New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-28
LITERARY NOTES.

Ar Henry James's short story in the Forthcoming
number of the English Illustrated is entitled Inc
Author of Beltrafho."
I'm, London World talks with some justice, but
with a great deal more injustice, of the "sickly
strain of ornate commonplace with which TINS
higher education of women is irritating our ears
everywhere magazine essay by an American
woman calls forth this fretfulness.
The first English edition of Mr. Blackmores new
story. Tommy Upmore,' was exhausted on the uay
of publication. TWAS large one.
Mr. w Carleton who has sailed for Europe Is
preparing new volume of poems for the press
There are two and half millions of printed
books and the immense number OF 92.ooo M9'' III
the French National Library. About 4o'ooV oVoAS
are added yearly The British Museum acquires
only about II 600 each year
aThe American law" SAYS The ST. Jdmes's Gazette
already grants TO American authors rights which
the En- .sh law denies to English ones. An Ameri
san producing a book n play for the hrsttlho III
England does not thereby mvalldate ms r'enVs III
America An Englishman, however, who puollshes
or prodnccs for the first time in America forfeits by
80 doing his rights in England. This is an injustice
which il does not depend upon the Congress of the
United States 20 remedy
aKildrostan is the title of a long poem which
Will shortly be puDllsIcu ny Ah' "H'h'i VI WIG
Grange" II is in the dramatic form
Only four copies of the original Italian text OF
hmergo vespuccis narrative of his four.voyages
are known 10 be in existence Mr.. Quaritch
bought one Of them in Paris the other day for
S2.620.
Anthony Trollopc's Irish story. The Land
Ieaguers.' is coming out in book form in London.
Mr. Walter Bcasant has published IN pamphe'
his lecture on The Art of Fiction"
Mr.. Gossc will begin his lectures at Cambridge IN
The October term. and will conclude them IN tune
90 promptly open his winter course at the Lowell
Institute.
Dr. w. A. Uammond's novel, "Lal: Tale Of
Colorado will be published next month. One OF
its characters is beautiful undetermined girl who
is deeply devoted 10 science and who in pursuing
the study OF evolution performs some extraordinary
experiments with snakes.
Mrs Potts who seems TO have rs serious
Shakespeare craze as was poor Miss Della Bacon s.
has Just printed little pamphlet giving thirty
two extremely bad reasons for believing that
Francis Bacon wrote Shakespeare" 1t Is
marvel Of ingenious twistings aud wrcstings oil
meaning.
An English writer declares that only two men
among the English men of letters are certain 10
stand the test of time by virtue Of style and style
only These two are Cardinal Newman and John
Morley.
NJ Edmund de Goncourt. the veteran novelist
saws that adventures and all such matchmaking
machinery have been used mp by the great magma
tions of the beginning of the century and MS
opinion is that the last revolution the mover VIII
have to pass through in order TO become the great
vehicle of modern thought will have been achieved
when il is made into a book of pure analysis.
ua.,,. Morlov will odd IN his " Universal
Library" during It's second year, these volumes
Uerricks Hesperidcs" Colcridgcs /" Table Talk,
etc. Boccaccio's Decaineron.' Sternes Tristram
shandy," George Chapmans "Translation OF
Ilomer's Iliad'r Medieval Tales" Johnson's
"Rasselas' and Voltaire's "Candlde," "Ihe
Alchemist and Other Plays" by Ben Jonson,
IIobbos's Leviathan," Buffers lIudibras' More's
Utopia" Bacons Anew Atlantis Campanela's
eCity of the Sunn and Don QuiXOte."