New-York tribune., 1886-03-31
IITER.fRI NOTES.


Gcvcral Lew Wallace is modita'iug now novel,
the scene OF which is to We lad IN Northern Africa.
"Thackeray as an Artist is the title OF little mono
graph which James Schouberg has prepared ana which
W t. benjamin will publish l. Will contain seven
drawings and four humorous not one oI which, II
is said, has ever been published before.
In the volume Of "Dckensiana" recently published
in London there reference TO an amusing bundcI oi
a German critic who gravey stated that The absnrii-
ties OF English pronunciation well exhibited IN the
case of tue word Boz which Is pronounced Dickens
In this volume reprinted the scattered passages from
Nots ad queries which show tha sam WclefS Dry o
muffin, Veteran 1T all the genuine one oeihs
contained IN Boswells " Johnson: that SANS l'cct
story OF the prisoner who being Threatened to be-
lock ed outside tremheI violently and never Vruiured
ont OF the prison gates fcrward, published In me
Mirror lS2i, and l., in point OF TACT " "e'EAh""h
Joe Miller; and that FaGn ia hut the prototype "i
WottOn. To crown all, the terretng contributors 70
Notes GHd queries have discovered that Mt ick"'hs
celebrated vaillc-the stone inscribed with B'
stun,ps. his maik"-was so fully aud accurately de
scrlbed in The ,D,a register for l77l that no room
for speculation on the score OF coincidence Is Ieh
Mr. LoweTs notable addresses in Great Britain have
been collected volume which will soon lie puhsheu
Ivy H0ughtcn, Mlllliu & Co.
Robert Grants new story a Romantic Young
Lady" and Mrs. Foote's book. John B,icwius Tesii-
mouy." will shortly be issued by Tcknor 4 Co.
A raovemen, having been started in England to com
meuorate the centenary Of Lord Byron, which Will
occur il iss- the poets grandson Baron Wentworth.
write, that. in his opnion. such denomination IS not
to be approved Nevertheless he says; 81 feel That
II the greatest poets critics tme unSn
nous IN wishing accord recognition OF some kind 10
the nam" OF Byron, his family must respectfully acqn
esco in any legitimate houors that were offered with
such sanction But do not know how far such una
nmity exists or likely to exist and II ia maufe-ily
unfair that Byron should any OF the ridicul'
winch might attach to those who mako iuadmis'Ihle
claims concerning him. Therefore hnk II i my duiy
as his Descendant AMI IN name to point out that no
mere clique OF unknown men without weight or autd0r
woud have the smallest right To possess themselves
OF Byrons memory If IT were tho Inheritance ani
If real men OF letters divided In opin"n to his
true place in English literature IN. representatives,
would ask that his grave may be left IN peace.
The second voiunc dealing with the Pnr!tlus OF J.
A. Doyle's "Engiish Colonies IN America - ~ the
pres. Of Henry Holt n Co. TINS nrm Will soon bring
out Thomas Hardys new story The Mayor Of Caster
bridge"
Mr. Ruslin comes TO the fore with ch1r1cter.sc
remarks on the education OF children, viewed by hn-
self and Carlyle. "I know OF uotning that be. been
taught the youth time ho says, except that
their father, were apes ami their mothers w1kc- th1i
the world began accident, aud vail ond ." a"rH""-'
that Is folly, ambition Virtn". charity vice.
poverty a crime. s-caity tho means of al wealth.
ard tie sum of all ~ .iun. Both Mr. Carlyle ami l." he
adds, knew perfectly we'll al along wHat would bo
the outcome Of that education" This u'tc~aaco was
provoked 10y an article Ia The spectator setting forth that
many Anarchists per-oH, OF cature aud that "dH"N
on doe, not exurpate crime. but rather agrrAyatcs f.
Dr. Hammond and his daughter are about to publish
avolumc Of " 1alr- Of E,ceuttc Life"
collected edition Of Dante Gabriel Rosscttis writing,
is in preparation Enclard. There some nrw matter
to be added the edition. which Viii De eDtcd ~ the
poets brother. ". NJ Eo.settL
new aud cheaper edition OF Valentino" wiz be
puDIshed next month by scribucrs. IAcy Will pub
,h al the same tliuc noycl called a Desperate
Chance" by Lieutenant Kelly, L. =. A
Miss Rose kng-ey the daughter Of Charlie, Kingsley.
Is TO become u. the editors OF new English mag
azine young people.
new lmited-but reasonably largc-edlton oi
George Euors works is TO be brought out by Estes
Laurlat. The text will lie printed rich paucr from
new plato. aud it will be finely illustrated hy accom-
pshrd artists Tho cdItoD-whicn Is to be in twelve
octave volumes a. -ix dollars VOlumc-wlI be limited
TO nve hundred copies All tho novels essays AID
poems Will In included and a biography written bJ
George Wills Cooke will accompany them.
Cassus NJ. Clay. Autobiography" which il to bo
sold only by subscription. will be really IA few weeks
handsome new library edition ia sixteen volumes Of
Macauays is coming from the press Of A. G. Arm
strong & Son Anintroducuon by T.. r. whppl- and two
portraits add TO the attracty"nes' OF the edition.
Professor T. 4. LounsDdry has edited Chauccrs
House Of Fame for G!uD CO.'S Library Of Anglo
saxon Poetry"
H. L. stevcnson's "Prnce Otto" is announced by
Roberts Brothers. They also about to Dtins ont
Mrs. Jackion's Gimpscs OF Three Coasts " aud Miss
Blinds Madame Roland"
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