New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-26
LITERARY NOTES.

The series OF personal records by wei!-known
authors which have appeared In THE lder uheei
the title OF MY First Book" Will soon De oro"s"'
out In > volume bearing the same title.
Mr. Euerson's SON Edward Emerson is giving
lectures In England on his fathers correspondence
with John Sterling and on the story OF Thoreaus
life.
That is an amusing story which Lord DuHe'"
toll. in his recent biography Of his mother OF that
charming lady's first glimpse Of the elder DisraeN.
She knew the younger one, and 1.-THE elder Disraei
being as yet more celebrated than his son. my
mother had expressed desire to see him. but 'he
introducton could not he managed inasmucn as
ut this particular moment MI Disraeh hao quar-
rolled with his father. One fine morning. however,
he arrival with his father in his right hand. so to
sneak in Mrs Norton's drawing-room at Storys-
gate Setting him down on chair, ana LOOKING al
him ms II he were object or vertu OF winch IL"
wanted TO dispose Mr.. Disraeli turned rouhd 10 'y
mother and said in his somewhat ponpors voice.
Mrs BIackwood I have brought you my father.
have become reconced to my rather on TWO coh-
u,,ors. tho nr,t was-that ne should come and sec
vou. the second-that ne should pay my debts'
1ya NAV "a we'll acknowledge at this late day that
there was quite as much truth as blind pre)udice IN
Mrs Trollope's work on American manhers t'e
rosbion I'm which the criticised generation WINGED
goes far to show that. There was much tna' WIS
crude and vulgar and rdicuousy pretentious IN the
davs Of which she wrote: and there was no reason
vhv the shrewI and practical English"oman snouio
ro,ro,, from sctt,no forth her observations The
hook has long been on, OF print and only
fev, readers OF to-day have fshcd II out OF dusty
library shelves Now 1t IL 70 be reprinted III TWO
poat Illustrated volumes by Dodd e Mead They
ought TO add Captain Basil Halls equally severe
description OF life IN the United states
r,a, w.. , clever hi. which the late T.econte de
r,s,e onee made in speaking Of Baudelaire Ba'ide-
,,re no said. was good fellow VINO USED ID
churn his brain az one churns butter. 10 find strange
ideas"
A new book containing stories dealing with life In
Holland has been written by Mary Mapes Dodge.
whose Hans Brnker" Is a Juvenile classic she
will publish ,hi. fresh work under the title OF The
Land of Pluck -
"rLterature Under the Georges Is the title OF a
,ooL lef, in Ms by the late critic William Mimic.
I, will soon bc published by the Blackwoocs.
A pleasan. picture OF the domestic life Of Edwin
Booth will be found In the volume OF reco'Iections
which the actors daughter Edwina has written A
large number Of Booths letters are 10 he included
Tho Century Company is preparing 70 bring out
the book in October
Tho Barrss Memoirs which are at last TO appear
IN print, are s,d to be filed with personal anecdotes
and tales more or Joss scandaious concerning his
conte mpornries Of the Revolutionary period a
large proportlon OF tho four volumes is filled with
nh,ien OF thc Ronapartes and OF the Empress Jose
phine Immense additions have been made OF late
years TO our knowledge Of the French Revolution.
and II must he confessed that the nccumua ton Of
Information increases that movement seems less
and less admirable.
In a recently published essay. DR.. Douglas Hyde
suggests methods OF maintaining the Irish
lanrurge "ve c,r. however. insist" he says.
and WE shall Insist II Home Rule he carried that
the Irish language. which many foreign scholars
OF he nrst cahre find worthy Of study. shall be
placed par wth-or even above-Greek Latin.
and modern languages in all examinations held
unde- the Irish Government We can also insist.
and We shall insist, that In those barones whero
tho children speak Irish Irish shall be taught. and
that Irsh-speaking schoolnasters. petty session
clerks and even magistrates be appointed In Irish
speaking districts"
Pores translation Of the Had md Odyssey has
been added to tho pretty little Albion" edition Of
the standard poets brought out by F. Warne co.
Walter Pater left numerous MSS from which his
literary executor Will select enough material for
volume. Mr.. Paters last work. The Child In the
book II Is said to contain "reminiscences of his
own childhood It has beon suggested that divers
friends Of the dead author should prepare n volume
Of recoections OF him man and writer.
The copyright translation OF Zoa's "Iourdes'' Is
TO be brought out soon In this country b. Lppin-
Mrs Mona Card. whose much tniked-of
magazine article is now quite forgotten. has writ.
49,,
Il is to br called THE Daughters OF Danaus." and
II is an attack on the modern marriage system
Hugh Thcmson's magic pencil could hardly be bet
ter employed than In making Illustrations quaint
and prim tovlal and dashng for old English
songs. This Is what II hrs been doing for a col
lection OF these songs which has been deftly edited
by that prince OF editors. Austin Dobson. The vol
ume will be treasure for holiday time.
Mr. Edgar w. Nye-popularly known as "BIll Nye"
has concluded bring out In England collec.
ton Of hts sketches dealing with that country
The complete concordance 10 Shakespeare on which
Mr.. John Bartlett has been working for twenty
years is now ready for publication. and 1t will soon
be brought out by the Mncmillans. II is volume
OF 100 pages containing about 100000 entries Ref.
erences given not only to Acts and Scenes but
to the lines. numbered in the Globe Edition OF
the dramatist's works from which the Concordance
was prepared. Those who have long esteemed a
comfortable old friend In Familiar Quotations
will take special interest in Mr. Bartetts later la
bors.
THE Cook and the Captive" Is the surprising title
Of Miss Charlotte Yonges new historical novel.
France In the Middle Ages is the scene OF the story.
Mr. Whitaker will publish the American edition.
A critical study OF great picture will soon be
published by the Appletons under the title OF IRA
phaers Sistine Madonna" 1t has been prepared by
DR. Mombert the author Of Charles the Great"
and It is to have photogravure Illustrations.
Mr. Thomas Nelson Page has written n novelette,
which ne calls THE Old Gentleman OF the Black