New-York tribune., 1906-11-04
LITERARY NOTES.

LII II IA II II " of EO.
A book which many readers on both sides "a
the Atlantic will welcome with eagcrnesss is NJ
AhatoIe Frances Study of Joan of Arc" He
mas been at work on it for the last ten years
1t IS now on the point OF publication.
Raphael Michael Angelo. Agostino Chigi and
Nittoria Colcnna, regarded the leaders OF in,
teIlectuai and social reforms the four char.
dcterS chletiy considered in Professor ROdolfd
Ianclanfs forthcoming work, Golden DayS Of
the Renaissance in Rome" 1t is stated that thu
facts and anecdotes relating to the lives OF these
personages have been drawn from sources hitherto
little used or never made public Many of the
Illustrations also will be reproduced for the first
time The book is intended to be a companion
TO Iancianfs New Tales of Old Rome" 1t is
published in this country by Houghton. Mifn
& Co.
Another work dealing with Italy announced
for publication here is MOlmentis Venice
translated by MIR. Horatio Brown. 1t is to bt
brought out in three sections of two volumef
each. Part l. entitled Venice in the Middli
Ages is now ready. In the spring will appear
Part II. Venice in the Golden Age" and a yeaI
hence we may expect Part III, The DecadeEc'
of Venice" The six volumes will have NAM
Illustrations, and there will be besides the litec
airy edition large paper edition on ItaIiae
handmade paper.
The centenary OF Elizabeth Barrett Brown,
lnSS birth is to be CornmemOrated by the pldc
ing of her name on the stone covering her hun
bands grave in the Poets Corner in Westmiu
Browning's death it was proposed to bring hi
wifes remains to rest with his N the Abbey bUI
the offer was declined
There is TO be a limited revised edition in ons
volume of the valuable work Slang and I:'
AnalOgues,' by ]. s Farmer and w. e Henley
| few articles of an esoteTic character which az
pear in the seven-vOlume edition will be left OIs
of this-Otherwise all the original matter and TIL
illustrative quotations viii be retained. Tht
book is to be issued in two sizes, one of then
corresponding with THE Century Dictionary
Is Dickens still a popular author? That is
question which appears to be settled by the
books of Chapman & Hall, for many years his
publishers. The firm has on sale fourteen diff.
ferent editions of his novels at prices ranging
from A shilling to half a guinea volume ard
in spite of the editions now issued by other firms
their sales have been steadily advancing. In the
last six years this firm has sold nearly two mill
ion volumes of DickenS'S works. In that period
THE Tale of Two Cities has sold best Tho
definitve edition of Dickens which Chapman
&, Hall bringing out is to be coTnplete
in forty volumes and is strictly limited TO $40
sets for England and America. 1t is to be snid
only in SETS and at 800 set 1t includes tho
noveliStS letters, speeches, plays and poems.
and Forster's Life; and to all the original IL
Illustrations have been added many not hereto
fore reproduced.
The mention of Dickens's letters reminds Us
that q dealer in this city has for sale the MS Oe
one of the novelists pleasantest epistles assocl-
ated with this country. IL was addressed 10
Charles Lanman and dated February ., lstS:
Your reference TO my dear friend Washington
Irving renews the vivid impressions reawdkened IL
fine face for the last time in that city He caTne
there from New York to pass a day or two WITH
me before ! went westward, and they were malc
among the most memorable OF my lie by ms de-
lightfuI fancy and genial humOr Some unknown
admirer of his books and mine sent To the hote q
most enormous mint Juep Wre3thet with noWerS
We sat on either side of it with great solG1r.
nifty Gt filled respectable sized round tablet but
the solemuity was of very short duration 1t was
quite enchanted julep and carried US among
inuurnerabe people and places that we both knew
The julep held far into the night and my
memory never him aftervard otherwise than
as bending II with his straw with an az
tenpted air of gravity latter some anecdnte InvolV-
ing some wonderfully drol and delicate observatlocs
of character, and then. as his eve c9usht nine.
melting with that captivating laugh OF his. when
was the brightest and best have ever heard
The author of Queens of the French Stage, y
Mr.. Noel Williams, has prepared a book ABOUT
Il Veritit1le queen-MGrguerite, to wiz, the first
wife of Henri Quatre- Fl0nCh history has few
more dramatic periods than that in which this
fair Margot figures. Among the episodes OF tho
book is of course the massacre of St. Bartho!O-
NEW.
The just published biography of Isabella Bird
Bishop-the fragile little English woman known
to her generation as most courageous and en-
terprising traveller and clever Writer-containS
many entertaining anecdotes. One Of them con-
Germs q visit which she made to London in 1Sl2,
when she was twenty-one years old:
She had taken n cab from the railway station.
and while driving out of the gate received on her
lap Il small parcel of advertisements. which. as
was usual then. thrown in at open window.
Putting it the seat in front of her, she noticed
another parcel lying. evidently lett by the former
fare" She opened it. and found papers inside Civ
ing details of :. plot aSSGtsSin8te 4 member Of
the Cabinet at the approaching funeral of the Duke