Show LITERATURE Mr R L Stevenson is writing a book of stories Yarns which he intends to call South Sea ExGovernor English of Connecticut who died lately left 10000 t the library of Yale college nov in in the follow Phonography now use folow ing languages French German Dutch Spanish Italian Hindoo and Malagasy Henri Ferrari is engaged on a work on tho romantic career of General Boulanger It will embrace letters songs portraits and caricatures Lord Acton In Mr Gladstones judgment judg-ment is the most learned man in England He possesses a library of 100000 volumes and knows how to use it I looks as though British collectors are becoming poor or Dickens is going out of fashion The library edition of his works i presented and inscribed by the author at the late sale of Wilkie Collins books brought only 14 and the first edition of Pickwick brought out 3 15s M E Amelineau proposes to publish all the documents in Coptic literature relating to the History 6f the Coptic church either in the original or where that is missing or defective in an Arabic translation The ivork will be published in annual volumes of 000 pages each The whole number of volumes will be about fifteen Mr J R Hickox in his Monthly Catalogue Cata-logue of United States Government Publications cations criticises bills introduced by Senators Wilson and Hoar for tho distribution distribu-tion of the United States statutes the Congressional Record and other public docu mcnts He thinks the designation of libraries should not be confined to Congress Con-gress but t the department of the in tenor The third volume of Stevens Facsimiles Fac-similes of Manuscripts in European Archives Relating to America 1773S3 which will be issued presently continues the subject of the secret intelligence which tho British government obtained through its political agents and spies concerning American affairs and especially with reference ref-erence to the negotiations at Paris in 1777 and 1778 Countess Mirabeau is soon to publish a volume of correspondence consisting of letters written by Madame Adelaide the Adelaldehthe sister of Louis Phillippe by the king himself him-self and by Prince TaUeyrand This correspondence cor-respondence was found among the papers left by 1 Dc Bacourt uncle of Countess Mirabeau the Mlrbcu and was written during years 1833 and 1834 when Talleyrand was ambassador t London Mrs Oer is writing a biography of Robert Browning The lady a sister of Sir Frederick Leighton long Uved in intimate mate friendship with Mr Browning and his family and Is said to be especially welt fitted for her important task She gives i efar havhteh notice that she lfr bo glad to have the use of any letters of the poet containing opinions opin-ions on matters of consequence |