New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-31
LITERIRY NOTES.

Tho new edition of the Carylo-Emcrson correspond
ence which ii, luor & Co. are bringing ont contains
enough newly discovered letters TO fiji hundred add-
tional pages
Avoumo Of sermons by Dr. Henry " Booth is IN tho
press OF \. d. I. Randolph * CO.
Austin Dobsou's Ballad Molly Treiusis has espoci-
ally charmed London critic the ground Of the dit-
Guilty OF finding rhymes for "Trcfu7is" Yc Mr. Dobson
has found sixteen, most Of them as good as these
And somehow connect her Il frankly admit
That the evidence hard 20 produce lD
With Bath iu It's Leyday of Fashion anu Wit
This dangerous Molly IIc!uaIs
Itancy her "a liant in ribbon and knot
0Iow charming that od-lasnloncd puce $50
All blooming In laccs, ial IIls ana Whal not,
At the Puup-rooul-MIss Molly Trclusls.
The Goethe Society. which has five hundred m'm-
hers will shortly bring out the correspondence Of the
Duchess Anna AmaIie with Goethe's mother.
Mr. Branler Matthews ina letter to Torn Topics,
trsdics the statement that lie has filed his novel, The
Last Meeting" with portraits Of his friends. 9" Mr.
MUlet." he SAYS kindly aided ne with few facts as
TO the possible adventures Of war correspondent In
the East; Mr. Hutton let me refer to his collection Of
doatbnasls; the room from which the hero disappears
is nv own library; and the story Is dedicated 10 Mr.
Brnnar There is no further warrant than this for tho
assertion drawn myself or friends under
fictitious Names and deny IL absolutely ana emph1t-
ically"
The superiorjtv of American fun Is acmowlcdg od by
an editorial writer in The LodoA DUTY N0rs He holds
that there are only two kinds OF American humor to
which the Eugi hmau objects-thc Jokes about court
iny between lovers seated snake fence, or about
Sunday and quaint answers there given 10
Biblical questions, leave US co!d'
He declares that in literature when Englishmcu want
70 be even Historically diverted they must rule
buy their fun from tho American humorl-t5. awe are
not at present" he says. boiscrously comic lot Of
genu,es if you the tears running down the eyes
of fellow countryman reading in railway carriage If
he be writing with mrth too powerful for expression.
the odds are that he has got hold Of Yankee book IL
is unsafe to recommend any writer as very funny No
/ man can ever tell how his ncghbOr Will take Joke.
But it may safely said that authors who really tickle
their students are extremely In England except as
writer's for the STAGE
Mr.. Charles r. Dodge, formerly Editor OF Tieid a"o
Forest has just become Editor Of that entertaining
magazine, OdtHG
is Winter, the author OF the toecng little story Of
"Mgnon" and other scmmiltary bits Of fiction Is said
to be, not a cavalry officer, but a woman.
The volume Of songs from the NovcII3ts," which NJ
/ Davenport Adams has compiled, contains about l2J
charming pieces o verse. The novels used date from
Elizabeth Victoria, examples OF the poetic work Of
the younger school Of living noyellss bcinS included
Volume v in Mr. Henry Cabot Lodges beautiful and
mucnccded edition Alexander lIa nilions works has
lust come from the prsss Of g. r. Putnan's Sons IL
contains the concluding papers foreign relations and
the spondence and other documents dealing with
| the Whisky Rebellion
The L0a0sn Times lately pad handsome compliment
! to Chief Engineer George w. Melville OF the United
states Navy in column review Of his book, In the
Lena Delta" 10 says "This volume may be very safe
" recommended those who deli ght in stories Of daring
| adventure IL has considerable value a REGARD of
travel and research in country seldom visited by any
European cxccp, the Rusai officials for the writer
plorcd great part Of tho Lena Delta under thrilling and
peculiar circumstances To ms the book has almost
exceptional interest as marvellous illustration Of the
power of human endurance. Indeed, Mr. Meviles tale
of suffering would be wenigh incredible wcret not fol
the ndi ,prtabls facts which indirectly confirm the de-
tails aud for the high character Of tho writer
The November Book Buer is fun Of news presented in
very attractive form 1t says among other things thai
the illustrated edition of 5000 copies OF Mr. Stockton'
"Rudder Grange" was exhausted ten days before til,
book was issued that edition Of the "Stories b.
American Authors has handsomely bound for tho
library; and that Lieutenant w. Greedy has prepared
paper a Christmas in the Arctic " for the nsx
number Of The Boo! Buyer
"Grandc Ponte" is the title of the novelette, which
Mr.. G. w Cable has contributed to The century.
! The Ct1t,ugwin soon print General Grants paper
Preparing for the Wilderness Campaign" and Genera
| NcCellan's article on " The Battle of Antietam."
Mrs Emily PfeiGers book describing her travels il
this country win he repubshed hero by seribner' a
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