New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-08
LITERARY NOTES.

- rove,ps "Hawthorne" Gin the American Nun
SERIES win be published in short TIME Wy
uo,,hton Miflin & Co. 1t Will contain hno ''s0 f
trait Of Hawthorne .
.on Roth sides !" viii be the title OF the volume IN
which Miss Baylor will publish her ce'er s''i'''
Perfect Treasure" and on THIS oiue
Mr. Ar,o Bates tells In The Providence 1o"r''"' .oS
illustrating the extremes to wnicn inc "otsP ~ -
orr Greatness has at tilnesgonein Boston, whatever may
- n-essnt state Ia the latter part Oh MI E'ner
80. 40 when his mind had tailed somewhat MS
aa,gb,er came into his library one morning anu io
HIM entertaining q stranger, Boston "ona"' N
re, entered tho sa 90 looked up with an expres:o'
homeless bswilderment. Ellen" he ssid' WISH you
Guild attend 70 this lady she wants some Oh my
,hos Trained by long experience to the vagaries o
,ha Ion.buntIng female, Miss Emerson was YET ra'no
,aren aback by this somewhat startling announconen
I'm. the visitor proceeded TO q vouaoe e1Plahs'io
she was making a drawn-in" rug, "a poets rug 'N
of poets' cast-o clothing Mr. Longeliow haa CIV ~o
an old shirt and IL Mr.. Emerson had PAIR VI "
,oo,s-, Whether she got the trousers report ga
e.b NOT but surely such ingenuity OF imPer'ino00
served some reward -. .,o
Mr. Howells 1t is said, is gsins apro"a W ~ ~,
w,nter and spring In Italy and switzerland no WI" NV
allow his literary work. however TO DC interrupU W
travel
Tn little book Just published in England aud contain
inc some letters from General Gordon to lady arc
LIS 49,. ,,orss from his pen: Our mission In life
a. government of SELF 1t is not 10 remedy OF RUE te
world which is under sentence Of condemnation Is
far better to speakfa sympathzing WORD 10 poor oo'
than TO govern all creations the latter passes uuoo' INC
former will remain Therefore nave no sro'v
,ntersst myself in vast schemes to better the nesh
for the true self ALL not their coats or dresses
No one should be content to be praised For me-
s,re vou look on the bitterest mockery' ieei
sure So though meant as SUCH 1t Is Pagahsn
to give or receive praise"
tn, Current of Chicago. is not at all dead' ihe
presept editors state the periodical VIII go Oh as
usual without break In Its welcome 'isi's " Ito
readers.
Tho Roston pondent OF The InfeT-0cedn Oh Ch
.go saws that an enterprlsing young JOURNALIST SUI
asnIv conceived an idea that he believed would make
him famous THIS inspiration was that nc woulo ehsase
DR. Holmes and Miss Sarah Orne Jewett TO talk anu
have the conversation reported by stenogr"Pner vi
which he would the journal SO fortunate as "
nav his price Filled with zeal he laid TINS prilnah'
scbeme before the autocrat, who smiled benignahuy
49,, unon the originator of tine suggestion. " o.
,d not think of IT," he replied :" You see don't tax
10 state what know but to find out what Know no"
II vou had hose you would feel all around ana sprinAe
great deal of grass, 1t may be- In hndng your punt
he said but gun must be aimed at marx ana 80 on
only once That would be fatal to conversation Taking
a. ,;,e ,ho noss You feel all around to find out what
you do think"
NJ. D. T. whitney has written another story OF
,v.FusIand life It called "BOnnyborough, and 1t
will soon be published by Houghton, Mihiin d Co.
Tn. Maemfans have issued a handsomely printed and
,,oelv.boupd edition OF Mr.. Archibald Foroess
sonvenirs of Some Continents II for no other reason
this hook is worth reading Its neat and compact
little account Of social Australia.
IN, london Truth says that If Mr.. Froude was wrong
., conveying strong impression Of Carylos surli-
ns amply supported by Mrs Carlyle's leters 1t is
ra,n that his convictions this matter are shared by
every distinguished who ever knew Carlyle or met
him in society.
Anew weekly paper, almost the size OF Le may II Is
ranor,ed he started in Albany in October III published
tats to be issued every Saturday and sold for ten
cents a copy.
TJolmes's Last Leaf" illustrated by F. Hopkinson
Smith and George W. Edwards, will be one OF the ho-
dav books of Houghton, Mhiln Co. A fac-simile OF
the authors Ms of the poem and some interesting notes
nrenarsd by him for this will add to It's attrac
tiveness.
Professor seeley is writing Short Life of Napoleon
J."
The author of that strange and painful novel. Mrs
Keiths Crime" Is the widow of the brilliant English
sehoiar Professor w. X Clifford.