New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-14
LITERARY NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
v.s>..rr. adventures before. during and I'm
-,.A,,t.,v after the Seven Years War are
treated in a new book by the Due de Broshe.
n. bio~raphy of David Dudley Field. upon
which his brother DR.. H. NJ Field. has oeen
engaged for many years. is coming from inc
6cribner press
NJ nusk,n n now In fairly good health, going
,r+ Cor , walk at Coniston nearly every day.
nj. tcr,p>r perhaps Is not In as excellent state
az b,s health for he Is wroth with certain local
nr,,der, who are running up number OF houses
close to bis own.
A oh.ap edition. by the way, Of stones OF
vsnios' ts to be published soon by MI George
Allan. II IL TO be in three volumes and VIII
contain all the original plates
A volume Of Cornell Stories" written by MI
James q. sanderson. a graduate. Is soon to be
brought out by the soribners.
ors a. the most remarkable collections OF jap
.n.ss band,work and ouriosities in England is TO
he III. subject Of handsome volume describing
chapters which are to be illustrated with one
hundred and forty-esven photosravure plates
Mr. r Frankfort Moore has himself drama
,,.ed his novel The Millionatres"
An edition Of the Lyrical BalladS' Of WORDS
worth and Coleridse hrs Just been brought out
IN London by the Messrs. Duckworh. 1his
edition, prepared by Mr.. Thomas Hutcninsoh'
reproduces the text. spelling and punctuation OF
the 179s ISSUE and contains portraits OF the
two poets-
Following his unexpected abandonment OF dra-
matte criticism comes a step which will impress
those acquainted with his temperament as re-
vsaled in his writings as something like bolt
from the blue We are prepared for anything
after the news conveyed in the following para
raph In THE Saturday Review:
Our CONGRATULATIONS TO Mr. George Bernard
shaw who, II is now publicly announced. was
married on Wednesday last to Miss Payne
townsend. Our readers Will Join with us IN
Wishing G. B. s. every happiness IN the new
state for which he has abandoned US ana them
and the delights and terrors Of dramatic criti-
cism.
Thousands Of penny lives OF MI Gladstone
have lately been sold In London.
revised and enlarged edition OF Mr.. Justin
MoCarthy's Life of Gladstone is 10 be pub
nshed at once by Macmillan. The author has
added several important chapters to the pre-
vious. edition.
Sir Walter Besant'B Survey of London" Is to
be an exhaustive work. dealing not only with
the history Of the great city. but with It's pres
ent aspects az well. Various distinguished con-
trbutors are to furnish special articles, but the
history IL the work Of Besant alone Eight large
volumes. and possibly nine. will be required for
the mass of interesting matter in hand. 1t Is
stated that every street in the County Council
area has been walked through by three or four
Of Sir Walters assistants one Of whom was
young woman. and these have duly described
every important building meeting place, the
atre school. church. chapel. etc. and also noted
such structures or scenery worthy OF being
photographed The editor has demolished the
Wilmington legend. for he proves that no poor
boy ever rose to be Lord Mayor Of London. and
from studying tho Wills of fourteenth century
worthless be has been able to show definitely
how ripe the minds OF the people were for the
reformation in religion.
Mr.. J. NJ. Elliott, who United States
the city and the islands in an article In the
July "scrbner" He says In the course Of this
article ITO put It In a nutshell. II may be said
that the Church lives off the natives and the
Spanish officials live off the importers"
Mr.. Ernest Law has received permission from
Queen Victoria to prepare an important work
on the famous Vandyck pictures In the State
rooms at Windsor. II is to be published IN
parts. each part being illustrated with ten
photogravure plates Every picture photo
sraphed was removed from its place on the
walls, detached from its frame. and brought
down to a temporary studio in the courtyard of
windsor Castle. The photographing OF the pict-
ures occupied upward OF two months but the
results are expected to more than Justify oil
this effort.
The late Sir Richard Burton loved books and
collected them He cared little however. for
the value, rarity, beauty or condition Of a book.
Its contents" says one who knew him. and its
contents only In so far as they were important
to the thousand and one subjects Of thought and
action that his many-sided and ACCOMPLISHED
mind was ever concerned with. were the sole
credentials that secured q book place on his
shelves The most sumptuous book was little or
nothing 10 him II 1t yielded no new facts or
fancies The most unpretentious volume was
given the mnutest attention IL II held some
thing either true that would in due
course be serviceable In short books were
Burtons tools"
Concerning the earning power Of an English
book Mr.. ". II. Rideing says in THE North