New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-03-29
LITERARY NOTES.

President Charles Kendall Adams rs con'ripuone !"
volume to the food of Columbus literature winch
threatens to swamp the booksellers counters ."'o
son. His life OF Columbus Is to be ihci'ueu j." -,
& Meads interesting series OF " MaAeis Vi ""''' ,
Miss Anna L. Dawes, by the way mas "''''o" i'' ''
series biography OF Charles sumner
In "Marah n the volume OF poems by the late Lord
Iytton (Owen Meredith which has Just been plous".
out by Longmans each poem is complete In nsen, p"O
thev arc so arranged as 10 form consecutive whole
The appendix contains the poem which LorN Lyt'ol
was writing before his sudden death ana winch nc Ioi'
unfinished . 80,
II is hoped that at some carly date a complete COL
lection of Lyttons verses will be published III" nc
lived II was his intention to have collected them' ana
Lady Betty Balfour his daughter the vile OF "ei'u
Rafour NJ p viii probably carry out this mtnuoh
,r,.re are lines of owen Meredith's which Will never
be forgotten In this country no book OF Ve'se prov
ably ever had a greater popularity than Lucille
Alexis Tolstoi a brother Of the NOVELIST Leo
Tolstoi. has written story which is SAID 10 nc "'
strong as those of the more famous nehioer Vi MS
family 1t is called prince Screbryani'' ana
translation Of II made by j. Curtain VIII SUI" w
brought from the press of Dodd Mead
The printers blunder which made one OF Mr.
Aldrich's sugared lines speak OF patent hec"i III
stead Of potent nectar was, IL appears
funnier than has been supposed A correspondent
=, uThe Roston Transcript says that the line
originally read A potent medicine for gods ana NEIL
and was mispnnted A patent medicine ETC. ~
Is also reported that Mr.. AS equanimiV was uPs''
on another occasion because In serious noou nc
wrote in another poem, Now the old WOUND prea"S
,r. afreshp and was Mortified TO learn by me types
that he-a bachelor-had sald -No" '"0 o'u ~
breaks out afresh."
Mr. George Parsons Lathrop's forthcoming DUN u
ooems is 10 be called Dreams and Days
Mr.. Henry Dickens. who Is lawyer, says that MS
fathcr-Chares Dickens. the novelS-was very iona Oh
LAWYERS and he tells this story OF his laher anu MI
Frederick Ouvry the weknown solicitor on one
occasion Dickens was treaty for piece OF land al
the back of Gad's Hill, the proposed vendor be'g au
old farmer, d cute old man OF business, ana hau
nut TO crack. An interview was arranged "iu nun
Mt Gads Hill for a certain evening and Mr. Ouvry
came down for the purpose Of being present WHICH
the bargain was struck. Dickens and Ouvry were
sitting over their wine when the old man was an
nounced ave had better go in said Dickens
"No nOn (said the astute lawyer" Johh' ITO us
butlerl show him into the study and take him oottle
of old port wine.' Then turning To Dickens, "A
glass Of port will do him no HARM 1t will soften him.
After waiting about twenty minutes, they went into
the study The farmer was sitting bolt upngh' IN
an armchair stern and uncOmpromising; the bottle OF
port had not been touched. The negotiations then
proceeded very much in favor Of the farmer and the
bargain was struck. With a chuckle the old man
then turned his attention TO the port ana hhsheu e
bottle
DR.. Weir Mitchell is about TO print new book
OF verse; and his Mr.. Langdon E. Mitchell Is also
getting ready volume Of poems.
The edition of Walt whlmans selected Poems
chosen aid edited by Arthur Stedman, Will be brought
out Immediately. The edition in the hands of the
binder when the poet died; and he expressed shortly
before his death his last wishes and final approval with
respect to the book.
The literary circles OF Austria deeply regret the
premature deathsof Bruno Zappct which occurred in
Vienna few days ago Herr Zappert was one Of
the most successful dramatists OF his native country
a Bohemian in America" which was hrst produced
in 1881, especially popular. Eleven years ago.
however, the author comparatively unknown, and
he glad TO sell the piece for $1,000. In the
course of few the purchaser theatre man
ager the richer by $4,000. Zappert who was
only forty years old at the time OF his DEATH
the author of more than fifty plays.