New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-03
LITERARY NOTES.


literary men will be glad TO know that the new
Atlantic Index Is rapidly approaching compieuoh'
weeks Journey through the bound volumes OF tae
6no old magazine is an exercise calculated 70 maAe
The reader very proud OF American literature. ue"
index which shall make particular papers quickly &C
cessible is much needed.
Mr.. Charles Dudley Warmers new series of papers,
the first Of which Will appear In the April NUMBER OF
Harper" win be published under the title OF
Little Journey In the Worlds
Philip Gilbert Hamerton's book. French and Eng
shz "a not to be merely reprint Of bis clever artcles
published In GThe Atlantic" Those articles have
been merely used basis for the new work
Victor Hugo was q great man, though not nearly
30 great he was considered by himself ano py inc
French nation His greatness had many on umes
especially when he undertook to reply u 'ho
effusions of HIS adorers. To the dedicaoor OF al
ode he Is reported to have written, : MY master'
You pass before mo like comet. and illuminate my
path An American poet who dedicated romance
10 the great Frenchman rewarded with the
following acknowledgment: You possess suDhme
inspiration the tender streams Of your harmonious
speech impart 20 my feelings q sense OF recovered
youth press your hands across the ocean" On
one occasion drawing was sent TO him. He replied
by writing to the artist Each Of your lines Is
a verse: you could say Thou to- Ged' poor
stonemason IN Roubaix, who had an enthusiastic
admiration for Victor Hugo as poet and as pohticlah
amused himself during his leisure hours In attempt
ing to compose verses. He ventured to send some
Of them to the poet Il trace your image
replied Victor Hugo, ain your poetry, Each Of
these thoughts must have proceeded from head
encIrcIed with blond locks o, my child, for many
a wear may you preserve untnged with gray those
locks which the shears Of ago have not yet toucned
The poetic mason, says the narrator, was nfy-nve
years old.
Olive schrener, the author of the "story of an
African Farm IS writing new novel, and Is al
the same time preparing series OF aegoricai essays
on MARRIAGE the ethical bearings OF sex, the rights
OF women and Kindred subjects. She Is staying al
Aasse in the Riviera Tho portrait Of Miss schreiner
| which appears In The Book Buyer shows rather
strong and moody face.
Five volumes Of tho nine which comprise Dr.
Kohut's TaImudIcal Dictionary have now been prntod
and the work itself has Just been completed. IL Is
really an enormous encyclopedias, and Is remark
.hIn recruitment OF scholarship. DIR. Kohut has been
| IN charge Of the Congregation Ahavath chesed' OF
| this city since 1883
"A Daughter of Eve,' is the suggestive title
,er nv the author Of The Story Of Margaret Kent
| 10 her now novel, which the Tieknors VIII puDhsn
/ early In February. Tho daughter IN question
| anpeara upon the stage as " an old msns aSrnhs'
| ana IN tic development Of her character ana 'nc
unfolding Of tho social plot OF tho story tno au'"o
| a said to have done work quite equal 70 ua' "a
Margaret Kent"
The question as to whether New.fork is 10 %
| ua great literary centre Of the Enghsn-spe sAlhs
,d e agitatng considerably the critics OF adlaceht
! towns. one Of them declares thS' "SSniHso" N"'
| hotter prospects in that direction,
| no,v MAGAZINE for the blind in raised BraiIe
tvno will shortly make its appearances ID Lohaon
rnder distinguished patronage VIII ooh'''n
osatns, articles and reprints Of literary msttcr Oh
nn .,.ss NV the best authors Of the day, politics
| being excluded
| uor5nt OF Mr. Browning essay on Shelley
| ~ .,ni,shod a an introduction to some
or..s ~ sheIleys which turned out to DC forgeries
| - ,a,elv beon issued by the English sheney
| soc,otv. Ii is, in this essay thar browning says
aAs call shelley . moral man, oeesuso no "se
| true simpie-hearted, and brave, because whss NC
ac,od correspondent TO what he Knew 80 eau nun u
=, religious mind because every audscious
man v 80, nm nv him against the Divine was
nes1uNo .,ra,ea with mood Of reverence and
interpenetra'eo "iN
| alteration
Ar. co,rthopcs "Iifc of Pope the tenth and con-
shading volume of his edition OF Pope nearly ready
for publication.
-, no.,roaster.Ceneral Thomas L. James has pre-
g, Gov The March @scribner' an article on the
Railway Mail Service.
,.st additions which Haliwell- Phillips made
49, eha,ospearean collection were exceedingly in-
t..s,,np one of them was Ms. book OF travels OF
a. lgheenth century containing an account OF visit
q, -On-Avon, and giving ioi1uhaev' ue-
| ,.,oD ~ the room In which Shakespeare
go norm as IL existed before so many pilgrims visited
a. "a yyrote their names walls. ceiling. and win
| 49, The second curiosity was printed copy Of
~. original music TO Farewell, Dear Heart. Since
~, Noads be Gonen quoted In the second act OF
re,tth Nights Another copy Of this music Is known
4, bo IN existence, and that Is all
IN. hero az Miss Blanche willis Towards forth
! oo,o,nr novel, aThe Open Door," Is German count
,vno has practically renounced the world and lives in
solitude.
VIVIAN our Mutual Friend" appeared it was enthusi
,.a,,v reviewed IN The London Tines by the lats
A. yaIss Dickens was so pleased with the article
~. ha oave to Dallas the MS OF the story tho critic
a,arhoroaIy elaspng Il TO his heart and protesting
,hs, he would never part with the precious thing
,t, vh,e after he sold II TO Mr. Childs for 1880
t,t. sa,d that Mr. Du Chsillus book tho Norsemer
has practically been reset for the sixth time, the
author having made discoveries and rcvisions which
,nyolvo tmnortant changes and additions. Tho whole
u,orh which has 800 beautiful illustrations. viii
probably appear next month.
aHarvesp is the utlo Of John Strange winters
new novel
The wife of Augustine Birren was, when she mar
Red him, tho widow OF Lionel Tcnnyson. She 4
Frederick Lockers daughter