New-York tribune., 1888-08-31
LITERARY NOTES.
Theodore watts's Life of Rossetti' promises to
h a very full and complete biography.

Theodore wattss "Lifc' of Rossetti" promises to
b = very full and complete biography.
A f.yortto exercise of tho English critic 10 the
sIltine down on, some volume Of "verse' by some
h.,fbskcd American "pocts-a book to which no
critic in this country would think Of giving space ANA
which merely tho froth washed up By the waves oi
every publishing Tho English critic oien
manages to convey . subtle impression that such
book IS all that Justly expect from an AT II
can writer The London literary weeklies have
amused themselves in this absurd way several times
In the last six months.
Ono of our foreign critics, walter levin, thinks
that detective sense Of proportion is Characteristic
Of American writers, and presents IS an example Mr..
Ioweirs praise Of Abraham Lincoln.
NJ. Renan says that It Is impossible to write well
before the aee Of forty Literary history does not al
tosether support his theory but may concede tts
approximate truhfulness for the sake Of conveying
On encouraging word to "Amelie Rives' There
really s kind Of rude foros In her tragedy, Herod
ana Manamne'-s dramatic fervor. which, II It were
properly disciplined might do the writer valiant ser
vice when she reaches Mr. Remains ago Of forty"
But what murderous and hysterical composition 1t
Isl As Mr. Habbertons Budgo and Toddie would
say cit Is all buggy Its wild and whrng nature
may be estimated by the fact that rough and nasty
count shows that the word nad' and Its variations
OF Madness" madman,' ana Hionucr, oPP'e'
about eighty eight times in tho course Of this short
drama
Tho statement that the seventh volume OF Mr.
Lecys History Of England would soon be ready or
publication has Just been contradctcd BY the author
Mary Robinson. tho English versfer, is about to
publish . volume of historical essays entitled "The
End Of tho Middle Ages
Lady Bras,eys Last Voyage IS about to appear in
= richly illustrated form in England
NJ de FaIlouxs Memoirs Of Royalist' and Count
Gieichens with the Camel Corps Up the Nils' are in
The press Of the Lippncot Company Count Gieichon
is the nephew Of Queen Victoria
There is said to be an incxhaustible thirst the
part OF the British public for books on Political Econ
omy.
Richard Burton writes contemptuously Of the popn
lar Impression that Tho Arabian Nights is book
for babes "classic for children whereas, he says
aIs lofty morality. its anc character painting It's art
fu development Of the story and IT'S original snaches
Of rare poetry Mt 1t for the reading of men and women
and ,bese too, OF puerilc vulgar Wit. In fact,
It's prfuSs default Is that It flies too high"
Mr.. rrnnel, Is taking his holiday the Thames,
1ourneyng at leisure from oxford To London; and 1t
is supposed that book of sketches will be the result
In q volume Of "reminiscences recently published in
England Mr. George Giossm,h gives these interesting
details concerning the rchearsals of the
operas + The music Il always taken first Tho
principal singers and the ladies and gentlemen Of the
chorus are seated In . semclrcle on the stage.
cottage piano is In the middle and VIC rehcarscd as
An ordinary choir would be Sir Arthur sullivan usual,
nrst oompsses tho difficult choruses, especially the
finale to the frst actan elaborate score The quar-
tets and trios arrive next, and the duets and songs
last Mr. Gilbert will attend all these musical re-
heasAls he takes mental notes OF the style OF COM
position, time. rhythm every thing and goes home ana
invens his groups and business. 1t Is well known that
Mr. Gilbert Is extremely strict man, and on all mat
tiers Of stage business his word is Law. All arrange
msns Of colors and tho original groupings, with which
the frequentev Of tho Savoy are so we'll acquainted,
are BY him. He will stand the stage beside the
actor or and repeat the words With appropriate
action over and again, until they are delivered
a. be desires them to be- In some instances, OF course.
he allows little license, but very little
The letter in which Mr.. Gladstone announced to
Samuel Rogers his engagement to Catherine Glynne
has been found among the papers Of the poet, and
II IS hoped that It will appear in the last volume OF
Mr.. Claydens Life OF Rogers
Tho fresh calendar Of the valuable manuscript
preserved By tho Marquis of Salisbury at Hatfield
House exhibits Queen Elizabeth in the amusing char
scter Of an elderly coQuettc. Many Of tho letters
which appear therein were addressed TO her by TWO
brothers the Dukes Of Anjou and Alencon, ct the
time when each had hopes OF her hand The former,
when she was thirty and he was twenty wrote
10 her that "she was the most perfect beauty that
God had made during the last five hundred years.
After Alcncon's victory at Cambray he wrote to the
Queen that garter which she had sent him alone
xas the causc7 of his triumph
Mr. Edmund Gossc's 1ustpubnshed Life Of Con-
ereve is said give full account Of the dramatiss
nfe and carefully thOughtou estimate OF his works
We shall probably soon see reprint of the book here