, 1870-03-16

popu'ar in Franco Thrte Years ago the In
pesial Mu1a er Of Public Instruction ordered
copies of them 10 be puoli1hed for tho public
libraries OF The conem,snes Tusy are cheap IN
FthFss, so.tipg H,ss 9sly one :, ffans:
written rs nre, Of printed mattsr-aad yet ha
il OF happy! Nor his readers
Mr. Henrg Green, tbs zuthcr OF Sh1k-
speare End the Er blern Wr1ters," h1a nsoer-
1a,red that no leas than 100 wr1se.s hAve
5000 distinct Works. He Is himself about to
bring cut life OF Andrew A1c,at, With notices
OF about seventy editions OF his EmntsnnA-
Tha principal English Nbraties, both puhl,o
and ,pnva:e, have been searched for the
materials OF this work, and ths indef1tisahla
biblioRrzpher has also obtained returns f.ou
the ibr1Ii1rs Of ail the chief European litrs-
Eiea OF the various etltions OF A1ctas Nhint1
arc In their charge.
Theirs s1e few instances in the history Of
ttae. dispIsyed By william Norris in 'The
Esrthiy PAr1dise, - the fourth and dnA psrt of
which has bsen Teeantly published 4 little
Arithmeto upu1d ahow that 1t nouHk have been
ing the .suthar to have worked 1t It cnntin-
uonsiy every dsy for the space OF tso yeass-
Cor eidered u single connected work, 's The
Earthly 5Pszsdias" Is tho longsss posm in the
English language.
Up to the end of 1910 there hsd been puf-
Gehed in Germany 200 pamphlets On mAsters
cunn ected with tha Er; $50 historic u assaya
or diese1taHnus 175 v1r charta x1d Campaign
plans; $50 apeectes a1d SERMONS On the wsr
and $50 collections OF battle songs and poe1zs
connection are in1umerabla. Otto Nehf-
brecbt, : bookseller Of Wanns, h1s msde the
most complete collection Of thas4 now extant,
His gathering slso Includes the M-etmed
cou.caiitles OF FlEnce aud Bslgium in this
direction. Hbish .5e now much sought xfsar-
RHnAEfxlkY .1f.h
N Jules MichaIet, who 'has taken up his
resdence in Florence, has Just published .
new work, entitled - L4 France doyanf
rEurope," in which. among many uoble naxe9
on France, there arc severe attacks On RussfA
and Ptusais, in which the author has allowed
bis natural prejudices full scope His dsscrip-
ton Of the dome OF Suastoa1g conc1udes eith
the woTde:. =" In the inuume1abie scu1utureg
It cf1ers the: image OF tho whole world, ange1s,
animals, men, all nature, Ill humanity. The
aecutnulatea history Of the world and Of
III aeema That HI. Sampson Low, 1tha
London publisher Of Miss A!cott,s AZ Littla
Womeu, has Won his euit 4gainst IN 2thar
Landon firm which iesued the work, On tha
ground that the copyright is secured simply
o'her Eorda, II . publisher Issues nev work
IN England or ito colonies before it IL Fub-
llehed any y1he1e else, though tia author bs 3
Fsencbnan 1essd,rE In Paris, or IN author
who has never left Massachusetts, lhs copy
ngdt SECURED Thus, In this iusts1cs, tie
authorized publishers 1ested their casa on The
fact that they itsued :. Little Women" In
Iordon one day before II WAS published in
Boston. Mlss Alcntt wilt personally copy
right "1ittle lTen" in England next month.
Tho London firm, Hurst d BIaelsts. arc
for eH1ly publication Mr.. Lahou-
cberes "Diary Of Besieged Reaidl nr ii
p&r1a The ynluN1a will Al Jaffn
that hare not yet appeared, aouar OF which
were picked up 1t ses, and others found in
balloons which had descended N various parts
Of Europe, the whole forming very curious
publication.
. -sanpson Low Introduces mozs Anue1{csn
books into England than any one else, M
Low, Sr.. Is advanced in years, but his
sen, and III. MsrstoD, their partner, are e.
tseme]y active They print sort OF Ame1i-
can catalogue evary month, and circulate it
ii,hers crcuzar. al odd duty ia IN
der1aken By this house in connscsion
With the Times. The publishers dis
Ike to see the Advertisements of
their bcoks embedded IN the thick columns Of
winch appear in tbs o1trs
no room for them al in the paper proper
TO meet fhe case. Mess11. Law contract for Z
column in the Times netr the leading Arh-
cles-the best part Of tho psper for adrer-
LleS leSlu&QkE-CAlGH &NGH 11GQk1 6UQ EGtt1Q0a<
md for this they will tske brisf advert1se-
uents OF new booka and editions from other
pub1inbers-
The Springfield {Mase-) Republican ssys=
y Bret HA1te is nov in New York, fulfilling an
Engagement with the Harpers for fow
potl ms, Illustrative OF Spanish life in Galifor-
oia but he soon eutels upon his eugzgemsnk
With Oegood d Co., Of Boston, for whom hs il
70 write excluaVely for wear His contrinu-
iona for them will be both to Ere7y Saturday
md the Atlantic Monthly. and will include
poemA for the former, which aFa to bs illus
trtted by Sol Eyings- Mr.. HAgts Is also uu-
5eE IN engagement made before leaving C2li-
Eorris, to write = play for the theatres, IN
n which be will probably put upon the atsge
,oms Of the characters which hia poeus ard
,tu1ies have made famous. Nor can he prnb-,
sb)y etcspe the great te,nptAtioua, that zilt be
1nend to him, TO entar the lecture deld"
Tho Oakland {Cal) Heny says: "Msjor
sordon, Of the Hest Coast Signdf, at Hmm
'oldt Bsy, recalls to mind the fsct that VIII
le used to run tho Trinity Joprnd1 At VI
7ervDle, Bret Hatte wrote verses for him,
ending them from Humboldt BaJ, enc hnu.'
1rsd mlef, through the eavzge wilderness, BY
ho weekly and much-chased mst[caI1ief.
{ Int WAS fourteen 5e4ta agn- The writer OF
bis paragraph Rss then editor OF the Trinity
Journal and Iecoi]ects Ha1te's yerse@ vuty
veil In comparison With Annie E h FsdaTD;
nd Luke Wells, they did not amount omnch-
lyeteifer, Nr. Harte WIS then not mach
u. \ saccefs. ND, except in the p1oda4se1F- p1odse1F
NO or tnree pissasa Qf cleyT dogxer.L VS. d.,
.ot see that he hAa improved : great daal
icce.n