New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-22
LITERARY NOTES.

At the forthcoming Congress Of OricntaIsts, begin
ming september ]. DR.. Won Lomnitz will present the
arst and only existing Ms IL the gypsy language.
This contains the poems Of the gypsy musician
Baldizar. DR.. LOmnitz has also prepared
dictionary of the gypsy language OF TrausylVania.
Concerning Lovelps observation-disclosures The Boston
Advertiser says that when he Editor Of The At
lantic" he not hfreQuently would put Ms into his
pocket with tlc intention Of reading them at his
ieisure, carry them home and forget all about them
Authors were constantly inquiIing about ARTICLES when
they had requested TO be returned unaccepted, and
of which they could c.t tldngs after repeatedly al
dressing the editor the subject Often the articles
would be discovered in overcoat that had been
the previous winter and quito a. often they would
not he discovered az ALL
Miss Jessie Fothergr left q novel, completed only "
few days before her death. Its title is Oriers
Daughter" and II Will shortly be published.
Thackcray, as a writer In "Muray's Magazine"
reminds US continually used himself a model I'm his
humorous drawings. In casusa'inc others. he never
drcamt Of sparlng himself Rembrandt, Rubcn5,
vclasouez indeed nearly all tho greatest of the worlds
uaners" SAYS Mr.. Layard, "have given portraits Of
themselves but they have taken coed care, and s
20 To arrange the lights and pose 10 give the
of genius with his profOundest intellectual exprcssOn
IL was think left for Thackoray 10 portray hisase
in the most unbecoming lights and under the most
dlcntfleQ
ciDle with him always to taste the quality
of his own whip before he fagellaed the
shoulders Of others. And, If we find this in study
Ing his pictures how much do We find him I'M
sDarins OF himself in his writings In using himself
as O whippng-bOy for our SINS he probably believed
that he was making himself as dcsplcable as Rou.-
seau. He forgot that, IN laying bare his fobles his
weaknossc. the evil prompngs of his hear, he could
not altogether conceal from view his moral force his
human sympathlcs, and his hatred Of cant and mean
ness.
Each thought was visible that rolled within
As through crystal case the figured hours are seen
And heaven did this transparent veil provide.
Because he mad no evil thoughts TO hide
NJ. Renan is hard at work upon the fourth volume
of his History Of the People of Israeli and 1t Is
rapidly advancing e. completion.
Some Roman Catholic writer's having taken Mr.
Lewis Morris to task for selecting such themes for IDS
last volume the legends of the saints they have
been astOnlshed TO learn that IL was Cardinal Man
ming who suggested Mr. Morris hi. choice Of sub
ject
Mr.. Bartlett-whO acted one Of LOwelPs pail
bearers the other days preparing the ninth and
final edition Of his volume of Familiar Quotations"
In tbe recently published and entertaining memoir
of the English artist, Redgave, there is a paragraph
on Mulready who Is said to have loved his art so
well thf at seventythIce he hard at work at the
"Life5 Ike any young STUDENT and being asked
day TO dinner excused himself because il was his night
al the drawlngclass. / used" said he, "tO draw
RAPIDLY in pen.andinl, but find have lost some Of
my power. / used to be able TO draw hafardozen
haaas carefully and correctly 10 an hOur. NoM find