Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-10-18
l.tterary Notes.

Tho only novel which CARLYLE ever
wrote. and which has not heretofore been
published, is to be brought out in The
-Ne,c Rerie,r. 1t is said TO present under
thin disguises many of his friends and ac-
quaintances. The same periodical will
soon print his account Of his journey to
Paris. Both works are to be reprinted IN
this country by ID. APPLETON * Co.
At the current session of the State Court
Of Appeals of New York the TILDEy will
contest IS TO be decided. II the late Gov
ernors heirs who were not ignored in his
will succeed in their contest the Ss,OO0,-
600 involved will 60 into their pockets.
IL thew fail, New York may look forward
TO having the finest free public library in
America.
A collection of Elizabethan songs"
with an introduction by ANDREW L.SG
and illustrations by f. II. GARRETT, will be
brought out by LITTLE. BRowS Il Co.
Lord TEvSYsoS's play. which we recently
noticed, is partly in blank verse and part
" in prose. 1t is costume play" and
the scene is laid in England. 1t is said to
be pastoral comedy of the fantastic kind.
with a cheerful denotensen'. The Laureate
is reported to be in capital health. and
often walks six miles at time.
OF the illustrated edition of Ben Hur."
To which we have already referred, the
Messrs. HARPER will issue q special clifton
lie h.re. limited to $50 signed copies. the
text black, the marginal illustrations
tinted.
Mrs. GLADSTONE, in a series OF articles IN
The LADIES' Home Journal, will tell how she
brought up her children.
The late Right Honorable WILLIAM HEN
gY SMITH. First Lord of the Treasury, and
.overnmcnt leader in the House OF Com
mons. was bookseller and publisher and
the leading newsdealer in Great Britain.
His appointment years ago as First Lord
of tho Admiralty is said to have suggested
the character Of Sir JOSEPH PORTER in
"Pinafore."
Mir. WEN. LEcKY. who is ffty-three
wears old. is about to publish his first vol
ume OF poems.
1.-The Story OF Massachusetts, has been
written by tho Rev. EDWARD EVERETT HALE
for d. LoTHRoP & Co.
The literary executors of Canon LIDDoN,
who died year ago, have issued'two vol
umes of his sermons and will soon publish
more. The life of DR.. Pussy. which he left
unfinished, will not appear for another
year.
The tavorite study of ex-Emperor DON
PEDRO, of Brazil, is Hebrew, which is still
kept up with undated ardor. although he
is at q very advanced age.
MACMILLAN 4 Co. are to publish q Brown
ing cyclopadia. by DR.. EDWARD BHRDoE,
which will contain "a commentary on
, every poem, with explanations OF all OBJ
scuritios and difficulties arising from the
historical illusions, legends. classical. and
| archaic phraseology, and curious out-of-
| the-way Technology"
DoDD MEAD Il Co. announce In their
Makers Of America series Robert Full
ton" by the Rev. JOSEPH II. Tw1oHxLL;
Cotton Mather." by Professor WENDELL,
OF Harvard; "Thomas Hooker" by DR..
GEORGE l.. WALKER; "Sir William Johnson
and the Six Nations" by the Rev. DR.. W.
Z. GRIrYls; General Sam. Houston" by
HENRY BRUCE. and "Ds Bienviile, tho
Founder Of New Orleans" by Miss GRACE
KING.
Among MACMILLAN d Co.'S recent an
nouncements are "Dsvid,"l BY Mrs. Hon.
PHRxY WARD. the author Of Robert
Elsmsrs," and "Diphthsris," by DR..
.Tx0R0 Exoan