New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-23
LITERARY NOTES.

ro, n Adams MAGAZINE Choice Literature" has
~ a.. oo,0;,o number an article " Arthur the
Mvthic King by Charles Stubbs, MA MT o'uooS
,b;nk that Arthur was petty prince of Devon whose
wife Cninevere was carried off by prince Oh Nor'n
Wales and recovered after years fighting
The memoirs of Count Beust will be published early
next year simultaneously at Paris and stuttgart,
They extend over tmrty-fve years and are reported
20 be full of facts worth reading 1t is not Improbable
that an English edition will quickly follow the orgin
issue.
According to the Publishers Weekly" Professor
sayce saws that the late Nicholas Truhner has lei'
behind him a Ms. the history of the book trade IN
the classical period, subject in which he had been
interested from his earliest boyhood He had collected
On enormous amount of material for the work. ana
from time to time spoke to his friends OF publishing
A. soon rs he could finish it in accordance Win 'io
demands of somewhat fastidious taste
"Tbe Home in Poetry" is the title of compilation
that Mrs Laura C. IIollaway hes prepared for FUNK
WagnalIs standard library. 1t contains over TWO nun
dred poems
7 n Ii,niucott & Co. announce ms in press " Great
T,,bs ,v Great Authors" dictionary OF AIDS u re-
Election. quotations Of maxns, metaphors cou"Sei7'
eto selected from writer's Of all ages and both hes
pheres
Clark Russell is ut work upon another sea story "
T. to o called " 4 Strange voyage
a,ssts uatnet 4 iifotbets will shortly publish n
aeey edition ~ the roeiicsl w0tks so l"td lehFs"n'
with Biographical introduction w Miss Anne lh''h
.tnt complete ibdet aud list u tle tni"ns fdhi's'
The Austrian traveller. Her toH liesse .Wati'sg.
has lust retained "a Europe tpih i"bi 81 s''''"'
months duration through Mefieo and te less Known
Tepnbiies Of Genital America, where ht maze 'a''"
survey Of the lake districts Of Chapaa ad I"sS""i"
lie intends 10 publish the results IN comprehensive
work Central America
In recent letter to " The London World The heV'
T. Paxton Hood asserted that the American churches
have not been rich IN hymn writer's" ms are" OUT
n communication from another clergyman who, while
agreeing with Mr. Hood, called attention to the iact
that an English IIymna now in use in some hundreds
of congregations in Great Britain contains hymns by
no less than twenty four American writer's
For the best essay on Selfsupporting Employment
for Ladies' in the Southern States" Mr.. Joseph NJ.
Blair. of Richmond has offered sos or gold medal
Of that value and the contestants to forward their
articles to George w Mayo secretary, Richmond, Viz
rlnia before the middle Of October.
Miss Frere is writing life of her father the late Sir
Bartle Frere for the Transactions of the Royal
Historical Society. The first instament will appear
In November
II is reported by "The Academy" that an effort Is
being made to establish Scottish periodical OF the
lighter order consisting of fiction, poetry and articles
en general subjects.
In comparison of Mr.. Blanes work with Bcntons
"Thirty Years in the United States Senate" the
CHICHESTER Democrat" says: " Mr.. Blaine is
stronger clearer and judicial writer than the Mis-
souri, senator Mr.. Benton insuhcraby egotistical
and somewhat tawdry and bombastic in style lie
had not Mr. Blaine's pose historical perspective.
Moreover he did not digest his materials and bring
forth fresh original and compact narrative. Com
pared with the Twenty Years of Congress- his work
Is Aalhv incohcrcn and filled with scraps of Congress
iona debates II is valuable, however, but IT Is not
great history like Mr. Bainc's work.
Alfred A. Frey, of the Astor Library is preparing n
cou,pr, hcnsivc dictionary of pscudonyms which he
calls Mosques, Dictionary of Literary Dsguiscs.'
II aims TO give thc false names under which American,
English, French, German, Dutch and Spanish authors
hive written aud embraces from $4,000 to 10000
titles.