New-York tribune., 1904-08-07
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volumes of documents on the history of the Con-
sttuent Assembly QTS9-'9D, drawn mainly from
the Paris newspapers Of the period. \ selection
viii also be given from the more important de-
crets of the National Assembly, together with
divers other official documents OF the period
illustrating the critical events of the first few
years OF the revolution.
A number Of letters by famous authors have
recently been sold in London. one written by
Robert Burns addressed to Mrs. Dunlop. OF
Dunlop, announcing the birth of a son. "a fine
boy. rather stoutcr. but not so handsome as your
SodSDn at his time of life was. Indeed, look
on your little namesake to be my chef d'1uvre
In that species Of manufacture | look
Tam o Shanter TO be my standard perform
an'e IN the poetioal line" This letter sold for
500 letter written by Keats. which fetched
something over $40, contained this passage:
The sun. the moon, the sea. and men and women
who are creatures of impulse are poetical. and
have about them Interchangeable attribute
The poet has none no identity. He is certainly
the most unpoetical of Gods creatures" In a
batch of Browning letters. just put up at auc-
ton. which were written 10 the poets friend in
New Zealand. Alfred Domett. dating
from 1872, containing these candid lines:
send with this Tennysons new new volume and
you viii see and eroan, The alterations are insane
WhateygT VII is t9Gchei is IS; spoiled There is most NO
buried in correcting the press of the last volume,
On PROOF as hard @ as he could % ocksley & y" Ha is
Sh%I m Of " ~G or or 45se S9u2es & YIN copy 3g,
f" ihs morlnr @ o Y@ tells me- he is miserably thin
Skinned %eEeitiye to criticism (fooish crIticisin5
wishes to see notices that the least de-
when good he is. That noble 'I,ocksley Hail. for
instance. SIR L. FL liver has published
and thouEht them abou.inablc. :. Dickens is
back. and @asy ia doing America for his next
numbers.
Mr. Leo Wiener, assistant professor of Slavic
languages at Harvard. who not long ago pub
lished through the Putnams Anthology OF
Russian Literature" in two volumes. has under
taken to produce a complete translation OF
ToIstoy's works. His edition will to TWEEN
ty-four volumes, and will include much ma
teral which has not yet appeared in English.
such as poems composed in the authors early
years, pamphlets letters and short stories.
Lieutenant Bilse brought such trouble down
upon his head 10y publishing his Life in
Garrison Town that one has hardly expect
ed to hear of his having any followers But a
certain Herr ReNeriein has written novel
called Jena or Scdau?' which is in it's turn
causing much excitement in Germany though
the author has not Yet Lecu called TO account
pose in this story What he considers the
tiquated methods and the useless adherence to
routine OF the modern German army. which he
plainly declares is more likely to conduct it to
a Jena than to 4 Sedan.
new volume OF poetry by Mr. Stephen
Phillips. presumably . play, is expected to make
its appearance in the fan. There is rumOr also
that Mr.. SWnbUrnc has returned to the form
which has always exercised such fascination
upon him. and is writing drama. in which
SavCrarola is the central parsonage.
Four volumes of the Cambridge History that
monumental work projected by the late Lord
Acton. have already been published. and the
editors now see their way to bringing o1t a fifth
without much delay. This, dealing with Wars
of Religion Is scheduled to appear next jan
uary-