Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-04-10
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the German language in Europe.
More books are pablished in Germany
than in any other country.
-Tennyson is about to issue q standard
edition Of his works, demarded by The Brit
ish reading public. Tennysou's popularity
is constantly on the increase.
Miss E. Stewart Phelps is the author OF
the best stories published in the Atlantic
Monthly. She is the daughter Of Prof
Phelps, Of Andover Theological Seminary.
Her mother is the author Of Sunny Side.
Few people are aware Of the amount ol
capital required and risk run in placing
magazines like the Atlantic Monthly upon q
permanent paying basis. That publication
caused the destruction Of the publishing
house Of Philips, Sampson 4 Co., and sanl
$l50,O0O before tangible returns began "a
come in. II is now said to be great fnan.
cial success, as certainly it is success 10
every other particular.
New editions Of Dickens and Sir Wal>
ter Scott are con ,tantly being issued By the
publishers Of Boston, New York and Phila>
delphis. The advent of Dickens in this
country set everybody to rsading his novels,
which are known to-day to probably thrice
the extent Of one year ago. II 10 well ,ha, it
should be so.s'A great advance will have
been made when the yellow covered trash 80
eagerly sought after in years past shall give
way entirely 70 the works Of such authors ~
Dicksas asd Sir Walter Scott.
-Ths stady Of the German language is
far mcss pspalar than formerly. Ths fact
Of the large number Of Germans incorpora.
ted 10 our bedy polite makes : knowledge
Of German : practical advantage in business
relations, and the further fact Of its nearer
relations to our own and the more valuable
character Of it, literature than that of the
French, readers its study more useful aud at
tracsiye. Formerly . knowledge Of French
WAS desued preferable for Americans to
. knowledge Of German; bot The rsverss 10
now true. German schools IRE seringing
up all over the country, and any college
course which fails to include that language
must now BE- regarded As imperfect and be.
hind the times.
The book publishing business in Iowa
Is in it. infancy but from the advance made
within few years, il may safely be predict.
ed that Ioss will become famous, sooner or
later, fof it, lterature. a. il already is for its
enterprise, thrift and msserisl prosperity,
Leonard Brown, of Des Moines, has produ-
ced a book Of genuine Western poetry, pub
|ished BY Mills Co., Of Des Moines. This
book was FIRST issued, we believe, last year,
and recently has been revised and re-issued,
with success TO the author. Mr. V. c. Tsy-
|or, as We have already noticed in these coli
amns, has produced collection Of church
music, called the ''Praise Offering" which
'eems superior IN many respects, to any 9TH
II book Of church music exiant. Ii has
Jumped into vide popularity. Mills 4 Co.
~ also the publishes Of this work. We
'hall watch the development Of the book pab-
ishing business il Iowa With much interest
Among the new books issued during the
nonths Of February and March, are voI>
ames and 4 Of Motley's History Of the Uni
ed Netherlands, Harper Brothers; Annual
If Scientific Discovery, Gould s Lincoln
Time and Tide, By Ruskin. Jeha Wiley 4
Son Elder Jacob Knapp's Autobiography,
Sheldon L Co.; The Great Exhibition, by
Howard Payson Arnold, Hurd l. Houghton;
Military History Of the U. s. Grant, BY ADJ
I'm Badeau, Vol, I, D. Appleton i Co.;
Travels in the Interior of South Africa, BY
James Chapman, Bell / Daily Letters
RON the Frontier, by Maj. Gen. George A.
Mccall, J r. Lippincots / Co.; The New
g gymnastics for Men, Wonen and Children,
BY Dio Lewis, Ticnor 4 Fields; American
Annual, 0. Jadd 4 Co.; Amer.
Fan Agricultural Annual, same Chemical
Essays, by George Watt, N. D., s. s. White
Cotton Culture, By Joseph B. Lyman, 0.
Judd s Co.; With the French in Mexico, BY
J. z. Elton; The American Beaver aud his
Works. BY Lewis H. Morgan, J. p. Lippin-
soss Co.; The History Of the Kings Of
Rome, by T. Henry Dyer, /. L. D., J. P.
Lippineoss ) Col Theological Index, By
Howard Malcolm, D. d. L. L. D., Gould I
Liucolu.