New-York tribune., 1870-04-14
AMONG THE BOOKSELLERS.

Miss Yonge has nearly ready TOT Pupncssuoh =" oo0
ond series Of Canoes from English History
The Illustrated london Ners appears with new and
greatly enlarged type, for which its old friends
will be deeply grateful.
AT the sale of Sainte Beuve's library, copy
of Chateaubriands Essai sw les Revolutions, with
Numerous reyisions in the handwriting of the author
brought 3,l00 francs.
The title of MIR. Disraelis forthcoming novel is
"Lothair" 1t is to be published on the I'd of May
Perhaps sem idea of its character may be inferred
from the motto which Mr. Disraeli quotes from Ter
ence To have known all these things is safety for
young men,"
Mrs. Henry Fawcett sister of the well-known Lon
don physician, Miss Elizabeth Garrett, and wife OF
the blind Member of Parliament for Brighton has IN
press a treatise on political Economy for Begin
ners" Mrs. Fawcett is of the leaders OF the En-
glish Woman Suffrage party.
The London reprint of the Aldine Poets. to which
we called attention two months ago, is to be lm-
ported by J. b. Lippincott 81 Co., and sold at the
price of rs cents volume which is little more than
twice the cost in London One volume Will De Is
sued every month until the series Of 50 is complete
Speaking of late number of The atlantic Monthly
an English critic makes the following admission:
"It is atterng to think that it is due TO the fact
that in England magazines are many, and America
few that we are flooded with verse tand Dad at
that) while The Attdnic Monthly presents us with
poetry 'Balders Wife, and Even-Song, are things
we don't gel mere once tWeiNelnOiin, WIZ" an o"A
magazinesw
T. b. Peterson & Brothers send MS /" an advance
copy of Anthony Trollope's Great Novel, The Mac
dermots of BallycloIan," apparently under the
pleasing deuslon that never heard OF II before.
Ii published nearly thirty years ago notwltIh nI
standing which the PeteTsons volunteer the re1resn
ing prediction that it will no doubt prove to De one
Of the most popular works that THIS distinguished
author has ever written"
L. H. Frank of this city has published the " Form
bo fxuo NIGHTS of the Feast of
Passover containing the full form of words and
rub1ical directions printed in Hebrew and English,
in parallel columns, and illustrated with antique
woOd-cuts of scenes in the Bible account OF the de
livery out of Egypt. This manual will not only he
useful 10 those of the Hebrew taith but highly inter
esting to any one who wishes to gRdeisand & dne mn
pTeSSive ceremonies with which the children OF
Israel celebrate the great anniversary OF ther race.
Some months ago Messrs Chapman g. Hall, the
London publishers of Dickens's works, invited ID.
Appleton & Co. to make an offer for the advance
sheets of "The Mystery of Edwin brood" The New
York firm named liberal sum which they were Will
ing 10 paw and confident that satisfactory arrange
ment would be made, Immediately announced their
intention N % 81 Mn however e preferred
10 deal with his old friends, Fields, Osgood d Co.,
although believe they pay him less than the APP
were consequently dropped. Under these circum-
stances it does not appear that the Appet0ns violate
the courtesy Of the trade" III reprntng the story as
fast as they can get hold of the London edition
Nichols d Noyes are rcprinting " The Private Life
of Calico recently published in London by Mac
milan The book consists principally of the philoso-
piers correspondence with his eldest and favorite
daughter who became nun early In life under the
name of Sister Maria Celeste, and is reputed to have
been a woman of great intelligence and genuine
piety. The letters which have been preserved are
chiefly those from Sister Maria Celeste TO her father.
most of Galeos replies being unfortunately lost. If
it cannot be said that the work throws much hight
npon obscure questions of biography OF presents
very satisfactory picture of the great mans p1vate
habits il is at any rate full of interest and gives
many curious details of Forentine life in the 18th
century.
Erery Saturday reprints from Cdssers Magazine an
interesting chapter of Personal Recollections of
Thackeray," by his kinsman Mr. Bedingfeld
Thackeray told the writer that at fifteen years of
age he only five feet SIX In hight but he had an
81 some S & nst tTee a 5SSn must p n bavs we
looked astOnished at you" was the remark. u
don't know" replied Ihackeray my oosts si looked d
simplest and most natural was the best; TO which
Mr. Bedingfed objected that in the highest works
S RG mSt ds@ d RRa or
not appropriate" Dickens persuaded me to admire
ideas@. Beware @ Of it Englisi%ea Ike roGsi6e5
The extraordinary series Of caricature portraits
which have made the success of the London satrical
weekly VaNity Fair are to be republished-Or rather
a selection of them-in VANITY Fair Album" with
biographical and critical notices and preface The
hIrnOr of these cartoOns-tinted Autographs, drawn
with free. bold hand and the mastery touch OF a
genuine artists original and quite indeserbable
II is evident that the most ludicTous good
portraits Of the statesmen, sOyereigns, and men OF
the day whom Vdnitg Fair has undertaken to exhibit
to all admring world. The artist has not been con
tent with copying their features but he has caught
characteristic attitudes gestures and cut OF gar
ments. He makes a hat speak and legs grow elo-
quent Two or three different hands have been en-
ployed upon these pictures, but the best by long
reach, by foreigner, an Italian, we are not
mistaken, who used the pseudOnyme OF Ape 1t Is
wonderful that foreigner should have caught so ex
actly the spirit of English political character which
is 30 conspicuous in the cartoon statesmen Of late
he has ceased TO contribute. His principal successor
"Ars is a clever imtator of his style, but has not
the same force. The price of the Album is to be
60 2s. Eight complete sets of proofs before letter
are also to be published at f10 10s set.
1t is reported in London that the plot Of "The
Mystery of Edwin brood" is founded in part on the
Tichborne case. That celebrated suit certainly
affords splendid material for novel, but Mr.. Dick
enss story far has gone doesnot seem to have
borrowed any OF it. In the chapters published this
week we are introduced to character who promises
10 afford plenty of amusement. This is Mr. Thomas
Sapsea AuctioneeI, the purest Jackass in Closter
ham" "Mr. Sapsea has many admirers; indeed the
proposition is carried by large local majority even
Including non-belie in his wisdom, that he is a
credit Closterham. He possesses the great quail
ities of being portentous and dull, and of having
roll in his speech, and another roll in bis
gait; not to mention a certain gravely flow
Eng action with his hands, as if he Were presently
going TO Confirm the individual with whom he holds
discourse Much sixty years of age than fifty,
with flowing outline of stomach, and horizontal
creases in his wastcoat reputed TO be rich; voting
at elections in the strictly respectable interests NOR
ally satisfied that nothing but he himself has grown
since he baby; how can dundeT-headed Mr.
Sapsea be otherwise than credit TO Cloisterham,
and society 7" The following is the inscription
which Mr. Sapsea writes for his wifes monument:
ETHEIINDA,
MR. THOMAS SAPSEA,
AUCTI0NEER VALUER, ESTATE AGENT, &c,