The New York herald., 1871-11-02

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London publisher before the eIooe oeths year.
IHs Kew JOHN SRLBY WArsoN now ON TIL
near LONDON Tor the brutal murder or his wtfo. =
w4 knouu - nteraAQra x He transiseed Tor pnhn,n.
Classical Library Lucretius, xsnophon ana 3a5inrl4
and wrote life, of 0eetye Box aaa u Bishop war
burton.
JAMES DENIS on. TOR forty-one years reporter "a,
tne Lonoon Inses ded at the age OF seventy three
few days ago. Before railwa5s ana teerrars.s
were known he mapeGed the nevs Expresses f.r
the Times in the west OF England. and m.nv
struggles took place between him and Mr.. Onar,ss
Dickens. who then represented the Mornino Cnyo,x
ole to secure priority Of Information for tbeirs
spective Journals sasgs1 wa~fA
JOHN RUsKN styles himself "a violent tory or th>
old school-Walter Scotts school, that to say and
Homer's. name these two out OF the great tori
writers because they were my own two masters"
The CONNECTION. .BRrwEEN English and American
publishers appears 10 be extending and growing
closer sevcry year. This fall and summer nearly
every book Importing house in the United states hes
been personally represented IN London. &~t's. "
DIR. D0LLiSGRR's "Fablcs Respecting tne Popea
or the Middle Agesu Will be translated into EngHsh
by Mr.. Plumnler, OF Trinity College. OXFORD. s1A
Mr. JUSTIN Do0LTrLB's new "Chnese and Eng.
llsh vocabuiaryn Is nearly completed, in two large
volumes. The Chinese WORDS are given In Roman
Characters nv. Doott.e mas been aided in the pro-
otAVu VI Was &C0dt ulCtlUuhEv (WulCu Wilt Rok.
haps. supersede for the present all others Of
English and Chiuesel BY more than . dozen nattve
Chinese scholars. r9e ~sA"sy r"
TIRE Saturday Rerieio thus succinctly sums up n.
Benedetti's 500 page defence. publtshed under the
title. Ma Mission en- Prlsse'' -"Put In simple Ian.
guage what N. Benedettt says is this: Frauce asked
for Mayence; Prussia refused. and ofered Belgiunl
instead; France declined to annex Belgium, buk
asked for Luxembusg, and TO this Prussia would
not aQree.n t &.3 ~ 'ss.S
THs CARLEross are getting out some very pretty
little holiday books, particularly suitable for chl
dren. Among the most notable Of these publioa-
tions are "Mosher Goose Set Musiou and ''HouseG
Not Made with Sand.n Mother Goose fs spiendidly
gotten up. with attractive Illustrations OF suoA
ancient infantile yarns as C0ck R0bin.n Little h
Peepsn sJack and Jll," and sTafy Was Welsh-a
man. 1t "a beautifully bound and gtlr with rare
skill and taste. fgdsgg laAIffn- an itIam aWl
'sSuccEssFuL BooKsELLERs,n BY Henry Ourwen.
Is q book OF sketches OF notable English ana Sect
tish publishers ana book deaers soon 70 be brought
out In London.
EwALD,s .HrsroRY OF IsRAsLn is soon to be com
peted BY the issue Of tho third and fourth volumes
in English. ,s, g,s s@i a,
NEW GERMAN MONTHLY, for commerce AAd
navigation. has begun to appear at Rostock. su y.
THR TITLE OF MADAMH DUpEyANT's new book %
the French war IL .Journai dun veyageur Pendant
Ia Guerre par George Sand.n This veteran repun-
can writer has little sympathy with the Thiers gov
ernment. aN yAs eli a. grRlfffg eg1 ssalsu9a
The PENNY DICKENS ia an enormous succe1in
England. More than 10000 copies or s0livex
Twls0i have been sold. Tho p'tos is Two cents .
number or sheet. D'. ' 3osA & X W.
DR. GEORGE HARrwro, the German scIsnsine,.
writer Of popular books IN English. BIDS fair ~
exhaust the universe II hs keeps at II. ".The Sub
terrnnean Woridn n his laae. ssfa.I n $50 Ia 81
q. W. HsCKsrHoRNH VIII soon bring out in hon-ll
don manual entitled sThe Secret Socleties Of Az
Ages and Countries" The Ku.Klux viii form -
interesting su pplement should the book 30 repuS-
1ished In this country. y1s a ..s.t itlst ..e sss
NKw srIRrruALIsTIC magazine wiz shortly b
started IN London under the title Of freeg0ht. g
n. GUIzor reached his eighty fourth year on the
4th OF October, and ls stall ct It-wnting. .a
THE AthengWns commends Mr. O. A. WashburNs
"History Of Paraguay as generally accurate AnA
truthful" and says It should be read by Al VINO win
to study South American character, scect nsteadn
NEW WORK upon s.Sun Diais, ~ by Mr .A1fre1
0atby, who has already made an interesting mono-
graph ssThe Bell, Will shortly appear In LoadoQ.
Mr.. Fosters "Lafe OF Charles Dickens'' viii soon
appear In sAmerics,l unler the auspices o. the
Messrs Lippincott. Mr.. kosser's long and insimA1s
riendshp With Mr. Dickens emlnentlJ qpaltAes Ain
foy tas taak Of writins the biography - sreaa
novellska TAs work viii lideubtsss ~ - Of greas
intsrese and standard autnority.s sksa9lsVD xs4af
ina wing on. .du hes oroDDed. .ssD relative %
the now famous Rrek kusnnrG GhAsra;n tales lth :
rarely thar JOINT anthorship nas succeeded 90 weu
@ 1t has In this case ErckDann, the philosopher,
given TO muoh dreaming ara rsverie his pipe
and bostle Of beer, and Chssrsln, the sodiery man
OF action. make up 70 ,ethsr perfect man. Taeir
power Of working .4sogesher IL equailed W
their wonderful conscientousness. They win
~rar bich
ally or artisticauy Incorrect Two years ago
they nad written tale for the Journal des Deoass,
and for which they were to receive o large pay.
ment. 11 subject was, "The Workngman from
1910 to 1870" Before sending the story to It's desu
nation fhey read it through together. the perusal
was unsatisfactory. They considered 1t poor and.
though they might touch It up, they felt that II
would never be what they wished Suddenly
Chatrain said, 'ernis Is failure. we nave worked
hard, but we have deceived ourselves. rhts book
represents a large sum OF money, but whcn we have
received It we snail not be much richer, ana We
shall have published poor book. AS we are both
in bad humor TO-DAY you snail 60 TO Alsace to-
morrow and dream and take the air there. shall
remain here. But before you 60 we will burn our
manuscript, lest we should be tempted to use H."
.sQuite rightn said Erckmann; tive Will burn It."
Accordingly on the morrow they met and silently
tore up the manuscrfpt leaf by leaf, threw II into
the fre and saw the hard work OF SIX months DIS
appear In smoke and fAmsA To how many modern
authors might is not be appropriately said, eco ana
do likewise; nay, even before re-reading your man
uscript.nh snt aAsQ Wi8 af fr4f
'srhe New Gospel Of Peace, " published BY Garlic
ton Co., is the newest and most amusing con.
tributlon TO what may DO termed King Ntera-
ture.n t..s.st.l s.a~re.s .s tsDs-g " ii.sI
Paul de Kock has written his life under the title
Of g Memories Intimes," IN two volumes, which
will bo published Dy mis- son, Henri de KocK, one
year afler the death OF the former. &c., -,. .
FRANCIS PULsKY. Kossuth's well remembered
companion In the United states, tells this anecdoes
In an essay on the late Baron EJtvJs:-he had just
returned from journey 70 England. and, speaking
with great enthusiasm OF British life and institu-