New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-28
LITERARY.

tended Tor by the leading pnDrnefs OF Newl orr Dos
ton. and Philadelphia. The highes, price brought by
any 10, Of plates was s. 200, given for the sxteen vol
umes CT the weIl-kuown cheap editions Of Hune's,
Gibbons and hac&ulay's Histories, brought out by
the late firm in rivalry with similar series gsbsbsdby
the Ha-pers- They were boug by Mr.. Lee, former
rar,ner Of the house, who recommenees the publishing
busiue.. in Boston The "Rolio Books, ssries Of
fourteen snail juvenile volum, BY Jacob Abbott wero
bouslt by Messrr. Sbehln Of New-Yosk for st,2a.
The FIRST cost was get down as 81 $780, 1900 sess have
been sold IN The la four years. "The Vacation Story
Books 70 volumes, costing 5000, brought s. 250
stead, and remunerative is the demand or good jnye
nile books. The Modern Brtrh Essay s,s, in eight
volumes, originally published BY Carey Hart, and
oetue sI see became the property Of McssTs Apple
on for 50 $50 of these IS eco volumes have been sold
in The Iast FIVE years. The firm bought Dyes
Beaumont and Fletcher e vols royal svo.), costing
5CCO for ssCC; and the Uniform edition Of Ben JON
on in one volume, was bought by Mr.. Lee for sS45;
cot g. &c., The illustrated books, ANNALS and steel
lates were chiefly bought by MesSrs. Leautt & Allen
New-York, and will be worked up in varioas at
traeiive STYLES for the country and California trade.
cine of the other prices were briefly follows Ms.
towe's sunny Memories of Foreign Lands lsubjcct
TO copyright Of 3Sc), s77 5O "Dred by Mrs. Stowe
half profits, see; Flor1s Lexicon by Mn. Wa
teimsn. s2l7; Hhcheoek's Religion OF Geology
copyngbt IL eeutsl, 1926 Byron vol syo, 81 sos;
Shakespeare VOL 81 sec; Scott vol, Syo., 81 800;
Moore / vol, $780, Burns, vol. syo., Al, $50, Nil
ton, vol, $3.50 Hemans, VOL, $500; Cowper, I
VOL $4CO The average rst cost Of these eight sets Of
plates was about g. 500 each. As striking instance
OF Il trsnstory nature of sensation" popularity
COMPARED with a standard one, " Ida May" Of which
90 Geo copies have been sold, brought only ca So
TIE entire sum realized for sta reotype plates was
$40 SEQ, the frst cost of the came property being
get down as sll9G00. The miscellaneous book stock
sold well 10 various jobbing houses and the total sale
amounted TO over $50 OC0, insuring handsome divi
deDd to the creditors.
-"Tbe Reliques Of Father Prout, new edition Of
choice book long ont of print ia announced to be pub
lisbed by Mr. Bohn, sugmente and revised by the
Reverend Father lMahOneyD while doing penance at
the French capital.
DIR. Charles Mackay makes his appearance in q
new character as the seecior Of books, for a newly
established company to supply Libraries of standard
works for all classes from El to 600 and upwards"
at No % Paternoster-Iow. An address is put toward
by The Doctor, whose name is the only one given in
connection with the scheme, The announcement meets
no favor from the regular trade, and is severely
mented upon, as unwarranted interference with
their business.
The new edition Of Brnnets Great BiblOeraphicsi
work the Manuel ds Librare is postponed by Messrs.
Ddot till 1860 in the early part of which year the irt
half volume will be published. Although at the great
age of eighty NJ Brunei reads and rereads every page
Of tie work. now in its enlarged form, TO comprise six
volumes royal octave To ensure the satisfactory
petion of The book the final revision Of the whole will
be terminated before any part of appears. For ac-
curacy, completeness, and symmetry Of plan work
has equsled The last edition of the Manuel The
only English production answering to it, "Lownde's
photographers Manual, is now reappearing in new
edition, with additions by Mr.. II. G.. Bohn. IL is iobe
completed in parts, Of whieh4 have already been pub
shed In the last part Issued, the editor complains of
insufficient support though the old edition had risen to
an inordinate value, and the will comprise
one-third more matter at greatly reduced price.
The great want Of some wel-understood and settled
basis for the international copyright question is moro
apparent every day. Formerly, certain courtesy
among the publishing trade founded the early pos
ession of book existed, but this is dsregarded,
and the law Of the strongest prevails in the general
scramble. Capt. McClntock's Franklin Expedition
announced for reprintng by four Of he largest pub
lishers Darwin Species" by three, and almost
every salabe book in the same proportion.
A correspondence of rather curious character has
taken place between Mr.. William Hewitt and Charles
Dickens, the suggestion of a writer in All the Year
Round that ghosts were thoughts" and had no ac-
tua independent existence. Mr. Hewitt rocapituates
many striking instances of the decided personality u
these shadowy beings, and says whoever sets him.
self 10 resolve all the ghosts that have appeared in
this blessed world from Jobs apparition, which made
hs hair stand end Brutuss evil genius do wn to
that Of Capt. Whesteroft, which the other day
PEELED the War Office correct the date of bis death
before Lucknow in the official return into thought sug
gesiions-will leave Don Quixote and his windmils
amazingly far behind" Mr.. Dickens replies, vindi-
eating the Commences Of the cases In AH ne Year
Round and states that he himself has always taken
great interest in these matters land has even lived in
a famous haunted house in Kent, now shut upD; but
requires evidence such he has not yet met with,
and "thst when be thinks Of the amount Of misery
and injustice that constantly attend in this world,
which word from the departed dead could right,
be sronld not believe, could not believe in the War
Office ghost without overwhelming evidence"
The success Of " Adam Bede' has led to a host Of
inferior limitations, Sequels TO Adam Bede, Adam
Bede Juniors &c. all Of which Unauthorized. There
has been no formal acknowledgement Of Miss Evanss
authorship Of this successful booklhe elaborate
modification the subject in which the publishers
and the author have participated rendering such
an avowal rather critical The evidence, however In
90 cumulative that no doubt can exist and the former
clerical neghbos Of the lady in Yorkshire are just
waking up the fact that they all dsguerreotyped
in her former work, Pictures Of Clerical Life" az
accurately the three Lancashire curstes were in
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