New-York tribune., 1871-11-15
PHILADELPHIA.
,1yTRaTURE AND ART.

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80. n tnformstion--annOuneed the publication Of
CaArhss Dokenss biography it wa hut natural 70 sup
se his American Publisher would be the genial osgood
f Trernontst City Of the Hub But IL Il not 70
n "a This rare prize has Deen soCired by j. b. Hppin-
oott Co. who have for considerable sum, bought OF
Mr. Foster the advance sheets from which they will issuo
rrssuy the life Boz for which all the people In the
yor,d who wish TO into the inside Of the great Mas
tAs life arc ~ eagerly looking. That II will be lovingly
AMI we'll done who has read POrster's charming
..IIfe and Tunes Of Goldsmith doubt.
II would beimpOssIbe In Dgle letter 70 give any Hd-
e0uao Of the character OF tho large number OF
volumes LppincOtt Co. have in press. Among them
are several novels at least Of which Is likely 70
pFoVe both ., literary and commercial snccesA Hm
called Left ~ Herself" and though It u stOry Oh
Southern life It hAs nothing 70 do with Slavery or tne
war. Another IL entitled Myself" romance OI new
England life Ouda" also is Represented In the hst Ol
this house by Leaf IN the Storm and other hOVe-
Iqtes and George TelloIt in story, with good nte
1.-THE Funny Philosopher Or. Boys and sWeetheart&"
The most important work lately isSued by Lppincott
60 a The New scrptural Commentary" on the Old and
New TestaInentS IN xix vols svO The New Testament
Ioron IL prepared with continual reference 70 tho crt
cal Greek Testsneuts of Lachmann Tschendorf. and
Trsgeles ~ the critical Commentaries on the entire
New Testament Of BeDgel, DE Wete, Meyer, Oshausen,
Afford Webster, aud wilkinson, and 70 the best Com
roentaries ON the separate books like thOroughness
n manifest regarding the Old Testament
Lipptucoirs 4agusine, which. under the editorial
OF the BcnOlAf anu nlhJOflhu fOSleT huh,
IN taking gh position among il competitors, will In the
acembrr several papers Of unusual Interest
Chief will be article on The ShArpless Cray
ons" which collection Of portraits Of the men and
women celebrities OF Revolutionary tunes. sharpIess
was n young artist who out to this country soon
after tho Of the war and fortunate as TO Sc
cure ntron In Dr. John Winder Of Yeardlet Virginia
In those days Gken stir and cOurty din, the renng
Boiorietcs were guests at Yeardley House, and
not Que them escaped without sitting to the
young Englishman, whose was a thick,
gray paper. larger than letter sheet, softly
grained, and Of wOOny texture. He used the
pantOgaph and his cOlured CrayOns were applied with
Oamel's hair brush Wanting money, he left In pawn
with Dr. Wlnder this famous and valuable colec-
GUn Of historic portraits numbering lbO Twenty Of the
original number have disappeared but among the lSO
that rena re the counterfeit pesentments of Wash
ingtOn, John Adams, jefferson, Hamilton, Burr Bush-
rod Washington, James Monroe, Fisher Ames, Judge
Kent, Chancellor Livingston DE Witt Clinton Albert
CIaIlatin Timothy Pickering, Gen Gates Gen. CLIFTON.
Lafayette John jay. William Plnkney, Oliver WOlcott,
Gen sumpter Gen. Wayne, Bishop White, Judge Cush'
Ing Dr. Dwight, Robert Treat Paine Sir Humphry Davy,
fir William Herschcl, Robert sOuthey Priesey Dr. Oar
win william GOdwin, the Due de liancOurt, the Due de
OrIeans, TaCyrand and Napier Tandy. These latter
were painted before the artist over, OF course
Dr. e. Weir Mitchell will have curious physiological
study In the number on Phantom Limbs" This
gives from his large experience as Chief Surgeon OF the
Army Hospital for Nervous Diseases and Gunshot |
IN,
lows who left their the battlefield surgeons
tables In story the Doctor wrote just after
the war he gave MS through " the magazines.
hint Of what this paper will contain r. Buchanan Rend
Also contributes poem.
C1a1tOn, RrInsen HHfelhDgeT are busy as bees pre-
pairing genial holidays, when the fancy Of 10
many runs bOokwards. They will publish directly |
"Dream Life and Other Poems" by Stockton Bates.
young journalist Of Philadelphia; aud ~ If one Volume
OF pOcms were enough for month, they will also
Try 20 nnd readers for other Poems" ly D. Gordon |
Brinckie esq, member Of the Bar
Alfred Martien, who, beside publishing two excellent
weekly newspapers. is chief among the publishers OF re-
gious Juveniles just iEsued The Langham Revels,
"Judgo Branards Infantry, The Hidden HOme,""A A
Rough Boys Story" sunshine Bill" and "The Little
YeIlow-Jaeket seres" in five volumes, all which are
cAlruIated to prove attractive 70 Sunday-sChOOlA
We arc not certain that T. IL Baker Co.'s series Of
OLreadcrs. by Epes Sargent and Amasa May VIII |
prove equally attractive TO the secular scholars but they
nhoud do So authors have in this new series en-
deavored combine all the advantages of the Word
IDethod the A method, the PhOnic system, aud Oh
koot Teaching The series In five books graduated
from the beginner upward.
willis r. Hazard haS dissolved his connection with
Porter Coates and has bought the plates aud copy
rights Of the Hartford Publishing Company with the In
Eention Of pursuing the subscription book business
Porter Coates are publishing little beside their juve-
niles which they bring out IN very attractive style
They have the only retail house Of any note on
Cbestnut-st
The Academy Of Natural Sciences has issued ad
res TO the people PhisdelphR, stating It's claims To the
suppOrt Of the public Il has been the desire OF the d.
rectors Of institution for several past to secure
ann sufficient 70 enable them TO transfer their valua
ha collection to building better adapted to ts require
Ioents At present is housed in quarters contracted
that Of II be properly exhibited and 40
mean as 10 be dsgrace the community that refuses
TO supply better The Board Of Directors have pur
chased an eligible lot which to erect
raw aud fitting edhce, but they have no
means build. The style determined upon
for the academy is the cottage gothic, and II is
proposed II enough money subscribed tOerect single
NTR, which will Of 6Sx1s4 feet, leaving
about 900 square feet for future extensions The mu
scum now contains than specimens. many Of
them UNIQUE for instance the restored skeleton Of the
Hadrosaurus foukL The department Of ornthOlogy is
especially rich containing more than $1,000 specimens
ana Gsid be finer than any other collection In the
world Considering that this museum has always been
entirely free for the public until the last year. and that
1t would always be free II proper building were pro
xided for IT, the drecors have claims upon cEenD
Whioh should not remain unreOoRnised.
me cid and new schools Of the Presbyterian Church
having united, the two sepsFste publication houses in
ths city merged into THIS is situated in
C1Asmut-sG, opposite the Mint, the old heuSe below
EIHth-St.. on Chestngt having been sbsndoned The
WIAS VERY complete in eli its detas containing not
only the Appliances for making and selling bOOS but
hSSas01e reading and reception rOOmS fCr tks clergy
au6 dathg hgushod members Of the Church from abroad.
ssSTms Ann fOr Ssm p1SIcy eThibnT iOr pS Ri
PAINTING Of Gettysburg, and thus rSknG IL dsstrnsOR
sa p SnTe Sm $ a sns for ss sar e aRd PSin 4
hO1ehf be should ful his part Of the 6argsln BY hand
iShSS St6erv4Se and is miEinEa good assi Of money
byhsysDg SE9unS the SSpPVsEy A. 6 Chicago y 1s va;
from IL frame. h 3 noW on eyhhhiOn St PtsDurgh
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