New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-10
LITERARY NOTES.

Onlv the Ms. of the first volume OF ihafiow
Weeds autobiography is complete; the rest VI !" 10
a collection of fragments.
Anthony Trollope's story Of "Mr. SCARBOROUGH
Family now appearing serially IN All INC i0"
Round was completed before his death. IL Is one VI
the cleverest OF bis novels, and presents s'ininf
study OF depraved and selfish man. MT, iror
lope's Land -Leaguers" is. it Is now stated, pr"c
tically complete. Only an Insignificant porton TO-
mains unwritten, and that portion he hau eareio"y
mapped out after the fashion when ne ever aoop~
ted with his stories. Life has just repuoished III
ono ipstalmcnt those chapters which it had pre-
viOGsly given.
forthcoming COMES Of The Continent are to contain
some attractive eneravings OF famous protraits OF
some of the most noted beauties of the eighteenth
century.
Miss Louisa Alcott records in The Boston Saturday
Tresiag Gazette that her first story brought her %
and her second $40, with request for more OF her
PRODUCTIONS. zone of the memorial moments OF my
Ifcu she adds sis that in which, rs l trud2ed 10
school on n wintry day, my eyes fell upon large
yellow poster with these delicious words: Dertha'
new tale by the author of The Rival fruna
Donnas' will appear in The Saturday Eceh'h9 90
eete was lato; 1t was bitter cold; people Josted
me: was MORALLY afraid should be recognized;
but there stood feasting my eyes ON the Fascinating
poster, and saying proudly to myself, IN the WORDS
OF the great Vincent Crummes This TINS Is 1aine'
That day my pupils had an inculgent teaeher; ioF'
while they struggled with their pot-hOofs, | was
writing immortal works. and when they droned
out the multiplication table l was counting up the
noble fortune my pen was to earn for me In the
dim delightful future. That afternoon my sisters
made a pilgrimage to behold this famous placard
and finding il torn by the wind. boldly stole IT.
and came home TO wave IT like triumphai banner
in the bosom of the excited family. The tattered
paper still exists folded away with other relics OF
those early days. SO hard and yet so sweet, when
the first small victories were won, and the enthus-
asm of youth leut romance to lifeS drudSery."
Mr.. Tbeo L. DeVnne has giSen hie name TO the
firm with which lie has long been connected, ana
which rs Francis Hart & Co., has done so much adj
m;rable nriptipg. The beauties and nice:es of its
work it may safely be predicted. will only increase
under the mana cement of this accomplished printer
Miss Emma Lazarus. who is naturally an ardent
II not always forcbc partisan of her race has pre-
pared for the next number of The Century an article
on g. The Jewish Problem"
Mr. Howells is declared by the reviewer OF Ihe
81 Jou,es's Gazette to be- la "a Modern Instance as
p,tiless as life itself an ineXOraDle sequence rules
his characters AS piece of artistic work the critic
thinks that the story cannot easily be surpassed
"but that is not enough TO make 1t agreeable. ne
elism is fashion ROW, and American realism loves
10 deal with broken and imperfect lives. BETTER
sometimes, a realism of noble lives"
A paper on German political leaders in the Febru-
airy Harper is accompanied by many interesting
portraits. sketch by Mr.. Reinhart OF Prince Won
Bismarck is peculiarly strong and characteristic
Mr. Whittier is quoted by a writer In the FORTH
coming Rorper as saying that Hawthorne only
once mentioned the House of the Seven
GablesD to him land then he SAID
the story was about half finished, and, to use his
own words" continued Whittier with a peculiar
emile, :" it darkens damnably.'"
All the rare and beautiful editions OF Rabeals
disposed of at the sale of the Sunderland Library
have gone to French collectors.
1.-THE New Abelard," Nr.R bert Buchanan's latest
novel. is said to deal with religious questions.