Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-06-14
LATE LITERATURE.

LATE LITERATURE.
The fret volume Of SIR. Harry Morley's |
new Universal Library, which Messrs |
George Routledge & Co. are to publish end |
undertake TO sell both in England and this |
country, has just been issusd. II contains
all Of Sheridsn's plays, arranged and anno-
tated by the editor.
A LIFE of Henry Irving, he actor, has
been prepared by Mr.. Austin Brenton, which
.ll BE- deliberately illustrated by series of
sixteen portraits, showing him as Hamlet"
"Cnarles ;" ''Shylock," Macbeth" and
others Of mis- besi-knowu characters. The
portraits are taken from the drawings of
Whistler, Fred Barnard, Bromley, Edwin
Long and J. Forbes Robinson.
The last half-yeariy volume Of The Century
is even richer Than The previous ones in mat
ter of permaue0t interest aud literary value.
Tue historical papers of DR.. EgglesIon and
NJ. Cable. Mr.. Stedman's Emerson" Mr..
James, 'Venice," and Mr.. Warmers "Eu-
gland" are notable itelns OF the Inst. To look
through this opulent volume is 20 realize
anew with what excellent judgment, balance
| aud lIberality the magazine Is edited.
III is the fashion just now to talk of John
Howard Payne's ''deathless song" The
| words OF Mr.. Payne's song do not in any
| sense represent divine genius. Home,
Sweet Home" owes its lasting qualities to
| the music, 1t is the melody that lives in the
hearts of the people and not the sentiment.
| We say this without desiring to detract in
the least from The poets glory. Suppose Mr..
Payne's poem had been set to poor tune.
| Or, better, suppose the poem had never been
| SCI to music at all. Would it have been held
! TO he de3ihless?
TEE Scribn5Ia have published volume
| he Ltyy,c - If
Of he United States, in Nnlch the Federal less
~ spot syivapia is put at 26, 600, and at the
: Wilderness al $1,000 This has brought
Gen. Blyn'Cn bis feet, who declares that
tie coz pl,r, Cap. Frederick Phisterer, did
not apply 10 ;he proper sources for informa-
Zion, Gen Boynton a ssrts that the loss al
Sp e. lvarIt was ouly $4,000, and at the
" dyrres. gts only little over $4,000.
| Woea doc CTS disssree who shall decide?
MR. BEowSING has written "a Song"
wh Ga S,lt De pr nted in the next issue of
Bu peT's Ma91zlss. In the same number Mr..
RideIng wrifes of Honustesd Heath, "a
Famous Ii, don Suburb" whicn Mr.. r. w.
x .Chy - IT.. -'ri's, who Ia better known by
MS CHARGING elohings than by his wood cuts;
Charles R-ade contributes shUrt story; Mr..
HigginsUn tells OF the Second Generation of
( Engiishmen in America and an article
showing the I'D sclsration OF Independence
i'll New Light" is contributed by Mr.. Will
liam l.. Stone. The froAtispiece will be after
drawing OF "The Witch's Daughter" by
NJ. f. S Church.
WHEN Hawthorne and Thackeray and
George Eliot died it may be fairly ssid, speak
! lug generally enough to make exceptions of
the author Of Lana DOCne, ard perhaps
one or two other writers, the race Of novel
ists who wrote literature passed away. Then
the troop who made fiction, as Bulwer and
Disr seli made it, for money or Tor notoriety
came on, and every year II has become larger.
An appro -imately correct estimate OF the
number OF novels published and republished
IN America since last june shows that not
less than 1900 nave been put on ths market.
OF this 1900 it would be bold person who
should predict years remembrance for so
many as 4lf dozen.
The New York correspondent of the New
| Orleans Pic1yune writes: "As N alden effort
81 dram al Q writing and construction IhC
Thunderboh, by Louis Fr-chstte, the poet
laureate of Canada, is not without commend.
. able merit, Dut it is marked by many of the
i inevitable crudeusss-l OF tyro and can
, scarcely be said to give great promise fol
The future. 1t is styled by the author a
mantle American drama, where's it is a
iurid meIodrama, rather ragged in movement
and without the saving grace of distinct
, originality IN motive or development. L
: mus, be admitted, however, that it holds the
; interest very well and is sensationally efec
tive in its chief situations. The scene of tn,
n plsy is laid on bayou near New Orleans
the time is the present; the dramatiS persona
! are described IS M ssissippi Americans"
A NEW Eoglish DisticAay of Periodical
: Literature has been projected. The compiler
| il Mr.. Cornelius Walford, who aspires Il
rank with the Btunets, the De Bures and tn
Lowndeses for his services TO bioliography
Mr.. Walford has undertaken gigantic task
From his prospectus We learn that he pro
> poses to divide his work by the four distinc
!. periods oil periodical literature, the first GOV
|, eriug the period from the invention of print
. ing 10 the year 17l2, the date Of the frs
newspaper stamp act; the second running t
y 1856 when the newspaper stamp act wa
!, fin ally repealed; the third coming down 4
= January l, 1882, when The libel and registrs
ton set came into operation, and the fourt
:, from that dale Onward. The number an
= range of publications TO be iudexed is stu
= pendous.-- 1t includes newspapers, all classe
/, OF magazines, almauacs, the Publications o
: all scientific and literary societies, and tn
- peeudonyms of newspaper and magszip
> writers. The work, it Is undeIsto ID, will
:, | puslished ia sections.
= TEE CONTINENT has offered three prizes
4
u of wood engraving from the members OF til
= classes in engraving at the Philadelphi
J. SchOol of Design for Women. The aware
Is will be made shortly, and soma OF the en-
is cravings submitted will appear in an earl
< issue OF the msgszioe, in connection with
Of paper by..Jo ohm Sartain, the eminen enarave
;: on Engraving az an Occupation for Your
) Women" The great sdvance in this ar
~ and the incressed d. Glsnd for supsrit
Of grade Of work, have opened an interesting
ne useful and lucrative carer to young wome
ne OF taste and skin which may be followed
ID their homes, and the reward Of which,
as reputation and emoluments, rends r it a mo
lg attractive calling. The Philadelphia Scho
Id OF D-sign has done excellent work in tn
ID, department, aud Ike Results CT the labor
B the ciass IN engraving, under the directic
- Of Mr. George p. Williams, make a mo
er cre1itabie showing. The judges il the con
jl petition will be Mr.. Thonas johnson, ii
I'd engraver, of Brooklyn, n Y, Mr.. Fred
he Schsil, the artist, Of Philadelphia, and ID
Il. W. Z Howard, of the Continent.