New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-30
LITERARY NOTES.

.. ;s renorted. intends to utilize his
rospectiye Oriental experiences in the prepar"''on
novel.
II noraet has been so i'll during the past winter tha'
\. no. NOT been able to do much literary WORK. nc
M. lately made some progress on mover 'u'on"'u
Ia a sat,re on the French Academy; ana 10 na'
finished a little volume in which he rem'rouu'o' w
romiea old hero Tartarn de Tarascon, and
the Swiss.
me Riverude PAPER Series" Of novels VIII shor"y
he published by Houghton. Mifiin TO- ior 'un-no'
readers. The little volumes will be cheal pu' a"
,; IN o,,e,rance and the first issues will be Harry
an, yet n Womap.n Aldrch's Saltwater Tragedy
DIR. Holiness Elsie yenner" and " Missy oy 'he
author of " Rutledge."
The hitherto unpublished papers and letters Oh
Thackeray which TO appear this year VIII pe
out first in this country by Charles Scribners SONS
The fresh country favor OF Mr.. Roe's Driven Back
10 Eden, makes it the most delightful thing IN the
June "St Nicholas" Whatever will cultivate III
voung people al honest love for nature and an unof
standing of her fascnations should always nave nrs
place in publications intended tor their peneh''
The scribners' series of Stories by American
Authors has been very successful one neai'y
100 900 copies having been sold already. me Puu
fishers paid the authors who are represented
The large sum of So $50 was paid by the trustees OF
the British Museum the other day for copy OF oyio
Metamorphoses which once belonged to Henry VII OF
ENGLAND IL is printed ON velum in black-letter and
ia magniscently illuminated in gold and colors.
Under the title of The Issues OF the Press IN fen-
svlvanian Mr. c. r. Hildeburn is preparing work IN
two volumes containing full and accurate titles OF all
the books published in Pennsylvania during the num-
dred wears following the introduction of printing INTO
Tn. Middle Colonies The edition will be limited 10
$50 copies and the compiler asks for subscriptions
Mr.. Benson j. Lossings "History of New-York City
has been completed and is being delivered to
subscribers.
The admirable address on Charles O'Conor delivered
nv CbeJustice DAILY at the request of the Historical
Society appears in full in the June number OF 1.-The
Magazine of American History" 1t is an unusually
attractive study of strong character and noble lie
and II presents store of pleasant anecdote. Judge
Daly quotes what is worth remembering as great
LAWYERS definition of himself "a great lawyer sara
Mr. OConor one day, Z" is not the one who knows the
most law but who understands what the point IN
volved is / have known many cases to go to the
Court of Appeals where neither party Knew what the
real point was"
The first COPY OF the revised edition Of the Old Tes
lament was sent the Archbishop OF Canterbury and
the second one to Queen Victoria
The following books announced by G. P. Putnams
Sons: New-York and the Conscripton of 1868.
chapter in the history OF the Civil War" BY James H.
Fry Asst Adjt General and Brevet Major-General,
U.SA late Pro, ost Marsha-General OF the United
States new series, entitled Military Monographs"
will be inaugurated by an essay entitled Our Sea
Coast Defences." BY Eugene Griffin. Lieutenant
Corps of Engineers u S. Al To the series of Cues
4;ons of the Dav will be added The American
Caucus System: Its Origin. Purpose and Utility" by
George W. Lawton and " The Science OF Business:
Study Of the Principles Controlling the Laws OF Ex-
cbanper by Frederick II. Smith.