New-York tribune., 1885-07-01
LITERARY NOTES.

Tho oddities Of book salcs endless Here wo'A'
pou,son's "Hoderuess Collections, which was "'e's
Knocked down TO Mr.. Quaritch for the moaes' su" "
.bout s26 After the sale Mr. Quaritch iniormeu '"o
astonished company that he had some years ago ra'
chased the sane copy for nearly $4,000 ana sofa u
doubtless at an advance-to the iate o"nor Nv "
sale he has repurchasedit II.
mart of PATHS bargain with the Harpcrs concerning
her nromised Is said TO be that the No
ahall be In her own writiirg
Mr. Henry Irvngs article acting will appear III 'n0
next number Of The English Illustrated Magazine
The Current which steadily maintains gchiai anu
not too lofty eoursethat is to say 1t does not ny o'0
the heads OF its readcrs-has just completed "s 'iu
volume. II 1t be not, rs It claims 10 De- 'ho " ~.
weekly periodical of tho day. is certainly
honest and outspokcn one.
Professor Edward Arber. +. 8. A., whose invaiuaoie
series of English reprints well known to all
ma. nearly ready for publication volume containing the
texts OF tho first three English books on America oe'hs
chiefly TRANSACTIONS compilations, ETC., py h'cn"i"
Eden sometime private secretary to Sir W. CECIL "'e
ward Lord Burghley; from the writings MAPS o'o' ~
Pietro Martrc, OF Anghiera Q4oo-loZo)' apo''''i :
protonotary and councillor to the Emperor Chare' W
sebastian Minister the cosnographer Q4S9 loo2 pro-
fcssor Of Hebrew, etc.. at the University OF basei cs
bastian Cabot OF Bristol Q4741557). grand pilot Oh
England; with extracts, etc., from the WORKS Oh olne
Spanish, italian and German writers OF 'n0
time The book Is in many rcspects'
as Professor Arbcr notes, an huehsn
cvcopadia OF the geographical and scientific knowedge
of its age mo one read the portion OF the
of Pietro Marre given herein, without WISHING " Ano"
great deal more about him and his writings large
portion of what little do know about SEBASTIAN oaoo'
will be found In the notices of him scattered throusn
this volume 1t may also be regarded as htting literary
monument OF Of the private secretaries Oh loiu
Burghey and very worthy Englishman Richard E"en'
who was certainly Of the principal authors Oh tnc
reign OF Mary Tudor. 1t is also clear that froi inc
text In this book Eden's translation Of the decades
of Petro Martre) which published In 15oo FRANCIS
Drake must have obtained all the knowledge that Eng
lish books could give him respecting the West Indies
and the Spanish MAN, before he first went out there u
der Captaln John Lowell, In 1865. Lastly, William
read third text also and created the
character OF Cc6an in the Tempest out of the descrp
ton of the Patagonan giants given at pp 25l-2 But
for us oderns the chief in these three works
NAV be that they Gre the very beginning OF mighty
literature The future OF mankind lies with the Anglo
Saxon race and OF all English books relating 10 tue
American portion OF that the three reprinted III
this volume the very first
"The Work is the quot title of Zola's forthcoming
book 1t is story dealing with the picture OF painter
which was painted-not an original certaiy
for many other writer's have used It,
A Amcmorial volume containing biography OF the
Rev. John Perpont being prepared Tor the press ana
those having MSS Of that noted preacher are requested
by the bographer to send them to Pierpont No.
Chauncey-st, Boston.
Miss Rose Kingslcy's pleasant WideArake articles on
"The Children OF Westminster Abbey" are to be pub
lished under that title volume by d. Lothrop Co.