New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-02
LITERARY NOTES.
Miss Iuev Larcorn has been reading In ''''
80. ON q Wonan Az Lyric Poet


Tho forthcoming volume in DR.. brlotons ~
81 ,,,or;,,;,aI American Literature ~ mo
-. pooL Of Rites" giving the orig'na' .oA'
-, . I;,,,t TRANSLATION, notes. glossary anu III
.x,,.ti,,r The original bo"k. when ~ ii"'o '"''u
= a,,,,,, old il written partly IN tte h"'a"K ""''
nartly in the Onundaga languages Al" O''"p
the spccches songs, aud ccremonIa' o'"'' '" '"D
Ir,,tsa Nations This volume viii be re"'y !"
- otber additions IT, tho Library which are III
nrsparation are "The National Legrn" "' '"'
rre.ksp. @Tbe Bailri-C0niedy of Guesuence -"
cnrions specimen of native Cenirsi A"'t,.""
bumor; and the Aztec " Annals OF Quahhl"'dn
MR. G.. Hall writes IL The spectator in relation
20 the English edition of Emers0ns poe''s w"
Emerson was last la England. III lo'"' Nv Slo"' W.
las, evening with me before sailing fer Bas'o"
When n my library. he asked me II had an + 'E
li.h edition of his May Poems. az. ne said, he han
-, ..b.a v,batever the one on 'Brahma conid
mean. TO which he repiied call u JehoVau """
nerhans Won w:u understand 1t better Bul aho'"e'
friend had sald 10 hmm that IT SCENE" oh'y
nonsenSel | found the poem for hlm an" ou "'"
ing It over he exclaimed Well m'snt theY "a" p"
nonsense. Not only is the WORD h"I "''' a..
the third line as YOU pointed o"tl "u' ."
seventh line they have printer vahi"H"o''
of vanished which OF cour q. SPOTS inc VIM
ING of the poem have always admire" ''''
as clearly giving the Brahmln beilei vi" IN
is part of the Divinity, and hope 'nis "
help to make II more clear.
That excellent publication. The L'Ora'y "'"''4''
will maintain its useful department. ol Law
g., the yoonpp g,vlnc therein a list OF hooks suit
able for Young peOplr with CITATIONS ol 0'''
thor,ties and practical suggestions
Mr.. De v,nne will print from type the oeaut''ui
edition of Richard briusley Sheridan'' "o'FS VINO"
% ain
o5n cnnies will be made. each OF which VIII pe
n,nbered and signed. Thirty "f tneae VIII 10
n-iuted ON Imperial Japanese paper, and the DINERS
n, handmade Holland paper. Each OF me three
pcst oct ayo volumes will contain an etched PoIi@l''
and MIR. Richard G ant White will introduce 'ho
MAYS with a critical and biographical skrtch.
the edition promises to be an admirable one
Roman newspaper makes the extraordinary
.,,tement in regara 20 Mr.. w. w. Story that " tho
,rca ipdiAerynce of this American public has
f,rcsd him ia live AFRO sd. ard hy long inter CURSE
with foreigners he has come 10 pronounce MS n"'''V
language with decided foreign acfeht. IL '"'io
upon proceeds by means OF extracts 10 'h'''"n0o '
nostrv To this indifferent" American pubic 1t
il work of supererOg alton, for The verses OF
,ani,I and accomplished sculptor are Thoroughly
veil known 10 all American readers OF poetry fnu
some If theu are often quoted with hearty admir-
alton and delight.
,r,s American Isdy's hook so warmly praised not
long ago by Mr. Rnskin is IL large quarto containing
The folk lore OF the Tuscan contadini taken III many
ea-es from their own lips. The text mnsic ana
heautful illustrations all in zen ana INK ana
are tbs work of the young lady herNrii' VINO -
B,stonian the daughter OF the portrait oaintel
Alexander The verses are written IN lial'an anu
English and are framed separated By drawings
of the beautiful mountain plants Ot the 'esi"n'
Tue landscapes and igure-diawlpss are sald /" Dc
remorkable. Many pages are headed by bars oil
music giving the air belonging 10 the succeeu'ug
legend. So much did Mr.. Ruskln admire ms
nnioue hook that he bought it Tor ms Sheihed
Museum for $1,000.
NrTB Aldrirh has at the same time br' ugbt
mt his new book " From Ponkapog 10 Pestr-a
hook which has nothing to say, by the way, about
e,ther plaes-anl mas boa Sht new house. bis
domicile is that pleasant one numbered 10 M
yeruon-st Boston. His former home Oh Charles
A. Mr. Aldrich recently sold.
Messrs. Henry Holt & Co. will soon publish
most suggestive and necessary book OF reerrnce III
the shape Of Poke tymology" by the Rev A.
s. Palmer This volume gives in a compact yet
exhaustive and critical fashion the results OF Mr.
Paimer's study of the influence upon the language
of the popular use and misuse of words; and IL
will be a work of eD nent valne to the literary
man and 70 the conscientious reader.
Mrs. Frances Eleanor Trollope. the author OF
several clever novels. has in press new one ehtl-
tied Like SHIPS upon the Sea"
Herr Won Bodenstedt's play, "Alexander in Co
ninth" will shortly he produced at the Royal
Theatre in Berlin. Its author is suffering severely
from ophthalmia
- Mr. Lawrence Hutton has paper on John How
Nd Payne in the May number vi The NdgasteQ If
DimaicaR History
Jules Verne's new work. which is nearly ready for
publication Is entitled The Green Ray"
The fourth centenary OF Luthers birth is to be
comnemorated IN England by the publication OF
TRANSACTIONS Of three of his chief works Christian
Liberty" "Tho Babvlonsn CAPTIVITY Of the
Church" AMI the address to the Nobility of the
German Nation"
Democracy" is entering upon new course Of
already appeared.
Professor MaeKloskie, of Princeton. has prepared
IN Elementary Botany specially for tn 'se RAIDERS
who wish TO know something of the principles and
philosophical bearings of the subject wihOut being
troubled with the ts hnicalites OF textbooks The
volume will be published by the holts. The next
novel Oh their list is Beyond Recall" by Adeline
Sergeant
Twenty pages of entirely new music have been
added 10 the third edition of Students Songs"
publisned by NJ. King, of Cambridge.