The New York herald., 1871-11-10
LITERARY CHiT-CHAT.

| "IBE WONDERS or the Yosemite Valleyi' will b,
among the Illustrated books of the season. the text
| by Professor s. Kneeland with Photographic pie
lures, and with Alexander Moore, Of Boston, as pub
! Usher
| THE NEW EDITION dhe scventh) OF the Dictionary
! OF the French Academy" now in progress, will be
| ip two volumes very large quorto. The first vol
ume, from A, ID, u Inclusive, will be completed
about the end OF 1872.
ONE THE QUAINT POEMS OF Dr. Hake the newly.
discovered English poet, who writes for all the
world like one OF The ancents represents Christ In
the character OF tinker, crying "Old souls TO
mend.p
With THE PUBLICATION OF the FIRST volume Of
"Le Siege dc Paris, by M. de HelDy, the public are
for the first time presented with all the documents
issued In the besleged city by the Government For
National Defence. Many curious revelations not yet
developed In the letters OF the keenest press
correspondents are said to be here embodied.
MAcAuLAY's FAMOUS FIGURE OF the New Zealander
OF future age taking his seat on broken arch OF
London Bridge TO sketch the ruins OF 81. Paus has
many parallels OF prototypes In other writer's But
the latest is unearthed from Captain Marryatt
whose daughter sends to the AMeWsans this pas.
sage from "Frank MIldmay.n published In 1922
while Macaulay's first appeared in 1s4O:-- "lhere
was beauty In these memorable ruins which lie.
lighted me- London may one day be the same, but
who Will the wretched be that shall sit on tho
summit Of Primrose Hill and loOE down upon the
dcsolation OF the mighty city2''
GUsTAvE DORE's latest undertaking (wlat is there
which he IL not ready TO undertake p Is series OF
Illustrations OF London, To be issued In twelve or
thirteen numbers, OF four plaJes eacn beginning
III January. The size Will be large quarto or small
folio,
ScRIBNER h Co. viii publish, In the same style as
their very successful Library OF Wondersn q new
ihror of Tray vol nnA
which viii be selected and edited by Bayard Taylor
They VIII be wholly separate and Independent issues
and 1t is intended that they shall represent
tho best travellers narratives Ia all coun.
tries. Once before Mr.. Taylor undertook
TO edit encyclopaedia OF Modern Traven
which appeared In bulky volume from the press
OF q Cincinnati house, I'm 1860, but the work was
heavy and had bur moderate success. The present
venture, contemplating a series of small and well
illustrated volumes OF travel. 81 moderate price,
viii flnd more favor with the public, which mas o
growing antlpathy to big books
GRACE GREENWOOD has been guest OF Mr. Tom
Fitch, at Salt Lake CITY, who Is practising law there
and 10 defending Brigham Young IN hts great SUIT.
6he met Joaquin Miller at Fitch's house, who i'm
pressed her q sort OF wild n. Y. Willis, "as i'm
pulsive, natural and unsuspecung q boy, yet not
wanting IN Keen perception or character and cer-
tain cool, quiet shrewdness.u Sne credits him with
artistic faculty, tho habit Of systematic effort ana
Conscientious study. lie dresses like young
painter, showing IN his brown velvet coat and dark
sombrero and rich fur overcoat, his jewery ana
crimson necktle, an eye for effects OF light and
shade, and a sensu0us delight In ornament and
c0lor.u
A STUDENT In the University OF LEIPZIG will soon
publish book upon the United States.
The Saturday Repfe,o hassattempted 10 read and
understand Mr.. stephen Pearl Andrews primary
Synopsis Of Uniyersalogy aud Awato,n aud contcsses
Itself beaten. iThis book,v II says "has the merit
OF being wholly unlntenigIbe from one end 10 the
other. When we are told that the Absoluoid snd
Abstractoia Elementismus OF Being echQss or re.
appears by Analogy within the Rela.oid and Con-
cretold Elaborsmus,' = we give IN. These
things are beyond us. We leave thom With sigh,
to Mr., stephen Pearl Andrews, to the professors,
presidents ana doctors oimedclne to the late United
States Vice Consul at Genoa, Italy, and to Mr.. OPP
DYKE ex-Mayor OF New York; The last occult a.
uslon is TO the fact that supdry gentlemen In high
stations had put their names 70 paper urg NO the
Importance OF speedy publication OF Mr.. AndrewS
''basic Outline OF Universa,ogy,n which. however,
" not the work recently published and reviewed BY
mo SGtlu'iaU.