New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-03
LITERARY NOTES.

A., Tbomas N Pare the y,rginan writer, 10 about
10 make his appearance as poet Tho scrioners VIII
soon publish Befo' de War;" avoume OF verse oy MT
Page and A. C. Gordon--verso dealing chieny with
negro character
Mr.. Thayer writes to TIE TRIBUNE from Trieste,
under date OF March II:
"Lady Burton's expurgated edition Of Tho Thou
sand Nights and One Night Is now complete In SIX
handsome volumes. The last Of the copy for Sir
Richards five supplementary volumes OF the Nights
Will DO sent TO England next week his moIo mas
been for forty years without haste, without rest ana
so soon as the Nights ended. be VIII begin what
must prove TO be a work Of remarkable inteiost-hs
autobiography. His life detailed by himself II MS
alton affords the of judging must be as
fascinating as n romance Its scenes range from the
,unsles OF India to the tropical swamps OF South
Amor,ca from the SHOWS Of Iceland to the mephlsuo
moraipes of Central and Western Africa TWO years
.eo hs health was so broken bis friends feared no
might not be able to complete the Nghis ana ~e
quite desparcd OF enjoying bis autobiography but
now tho case is happily altered, for. though sun lar
from WE'LL through the and soiictude OF his nooe
wife and his excellent physician, DR.. Baker, We have
every reason hope that his enormous power OF con-
tinuous mental labor viii carry him through the ~orA
A novel entitled "A Castle in the Air. Is in the
press Of Henry, Holt Co. 1t is from the pen OF
General Hugh Ewing
This month the first number of "The Journal Of
American Folk Loro' viii appear In Cambridge
vzctelly the London publisher, says that he reokons
Il a bad week when tho sale Of his zola TRANSACTIONS
falls below Q thousand volumes "Nana' sells by far
the best Mr. vzeey declaring that the sale up TO tho
present time can have been little short OF hundred
tbousand After lola Gaborian and Do Bosgobcy, tho
French author who sells best in England Is ohnet
That no mans opinions infallible is shown anew
by an estimate OF A. b. Aloott once set forth by Mr.
Emerson. "The highest genius of his time Is what
the philosopher said OF tho vegetarian And that was
in the time of Hawthorne, too
The first volume OF the Life and Letters Of George
Perkins Marsh by Caroline C. Marsh, in the Serb
ners press.
tn. next number of Art and Letters will present
the text of the new play written by Sarah Esrphardt
Thomas wcstwood, . charming snd amiable English
man and the author OF several volumes OF clever
verse lately died at Brussels where for forty years
he had served as a railway ofScial Most lovers OF
poetry have liking for his dainty rhymes on Little
DeLp Charles Lamb Of the familiar friends
OF Westwood's boyhood
"The Spell of Ashtsroth' Is tho title Of . novel
which tho scrbnors about to publish Tho scene
Is laid the time OF Joshua, and no Is ono Oh the
Biblical characters introduced
Mr. Julian Hawthorne's American Penman' Is
sppe,ring in London as a serial In Cassos Saturday
Journal
No former number Of Harpers Monthiy'n can
compare with that for April In the matter OF Illus
trations In force variety OF treatment and excel
lence OF reproduction they have not been surpassed
in this country
Lafeadio Iearn is writer whose true home Is
France aud proper language is French He
has so much of tho Characteristic French love Of style
that Il constantly inorferes with tho free How OF
dramatic Ideas to the dotrment OF his story His
"Harpers novelette,, "Chita' is In many parts power
full and Il encourages q hope that Mr. Hearn Will, In
the future think of what he writes ard less OF
how he writes IT,
Mr. Anstey's sketch in "Harper's"-"The Hunors
Of a Minor Thestre"-is In text and Illustration the
most amusing thing in the current magazines. Inc
humor Of Mr.. Barnard's drawings is delightful
The ancient docu nents lately found In tho cob
vebbed attic of StrafoM Town Hall have been eI-
smned and nothing concerning Shakespeare has been
discovered Among tn cold apprenticeship fndentures
which constitute large part of tn. collection, there
are II appears Of shabespeare's days and one OF
these bears the signature Of Richard Halfway who
NAV have been the Richard Halfway or Hathaway, OF
shottery, who possibly was tho poets fathefn-law'
n his name was Richard which is not certain Sig
natures OF Thomas Greene, Julyo S,rdwe, Thomas
Quenney or Quincy. and some other persons more or
less Indirectly associated with the poets history, have
also been found but unfortunately the documents to
which they are affixed have no biographical slgnin
canoe
Tho new editor Of TIE Cosmopolitan is Mr.. E. D.
Walker author OF a recent volume entitled Rsincar
nation"