New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-02
LITERARY NOTES.

va,u.be material for a biography Of the late Horeuo
s.vmonr IL sad to exist his political papers when
are now in the possession of his nephew ana Pio'Po
,,vs editor Horatio Seymour jr. The Governor hau
,.roe correspondence with distinguished persons anu
s accustomed to preserve his own letters as well aS
those he received
Professor Boyesen Ais about to give course Oh lro0
,.c,nres at Columbia College the tendencies OF CON
temporary literature The frst-on the french no
he will deliver next Saturday, and the othere oh ~
eessive Saturdays.
Mr. Fipdlay.s recollectons OF Dc Quincy have JUS.
eeen published abroad aud prove 10 DO inteies''NA
fragmentary and slight De Qunceys oeVo'oh "
opium is shown by one of Mr.. Findays ahecuo'es' C
one oecasion he says his foot had been Affected by
his taking large doses OF opium; In faci' ne
.otl my leg lis quite black, from the loot 10 eoh
,der,bly above the knee He treated lightly my e&
nressions OF regret at such an alarming appearance
savpc that he had had 1t before and knew now Iar
would CO. and how it could be got quit o. INC oe'
eure he said would be to take six months walking on
which said that his case was like that Of St. Denis
.Ce NEST que e premier pas que coGe How was he 10
begin this regimen He answered that by MS IeaNlhH
of opium, for few days. bis leg would go lar re-
cover as TO enable him to outs but he says can
not do that. for without opium can't get on win ny
work which the publishers urging me to complete
The work must be done the opium can't be lett OH
therefore cannot begin TO walk"
lie on,noeys dress was peculiar and far from attract
I'VE His clothes generally looked very old and as II they
had beon made person larger than himse Tue le"
son being that he grew thinner III us later years. p'
still continued to the clothes MADE TOT nun on. oe
fore al have sometimes" says Mr.. Finilay seena'p
nearances about him of shirt and shirt cohar' ou'
usually there we're no indications of these articles oil
dress when C me visit him I'm his lodgings saw
him in all stages of costume sometimes DC Wouu cohe
I'm TO Inc from bedroom to hs paror as on ths oc
castor with shoes bat no stockings sometimes with
Afr Find
DEATH the simple uncurained pallet whence IN that
last interview he had smngy. with all those dohcatey
polite regrets. said goodby the tiny frame OF '9 ere"'
dreamer lay stretched In his last long dreamess sleep
Atenuated TO an extreme degree, the body looked lu
fantie in size very slender stem for shspely and
massive head that crowned it, Tho face was little
changed delicate bloom indeed was gone, but the
sweet expression fingered. and the finely chseed feat
ures we're unaltered."
Mr. Finday once found his friend in chaos OF books
and MSS and clouds OF dust, searching for missing
document; and he adds: 1.-The confusion OF this sort
In which he lived marvellous. After his dea'h MIS-
Craig told me the Of letters and notes. many
unopened, to be gone over, was bewilderlng In the
heterogeneous heap stray pound notes and PACK
aees of small coin silver and copper were so numerous
rs when collected to form considerable sum- some OF
the notes were between the leaves OF books; ana par
cells of coin probably been handed TO MIN as cage
laid aside and forgotten The task Of looking over lent
these could be discovered, was also heavy one.
Richard RealPs opinion that the poen "Lilith, Prn-
cess of Ghous" the production OF Poe is upheld by
Henry Austin in forthcoming number Of The southern
B,onac The same number will have paper, contain
ing portraits " The Virginia Cavaliers"
Mr. Hubert Herkomer writing from Boston. pays this
hearty tribute to the memory OF the late Henry Brad
shaw: You mention 10 todsy's TRIBUNE Henry Brad
shaw Of Cambridge. England as having heen the great
AT authority on Chaucer in tho world That is so but
that was not all. tho greatest authority on
many other matters learning-indeed nobody quite
knew the extent his learning He showed II only on
occasions when 1t required Few men. II any, nave
given their learning human term He saw history
and the history of books from human point OF view
Ja vas not satisfied mainly know the old books but
desired TO know why they we're written ana now 'hey
were written. His work of thirty years Is contained ID
his note books, which will astonish the world "hen
tnev are made public He never would bave put them
INTO FORM That would dragged him out OF his Old
world into one that was not 90 congenial
IN his scholarly mind. These books are nllea
with facts that scholarly they are human ana
as original az they instructive and useful He was
most attractive personally, gentle as woman ana
had witna the strongest possible identity. Firm ana
forcibe In type of mind he was ever ready 10 give
mn all he had for his friends loved him few men
are loved in this world. The world will now find out
thai great scholar. who worked for its good Though
silently, has passed away and left the precious gift
Of his mind and in form will increase in value as
the wears 20 on He TO his books as usual late
one night after having dned with friend, and was
found dead his chair the next morning HIS eyes were
closed and his spectaces were on his face.
AZ excellent cheap edition of Anna Katherine Green's
clever story, Hand aud Ring" has been brought out
by the Putnams.