New-York tribune., 1884-11-11
LITERARY NOTES.
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gac Communion Will next year publish serial stories
nv Mrs oliphant Alphonsc Daudot Edgar faweett anu
Prank stockton. viii also present contributions ~
the study Of history and of science py MT iio0 NV
Professor Tyndall.
Edwin Arnold has written Christmas poem ior INC
Current Of Chicago
Dr Ebcrs the Egyptologist Is very Ill ana must soon
subnit to a serious operation lie Is now maniuny
uniting his house In order" Before the Important uV
comes he will finish his biography o' Scpsiu' """ W.T."
Ill new historical romance.
How or why some particular novel has a popular sue
cos :, IL hard 70 saw There to be no reasonable
literary law to explain It, Called Back is IN no sense
n more remarkable book than many which nave o.en
publishers fa1ures-yet in England have been soio
quarter OF a million copies
Mr. Matthew Arnold says in n recently published ic''er
10 Mr.. NJ O. Hoyoake: 81 have read your pamphlet "a
pr,nosa for an International Language Your project
T. natural one but do not think conference VIII ever
establish an international language such a aheu"sc
will only be established by one language acquiring"
stnucndous prcponderance Of some kind. french "c
oircd ts position the diplomatic language through
,he attraction and authority which French society came
toeSercisc in 18th and sth centuries over the nus
of the governing classes throughout Europe Ehs"Sh
execi.es no such attraction that but II Is coming 10
have a great material preponderance, when VIII cer'
tanly produce further effects hereafter"
Ar + Munro has Just begun the publication of Il
,ouly which he calls The Pocket Magazine. II Is col
lection printed in reasonably clear type OF some Oh 'c
best current matter Of the English magazines como'u
with continued instalmcnts of such books as "Johh
rnlr- Daughters" 4 few contributions from American
authors will be Included In the list ana I'M
editorial department viii be maintained we
welcome all such publications. for the more 'hcro
are of them the will come some practical sch'mo
Of International copyright. But surely MI huiio
might have sparcd the brilliant story which hr conway
,s contributing to The Engish illustrated Mdgdf"e
This nc,y venture Of the Nacmans IS so admirable
one and 80 cheap that II ought I'm decent courtesy 10 pe
LET alone hy "republishers OF course In the present
state of affairs there Use I'm talking about right ana
wrong.
There IA prospect that IN the next century there
may hc n author who is millionaire Thehghest prhe
bv lonr way ever offered for literary performance" WI"
he awarded I'm 1898 to the successful author of simple
biography Fifty years ago. 1t is said "eneral An'-
sch.cn the friend and confidential adviser OF the I'm
reror Alexander !, deposited In the lmp'nm hn"N VI
Iu-a the siu Of 600 rouhles which Is TO he a'W''
Mt fut
whom t,e entire amount principal aud interest. s to he
handed over o the author ~ tho hest work on the lie ana
tcign of AlcVauder l. The St Petersburg A'eu'mF "
uiones will decide on the nora oftho different perform
encra sont IN aud award the pire, when wiz nN 'hh
limo ar,onn o the enormous sum Of ptsoo0 rouhcs-
about riooooo nnh of tho amount VIII ho d'dn'''h
for tho cost ~ printing the work, Tho remainder VII go
H. the fortunate author whoanor emay o ho ohceedS
a revolution or republic and an act OF cohnaont"h
Mcin thcn " In the uuo OF The noN book o' poems
which the Qnoon or Roumania is about 60 publish
funny story OF alien ignorance Is told by 7h'
Ahseam spanarl the other day, AFTER gains at lh"
facade of London University pointed to the statue o
Harvey and remarked to the friend who acted rs his
guido just like You practical English, to erect
statue TO a man because he invented a sauce
Gton Girl is the title of the novel which the al
WAYS popular Mrs. Annie Edwards is writing
Tennvson has addressed either to Mr. Gladstone or TO
lord salisbury-they are applicable to ether-the fol
lowing lines:
Statesman he not preciptate IN thine act
OF steering; for the river here, my irlehd'
Parts in two channels InoI 70 one e omu
This goes straight forward TO the cataract
That streams about the bendi
But tho the cataract seem the nearer way
Whate'er the crowd on either bank may say,
Take thou the bend" twill save thee many oay'
Under the title of "An Actors Tour, or
Twenty thousand Mes with Shakes peare'
Mr. d. L. Bandmann's "reminiscences VIII
shortly appear Boston The book Will contain tho-
graph of the late W. NJ Hunts portrait Of Bandnann as
Hamlet
Mrw Gnbcrt's sensitveness ia great II we may
freit Sergeant Balantne That gentleman says IN MS
new book: Mr Gilbert told me avery curious tralt III
connection with himself which he quite unable I
sruggle aganst-he was incapable OF being present DC
fore the curtain of Lis own pieces ahd
the Prince of Wales who occupied box III theaue
during the performance OF them, desired his pres
epce he was obliged after remaining short me 10 peg
,be nermis sion of His Royal Hghness TO retire"
MrCB Todd is about TO publish-by subscrIpton-ms
"Iife and Letters of Joel Barlow He will give great
mani valuable ard hitherto unpublished letters OF dis
t,nguished men, with poems and miscellaneous matter
which will also the light for the first time
In the collect ion Of Jane Austens letters just printed
and for the first time-by her nephew, Lord Bra
bourne is this description OF country ban,
which reads somewhat like extract from one Of
her novels pleasant evening Charles found
II Remarkably sO but cannot tell Why unless the aD
sence OF Miss Terry, toward whom his conscience re
proaches him with being now perfectly Indifferent was
relief to him There only twelve dances, OF which
Idanced nine and was merely prevented from dancing
the rest by the want Of partner. We began at ten,
supped at al Deane before hve There were
but fifty people the very few families, indeed
from our side of the county and not many from the
other. Ny partners the two st. Johns, Hooper,
Holder and very prodgious Mr.. Mathew with whom |
called the last and whom like the best Of my little
stock There very few beauties and such as there
were very handsome. Miss Iremonger did not
Look we'll and Mrs Blount was the only much
admired She appeared exactly she did in September
with the same broad face, diamond bandeau white
nd ,atn The tNyo MissC