New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-19
LITERARY NOTES.

,...ro,oa Dickens material is not such
hrant indr after all IL IL now sau W y, 20 The
sscbnical a character TO he oil mooh ''''io'' " VIZ
general pubhc go
General Grants paper on Shiloh VIII "Pp''' III
the Febrnarv number OF The century
Mr.. William Blacks novel 80 Judith Shakespeare
has NOT seemed TO hit the popular taste. The Lon.
49, c,oho y re,ea,s comment often heard and read
when it saws "As story it IL deficient IN f
and slow in movement As picture OF 'nc III
the Bard of Avon. although very elaborate anu
laborous effort, II fails to please
The Art Year Book issued by the New-hhSi'nu
Manufacturers and Mechanics Institute Is announce
rs an outcrowth of the elaborate catalogue OF inc 0
Arts Department which in itself developed last year
into an edition de luxe The broader heid Oh t"e
orcsent volume is intended to include representation
n the highest American products OF the year by
means of suitable graphic arts" The department oil
{" cranhc processes" contains Mr. VIII ii. Lows
etching from his painting Narcissa,' wood ensraV-
ing by Mr. Elbndgc Kingsley, Autograph from
design by Mr. W. Hamilton Gibson, ana wen seec. 1
examples of other processes. One section oi 'nS
volume includes Artists Autographs Sketchcs
reproduced in photo-engravings, and another Is oe
voted to examples of applied art eclal a~d
If GRACE and merit in the Of title pages he al ps
end marginal sketches literally bestowed through,
out the book The text affords information N regr
TO the Institute exhibitions of the year. anu ,nc Mt;
Of artists, with the customary catalogue oi ,no ,
Arts Department In the matter oil ,lins Ia t
aloDe the Year Book has Deen
similar publication, and u would DC nearly '' "
10 match the volume III tins country
Miss Austen in one of her letters recently published
tells this story about Admiral Sir Francis Austen
"He was exceedingly precise, and spoke always with
due elaboration. let the occasion be what IL might
never having been known TO hurry himself IN LIS
speech for any conceivable 1t so fell out then
that while in some foreign seas where SHARKS ahu
similar unpleasant creatures abound, friend or SUD
officer of bis II know not which, was bathing from
the ship Presently Sir Francis called out TO MN
a. b;s rsnal tone and manner, Mr.. Pakcnham you
are in danger of shark-a shark of the blue species
nOa had SIer rsaT% to dhf Pahenham
not given to liking. If you do not return soon the
shark will eat YOU wherenpOn Pakenham, becoming dnI,
alive TO his danger acted upon the advice mus ueio
ero,elv given and saws the story saved himself 10y
the skin OF his teeth from the shark"
NJ. Philippe Daryl has turned aside from his dissee-
tions Of English and German society long enough 10
edit and translate volume of General Godons letters
written TO his sister from the Soudan ten years ago
lie has preceded this translation bS carefully ana Oh
The whole accurately written essay on the soudan ana
Eevptian ouesti n. followed bv biographical ske'ch
Of Gordon Probably FOR The French public generally
This book will convey the first authentic and intelligent
sreo,n, ,hev have heard M The carter of Gordon anu
~ he vbne sonianese ptoi lem, and Tor this reason
eihne n was worth doing The English sreaking
peoples have, hpyttet Been lqng iannIaf Ti,n va
w VI b.. 4
eiai Tho, a Fttneiinah has at l4st nnteitaken 10
Ilnf,n HE e6nnitntn uu biie ~ thrse 'b,ten tuit;
,8uee,HIHs wheh ihr ateiaep ltphrb rtli'itian anu
e,yep NsnallS contents hihistli Win tei5 hazt
kh8Nitnee.
iiesehleR AiltiiR te hafe rHtilsbeh cs'l ri9tH :
fp,eui nf AHeieAl Mldlayaii and MADEIRA iislett'
translated with extensive additions Wy w u liillNe
hast. This waFb has an established reputation 80 q
,es,loob, and may asa ha employed ia advantage Us
hook oi reference when only the outlines OF historical
events are sought Tho translator has had 60 inseI
much new matter, especially concerning inc 'h''ou
States aud Great Brit in, the author having as was
natural maid more attention To German ann 'oh-
tnentu history than 10 that OF the New Noth'
a very full aud good index adds greatly to the value
OF the book
Henry e. Iea's Son Co., Philadelphia are the
publshers of DR. Couston's "Clinical Lectures on
Mental Diseases" which is added an abstract oil the
laws of the various States aud Territories relating to
insanity. by DR.. Charles +. Folsom DIR. Clousion has
collected mass Of interesting aud suggestive lniorma-
tiou in the form of records of of insanity Ills
hook will he of use 20 those who are formulating
theories of insanity but he himself does not undertake
"a dcduce from the phenomena of morbid aciiOn me
Conclusions 10 which they lead The appendix OF Dr.
Poison is calculated to be useful for purposes oil