New-York tribune., 1871-06-14

of complete joy:
Down from yon distant mountain hight ..
A boy comes forth to wash his hands,
Washing, yes washing there he stands,
In tbe.water cool and sweet
Brook from what mountain dost thou comet
o. my brOoklet cool and sweet" .
II come from yOn mountain high and cold,
Where eth the new snow ON the Old
And melts in the Summer heat"
"Brook TO what river dost thou GOT
o my broodet cool and sweet"
where sU IL n '9 lunches rSes the Sioies grow,
And sun and shadow meet
"Brook, to what garden dost thOu gOi
my hrooklet cool and sweet"
"I go to that garden IN the vale
Where all night long the nightingale
Her loye-song doth repeat
"Brook, to what fountain dost thou gOi
O my brOOklet cool and SWEET
al go TO that fountain at whose oiimS ii,
And whenever she looks therein
rise to meet her, and kiss her chin
And my Joy Is then complete"
Tho Jplv Atlantic will also contain Richard H. Dana's
account of his meeting with John Brown in ls9in the
days when John Brown was quiet frontier farmer
already at or beyond middle life, with no noticeable
past" industriously engaged in cOaXng hVlng from
the suen England soil, and in receiving ana adng
messengers who came TO constantly by underground
railway. There is quaint charm in Mr. Danas account
Of the family the gentle daughter Kuh ana the
children all ages in the little fourroomed CABIN whlch
had always room enough in 1t for hospitality In the
Is Whispering Gallery" Mr.. Fields whispers yet more
peasap things OF Dickens, aud George Eliot gives us in
This number "Armgart," new dramatic poem In the
June Atlantic was little lyric by Hiram Rich' which
has excited no special attention but which had delicate,
airy grace of its refer TO it as text for telling
YOU that author, who will some day be better known
though he may be- as he calls himself
% -r.. vsersut loving vsgraucy,
20, anything but vagrant in his habits. Like Charles
spraeue he is cashier of bank, which the same Is IN
the little cOasttown Of Gloucester.
Roberts Brothers win at last by the time this letter
reaches you have published Little Men," having been
forced to delay its issue from time 10 time ON account OF
advance orders which had amounted To 36OO at my St
hearing Miss AcOtt has returned from abroad In better
health and hilarious spirits as well she may be- for
sbe is winning both and fortune with rapdity
which sounds like the stories in the Arabian Nighs
Miss Preston, the author OF "Aspendale,' is
engaged on new book. She is most
.anial critic, and the reviews which come from
her pen remind one, by their spirit of kindly
appreciation, of sainte Beuve, Who' IKE one ol
swedenborc's angels always went about seeking the
good and the beautul-the things lie could praise rather
than those he must condemn If there were a calendar
,fliterary saints surely all authors would vote for the
canonzaton Of this Frenchman, who was always dseoy-
erng the lights hid under bushel, and predicting the
greatness of some new name, and who was very rarely
mistaken in his estimates. saw at the RoDertss the IL
lustrations, by Billings for "Pink and White Tyranny
and they almost tell the story without need OF text
"You dealt too hardly with Lily, said one of the firm
70 Mrs stowe ~ think not" was the answer; 81 sent
nr 10 Heaven. Could have sent her to better place
Talking of illustrations, are all mourning Tor Paul
Konewka the man of shouettes who died recently IN
Berlin. His conceptions were a Midsummer Nlghts
Dream Of beauty. lie has left good deal OF unpuD-
usbed material the first fruits Of which, Fastaf and
His Companions" Messrs. Roberts will have ready
before the holidays. This firm is about TO add to It's
Handy Volume Series" another volume Of Happy
Thoughts" by Bernard. Happy thought, for warm
weather reading.
Lee & Shepard have under way volume OF the Rev.
Petroleum V. Nasby's Letters, a complete collection
from the first 10 the ratification OF the Fteenth
Amendment. 1t will be illustrated by Mast The same
firm are good work in the way of furnishing more
solid reading They purchased the plates Of John stuart
Nils's books and those OF the Rev. James Martneau
tron the estate Of the late VIM Spencer and they Will
presently publish Martineau's "Endeavors after
Christian Life" which has been out OF print for some
years They will also add or two new volumes Doth
20 Martneau's Miscelanies" and to those of stuart
Mill the selections in both cases being made by the
authors themselves.
A. r. Lorng is publishing the works OF George Mac
Donald in handsome and uniform style The Portent
Will be this months issuea strange quaint charming
book for which those who love the reverend George
will thankful since in it the peeuliartes when sep
arate him so widely from other tOryteers are intens
hed Taking sorytellers, do novel readers want an
fllstrious example lady who had passed several
years in Hawthornes family told me, the other day,
that he nyeterate novel reader Nothing III the
way Of fiction amiss to him. Entirely original and
upioue az was his genius yet said he could not get
himself the rytelng mood except by readlng
the Of other people Bring me something by way
Of novel; he used to say, when she was going out
IL + only one Of James,"
The Riverside Press are TO publish Poems by VIM H.
BuIleigh" edited by Celia Burlegh, who has written
predatory Also, they TO issue volume OF
Songs the Old Dramatsts," with new and quaint
head and tail peces the Of ancient wood
carving, and with music which was contemporary WIN
and written for the songs. This dainty work will be
edited by Mrs Abby Sage Richardson. Another OF their
promises the pubic is novel OF the Yosemite by
Lady AyOnInOre, the weknOvn and highspirited Hon.
MIS- YeyeTton. They publish, this week, Free Public
JAbraes" second and revised edition, very much I'M
proved
At Little Browns little is doing except the pubica-
tOn Of what they call their yeliOwcovered literature
great law books bound in cali, binding not sym
bocal let hope But there is no pleasanter loungng
place IN Boston than this same Little Browns for on
counter they keep the finest collection Of illustrated
books in town, and another all the fresh English
publications as soon al bring them
II is store full Of temptations for biblomaEaesquite
. the most agreeable Kind Of msniacs by the way Who
would hot forget sammy's shoes and the family flour
barrel sed into temptation by edition OF Shakespeare
tueh a. saw theeT Sixteen great folio volumes there
are with illustrations and wood engravngs by Frederick
william FarhO esq. This edition, Of only $50 copies
was privately printed and the plates destroyed 80
That the owner Of copy be that only II9 other
people IN the world can by possibility have the same
SUNG heoptsns all sws Of notes and costaons. and