New-York tribune., 1870-09-09

mont Of the teller OF the story greater than
theirs. The story OF the marvellous adventures OF
Jack" in the center OF the earth and other out
landsh places and watched the flashed upon
me- Here slts the author OF John Whopper and
other" Yet 1t is hardly fair il the reverend writer
really wishes preserve his ncognto, that 1t should be
revealed through such an amable weakness az this so
will leave your readers to guess for themselves and to
keep on the lookout whenever they visit Rhode Island
for benign Episcopal dignary of great reputation who
might have sat for picture OF Dr. Primrose Of Wakefield,
with beyy Of little folks ever clustering round him
like another Of Godsmith's persons.
Zen children followed with endesrlng vile,
And plucksi his gown TO share che good mans smile"
Miss Louisa Acott at last accounts at Bex, IN
Switzerland, enjoying herself prodiglously and with
voice and health both restored She Is beseged by every
mail by applications from American publishers for "ust
lttlep from her pen; but she is devOng herself to
rest exclusively she turns deaf ear 10 them ALL by
the way her Old Fashioned Girl" has met such sue
cess I'm London that her publishers there are about 10
issue also Little Women" an enterprise which was
hitherto considered mprudent even ael 10000 copies oi
| the book had been sold IN this country.
Messrs Lee & Shepard have list, It IL said OF over
40 books in press for Fall season; but IL II likely that
more than half OF these chldrens books-a depart
men which has become the most lucrative In the trade
because readers not criticalor rather perhaps
because those who buy not those who read book
for children of certain age is pretty sure to sell GER
tain number Of copies be 1t bad or good But those OF
Lee Shepard usually good Among their announce
ments in this line will be "The Boys OF Grand Pre-
School, by Prof James De Mile, author OF The Dodge
| Club" and The Lady OF the Ioe;" "The Springfield
stOries"a series, by Mrs $. b. C. samuels; Little
Folks Astray," by Sophie May, beginning anew" Prudy"
series Handel and Haydn" in continuation OF "The
Tone Masters;" "Fied and Forest" and "Plane and
Plank" beginning series by Oliver Optic; another
." Patty Gray" book by Mrs. Caroline H. Dali; a new
schoolle story by william Everett, Of the orator;
Through the Looking Glass and what Alice Found
There" with pictures by John Tennie, simultaneously
with It's publication in England; The House Wheels"
from q French illustrated by Emile Bayard and 80 on
mention but few out Of multitude, merely to indi-
cate the variety of the Juvenile literature and the class
Of minds at work upon it, For elder readers this house
will have the Hon. Charles A. Washburns book, which
has been chriseued History of Paraguay with Notes OF
| Diplomacy under Difficulties" :" "The Divine Man" by
Prof Townsend author of Credo" "The Lords Prayer
Course Of Lectures" by the Rev. c. C. Baldwin, d. D.;
Col. r. II. COnwell's volume Why the Chinese Emil
CRATE Means they AdoIt" the fruit OF recent
travels in China, and the Rev Calvin Durkees Bio
graphical Annals OF Wliamss College," with intro
duction by the Rev. Irengus Prime, d. d.
The Riverside Press at Cambridge is busy on budget
OF books for the Fall, most of which will be issued very
speedily. There will be among them two volumes in
continuation OF the edition of Hans Andersens works
Mr. Lewis Tappen's Sketch OF the Life of Arthur Tap
pan - Mr.. Howellss Suburban Sketches" series Of
essays, OF which, but not ALL have had a gazine
publication "The Children's Crusade" by George
Zabriskie Gay historical monograph of the plan OF
which description has been given In a previous
letter; and Mr. Arthur Glmans First Steps in English
Lteraturc" for schools and a sort Of guidebOok to
the library. Mr. s. G. W. Benjamin has undertaken a
curious and rather unpromisng work in weaving to-
gether the legends clustering about the Siege OF Troy
into a which he calls The Choice of Paris
This establishment Is also preparing new, uniform, and
complete edition OF the works of Frederick s. Cossens,
| III of prin The set of course with "1ne
sparrowgTass Papers, and continues with The Sayings
of Dr. Bushwhacker" and other less known books, max
ing five volumes in all. Later I'm the Fall will issue
"A Handbook Of Legendary and Neurological
! Art" by Clara Erstine Clement, fully Illus
trated,-a sort of manual for all students of
art visitors TO picture galleries, giving in alpha
| betica order the legends Of classical and Christian
times about which almost all art clusters Chief among
the pictures in the volume will be engraving from
painting by Washington Alston "Spalatro the Bloody
Hand" which has before been gwen the public
| Mr.. barley has drawn picture for The Mystery Of
Edwin Drood," that the fragment may be added in uni
formity the Household" and Riverside" editions OF
Dickens. The Riverside people propose to reissue the
almost forgotten Poems Of Lucreta Maria Davidson.
They may well congratulate themselves the curious
bit Of publishers luck which led them to get ready the
American translation Of Tenots "Paris in December,
1851" just the OF the downfall Of the Empire then
! erected.
The Rev W. H. H. Murray is back in his parish and
pulpit He reports a superb in the Adroudacks,
where he himself made shorter stay than usual, but
where his wife stl remans-few rains, dry carries no
uncomfortable crowding. good sport, flies and no
musketoes His camp has neither known needed net
smudge this year, and the ladies OF his party have
come back beautifully Drowned, but without bite.
Mr.. p g Gilmore will hold back his Jubilee history
longer in anticipation Of any international peace festival
ls but expects TO have the book before the public by
! the LIST Of December.
The lion OF the hour here would be Mr. Thomas Hughes,
that, boh h,.
away, with Prof. Lowell, at some unknown seashore
spot, that II has been impossible for his best friends to
find him. He will come out Of his retirement presently,
however and has engaged TO show himself to the public
by giving the opening lecture OF the Fraternity Course
the nth OF October. He will draw immense house,
for do know OF another man. connected with the
present war in Europe, who would prove so great an
attraction in Boston the author Of "Tom Brown at
Rugby"
Mr.. Wendell Phillips will succeed Mr. Hughes a week
later the PLATFORM and il is hoped in his lecture
Political Affairs" will disspate the uncertainty
present existing whether he purposes accept the
nomination of the "Prohbitory Party" candidate
for Governor"
American publishers having relations with French and
German authors, artists and book k-houses find them
selves greatly embarrassed by the Interruptions the
Not only do the mails fail to bring promised
scripts sketches and proofsheets but the correspond
ents themselves disappear from view; and it is left TO
the imagination to tell whether this novelist shoulder
ing his neede-gun before Metz, whether this sklful
draughtsnan may be turning the handle OF a mtrail-
! euse. Unt peace comes there Ia silence; and can
only hope the silence will he at an end when peace is de
| clared.
THEATRICAL MATTERS
The Globe Theater opens Monday OF next week not
this week, at first contemplated the further time
having been found necessary for rehearsas The open
ing night of the new season. with renovated theater
under new name, directed by new Manager and that
Manager Mr.. Fechter will DO one Of those occasions