New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-01
LITERARY NOTES.


"Asoando Fancles and Faets,' is the not par
tculary musical title Of Robert Brownings new book
Il will contain thirty poems. and will be published
December -. by Houghton, NIniin Co.
Mr.. Alexander W. Thayer, having been obliged to
cease work fer long time on the fourth volume Of
his biography Of Beethoven because Of head troubles
brought by too close application to the study Of
the musicians life, has improved the time by writing
work entitled Tho Hebrews In Egypt and the
Exodus The history is based on the Old Testament
geneaoglcs which have been openly or tacty re-
jected hitherto by commentators and historians
These geneaogies" Mr. Thsyer writes to a friend
In this city, Supplemented by Brugsch's Egyptian
chronology of the Pharaohs bring to the most as
tonishing results The Hebrew Jacob with his family
comes into Egypt some GOO years later than is gen
orally Supposed the Children Of Israel who were
enslaved such by adoption at sinai the Hebrew
family and its descendants never enslaved /;
therefore Ramscs II not the Pharaoh Of the
oppression of the true Hebrews, Minchtah Of the
exodus. The views taken wholly new. OF course
the old traditional mode Of viewing the Pentateuch
history is opposed, but the other hand, If the
argument be we'll founded. it completely overthows
the notions OF the destructive school from Colensa TO
Williamson and Renan."
Mr. Andrew Lang is the author of this recent skit
on the book trade:
A Buyer of Books Ia rars being, asks shat do
booksellers keep in stocklD Not Uoolu,' he says
they never have anything but the works Of H. -1@
h sa ne 6iSI d i9RSmpEa " anus
Buyer OF books" Have you the Pilgrims Progress
Essays The Idylls of the King ~
seller" No We have not these in stock but we can
get them for YOU"
Buyer Of books slams the door and exit
In 1s92-whch is to be the centenary of sheleys
blrth-a work which is TO be called Sheey's LeXi-
con Concordance will be brought out by Mr.. Ellis,
a member of the English Shelley Society. According
10 DR.. Furnivall, it will be the best concordance ever
printed 1t defines all its words in their several
meanings, and Classics the quotations into their
respective divisions; thus doing what DR.. Furnvall
has long desired some to do for Shakespeare
combine Schmitz's Lexicon with the Cowden Clarkes
and Mrs. Furnesss COncordances
Lewis Carroll-otherwisc Mr. Dodgeson and author
Of Alice in wonderland'-has written new book,
which is to be published under the title Of "sylyc
and Bruno'
DR.. z. Grenfen Baker, Of London, but during the
last two years resident of Trieste, has written
concise history Of Switzerland, of which Sir r. +.
Burden has a high opinion Nothing exists in English
Of the kind, and It is great desldsratum Who will
publish It in England was not determined month ago
A series of articles which promise to be as inter-
esting as valuable, will appear I'm scrbners Maya
zine, next year. They will be published under the
title of "The Rights OF the Citizen and WILL 1t Is
stated especially appeal to readers in largo cities upon
a great class Of rights and privileges for which the
citizen pays his taxes but OF which the long suffering
American allows himself TO be deprived.
An English writer says Of Wilhie Collins's modest
fortune that the personally was only about eoOooo'
and adds "Those who think this little In comparison
with the immense prices he was paid at one ume'
must remember that his figure went down In his oa
ace There can be no harm in saying now that thoac
who were inside the market have known for Ions
time that many younger and inferior novel'ss COM
handed far higher prices than he did latterly-tha,
in fact he took what they refused. Nor was ne
singular in this respect. Anthony Trollopc and many
other novelists have left 1t on record that at the
last the public seemed to get satated with thsit
wares and that accordingly less was given Tor tnem
A book about Bazac has just been completed by
the English critic, Frederick Wedmore.
81 always think" said Edward Fitzgerald OF critics,
that utter strangers Will be fairer judges than those
who know and live with authors, editors, publishers
and belong TO the clubs and societies they are 10 be
met att There Is a great deal OF truth IN that as
most writer's will testify
Regierungsrath Rudolph Grimm died in Berlin on
the 18th inst He was the Of the famous Pro
fesSor Wilhelm Grimm and brother OF the present FRO
lessor Hermann Grimm. AS writer he was only
known as author Of long poem entitled Itala.'