New-York tribune., 1884-03-08
LITERARY NOTES.

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NAV will probably be produced within lew
months
Thaekeray's kindness of heart IS exempiin'u !"
,,;s motto lately published for the first time
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"rsne lis that the right term y Ol course VIII wi
sE5"ror or " I can johnson was here Yesterday;
lie spoke most highly of you; lie IS IeaIX I goou o
feIlow. As previously said, will do all can
hni nray write again II am very busy, or see me-
and let me know all. Ever yours smcereiy
A spnerb edition of Sterne's " Sentimental Jour
nevr is announced for immediate publication ny j.
w Bouton. II is to be illustrated by some magnlh-
cent plates and cuts, drawn expressly Tor TINS col
tjon by the distinguished artist, Maurice Leloir'
Resides the 200 and more engravings on wood scat
tered through the text. there will be portrait OF
Sterne and twelve full-page plates. The edition OF
900 copies will I've carefully printed in Paris and
the tvpe distributed An edition dc GrdRdc tsre VIII
consist of 100 numbered copies each of which viii
have on the false title an original drawing by VI.
Ielor These editions promise to be IN every re-
spect notable and beautiful specimens OF the book
makers art.
An American doctor who is Young and wealthy
falls in love with Lady Barberna, the daughter .,
a hundred earls. What happens thereafter IS 'o'u
bv Mr. Henry James in the story which VIII appear
in the Nav Century, The scene is laid party III Lon
don and party in New-lork.
Mr. Andrew Lang is writing formidable work
on folklore and savage mythology; and ne WILL
nending its publication. bring out a small volume
containing the articles on those subjects which ne
has contributed to various periodicals.
Mr.. Wllkie Collins declares that he considers the
proposal to translate his novels into the Bengah
language as comforting on him one of the highest
distinctions of his literary life.
The late Charles Stewart Calverley the author of
GFly Leaves was an accomplished scholar; and
he left at Oxford it is said, an extraordinary and
dnrab)o reputation as a wit. The good things of
"Bladesv as he was then called. still retailed to
the Balliol freshmen. An accident on the ice GRIP
pled Mr. Calverleys powers much i'll the later years
of his life and he only showed the world what he
might have DONE without aiming at anything very
ambitious.
Walter Besant's interesting suggestion for making
people good by making them happy--a suggestion
embodied and illustrated in his novel All Sorts
and Conditions of Men lis TO be treated in more
practical way in article he has prepared for Tie
Copte7apordrg In this article, The Amusements Of
the People" he considers the proposal for Peop1e
Palace at the East End of London.
Mr.. Robert Louis Stevenson has been exceedingly
i'll at Nice; and he will probably not 20 back to
work for some time. McduWuI4c Ills AAN"'"iO
Island is being heartily praised
The distinguished preacher Pere Didon IS about
70 publish a book on the Germans, which is said to
be remarkable for its generous inpartality. lie
warmly praises the patriotism displayed by the
Germans: Kings and Emperor, Chancellor and
Ministers. soldiers and literary men, students and
workmen only dream of laboring for their country.
They have but one watchwOrd-the Fatherland
before everything! Their patriotism is beyond dis
pute- He adds: " shall never forget my d'gna-
ton and anguish while reading the French news
papers in Germany. often found in the columns
of certain Partisan journal more insults against
my country than in all the volumnous g1zettes of
Berlin together"
Mr. Kinglake, as literary executor, has already
taken in hand the notebooks left by Mr. Abraham
Hayward.
Heine's introduction TO his Memoirs gives humor-
ous description of the different for which he
was destined by his fond. ambitious mother. When
at school Heinrich Ilene stoutly refused to write
French verses, mlel to the disgust of hls French
master. His mother however, encouraged him in
his apparent antipathy to poetry, for she had the
greatest dread of my becoming poet that would
be the worst she used to say, that could happen TO
me" Her plans for her intelligent son were far
higher. The daughter of manufacturer OF the
neighborhood having married duke who had won
many battles and been rapidly promoted, Heint
was to win his golden epauets and serve at the
Emperors Court. To this end he had to study
Euclid hydrostatcs, algebra, and whatever II wa'
deemed necessary TO know for the administration OF
copouered provinces But the Empire fell ant
with it Nine. Heines card castle The house OF
Rothschild was at that time coming into power and
several other great firms had risen in the financial
world Therefore it was determined that Ieine
was to become a shining star III the realms OF
finance and accordingly he studied modern
languages, especially English. geography, book
keeping etc. and afterward entered the house of
a well-known merchant. But the merchant soon
shook his head over the uncOuth apprentice, de-
claring that he had no talent" which the boy
laughngly admitted was not quite untrue. Before
long some great firms failed Heiues father lost
his fortune and the mercantile soap-bubbe burst
even more rapidly than its imperial predecessor.
The next career which Nine. Heine thought would
lead to glory that of lawyer. Were not bar
rsters in possession of the highest posts in the adj
minIstrationf Was there not It now University OF
Bonn. where celebrated professors drilled wisdom
into the heads of multitudes of studentSY To Bonn
therefore, the duiful son made his way, and after
three years of study Heine weary sighed " What
frightful book the Corpus JuriS is lit Is the Bible
of eg0tlsm." There was no success to be attained
there, this was evident, and the mother now an
elderly dame regretted that her son had not taken
the Church for his profession. BY this time, how
ever the boy had become a man, and insisted upon
taking his own course.
fair and benevolent BostOnian who is fond of
children has lately been reading at stated times to
group Of youngsters Miss Alcotts amusing
story of Little Women" The book so
interested the children that when the last
chapters reached the Lady invited MISS Acott;
with whom she well acquainted, to lunch at her
house and meet the little ones The invitation was
accepted, but the children viewed the talented lady
with considerable ave- none of them seeming 10 de-