New-York tribune., 1885-03-18
LITERARY NOTES.


Mr. r. L. Stevenson has prepared second seiles u
New Arabian Nights" which will be called Inc
Dy,am;ter, Its purpose is said 10 be comic
Nrs walto,i has attained to the dignity OF hand
,ore new and uniform edition" Her clever novels
Machining with Nr. Smith," and ending with ne
Paby's Grandmother," will shortly be brought out IN
this form by the Blackwoods.
The same firm announce volume by Dr. ChafleS
Maekay 70 be entitled The Founders OF the Alne'i-
cap Renuble~ Ii will contain biographies oil "ashmg
Ton Adams Jefferson, Franklin and MADISON
Tho Anr,, number of Outing is especially remark
.hI fr AN effective symposium the subject OF the
dcstruction of the Adirondack forests Messrs u .
Sargent E. p Roe, Francis A. Walker, Charles Dudley
Warner Abram Hewitt aud others join in deprecauhs
the evils which the outrageous recklessness oil
men and travellers is bringing upon our state' Di'
Trudeau who is qualified to speak by years OF ree'oe
in the Wilderness, says: Fire is the rear o%ns'i
which threatens and the scars which the hreehu n"'
LETT in his course will remain through more 'n"n 0n
Invocation N emphasize the truth of this statement
Fire not only burns all the trees in its course but de-
strovs also the very soil from which generations OF
tocosts uonld otherwise grow. match csrelessy or
Intentionally applied will do more damage than an
army of lumbemen The most utter indiherence re-
specng this evil prevails among the people VINO i've
here and fire which, when it first began couiu nave
been easily extinguished will be allowed 10 Durn weeks
and destroy hundreds of acres OF beantu ana
timber The destruction thus wrought is rreparaoe'
AT the rate it will not be many years before e
clorv Of the Adirondacks will have departed and
wilderness indeed be left
"Outing has become of the pleasantest periodl
Gals of the time, as wholesome in its spirit as tne
breath of pine forest, and constant inspuer OF
love for Nature.
Mr. Rrvant's poem of " The Unknown Way " has
been illustrated printed and bound in the neatest ana
prettest of fashions for Easter gift. Inc DAINTY
tribe is published by Dutton g. Co.
Mr. Thomas Hardy will published new novel next
year.
The Mavnumber of "Harpers Magazine" is contain
what pronses to be quaint and beautiful article III
ia to be called &" A Witch-Hazel Copse and Will be
illustrated by the author Mr. William Hamilton CID
son.
The first volumes Of the proposed Riverside Aldine
Series are Mr. Aldrich's Marjorie Daw and other
Stories" and Mr.. Warmers Summer in Garden
The little books printed and bound las tne pup
n,her. trulv say 'in a style which aims to preserve
the traditions of Aldus and Pickering" The beauty
which absolute simplicity of makeup and perfection In
n,iotipg give to a book these volumes have in high
degree They are honorable finn which for artistic
feeling and pride in good WORK leads the great publish
lug houses of America.
. Mr.. Hugh Conway is about to publish new novel
through newspaper syndicate. The organization pald
him So 900; and from one newspaper alone IN erea'
Britain il received $3.50 fer the exclusive night OF pub
ucatOn in great county.
"The Quiver' an American edition of whichis pub
lshed by Cassell Co., is monthly magazine offering
pleasant fiction graceful verse and simple and earnest
religious teaching. 1t is emnently calculated Tor
Sunday reading