The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-09-04
Literary Notes.

Literary Notes.
AT the Lyceum Theatre, London, Lord
Tennyson's Beckett" will be presented
next winter. Mr.. Irving and his COM
pany will come to the United States un-
der Mr.. Abbey's management.
The State Department will supply the
Behring Sea Commissioners with The
Century Dictionary, and it will be the
standard in their deliberations. 1t is now
the authority at Chautauqua.
The London Spectator thinks that Kip
ling will represent better to posterity,
far and away better than any Of bis con-
temporaries,t the extraordinary movement
of the Anglo-SaIon In this century to-
ward the opening up of the earth"
Macmillan & Co. will issue In the fall
in one volume the Letters of Charles
Dickens" uniform with their new 81
volumes of novels. They are edited by
Miss Hogarth, and were first published
in three octave volumes, and afterwards
in two.
OF Gross Currents by Mary Angela
Dickens, granddaughter Of the famous
Tomancer, now ready in Appletons
Town and Country Library The Specta-
tor says: ut is not only an excellent
novel, but it is distinguished by kind Of
excellence which is exceedingly rare in
the work of beginner"
The organization of American Psyche
logical Association has been entrusted
to President Hall of Clark University
aud Professors Fullerton Of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, Jastrow Of the
University of Wisconsin, James Of Har-
ward, Ladd of Yale, Ca:tell of Columbia
and Baldwin of the University of To
ronto.
Mr. Gladstone has written for the Oc-
tober North American Review an ar
ticle on Irish policy, and Gail Hamilton
has written for the September number an
open letter TO Queen Victoria in behalf
of Mrs. Maybrick, the murderess. In the
same magazine Amelie Riyes discusses
the degree o frankness to be exercised in
the moral training of children, the title
of her article being Innocence versus
Ignorance"
A. C. McClurg x Co. have in press
France in the Nineteenth Century, 1880
1890" by Elizabeth Wormeley Latimer;
"A History of Modern PHILOSOPHY from
the Renaissance to the Present." by b.
G.. Burt; Sound and Music by Profess
sor John A. Zahm, profusely illustrated !;
References for Literary Workers, by
Professor Henry Matson, and "A Short
History of English Literature for Young
People" by Elizabeth S. Kirkland.
Mr. John Bigelow, one of the trustees,
contributes to the September Scribner' 5
under the title The Tilden Trust Lii
brary: What Shall 1t Be-" the facts
concerning Mr. 1ilden's intentions, in
Guiding an important proposal of a lOca-
tion for library building. To the same
number q paper on THE Education of
the Blind" is contributed by Mrs. Fred
eric r. Jones, who has studied very care
fully the development Of the various
modes of instruction.
Professor H. III. Boyesen's novel, The
Light of Her Countenance." has been
tri Aslated into German by Matilde Mann
and sold to the Schlesische Zeitung, of
Breslau. not without pccuniary profit to
the author. His Daughter of the
Philistnes" has been done into French
by Mile. retirement, and published Sc
ri2lly in the magazine Causeries Famil-
icres: while his collection of stories for
the Young. "The Modern Vickings." has
been issued in Italian by Frateli Treyes,
of Milan.
Besides the books mentioned last week,
the Century Co.'S list of announce
ments includes Timothy Coles exquisite
engravings from the "Old Italian Mas
ters": Mrs. Van Rensselaer's papers on
the English Catherals, illustrated by
Pencil: play in Province" by Joseph
and Elizabeth Robins Pencil; The
Chatelaine Of La Trinite. by Henry H.
Fuller; DIR. ]. NJ. Buckley's Faith Heal,
ing. Christian Science and Kindred
Phenomena" The Love of the World,
by Professor Mary Emily CAGE, OF
Wells College; Cheap Money ana a
new and uniform edition of five OF the
books of Frank Il. Stockton.
The American Library Association has
established, under the name Of the a. H..
A. Council, kind of library senate.
The Association elected by written bal
lot those whom they considered the ten
leading librarians or the country, ahu
these in turn enlarged their mum
serves for five years. The body
has important advisory powers, aud
il is expected that the smaller body,
being more manageable, will be able to
hold more frequent meetings and TO I'M
dertake certain important library work
Nhit would he impracticable for the
general association with its hundreds
of member.
Henry Holt & Co. announce three vol,
umes by a New Poet, Charles Leonard
Moore of whom. under this title, DIR.
Weir Mitchell wrote enthusiastically III
the June Forum. The titles are Poems
ANTIQUE and Modern, A Book of Day
Dreams: or. a Century of Sonnets and
the Banquet of Palacios,' romantic
South American comedy IN prose. olher
forthcoming publications of the same hrm
are Jerome *. JerOmes Novel Notes,
with many illustrations; A MldWlnter
Nights Dream, and Other Tales and u
volume of Sketches of Yale Llte, ana
Other Papers, by Professor henry A
Beers, of Yale Jack ODoon, by Mrs.
Marin Beale; and John Paget, new
novel by Miss ID. b. Elliott, author OF
Jerry This is a society story, NANNY
of New York and Newport. Inc pup
fishers will also bring out MISS Eillott
The Felmers.'
The widow of the millionaire NJ. T.,
the late Peter Rylands, is to present me
famous Althorp library OF Lord Spencer
together with collection OF nearly @lVV'-
600 worth of modern books TO the Sily
of Manchester. The almost priceless
gift is made in order 10 perpetuaie NlI'
Ryland's memory IN the manner "nl.n
be desired. Among his own neeTaiS
nerum.' from the Borghese collection.
This cost him over $4,000. In addition
to the munificent gift already mentioned
Mrs. Rylands has bought site on which
She will erect suitable buildings Tor me
reception of the books. The Fan Mail
ouotes Macaulay on the Althorp library
in 1910:
We had breakfast at nine, preceded by
nrovers in the chapel. l was just in