New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-07-27
LITERARY NOTES.

shclley's centenary, August 4. 1902. is u be cec
bratcd by the publication Of Mr. F. S Ellis'S LcNicni
Concordance 10 his poems. IL IS said that THIS "hl
equal in bulk Mrs. COwdcn Clarke's "CoucJrdance' to
shakespeare. oddly enough, this tribute % an cN-
PEELED oxford student is 10 be printed at the Uni
ycrsity Press Mr. Ellis has spent six years In the
prcparatlon Of this work, which contains 10000
references to shcley's writings Mr.. Bernard Cu1rtch
will publish the volume
Sir Edwin Arnold will not leave Japan until sep
cnlbcr though he may possibly visit Honolulu next
month. II IS said Of him by one who knows That ue
truth ard crncstncss Of his study into japanese IN
sttutions during his brief soiourn IS really marvellous
His "scribncr7 articles looked FOR with keen III
tcrcot
In his forthcoming Century paper on "Thr
FORGOTTEN Millions" President Eliot. of Harvard, oilers
a protest against the argument, Of those WHO hold
the extreme view that the existing social order all
wrong The great majority Of people, even in The
worst American towns and cities, live comfortably ana
hopefully" SAYS President Eliot. and to prove Ills
assertion lie describes the social and ndu't@a con
| dlti0ns existing in Mount Desert. which he says
affords fair type cf the organization Of basal Amcri
| can society IN which from thirty TO forty millions
| Of the American people live"
The new edition Of "Romola," now in the press OF
Estes & Lanriat will DC in two volumes containing
A number Of Illustrative photoctchings printed IN
unts The stll elaborate &c luxe Issue OF TINS
| edition will be limited to $50 copies.
stanlcv's English publisher was walking on Bcachy
| Head not long ago. when he met a poor, lone shop
herd who was also gcolOgiSt gcOgraphcr and phl)sb
| ubcr and whed away the slow-footcd hours with
books He also was collector OF the arrow heads 81
ancient H-itons and an explorer Of British barrOws
| and he took Mr Publisher dncOgnitO) 10 SEQ The
! museum II turned out that the shepherd (WhO by
thc way was one armed had one wish ungfa'ihcd h
wanted 10 shake Stanley b. the hand aud he hanhcfed
| after copy Of stanlcy's booS "Wel happen Il
| know Mr. stanley said the publisher, silly. Then
| here's a pund for him. and tell him I'll scnd tn
balance for the book day. II IS my hard carne'
savings. slr.n The shepherds money was returned
70 him and n IS said that he is to receive copy 0
the book with It's authors autograph within it.
NJ Brupetiere is properly impatient concerning ID
modern craze for picking up and exploiting the III
valued Ms notes scribblings. and other trashy relic
thrown aside by famous authors the worthless scrap
they are In France to-day, says Brunetcre one ma
becomes almost famous By discovering in lfetm
doubtful autograph Of Mol!erc another more astnt
or more lucky. by publishing for unpublished work {
Bossuct what was in fact such thing. Could the
ONLY put their hands on Pascals washing bills q
Racine's hairdpSser's account they would be at one
AZ the top Of the literary tree. knowledge and HI rdr
sense tasto, tart discrimination, composition, stv
Wit or grace eloqucncc force All that went 10 max
| I'D what one called talent geEus-do not count
the eyes Of your drciphercr OF texts your rlnSackC
| after unpublished matter. The man Who frames IN
Indictment be il remembered, Is critic whose scholar
ship I'm his own domain Is not 10 be lightly mpugnet
The fun Of the thing is that half the discoveries al