The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-06
Yllq 1ullq Mems.
THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1866
LITERARY ITEMS

LITERARY ITEMS.
John Wiley s Son iseue the s'American Cata-
loeue of Books Published in the Uuited States
from January 1861, to JanGa:y, 1866" THE use
full manual for photographers has been compiled by
lanes Kelly and contains Ii ,3O7 titles, the list
includipc the literature of the war, we'll sll
the miscellaneous works and reprints that have
appeared in this country during the past five
years.
Rebellion" q companion volume to Mr. H. S.
Foote's book on the ssme subject, has just been
Mous to publish the most stupid possible books
It must be acknowledged that their efforts arc
meeting wi!ha commensurate degree OF success:
Mr.. Bots Rebellion is being terribly snubbed all
round We in tho South, are not expected to
read it, and it is too stupid, and too pompoualy
ego ;st;c.l evon for the North.
Avjgnon, III editing the collected works Of u. r..
Buckle, the author Of The History of Civiliza-
tion."
General Count Philippe de segur, member Of
Armee,' has just completed his 'sMemoires.''
They are full OF curious information about Napo-
leon I, and tic personascs Of that rei5u. NJ. de
Scsur IS now eishty-seven years Of age.
4 series OF exercises for acquiring the use ard
ourrectios the souse OF the letter e, with obser-
va,icns :4:d additional exercises on tho Liter X
has been projecIcd hy q. W. smith TIE in r =
duction is carefully written, and the exercises
arraDged. An 'orss is an 'orse for ali that, 'oa-
ever, and always Will be-in London.
Lewis Gavl ~ Clark has assumed the .dircctie n
Of the literary department. OF haanciaI pape, !,
projected in Wall-street.
Alexander Strahan has in press collection Of
stories by Anthony Trollope, the novelist. Also q
book OF pleasant reading, hight 'Pceps az Foreign
Countries
Volume TX Of The valuable edition OF the ssWorl
of Ldmund Burke" issued by Littla Brown & Co.,
has just made iss appearance. The volume ir-
cludes the celebrated proceedings OF the Has ting 8
trial and other materiaI Of value.
John G. saxo is engaged in revising his poems
for new edition Several new poems IT the order
q sentiment, illustrated by his 'Lisctte" and love
NOR the public should not lose sight OF the fact
that, as roet, Sake is among our best.
Charles p "a = SweetzeE has withdrawn from the
s.hound TABLE and leaves il on tie hands Of
he saws he s'hss natGrsl tcciln, O: rain in thus
detachiag himself fronl the Bound Table, with
aohcse career he has been associated from It's be-
ginning.
D. .Appleton & Co., among our heaviest IMPORT
es ofvaluable English DO ol1s, announce al exceed
lngy large LIST Q: recent lsnporta,ipns, among
wl.ch are + Hnrtwis,s '.lia1,non!es Of Eatuce =
tsWorld Before the Dcluge ;" aud Pigot's e!sife of
MAJ, Symbolized ~ the Month of tbs Year''-one
ct the most unique books f.r helilay presentat
ev-r issued.
The sFortniehtly Magazine London, has
cease to exist. e. SIS a ''Eortuigh,ly" It vii
o., hereafter, published on the first OF each
month, retaining, however, its old (bi-monthly)
title
Mr.. Beresfor1 Hope asserts that tie we'll knor q
enigma commencing, @'Twas whispered il HAA-
ven, Twas muttered in HE'LL" Gu the ,a..or H,
universally asaribed to Byron, was written ty Miss
O. NJ. Fanshawe, a literary spias:er cf the pal
generation.
Tho Home Journal thus speaks of Edmund
Yates new novel kissing the R,d:'' s.TLe novel
has nothing remark bile about it, either in plot OF
co:oring, and manifests very litt,e true lterary
energy. II is readable, however, and, proceeding
from one comparatively young iu authorship, is q
book that promises better for the hereafter OF the
author than it works for his present It is Meth.
er go good nor bad as s'Gri1fih Gaunt" id ea: il
has fewer faults than that remarkable production
and fever mcrits-whch first is praise OF some
equvocal sort, and woh last is unequivocal dis
Praise: We mean to 8 ~ (in plain Engsh) that,
like his "Black Sheep the kissing the Rod .
by Edmund Yates, is not above the common me.
diociity cf novels.
The same paper also says: ssOne Of our rerc-
poltan literary celebrities is engaged in wri 1iug
new book On newspaper life, entitled s!The- A,1t q.
graphy or Pythagnras Thimbierig, by Mr. Thin.
berig himselF." The book will exhibit. in seri;,-
ionic colors the d!osyncrasies Of journalistic cx-
perlence as secn through humorous spectac'es
snd Will De one Of the literary sensations vi t: {
season. ~~,-
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