New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-17
AMONG THE BOOKSELLERS.

ia. 1,be,a,,tn has n correspondent in Washington,
who sends variety of literary. art, and personal
gossip but not much that is either valuable OF en-
Pertaining.
Charles Dickens is engaged upon new seIlai
story the first part of which will appear III Lohuon
next March We have not heard who are 10 oc tl9
American Teprinters, but we presume fleiu'' 00e''0
d. Co.
One of the curiosities of the month is poem by
Father Hyacinthe, printed in French IN f%'"a"'
Maqazine for December. with an Enghsh Inynou
translation by Lucy Fountain ltisentted heGo
lections of Childhood" and was WTltteh "Ao" 'N''
Hyacnthe was sixteen years oiu'
Ii4elps Lr;no AOe for Nov 20 contains the whole OF
1Be Ouoytcrl5s Byron article. If the editor has the
rterrrise for which we give him credit, he will print
in the NEXT or succeeding number the important post
xrvint 10 that article from The QHdTftgS second
edition.
Among the paintings put up at the bankruptcy
sale of the Marquis of Hastings property last Spring
was the original portrait of Alexander Pope, painted
by Richardson for the Marqus's ancestor, the Earl
of HuntlntOn. Ii was bought by an American gen,
tleman and is now in Boston. The portrait is said
70 be III excellent preservation
Two rival lives ofiAlbert Durer have just been
published in London, one by Macmillan and the
ether by Longmans. The former, from the pen of
Mrs. Charles HeatOn, contains 80 Photographic and
autotypo illustrations. The other, by MI W; Is,
Scott, has etchngs and other illustrations. Both
works embrace translation OF the arlsUs journal
Fields, Osgood & Co.'s Household Edition Of Miss
ThackeTay's writings is now completed by the pub
hcatiOn of the second volume, containing, with
other things. the charming Story of Elizabeth
and the five tales constructed themes from the fairy
lore Of the nursery, by which Miss 1hacEeTaX nrst
became known as a contributor 10 IRE C0fhhU mag
dziRe.
Two literary workers, of great usefulness and
small fame, died last month in London. One was
John Bruce, formerly editor of The Gentiemdns Mag
azne and editor of some of the most valuable publ
cations of the Camden Society. The other was Alex
ander Ramsay the principal assistant OF MI ShaTles
Knight i'm his English Cyclopeda' and other
works and in his youth subeditOr of the famous OLD
Penny Magazine.
The unique holiday-bOok announced by Roberts
Brothers, the Midsummer Nights Dream" illus
trated by Konewka with "a shOuettes will be ready
abont the first of December. The specimens which
we have seen are even more beautiful than previous
announcements had led us to anticipate, ana IL Is
hard to conceive how such force OF expression ana
delicacy of form can be attained with the limited
means at the authors disposal.
Carleton has in press a book which he denominates
"sensation spiritual" 1t bears the title Strange
Visitors" and processes to embrace communications
from thirty-sx famous authors who are now dwell
ing in the spirit world" Among them are byron
Thackeray Humboldt, n. 2. Willis, and Mrs. Brown
ing. The same publisher announces for appearance
next week Professor DavidsOns Living Writers of
the South" and new novel by Marion Harland.
Avery acceptable Christmas present for the children
will be the fifth volume of Our Young Folks, which
the publishers now offer in handsome green covers,
with steel-plate engraving of "Dr. Hayes in the
cabin of his vessel in the Arctic Regions for IRON
tispiece. This volume contains the whole OF =" Inc
Story of a Bad Boy (which is brought to close IN
the December NUMBER The magazine ior January
MulOch.
NJ. Marius Topin, to whose forthcoming work on
the Man in the Iron Mask we have heretofore
alluded maintains that the mysterious person whose
identity has been the cause of so much speculation
was the Duke de Lauzun, whom history represents
rs living until 1723 whereas the celebrated prisoner
of the Baste died in 1903. His otenSe Is SAID TO
have been calling Madame de Montespan liar NJ
Iopn's theory is said TO have been adopted by emil
nent historians in Paris, but we have not learned
how he explains away the supposed Lauzun who
hOuTshed at liberty for twenty years alter the Iron
Mask had been buried.
Brentano sends us the principal English magazines
for November. including Temple Bar, London Society,
CdsselFs The Sunday Mdgd=ine, and The COrnhiH The
last named is the most interesting of the batch. 1t
contains the conclusion of Matthew ATnold's essay
on "St. Paul and Professionalism" description of
1.-THE Execution by Hara Kiri," from the pen of the
Secretary of the British Legation in Japan, and a
very amusing "Reminiscence OF the Coup dEtat"
probably by the same clever writer who hit of the
humorous side of French political life last month in
narrative of the resignation OF NJ Bonsse. We
have also received from Brentano CaSSeP8 illustrated
almanac for 1870.
lustrated work by Thomas Wright on WOmankind
in Western Europe from the Earliest Ages to the
Seventeenth Century" with elaborate cOOred plates
and wood cuts; a treatise the laws and cOnse-
quences Of Hereditary Genius,D by Francis Cation
The Life and Letters of Faraday,' by Or. Bence
Jones, Secretary of the Royal Institution collection
of Tales Of Hindu Deyilry,p by the well-known
traveller Richard I. Burton illustrated by Ernest
GTiset French artist, best known by his humorous
and fantastic anmalsketches and for the past year
a contributor to Punch; new edition of MIR. Theo-
dOre Martins translation Of Horace, with the adj
ditiOn of the Satires and work on the manners,
customs prospects, and industrial organizations OF
1.-THE German Workingman," by James SamuelsOn.
In the last number of The FortnigRay Reriao Lord
Amberley the eldest son of Earl Russell, begins a
series of articles The Latter Day Saints" treat
ing particularly of the career Of Joseph Smith-a
subject which, we may add passing, is handled by
Major John Hay in the current number of The AIan-
nc Monthly A poem Of Mr.. SwlnbuTnes IN Inc fOrt-
Ri0hty entitled "InercessiOn' was inspired by the
sickness Of Napoleon. The following is the concud-
ing StanZa
o Watcher at the guardless gate of kings,
doorkeeper that serving at their feast
Hast i'm thine hand their dOomsday drink, and seest
With eyeless sight the soul OF unseen things;
Thou IN whose the dumb time coming sings,
Death priest and king that maRest OF king and priest
4 name. dream, a less thing than the least,
Hover awhile above HIM with closed WINGS
Til the cooled soul, an evil snake.shaped beast,
Eat its base bodily lair Of flesh away;
II haply, or ever its cursed life have ceased,
or ever thy cold hands cover his head
From sight Of France and freedom and broad day,
He may see these and wither aud be dead
Victor Hugo, WHO never admits that he has made
Amstake, and has steadily refused to correct the
most gorgeous geographical blunders in his TO
mances, has written letter in defense of the extra
ordinary pictures Of English society presented in
his Man Who Laughs" 1t has been given TO the
public through The London Daily Telegraph, from
which we copy it,
hasten Sir. TO reply your letter You are pleased
10 attach to me publication OF IHomme qu Rit an