The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-04-02
LITERARY NOTES.


The revised version of the Old Testament
will probably be published in less than six
months.
A lady who travelled for sixteen years with
Adelina Patti is about to publish at Vienna a
| book of Patti "reminiscences in several Ian
guages.
The Greek ambassador at Berlin will publish
at an early day history of the modern litera-
ture of Greece. The same gentleman recently
| published novel,
Mr. ODonovan Rosa, the distinguished dyn-
namiter, is about to publish, through Messrs. s.
w. Green's Sons an Irish story, with the title
| Edward O'Donnell"
A German critic says that Mr.. W. D. Howells
in his novels is like George Eliot, in so far
as he tries to be objective, but let's the moralist
| get the better of the artist
According to the Rev. DR.. Schaff, calvin,
who burned Servetus, is not only the greatest
theologian among the Reformers, but surpassed
them all in zeal for purity Of doctrine and holt
| ness of life"
| There seems to be no end to news about "The
Bread Winners" 1t is now announced that
MN. Hachette & Co., of Paris will publish a
| French translation of that brilliant novel, the
! translator being Madame LIE Breton.
Pastor Bensier has written a new life of Ad-
miral Coligny, rather sketch of his life be-
! fore the outbreak of the religious wars with
| which his name is associated. The book is to be
translated into German and English.
DR.. Karl Hillebrand says that whole page of
a Daudet novel describing all the articles in a
| provision shop, with each smell. and all the
furniture, with all the lights falling on it, is not
| worth the two verses in which Heine calls up to
us the cavern of Treka.
New Testament scholars will be glad to hear
that the long-expected Prolegomena to the
eighth edition of Tischendorfs Critical Greek
Testament are on the eve of publication. The
! first volume, edited by DR.. c. R. Gregory is in
/ press, and will be ready before May David
| Mutt, London, will be the publisher.
Wendell Phillips left an autobiographical
fragment of about 300 pages, which his biog
rapher, Mr.. George L Austin will use in pre-
pairing his life of the great agitator. There has
also been placed at his disposal quantity of I'M
| published "reminiscences by Charles Sumner.
The volume will be ready next April
An unexpected and valuable addition to the
| Vatican guide-books has just been made in the
form of guide to the Letter-books of the Popes
from Innocent. III to Plus V, contained in the
| Vatican archives 1t has been prepared and
| published by one of the assistant keepers, Don
Gregorio Palmieri, of the Order of st. Benedict.
Mr.. Edward Solly contributes to the Bibli-
ADOoVOII very interesting history Vi
Grays ''Elegy in a Country Church yard" This
famous poem crept into the world not only with
out the consent of the author but almost against
his wishes 1t was the work of some years. and
when it was finally completed Gray sent it to his
friend, Horace Walpole, for criticism. 1t re-
ceived nothing but praise, which seems to have
embarrassed the poet, who thought his work
overestimated
Edwin Arnold, the celebrated English poet,
author of Light of Asia, etc, passed large
portion of the year 1888 in literary researches
in Italy. These were rewarded by The discovery,
in the original manuscript, of an unknown but
extraordinarily beautiful italian poem, entitled
'Cencia," by Lorenzo the Magnificent, written
IN the seventeenth century. Mr.. Arnold devoted
several months TO its translation. the utmost eff
fort of his splendid scholarship being exercised
in preserving the same form as the original its
wonderful sweetness and beauty. and the pecu-
liar luxurious coloring of the pastoral poetry of
that time. "Cencias is a masterful work, both
in the original and in its translation comprises
nearly four hundred lines, and has been secured
by the Current for exclusive publication, which
will occur accompanied by an editorial intro
duction from the pen of Mr. Arnold in a few
weeks.
Before publishing his book, Study and Slim
ulants, Mr.. A. Arthur Reade sent circulars to a
large number of literary men, asking about their
habits with respect to the use of alcohol tobacco,
N.
received 1872 replies. Mr. Gladstone found that
his glass two of claret at luncheon, the same
at dinner, with the addition of a glass of light
port, especially necessary to him at the time of
greatest intellectual eXertion' Canon Farrar
believed from experience that ''work may be
done more vigorously, and with less fatigue,
without wine than with it." The editor says
that no one of those who replied to his questions
resorts to alcohol for inspiration. Thirty four
abstaned wholly from alcohol twenty-seven
used wine at dinner only; twenty six used to-
bacco OF the latter, only thirteen smoked while
at work; one chewed, and one took snuff, Mark
Twain required 300 cigars month, which he
found sufficient to keep his constitution on a
firm basis and Mr. Ruskin expressed his Zen
tire adherence of the practice of smoking"
When Hiawatha was first published it took
greatly with the people, and portions of it were
almost as common in the streets as some of the
phrases in Pinafore. The proprietor of Oak
Hall, in Boston. the prince of advertisers, was
not slow TO take advantage of this, and newspa-
pers soon contained all sorts of notices of the
famous clothing house in lines of the Hiawatha
metre by Professor Goodfellow." Now Long
fellow was sensitive man. and took 50 much
offense at this that he applied to Charles Sum
ner, as a lawyer, for redress. The latter saw at
once that it was a case for wise management
rather than legal proceedings He sent for the
Oak Hall pOtentate and stated the feelings of
the poet at the contempt cast upon him by these
advertisements. The former expressed the
greatest establishment that the poet should OPP
pose a course which tended to bring the poem
into popular favor, and great regret that his
course had caused pang in the authors heart
He promised to withdraw the advertisements
with his distinguished consideration. And so
this important matter settled to the salts
faction of all concerned
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