The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-10-12
LITERARY NOTES.


Professor Mimic has written the article on
Pope for the Encyclopedia Britannica
Matthew Arnold is preparing for press a popu-
lar edition of his God and the Bible
Cassius NJ Clay is said to be devoting the
leisure of his old age to writing history of
Russia.
Julian Hawthorne's long-expected biography
of his father will be published in November,
with the title, Nathaniel Hawthorne and His
Wife"
Ruskn is writing sketches of st. Gregory and
st. Benedict as chapters for his serial publlca-
ton, 'tOur Fathers Have Told Us" and they
will probably be issued before the year is out.
f. P Roe has put the finishing touches upon
his new novel, "a Young Girls Wooing,' and it
will be issued within few days by his publish
ers, Dodd, Mead q Co., who announce first
edition of 5000 copies.
The next volume of Caryle's literary remains
shortly to be issued by Mr.. Froude, his executor
will, it is said, contain more of the saSes vitrlo
in the way of comments upon his contemporaries
than either Of its predecessors.
Brown University receives by the will of the
late Senator Anthony the 5000 volumes of Amer
lean poetry purchased by the testator from the
estate of Caleb F. Harris. 1t is said to be the
best collection of American verse i'll existence
Mr. George Alfred Townsend, who is one of
the most voluminOus of newspaper writers, IS t
work upon new novel which will be entitled
katy of Cotocton" Mr.. Townsends book
largely in the West.
Nobody wants an adventures made altogether
delightful; but there was something in that
kindly remorse of Thackeray's when he would
say to his daughter "Oh, ANNE, Annie! we
must do something for poor Becky to- day. |
have been making her out great deal worse
than meant to'-Critic.
| Queen Victoria endeavors to inspire a rever-
ence in Canada for the memory of her revered
! gillie by sending out for distribution among the
| various libraries copies Of her book More
Leaves from My Journal" Princess Louise
makes a contribution which will be better APP
| precated, by giving number of valuable edu-
cationa prints.
Mr. George W. Cable has finished his "Creoles
| of Louisiana" which Messrs. Charles Scribner's
| Sons will issue early in November and is now
| in New York completing arrangements for JOINT
readings with Mark Twain, to begin Nov. 8, and
| finishing his brochure Creole songs, which
| will embrace the musical scores and instru-
mental Accomplishments.
The price, $3.50 900, which the British govern
ment has practically agreed to pay the Duke Of
| Marlborough for Raphael and Nandyke, is
thought, by some of the English journals, to be
| warranted, because they could, in future, be
| sold for more than that amount. Such q state
| ment as this should drive Mr.. Ruskin, after al
| his educating labors, to entire distraction
Justin Windsor, of Harvard, is leading com
pany of about eighty special students of Ameri
can history in writing what is to be called "A
Critical and Analytical History of America" The
work. which is 10 be published in eight volumes,
will appear within a year. The first volume
will be published last as it treats of archaeology,
| in which new developments are constantly being
made. Each specialist will write a chapter,
upon the subject which has been his most thor
ough study. and the authors name will be pub
lished with it.
Revieve, the great bookbinder, recently bound
a copy of Andrew Iaang's ''Ballades and Verses
| Vain" in most sumptuous style, for Mr. Balm.
Seeing the volume, Mr.. Lang wrote on the fly
| leaf
'Ballades and Verses Vain
How elegant you look
Behold YOU bound for Baiu,
''Baades and Verses Nain!"
BY Jove I'll rhyme again,
And risk another book
''Balades and Verses Vain"
How Elegant you look!
| The new volumes of Mr. Froudes Life of
Carlyle (Scribnersl will be ready in November.
| The period covered is a more interesting one
than that treated in the previous volumes, be-
cause it embraces the years when Carlyle
mingled most among men. He tells in the first
volume the story of the burning of the MS of
| the French Revolution" and of the rewriting Of
the book. ''In ten days" writes Mr.. Froude,
che had made substantial progress, though with
manned the most ungrateful task he had ever
undertaken" But he felt that he was getting
on with it, and recovered his peace of mind. He
even began to be interested again in the subject
| itself, which had become for the time entirely
distasteful to him, and to regret that he could
not satisfy himself better in his treatment of it.
Notwithstanding his defense of his style to
Sterling he wished the skin was less rhinoceros
like"