Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-11

n he" HONcl DS Euululu ABOUT, clllllcu
''La Vieille Roche" the old Rock,l is an
nounced The author showed great ability in
his king of the Mountains but his Nose
of a Notary was deplorable failure.
Charles Reade, author of .'Never too Late
to Mend, is to commencein the January num-
Der of the ".4HaRtic,' new novel to be enti-
tied ''Jealousv''
Mr.. }. A. Heraud, the author of poem
entitled THE Descent into Hell ''once said to
Douglas Jerrold, did you ever see my 'Des-
cent into Hell ? " ''No, but | would like to-
replied the incorrigible wit. This same He
raud has just published volume upon the
''lnner Life Of Shakespeare, as intimated in
his Works, and thus transcendentedly desert
bes his birth: ''Out of the bosom of the In
Unite soul, having transferred its alleeiance
from the eternal to the temporal, manifested
itself in mortal body on 23d of April. 1854, =
What would Jerrod have said to that?
The publishers Of the ColRhiU NaqQziae.
London, having purchased the entire copv-
right of all works written by W. " Thackerav
and Willlie Collins, new and uniform editions
Of these authors may soon be looked for
Collins "Armadale," now in course of publ
cation, is Il great falling oil from his "Woman
in White
AT a recent sale in London of rare books
and manuscripts. collected by the late Lord
Claremont, the following works relating to this
country brought the prices attached: "Rich's
Newes from Virginia, lG19.i G3l; '.Smith's
Map of Virginia." 25I. Is; -Four Curious
Tracts relating to Virginia" 52I IS. A fine
copy of the first folio edition Of '.Shakspcarc's
Comedies. Histories, and Tragcdies" brought
1851. The celebrated "Editjo PriRceyS'' of
the same distinguished dramatist, printed in
London by Jaggard Il Blunt. was disposed Of
for 81 ,820
Alexander Smith, the author of a Life
Dream "Alfred Hagert's Household,' has
just published "A Summer in Skye which is
well spoken of by British critics
The eighth volume of ''Varnhagan's
Diary has appeared in France
The complete works of the great German
novelist, Ed. Hofer, have been published in
u volumes by A. Krabbe & Co., of Stuttgard
The great work on Anglo Saxon Charters,
by Mr.. Thorpe, has at length been announced
in England
M. Plon has just issued the 18th volume
of the Napoleon Correspondence.
-Crowch's Claws of Conscience is a re-
print by Mr. j. Payne Collins, Of curious
old English tract.
The Life of Steele" by II. b. Mont
gomery, has recently appeared in two large
volumes and will repay pcrusal.
Murray announces among his forthcoming
publications The Letters of King George
ILL., edited by Mr. Downe
The Rev. Dir. Miman has in press an Illus
trated edition of ''Agamemnon" of Ilschy-
lus, and the "Bacchanals'' of Euripedes, to-
gether with passages from the lyric and later
dramatic poets Of Greece.
M. Renan, after tour to the Fast, where
he has visited all the points of interest in
scriptural history, is about to publish Life
of St. Paul
Among scientific and professional treatises
just announced the most interesting are: An
| gers - Iconographical Treatise on Surgical
Diseases with a preface by N. Velpeau; a
translation of Herr r. Fesenius' ''Treatisc
on Qualitative Chemical Analysis = ". Eich-
dals "SIudes on the Boudhical Origins of
| American Civilization :" u. Flam merton 5
. Imaginary and Real Worlds = 4 translation
| Of Nicmeycrs Elements Of Internal Pa
| thology and Therapeutics = N. Claud Bcr-
nard' " Introduction to the Study Of Expert
| mental Medicine
in addition to valuable books in other de
| partments, Little, Brown 4 Co. have lately
published new edition of Z" Bishop Com
mentaries on Criminal Law, and new edition
Of Storys Conflict Of Laws
-Tcbnor 4 Co., have in press Life and
Letters of the late Frederick W. Robinson. -
The author was settled over Trinity Church,
Brighton, England His published discourscs
have been very popular in this country. His
life was one long labor, of which, while others
were marvcing at the wonderful gifts and
| graces it displayed, his own thought ever
seemed to be, mot as though had attained. -"
John Wiley u Son, New York, have Just
published Sesame and Lilies, two lectures
| delivered at Manchester, in 1864, by John
Ruskin, 4. " Under this eccentric title the
able but c;ra;ic author discourses about books
| and the way we read them, and could and
should read them.
Sherman's March through the South. :"
is the title of volume in the press of Shell
| don Co. It is from the pen Of Capt. ID.
p. Conyngham, one of the war correspondents
| of the New York Herald.