New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-06-03
LITERARY NOTES.

~, stop,sv,s hook on the Congo IS TO De pfinteu III
.ybt dasrent languages. conveying TO as many go''
Nations the views Of tour river baSins, WHICH, "
.n,lov ths authors charaeterlsttahy ineioan'
vcrds are offered to civilization at the ra'e oi
mar are with an annual trade Of over IS per acre al
most guaranteed"
Mr. Furuess of Philadelphia, has three queer cray
mines which were dug up in the garden OF the ou III" "
ctratlord and one of these, il is thought, might. oy
some happy chance, have belonged 10 0eh''o VII
himself.
Tho diary If Thomas Greene. town clerk OF STRAIT
tord and cousin of Shakespeare, has just been pup
u.bsd IN England by DIR. hgleby The diary Is one
unbroken sequence, dating from November TO- loi
10 February 49, 1917 1t therefore covers nearly 'ne
last year and a half of Shakespeares hie Inc MorA
contains a double page plan. showing part ol 'lo 0'
oomhe estates IRON the original plan now in the pos
session of Mr. X. N. Philips, H. p, the present owner
shakespeare is shown have taken an active part IN
the proceedings connected with the proposed ncl'sure
of the common fields The project caused great excIe
ant in the town aad was successfully resisted oy the
corporation acting on behalf of the towHsPeopie'
Some time afterward, however, the ineios~e appears
TO have been carried out. The present eGi'ioh VI ~
Incleby's work consists of fifty numbered eoP'e''
nrnte1 for private subscription, ana hVe eoPles i
presentation The following verse written In Lawn"
appears in one of the diary and the symposium"
Of the editor is that it was dictated By Shakespeare
himself
Alas men live as though no death will follow, -.
And as If il we're ai insubstantia tale devoid OF circuit
Death is eerta;n-uDcertain the day-the hour KNOW"
wbsretore think any day to be thy last.
Thou wouldst weep if thou knewest tiny tune 10 oe ou'
sing mnOth; -, -. oh. :.
Thou sInest increduous) TO be tOlu thaV PoiH"P' -
He vbo YESTERDAY was hearty now keeps his sick bed
And our fellow t0wnsman of an hour ago Is all az once
become dust and ashes.
The yune number of The English Illustrated Maya
zinc is charming one there being nothing better IN
il than the delightful short story. " Schwartz"
The late f. W. Fargus, Hugh Conway was
Thorough sportsman and a football player OF great
repown. lie is lamented by Brisolians as remark
ably genial and generous-h hearted man.
Edwin Arnold's Translation in verse OF the
Bhaeavad Gita," is announced for immediate pup
Ueation. II Is to be called d" The Song Celestial"
Mrs. Mary Hewitt has written a series Of papers
which she entities "reminiscences of Ny Lfe.' They
ore to appear in " Good Words beginning with the
June number.
The first chapter of Mr.. Ruskins illustrated Auto
biography has appeared in London The work Is TO
be eompletd in thirty chapters three v"lumes) which
will be brought out monthly. A limited number Of
large poper comics will be issued with India proof I'M
pressons OF the plates. The title OF the BOOB Is
Praeterita: Outlines Of Scenes and Thoughts Ter
haps Worthy OF Memory in my Past Lie
Mr. Ruskin has nearly ready for publication " Like
OF Sir Herbert EdwaldeS.'
The author OF that clever novel, Tho Wearing OF
the Green has just published another. entitled
COquette's Conquest
Miss Christina Rossetti has prepared for the press
book whose tide Tine Flies, Reading Diary IN
dictates its nature 1t is TO consist OF entries OF various
kinds for every day of the year; adjusted to church
festivals and black letter days. The subject matter Is
nevertheless varied in characters anecdotes personal
"reminiscences dsc1rsye remarks, etc. finding con tant
place IN the three hundred pages or thereabout OF
winch the yolume VIII consist.