New-York tribune., 1884-12-27
LITERARY NOTES.

~ Nichols. ,he man whom ,V,g, 10
rsftiei Il now living at banaEnI sa ts,s fc'
i,s,ticd ogeih. aid l. genuom'' i''"'''
ta.a;shsi he eicrgsnahs calling
~. ,iss M, aBl.bcd h4 ticetspsy ot NE ia'e Az
45sS & Apblct5b ati q vip he l,il .alo n 'S NJ
ApNs,ibN III a iea &feet ~ hl' o'' l',gg.a ,,E
i,N N8,NW pAeti ~ tot titlt be'Ylgchn, i'
1gp,o.la s9A M NNgE N8,NtA tttlt3b 'ptG Ts
,lr'm.st iGggel UsApi HRN iNs lNSt 5btel N0 hs
toggs ,ct,,fs Nla M glp'{ gNNiMW ii' @'N.0.h
oflrl,r ANY mpiNe. @Da W lrN .NN'
~ ltc ami rQugp IN R WNpir WN NQN. Wh' NJ
on, ol iae prgNgsi aNi m''' N'' W''"''' NNH ~ 'N
lme
AIR Horny dame. docs not always ee' sNs'' pNrM
oom his critics. lp tha lNll''' ms ~ ''NW'
.av. " The Athenmum,' M DANES h'N 'N' W''''''
of striking tale but he has not 'n'n'' 'N'N p" i'r
eccomt There was time vh'n he "o'' "',
,ho,,n mare COURAGE bat his mnuucrsms are "o'''"'S
,,..,n, ,,on MIR james aud weakening pheasant
,,or vbo was noyer too robust. The tuch "l always
,r ,crtary tint. aud leaving the Imagination OF ''o
,c,d,r 10 G mp the outline presented TO hn i "P ~
become monotonous, nor II at AL 80 "r'''o ~ WI
james supposta
MI. Sarah r. Clarke defends the memory OF Mar
.,e, Euller from the slur east upon II ny INC
uaraqraph written by Hawthorne aud p'hlh'u !" Ills
,,n's biography of him. Ossoli she says was ""'
clown. nor boor. bat - gentleman though hH' ","y
o,.or vopnc Romans of good family, he may have h'd
,o betier education than that gwen pI t' p''''''
Ili. natural qualities OF generosity ana an "nc''""''
natnre atte,cd by Others who knew hln' "''' "
seems sufficient TO procure HIM Mafglr'.s "'o,
ho,her If Ossoli was IN the Guarda Mobile aud II Is
MT, ,,at l.. was a comtlon aboror. myself
-. a. .,.,or m Rome in 1880 shortly after the
.hin,vrcck She wa. the wife of lawyer ana can
,,.,fy that she wore "A bonnet like other ihn'oS ~
This about the Ossolis Is the rubbish o' s'''''
eo.sip. and II il surprsins that li'"'hHh' '"''''
baye allowed himsell TO be 10 deceived ana 10 "'''P'
the statement, Of an inyclerao gossip "h'" "o "'
every day seoing people who knew 'he "'s''s "'' ''
were lheir iriends aud could have o'd "' ''' ''"'"
uea, literary treasure Is reported W h"'p Wv"
d.eoyerod In Russia Ia The shape Of n"'nn'f ~ """
,neuts aud ioiten originally bol'ngnB I" '""",
I,a,ono,, the Gyonln II osandm T. II is sntr"''d
chat these afo of historical and ppine'' h"lo''""'''
,r,o uey AlGod Auper the editor oi the laiof
di,,,n ot Lamb onnmeuoiHied tho hundiedlh hhh
.,.arv oi Dr johnson's death ilot"nhei ~ Wy
.e,,uon preaohed Ia the Temple 'burh hh ''n'" ""'
unhnown 20 the stu'dy iesioogialh'r lnsn7h"'h
Laye been writing and saving hlhdf ""'a W wv P''
few seeL. concerning lin, l"heh 10 u" ""''
says The Spectator aud hehphbl" :" tfhp"''f''H
with sentimental gfios, johnson was i"l 81 A"''''"'
at.,,,, and piiy Critics dwell oh his want d
.nonebi bat he was gentleman at hehii P'"' W
,,,c, tcndet tn little children and ready OF time ~
ie,., "a acknowledge with hank regret "hen us
language had been uncoutcons. The in't 'n", o'""
son never lost old friends, and constantly man' ne"
,,,s Il itself proof that ~ Gold.mih SAIL he had
,o,binp of the bear but the skin
u n toves. some years ago, read the MS of Mr.
rc,nvson's new poem of Beckett" and said many hne
tb;ng about IT, The play" he declared " Is instinct
with dramatic life. aud il as various as Shakespeare
and unlike shakcspearel nowhere ia there any me
,,tint thrust ~ because It ia fine and because the
pcet wanted TO say the fine things yhich arose i'll Ms
mind Prophecy hos been called the most grantu"nT
form Of error by my better half 50 ought 10 Oe cl
In prophecy yet have no hesitation IN saying 'na'
rb,,,er the critics Of to-day ma think or say the
,,itics of tu-in,riow will unanimously declare AhfeA
Yrnntson 70 be q great dramatic eenins'
Auibn,s aip making stir IN England about The
,...s,,sbr which the circulating library meaning
,palt ~ Maiip hoe established, lhe system seems
4, ,.pese sad tiNpti'as ureh the turns wii'ef ' The
ss,,.iu rptiaw shtos iAai eustanats h,lhl 10 the
e,.n,, is,ee ihp spipp ~ thpii taeps tpir mhph
., ibn e,,sn vi tho inAh4 aiipalina h ihH lniait
ihu ,nang men spnd thp sai'es Wlr at haNhsi'"'
let us say, saMe pneA 81 m'As'A "hA a'''H
chsraeter, a realistic no,el az tNo new speculation
ah.at tho Origin pt seti Ahd Nnl""u 81 ""N"N''"
teruou. un tbs lalldcts oi ~. lHul f"N "' '"''N
may bs excellent hooks in THEN own line and oT 'In
ri,h readers bat not or little people nor oT Tools
Tbs sauires wife writes and expresses her horror 50
does the wears lady aud the sermons, poems ana
novels are quietly but firmly bnrked. winter ;
career may thus be halt ruined al the start ana the
worst Of it is that his book may be an excellent BOOK
and that the Wears lady may have quite iaie" TO
understand IT, Not the less it Is condeinned' II Is
offered up a whole sacrifice TO that British literary
fetch the DRAWN, room table in the parsonage THIS
j. possible because circulating libraries have crushed
ont private purchasers and because the managers OF
the libraries must MAKE the scruples o the weakest
bretbren their standard of admission or rejection
Franco WAS saved from this tate by Michel Levy ana
his cheap books. Who will save England e MI
Marion Crawford is of the authors under ban
"We prefer not TO circulate TO Leeward, says MI
Middle. unless specially asked for
The book of house and field studies OF insect life
entitled Tenants of an Old Farm and published by
Tords Howard \ Hubert has had 80 rapid sale that
IL il out of print and another large edition III demand
aud on the press. Judge 1omgees Appeal TO
Cesar" issued by the same house, has Just entered
upon its tenth thousand.