New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-05

On TIE number Of ceres ru-ehasei By him dersDL lie
suoee-s Of many a rev hook. This viii b. appzren.
wien we state iist Re srnounces hat 2S copies a
Adam nede are IN e-culsiion among hl- els;oners.
He 9ives TIE follow ing statistic. Of hi operations dur
irg the wear from Jsnuary lss forming curious hs-
erary record az tie tastes II lie reading world ~
Greet Britain: volumes cirr1'a;el-H.sory and BIO
zrrrkv sf.7l2: Travels snd Adventure 49,: Fic-
ton ~ 70: Msecll4neou-. i3slgding Scienee Rel
gun. Reviews. &c. ~, making grand 'otd x
als Cji vrlumes TIE machinery By whieh tbs =
co,pplisl 81 /. all systematically Arranged. Mr.. Aujs
IShf ,urnr carts are net with constantly going their
rourd. in the suburban drrc- and di-eharyng their
literary freight At TIE rg little villas, each IN re own
REGULAR bower Of gardens ard green rees. snail
yearly subscription thus brings home 10 every one NE
current; literature Of the season.
The two most sueeessful books Of Lac; month a
England were works Of very opposite ehiraeieF-Dr.
Curuiue's new took. TIE Great Tribulsiion Com
ing upon ;be Earth" and Mrs. Stoves Minister'S
Woong.a So eager are people to be told Of some
thing uncomfortable, that the edition printed Of no
Scotch Doctor. luguhrious vatciaations Wa only
sufficient 10 supply half the demand. oi the more
cheerful work, 300 copies were cold, manly OF q
cheap edition, retailing At % cents, al which low
rice i, il offered from TIE uncertainty enveopng no
whole copyright question and the actual l. al rghs
fan alien author.
Tn. Lectures Of the Hon George u. Marsh eeiv.
cred before the postgraduate classes Of Columbia
College on "The English Language" and which az
,rae,ed much attention from s'e brief reports gwen Of
them in TRr TRIBUNE and other journals are in press,
revised and enlarged, and will shortly BE- issned by
C. Scribner Mr.. Narsh- habits OF study and inves-
,igason make II certain that they will be AN original
contribution Of great value 20 the stores of Engsh
Philoogy his intimate knowledge Of the Scandinavian
languages giving him advantages possessed, 30 IA,
BY no other lsborer in his field.
-"Wolse Of the Knoll and other Poems, F" an elegant
Emo volume, will be brought gu, by the house.
II IL narrative, romantic poem, in which the a1,hor-
Mrs Narsh) TO good account The experience
derived during the Eastern mission Of her husband, tbs
dstin guisfe scholar inst mentioned.
A wiser economy Of literary material prevails al the
present day than had any idea Of There
is no record that Addison Steele collected their
tributicns from The Spectator, or that the mob Of
gentlemen who were honored by sharing their lsbors
rushed eagerly into an individual existence on the con-
clusion Of the work But scarcely has Household
Words committed suicide at the 10Th volume before
We have the whole series almost resolved into lie COM
ponent parts and seeking currency under fancy names
enough TO the most experienced book.bnyer
into the belief he had got hold Of something new
till Renaissance of having met with the same matter
before overcomes him. Thus, from this great reser-
voir are simultaneously offered Under Bow Bells,
by Mrs. Hollngsworih; "Curiosities Of War" BY
Mr. Carter; "Casigbt and Daylight" by George
Augustus Sala; When the Snow Falls by VIM Moy
Thomas: "Gossip," by Henry Morley " The Queen
of Hearts" BY WiIke Collins, and several others.
The mere fact that the best executed edition ever
published of Robert Burtons Anatomy Of Mean'
choy" which first saw the light A. ID. 1921, has just
been brought by Boston honse, opens long vista
into the possible future of Books and Book-makers.
Certain is that the demand for Old English Literature
which is completely clearing the London market, must
he in time by reprints and the prospect is, that they
will be more readily undertaken here than in the mother
country. Among late literary enterprises there have
been few more successful than Messrs. Derby Jack.
sons reprints of standard English authors-Swif,
Fielding Smollett, Stene &c. They are cheap and
unpretendng, and find constant sale among ths
classes who desire TO know something more of these
great men than their names. The same firm are
now stereotypng DR.. Johnson's Complete Works-an
enterprise that assuredly English house would
dream of for moment. Ifthe paper and money spent
in manufacturing and putting Sensation Books" for
the last three four years had been employed in really
good editions of books scarce that every library
wants, both the Booksellers and the Public would be
gamers.
Among Holiday books, Messrs. Sheldon e. Co.
announce series of Juvenile Books by the Rev.
Jacob Abbott, the well-known author Of the Rollo
Books. The first of the series Florence and john
now nearly ready will be illustrated after designs by
Herick. They also announce series Of Juvenile
Books by Geo. b. Taylor Of Virginia to be finely Illus
raed after designs by Lunley, "The Childs Pleasure
Book" printed in oil colors, "A Treasury Of Pleasure
Books" &c.