LITERATURE, MUSIC, AND THE DRAMA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XX, Issue 6823, 29 September 1883, Page 3 (Supplement)

LITERATURE, MUSIC, AND THE DRAMA.

-Casos Ln>Do>- has in preparation a life of '■?• Wt ftrid'ttot ti« daughter of William and It lS tf a ',T::r ha 3 become a Roman Catholic. whose Shakspeare has Ld warn u a ;eed 18 pre . be ri n 6 A cf pr hensivi Goethe paring a .. ap p C arance in LonA new paper made don receniij, . g fourpenny periodical, cipal Review. JJr Eeade's novel and AneweaiUun i(gtud and Stimu ] antS) » interesting|wore. wi]l be rcady shortly . 'roe John W. Lovell Company proposes - • i Dopular series of lives of leading T~ S VRphy of lime. Modjeska by f T Altfmu3 Og will bVgiu the series. The friends of Mrs. Francis Holgnon Burnett to novelist will be glad to learn that •she is slowly but surely recovering from her nerVous prostration at Lyno Mass. MeV-ri Whittaker and Co. will publish, a Reference Classical Hand- ' S cotprising Plutarch's Lives, a dictionof mythology, and classical dictionary Sir-Richard Temple intends to print, under i.up title'of " Eastern Experience," a selection JrfhU essays, and or .he addressee delivered by him on various occasions. Mr. Murray 13 the has offered Wagner's widow -rtie sum of 1,000,000 marks for the exclusive •rights of "Parsifal," which however, she •has declined. The reason of her refusal does n °The«tate of the late John Richard Green -is stated to he worth about £3000. The creat success of his admirable historical works . •did not biina him large sums as the reoonv ■ pense of bis labour. ...... ~ . ' Readers of Homer will be interested to learn that Dr. Sehliemann is employing his leisure at his native village in Mecklenburg in completing a new English translation of his favourite Greek poet. The first of Mr. Herbert Spencer's works to receive the distinction of a cheap American reprint is the Data of Ethics, which has just been issued by Messrs. Apple ton, in a paper cqvsr, for two shillings. Professor Blackie has accept-d the nomination of the Edinburgh University Independent , Association for the Lord Rectorship in sue- : cession to Lord Koseberry. The Liberal .nominee is Mr. Trevelyan, M.P. , Under the head of "Cannibalism' the ; Liverpool Review quotes from a country ' paper ths following announcement:—''A . public breakfast of ministers and members of evangelical churches will be held this morn- ] By the death of Mr. Crossley, of Man- s ehester, the Lancashire metropolis has been deprived of one of it 3 most distinguished eitiesns. He was certainly the greate-t book■collector in that part of the world. His library numbers between 60,000 aud 70,000 volumes. } The Hamilton Palace Library proves to be of inack more value than the Sunderland • Library, although the latter realised upwards of £50,000. Thus far the Hamilton Palace Library (Beckford's) has produced £67,000, and a large portion still remains to be sold. t When the sale is c-nnpleted it is expected that the total will amou .t to £SO,OOO. " In recording the death of Mr. John Wilcox, at Liverpool, at the alvanced age of 78, the Liverpool Porcupiue says he was the coadjutor of the late famoue Mr. Russell, of the Scotsman, in tbe editing of a paper in Fife, and was for a considerable time engaged in literary pursuits in-Edinburgh, where he •mix-id in the best society, and was the intimate friend of Christopher North. It seems not unlikely that" The Mystery of Edwin Drood " will be solved on the stage, for it is said that, assisted by Mr. Joseph fc Hatton, the younger Charles Dickens *has ■completed a dramatic version of his father's unfinished novel, and that the hitherto unrevealed denouement has been furnished by Mr. Rides, who, as the illustrator of the book was. in the great novelist's confidence. 3?he-New York theatres, it is stated, are in s disastrous state. Booth's is being pulled down; the Lyceum (Fechter's) is in the sheriffs hands ; the Fifth Avenue has gone throngh its worst season; the Germania p broke down last spring; Daly's is just keep- v ing its head above water ; the Union Square Palmer has vacated; and Wallack's has had ;, a disastrous season. Another like it will pro- a bably break it down, g