, 1866-02-20
LITERARY GOSSIP

Whittier. new poem Of - Snow Bound. Z Winter
1dyL" hss Just been Issued By Ticknos tS Fields.
The valuable library Of tho late Dr. Barth, the
African explorer Ii to BE- sold in Ber1ln the coming
spunc. It Is r1ch in works relating TO ethnosraphy
and African discovery. a correspondent Of tho
Boston Transcript writes: alt Is worthy Of remark
that mere Than oue half Of the works are English
think that IN American who might wish to secure
the whole could do so fot four thousand doliats 1t
Is by no mems maes Of rubbish; It l. collected
with great care and without regard 10 expense, IS
Dasth WEE wealthy and lavish IN al that could as'ist
htu In his scientific enterprises, Hls early Medi-
tsrrunean tour cost him $11,o00, gold. One Of the
interesting relics Of his library l. hls copy OF Hero
dotue, which accompanied him In a1i his t1nys1s+
I, made the circuit Of the Mediterranean with him;
II penetrated to oTmbuctoo and the Niger with htm
wien he was robbed at cyrcne Of a1 his note hooks
dod papers, during his arst tour, that. and that
alone, was spared. It Is little volume, and not
solfed a. badly "a one would suppose It would be.
after encounsefruS sreh varied experiences"
M. LaCEosx. .hs publisher oEProuahaa's Com
mentarJ on the Dlhle,' s to be prosecuted By the
Frerch Government for spreading trea thinking ten
denotes In The country.
--Charles Knight Ii about 10 reis.ue, in London,
In cheap weekly numbers, h1s excellent English
CJdopndia-" It Is 10 begin with The. division OF
''Asts and Sciences and WIN BE-. suloved imue-
diately By - ~Biography," Geography" and Sas-
ural Hstory:" ail increased In value BY means Of
supplements now preparing.
"a London publishing drm has recently been
trying TO prevail on The Poet Laureate 10 permit the
Introduction Into England Of the American editions
Of his works., alleging a. reason that they arc
quite as we'll not better pEinted and that they
much cheaper than the English editions, Another
reason induced was the dcsirubility OF circulating
Mr.. Tennyson's writings amongst the working
h. H}nr nthtiN
the Lsureatc declines.
'.E. Foxten," sn.hoz or g Hs.msu, or Young
Kn1ehthood," Is sad to be tho rom da plaas
of the daughter Of distinguished citizen OF Massa-
chutetts. "Heznan" wns published In the Wash
n1ton Neto Era IN 1eS-oa, and Is written in denun-
cIation OF the compromise with slavery.
Macmillan / Co., Of London, ANNOUNCE Mr. Bak-
er's ''The Albert Sya1za- Great Dasn Of The Nile,
and Exploration Of tha Nils Sources" which win
contain new nap Of the ruuta taken By him.
AessFs- Iprsncott = Co., Of Philadetphia, Will In
port the book Into the. American market
Percy Fitzgerald's new volume abont Charles
Laub has been published IN London. and received
favorable notices fsom tho leading critics.
Nj. John Foster has beeome the llternly e1ecntoe
OF Walter Savage IandeE, whose papers, it Il said,
III ten large boxes, The London P.a5d1t<rs' Cirr1-
lar snys :hat Mr. Forster Is TOO sk1llful hand At
biography to give rs my more Of the ten boxes f
papers shan Is worth preserving"
Mess1z. Leyp1ldt / Holt will commence ths I'M
pnrtatou Of the TapchnItz edition Of the works Of
W. ". ThAc1catT. rA1 there Ia no uniform library
edition orhfs woriss tho enterprise viii be success.
Mr.. Bentley has purchased The famous English
: magazine 1an14< Bar for The sum Of 800.
A new journal ia announced in Paria under tho
tit1c Of the Catxu.1s1e. the editor OF which L.
Mile. Suzanne Lagier, with II me. de- Chafillan ~
tnhedior. The co|sa16tAd Il TO be tho advocate Of
the equality ofthe sexes tn other words, m adyo-
cate OF won1an's rights tn The American sense.
Anew quarterly three psnnJ Illustrated magazine
IL to appear In London this month under the tt6 Of
Mtssion ITt,
The London Rertt.1 calls Nj. Gladstone "the
Tennyson OF FnAnce, Tor "he brings to his public
expeditions not only The powers OF his reason, but
also the resourres Of bis Imagination. and clothes
them with beauty Of diction and hehnssa Of i;tus-
rat1ou which men delight to hear"
Seventeen autograph letters OF Lord Byron, ara
advertised In London 10 be told auction They ase
mostly addressed 10 ]. Hodcson, md contain mnny
thirRs that have never met the public eye. One,
for instance, contains this plan confession: II hopa
you VII ind me IN altered pe1.opaEe; I 40 not
mean in body, but In manner, for begin to ind
out that nothing but virtue Will do in thia ~
World. I'm tolerably rick OF Vice, which I hare
tried IN liz agreeable varieties, and mean, On my
leave OF vine and csrual company, aud hetsko my
self 10 pollhcs and deea1un." In another tester,
dated Athens. he says: ~ am living alone In tho
Franc..can Monastery, with a Cspuchln tiisr, \
bandy-legged Turkish cook, two Albanian savaeas.
4 Tartar, aud draeonan-" Respecting his epeech
IN the House OF Lords. he remarks. "1 h1re had
many marvellous euloale4.Vpeated to ma since. In
pes.on ind By proxy oj these shall only mention
Sir F. Burdett. He says: IT is the best speech BY
Lord sinee The Lord knowA whenr'
The following birs Of gossip CONCERNING popular
uoyeI-wnters appear in ao Irah Journal: -.Itl> .
curious circumstance that 1t this simo nearly al the
serial atories in tho RadmR magazines - written
by Irish authors, or BY authon Of Irish 1petion.
Thus, that OF thescornatA "AruaddT' n BY
Mr Wilkie Collins, whore hther, the painter. was
an 1lishmln; that Of Blaek1eood, "Sn Brooks
Fokhroke," Il by Mr.. Lever: that in Macmillan IL
| by the Honorable Mrs. Norton. the daughter Of
"TQm shertdan;''' that in ~ hts Farr Round,
.tTbe Second Mr.. Ttl1otsou," Is By Mr., Percy File.
fesald; that in the Dst1ia CnireTsty by Nj. J. s
| La Fmu. that IN Once Week, by Mrs. TtaGosd.
| anthor Of "Geo1;e Ge3th;" Thai n the sn!aaao
Kaga=ine, by the same; that Of 7znp!s Bar, BY MI.
Wills, tIsish aso) and By Miss Dzaddou. who 1t la
| tt,mored, "a OF Irish e1t14e.iou.t'