New-York tribune., 1888-08-30
LITERARY NOTES.

aoneeu OF spadcs tho title of the last short story
,r,tcn bv the late E. 7. Roe II will appear I'd 'he
October "Lippincott' together with an a"ou"
vr,,h,c,l sketch entitled "A Native Author Vaeu
Roc.'
Mr. John Habberton has written for Lipp'nc".
s.r,a story called At Last: SIX Days 10 'ne LAW
Of a Govcrncss' II will run throush SIX n""'''''
Tbe Lipp,ncott Company have in print an ca.
ceI,ent cheap edition OF tho Bronte novels ncs u.
70 bc uniform with tho pretty little Handy ru''o"' VI
Thackeray and Dickens.
Wv Newell lamcnts IN "Thc Journsl Of Folk Lore
fbe Indifference Of Americans 10 'ho s'uus VI w
savage races and to the preservation OF 'noi '"o"
n,nts "It seems strange he says, THAT the rich
,.r.,- communities are willing TO see their monu-
,n.n,s monuments which W II be as precious 10
.r,,. ,s stonebence TO Great Bftain-perishing, or
nrcsrrved only by Eastern gifts. why does tihcit-
nat, allow women OF Boston 10 have thc cterhai creu'
of saving the serpcn; Mound, which In hve years
rou,d have ceased to exist had not the generosity OF
,,av,duals ,nterfercd7 Why docs Cincinnati, whch
a., at,cnton has been so .orcbly called to the mat
,er allow similar remains to disappears Why does
NOT the great and wealthy state Of Cal forna 90 some
thing TO maintain the monuments ana reeoru '"o ""
d,tlons Of the native whom the whi'e meh na'
d,spossessed and dcgraGedl The time has passou III
which It proper for an INTEL gent person 70 iooA
ON an Indian with general contempt, as dirty orc
,s ,deas are Of no consequence. But 1t Is OF ttlo
usc appareptly 10 preach shall so on MAKING
amends for our lack of attention TO these oosA'ionS
by selflaudaiion and enconiiums on na'o''a' f
pcrity The student Of rel gons century hcn'o W."
and cans where there might have been soi'o h's"
way. and win console himself oJ uhcohPIHe''"''
remarks
Iester wallack's "Reminiscences wiz eA.cnu
through three numbers of "Scrbner' IneS VIII oc
begun In October
TIL. "reminiscences OF william Rogers oook
which has gone through six editions IN England Is o
bc brought ont here In cheap form by WhittakeE
Writing in the September "scribner' OF Andrew
Johnson the Hon. Hugh McCulloch says: Il was not
nresent when Mr. johnson took the oath OF |icePreS
ident I'm the Senate Chamber, but the repors OF MS
,,eccb on that occasion amazed me. 1t was so diner
ent from what had been expected OF him-so ihco-
hcrcnt so rambling that those who nstcneo ~ IL
thonyht that he intoxicated III was not' saio
Senator 10 me the next morning. the speech OF Andre"
Johnson hut the speech Of a drunken man., and such
n undoubtedly was. lie had been Il! for some days
before he LETT home, and OH his way to Washington
had taken brandy as an asringcnt on the day OF his
Inauguration as Vice President he was really ILL., ana
vss so unwise as resort TO stimulant before nc
won't TO the Senate Chamber. Meeting MT Lincoln d
aav or two after said to him that the country, in
view OF the Vice Presidents appearance on the 4th
had deeper stake than in his life He bcsitaed
for a moment and then remarked with unusual
seriousness Il have known Andy johnson for many
years he made bad slip the Other day, but you need
not be scared ; Andy Amt drunkard'
.For nearly four years had daily Intercourse WIN
him. frequently a, night and never saw him under
the influence of liquor have no hesitation In saying
that whatever may have been his faults, intemperanee
was not among thcm.'
Tho poems and letters Of the late David Gray. OF
Buffalo. will be published this fall TIE work Is TO be
{, TWO volumes Superintendent Lamed, OF tho
Hufalo Library Will contribute biographical sketch.