New-York tribune., 1884-11-26
LITERARY NOTES.

..,,,,,cr If Tho English Illustrated
a, ,,re.cnt beautifully illustrated article
c,,,al,ro,rh. There will bo tonr ''''i-
80 .s,,,.,,nrs ccntutnmg portraits OF the ff'nccS'
s... p,;,ee., Augustus Princess Elzabo'h inc hon-
...,. Mr.. G.enam. sigucia Ba'ccll' ana 'o'~s,
s,,, w,u,c IN the body Of the article wi oe 'o'",
,o,,r.u. Of Mrs. Gainsborough, David ""'re"' '"'
Mi-s I,nlcy and her brother.
Tho Gr., editions Of D,ckcns's works p''ns '.,s
a,sh prices One of The itckw'ck f"pefs' :" '"'
original twenty numbers aud with the cance'''' p'"'',
no HAS recently sold Tor SiO wh'lc thctwo soro'
o "sLc,ehes by Bos" uncu, aud IN the orsina e'o'"'
was disponcd Of on the same occasion 'or s'''
M,..p G. BayIor. author Of The Perfect Treasure
Che cxtrcm,ly clever "m international noVc''s'o '''
Gently published In "Lippincotts Magazine nus
urcnaroi 70, the same publication serial story Gu
tiucd On this sden II will appear during the coming
year
In discussing the amazing success OF "Caled bacA'
The London Spectator" says-and with 'r"'h
the popular notion OF decay IN the taste 'oi
a. .nfonnded that the cultivated grown-ups munger
for fairy-taes-so that they are clever en""s" " ~
fairy tales TO thcm-just much as chldreh uo' '
men. not children. pay for Jules Nernes stores VIZ.
their magic machinery OF pseudosc'choo' CIV" r
,ou,v adults have read Mayne Reds better books Tor
arc enchanted with romance that is, narrative 'e,
leased bv some device from the mpoveIishing limits OIL
Oh. noss;hle vet not so released as TO be, ike ui
unconditional day dream. ridiculous ana uhsasi!hs'
and are only glad of any excuse, Ike the
for supplyinc children, to hide from themselves '
"frivoousncss" of their tastes They can confess 'he
reading then and discuss It, though they always chooc
to saw while recalling every incident, that they oS
glanced att say, Twenty Thousand Leagues onoe'
the Sea-" Just TO see what it was like
Among tho pretty calendars of this season Is one
bearing good portrait of its compiler Marion iiarinu
md entitled "The Common-Sense Household
Calendar" Under each date is an instalment OF
housebod wisdom of the most excellent sort Charles
Scribner's Sons the publishers.
Mr.. Swinburnes new volume, "a Midsummer
Holiday has just appeared in London oi the 'hif'y
six poems it contains. only eight have been previously
prnted The nine ballads which give their ute 10 '"o
volume are songs of the country and OF the sea- Here
are few lines from one Of them" The Seaboard ~;
The waves are Joy to the scamew, the meads to the
herd .,
And ioy 10 the heart Is goal that 1t may not rcach
No sense that for ever the limits OF sense engrd,
No hearing or sight that vassal to form or speech
learns ever the secret that shadow and silence tcach
Hears ever the notes that or they swell subsidc
Sees ever the light that lights not the loud wofd tue'
Clasps ever the cause of the lifelong schemes conIo
Where through pursue, till the waters oi iie oc
The goal that is not, and again the goal.
Friend what have sought or seek We. what or
bctdc, ,.,
Though the seaboard sft its mark from afar deserted
But aims whence ever anew shall arise the soul.
Love thought song life, but show for glimpse, and
The goal that is not and ever again the goal"