New-York tribune., 1886-02-11
LITERARY NOTES.

now edition of Colonel John Hays q Pike County
Ballads is TO be brought out in Lon ion by j. R. Max
we'll
Mr. Howells is reported telling an amusing story
about his book " the Lady OF the ArOOstook" After
the novel published he received letter from an oid
salt in which the novelist informed that II nc al
lowed AIoostook to 90 TO sea In the rig ne nad
given he she woud be lost before she had cleared 1he
harOor Mr. Howels recognized the truth OF TINS FRANK
nautical criticism and i'll tne next edition the VeSse
sailed forth In proper zig.
At the end OF this week Houghton, Mhlin & Co. will
publish new edition OF The Voyage of the Jeahhetto
an edition which the buyer get at his D0OKselers
aad not as heretofore through the subscription agent
only.
Tho slxth volume OF The Works OF Alexander Hamil-
ton" edited by Henry Cabot Lodge tG. P. Putnam's
sops contains the continuation OF he correspondence
aud essays relative the Whskey Rebellion, the Mill
tary Papers the Controversy the Adams Con-
troversy, the Reynolds Pamphle, aud miscellaneous
papers. Tho publication of the Reynolds Pamphlet
needs no apology The conduct OF Hamilton at that
crisis OF his requires the light winch that painful
confession throws upon it, The acts which seemeH
destined put him in the power OF his enemies arcno
doubt discreditable to him. but there ave been few
men courageous ana firm enough to lay bare their own
weaknesses as he did order that bis usefulness to his
county might not lesscncd by the suspicion OF dis
loyal intrigue. The letters in this vOumc, ike ali nam
ilton's correspondence, show the executive capacity
lucid expression thoroughly practical sense ana sVrons
public spirit which maintain his title to real greatness
and to place OF rarely gifted statesman against
the most catholic comparisons either with MS coh'em
pOTarles or successors.
Mr. Frank r. stocktOn's first novel, The Late Mrs
Mill" will not be ready for sale until March l. Inc
scene of story laid chiefly in Virginia; ana the
situations reported TO be complicated ana inc plOt
battling.
A translation of Professor KaeSfs book on the
iso fran he q *
The following is considered by an English critic the
best pas sage in Robert Buchanan's now poem
Soft as a leaf
The cleaning fell, and fUtteIcd like a veil
over the half closed eyclids OF the wOlld.
Stars gnmered family, opening one by one
Aud bossOmng above me while stole ,
Through warmly scented shadows till gained
Dark fern clad slopes that to hills OF heather
there. n% coYSn ike naked maiden stood the Noon
Madne in saffron shadows OF the vest west,
She reach'd "A faterng foot to feel the Tay,
Then, brightly smiling, as the lucent waves ,;,
Washd, tipt with splendor, round her swami
Bent forward cleft the dusk with ivory hands.
And swan in spendOr thrO the seas OF nlght"
zone Hundred Years of Temperance is the title OF
bulky memorial volume Of the Centennial Temperance
Conference held in Philadelphia last SeptembeI 1t Is
issued by the National Temperance Society and presents
An a readable shape the results of century OF good re-
fO:m work.
new library edition OF Nacauays works will be pub
lshed Immediately ny HOuShtoh' Nlllln " w.
Mrs Frances Brooks the translator OF the pretty story
Heidi" about to publish through Cupples, Upham
Go. a volume of verse entitled \ Years Sonnets."
Professor Drummond's Natural Law in tho Spiritual
World has gone into its forty seventh Thousand IN
England.
The Yachtsman's Guide is the title OF little book
by Captain Howard Patterson 1t is published by the
Navigation School in Burn. Slip that Is to say by
Captain Patterson himself II contains Information
that every competent sailing possesses already
which he does not always keep in mind. The book
Is evidently intended for the edlcation OF sailing
masters than owners. The preliminary remarks "
contain such valuable yachting information as that the
earth is practically spherical body revolving on its
own axis The dictionary OF terms" at the end
contains among other quaint definitions the followiGe
Schooner: small vessel with two masts and no tops