New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-03-11
LITERARY NOTES.

n.rticularly beautiful series Oh wo'A 20. a. ~
tr,ters IL to be published by Hong s,d;ns
Under tho general title oil iho ,',.~L,s, sreci-
They will be in all respects delightful, speo,
cenes ,ha hookmaker's art and will include eueh
~orrs a. IowelIs Fireside Travels" Hsrtes Nu
y poarinr Camp Howells's Venetian A'io' ~A1
Warmers /" Summer in Garden. -,
G., usn,v TAYLOR who is as old our century WV,
.oor nu,.b his autot Biography which is SAID 70 pe
of fascinating "reminiscences VI INV
England of fifty years ago.
-. tho letters of Byron which have just oeen
-.,asn Engand was one in which he says -
m have nothing to do with your immortality. -.
w., No platonist am nothing at all ou' "Vu'N
.oo,er he Paulcian. Manichean. spinozist' 0en.io'
p,rrbonian Zoroastrian, than one OF the se'en'y'"
x;,lanous sects who are tearing each other 10 Pr
for the Love of the Lord and Hatred OF each o'n'.
mMsrk Twain Birthday Book " has iusb oeen
go ~ Joodon. and a surprised editor "ohoe.'
xybetber IL will ever be put to the use Ave WV =.
designed Fancy he says, asking gen.,o" 80.
xyr;te bis name opposite the following auotauou ~
Ipnocepts Abroad: 9 He didn't mention 'n'' ~
hnsa, descendant of Balaam's ass, but everybody
that ;tbout his telling it, Or this one, Tor In
.tonce His mouth stood that wide open that you
oor,a bave laid a ham in 1T without him noucihs'
,ro short quotations will show how little chance tnero
will he of getting fair lady friend TO give you noi
autograph ON the right date February 20. EVERY.
bodv kno VS. she is repaired-you might am0s' say 'un
9TH artificial bones and hair, and muscles aiu
,b,ngs from the ground up, put together scrap w
scran, And then, on March IL, On extract Oh no,.
anful character So sinfully ugly that she oouun
smile after 10 o'clock Saturday night WITHOUT
the Sabbath
The forthcoming dictionary OF =" imua1 aru
pseudonymsn cleverly compiled by Mr. Cnsnins, " 'no
Harvard Library and Mr. Frey, OF the As'or Library,
will be sold only by subscription by Thomas I. oro"en
g. Co. The book promises 70 DO ah eA'o'Ne'
thorough and useful one
Zoa,s d" Germnal "a translation OF which mas JUST
been bought out by Belford Clarke u Oo''' "0' '"'
brutally vulgar but exceedingly dull.
The Rev. J. Summers, lately professor Of Engh'h
,;tsrature in the University of Toxic is preparing
Ch;nese-Ja Japanese English dictionary on an original
clan which will render reference to any Chinese ehar-
acer easy.
A collection of reprints of German standard works
fo the earliest times to the present day is now IN
course of notification by W. Spemann, of Stuttgart ana
Rer,;n. They appear under the title OF " Deutscno
National Literatur.' The scheme OF this WORK is
formed on gigantic scale, and 1t Is mtendea 70 on.
mn author of importance from the collection wnch "AI
oomprise at least 200 volumes. The puohsher mas
fnd Il practically impossible to begin with Volume -
b.b will probably contain the very earliest literary
nroduce in the German language not even tns ooto
bbe of UlGlas and then to bring out inc oi
loving volumes in the same succession as 'ney i0"
upon each other in tme but promises u complete inc
.,hrooon Of the works of one author or one period
when once commenced as rapidly as possible. ING
smelling of the works of modern authors Is according 10
che miles of modern German photography and where II
varies in the original editions, note is added giving
,ba original spellng This rule could OF course not De
carried out in works of the antcassc PERIOD ana all
works before the eighteenth century are scrupiousy
reprinted as they first issued undef tne teA'
rrv mace notes are to be found partly critical and
artlv explanatory written by the first authorities ana
greatly adding the value and interest OF this most
remarkable SERIES The getup is good the volumes
being printed on stout, slightly tinted paper IN
large egble type the lines being numbered down the
naees in order to facilitate reference The first OF the
IIhd Volumes in the order of the series Is No. 26.
Containing "Lucifers Kongreich and Seelengejaidt,'
nv A,cidius Albertinus Edited by Rochus breiherrn
Won IAliencron
o work on Russia Is nearly ready for the press.
=. I'll, no entitled The Russian Revolt its causes
Conaon and Prospects," and Is the production oil MT
rarnd Noble of Boston, late correspondent IN hussa
p, of The London Daily News"
Sir Theodore Martin will probably write biograph
al ,otcb Of Prince Leopold to be preixed to cohec
ton of the Princes public addresses which the queen
has in preparation.
Tho ORIGINALS of the illustrations made by Mr. Franz
D;otsee To Romeo and Juliet " have been sold to 81
English connoisseur of watercolors for about ve
,apd dollars Some of these drawings are good IN thei
way but they inferior in every sense 70 the oeau'
ful ones made by EBhu yedder for the " Rubaiyat
ana sold for no larger price,
Professor Archibald Alexander, Of Columbia College
ia preparing article for the forthcoming number
me Presbyterian RerieW on the philosophy Oh D7hoi
Berkeley.
"OHARLES EGBERT CRADDOOK."