New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-24
LITERARY NOTES.

N, uove,Is has prepared for future number OF
STh. yontb's Companion an autobiographic rag
c,ent which promises to be very interesting " TO
cords his boyish experiences in Western g-caon
and IN IN. printing office in which he began his wo1k-
ing lfe
MANY other attractive papers are announced ny
GThe Companion" Among them are TWO arucieS ny
Professor huxley tracing the development oil the pre-
historic hut into the Roman Pantheon; RECORD Oh
nersonal experience in salmon-ishng by tho MARQUIS
of Iorue illustrated by Princess Louise three or''-
liant papers by Francis Parkmau which are oase" on
hitherto unpublished MSS; and an article the study
of English literature by H. Taine. =" Inc 'omp'h-
ion is one of the most wholesome ana entertaining
juvenile periodicals now in existence.
A history of the Draft Riot of 1868 is coming from
the press of Fords. Howard Hubert IL Is 10 NC
entitled The Volcano under the City,
The st Jamess Gazette notes that the revival OF
The question. Who writes Hugh CQpway's novels now
reealls curious story in connection win pryuon.
It's related that shortly after Sir John Dryden got
nossession of Csnon's Abbey where the poet was
horn a L" singular application made to nm by
man Of very inferior talents who particularly
wished to know if old truus of Charles has 'ne'
with parcnments, etc, OF the periou' was sun
existence in Drvdens mansion-housc lie was c'"S
;nformed that unfortunately all the Dryden papers
had been re moved to Rome by son OF inc Po'''
wberenpon beaming with satsfactloh' 'ns ""N
inonirer scosed long matured plan OF io'su"s us
own works on the public those OF Dryden Sr
John it is said sharply inquired. Who is 10 'orse
@ho noetrv p As for that matter" calmly repi'eu
.ho narson of inferior talents. can hit Drydehs
s,v,e n a hair. having all my life written IN MS
m.nnerw or course this ingenious project was
promptly secuted.
Tho bovcott is to appear in Mr. Stockton new
9Cenmry~ novel The Hundredth Man. 1t is
aimed AT restaurant and will doubt be the source
of many quaint and funny incidents
This wicked paragraph comes from The Chicago
News: ,,
The publisher of Literary Life is making nay
before the sun SETS He will admit that Miss Rose
Elizabeth Cleveland has quit his magazine anu n,
have a nice lot of new advertising on Ine NUN -;
has recently addressed card to adverusers sMns'
.mone other alleged why people shouid auNc'-
t;s. ;n Literary Life" the following alleged reason
So much newspaper comment has been ana IS orinS
made regarding the advertisements hn Ss od,rd abe
Endorses Our readers write that the entiie nasa
zine is interesting even to the aaVertT , ~
Well this il working the CexelanI racke. ~
hrroron. degree to be sure Yet if it will help
Iaterary Life on it's way the least hit we VII, say
In all candor that we hnd IN Ler's and nocb better
EngIish than we have ever been able 10 find III any
other part Of that publication.
Sir F, ancis Hastings Doyle at Elton with Arthur
Hallam the subject OF In Memoriam, ana III MS
recently published "reminiscences he says OF halam
AS bow. he had suffered at intervals from serious
headaches His Eton and Cambridge trends. Dat"r-
sllv enough, Thought them headaches and nothing
more but when the end came it was made ciedr 'na'
his life had been long struggle against lncuraple
oroanic disease severe bout of influenza weakened
him and while he was travelling abroad for change
of air and to recover his strength. one oil his usual
attacks apparently returned upon him without warn
iny while he was still untitled to resist it so that,
when his door father came back from walk through
the streets OF Vienna he lying dead on the SOFA
where he had been left TO take short rest MT hai-
lam sat down to write his letters, ana 1t was only by
slow and mperceptble degrees that certain anxiety
in consequence of Arthur's Stiffness and silence,
dawned upon his mind he drew near to ascertain
why be had not moved spoken. and found that oil
was over He was cut IL just as he was gam
ing the mastery deep original intellect ana
bringing his great faculties into harmonious combi-
nation We all of u.s. Mr.. Gladstone, thnK'
f.t while COW ersing with him that we were In the
presence of IA larger proiounder and more thoughu"
mind than any one OF us could claim for himself
For reviews OF new books. including Maiiock
EThe cd Order Changes" Jevons's " Greek Liter
aturen Balzac's Cousin Pons." and several minor
novels see 10Th page