The New York herald., 1871-11-13
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burned ont In the Chicago dre on nonday he0 neW
store secured ON Tuesday nofssng snn eslegSapne0
Tor $4,000 worth Of books and pertodlcaiH lpou
New York the ssms day. nosS - wAieh 49, enagA
pea before Tuesday evening. y, tnsre a. snssr,
PRISE livelier than thasy = o-N~~
) LEXINGTON. KY.. has the, credit Of ssastins new
monthly, entitled The Mississippi Valley MoGupA-
\ Mr.. WNNsLD hss nearly ready she n I|Sm1
Of his extensive work. Tue Hntoxy - [uudson
County. New Jersey.n
jTHR GREAT WORK Of Monsieur nsun TsanA I'M,
q History o. Enxlsh- LAisraturep - - ~ been>
tyansiassd into Dnsnsn, snd Il N thsbrsss q HeaS
d WiilismA .~
u r. oseooD Co. ara ABOUT 70 issus fslly mn.
wassa edssaens efg5rowW1ngsts stors 9hsss
RcndA" Brss Harssa posns LonglellegAD Do~
ana Bret Harts's psosoa 6koeeoes, a1 - o
Roaring camp" 10, for the n0ildav sonnon.
T. B. PETRssoN h Bno. win rspgms .OU1lla," q
novel, by the Raronsas Tpnauh0esao sws1De sbisSse
ssory. "a Odds, has ~ - many ieepeolfe ea
readers Tney alB0 announce nav copc Illus.
trated hook by 3. L Stsphens. entitled 'sf6s LIE
OF Billy vidkins."
THE CHICAGO Pns VIII give birth 70 3 large claag
OF what may 20 termed parliamentary uerasure.
Already there have been announced toe followllGa
ana many more win doubtless follow:-.Ths GSea9
Connagration; Origin, Proiress and Results OF Sh0
Bre, with History or Unlcago and StsteuehG
Of eli the Great Fires OF the World" ByL N. snea,
han and George P. Upton, OF the Chicago Tribune.
of'sTnY GREAT FIRES IN CHICAGO AND THE WEST.
History. Losses ana Sunerln2s, Benevolence OF the
Nations &C." BY chicago clergyman , . s....'',
ar. q. MAcDoNALD's MAP OF CnIcAoo. with q
History Of the Great Fire.n y. .'.'
A3 ''TnE DooMED CRY; the Fire Demons Carnival.
Graphic Sketches from the Scene or the Disaster.
Prepared ana written by journalist" -, T-s,.,,s
All the above are TO be Illustrated Besides these.
sn.or r,Or 'pa ma
Of photographs OF the doomed city are already
issued or promised. -, ,.~ssrr.- -~.,sa "A
. The saturday Reufew assigns this remarkabl6
reason for Mr. Fetridge's severity towards the Com
mune In his .'Rise aud Fall or the Paris Commune
in 1Sn:n-"since the federal government engaged
In four years war to deprive the South or tho
sacred right OF sen-government and has found ~
necessary to keep down by armed force the people
or one-third or the Union, the dominant pary have
looked coIdly rebellion merely ~ such" y
Ar. BoURNE's new book, "The Romance Of rfade,ws,
is praised BY the Spectator as most entsEsaiHine
and gossspy book about commerce In Gil ITS rela.
ti0ns. e9 ~ -ia " l'l ~ s. 4
TIE FINEST GRoup OF BOOKSTORES in the world.
was the marble block destroyed In Chicago, which,
contained the book salesrooms or T. q. Griggs Co.,,
w. B. Keen y Cooke, aud Cobb. Andrews b Co. The
book trade of. chicago was something snosmoup-
about nve millions Of dollars year-and inciuds0
every Oep8ItWout u Suo OuSAu<ou ttkAexe SsA<e
speaAnebosks by the gross Mp to speddid and ossiy
folios upoa ths Ane arts. worth SEVERAL hundred
dollars copy. es.1 siaal sssa s.isss9a = ElSl :. -
NEW MONTHLY devoted wholly 20 poetic lieerar
ture, and styled ''Tne Beautiful World" has beea
started In Boston. We have not neard VINO stand
sponsors for IT, but presume 1t is edited by Laura
Matiida and printed az tn Minerva Press.
TMNYsoN's NEW POEM, .srhe Last Toarnamsnt;'s
win appear in December, and Will msKo DoOk of
several hundred lines. er tsrss = 1 sst IN ..N
CHARLES B. NosroN, formerly New YORK
bookseller, snd or late years resident In Para nas
book in preparation on American improvements IN
firearms sa9 ssAfag ~ Hg4 nia et8
Ross WNANs, OF Baltimore. has published .
pamphlet on ventilation and Other Requisites to
Healthy and comfortable Dweling.ml4 ht1 saasa
CIV. OARLBroN & co. wfit soon publish book
calling Itself 6An Antidote to the Gates Ajar.n
MISS cALCoTrs next book will be for young chill,
dren, and VIII De entitled "Aunt JOS Scrap Bag."
or course no reader Of "Lttle Women" or ssLittl0
Men, needs TO be sold who Aunt 10 ia The book
Will he out by Christmas. III n. .ss S,e..... ~.
FArHER TAYLOR. the famous Methodist SAILOR,
preacher Of Boston, " TO be put In book by Rev
Gilbert Haven. The work Will contain many Of the
quaint and funny sayings OF The sbrewd Old nautacar
ecclesiastc. eg six@ a e@Kd sys.ii
BISHOP PoTrER's new work, IN the press Of J. B..
LippincoIt Co., Is entltied "Keligous Philosophy;
or, Nature, Man and the Bible Witnesses TO Goa and
70 Religious Truth" sress ~ ~ es1t,is sg7ri.sI
AN ENGLISH COUNTESS. riacK OF something bctss
Ter TO do, has written volume ON the diseases Of
cats. Scat
ANTHONY TRoLI0PR, Journeying to Australia
wrote whole novel on shipDoard by way of r6crea<
toni he Will come back BY way OF the Unised
States. who speaks first for the noveia x%s1 y
MISS EVANS the romantic author or ssSt Elm0~io
to DO the biography OF Alexander Fl. Stephens; =
NEW BOOK on the supreme Court is soon 70 is{
sue from the law publishing house Of W. h.& q
II. MORRISON. Of Washington. 1t Ii entitled 'TnG
ststutory Jurisdiction ana Practice OF the supreme
Courts Of the United States" ana Is written BY n
Phillips, Of Alabama r
THIS Is THE AGE Of exploded myths. The latest
character to disappear b LycuFgus, the famou1
Spartan lawyer. herr Treber, author Of new
work In German on 'Tne spartan C0nsttutiOn.n
nnds that the Greeks Themselves were divergent "a
the extent or century % TO the time when Lycur-
gus lived; that all existing accounts OF him ara
traceable to an obscure writer named EuphOrusj
whose works nave persisted. fragments only survive
ing In Piutarch and Aristotle ana tnst EuphoruA
was untrustwortny and an inventor OF nsmes
ana dates ALL therefore, that remains Is the poss
sibility OF there having once lived In sparta man
named Lycurgus, but OF his age, life and work We
have no Trustworthy account whatever.
THE CENSORSHIP or BOOKS In Russia has been
modified SO that authors may either submit thelp
MSS to the censors for approval or publish them;
without examination, subject to various penaltiea
IN case they are mistaken ana have said what thsI
should not aaa1H NJ fIst,8
LirERARY SCANDAL has Jusr been made puDli0
In Prussia. Herr Won Mnnler, the pious and poput
lar CuItus Minister sued for damages the eOitor Of
volume OF early amorous poems which ne 0h4
minister OF worship) had written sand desired ID
suppress. The damages awarded were nne Of
only nifty tlialers AS eight editions Of the obnox.
ious poems had been sold the editor was tolerablp
well able TO pay IL M rW NN0 Ha L.
THE REV. n O. Ta.NCn, author OF many wiael4
read works on English philoogy and divinity wTtte4
TO the press that his receipts from copyright in th1
British colonies amounted 70 the munlhcens sum u
2s. lld. on Canadian reprints The trouble was th6