New-York tribune., 1886-02-10
LITERARY NOTES.

M. Froude says that MI. ormsby's translation OF
DON Onxoto surpasses all previous transaaone ana
n the first which made the hook inteGihe 10 oioi
nary readers.
w,s waIford the author OF that fascinating novel;
The Baby's Grandmother and of various other clever
books is about 10 publish new story entitled hlS'oiS
OF Week"
Mr. Herbert Spencer shows how thorough speoianst
he ia in bis reference to Sir John LUBBOCK iie' VI w
books" MY reading" he says, " mas oeon Luz, "'u'u w
IN the direction of science than IN INC oireo " -
.ra,li,sratre and OF such works in general "
7 have looked into know comparatively i'' -,
impatl snt reader and usually soon So" ~. nr.
Matthew Arnold interrogated in resafu W nS" soy
a, ~ .re in,eresng things TO look at Ont no lee's h'
disnosition to make one. AS for MI o"ih"u'i''' no 80
-, ,,,,b that any mans wOman's opinion on INC
olative value OF hundred books OF all xmas "hoh ho
or she mi sht select the most precious 10 h""9 "
oenera could itself be OF value to any one hoV o
cerned IN the diagnosis of that mans or woman noi u"
deveopuent of intellectual presumption ana moF"'
audacity."
The new novel ,rgsret Kent" is SAID 10 oe sens
raridlv The bOundless West is crying for u 10 INC
extent Of telographlng for copies Inc au'i'o' - ~"
q new hand as has been supposed, but Is so"DD'"'
already kDo Wn as a novelist
N,s ot conversations held with Quincy during the
seven wears ls52-'59 made by D. H. flhu'"y ~
will spon oe published in London
he first
se,rs National Library have just been 'sSucu ~ - ,n
orntrv No l is Roscoe's translation OF 0hN'
Penico's Ten Years Imprisonment y; No = Is py
aChilde Harold" The little books are neatly rs
reasonably large type and are Oouno III P'l
penieo has an introduction ty Professor MoroS, 80.
owes in small sul lco the cessary details Oh 'io
career. .,.
Thore will he few readers who will not s!iDF".niN'
IT., r.ederc uarrson's protest against the heeuies
aaptrv Of the writer's who disturb the language "i"'
new orthography-the people VINO SUBSTITUTE I VI nv 80, M
Ierhorn Nspol for Naples aud Nlzza for NICE "l"
for Vienna, or, it may be, KoOerhavn TOT Iopc"-
. There is the long succession oil ages s"se ~
Harrison there is the cultivated woIG o Europe MI"
America in both Of which certain names nave oocoD
traditional and customary; and II ever! hho' VI o
ia 70 re name at will familiar persons ana h'S.o, ~
nlaees historical tradition aud the enston OF mo ''
ized world are wan only confused THIS ruo p'''0 ~
literary history is OF lar inoio
aIphabetic precision
pro,ossor Jebbs edition of Tho Gdipus Cooaeus'
with critical notes tary and English tisia'o"'
will he published immediately in England
uis cladned by a writer for The Alta California tha'
,be real author of The Dodge Club. the AmorIo"h
Baron :" and An Open Question was noV JAMES w
Mile hut a rica Californian named Johh NJ Orois"''
VINO engaged De Mile TO edit the stories anu nnu
,narlat for them The evidence is not especlaly CON
cusiye The discussion OF his secoad stoty h h''P
40 his presence first led to his authorship oecohhI
q friends
heroine was to he ex racted from what arr cared 10 ne
homeless snape and knowing him TO he something oi al
outbority apuealed for his opinion Creighton qulet!
stated the msnuer extrcaton, and sure ronsn Tue
pext chapter OF the magazine bore Nun out "o"o
wonder was expressed at the correctness OF MS pfoSos
tieations but he never for moment cohnec'eo WIZ"
the authorship until few weeks later wheh he casen
n onser from De Mile for $3.50. An attache OF the
Pank nj Vsalis wbere the check as exchanged was
omber OF ths little group that listened 10 Cresh'o"s
prophecy aud seeking the check with 'He l"mo"S
authot's name attached taxed Creighton WITH ocins
responsible FOR story The latter dll not deny ou
asked for sieuce, and the matter never spread III
return for the obligation he foretold the remaining
ohapers and when other stories began he often read
instalments OF them before forwarding tue mahuscIlp
to De Mile. O,her checks were received from De MILO
from tire TO time and these with couple OF autograph
letters relative the work IN hand AT their dates ior
the documentary evidence of CreishtonS authorship
His syIe was something after that Of De Mile but more
crude and vigorous and De Miles fine touches OF course
added to the resemblance his other works such ss
The C:yptosram'
Ono Of The poems included by Professor Henry A
Beers in his The rnankless Muse has recently
been translated and published In Hungarian inasi
There are only forty literary men among inc 90
me,nbers of the British House Of Commons
Tho Ast,r library was last year used by persons
than in any previous year OF its history; the totai
number OF ros 72.jSi against 5oO57 III ls9l
Mr. Astor showed his accustomed generosity IN glit'
both of money and valuable Mss Mr.. Hamilton mas
contributed the autograph plan OF Constitution or the
United states submitted by General Hamilton to the
Convention at Philadelphia Jane lS, 1897. Tie first
volume OF the brarys catalogue will III the
spring.
The Astor is the completely available working
library in the great city OF NewYOrk and is constantly
used by he literary OF other cities as well as by her
own residents 1t is conducted scholarly plan and
pith
officers and attendann IT IS an institution to which the
literary guild owe profound gratitude.