New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-03
LITERARY NOTES.

| One of tho few notable books of the coming season
will be the magnificent volume entitled The Masters
OF Wood Engraving by W. J. Linton, the veteran en-
graver and writer. He has been engaged upon this
work for many years, and it promises TO become a
standard and a starting point for all future. writer's.
lie has accumulated for the purposes of historical Illus
raon splendid reproductions of the rares most per-
feet and most valuable prints many of which have
been beyond the reach Of other students The volume
of 229 pages of text will have nearly 200 cuts inter
spersed and forty-eght unbacked page subjects 1t
viii be in short royal folio size, and only 500 Signed
and numbered copies will be printed The publishers
announce that a. certain cuts (such as Harveys Den
taiusn and the cuts from Durcr's apocalypse and
Greater PassiOn') only DO given in part II is pro-
lOsed TO issue edition not to exceed 100 copies on
paper large enough to print the whole of such cuts
The price to subscribers of the smaller edition IS $50
of the larger, 800. Ticknor Co. will publish the
American edition.
1t is the opinion Of "The Savannah News that
there is only living writer who correctly repro
Guces in print the dialect peculiar to the Southern
plantation negro, and that he is Joel Chandler Harris
Tho most distinguished professor of international
law in Germany and OF the greatest living
tlortes upon the subject, is Prfvy Councillor Won
Eumerlncq secretary and vice president Of the Inst
tut de Drolt International. In book recently pub
lshed he says that Dr. Woolsey has written the best
book In the English language upon international law
far superior Phlllimores, that OF other
English author. David Dudley Fields "Outlines Of
an International Code he pronounces the best attempt
codihcation made as yet by any writer In any
tongue, and adds that though 1t may be wanting 10
respects 1t will the basis for any similar
attempt in the future.
ain Castle and Cabin; OF talks in Ireland In 1872
is the title of a volume I'm which Mr.. George Pelew
sets forth the Of his examination of the present
political and industrial situation In Ireland Tho
Ptnams will publish the book this month.
Robert Browning won't write for magazines In
speaking Of offer Of 81 900 from Boston paper
70: short poem, he said: If would writo In that
way for any one / would consider tNs request from
Boston, but simply can't An English magazine
offered me large price, which refused, and then a
sim larger, which / again refused. Then they sent
me blank check, and asked me to fill It out to my
own satisfaction. But returned that Also cannot
bring myself TO write for periodicals. III publish
book, and people choose to buy IT, that proves they
want to read my work But to have them turn over
the pages Of magazine and find me-that IS 10 be an
unlimited guest My wife liked it. She liked to be
with the others; but have steadfastly refused that
kind OF thing from first 10 last7
Some OF tho London aud Edinburgh printers, 1t is
said, are already making arrangements for transfer
ring part Of their business TO NewYOrk, In consc-
quencc OF our copyright bill.
That Is an admirable portrait Of Sir Joshua Rey-
noias which The Magazine Of American History"