The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-03
LITERARY CHIT.CHAT.

THE ORIENTAL COLLEGE at Lahore has been Tor
mally opened and promises TO be successful.
SIGNoR LEvANTINI PIERoSI the Italian author,
has published In Florence the first part OF his new
work, entitled "Le vIttime."
VICTOR Cousins "Secret history OF the French
Court" has been translated by Mary L. Booth and
published by James Miller OF this city.
A VOLUME of selections from the prose works and
poems OF J. p. Paousk has recently been published
III st. Petersburg under the title OF ''COvoni."
MRS. MARY E. LIvERa0RE, one OF the leaders
and advocates OF the woman suffrage movement, Ii
writing book on that question, which will be pub
lsned by Lee Shepard, Of Boston.
HERR ]. DALLNAYER Is the editor and Herr
Macmillan Bern is the art editor OF new literary
paper, entitled Donauniren, recently established IN
Vienna, where II app 2ars every Sunday.
WILLIAM MORRIS, The poet, is publishing trans
latlon Of the Firth OF Saga" in one of the English
magazines. The London Athelieann says that be-
sides this Saga Mr.. Morris has translated three
other Sagas from the Iceandic.
Mr.. CURsETJEE NUssERwANJEE PEsToNJEE has
published at Bombay, In Guzerati, for his brother
parsees little book on the history Of India from
the beginning OF the Mohammedan INVASION to the
fall Of the Mogul empire, 1901 to 1865.
J. MURRAY GRAHAM has written and Messrs.
Longmans, OF London. have In press, "Historical
view OF Literature ana Art in Great Britain from
the Accession OF the House OF Hanover to the Reign
OF Queen Victoria" The work ought 10 be interest
Ing.
A DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH SYNONYMS AND Sy-
NoNYMoUs AND PARALLEL EXPRESSIONS, compiled
by Richard Soule, will shortly be published. 1t Will
be an admirable work II 1t can surpass or even
equal "Rogets Thesaurus," which IL al present the
best work OF the kind in print.
A CURIOUS WORK has recently been published in
London, entitled "Dlary Of an Embassy from King
George OF Bohemia TO King Louis the Eleventh OF
France In the Year Of Grace 1884," 1t Is from q
contemporary manuscript literally translated from
the original Slavonic. The object OF the embassy
was to induce Louis to take the lead restricting
the exaggerated power exercised by the Roman
Curia within more reasonable limits" The diary
was kept by an an attachG named Jaraslav, and de-
scribes in o racy style the social habits and
toms Of the countries which the embassy visited.
PROFESSOR ALBERT WEBER, Of Berlin, is severely
handled In q work written by Slgnor Mauro Maccni
and recently published entitled ~ Dottrinarie dc
Germania.n The book emDodtes historical
and critical considerations OF the Franco-Prussian
war; and Is specially intended as q defence
OF France against the accusation OF Professor Weber,
1t matter worthy Of note that while the govern
ment Of Victor Emmanuel has displayed almost I'M
feeling indifference toward France nearly all the
Italian authors OF any celebrity who have written on
the subject of the recent war have been outspoken
in defence of and sympathy for the French. Is this
gratitude or pride Of race?
ROBERT BUCHANAN's, 1.-THE Land or LOrne; in
Guiding the Cruise Of the Tern to the Outer
Hebrides." has appeared, and has disappointed
those critics who predicted in advance that it would
be "a servIle Outpouring Of poetical adulaton."
Quite to the contrary, although at times somewhat
nOrd, it is manly and Outspoken book, addressed
to the Princess Louise, in which he tells her that
there is much misery on the future domains OF her
husband and charges that the woes OF an impover-
ished and diminished population have been seriously
aggravated by the Duke Of Argyll, her husbands
father. The book decidedly spicy and VIII scarcely
bo rnltahpd Inv tho Oohliy