New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-24
LITERARY NOTES.

.volume of descriptive sketches TO he called
italian Bvways" will shortly be pubiished pS
Mr. J. A. SymOnds.
Mr. "Walt" Whitman-who used, by the way 10
he simple Walter Whitman In the days when ne
turned a penny by the manufacture OF sentlmehtai
stories-is to be represented abroad ny GLASGOW
edition of his last book, Specimen Days and Col
lect"
Iireverent outsiders are waiting in unholv glee
to see what the members of the walt " whitman
"cnltn are going to say about Mr.. Emersons rel
ercncc TO Leaves of Grass" as possible "auc-
tioneer's inventory of q warehouse"
Mr.. Edward King in his novel of The Gentle
Savage lust published in London. takes for his
hero a civilized Indian of the Cherokee tribe. He
ia described as an excellent fellow who hnds ms
bsopv fate as be deserves in the charming daughter
of a great American banker.
RishOp Charles Wordsworth, Of the Scottish Eps-
copal Church, has just published an edition OF
Shakespeare's historical PLAYS In winch he has
made strangely presumptuous emendatlons' Inc
,rrepularity of the great poets verse of'nds him.
and he has altered. transposed and inserted words
with the most extraOr linarv effect. His changes
con the score of delicacy" are still more WONDER
ful nartaking of the nature of that moGesty which
led heroine of history to incase the legs of her
piano in frilled pantalets.
Mr.. Fl. Rnxton Forman's edition Of Keats in four
volumes will probqhly be ont bv next September
The third and fourth volumes will contain little
else than letters the collection numbering nearly
200.
President Noah Porter's volume OF essays
"Science and Sentiment" is heartily praised by
Tile London Spectator as a very thoughtful and abe
contribution to the philosophy OF religion,
AroP lie "
death was one day related by Trollope to friend
al writing a note" he said, - at table IN the
AtbenHmu when two men came in and settled
themselves al each side of the fireplace; one had
number of The Last Chronicle OF barset IN ms
hand and they began discussing the story lIol-
lone gets awfuly prosy, said one OF the critics I;
he does nothing but repeat himselt-Mrs Prondle
Mrs Proudie-Slrs. PTOudie--chaptcr AFTER chap-
ter i quite agree with You, replied the other
''ts Mrs. ProudIc al ndTseGm; lam SICK T. d'a OF
Mrs Proud,ei OF course they did not know me. 80
jumped up and stood between them. Gentle
men, said. am the culprit-I am Mr.. Trcliope
aud will 90 home this instant and xiii Mrs.
Pfoudie"
The bookselipg trade in England has lately
fora,ed onion OF revolt against the practice OF
allowing n discount of twopence and threepence on
the shilling to the retail customer The retail Gus
toner il goes without saying revolts as energeti'
caly against the idea of adding 20 or 80 per cent
TO the present high prices.
Mr.. Wikie Coliuss woman IN White" and
Captain Mayne Reds " Headless HorSeman are
sa1i 70 be particular favorites in Russia.
"Thc Possibility of Not Dying is the title OF
speculation by Fl. c. Kirk winch is coming from
The press OF the Putnams. his firm will hereafter
act as publishing agents for the johns Hopkins
University Studies" in Historical and Political
Science, the first issues IN which are an " lntroduc
ten to American Institutional History" by +. A.
Freeraan; THE German Origin of New-England
Towns" by H. B. Adams; q" Local Government IL
Illinois and in Pennsylvania" by A. Is. Shaw and
f.. L. Gould a. Saxon hthIng-men in America
by II. b. Adams