New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-18
LITERARY NOTES.
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writers.

Tho tercentenary of Grotius has just peeh ioi-
,,olIv oommemorateda at Delft, Grafton having ooen
delivered in his honor, and moYeinehV loA sA'''
ing n monument to him having been begun
T. will certainly not be the fault of the publishers
20 urs Carve's letters do not become known 10 tio
American public. Another edition-tne Iour'h.
announced by the Soribners 1t is printed nom 'no
mates of their first and somewhat costly ea''ion
tbe two volumes are included in one ana 'iio P0i-
trait accompanies them The price is mouet"'''
Tho only consolation which the literary celebrity
oo, find under the persecution of autograph-n
rs IL in the consciousness that 1t Is the penaS VI
biob ability and well-earned fame. But some
even this consolation is denied. Dr' hoi'h'' 40"
been known to relate with humorous ENJOY i'o"' "
the absurdity that he once received note reluv'V
mo an autograph which was superscnOeu O'i'o
Wendell Holiness and in which he was addresSeu
as q" Dear Madame"
The costly law library of the late Mr.. Justice
Clifford is TO be purchased by citizens OF Ma'o
will he retained in Portland as free hDralS ioi VI"
use of Maine lawyers and law students.
puh,shers should bear in mind this wise sugges-
ton from The Boston journal: I" An extra expehu'-
ture of two or three cents in strengthening INC
hool, Of n hook makes all the difference between
hook which will drop to pieces after iltiie manu-
I,no and one which will stand wear. MOST peopie
would rather have the money spent IN thaV way
than in fantastic decorations for the covers
The biographical possibilities of the generation
ubicb h IA almost passed away have not yet oy any
means been exhausted There is the life OF 1ohh
Ieecb. for example, which has not been written
An ohr;dOed edition of the life of Bishop WIDER
force Inv his extremely njudicious son, Is ABOUT 10
he unfinished here by L. p. Dutton 81 Go. All 'ho
,or,,o,s which so excited the ire OF Engishinen
viii No retained, but as they read Americans VIII
marvel at the preternatural sensitiveness that MAUI
that anger possible.
A nev edition of Mr.. Loomiss comprehensive
Index GuldeD has just been brought OUT Ny
Charles scribner's Sons. 1t has been brought up 10
date and retains all the excellent features HUI
toned in a former notice.
Mr. Edgar Fawcetfs poem on the modern novel
is 70 be published in The Manhattan.
DIR. Edward Brooks, who recently ressneu 'nI
nr,ncipalship of the Pennsylvania state NORMAL
ecbool will henceforth devote himself entireiy W
literary work He has just published volume OH
mental science presenting the subject III is FaIou
phases in the simple unconventional, yet schoiariy
manner that has proved so successful III MS GLASS;
room instruction.
The Reformed Quarterly Rer;ec for April opens with
n inst and able article on Prohibitory Temperance
IeeisationD by the Rev. j. 81 Keller WhiIe '"A'hs
the strongest possible ground IN favor OF temper
ance he is not afraid to criticise and condemn tne
fonoticism that has characterized so many OF the
,emnerapce reformers of recent years. 1t IS an ar
t;cle that should be read by every one who wishes
| to do efficient work in the canse OF temperance
"Tbe Reason as an Ideal Power" may be read bS
the scholar. but probably by no one else In iact
| all the articles in tins number with the exception
Of the first are apparently written for exclusively
| clerical and not popular perusal.