New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-08
LITERARY NOTES.

A rsw magazine to be edited by q well-kuown
tier s oo IT'S way to publication. Its peculiarly
~x,Il he that il will offer nothing but betlon.
Mr. Whittier has written Sonnet suggested by
,ss sIexandcr's pathetic little Story of lds" 1t
!, N annear in The Manhattan. Mr. Stednau has
also contributed to that periodical poem wnch Is
in some sort d companion to Pan in Wall street"
Divers extracts from the private journal kept by
General Garfield during his journey III Europe IN
'67 are to be printed presently by Tie Century.
The Continent will publish next week an article on
g art IN the Vest by w. o. Bates of Cincinnati,
with many reproductions OF the paintings IN the arr
eallerg of the Cincinnati Exposition Just opened
TIE same agreeable periodical will give cohsuer-
able portion OF its space in an early nuh"er 70 d
story by II. II. Boycsen, entitled, " The Horns OIL
Dilemma" The author has utilized literary cpl
sode somew hat striking i'll character as inc lounu@
ton for a story. An occasional monographic
bill of fare like this is good editorial poIicy.
DIR. John Browns delightful little sketch OF kab
aud his Friends" has IN uniaillng popularity
Fifty-eight thousand copies nave oeen 'ssueu'
Mrs. Julie Palmer Smith. the author OF " widow
Goldsmith's Daughter" Chris Notho.' ana vari-
,ns other novels which have had q large sale, died
suddenly by accident yesterday morning at new
Hartford Conn., She was thrown from q carriage
If is supposed during an early morning drive. MIS-
Smith was bora In StoningtOn and was about nity-
aioht wears old Her first book, WIDOW Oo4d-
smiths Daughter" which is also considered her cest,
was publshed in'1S69. Ii is story OF New-Ehg-
land life, and was written during tho war, when
she was living in Hartford. Her husband New
Orleans merchant, was in the south at the out
break of the rebellion looking after bis ln'eresls
there After the blockade no word was received
from him for nearly a year and half Uncsrtan
l. ~ IN
turned to story, writing as a means OF supporting
herself and her yonng daughters. Her books nave
had sale of ninety eight Thousand copies and from
her profits she purchased and improved her home
Esnerapza" large aud beautiful estate near New
Hartford Then she entertained great deal with
a generosity which extended beyond her home cir
Gle in charitable ways. She was fond OF horses ana
made pet of fast roadster which she drove with
fearless skill
Mr. Henry Irving's Impressions of America" will
be issued next year IN the form OF n dialogue or
interview"
A second edition Of the interesting little volume
Study and Stimulants" contains some additional
notes OF experience. Archdeacon Farrar never
smoked in his ts and having for the last SIX years
been a teetotaller finds tha: work may be done
more vigorously and with less fatigue without VINE
than with it," Mr. Froude has taken wine and
smoked tobacco in moderation all his life and S as
well and strong as most men or his age. Colonel |
Hiprusun saws that all the habits OF his life are
opposed to the use of stmulants and narcotics" |
DIR. Lecky is not a smoker, and has confined HIM |
self to moderate quantity of wine. which he holds
TO be both refreshing and strengthening Mr.. Will |
lie Collins finds that tobacco the best friend MS
"rritable nerves possess" and THINKS thai a man
who lives by the work of his brain lives under 1rt-
fetal conditions and must have artificial help |
which he finds in natural champagne tuia 6Ul
Victor Hugo is now hard at work, his hours with |
the pen extending from a III. to 10 a. IN. Tie has |
several small tables in his study which are covered
with MSS of the various subjects on which he Is
engaged; and he passes from one to the other as
ideas on any subject occur to him.
The holiday edition Of rennyson's princess" |
which is to be issued ny J. K. Osgood IL co. IN |
October, will contain 100 illustrations by the cleV-
crest American artists. 1t promises to be one OF |
the most beautiful gift-boOks ever published.
The ARdorcr Rerieu. the spirit OF which is to be |
"Progresslve Orthodoxy" is to make It's first ap- |
pearance in December.
Mr. Winters forthcoming book Is TO be entitled |
The Bay of Seven Islands and Other Poems :"
Houghton Miifin Il Co. are the publishers. This |
firm will bring out In few days volume OF |
Twenty Poems" from LongfeLow, illustrated |
by the poets son. Mir. Ernest w. Longfellow
II is intended to be handsome gift-book.