Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1858-08-21
NEW YORK LITERARY GOSSIP.

y Corrsspondsses Of the PAiladeiphia Press: .l o.
NKw YoRK, August 6, 1883.
Tho publishers are beginning SUMNER faces-
Within the mouth past several aud few really v.lu
able books have been issued aud the demand has been
unexS>ctedly large The Appletons understood to
have had Cue months business In July they have
ever bad, heretofore. In any mooth Of summer. Five
thousand copies OF Buffers "Two Miioos we're sold
within three days of is publication, and second Eve
thousand is going of with great pity Stanford aud
Dssser have in press the following Of
PHYSICAL Geography" BY Rev. De: Hawk, royal svo |;
History OF Ricbeeu and Msn.rn, the Lite aud
Times Of Madame de Chevreusr," by Cousin "Brardon
OF Hundred Years Ago. tale by o,mOnd Tiffany Of
Springfield. Marc; ano Lays from the Land Of Luther
Illustrated With steel engraving.
The Appietoos have in pre~s two books Of pre-
tension One IL "A Text Book OF Vegetable aud Animal
Physiology" by Dr. Gosdby With about hundred IL
ls,ratous very ceverly done by II. D,-ner of this
city youthful artist only nineteen years cid The other
Is vcstges OF the Spirit History OF Man." by s F. Duu.
lap which goes into the spirit busiocss up % the eyes
These the titles to four chapters Great Gods
"Sun Worship" =" FREY Worship" " The World Kei-
Col FuIers racy and juicy Belle Britain" is going Off
wonderfully. soue four or Eve thousand copies having
been called for daring the week.
Harper's Aontkty. for September, will be a fine num-
Der. Among the longer articles lie one Tribes OF the
Thirty fifth Parallel" by Dr.. Palmer; story entitled
4" Mark wntons Wife" by Ludlow. the " Hasheesh Ea
ter;" another, Lydia Lankiorts Wedding" BY Tro-
bridge, author Of "NeighbOr JAcksood-" Mr.. John E.
Stephens, and Darke" One Of distinguished Uuita-
RAN dvines writes capital story "our Hasbands"-
but pe % iGe 10 n and
siyle-caIled The Finishing School," very clever
ire msuy OF the fashionable female semnaries Of he
day. The story is something like this: Miss Mary De
gal an heiiess possessing indefinite quantity Of
and gold with plantations, nggerr and mines,
Is sent to the ''6nishing school" Of
=. ION. M.dAEs o.aean;
Her morals Internal, her manners elys.a.p
candy smokes CIGARS reads queer books aud finally runs
away uth foreign sdseHturer. The following extract
will give idea Of Miss Mary and how she occupied
portion Of her time:
Mis-, Mary D-e.,
was the pet prefe0es
or dear Madame canc.n She vas eIcelen. psy.
S s down sesS and soa M
Bat / inO~ she hsd plenty Of dollar. and niger.
s saa ~. .e. ssisiS t t1s. ca
LAY Abe. .s9 % and her
Red great many vsry ass.. book: on ns ally.
ES .:sass yong Gent :ss abode
1s sS, x.. S. y% Ssass ssi q a,@.
And who boarding. miss bfeH pris.
So be .so. letter, on to The soof With 40 .rrss
AZ ssR's ss S i De
2 SaS s.s a' c; ;s os sSa smooth
No. .SoSsI .s ssa ss p1a pa. .ts no 20 %
Ala aolaT .pieOs-ihe bensnseni fairy
The description Of the COupt" Is not ess ecous -
4 the
tall, he eerk. he halrhty Of mien
He had b-autLpl feet, and his smile
ThOugh his hair might havs sded iitte uAhpene,
stu, he had len OF Fioss.f sheen:
uk Age-let seC-ueii, his age might have been
between thirty and forty-a dangerous age
Al The passions o. youth and the Wit Of the sage
TIE Count exn- Il matter Of course
A foreigner here has other
eayng labor and WHAT ask noble TO worff
Ask scotehman for money, Jew TO eat porki
The Count exile for political,
Though some tAd-but people really 20 critical
That be vas bot cr0upfer. who'd made good ssoop
And bad tried change OF air for his Of Of the erorpf
And twas that his had 4 vilAinoux alstr-
But then he bad got such lovely nustache,
Add his EnEiish was broken TO exquisite smashi
THERE'S OF course, moral to the story, beautifully
drawn, but have not time to write IL.