New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-03-29
LITERARY NOTES.


The Marquis of Lornss book strange TO say HA'
.oue into second edition.
"a Cursory History of Swearing tne uu. y,
oueer monograph which has just appeared III Ao"''"'
Lord Tsnnvson regrets that his early sonnet unPa
GENTLY critical of his university should have Oeon To
nrin,ed but he furnishes for publication ah eA"''
copy. note is appended as follows
Tt..oa creat affection for my old university, ana
,an only regret that this spirit of undergraduate rr
,bil,tv against the Cambridge Of that day ever iou
Its way into print"
Therefore your Halls, your ancient colleges,
Your portals statued with old Kings anu queeh|
Your gardens myriad volumed Libraries,
Wax-ighted chapels, and richcarven screens,
Your doctors and your proctors ana your ueahs
shall NOT avail YOU when the Day beam sports
New-risen DER awakenid Albion-NoI
Nor vet your solemn organ pipes that olow
Melcdions thunders thro your vacant conrus
Ar morn and eve-becsuse your manner Sorts
Not with this age wherefrom ye stand apart
pccause the Inns Of little children preacn
AGAINST you you that do profess TO teach
And teach us nothing, feeding not the heaf''
.1,,lian poem of the seventeenth century, disCov-
.red and translated by Mr. Edwin Arnold, will shortly
an,ear in The Current" Ii is described as extra
ordinarily beautiful
Tho Anril Wide Awake is an admirable number fui
of1osson Of selfreliance kindlness and hepniness'
A manor ON "a Maple Sugar Camp" is especially de-
Tcht6l 4 practical article on the care OF the sSk
ought to be read by "grown-ups" as wen "S '"0
youngsters.
A corrospoadent of " Notes aud Queries says oil
Thomas Lave Peacock Whether owing TO his creek
o, his bnmor. no one reads Peacock nowadays Both
are old fashioned no doubt and l suppose tins ao
counts for the fact that one knows anything a9on9
sir Oran Haut-ton while twenty people III hundred
will tell YOU the " New Paul and Virginia " Is the
wittiest book they every read.
DIR. George Macdonald has added an essay and yari-
Gus critical notes to the dreary mass of comment on
"Uamlet" These will he published with the Long
mans edition of the first foho.
"sappho." Alphonse Daudet's new novel, is to be
brought out here shortly by Funk Wagna'ls. The
same firm are preparing for publication an edition OF
The Memoirs Of David Brainerd, OF the earliest OF
our missionaries among the Indians and sanity man
whose career ended while he was stu young ny
consumption by absurd negect of his bodily heeds'
and by morbid self-distrust
A volume of curious memoirs Of the most famous
London physicians of the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries has Just been published by Longmans under
the title of the " Godheaded Cane"
A G. Armstrong & Son announce the early publica-
ton of Dr. Henry b. Smiths Complete System OF
Theology Dr. G.. Karr, professor in the Hartford
Theological Seminary has edited the work WIN TIE as
sistaEce of Dr.. Smiths own MSS'
Miss Alcott's touching Spnningwheel Story" is tho
most attractive paper the exceedingly attractive April
number of 81. Nicholas"
a cheap edition complete in one volume Of Lacor-
aaires Conferences will shortly be issued by Thomas
Whitaker.
Charles Rcade's new serial story, "A Perilous
Secret" which is now appearing in Harpers Bazar'
j. founded upon his drama Love and Money Mr.
Readc writing to the Harpers, says An editor IN
tlis Country urges ne write story on the basis OF
Love aud Money drama by Reade and Petit,
which has made certain in this country, but
eould be handled with far effect in narrative.
teel could do this and make remarkable story, not
unite so long as the verbose novels of the day, bar
nearly Two doubts rise in my mind. One Is whether
Won would be- tempted by story founded IN greai
measure on an existing drama. The other whether
the American purchasers of the stage right IN that
srame might not feel aggreved if published IN the
limited States story handling their subject however
freely In point of fact know il would be boon to
them The drama in question Is dormant The poor
eilly managers do not what Is In It. lhe story
would open their eyes and give life to their property
The second Volume of the Franklin Square collection
Of songs and hymns has just been brought out by the
Uarners The songs. 200 in number, are interpreted
with reading matter relating to music.