
that could not myself succeed in dealing with
American booksellers, have sold all foreign right
10 the English publishers aud though | do not
know that have raised my price against them Oh
that score may in this way have had some indirect
advantage from the American market. But | do know
that what the publishers have received here is very
trihing doubt whether MeSSrS. Chapman * Hall,
nyprescnt publishers get for early sheets sent othc
States as much as per cent on the price they pay
me for my manuscript"