New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-09-05
LITERARY NOTES.

,.s has written wholly American
hr' h1n'y ..I~snr.ss;ons of O Cousin" 1t is O
stoty o~nsu VI life and will be appropriately
"s.a a. The Csutry-which proposes 10 publish
pl. s.'.,r two other stories by Mr. James. one Oh
~ 80 the musical title of Lady Barbarina'
Th.,ndefatioable wikie Collinsis writing another
novel.
Me- nab,preu's very poor novel, "A Washington
WINTER appears to have prohted by tne au'ei'o
,ndoments of the critics. 1t has gone into announcer
edition.
Dr Robert B. joyce the author of Dierdre" anu
"Rlanidv has lost his health and has been ooiigeu
IN gve up his practice in Boston and 10 ore"h up
his home there He has returned to Dupnn. "hoio
-,u H. With tis brother. an official under the
Government. u,
third edition of Longman's beautifully Illus
trated New Testament has just appeared IL Zoo
don The first edition which was pupnsno" ia 80
was an imperial quarto, limited TO Zoo ID"
- Tba n,ice WAS ten guineas; and the Wnoi0
.a;.;or ,os sold on the day Of pu0llcatloh' Inc
saoona edition IA crown quarto) appeared IN INC
following gear and has long peeh ou' VI m.
Roth have long become dear 10 cohec'oi''
present issue Is not quite so wen prIh'eo % :.
decessors ard is tastelessly bound; but III al e'0
is nm exact reproduction OF the secoho eu''io"
Mr. G.. w. Cables new novel Dr. SEWER wiz oe
begun in the November Century IL Is S'oiy %
New.Orleaus and the time Is tna' p'''"'''"
uer,od lust before the Civil War;
"I have not as you suggest, the SIG y inpa
,h, for the slavesn wrote Hawthorne 10 lrlenu ia
letter now first printed in The Boston S"'w"a y,
- co,ette cor at least" he adds, mot haii
60 mnch rs for the laboring whites, who' ociieNo'
"a general thing ten times worse OH IMAM 'no
Southern negroes. Still, whenever au apsoiu,e'J
1901 shall 90 for New-England rather than
the South; and this Fugitive Law cornereo "I:
oourse I knew what was doing when sigheu
r., F,oa Soil document and babe farewell TO all
do.s s FOREIGN consulshps other Official
co that doubt whether you or ever go 10 MO W
.,o+her PERHAPS YOU may go Alone II you WISH i''
don't care copper for office"
The rortro,t of LongfelIow, which Is to appear I'D
Ar, 80 Ceutuu. IS mentioned as all unusually me
,a 7, ia said that Mr.. Stedman's paper Oh Long
s,r, will contain some memorable passages OH
49, lax.meter and on the Cambridge poets nsc OF
that measure.
r,r;D, the mast six months 7,O5S books nave
,oon nphlished in Germany. OF these l,Ooo are
.ducai,onal. $50 treat of theology ana zl' are
novels. ,.
Tho Gradual elimination of the pathetic element
-, ltoro,ure is the subject of a long lam9ntauoh
:: TLe To,doY SpecfQtOr while the inquest over
hoartcendpg calamity declares this writer Is III
,errunted with laughter at every groteSque OF ap-
snrd EXPRESSION in the account OF the oiSas'er "n
1h oages of Panch are the chief udy or tue young
in their leisure hours, and while the prache'1u
slauphter' IN our Parliamentary reports can '"'
attention OF the reader to stat mentS I'D "nich UNI
;sno wit or pleasantly, or any posSioie s'uioo Vi
-, ra shall lose the pathetic element IN htera-
9th
Aoa,nst this yulgarizng tendency OF our 'lme we
,Id Gladly see q strong and conscious enor''
be,n certain that it would encourage not only those
fo,l,ias v1hich make liera ure pathetic, out also
+hot IL would reinforce the sources OF all true Au
NOR as rrncb the friend true path0s rs IL Is the
Zee of its vulgar and libellous caiicature.
This "vu carizing tendency" is cruelty illustrated
H. .ba nronosal TO open Shakespeare's grave.
xvonld be hard to give any reason for TINS uhheeeS
sarv dissertation other than the coarsest curiosity
Mr. Aldrichs Mercedes and Later Lyrics VII
Ia n,bHshea by Houghton, Miflin 81 Co. mex
month. Mercedes" is historical drama
The illustrations of the holiday edition of Long
felIou's michael Angelo" are the work OF waiter
sbirlsv. r. De Thulstrup. l.. Ritter, L. Wehdei
Ross Turner. f. u. Mlllet, 5. L. Smith l. HoVeh
den. and are engraved by G. Krueil, w. b. Closson
IT Johnson. Frank French. George /. Andrew' IL
+. Krause II. L. Sylvester, and victor DernS'ro"'
The book will be brought out in November.
Miss Elizabeth Stuart Phelps has written a stoFl
of the future life as foreseen by revereh
imagination" 1t is entitled Beyond the Gates
and carries the reader into those celestial region
Of which 1.-The Gates Ajar" permitted only
glimpse. HouQhton, Mi film q 20. VIII publish Ill
book in October.
Mr. Stewards Diplomatic History of the War 10
The Unlon" will be issued by the same hrm th'
month. This volume is edited by o. Il. Baker irof
the journal sent by Mr.. Seward to our representa-
tlyes abroad during the war;
Among other interesting publications promise
nv tins house are Mr.. Charles Dudley warner
book of sketches "A Roundabout Journey, an
Mr.. W. w. Story's poem g He and She; Poet
Portfolio"