New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-13
AMONG THE BOOKSELLERS.


AMONG THE BOOKSELLERS.
Mrs. Stoves defense will be published some time
next month. The inquiry naturally arises whether
it is designed as a Christmas gift-book.
Gould & Lincoln have been encouraged by the
recent death of Peter Mark Roget to put TO press
new edition Of his 'Tbesaurn5 of English "orus a"u
Phrases of which 30 900 copies have already been
sold in this country.
rich and enthusiastic Russian scholar, Alexan-
der Aksakof of St. Petersburg, has caused the Ma
lures Divine Revelations" of Andrew jackson DAVIS
TO he translated into German 10y Herr T.. I. NlI'!g
of BreSlau, and published ut Lrpsc. III ~ salu W
have attained an extensive circulation IN Germany
The curious student of Paraguayan affairs If there
il any snch person. may find on Scrbners counter
Mr.. George T. Mastermans Seven Eventful Years
in Paraguay recently published in London. IL IS
not at all cdifying to observe that Ar hltSJeIian
speaks of his companion IN misfortune, IoI ttI ~
Bliss in terms of contempt and opprohrul; Dui MI
Bliss is said to he also writing pook' ana VIII un-
doubtedly get even with him.
japanese literature has recently been enriched by
a History of the British Parliament compiled from
the works of May, Haam, and other authorizes
and printed at Yeddo where the first Japanese Far
Lament has just commenced lls iAD3Esi ~ Is 1
minister views of the Palace from the river III" d
nictnre oe the interior of the House of Commons
reduced from The Illustrated London Ne'cs Win MI
Disraeli speaking.
The latest announcements by English publishers
include new volume Of poems by Gerald Massey
iStrahan g. Col; Mrs. ELEPHANTS Historical
Sketches of fbe REIGN of George H." (Blackwood g.
Sonsl g. IerneD by W. Stenart Trench, author OF
Realities of Irish Life and Lie OF lTol-
well" by J. Il. Andrews lonHnans) ana mUih on f
Modern Russia by Dr.. Erkhafit ana EOiule OF
Transatlantic Sketches in the West Indies c3nth
America and the United States" by GreYllle John
Chester Smith, Elder Col
A correspondent Of Tie AthenG1rm points out some
lines of Tennysons which have rather startling
significance in connection with Mrs Stoves latest
production:
For now the poet cannot die,
Nor leave his music NJ of old,
But round him ero be scarce DC CoId
Begins the scandal and the cry
proclaim the faults he would not show
Break lock aud key betrny the trust!
Keen nothing sacred: IT'S but just
The many headed beaht should KNOW
In addition 20 the illustrated works of which we
have already spoken, Scribner & Co. have in press
reprint Of the Rev. j. q. Woods Bible Animals
which gives description Of every living creature
mentioned in the Scriptures. with one hundred Mus
tra;ions. The cuts executed with great care ana
will be printed in the American editon, rom eitc-
trotypcs made IN London. Scribnersimporic edition
of The Universe translated from the FRENCH Oh
| popchet /. a beautiful specimen Of bOOk-naklng.
We shall refer to it moro fully hereafter,
and content ourselves at present Win h9ung
the fneness Of the three hundred ana forty
wood cngravings. and tho beauty Of the delicate
coored plates. Equally successful IN smaller way
the illustrated editions OF LADY Geraia,ne ana
Songs of Life" both IN small quarto "ltI W3od
engrayings by Hennessy Bensel Fenn' ana olAeF
artists
A correspondent Of The Boston Commonwealth re-
Gently visited South Natick Mrs. Stowes old Town,
and describes some of the scenes mentioned in that
excellent book Here we found" he says " the
veteran Col. Abraham Bigeow, whose father and
mother figure in Old Town Folks as the grand
father and grandmother Of Horace llolyoke Prof.
CALVIN stowe; for it is he suspect who tells the
story Ia the old graveyard, near the village chnrch
We found the monuments over the tolhhs OF, ChcIe
! BIZ, Brother Bll' and Aunt LOIS lLunlcel
! Sum Iaws0n's grave We did not find. But the ven
cradle Col Abraham, IN his elchty-hrst year,
/ told us ot Sam, aud took us 10 the nome
which, seventy years ago, Uncle Eilaklm
HLakim Morrill, had built, and In which the
mother of cur legal friend was born. 10 IS now the
yiIlag, hotel. And there We sat down to dinner
! which might have excited the envy Of Harvey -.
/ Parker or of GEORGE Young, and over winch We
fingered til lat" M The afternoon. The modest most
| his name l- BAILEY can Keep hole; anu CIV
IDENTITY tet the nspi4on, the d"i'e hGidt ao'nh' on
! him Of the company who TrJOtcd IN dining IN the
house which his grandfather had built and IN which
his mother had been born. Although he complained
That i. srardflthrr'- peCuiiuitlcs had been some
what carcuugtd, yet. as hc had died before be was
old cnou gh 10 remember HIM, 1t might N DC iiae 10
nature"
Tho last number OF LHa'rs LirinG age contains an
interest NJ article Of Ehn Burritts from The GEN
tenants Ndgo:irc, on the great cheese which the
people Of Cheshire, Massachusetts, made for Thomas
Jefferson. Elder John Leland was a great pulpit
politician in those days and preached 10 the people
If Cheshire such stirring Jciifrsonnn Democracy
that for generations they never yO' d anything but
a straight Democratic ticket When Jefferson was
chosen President gitera contest II tremendous OK
element Elder John Leland proposed that his
flock should celebrate the victory by making
for the new Chef Magistrate the b. guest cheese
Tho world had ever seen. Every man
and woman who owned cow WAS 20 give TOR TINS
cheese an the milk yielded on certain day-OulY
no Federal COW must contribute drop. A hUSo
cider press WAS fitted mp to make 70 ia, and on the
appointed day the whole country turned out with
pals and tubs OF cUrd the girls and women IN Their
best gowns and ribbons, ana the men IN their sun
day coats and clean shrt-cOilaTs. The cheese was
pat 10 press with prayer and hymn-singng, and
great soeInnity. When IL was well dried II weighed
1000 pounds. and ~ IL could not Ice trusted on
wheels NJ waited ti.l mid-Wintcr when ~ was
placed on n sleigh and Elder John Leland drove with
il all the way 10 Washington. There was more snow
you see i'm those times thanthcfe Snow II wasa Jour
new of three weeks All the country had heard OF the
big cheese and came ont To look at ~ the Elder
drove along, When be got 90 Washington Mr.. JEFF
fefson received him IN state. made speech and IN
the presence of the heads Of departments foreign
ministers aud other distinguished persons, cut the
cheese and served some of 1t around with bread.
Then he sent "a wedge Of il home 10 the makers and
when II arrived they also ate IL in state. We are
further informed that the cheese was very good.
Ath Publications.