New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-14
LITERARY NOTES.

ar. c.o-c. William Curtis has written 'hus "
sn,,sman who has in hand the au'v Vi
san,;ro him the check with which bos'oh "i'noe
- s~rrs., her appreciation of his Philips orae'om
al thank you sincerely for your very ~,
note. and with equal frankness l say ina. ioi VI"
.arv;ce 10 the memory Of friend greatly oe'oVeui
could not possibly accept any pecuniary compens"
ton. The City of Boston. IN asking ne 10 Spoah u
Wendell Phillips, conferred upon me 'he ., wy
greatest of honors, for which shap I've always
grateful" e..,orn
Mr. Maurice Thompson's new novel Oh oou'"'i"
life is to be called At Loves Extremes.
W;,tie Collins writing. on April 10, to an Amer
can friend William Winterl, says. MY oeai W.
friend of thirty years-my true and adhiifacio
brother in the art-Charles Reade Is lalo III 'no
Garth TODAY. and am not able to follow MN "
the grave. Neuralgia has been tormen'ins "'o' "ne
the doctors warning must be obeyed. nav Nv
heart vet to write about Reade: II on inaAes ND
cry. He was so essentially lovabie-So en'i'''
and modestly good!"
Henrck Ibsen. the distinguished Scandinavian
author. is writing drama, the subject oi ""'' 10
the education of women
The clever little magazine, Vide AwdSe is 10 nav
for one of It's departments Chinese eoi'or' MI
Yam Phon Lee. He is a student at lale
Mr. Alqernon Webb, the heir to Byron's mansion
a.
of Newstead Abbey, lately committed suiciue a.
Cambridge The estate passed INTO his i"'"0' =. :.
hands from those of Colonel Widman, 10 wnom
was sold by Byron.
Mr. Adams tOliver Optic claims that he mas
never written story which would e1cte 'no ~.
admiration and sympathy of the reader ior a" o'-'
person. bad character. 81 have never no soy 80,
"made a hero whose moral character OF "no'o ''oN
of high aims and purposes could misl ead 'ne youuS
lord M
reader This has been my standard anu
Others may regard it, l deem IL a saie on''
The Browning Society is indignant oecaus'
Professor Jebb in his preface 10 MS to
Gently published edition Oh 1opno "~od 70
magnificent one by the way-happeneu ~
slightly misouote line fpap Bishop biougrau
Analogy The Whitehall Rerieo sarcas'ica"S
COWS that it believes that the worthy pres',
dent is preparing paper on the wor'iileSSn'' -,
Greek culture which permits man 10 eui' 'i',
"Rdipus Tyrannusp and yet make an error III q
c;tation from the author of The Ring ana the
Book"
Mr. Gladstone saws concerning the biography u
Ed Maurice. that 1.-The picture oil MN "S d
Christian soul is one of the most touchlng sea-
ing and complete that have ever seen III prn, iie
Is indeed a spiritual splendor TO borrow 'ne pn'"''
of Dante about st. Dominic.
The Heine "reminiscences which have iateiy ap
peared serlally Ill the "dF'e"'u"0' ' -, I'll be
ana renrint.d in Germany They will probably De
promptly translated.
The Scribners with a highly credltaoIe alacinS
have informed the author of The Creators OF tn'
Age of steel that they intend to give MN tn'
same royalty which they would give an American
author.
"Among Tennvsons miscellaneous poems" writet
n correspondent of The Pdu hdH Gazette you VII
Ga one entitled Dora and if yOu will then take
the second series of Miss Mitfords stories ou
Village, and examine tale there called Dort
CresweIl,' and compare it with the poem Won VIII
find them almost identical. Dora is the heroine III
each. Walter and Mary are two more parsonage
in II poem-William and Mary in the taie' ne
Mot. with the exception of the termination wmch
10 somewhat altered in the poem, is exactly the
same in EACH Altogether, the singular coincidence
NAV be worth noting"
Mr. Bunner has written story calico Inc H'
Silk Handkerchief"