New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-10
LITERARY NOTES.

Mr. Jobn Foster Kinks Supplement-" IN two
volumes 10 Allibone's Dictionary Of Engnsh LIT
erature and British and American Authors" is nearly
ready for publication Thirtyseven thousand authors
and $4,000 titles are mentioned in these two volumes
(which are to be brought out by Lippincott'
The new volume in the Putnams' Knickerbocker
Nugget series will be heartily welcomed, for 1t Is
K,rc,ake,s "a Fothen.n 1t is pleasant to find this
charming book in so pretty. convenient ana mex
pensive shape.
Mrs Mona Card. the originator Of the controversy
I'm the question is Marriage Failure y has written
n new book which is to be called "A Romance Oh inc
Moorss The "Moors" are not turbaned personages'
but Yorkshire lands This is to be the first BOOK pub
nshed under the new copyright law by HON.
A large number of reprints Of American BOOKS are
now announced in England for immedaie ISSUE
Among these is 1gnatius Donneuys nilu oooA'
Caesars Column"
Mrs Crosse writing of Walter Savage Lander, whom
she knew we'll says that he had all the Vgor Oh ah
openair mind. al have heard him say repea'euls
that he considered those hours spent that were no'
nassed ont of DOORS lie always dwet upon tmS
with insistence Thoughts came 70 him. ne sau' III
the open air or in the silence of the nght exercise
not always necessary, but the nina wants heiu IT,
pose and growing weather; neither STORM hor sum
shine but calm Lander would occasionally ial m'o
silence and his thoughts apparently wandering far
away perbaps into his own the worlds past MS
companions cared not 10 recall bin to the Trivial
present by any uttered word. / remember MS ufedh'
ing such suggestive silence by suooehy O.
sYes the time most regret is the time nave spent
in reading if / had read less should DC Hore oils
inal learning in books Is learning at second haho
hen no went on TO tell us that only during four years
of his life had he studied seriously TINS seemeu
really surprising when one considers the extensive
range of knowledge that is brought under view III the
Imaginary Con, ersatOns' suppose expressed lils
in some way for Lander replied "A deep msleht nto
your own mind gives you knowledge of other mems"
The entire lack of sympathy in his home which made
Lander so unhappy and led to so many quarrels is
Illustrated by an OF the honeymoon Feleu
nv Kenvon 10 Mrs Crosse on occasion, 1t seems
The newly married couple were sitting side by sde'
Iandor was reading some of his own verses W Hls
bride-and who cOud read more eNquisteN !-"heh al
a once the lady, releasing herself from his arm lucu
M saving: Oh, do stop, Walter. there's that dear
delightful Punch performing In the street. nluS'
look ont of the window" Exit poetry forever! Ian
dor gave me- says Mrs. Crosse, "a characteristic a0
count of his parting from his family. Ihere was ho
ouarrel' he said, but he had resolved III MS own
mind 10 leave his home. The evening Deiofe IL
seems he had said Mrs. Lander, will you allow me
tbe use of your carriage tomorrow morning TO take
mo the first stage out of FlOrenceP The request was
accorded no further words passed between this III,
assorted couple, 'and the next day lelt ioe'er
said LandOr"
4 cbeap edition of Mr.. Shorthouse's works is an
rounced by the Macmlans. The record OF publca-
tion of John Inglesant" is curious one. NO sec
ond edition was required for six months; but then
the demand immediate/y became so great that each
month of 1882 saw edition OF It's own. III t"o
volumes: and in every subsequent year there has
been single-vOlume edition.
The second edition Of A Girl In the Karpathans'"
pretty Miss Menie Muriel DOwes unconventional oooh
~ travels is already out Of print in London. Miss
Dowe is the young girl who reused the grave seniors
of the British Association to 50 much enthusiastic
applause when she gave them some account OF her
travels at their meeting last year. Are we 10 nave
an American edition of this book by the way
The first book to be published under the new copy
right law by the Harpcrs is Mr.. o. W. T. KnsSelFS
Life of Gladstone.