New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-27
PHILADELPHIA.

LITERARY AND ART GOsST-NEW BooN~-ii'H-
irRICAL SfATTERS-rHE STUDIOS
PHILADELPHIA, Feb Ca walk through our
large uuhli,hiuc houses is not an ins1ltHE four Ju
now The buyers from The far West ana me 9o"'n ' '
waiting tlenorthward flight Of That first swallow 'l''
IL ccl 10 herald the glorics Of the coming @irhF v
Summer Meanwhile tie book men are Keeping '"'i.
presses busy and speak mysterionsy "' .h,L s,'"
comm, ,,tres Tie trlfc lrs year was no heiter IMAM
That or lc wear before. and We all know h"" '" 'i''
ms stW the publishers say that from the leWl!-Tt
generated South and the growing West customers oil
whom they never heard before are making INQUIRIES IT.
harding new books which are very agreeable ihu'ca-
ious II AN improved condition cf business Ater aWhle
rbcn tle snow IS gone and the ban OF the Winter is
,td fom travel IL is believed the far-awoy buyers
will come uoulug ia pcthcrc with shclcs OF god ana
of yer ready 10 buy literally OF the recent DOCKS ana
The Old editions.
porter : Coates who seldom venture upOn untried
authors have IN corr>c Of preparation, Wilson's Amer
can Ornhoocy or The Natural History Of the Birds oil
tie United States" The new edition VIII be an exact
rprint OF the original work, with a folio volume OF
enCfavncs printed from Wilson's original plates so eA
quisitely engraved by lawson II will also comprise
Eonapartcs Continuation Of the history OF those birds
of the United state, not given by wilson inc paes VI
Rop9u9rtes Continuation destroyed and they are
now 10 be reproduced FOR Porter Coates the design
epc To photograph the original studies Tor the ehRaNe
Tho ep-.rtrise will he OF immense cost and labor
hut the works OF character representing the 0rthooey
al the United either out OF print or eXceedihgN
high lNiCtd. Consequently we trust IoItti =" NO"'''
will find their exceeding large reward ia tins new euuoh
nj Wilson and Bonaparc they deserve 10 DO in case
they fulfil their promises of ts excellence Besides TINS
work they are getting ont in variety Of styles yer!
nice edition of Hoods poetry and prose The last eduoh
prirted I'm this city. really worthy of The author or OF
place in "a library, hat published we tlnk ny MI
willis F. Hazard. hut both he and it have been long
time ont Of print.
C1azton Rerlsen. & Iaf,lfngor WHO not SO long ago
secclcd from the firm 3. Lppincott Co., Of winch
D adj pa mon rf.sl
ages find that even ou of the business is not
altogether Nat aud Improbable. They manage Away
10 look busy though their announcements are at present
moi many. The most important work they have in
prcirat l,u. tho, ia las yet been announced is
1.-THE Transformations MetamOrphoses) of IusVcts,'
nusecta, Myucioia, AIachnida, and CruStaceaJ by T.
Martin Duncan 7. H. S., Professor OF Geology III King
COLLEGE London. 1t viii he reprint OF the London
copy hat in no way inferior TO that, all the fine ustIa-
tions Of the original being reproduced in the best style
of the cugayeI art. IN paper let erpress ana binding
hwiIfoo closely rs possible the English edition.
hut Of course it will he sold q much lower rate. This
house has also in of preparation another i'm
,,,rtauf book DO; vet announced viz. Brewers Die
fonary OF Phase and Fable" This will he valuable adj
diiion to our current literature Caxton, Reinsen,
uar lfur,rs last published book is THE flights OF
E.dclb,rc" 10y Mr. " ". Martin. Iti'an antiCathohc
story ana ten years ago had considerable popularity
So being stercoty ped however it got out of print and
tIs house has given 1t dress and sent it ont TO
rails. its little cry against Rome We doubt, however
that Rome will care much about il.
J. b. IiDpinc0tt & Co., into whose net so many good
things in literature gathered, have completed at last
one Of the nOblo- works ever undertaken by an Ane
,an scholar namely, "Aibones Dictionary Of Authors
The work is published in three volumes. Alongside OF
tli.exhaisyc book may fairly be placed "Lppncotts
Biographical Dictionary" by Dr. Thomas now completed
,tvolare hand ONE volumes. An idea Of the thorough
work may be gathered from the fact that
before single page Of 10 had been stricken of by The
press the publishers had expended $4,000 in it,
Ffrfrar In lufNg hat hos
great enterprise have proved exceedingly remuneratvc
The now Var0rum edition Of Shakespeare, edited by Mr.
Horace Howard Furness son OF the eminent scholar
and divine the Rev Or. Funcss, 30 long the leader Of
the Untarians ~ Philadelphia, is the most valuable
trbution to saespcarean literature isused this
country. Mr. Furncss did not madvisedly undertake
this great work until his Judgment had received the
rpcness Of years. yet until his mind had become
thoroughly hnbued with al the profound criticism that
the masters OF commentary had layished upon Shakes
peare The result altogether satisfactory The
fret volume Ouly Romeo and juliet" is published and
as a specimen N the printers art it is unexceptonabc
1.-THE Life OF John Adams which was begun by John
Quincy Adams and concluded by Charlie, Francis Adams,
haze been issued by j. j. Lippincot Co. ia hand
some volumes I6uo, aud haa already proved very great
commercial success.
There f. something ~ connection here just now over
the announcement that the Directors Of the Academy Of
Music have leased their building 10 the managers OF
TTe Black Crook" for a period o. six weeks. These
same gentlemen have always. and quite recently again,
refused the use Of the Academy Frederick Douglass
and Senator Reyls who desired 70 obtain II FOR lectures
In fact. they had been engaged by Manager Pugh to
take their places al the Academy in his star Course but
they were ruled out by the Directors most Of whom too,
ARE Iepullc,us aud members OF the Union League.
But they could not tolerate cOlOred men the stage Of
their Academy Having refused the above two gentle
men on account Of their color they also refused the
Opera BouGe on account Of its immortality. But that
they may enjoy the chaste luxury Of the leg drama
without paying for It, they have petoned tle L'cis-
laure 10 amend their gua charter so as 70 allow them
free seats at dramatic as well operate perform
ances The legislature whom little feeling has made
wOndrous kind, has cOncurred in their request
The rest Of the places Of amusement have not been
dong very prosperous business this Possibly
an exception may be made iu favor Of the Walnut ST..
house the control OF which Mr.. j. S. Clarke has pur-
chased for five years from his brother-inlaw, Edwin
Booth. Mr. Clarke OF the shrewdest managers in
the business aud makes everything pay. Last week Mr.
l. L. Davenport tried TO do something in Philadelphia
to swell the Of your George Holland relief fund.-
but his eort was not great Later in the week
Mr. john Drew Of the Arc-st. house gave benefit to
the French relief fund.- and, although Lydia Thompson
and her twdfy blondes appeared an empty house and
small receipts resulted
Tho best Of the painters that had ten years ago
have left leaving for the better appreciation Of
New-YOTk and most Of those that remain are painting
for New dealers who make our studios browsing
grounds from which they nbbe what are called bargains
Roihcrmel. u whose Gettysburg you have doubtless
heard enough, is doing honest work. James IIamil on
sti painting those miraculous sunsets and wondrous
seas aud shores. or late, however, he has dropped his
golden glamour Of air and sky, and painted only WITH
All ana