New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-14
LITERARY NOTES.

William ID Hoyels will not only place all MS nc"
rt,ncs after the first Of the year, at the dlsposa VI
the Harpers but beginning with the January huino'n
he will contribute monthly TO " Harpers MagaAno
an editorial department having relation to literature
no,ro.roDdirg N that which the Editors Easy
Chair has to society. The new department. va
nrobably be STYLED the " Editors study H"ni
purely literary its character as large IN scope an
as flexible as the Easy Chair" 1t will not be re-
view of books but discussion OF literary topics s"
rested by the salient features Of current literature n
America and Europe.
TIP OConnor, NJ p, is about to publish poon
called " The Parnel Movement VIII sAe'0"'' % 80
the Irish parties since 1913
TIL S. Escott closes paper on Lord houshtoh III
1.-THE Fortnichtlv Review - with this panegyr ne
o,d NO. Gke the Emperor Julian undertake 10 bring
hack into life the past which he loved SO much oy any
os;tive edjc bat he could testify his desire TO DO So
he oculd proclaim his sympathy with the vanished
enoch through the mouth of his muse. AS IN Eu""Iu
Bunburys great history Of Ancient Geography anu
its illustrative maps we see the small efcle' VI 'i :,
tories within the rims fence OF Oceans when was a.
that had then been rradlated by the mnd anu liu"e
nation of Greece. under the spell OF ho"gn
genius the circlet becomes all agow with the raP'uro
teryor of a life illumined and gorihed, anu "h'oS'
created by poetry"
Mrs. Madeleine Vnton Dahgren begins IN the oc'o-
her number of The Brooklyn Magazine ne"
novel, entitled " The Lights and Shadows OF liie'
The department devoted to Shakespeare ana nnaAc-
speareana in the catalogue of Richard Grant niue
library numbers over $50 titles. The library Will DC
shortly sold at auction.
One of the Putnams' holiday publications VIII "
The Expression of HumOr liz Animals, Dy "liiani
II Beard In their Nations Series they nave reau9
Dnpno - Prof
,e,,a Story of the Jews will follow next MONTH
ond 2 Raqozin's Story of Chadea in December
DIR scbliemann's book on Tiryns will be brought out
in this country about the first of November when II
will also appear in London. In letter to " Inc
Rochester Union George p. Lathrop writes; have
nod an onnortunltv of looking at the sheets and may
safely saw that the volume will extremely inter-
eating as the record of excavation III cltauei u
Aryos which is supposed to have been the onthplace
of Hercules-if anybody now knows VINO herouie'
was DR. Schlicmann went TO this place WIN lorV
wbeelharrows, twenty orowbars, twenty-five large
hoes. etc. he got up every morning at $40 g. M look
cup of coffee and sea bath and then rode some mics
"a the scene of operations 1t rather curious ana
bizarre TO know that DR.. Schlemanns breakfast at
ocloc consisted largely of Chicago corned beef with
white resned Greek wine. What an odd conjunction
Who can SOY whether If there lad been no Chicago
rncd oeef anv explorations of the TToad and so on
rould ever have occurred Modern civilization IN ITS
beefv ASPECT has some ideal value after all"
Professor Giovanni Mussutto of Venice, has long
been engaged upon work relating to the history Of
sacred music in Italy from the earliest times to the
nresent day. He is now seeking for information by
circulars sent out to the Italian cathedral librarians
asking for biblicgraphca and other particulars reat
ing to the subject.
ENGLISH admirers of Louise Michel will be glad to
hear. saws The Pail Mall Gazette" that among her
numerous literary undertakings she Is at present ousy
engaged with her Memoirs The first volume Is to
appear this month and is likely to DC the event OF the
wear in the monde tteraire. The book Is SAID TO De
full of most interesting details about her experiences as
Red Republican aud lecturers and it contains any
cbatty told anecdote of the numerous celebrities So
cialistic and Others with whom she has come IN con-
tact in the course of her adventurous lifetime
Anew work entitled Natural Theology or Rational
ueis1n.9 from the pen of DR.. NJ Valentine ex-presi-
dent of Pennsylvania College is promised by MessIs
S. c. Griggs s. Co., to be ready this month
The Life and Letters OF Louis Agassz' edited by
Elizabeth Agassz will be published on Saturday OF
This week by Houghton. Millin & Co.