New-York tribune., 1886-05-12
LITERARY NOTES.

,, now story .Sarracineeca," opens in
uIoc,rood with strength of description anu an
..,znre Of the readers Interest which are Unusual ~
r,c,ure Of the Rome OF twenty years ago anu 's o'
na,,sons OF the travellers OF that day ana TINS arc
a amnsns There is great deal OF truth in tins niue
paragraph: ,, g., u.t,ers
artistic and no is too ignorant 10 i. DOZEN
81 9im towns and 10 have read few Iages of fashion n.
able asthcrc literature other eduea," Sask rhe
art M Sf paradox can he learned minutes, snd TWO
tised by any child 1t consists cnie ~ ,,nrs ~ halcin
xnress;ons OF opinion different aut With The
item nni,g The first hrt r T Sc.ut hs is invariably
second half OF the ctaeT I,nnrenepsins In" l"in When
yonns society critic knows how to ne ade for peonle
compiehenslnls' rs s whai they cannot understand IS
profound and anythin VII Gu Il, as a,,nas
q taste dcadened by surien VI 'P''0'
These lauchable calls upon library ioi 'o' E,"ns
rocor,,ed in The Library Journal: "sah'" '""'
80, - "A hound volume OF 81 Ntchoids.) "rno"
h,or " czepoba) pneumonia series. indn'' 10
marora by Hans Christian Andersen. u'pro''s"
torcA "Mr Isaac's Tale of Modern lndia Ii'A"o
Letters on representa- i've men, 0osher "i"''' :"
Russia"
r, p,ncess O. Zanzibar sister of the present suuana
lady who has received European culture IS aoo"' "
nub,ish in Berlin a volume OF memoirs
Tho rerort of the proceedings Of the Bostonah So'e'
n, its lat annual meeting contains fresiueu' 'u''
Cn,s Interesting address and lists OF tie lefm"nep'
and loan collections the society FROM these IL u9
be seen that the society Ia SraduaiIS "o'u'''"'"
material which will be invaiuabe 10 Iut'ie hi''
and artists One OF its richest posess'ohsi Is 'ne Ou
cosc,on of nearly hundred photographs OF aneiep
hu,n.s and streets in Boston as they appeared from
1850.
,,,,,iles abroad are lauehin over the episode OF
,ha pew Bnrps Mss The two commonplace DOCKS
s,uposed TO contain unpublished Writings OF INC poo
were sold at auction after keen comPcutoh-t oo ~
Lord Rosebery for $3.50. and the other 10 Eli ho y
Jara,ne NJ f.. for $1,000. a disappohieo "'''
.avs IN, London truth, subsequently e1ainih"u 'no
two hooks and took notes of their contents anu ~.
oro al .o,ne DAYS TO looking over the early Voln"es vi
The Lond,n Magt.,ne ami The Scots Aa9os"e' "h''n
I'm the last ccntary, corresponded "ith '"o p
reviews and his labors were rewarded ior' ]" "iN
hehold, he made the astounding discovery Ina' 'no
conents are no i,nal pieces ny Burns put tha' oy
were merely copied from thu pages OF the a"ic'"'u
o,aguc where they mad appeared years bef"fe bnrns
,ras horn Tho extracts unquestionahy IN inc
Handwriting of Burns and in all prooabity nc cop0u
them for the use the young ladies to whon hc pre-
sented the Volumes
Mr. Ruskin writes thus the Editor OF 1he fa -na"
Gazette cOncerpiDg the BiDle;
~I see In your columns. as IN other literary Nur."s N
more and more Duzzng and iusslnS a29ut WA. ~, w. ",
Keenan, has found the Bible to be- or MI huaeS RorI
h n the B shops tnat il migt be, or the Schoo bp"u
that IT mustn't he, etc., etc, etc. Let ne io N , !on
readers who TO kuow IN the ieweSt p1sSuo tem
II; he rational world. put into the srandest iangnase o
tnc rotioual world in the first strength Oi the CiIs"n
ta,,h NV An entirely Wise and Kind saint 81 Jerome
anslaed aferward with be luty and eliclty ho eNeS
nce of the Christian world; and the guide since SO
trausaed of all arts aud acts OF that wo!i1 WHICH
have heeD noble fortunate and happy. Ana ny con-
smltotion OF IL honesly-on any serious business you
mav always learn-a long while before yout Parliament
fnis out-wha you should do IN such business anu nc
d eced perhaps nosides to WORK more serious ''n ''1
had thought Of
Edna Lyall," the author OF Donovan Is not IN
reality Miss LyalI but Miss Bailey.