New-York tribune., 1893-11-24
LITERARY NOTES.

The lectures or Familiar Talks which Dean
Hole proposes to give In this country next sprns
will be three in number. The first is The Dem
at Home with Thackeray and Leach anu ''e
literary life Of England; the second Is THE Loan
at Home with Pusey and Liddon' and the chuich
life of England and the third is '"rhe l,an al
Home with Gladstone and DisraeW' ana me Po
litical life of England. All the proceeds of these
lectures will be shared by Rochester Catnenrd
(now being restored great expense) ana -
Andrews Church, Rochester. ~ Y. How "e-
lightful a writer is Dean Hole all readers ot Ms
Memories and Of his nimitabe book on "Roses
know well: they will be glad to prove the asser'io"
that he is an equally charming talker'
or all the dramatic moments which have been
described in 'Scribner perhaps the most thrii'"s'
as it was undoubtedly one of the most signhcah'
was that set forth by Mr.. Isaac II. Bromley IN 'he
current number of the magazine II Is the ho"i-
inaton of Abraham Lincoln. which he puts oeiore
us In terse and picturesque phrases-an event "ic"
was the great turning point in our history! Inc
concluding in the convention was o'ic Vi
frantic tumult II thought" writes MI broh'es'
IL had heard noise and seen wild excitement peiore'
but this was the grand climacteric On the P'a'-
form near Henry S. Lane was executing
war-dance with some other dignhed delegate as
partner; the Indiana men generally were smashihs
hats and hugging each other; the lilinois men uiu
everything except stand on their heads' hanus "e'e
fying wildly In the air. everybody's mouth was
terrific Seen from the stage 1t seemeu u I've
% 900 mouths In full blast If that startling hgure
of La Guerre on the Arc de Triomphe had oeen
kinded into life and repeated twenty-thousahd-loo
poured out upon this arena. l have seen con-
ventions carried off their feet before and SINCE
but never anything like that. l was so overcome
with the spectacle that the contagon OF IL look no
hold ! could not shout, simply caught my breath
and stared at ii. 1t seemed as II IL never "ouiu
stop. Over the desk of the reading clerk was
skylight, and men stationed there had reported 10
the packed masses in the streets from the edge
of the roof the results of the bailotlng Oh 'he
roof there also a loaded cannon ready 10 con-
vey the news when the nomination was reacheu
The four Ohio changes had hardly been recordeo
when IL beched its fire. The cry, 'Lincom Is
nominated went the roof into the Streets anu
the streets went wild So. when the inside tempest
lulled an instant, the roar from the OUTSIDE came
in like echo and the storm was renewed; 'he
waves of noise rolled back and forth, till from
sheer WEAKNESS the shouters sank into their seats
Mr. George Saintsbury has newly translated The
Heptameron of the Tales of Margaret, Queen OF
Navarro" and the Society of English Bibliophilists
will shortly publish his version. The text "hch
has not abridged, is TO have copious notes. anu
will be accompanied by reproductions OF all the
illustrations belonging TO the finest Continehtai
editions of theSwork. The frontispiece' portrait
OF Queen Margaret. has been taken from Cionet
crayon drawing preserved at the Paris Bibliotheque
Rationale. Mr.. Santsbury leads the first OF the
five volumes with an essay on the Heptameron.
Mr. Richard Harding Davis has been writing
serjA of Partisan sketches which will appear
richly illustra ted-in "Harper's Magazine during
the coming winter. The same magazine announces
an illustrated article by w. G. Tiffany on -Four
in Hand Driving in England. France and America
The latest volume of the Tudor Library con-
tains a twelfth-night comedy once played at ST.
ford and frcf
manuscript collection Of sixteenth and seventeenth
century pieces owned by the Bodlean Library The
play is based on the story of Narcissus and is IN
the burlesoue vein of the Pyramus and Thisbe
interiude in the midsummer Nights Dream"
Another new volume of the library contains
"Gismond of Salern." the Oldest English play pased
on an Italian plot The only other edition Is that
of 1891, which was polished according to the de-
corum OF these daies." This new edition OF 800
wears later-one of 500 copies-follows the original
text Of 1868
The memoirs of the late Mrs Anne Lynch Botta
are soon to be published by J. S. TAFT Sons.
A new edition of "Hudson's Shakespeare has
Just been brought out by Estes & Lauriat 1t has
thirty-six ful-page etchngs by j. Monzies.
Mr. William Blacks novel is called High
land Cousins" The Harpers propose to publish II
as serial in the "Bazar. The chief serial Of the
coming year in their weekly is what is reported
Il
Mr. Rudyard Kipng has been writing an intro
duction in verse for new book by an Australian
writer 1t is in the form of ballad in which he
describes Mother England as sending forth her
sons to conquer worlds. Here is the opening:
There dwells Wife by the northern march,
And a wealthy WiIe Is she;
She breeds a breed O rovin' men.
And casts them over sea-
And some they drown in deep water
And some in sight of shore 1890
And xordpO h3C
she sends more.
Professor Ebers's novel. CLEOPATRA" is In the
press of d. Appleton & Co. The Lippincotts are
bringing out Ouida's story. 1.-TWO Offenders
big book, giving proof Of hard labor, is "Biblio
graia Espanola de las Lenguas indigenas de
America" which the Comte de la Vnaza has
lately printed In Madrid. 1t is described as a
complete inventory of the seven or eight hundred
idions or dialects which were spoken in the New
World when the Europeans landed there"