The Sun.
London, England, 1864-10-03 00:00:00

The Literary Season.

(From the Athenem.)
The literary season puts out its promises at an early date.
Our holidays are hardly over ere the more eLtApri,ing
firms aro in the fi-±1 vi NI cur autumnal and a\ Lit( r reL:d-
ing. The promise is rich and good. Messrs Longman have
the following nearly ready :—The New Testament, illus-
trated with engravings on wood from the old ma,tere—
Explorations in South-West Africa: being an account of a
Journey in the years 1%1 and 1862 from Walvich Bay, on
the Western Coast, to Lake Ngami and the Viet, ri, Fal!s,
by Thcmas Baines— Tuscan Sculptors, their Laves,
and Times, with illustrations from original drawings aria
photographs, by Charles C. Perkins—The Life of Robert
Stephenson, late President of the Institution of Civil En-
gineers, by J. C. Jeaffreson and William Pole—Memoirs,
Miscellanies, and Letters of the late Lucy Alkin ; includ-
ing those addressed to Rev. Dr. Channing, from 181:6 to

.8-42, edited by P. H. Le Brereton—The Convenion of

,he Roman Empire : Eight Sermons preached at 803 le's

Lecture in the year 1864, by the Itiv, Charles Merivale
—A Course of Lectures on the History ef Music
from the beginning of the 17th to the middle of
the 18th Century, delivered at the Royal Institution of

Great Britain in the Spring of 1564, by John mullah—Llf.t
Winter in Rome and other Italian Cities, by C. R. Weld
—The Works of the late Sir B. Brodie, edited by Chancs
Hawkins—Outline Sketches of the High Alps of D
by the Rev. T. G. Bonney—Essays on Religion and Lite-
rature, by various Writers, edited by H. E. Manning—The
Hidden Wisdom of Christ, and the Key of Knowledge; or,
History of the Apocrypha, by Ernest De Bunsen.
Messrs Macmillan and Co. are preparing for publication:
—Spiritual Philosophy, founded on the Teaching of Samuel
Taylor Coleridge, by Joseph Henry Green; edited, with a
Biographical Introduction, by John Simon—History of
England for Boys, by the Rev. Charles Kingsley—Lessons
in Elementary Physiology, by T. IL Huxley—Elementary

Lessons in Political Economy, by Henry Fawcett—A His-
tory of the Mathematical Theory of Probability, from Pas-

cal to Laplace, by I. Todhunter—Leonore, and other Poems
by Georgiana Lady Chatterton—Ballads of Brittany,
by tom Taylor—The Poetical Works of J,Pha
Clare, the Nprthamptonshire Peasant, including many
Pieces hitherto Unpublished, with Meralr and

Autobiography—The Song Book, Words and Tuncs.
from the best Poets and Musicians, selecied and arranged

by John Mullah—A Book of Golden Deeds, by the author
of The Heir of Redclyffe—The Church of the First Days,
by C, J. Vaughan, D.D.—The Gospel of the Kingdom of
Heaven : a Series of Lectures on the Gospel according to
St. Luke, by the Rev. F. D. Maurice—The Progress of
Doctrine in the New. Testament, by the Rev. T. D. Der-
nard—lhe Church of England and Common Sense; or, a
Working Faith for Thoughtful Men, by Harry Jones—
Brief Notes on the Greek of the New Testament, for Eng-
lish Readers, by the Rev. Francis Trench.
Messrs Chapman and Hall are devoting their energies in
a large measure to the production of novels : The Block' s
of Bridlemere, by Whyte Melville—Which is thQWinner ?
by Chas. Clarke—Quite Alone, by Geo. Augustus Sala—
and Lindisfarne Chase, by T. A. Trollope, are among their
announcements. In the more solid departments of literature
they are preparing A Life of Carl Maria Von Weber, by
Herr Von Weber—The Life and Times of -Voltaire, by P.
Espinasse—History of the Cultivation of Tobacco and Cot-
ton, by Col, Robert L. Do Coin—The Chasseur d'Afrique,
and other Tales, by H. M. Walrusley—The Muscles and
their Story, by J. W. F. Blundell, M.D.—and Through,
Macedonia to the Albanian Lakes, by Mary Adelaide
Walker.