The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-29
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
The quick response of men 10 Bible
teaching. which is noble and simI lie ra-
cher than doctriDal. is shown in the re-
markable popularity of Professor Drum
mond's beautiful sermon ON The
Greatest Thing in the World. More
than 10000 copies in English have
been circulated, and it has been trans
lated into various other languages. No
modern man has given more power
full lesson in Christian living and the
meaning of the Masters teaching.
Dr. Smiles says: II never studied tho
art of composition. read multitude
Of the best books, and from that | sup
pose | learned TO compose"
George Macdonald observes III a
man has anything to say he will man
age to say /, it be has nothing to COM
municate, there is no reason why he
should have a good style any more than
he should have good purse withoutany
money or good scabbard without any
sword. For nay part always scorned
the very idea of forming a style.
Before Stanley left London on his last
expedition Sir John Fender gave him
copy Of Burns poems. Sir John IN re-
Gently writing to Mr.. Bry e. says:
when met Stanley in Egypt in the
spring had noe been in conversation
with him many minutes before no re-
minded me of the little copy of Burns
poems. and he said it had been great
source of comfort to him; he had read
it many times over and he believed
there was no better thumbed book in
existence that that little volume. He
5 aid that Burns was such a child OF ma
ture. aud that he was so much In sym
pathy with him, that many times he
was not only deeply touched, but
greatly encouraged by the peTusal OF
the poems
The Shakespeare Society of New
YORK, will Immediately begin the pub
lcation of a Second Series. " to con-
sist of unexpurgated reprints of the
old English miracle plays. ms steries.
and mOralities. as illustrating the
growth Of the drama up TO Shakes.
peare, besides the least known and
edited English plays contemporary
with Shakespeare own work. These
and all other publications Of the So
ciety viii hereafter appear in the
scholarly and attractive style OF
the Baikside Shakespeare. Two hum
dred and fifty copies only OF
this series will be printed, and the type
will then be- distributed. The fret vol
ume of the series will be "Iucke Drvms
Entertainment, or the Coincide Of Pas
owl and Katherine, as it hath beene
fundry times plaid by the children OF
| PJwles. Newly corrected, London,
printed by w. Stanfb,. for PaiIip
Knight, aud are TO be sold at his fhop
in ChaDcery Lane ouer against the
Roles. 1916. with notes, and intro
ductioD touching the origin, growth,
and decadence OF the Children Com.
panies)."
Some juvenile efforts of Brownings
which were lately sold in London. were
accompanied by this letter from his
father:
BANK, March IL, 1913.
"He has not the slightest suspicion
that any of his very juvenile perform.
ances are in existence. have several
of the originals by me. They are all
extemporaneOus productions. nor has
any one single alteration. There was
one amongst them. On Bonaparte. re-
markedly beautiful, and bad not seen
it in his own handwriting l never
would have believed it TO have been The
production OF child. IL is destroyed. "
Mr.. Robert Barrett Browning hos
given the MSS. OF his fathers poems TO
BaIliol College. IL is thought that Mr..
Brow ming is settled for life in his We.
nelan palace. He likes the climate,
and his American wife has made his
home a CHEEKY and charming abode.
much frequen,ed by all interesting
artists and writer's.
At the recent meeting of the Mesa
chusetts Historical Society, Dr. Samuel
A. Green. in referring TO the valuable
gift of early printed books that had re-
Gently been made to the Boston Pub
lie Library. said: The collection was
formed by the late John Allen Lewis,
of this city, and given to that library
by his widow. lie includes many early
Boston imprints, and is particularly
rich in Mather publications. The col
lection was much used by our late as,
sociate, Mr.. Sibley, wien he prepared
his Mather photographers, and, Tor ITS
rarities, was mentioned at meeting OF
, this society 10 January, 1884. Among
the books is a fee copy of "A Narrative
of the Troubles with the Indians Boston
1871. by Rev. William Hubbard, con-
tanning the White Hills map, of which
| l.ouly a few copies are extant. The
, Wine Hills map, which is OF less rarity
was struck from the block first made
. while the White Hills copy was taken
: from the second block. which correct
r ed numerous errors, particularly In the
C names Of places. Both these maps OF
Q New England. in their titles, contain
the statement. BEING the tlrst that evei
was here cut;' and at she meeting OF
the society in November, 1855. gave
: my reasons for surprising that tney
Q were engraved by John Foster, tbs
!. hvioneer printer Of Boston,
Who is ready TO pay 5000 TO- a 50
Q OF booksy That 10 the price put uDsi
@ each of tie few existing sets of Johl
a Gould's ''Birds." Tie forty-thTc'
n volume, Of each cot are elegant!
y bound and fitted into carved cabinets