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

Mr.. Edward Everett Halo's forthcoming book
sseyeu Spanish ,ritcsn is sad 10 be the result of
a hio.lo.r enthusiasm for Spain--aa enthusiasm
frat nroussi in ext rome yOnth Oy particular sort
pf s,ve sat sent 10 hiia from that distant land by
travelling relatives
a valnrsa of Hsw;hsrne's" Sketches and Studies "
Is lust coming from the press Of iicrghtsn, Mdiu ~
Co IL cQatans papers not before gwen III the
"lut,e Classic edition.
sVanity Fair is tho Hrst volume of the new cdl-
ton of ThscSsTRy winch is 10 he brought ont IN
Iondon. The whole edition viii be richly Illus
trated. Vanity Fair" alDi.o contaiains portrait
OF the author. iwenty-one steel engrayinss. ana
oighty-four wocd.cus.
IT is reported by The Bookseller that the new ror
>rait of Hawthorne is the result OF arful strata
gem on The part of John Lothrop Motley. Haw-
1hornc. who could not endure to lave his picture
takea, was beguied by Motley into tho studio OF a
London photographer to examine some portraits.
The novelist dropped into a chair, and Motley 60
ing TO tie other side Of the room. called his atte-
ton to sonic object He looked no with that glance
of quick intelligence which his friends remember
so we'll. and az that moment the photography
privy TO the little conspiracy. exposed the plate"
This portrait of Hawthorne is said TO be tie best
IN existence.
nOllDlu ElCu III lIfsS Il oObh tOi N''A''N"
which is to be callcl worthington's Annual" and
is to contain a host of captivating pictures accom-
panied ly all manner of interesting stories ana
statements true and fictitious
Miss Dudu Fletcher, the author Of Mirage and
"Kismet" has written new novel which VIII De
published by the Macmillans.
Mr.. upper has been publicly complaining OF the
WAYS of his publishers. and declares. indeed that
"authors as a class arc helpless in their hands.
Professor Hsrdy's novel But vet Woman" IS
eaid TO have reached seventeenth edition, each
edition comprising thousand volumes.
The Rev. Norman Macleod AS we'll as LOngiellow
and othsrs-employed the simile of the meeting
chips [" Like two ships which meet at midnight,
on rloonlit sea-" he wrote in of his Parish
Papers, these two persons spoke, then each passed
into the darkness and onward to their several ports
but never met again.
The elaborate catalogue OF the Art Department Of
the Manufacturers and Mechanics Institute IN Bos
ton has risen in price from So to 81 The edition
cannot be rep oduced and is il Is said. so rapidly
diminishing that tie copies remaining are of in
creased value and will therefore. as the number
lessons he still further raised in price from time to
time as the committee may determine"
The encampment of the 9TH Regiment at Peeks
Kill last sumner was made the occasion of innum-
cradle pTanl.s and much innocent !un on the part
of the gallant Inilitiamen. The acting chanlain of
the regiment. Mr.. PolletTeau, may not have taken
part in these pranKs but he could not have been far
awav for III little book lie has related them Poeti
saily with considerable sympathetic insight and
huuioT. To tell old jokes Interesting way is
difficult: and possibly those here related may not
have much more than passing interest for the OIL
binary Taaler But to the members of The 7th Reg
ment and the great army of their friends this
,hroni e of fun in camp Will be readable. The vol
ane is well printed and handsomely bound.
short story by the author Of Guerndale" is
coming cut IN the next CGliarV.