New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-10
LITERARY NOTES.

nm. ,;ttle bonse I'm Baker-st., London, wherein
80, rros horn. has become milliner's shop The
P.,;.+ ,vbn locked Younger than he was, nour-
sea his natural vanity in this particular by ignor-
;nc the year of his birth. He never cared 70 know
= HE son declares in his preface to the Forthcoming
antohiosraphy. II some curious lmpertnehIs,
pnIwer himself says, are anxious to know IN
What year of the Lord that event took place. leu
Them find out for themselves" And when ques-
tioned on the matter he would answer WIN
iauph: at is Cretan mystery" After TINS 1asn-
ion the veteran dandy maintained witnou' oiree0
assertion the pleasant fiction OF YOUTH
This Bulwer Autobiography ends with the novel
;s,,o entrance uuon political life His frankness
concerning the poocadiloes of his father, General
ISolo RuIIver "a said to be greater and much more
stastefnl than the frankness Of Dickens and Iroi-
Tone In relation to their parents 1t is supposed tha
be wrote the Autobiography between the years
1889 and 1855 The time at which the Harpers
will bring out the work is not yet decided.
Mr.. Austin Dobson is :called by The Saturday Re-
,;to The harmless Prior of the generation"
aTbe Coming of the Birds is the title of new
hook by Miss Elaine Goodale, young lady VINO mas
q knock at making musical rhymes which have no
other title to the name of poetry.
Two hundred and sixty thousand copies OF the
December Harper have already been ordered Hoih
the publishers.
An adaptation Of one of NJ. Zola's disgusting nov
els is 10 appear serally in London in new perio'u
cal TO be called The Mayfair Magazine MI Mat'he"
Anolds teachings are sorey needed upon lis h"-
tive shores
The new volume of the Encyclopedia brl'an-
Mica" is having large SALE Az laat accounts
10000 copies had been sold in Great Britain "ilie
10000 had been sent 10 TINS country WIN o'nei
thousands to the colonies.
1ordon is 70 have q new paper with the not very
savory name of " Bohemia 1t IS to deal win
fine workers of society and will be devoted to the
savings and dongs of authors, actors, dranatlS'S'
eSsayists, journalists, musicians, painters, phoso-
nbers poets sculptOrs, scientists, and OF all VINO
ro,npYise the world of Bohemia iii the modern meit-
INC of the term" Its price will be two cents
Mrs. Thackerny- Richie is it reported, says IN tho
forthcoming Harper that Mr.. Tennysons first verses
were written in his childhood upon slate gwen 10
him by his elder brother Charles one sunday Wheh
ou the family except the little Alfred were gong 10
church For subject Charles gave HIM tine MOWERS
in the garden. The little man stralght"ay ouII'"
himself in blank verse and when ms pro'heI It.
Turned was rewarded by the simple commentators
ayes you can write"
Mr. Robert Grants novel, " An Average Man.
which is 10 be begun in the December Century Is a
u vi
troduces a millionaire Of no breeding and great
magnetic vitality, pretty hirt, sentimental ma
iron. and divers young men of various degrees oil
mental Nacmty.
Mr. Samuel Adams brakes Book of Nev-Eng-
land Legends aud Folk Lore is nearly ready loi
n,blicatiou The Boston correspondent OF Ihe
PHILADELPHIA Press SAYS that the first and longest
mart deals with Boston legends. The SOLITARY o.
Sbawmut' taking the reader back to the very be-
ginning of the white mans occupancy OF TINS cor
ncr of the earth. Most of the familiar Ola egehu>'
EXCEPT for the singular and unaccountable absence
of the weird tales OF Province House, are told IN
prose or poetry, with many that are less common a.
The Death of Rainsborough,' the brave and III
ftaI Rostopian who fought under Cromwell, and
who nearly captured by treachery. chose TO d!e
6oh+iua rather than surrender; the duel on the
Cannon, in which Young Woodbridge was killed
the wild Wandering Jew like legend Of Peter kugg,
who for twenty years was always On the ROAD 10
Boston without ever reaching it; with the story OF
The Oualcrs the witches and many another wild
tale which tradition song has preserved Gam
br,dae. Lynn, Nahant Salem, Marblehead ana cape
Ann legends follow in order, and SO the narrator
takes his way the Isles of Shoals and ;he Name
coast Old Colony myths next receive attention
and afrerward, in order, Rhode Island, Connecticut
and Nantucket folklore is taken up The BOOK
will be sold only by subscription.
The IIarpcrs viii soon bring out Dr. Schlicmann
"rroja"
JR O>good & Co. have nearly ready for publca
ton Miss Blanche Willis Towards new story o.
"Guenn7 II is said TO be tale of " love and art
and one that is novel and original.
Mr. C. Derby's Autobiography is to lie published
byG w Carleton & Co., under the title of Fifty
Years Publisher 1t Will be full Of "reminiscences
and anecdotes of noted authors and publishers.