New-York tribune., 1886-01-28
LITERIkY NOTES.

Mr. F. Marion Crawford when boy spent 'nee
years in an English village with private tutor ana
is supposed that he has used his memories Vi t' 'o
as the groundwor of his forthcoming novel; 1he story
NJ n Lonely Parish" The book is III the Maclmhah
press.
Mr. Crawford has completed another novel which
1a.s with the history OF noble Roman family during
the last twenty years. This story, which Is caLe"
Prince sarracnesca" is to appear as serial III BGc"-
Goods Magazine.
The handsome Illustrated edition OF Romeo ana
Julet brought out ty Cassell Co Is TO be IoIo"eu
by similar volumes each of which will contain play o'
shakespeare Twelfth Night will he illustrated oy
Georce II. Boughton, ana Sir James Linton Will do
twelve drawings for " Henry VIII.
Mr. wnister's famous Ten O'Clock lecture is to be
published in London and sold for 62 cents
Andersens Fairy Tales" have been edited by j. H.
Stlcknsy in three graded series Intended lof young
readers OF unequal capacities; and the three series VIII
shortly brought out for home ami SCHOOL use oy u
& Co.
"A Brother to Dragons" IS the odd title OF Story
written by an anonymous somebody from whom MI
Aldrch expe .ts great things will put ish in the
March number of The Atlantic. The same number Will
contain paper Americana by Mr. Justin Nlnsor
William Hewitt when preparing his " Visits to Ke-
markabIe Places received in 1888 letter from Man
chester signed E. c. Gaskell drawing his attention 10
fine old seat Clopton Han, Stratford-on Avon IL
writer's visit as a schoolgirl TO the mansion and Its
inmates that in replying he urged his correspondent to
use her pen for public benefit This led to his recel
ing for criticism the first volume Of novel, describing
with great feeling and local knowledge the life OF the
Lancashire operatives Delighted with the Ms, HOwltt
urped the author to finish heI work and 1t was soon
after publshea successfully. The book was MARY
Baron" and it was that Mrs. Gaskels literary life
began.
Another volume Of Lord BeacOnsheds letters VIII soon
be published England. Probably few readers OF the
former volume will consider this Information repete
with JOY for them.
Mr. Feav is writing The True History of the Life
and Death OF william Shakespeare. Player, Poet and
Play maker" The book-which viii be embeished
with three echings-wlll be published in March
The Ne,,- York parine Journal devotes considerable
portion of q issue TO scientific and convincing
article on The Survival of Sailing ships The writer
sW W. Bates, a practical shpbudel Of acknowledged
ability and writer maritime subjects OF high reputc
Tho writer undertakes prove that Americans can build
wooden vessels that will Outlast Enghsp-Dut iron
vessels and be better Investment He compares Amer
lean iron built ships and those of foreign build showing
the effectiveness of the cheap ships OF BLUSH con-
sruc,ion- particularly those of the past fifteen years
and declaring that though 1t may cost little more to
build than abroad it is true economy for our people
to have all their vessels built at home
. Mrs Olphant is bringing books with rapidity
calculated to make ones head swim novel called
divers Pride Is Ler latest announcement. She has
lust published other long novels and has begun the
publication of a fourth in The CO,nhW
E. Purcell declares in The London AcddemU that the
blossom of genius rare its fruit ia rarer still.
The richest soul never ripcn TO the measure Of
its promise unless fostered at least left free, by life
whose harmony disturbed only by tragic sorows An
unkndly spring of struggle to rise above the
weeds and thorns the still air, autumn gusty,
teacherous and rnresfn such is the nature of many
specked shrivclled fruit Of truest genius. The
poet before all men. is the slave OF crcum
finest roet is not always he who achieves the finest
poems."
The second volume Of translation into German OF the
complete roetical works of Chaucer. by Adolf Won
During recently from the press OF Kari j. Trubner
In srassburg. Fifteen years Wilhelm Hertzberg,
who is favoraby known for lis dealings with the
father Of English poetry" translated The Canterbury
Tales" and fragments OF Chaucer had appeared ip
German literature at earlier dates; but Herr Won
Durng's is the first effort at complete translation.
There are TO be five volumes and the first issued in
1883.
compilation OF the best poems written by English
and Scotch during the last two hundred ia
to DO brought ont In London IN the spring. IL will be
entitled, WOmens Voices"