New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-18
LITERARY NOTES.

= A new AuIvaney story is said to be in progress
under the pen Of Rudyard Kipling. lie has lately
been writing a series Of Japanese stories.
OF Mr.. Kipling's "Balads" 1t is reported that
10000 copies have been sold In England, tnliu
edition being IN the press. Six OF the BALLADS
have boon set TO music for publication The musical
version of "Tommy" has been dedicated to the British
Army.
Miss Constance Fenimore woolson has given up her
italian home and is living In beautiful old Oxford
where she has made many friends
A strange omission Of -four pages from the English
and American editions Of the Taleyrand Memoirs IS
attributed 10 the French publishers or the french
editor The French proofs which were sent to Eng
land for translation, and which were regularly pased
to tho end OF the volume, did not INCLUDE hs '"o
notable papers In which the dying Iaiieyrand hiaue
his peace with the Roman Church These, having ap
pearcd in the French edition. have been uansM'eu
and wisely printed on a leanet by Messs. PUTNAM
sor inseytion in tire last volume Of the Memoirs inc
6rst OF the two documents is the Tetraction OF Taey
rand, which runs thus
Moved more and more by solemn considerations.
az Evolution Which has involved everything and
had lasted for fifty years. find myself oblised aner
long life and much experience, TO blame the en-
cesses Of the time In which have lived; and heartily
70 condemn the errors which In this iong ,p
OF wears, have so vexed and troubled the 1ath4No,
Apostolic and Romish Church-excesses to winch
myself have unfortunately contributed
it please MOnsegneur the Archbishop 81 pa ais
roson ' Of the Sovereign Ponn toward to present
70 the Holy Father In accordance with my wisHes'
my Confession and my entire submission to the dSs.
thine and discipline Of the Church; and 10 an ,as
ecclesiastical affairs OF France: dare 10 'russ ca
His Holiness will graciousy desn to accept s"'N 'u'
mission. -. a., rsn.roh,.
Being at one time e1empsd BY the nH,oDs
have sought during my long political career for op.
porunities on which render to religion ana 70 manS
Gerry any services in my power. have never yer
ssed to consider myself as other than 'n"u Vi '"@
deplore afresh, those acts of my life, which have
her and for her supreme leader 49,.
Accommodating this document is letter written
nv Talleyrand to Pope Gregory on the same day:
Tho young and pious child, who nghtens my S Uo
Is; ss, T aarn sns @e 81 e SS with
Holiness is inclined to regard me .elnns me b III 0
ss Gsd for which she has fondy longed am i'm,
pressed us when the Archbishop OF fSis h's'
BY n: s Is,g ~i psss.r w' tS
dare to hope that Your Holiness will not only dsgn
70 accept these favo5y but that You SS% %s
Justice, viii remember the circumstances WHICH H"''
The Memoirs finished some time since but Which, ,hrf
years alter my death, viii explain TO Ros'eTy us my
Holy fasSsr BY simply drawing MS attention ton to the the
general disorder OF the time In whlch hveo'
does not. however. prevent my saying that all my my
youth spent in preparation for procession LOT
which was, by character united
For the rest cannot now act more wisely than ey
IS d haze X. IN and 'h e no
cradle Head 1 am. most Holy Father; with respect
Your Honesss very humble and submissive son ana
CHARLES MAURICE, PRINCE DE TALLEYRAND.
(sgned. Paris. May II. 1881
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land" printed from plates and richly illustrated
is announced by Lippincott. 1t will be Issued IN
eight octave vOlumns
Mrs Oliphant has Just published new novel,
Diana Trelawneyr-which is described an I'M
commonly strong book-and is about to bring ont
another entitled The Cuckoo in the Nest
An Englishman connected with one OF the greatest
publishing houses In the world declares that barely
half of the books published produce profit at all,
and not 10 per cent result In profit worthy OF the
name. He adds " Books have been bought for G"o.
rs was the case with Anstey's 'Vice-Versa.' which
would have been cheap at $500 but E1ooo has been
oven before now for books which would have been
dear at gift" Profits, he asserts, are derived from
the books of utility the school books and the cookery
books, the technical and Juvenile books the produc-
don Of which costs perhaps few pence ana whlch
sell for three shings.
Mr. Swinburne's lately published tragedy, "The
Sisters is said TO have been written very quickly
within q mcnth, in fact.
= It Is now stated that NJ. lola doesn't intend to
write a novel about the Lourdes pilgrmages. He
Is already work upon the story which Is to close
bis Rougon-Macquart" series. 1t Is to be called
lie Docteur Pascal" and will be published as
serial during the coming year. One who has heard
something about the plot and the motive OF the
story says 1t promises to be rather tedious.
The volume on English Cathedrals,' which Mrs.
Schuyler Van Rensselaer, has written, and Mr. Joseph
Pennel has illustrated, will be published by The
Century" Company.