New-York tribune., 1886-06-05
LITERARY NOTES.

,~,or and artist william Hamilton Glib
son ha. been making Journey 'hrouSn ."o oo"'.
ub,cb promises TO bear deiightlui ru'I no mas "o'
,v accumulated store Of notes aud skeches put mas
made over 500 photographs OF genre ana gehera suo
,ect. taken with Scovlle Detective camera Hc nA'
c,,a,,.a some fine character studies which no ssetch
cou,d have secured together with figures ana anin"
In action groups and landscapes NUMBERS vi 'ho'o
vcrc taken from the windows OF moving trans-o'
from a train going at rate OF mile IN nity seco"u
All this wealth OF material is to be used IN series "
articles IN Harpers Magazine Mr.. Gibson mas ehqu'o
II illustrated the rural life OF the North we may ehPoc'
an equally charming II totally different treatment Oh 'o
Eouih
Princess Helena Of England has written memoir oi
her brother, the Duke OF Albany. ana tns WIZ "ooo"
many the forthcoming volume OF his public a"urcsS'~
spcralC W. Doubleday, who in his youth was WIN
Walker in Central America. has written Voioho =,
"Reminiscences OF the Fibustor war In 'o"'"s""
The Putnams will pablish the BOOK
Aeorrespondent Of The Daily Nc,rs OF London. notes
,hs there are now two new LANGUAGES III the hed-the
yoapuck OF schoyer and the faslingua OF steiner c
add. Cepceivnc tha. the great strides education has
,nede durng recent times among cvillzef nations par
,cn arIy he millions srent establishment OF stat"
sehoos had brought the idea OF an lnterna'ohM ai,
nearly two years ago Transformation OF one OF the
existing languages into language Tor uhiVc'"I " ~
Ministers OF Education OF all nations. who should agree
upon one language be taught lin addition 10 inc
adIjt,onai language be the same in sl countries II
Tng sh "a language already possessing cons pre- p
rondefance) was the language oeciue upon, m M ,"nnt
no he necessary for addi iona language 10 "
In hs country If this were DONE there Noulu p one
language for the world IN few years Mr BrGhi wnie
hoping coming years would 90 so,nelnmg III ~, t"e
draction OF my suggestion f-ared that the members or
conference would unable to agree on thc lanauase
be s,eccd-that representative woui insist on tne
language OF his country boi"g selected as an nS
pensabe condition TO his agreement
"vhats to be Done" the novel With when the
Russian writer and prisoner u. G. TchnernychewsRy'
accelerated the Nhilisc movement twenty years ago.
has been translated into Engish and Will shortly Do
published in Boston by T. T. Tucker
Anew editioa OF Coventry PAtnore's poems Is coming
ont IN England 1t contains in addition to his own
verses some selections from the poems OF his son hchy
Tho new and complete edition OF Franklin's works
which the Hon John RgelOw IS editing ana which Tue
Pnnams are 10 publish IS TO hs limited letter press
issue printed from type which VII! be distributed as
usod The edition will number ten royal octave VOL
umes uniform with Mr. Lodges fine edition
NJ Hamilton Mr. Bgeow Will Include
much unpublished material aad will print
The ,pimitabe "autobosraphy" from the original MS
which is now IN his possession As this MS. has never
heen nuhlshrd in the complete form In which Franklin
left il this will give special value OF It's own 10 this
much-io-be desired edition
There was little literary episode in London court
room the o,herday In the of case concerning
an alleged obstruction OF lIeh the Windows OF house
in Kensngton counsel stated that was the house In
when Thackeray wrote VANITY Fair"
IT IS said that over 10000 copies OF Miss Clovelands
book have been sold
Walt whitman is aoout publish collection ot prose
And poetry under the title Of November Boubhs lie
has Jus, passed his sixty-seventh birthday