The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-07-29
The Literary World.

Vn0 LlueroIy wOrAus
The book trade lansuished In the early part OF the
season. No branch Of business suffers more quickly
o. severely dep ession In Wall stress Tha
gloomy prospects, Of the spriug caused advance
SHEETS from London to main unopened, and the
msnuscipts OF netvs writer's to be declined unread
The improved condition Of the country. no wever,
las laey revived the activity Of ell classes ofbook
makers, and November and Dscsnbr viii furnish
nearly an average supply Of new works snd now
editors. TIE difficulties bst~esn the Bookseliers
Association and ths 4ssarL Bangs hsvs also been
srrasgei aud there is p'obsbil,ty that the semi.
annual trade sala, In September, will bs one Of the
most excessive and heavy ever held In the Uaited
States,
Obesity illustrated books for the holidays there
viii be few. Amapg taose to b, ready Ia October,
hoxever, ssrpass:pg everything h,thsr:o attempted
b. our publishers, is "The Holy spells. illustrated
with lofty qusrto engravDgs In the highest style Of
ccntewp rsiy art, from origtoal pictures By Ovar-
be, k" This magnifcen: volume has bsen edited In
the m sat excellent m sinner by tbs Rev. SAMUEL or
GOOD, D., and will be hardly less attractive ~ q
literary II an as a pictorial souvenir. 4.
The learned librarians Of Harvard College and
Uaion College are preparing extensive works, Illus
frnt'rg the biographical history Of those venerable
Institutions like Woods famous "Atheng Oxont
eI sis." but somewhat more minute and compsehen
siye. Executed with proper attention to folness
ard accuracy Of facts. the prop osed volumes will bs
extremely useful. Yale, Nassau Hall, William and
Mary, aud Columbia Collsgss should foll1w the ex.
ample. Mr. Sibley, OF Cambridge, or Mr.. Parsons,
Ct Schenectady, win doubtless readily communicate
the mgsns which they hayo adopted for collecting
the necessary information.
The hsb. Of printing family histories ia ircreaa-
Ing. Df. BorD, an Ingenious and painstsking
aniqusrS, Of Philadelphia, has devoted q large
portion OK mis- tim AID great deal Of his monsy,
for twenty year, to the preparation Of a geneo!o-
gich accouat cf the families OF his native town,
mar Boston. His work, which will be publisho
xt tall, will be as large as . Bible. and will
undoubtedly surpass anything ever eeen In its de.
partueLt in exicnass clsarness and particularly.
More interesting than any sach collection OF
nsmes, Gates and othsr statistics, are family memo
rias ~hich embrace histori al and literary cores
ondenc aDecd,tes and personal character,z stions.
A work at this description has lately been privately
printed by THOMAS BALCH, Esq., Of ,iladelphia,
which we hope some time to see given to the public
II is eltitled "Le.tsrs and Papars Relating Chiefly
to the Provincial History Of Pennsylvania, with
Some Notices of the Writsrs;" and Mr.. Balch's
vocation is unmssaks sbiy indicatsd by the sdmgs
be ms1rer in whica heIhas performed his editorial
duties. The manuscripts CT which he has made thu
lsf9sft those Of Chief Justice 6hippen; but
aearly all tho leading Philadelphia families Of the
latter fs Of the las. ceAsu are represented In bis
scusicu', er tertsinirg aud luminous volume. At q
fu,ure day Ms. Baich promises to print from the
Mss Ia his possesaioa selection relating to public
an lis, which win ssd In supplying gaps in tia
provincial history Of Psnnsylvanis. Tnst selection
will pre- bly, he offered to the booksellers.
Toe first volume If the "Lives and Times Of th !
Chief Justcss Of the SuprSQo Court Of the United
6.atee, by HsNRY FLANDERs, Is an able and very in
terssaag performance, and has been praised very
Warmly By the best Judicial and hsso. ical critics
II con sns only two b.ograpaies tlose OF Jay an |
Rnt!edge, bu. these are Ia marked coasrSsf, from
geosYs ,hcal situation, pers)osl character and po-
lticsl principles. II Mr.. Flanders does as well With
his other volumes, the work will be ons Of great
importance, and OF inevitable popularity.
Mr., A. w. YoURa has ready for pu slication, In .
very large volume, American Statesmen: Pslki
cal n story" or the manner il which hs has ete'
cu.ei his task We have no means OF forming al
opipiop, bu. all the recent books on parties and
party leaders in the United States have been fail
pns
Tie meat notice able contributions 70 political his
toy AID biography durirg the present. season will
be The concluding volumes of the "Lise aud Works
Of John Adams," by CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS,
and Of the "I.fe Of Alexander Hamilton" by JOHN
C HAMILTON. There are no moro sagscious and
careu, students Of American history thsn those
representatives Of the grsa. rival statesmen Of the
federal party. Mr.. Adams las already published
dsbt 70 umes Of the works Of his grandfather, and
has resry ready the first and tenth, which will eu
brace tie biography and remaining letters and
esssys and indexes No other Revolutionary cha
Iactsr has been presented BY edtoH and printers
with ss much accuracy and elegance o John
Adams. Mr.. Hemltons edition OF the works OF
hJ istNer is also an txcslent specimen Of skilful
and cazeiul preparation bu. II is incomplete In no.
embracing The "Fedsralist" OF the "Life Of Alex.
sndes Hamilton" bnt t,o Of tho four or nye
vo.umes have yet appeared. The remaining volumss
arc nsaly finished, aud none VII, read those pub
aishsd few years ago Will need to be assured tina.
nothing moro lawyerlike, more exhaustive and con
elusive respecting ths career Of this illnstrious
statssnan, Ii likely ever to be written.
..'rfe Federaiist" as We have observed, was no.
iGc!ua in the eyiEcn Of Hauiltons writings, pub
aishsa under the patr ousgs 0 Congress. Mr.. John
c. Hamilton VIII, ho .evsf, oTinS out an impression
o. tat famous production within few rdsnsSs, iu
style Of typography ucif1rm with that Of the otAer
works cf his father, sad with an "Introdu ,tion''
which win produce a greater sensation among the
vssiges of old parties than anything tha. has been
written tor SINE years The personal and polite Al
fame cf Mr.. Madison is bsliev,i to have suffered
very materially from the statements and dscus
tiohs ia the second volume Of Hamiton's Life; aud
in Tie new "Iutrocuc,ion" Z, the "Federalist,r Ia
which al attempt viii be made TO settle conclusive
~ all tbs disputed matters connected with ths
authorship OF those essays, the sage Of Montpelier
IL IN dasa ger Of Sill great,r s,d more irremsdiibls
injuries unless we have erroneous inform Alton on
The subject.
Another forth coming work which cannot fail, in
tbe present condition Of parsies, {, be extrc nely
Lteres,iog to politciapsis the Memoirs, Speeches,
q. aiioas, Addresses, Sermons and Psstorals, with
~ heY LAT rNpc al ~ cf uav