New-York tribune., 1885-02-11
LITERARY NOTES.

Miss Louise Imogene Quincy, the author of " Songs
at the Start" Is blonde girl OF twenty three graceful
accomplished and studious. She will soon 1t s re
ported bring out O volume of prose essays. 3" The
Literary World says that her father the late General
p. r. Quincy, commanded the 9th Regiment OF Massa-
chusetts Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion, end
participated with great bravery In thrty-six battles.
He died in Boston ago, his career having
been materially shortened by wound received at the
Battle of the Wilderness. For many years after the
war he held the Office OF Register of Probate in Boston.
Mr. Howellss portrait of Irene Lapham lie not
esteemed accurate by Tho Boston Herald" This
journal says that The of humor is too strong
for the instinct of fidelity to facts" and that Mr..
HOwells his women more keeny than in any other
relation on the weak side of their characters.
Dr. Puseys Life will not be published for at least
three years to come He left his collection of
letters and papers in of ndescrbable confusion
1.-THE Lenape and their Legends which is the fifth
publication in ID. g. Brintons library Of Aboriginal
American Literature-is in press. The volume
will give the complete text and symbols Of the
"walam Olum" with new translation and an inquiry
into it's authenticity by Dr. Brinton.
The famous Monaignes famous castle in the Perigord
was recently burned to the ground all its splendid
collections and pictures having been destroyed.
new edition OF the memoirs OF Daviu Bfaineru, the
missionary the Indians. has been prepared by J. NJ
Sherwood aud published by Funk a. wsgnaiis. The
young missonarys unselGsh devotion TO his wotk and
the deep sincerity of his religious feeling made his
short life a memorable one. His meditations as
recorded by his hand reveal the stern old
fashioned theology touched with deeper gloom by
il-bealth and selfdistrust but they show
too an intensely honest and earnest soul.
fac-simile reprint of Shakespeare's poems edition
OF 1910, is having some success in London All the
initial letters head pieces and cuts the title have
| been reproduced as well the text. The edition
| includes twenty-five copies on large paper and two
| hundred and fifty small paper.
Charles Lamb wrote from the India House to q friend
one day-in q letter which will be sold In London
b" am determined my children shall be brought up in
their fathers religion if they can find out what it is
| Bye is about publishing volume Of poenls-they are
chiefly amatory. They most like Petrarch Of any
foreign poet what might have supposed Petrarch
would have written if Petrarch had been born fool
| II am singular in anything it is in too great a
squeamishness anything that remotely looks like
| falsehood. l am called Old Honesty, sometimes Up
right Telltruth. Esq., and own it tckles my vanity
| little. The committee have formally abolished all
holydays whatsoever. for which may the Devil. who
keeps no holydays have them in his eternal burning
Workshop
| Colonel Burnaby left the Ms. of a work the
Carst campaign of 1874 and it is thought that it may
| now be published 1t contains some interesting
| opinions guerilla fighting
| Henry Ware the son of William Ware, the author
of Zenoba," died in Boston last week. He had held
many official positions in Massachusetts,