New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-12-30
LITERARY NOTES.

D;sbod by the harpers' TO- +" - 'ePo
I....on- n teacher In the Boston Latin School.
A new and revised edition OF Mrs.. nose ie"s
Re-, "a Poems is in the prcss of W. s. eottsoerser
49,, .. c,.a.snt news for there are many OF Mrs.
go, v.rses which should not be forgotten, ana "
!. no, easy TO carry 90 sweet music IN one
memory alone.
Tho .ame firm is at out bring out trans ations OF
p,.,...or Ebsrss story The Bride Of the Niie' ana
{. Leon Roch," . romance by 0sidos
r.r..,;on ot n future existence 10 discussed IN
a Thr,uyh the Gates Of Gold" book now passing
,,rop,h the Roberts press. IL il said tn Do oy we'll
tpown author who prefers that TINS WORK sno"iu
remain An Anonymous one. Inc theory Oh 'oe ooo~
cha, Heaven 70 a state rather than place. and is to %
attained by living mortals
Archdeac IN Farrar is writing for Harper" paper
nm Americas Share in Westminster Abbey
Mr. R.bert Louis Stevenson contributed an interest
ING bit of biography to a gorgeous MS volume ia'eiy
Gold in Edinburgh for the benefit OF the on'VerSi.y
studsnts Union. Mr.. Stevenson was An undergraduate
a, Edinburgh but is said OF him that IN the ordinary
.ense of the word he student Tor ne seems
on,y to have looked in at the classrooms when nc
han pened to be passing that way OF "ne" '"e my va"
,hraa,ennr Mr. Stevenson saws there never was sucn
truaut AZ himself end plainly, he does not regret IL
lie looks back With aseoeon to Professor heiiands
,.o,,re.. but I canuot," be say' say no mncn
-, pro,..sor Blacke tor o good reason Although
- holder nj a certificate OF attendance In the rro
t.so,,s own hand cannot remember to nave oeeh
nresent in the Greek class above dozen times rro
lessor Blacke was kind enough 10 remark uhoie
than once), while in the very act OF "ri''ns '"o
ocument abvve referred to. that he did not know my
taoe. Indeed" Mr.. Stevenson continues, =" denieo
mvself many opportunities acting upon an extensive
and HIGHLY rational system Of truantry whch cost 'ne
great deal Of trouble to put In exercise perhaps as
-, n. would have taught me Creek and sent me
forth into the world and the profession oil letters VII"
tho wer.st shadow OF an education" Nv Stevenson
,.,en,. the stress Of education" How many OF his
he says has it not sent to their rest
,,.,ravearj 81 am sorry indeed, that have no
1,sh I'm, should be sorrler still IL were dead; nor
a. , tnow the name OF that branch OF knowledge
which is worth acquiring at the price oil brain FEVER
MIR Stevenson photographs himself as he was III Ills
college DAYS In these words speaking OF the changes VI
,he University The chief and tar the most iamcn'
able change is the absence OF certain ieah' iaie'
unpopular student whose presence was TOT mo the
g,,t and heart Of the whole natter whose changing
humors. fne occasional purposes OF good nipchihg
accordance of evil shverings on wet eastwiody morn
ing Journeys up 10 class, Infinite yawhings our'ns
lecture. aud unquenchable gnsto IN the dehgh's Oh
tuan,ry. made up the sunshine and shadow OF my
Mr. Robert Brownings contribution 10 the Eoin-
burgh book is this Spring Song:
Dance yellows and whites and reds
Asts with the wind IN the tulip beds
There's sunshine: scarcely wind at all
Ilsturbs starved and DAISIES small
on a Ger: mound by a churchyard wall
Daisies and grass be my hearts bedfellows
Tance. You re',s and whites and yei'owsl
Mr. Andrew Lang like Mr.. Stevenson, wakes auto
Biographical and makes confession whcn VIII .urh
many doo.loyinc hearts against him. All his lie, he
.ays he has had a secret at last he lets II out lie
DOES not like dogs. Someti~ es he pretends he does
and then II ia the dogs that find him out. " might
be more tolerant OF dogs" Mr.. Lang explains, they
xer, not In a conspiracy to destroy my character
.Distr,st, says Mr. Upper, Mr.. Edwin Arnold vr
some other Ea.tern sage the man who is dsiked oy
do,s' am that man. and probably am therefore
distrusted" II dogs really are the best judges OF
character, | tremble think what mine must De-
eli love me- love my dog be a truthful provero'
then like the Dutchman defended by the oiograpner
of Mrs Aphra Behn, am incapable OF the tepdef ana
Gallant passion" Ii Mr.. Lang could, like shelley,
AZ, M, peucil in the gloom earthquake and eclipse.
he should consider these highly suitable vehicles tor
a s,ady OF the uncean animal" Mr.. Lang makes sad
havoc Of the story OF Llewely hound Geert. First
he roints ont that Lleweyn. who knew the dog WE'LL
thought it would likely to kill the CHILD than
10 save him. Therefore, says our author dehantiy,
would be the last TO blame Lewellyn." lie is not
even content to the story here but Teentlessly
points out that it is HiDdoo myth
Mr. Henry James's impressions of Coquelin in the
forthcoming number OF SThe Century" Will be
accompanied by portrait OF the actor.
Mr.. John Boyle O'Reiy's forthcoming book. The
Country with a Root" is supposed to be q study OF
tie conditions of human existence, his idea being
tina, II is the rich who in this life obtain all the bright
ness the sweetness, the freshness and the sunshine
OF existence while the poorer classes are oppressed
with the GLOOM the shadows and the desoateness OF
poverty and dec radiation"
There ia a rumor that "The Cosmopolitan" the
magazine established at Rochester come months ago.
will shortly be brought to this city, and pu bished
hereafter in this literary centre" Ii deserves q
welcome for if all that it might be as periodical
n is steadily growing better. The current number has
many admirable and interesting features.
Mr.. Ouaritch bought IN London the other day per-
feet cpv OF the first edition OF Cations translation
Of The Game and Playc OF Cheese" Ii was the first
hook of Caxton with 9 date, and Is volume OF ex-
trsordnary rarity. Mr.. Quaritch paid $3.2Io for It,
and bought at the same time Tor ~. $50 copy OF
Jonn Breretop's rare tract the Discovere OF the
North Part OF Virginia"
Mr. Whittier is quoted as saying: I" It's great thing
10 own little bit Of the Lords earth straight up to
the heavens A man feels better for It,"
A " History of the New-York Academy Of Sciences f"
Ia in preparation 1t is be handsomely illustrated
In q paragraph concerning Mr. Froudes proposed
literary examination OF Cuba and her slave system
sIhe Pal, Mall Gazette says that 1t is almost time
that one Of tue Carlyeans who have INDUCED in such
papegyrcs OF the bene6cent whip should 90 and see
thai instrument in active operation"
A Bostonan sneer at Chicago poetry leads The
News" OF that town. to declare that the envy OF
Boston will not be permitted to interfere with the
prosecution OF the good work. Pegasus has come to
Chicago and he as come to stay Neither the blue
grass region OF the South the boundless pastures
Of the Western border the fragrant rowsn oil old
N.w Foglanl shsll tempt him from the hone of his