New-York tribune., 1886-08-03
LITERARY NOTES.

A. r,-,,, ,,c.S. I, may ms we'll he sad, Is not much
,,n, r;,,, a. it oIe may give to that abused name
che i,t rrr-'ati"a tnas slsouIa belong 10 H. 'e''
aud ,e,l rc IN construction il Mr. Gesscs verso ""'
a, 49, ,,r ,ely Sit te vital glow NJ rca' poe"' "
a. u. r,r~c oi TEno" neat example of Mr.. ""sse
r;ty ID cb sv,. - tte " DEATH "a frocrH
Is to ic ir.,nd /" 'ne Au-u't number "i ne H'o
Jd,s,rri,J '.a~.,a-. II IS unworthy o dr. h' """
bcnrtl.Ul }, ,i;e dsAwin-.
~. %. ~ ..,r,c,,-, of The JnqisS. Ws>trcted TINS
wo,ih 4, TAs Nrow.' the day Win sh h"so' "
Coy,rl. "a .'rIeiofsly ilH>,rated by l"rh i""'"
.., is. .r, lnnor. Jaintlu-ss ard Refinement o nv
,rh,r,r,.> -Scr. are .usos legend pr.ise' '"o' "
the q,air,. delicstlgl oii text a. u" gov" '"o 49,
re l,N.icans wtlcv. ths or"-s'hi'trh III , ''
h.ls.l i,,i-;i 9 are :orth with woni''
PM r,vc:y md grace with the technieh oe"u'' "
best Ftc.ch inns raii,u III Thomson combines 1
aud ,,ry ,n-nr vticn do noi often see III q ''o"
mat's WORK. WhrIO the Fr nehman wo"" W." Wy
tesorc. TIE Fngl,shman sccus Ia DIP Ms icI' ~ ~
wit |, world he h,id.y too much to can "' .,,
tc Cnarlos Lamb ef illustraiiou. 1t Is l" "' "'P -,
the M.rn Hans VIII pabsh tLe'o pSS' WV"
Roger" ~ iook tofm
7ac ~, troncsco Post has been sitting Gown Ne's
on uo,lcru American literature. "ooioi'ess "' .n
s.y, iuane descriptions "f unneoes''' 'i,,,v
bo,-lc. sis familiar td-. incpncu"''e ~ -, ,,,.
,,,,, ,f .,ucnt. asout the capacity "' "ee"' i'''
I''''' ,,o with exquisite illustrations. tue
go, -, having brought our periodicals. I" th''r nisuos'
,,,r, q. rrospei,ty" I.u't tbs rather 100 seVere'
50. rh,oy N,ehful" is tho title OF Miss Brsdion's
forlhcomins novel
The best description of boil night ever Nr''e" ny
woman one 80 vivid aul SURFING III I any man 'n's'
os.uealy hc proud Of Is Ia 20 fonnd in Miss iin'Ao'
.,.,v Infta" pul iishsd IN the August LVP'"'O'"
m, c-c ot trs Holy Thursday procession nj seville Is
amos, n. remarkable: aud the story Is altogether
clever
4 eou,plc.e edition Of Goethcs works with 'nT'c
volume biography. viii be polished IN "eh' - S'V
n.u can ne prepared The letters to Goethe o. I'opo'
von RanAc. tho historian, have lately been i'"." ~
Weimar and viii Ice used IA the Oiosi"Ph! ""'o" w"
r.nhe'. friends arranging ior
Tie handsomely illustrated paper on the Western ART
,,o,cnent whica Mr. Ripley Hitchcock contributes l"
,he AUGUST Ceuf'py Teveais 10 the comll'cent Nc"'
Yorker the fact that lar as the buidins up OF ar
M .s and art schools goes the west Is AT present lar
more energetic than Is the East.
Tho Illustrations which accompany The Ceni''Ds
paper on Asicrs aud fcidcihrr- are with 'r" eN
ecrron. excellent; the ARTICLES Themselves are 80 "''
~, o., ser,e merely - vehicles for tho pictures Iae
Alters Is the better of the twD but i's author h's
wifulIy thrown away su opp'rtuuit' Tor picturesque
aud anccdotlca work.
ui.aI lily that Miss Thomas should have brought ino
her sketch OF Mr Burroughs the maine of lhoren Com
lafsous are noaTy always odious and III ths case Wv!
are unnecessary. Thcrcau has vet 10 rival ID America
The nln that - be found placing two worthy and
country In a dramatic and unusual situation o." be
observed IN Mr. stocktous story. tn" cool healod
and compauionablc ways Of Mrs Locks ana MIS- Aics'
hue after their shpwreck enough TO tickle an ICE
berg.
Dr. J. Hammond Trumhull has edited iho No'uinihou'
-H.,tory Of Hartford County" ConrectouL ~hch MI
L. L. Cscood Is prepared TO dcN Ner To suosei'eis'
Tie work /. in two volumes and Is illustrated MI
Charles dudley Warner has hal hand In witins tlc
history OF tie City OF Hartford II the work doesn't
prove 10 be Interesting IL will certainly be the f'nt oi
IT, many authors Hartford County 'ul oi Puritan
ss.o,i tons aud Of romantic anu amusing rem'nis-
tn. large sum OF s2,075 was Taid the other day In
Enasaud FOR acopy OF tho sermon preached by John
Knox three hundred and twenty one years aso this
month For the whiche ho .nbito IIeachLg for
seas On."
r Rulen the editor Of old English plays says that
there are many old plays preserved n public ana rVatc
collections in Ms, which as get have never been eA
amiued hy any competent scholar. suspect he con
tinuc- that some are hidden away In libraries oilers
rotiinc in lumber rooms"