New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-19
LITERARY NOTES.

octave Thanet's stories Of a,Western Town'-wlth
which the readers OF "Scribner7 have lately been re-
raled-will shortly be brought out In book FORM Inc
last OF the group is TO be published under The ute OF
@Harry LOSING" in the next number Of the magazine
DR. sommer the distinguished German phioloSist'
xvbose edition OF the Mort d'Arhur has taken Sc
high place is now at work upon al edition OF the
"Recuel of the Hystoryes OF Troye." In his ehort
IN achieve sound text lie IS copying II word by word
from the original CaXon, in the possession OF Loiu
Amherst Phologlsts by the way, know that an exact
text Is a rare bird TO capture. Even when the
transcriber's work is perfectly executed the printer
stems in with his bunders With something worse his
would be corrections OF unfamiliar spelling Even The
text OF the Mort dArthur.' though 1t took poor Dr.
sommer thirteen months to transcrbe 1t. had some
errors-due TO the printer, We are sorry TO say.
Mr.. Thomas Bailey Aldrich has again dropped Into
nrose He has written dog story for The next Cen
turyn and has called it d" Goliath"
1t is now thought that NJ Remains autobiography
with notes and calculations by his wdow-may soon be
published.
"The Point Of view," the proposed Philadelphia
weekly. is soon to be brought before the public
The propag cation Of polite learning and the diffusion
Of gayety and wit objects which are TO be promoted
II is hoped in English weekly bearing the name
Of The Houyhnhnm A Journal for Yahoos.' some
thing Of It's nature may be conectured by the readers
OF CULVER
The new volume OF the Iakluyt Society contains
reprint Of two old MSS. The Visit Of Master Thomas
Daam to the Sultan in $780," and the "Story OF a
sojourn at Constantinope by DIR. John Covel' Cnap-
lain to the Embassy. 1670-167.'
book on Maryland. Early Maryland. Civil, Social
and Ecclesiastical" by the Rev. Dr. Gamora1' OF
Baltimore is announced by Whitaker. Tn" same
publisher is bringing out j. f. Rowbotham's PnVate
Life OF the Great Composers
Mr.. Theodore Watts is a writer who has had con
siderable connection with poetry as the friend OF a
number OF English poets, Browning, Rosset' Tenny-
son and others He has fathered several literary
performances himself during his but none quite
as refreshing as that which appears In recent Issue
of the Magazine Of Art" Discussing the portraits
NJ Tennyson lie remarks that each OF the laters
friends "has an opportunity now OF rendering ser
vice to pOsterity such as perhaps no other enr Vi
his life will ever enable him to render. Each friend
can now faithfully depict In words that mental Image
of the corporal part OF the great poet 10y which his
own brain is blest and vexed. Out OF the many
PORTRAITS OF Tennyson that exist each friend can
select one and say This most resembles the mental
image OF Tennyson that belongs to me-. But tbs
GOOD Office must be done now 1t must be done whle
the image I'm each brain Is I'm full intensity Tor every
thing in some degree fades In this mirage no'hhg
keeps It's brightDess-nO, not even mcmofys hos'
brilliant picture OF n dead friends facc.' Ih're
seems TO be kind of rcasonahlcness In this sugses-
tion Nevertheless II Is OF the most reckless IN
yiations TO the numerous persons who were honOred
by an acquaintance. TO say nothing OF friendship
with the Laureate which could well be Imagined
That every one who ever met Tcnnyson may give
the world an impression of the poet as they knew
him Tor fancied they knew HIM, Is contamination
mod tcf ouSiIul
only one writer In a hundred could give an impress
don that would he worth having, and the scores OF
rnaudlin sentimental portraits that might be produced
can easily be spared face like Tennyson's Is 100
noble to be circulated In the vignettcs OF Grub Street
and its Mayfair purlieus.