New-York tribune., 1883-12-19
LITERARY NOTES.

c,..u,o. Francis Adams jr., has privately
Hai' -: ,,;os of a historical sketch of the early
,.,an,ent of Boston. A part OF the book CONSISTS
of naner on the AntmOmian controversy
:, ;s reloted of TennySon that at the famous
- Marty on Sir Donald CuTries yacht III the
,"-,or of Copcnbagen he asked the Empress OF
pnssio and the Princess of Wales by what tiie ne
ought rightly 30 address them. 81 90 pot huo"'
he said what ought to call you oh, S"iu
tbe Princess, "t there is no dihiculty; Mlni'o anu
Alec TO be sure
aTbe Conquest of England" the po3'huhous
,ork Of J. r.. Green, treats OF the perod a. ~
s29-1071.
In Garfelds diary, extracts from wh'ch wiz "p-
mar in the next Cgtng, he declares tha1 W''o" n'
entered Williams College in 1884 he proDaoiy AnoW
less of Shakespeare than any student oi MS s0 anu
attanments in the country.
>cbopcnhaucr used to go every day to 'do'e no"
at which now and then appeared other dis''u-
cu;shed visitors Once Lady Byron sat next 10 n''''
snootor y said the host after she had left with a
twinkle in his cyc doctor, 90 you A'o" ",' " -,
noxt to Won at the table to-dayY 1t was Lady DS-
ron y a. WHY the deuce did you not tell me TINS oe,
fore gy replied Schopcnhaucr. :" should nave hKou
% bo rude to her" "That was what leaIeu, s''u
tb host q and for that reason kept IL q'het. HS
reations to women are a dark point Ill 'ho ''lo VI
Scbopenbaucr The contempt ana Soil''i'''''
almost hatred with which he speaks ol thelh are are
said 70 be due TO his mother. lie DehoNe" '""' -
80 sLa who led his father to snicide and br0nght
financial ruin upon the family. He always spoke III
her with bitterness. and, though he may
Il is certain that she had no sympatheS lor hcr
talented son.
The new Illustrated weekly paper which rs TO DE
nnb,shed simultaneously in England and France is
fITrsC
to he called The International. Artists ana anIhorS
of both countries will contribute to It's pages
The Bibliotheoa Sacrd now in its fifty year.
will hereafter be brought out at Oberln, Ono, Pro-
fessor Park, of Andover, giving up the postloh oi
editor-in- chief for that of assoclate-edltor'
NJ Vamb6ry, the traveller, has marvellous tai
ent for languages Latin, Greek, German, li''ns",
rian. Slavonian. English. Danish, SwealSh "" an"
Turkish he knew before he was twenty; ana 10
these he has added many other European ana OIi'li'
tai tongues.
Mr.. Robert Grant is said to be engaged IN re,
writing for publication in book form that portion oi
his new novel which has appeared i'll I"e ''''" y
Ii is q wise proceeding
The Christmas number of Saciafon's Story Ieter Is
entertaining without being frivolous and is not the
1orse for lis reprnt of Dickenss always delightful
q Christmas Carol" Mr. Eytinge's drawing OF Boo
Cratchit and Tiny Tim has in it not lltte OF DICK
enS's own pathoS and humor
The Christmas number of HorDT's Ueck'y when
ornears this week. contains al admirable story by
" II Fl. Murray. entitled, " How John Norton
Kent his Christmas" 1t is beautifully illustrated
and is in its gentle feeling what Christmas story
ought tobe Mr.. Wilkie Collins's new novel; " say
Non is begun in this admirable number.
The January number of The -i't Amoenr has no'
only an interesting illustrated article on Barth"ld
and his work with various other attractive paper"
but also a carefully prepared supplement Illus
tratnp some of the material of the AIT Loan Ex-
hibitiOn.