New-York tribune., 1870-10-08
BOSTON.
LITERARY. ART. AND PERSONAL GOSSIP.


PICTCRES-THE MAGAzINEs-RESURRECTIo
Z OF LITERARY REMAINS-ABT MATTERS
SOLDIERS MoNUMENTS-AMUsEMENTS,
BOSroN Oct 6.-There is literary news TO be
had for the gathering in Boston; hut it comes rather IN
crumbs OF gossip than In pCat oaves OF molnc4to''
Intelligence. The most important item hnd IN VI.l"
bly, thorOuthtour OF tie fountains Of this Kind oi iOli
ton is perhaps that contained in letter from Loiu
the efcc, that the fourth part and concluding "a
Mr. william Morris's poem, Tie Eat'hS ,,i,,od
now going through the press there ana VIZ - ,,rs
epeadily. II will of course be issued mere ~ -
tno,, pr,ar ruiforpilv with their two editions OF
tho other parts Of the work. There is steady u'n'
in this country for this poem, quite unusual VIZ"
of IFS character aud the publishers rave '! ''' II
t p,ess new editions Of both the hfst ana se'ouu
Nes.rs Roberts Brothers have been steacly enl"Is-
M ,.t Of Fall books since the skctth OF 'heit pro
l1 - erst sent 10 YOU and the additions emo4'ce
r,i matters worth noting. In continuation II their
op of George Sands novels they viii tI0w mp Miss
nar,s translation Of The Snow Man" with The
uuer Of Angibault" translated ny Miss Dewey. daugh
ler Of the Rev Dr. Dewey. This is of the best OF
the French romanee-s earlier books. and is somewhat
in the STYLE Of Der Consuclo" They have their edition
of Judd's "Marglret" nearly ready. and have made
that eiways fascinating story fOr the first time ihoa
very handsome book. They will issue Nh T. l. lla.oS
Old aud Ncic story with the completed tue OF zen
Times one is Tn; The Possible Reformation "n'H
the author perhaps with slight touch OF the ma'u"
producton IL will make volume similar in SIZE 10 the
collections Of stories plbshcdby another house.
Mcssrs Roberts will publish also an original volume py
Miss Harriet W. Preston, known to the puDAc as lAe
translator or the Madame swctcAine papers, entitled
.Aspendae; story and az Essay" being tale OF New
ENGLAND r;,ral life with an essay intcrwOyen with the
narrative Ike and yet not like the books OF Mr. Arthur
Helps. Another book by that peculiar Englshman'
Essays Written IA the Intervals OF Business to which
is added Organization i'm Daily LIE VIII be ready IN
few weeks. The "EssGys" are ON great variety OF
themes and as brief If not compact those OF Lord
Bacon The paper On eauzdtOn" is more elaborate
and Nils nearly half the volume. new edition OF Wal
ter Savage LandOrs "PcTiceS ana Aspasa VIII meet
want long felt among cultivated people for one Oh the
most remarkable books Of remarkable writer ana one
Of the most successful attempts ever mace 10
picture ancient Greek life TO modern eyes
The one leading gift-bOok OF this house. KO
newka's silhouette pictures to Goethe's "Fdust"
will be ready in November Each Of the uhr-
teen pictures will he placed on page by itself; ana on
the opposite page will be given extract made by per
mission from Mr. Eayard Taylor's Translation which
Mesrs. Fields: good Co. viii issue about IKE same
time 10 the Roberts catalogue Of juvenile books should
le added a little Quarto Of 1.-THE Nightly Franks OF
Puck from the German Of Ludwig Bund, translated by
Charlie, T. Brooks. with nine Of Konewlas iAIuitaEe
silhouette Illustrations, and all for fifty cents
In addition TO the announcements Of MessI- Fields
O-eood 4 Co, which have are dy been made public and
mentioned in this CORE pOuicnce, the ruf viii Issue
lille volume with thc modest title OF "Nerses by H. H.
which will rank with anything Published in the lne OF
poetry IN this country for many months 1t consists OF
rh, numerous short pieces which Mrs Helen Hunt has
sent from her abode in Italy and different parts OF El-
rope during the last ftw years, and which have been
published here IN The Nation, The Idcpendc"t Old and
Nep and some other periodicals. Mrs. Hunt has struck
peculiar vUiu ana seems likely TO make hcrsei name
literary faculty ends 10 prose also as is atesed
by hcrptrer in the october Atlantic, my German land
lady ." which {, mc the best magazine paper that
A have had from either OF familiar writer iOr
long time. .,,.,.,..,.....,.,..... ,......,
viii be a collection Of poetry by distinguished writer's
with the general title oi WINTER Poems with cngray
inss nter>perscd tc text in the style of those which
have made the success OF their Snow BoundP anC
Ballad, of NcW-EngIand" tie most successful gift
hooks Of the last two years MI Whittier has Wlltei
expressly for this volume % new poem OF some length
entitled Winter Pagcants,' which viii lead of
whether any other original poems viii appear IN TIT
book not yet certain The firm are 10 publish bOol
entitled Vaeabond Adventures, by Ralph keeler, th'
eccentric gentleman whose whole life, up TO 20 wa
such eur compound Of cheapness and BOhenianisln
and whose Six Months Five Cents is even now run
ming through the numbers If old and Ne,c. II will con
tln rot only these chapters and those contributed tC
The AEIanc. describing Mr. Keelrrs minstrel expert
encc and his economical sOIOUru in EGrOpe hut Othel
narratives, applying tie connecting links, with otheI
vicissituGc, of an extraordinary career Another o.
their books Of tic late Fail OF early Winter viii be Tho
story los Mrs. Whitney, our Girls" which has beer
running through orr Young Fois this year, and which
isat least good anything the lady has ever DONE
The AHaaGc AlmouCc, the annual established by this
house two three years ago, mdorgoes change OF
character 10 some degree this year, becoming less Of
Christmas nunbor and conforming rather 10 the En-
gish illustrated aAua"aCs. i viii have no cOoIcd
cngraying but much larger number than ever before
Of plain euayings from the best English artists in
Guiding series OF portraits Of distinguished men and
women Of the day u win have large amount Of sta
t,ticsl matfor lists of public officers stamplutie and
Pos.ages. and fourth, Of value for reference; and for
literary contents Will have little written especially for
Us pages. but essay Joy Sir waiter scott, contributed
toa London ANNUAL au1 never before repuhi-hed, and
similarly Uucoicct,l pieces by Charles Lamb and Leigh
Hunt
Asto5hc November number of The ANoutc Ifo1flly, I
iaru only tha. IL Will have further Dickens remiu-
.tcuc,. i nIr. g.. W. Putin m, second paper by Mr.
John - Dv"lt IN his musical series, and notable paper
ou BuI.lgalc au Orator 10y t.u-Hi-hcd public
man. holding li-h position in the Goyerlu cnt, canten-
porsry with M Bwngamc in the days Of his political
career. wi, wishes to reserve ll, lamc.
MessIs. sever d Francis scAOolbopk Publishers,
who do little iu general literature, except in TIE mine
scandinavian fiction, which thc struck happily a
fw years $40 u 0rus0n's "Arue," and have followcdUp
since to such advantage with the same writers Happy
Boy" They're getting ready for this year little volume
Of the dimensions and character tle Others but
made up of collection Of three short stories rs different
writers These "Iie Railroad aud the ChUrchyarl,"
by the OLD iavorite Ejou-tcIue EjOrlson; "The Flying
Mail" by NJ Go'dsohmdt, Dane; ana "Old Olaf,' by
Mrs. Ma-latne ThOroscn, NoIwC gan writer None OF
these tales have been rendered into English before and
they are trans aed Tor tls edition boy Nr. Carl
seu side, these, the book will have two very shot
sketches Of only ew pages each by BjTusou, entitled
The Eagles Nest" and The Father, repubshcd from
an English translation All the pieces are marked by
that eorous bOldncss and simplicity Of STYLE" that
..forcible conciseness' Of expression, that -ullu
brevy in describing natural scenery Characteristic of