New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-28
LITERARY NOTES.

pro,.esor Charles Eliot Norton IS busv engaged
In editing Mr.. Lowell's letters for publication Inc
poets correspondence was characterstlcany i'"hN'
witty and wise. and it is pleasant TO know that IT has
BEEN for the most part, carefully preserved oS '"oso
10 whom II addressed.
A book of essays to called Eighteenth Century
yirnettes- has been prepared by Mr.. Austin Dob
SON. and will be published soon. These essays zeal
with divers celebrities OF the last century, each paper
being delIcaiely drawn and dainy coored portrait.
Besides the ordinary edition. there VIII lie SPcoia'
edition. on large paper There Is said to be growing
craze for collecting Dobson volumes all Dobson hrst
editions being held at present at substantial pre-
MUM.
The purchase price OF Anne rathaway's cottage
at shottery-now the property. fortunately, OF the
Shakespeare trustccs-was nearly ten times what the
place WIS sold for only fifty years ago.
A facsimile reproduction OF the printed page In
which the name America first appeard-n tho
"Cosmogra phiae Introduclio" OF I501-w accompany
Captain f. H. Masons ar,icle on The Baptismal
Font OF America 10 le printed In the octoocr
d" Harper Captain Mason has visited st. Die. III
Lorraine where the "CoSmogaphiac' was printed and
his studies there arc said 10 have resulted In III"
accumulation OF much Interesting matter.
All the valuable manuscripts left by Turguenen are
owned by Madame Pnulnc Viardot. This lady, by the
way has Just given to the Paris Conservatoire the
words as well as music being in the composers own
hand.
Mr. Kpllng has attained one OF the highest Alps
Of fame-he has become a subject for a popular Ice
,ure An Engshman Is arranging to deliver a lecture
to be entitled Rudyard kpling: sairist. Cynic
uumorst-h his analysis OF character to be accompanied
with Illustrative readings.
The Macmians have Just brought out The Old
Curiosity shop. and Martin Chuzzlcwit" In their new
edition OF Dickens. All the Introductory and other
matter OF Master Humphreys Clock Is Included,
we are happy 10 say I'm the volume containing the
old curiosity Shop The true lovers OF the novelist
have ever weakness for Master Humphrey. ana
would not for the world lose nceting simpses he
gives them OF old Weller and ~ sam. The original
Illustrations Of The old curiosity shop ARE de-
lighted 10 see again. albeit they seem 10 have grown
marvellous small with the passage Of the years
Marshal MacNahon's Souvenirs are TO I'LL three or
four volumes which will appear within two years at
,atcst IJe has almost completed the work. which be
Gins with his experiences n captain In the African
expedition OF 1897. The Marshal Is now eighty four
years old.
1T would be Interesting 10 know says "The
Saturday Review" how far evidence OF deceived book
BUYERS would anect the legal rights OF publisher 10
deal with copyright works rs he pleases. In other
commodities than books the law uses no uncertain
terms Made In Germany Is familiar legend devised
for the Information OF buyers and the protection OF
native manufacturers. Why should not publishers be
compelled TO mark mutilated editions as 'mutiatcd'
or incomplete In good clear advertisement on cover or
ttlci II this rule were enacted the important dis
tlnction between authors edition. and pub
Usher, edition. would be clearly defined and there
would be no risk OF the latter form OF book assuming
the appearance Of the former
A monument to Mrs. Browning Is TO be raised Mt
Ledbury where she spent some OF her youthful years