Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-03-10
BOORg AND PAMPHLETS.
what Authors and Publishers
are Doing.

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Chicago Is blessed with no less than
four medical periodicals..
1t is estimated that about fifty thou
sand books have been written relating to
America.
Thomas Carlyle has retained in his
own hands the property in all his
works.
Horace B. Fuller, of Boston, has
nearly completed his new edition Of
Theodore PArker's writings.
"A new and improved edition Of
Chambers Miscellany is to be published
in penny numbers.
Frank B. Wnkie, Of the Chicago
Times, is writing" War "reminiscences OF
an army correspondent"
-Barthold Auerbsch's coming work
will be founded on an episode in the his
tory Of Bohemia.
The State government Of Minnesota
publishes, in pamphlet form, puff Of
It's territory as the best for settlers.
Charles and Henry Kingsley, the
novelists, were born in the county Of
Devon. and are the sons Of clergyman.
Rev. Henry Giles has been COM
PEELED, by his long sickness, to sacrifice
his library, which is now on sale in b Js-
ton.
lie Sage's novel of "GiI Bias" and
Bulwer's romance OF RenZi,n have
been respectively converted into operas
by French composers.
The "Hana Breitmann ballads,
which have here reached their seventh
edition, are said to be very popular in
Germany.
Rev. DR.. Anderson's lectures on
" Missions" delivered st Andover aud
other institutions, are to be published IN
book form.
M. Thiers, who is eighty years old,
has commenced the study of botany, the
better to complete his work on Natural
Philosophy.
The Pal Mai Gazette is surprised
that in Dr.. Hayes book, "Cast away in
the Cold" there is no trace OF Ameri-
can peculiarities Of language"
-Bev. Mr.. Murray, of Park Street
Church, Boston, has written a book,
Camp Life in Adirondack" which
Fields, Osgood & Co. will publish.
-" EdeIweiss," a novel by Berthold
Auerbaeh, and Planchette, or the De-
spair of Science" will be the next
volumesin Roberts Bros Handy c)lume
Series.
The Springfield Republican lately
sold at auction lot OF unclaimed mis-
cellaneous books which had been accu-
mulating in its bindery for the past eight
years.
1t is said that many German authors
refused to sign the copyright petition to
Grant, on the ground that the Govern
ment should make the request, and not
individuals.
-Stedmau's new volume OF poems will
be ready in April. The title poem, "The
Blameless Prince" Is spoken Of as his
most elaborate and carefully finished
work.
Louis Blanc, has just completed,
from his voluntary exile IN London, sfter
nearly twenty years OF labor, his " His
tory Of the French Revolution, IN in
twelve volumes.
-Claxton, Rsmsen & Hsffelfnger will
publish Immediately Mabel Clifton, q
Novel" and " Sketches by the Fireside,
by Rose Phillips A treatise on the
diseases Of sheep is also in press. zsa
M. Alphonse Ksrr is to write an
other series Of the GHepes, or " Wssps,"
for the Opinion NdtiOH0Le. The first Sc
ries, when appeared during the reign
OF Louis Philippe, made NJ, ksrr IA
nous.
A little work, entitled chocolate
its Character, History, and Treatment"
has recently been published by the Com
psgnie COloniale Of Paris. Besides serv-
ing as an advertisement it contains much
valuable information.
"A geneslOgy OF the Newcomb family
has been compiled by an Illinois mem
Der OF it. Tne history goes back 235
years, and includes the names of four
thousand Newcombs, Of ten generations.
-Messrs. Scribner announce "Op-
tics" and Thunder and Lightning" Of
the Library OF Wonders, for March 9th,
and Heat y for March 18th, The uni
form price for the series will be 81 50,
which is really very low.
"A New York critic says the article in
the current GALAXY on the Z lglish Posi-
twists contains much curious informa-
tion about what those people are, and
much cQuslly curious misinform alton
about what they believe.
Sever, Francis & Co. are putting
their Golden Treasury Series into
cheaper form, calling it the " Handy
Edition. The first volume, already is
sued, is Palgrsve's beautiful collection Of
Lyrics.
Mr.. John Stuart Mill is soon to pub
lish a book on women. Tne famous
essay in his collected writings, it will be
rememb bered, is attributed therein to his
wife, than whom no woman ever had
nobler tribute from IN an than which he
pays her in the dedication of his essay on
Nberty.
The Government of India has re-
solved to allow annually q sum not less
then two thousand four hundred pounds,
to the purpose OF purchasing and making
known important SSnerit MSS to be
preserved hereafter from loss in one OF
the public libraries Of India, or In the
library Of the India Office.
Mr.. Bernard Quaritch, of Leicester
Square, one of the best known biblio-
venders in London, announces " re-
mainder sale" his retail trade demand
ing his entire attention. Among the
b Joks to be sold are the remainder Of the
editions OF the fac-simile Shakespeare
fslio and the facsimile of the first edi-
ton of HolOein's 4" Dance of Death"
- The elegant qusrto issued by Lippin-
colt Il Co., containing photographs and
descriptions of what are called " World
Pictures in Capitols u on the columns IN
the main hall of the beautiful mansion
of Mr.. George ii. Brown, on the hudson,
finds much favor, as does also the plan of
Mr.. E. T. Potter, the architect, in the
designs Of the capitols themselves.
Book clubs, though failure IN this
country-witness the disappearance Of
the Agathynisn C.ub-are on the in
crease abroad. The GrsmPisn Club, Of
London, wssorgsnized last autumn, under
the presidency of the Duke of Argyle,
has now a large and distinguished rollof
mem bers, and soon issue, as its first pub
liestion, " Scotland, Social and Domes-
tic" by Rev. DR.. Chas. Rogers.
w. NJ. Rossetti is preparing q new
edition of Shelley's works, with life Of
the poet. IL is asserted that Mrs. Shell
lev was prevented from writing her bus
bands life by the mesnness OF Der uncle
in-law, Sir Somebody Shelley, who
tbre a.ened 70 cut off her loans, on which
she depended for the education of her
son. il she wrote any such book,
! AT the Cambridge University ex-
aminations for women there are to be
six groups, in all of which the fair can
didstes must pass before they receive
4 oartff{cates the culV exception being the