The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-25
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

OF HEAVY CALCULATIONS among weekly Journals
published outside OF London that OF The Peoples
Journal, published at Dundee, Scotland, takes the
lead. IL has 49, 10 subscribers.
THE SMITHS ARE LOOKING UP.-An industrious
genealogical maniac in London has just pub ished
'The Heraldry of smith, - In stately quarto, being
collection OF the arms borne by families or thai
name In Great Britain az we'll In Germany.
There are over TWO hundred ana hfty distinct coats
OF arms, II any Smith il puzzled which to choose
he cannot do better than to take anvil and ham,
mer surmouht them with stalwart arm, RAM
pant and go 1t hrst principles, back to the time
OF Tubal Cain. The latter gentleman must have
been the progenitor OF all the Smiths, as we are told
In Genesis that he ian Instructor OF every ar
uncer In brass and iron.n
THE NApoLEoNIc LITERATURE has gained fresh
addition In the shape OF 1.-THE Man OF his Time'the
story OF the life OF Napoleon Ill., as told by popular
caricatursts Of the last thirty years. This Is INST
published by Holten, OF London, and contains many
poems, anecdotes and bons nsots besides most
amusing historical carlcatures of 'the man with
the nose. =" whom Punch has so long satirized. The
saturnalIa Of the Imperial Court at the time Of the
Danish OF 1866 thus hit of In our epigram -
compicgne on danse, on poke;
Pendant temps Ia Bismarck,
Dspoule lie Danemark
A HISTORY or "THE TINES" from its first issue
under that NAME January, 1888, to the passage OF
the Reform bill (Which Reform bill y i, announced
as shortly to appear in London.
SAMUEL LOVER, author OF "Handy Andy" ana
'tRory O'MOre," is to be biographical By hr. Baye
Bernard.
WILLIAM NORRIS, author Of the fine poems "rhe
Death or Jason" and ''The Earthly Paradise" has
gone to Iceland country likely to supply his muse
with yet more heroic themes out OF the past.
pROEEsqOR EMMA NUEI REKKER of Rern one Of
the most eminent classical scholars and critics Of
the age, Is dead.
THE NEW ARCTIC EXPLORATION OF the German
government bearing fruit in book entitled ''Die
Zweite Deutsche Nordp0larfahrt," Berlin, 1871.
This contains remarks on the climate, plant and
animal life OF East Greenland, and scientific trea-
tlse on the Greenland glaciers
MISS PHELPS .Gates AJar Il torn to pieces by
an English dean, whose odiuDs theoiogicum is ex-
cited by finding In 1t Language OF fearful profane
ness, "irequent quotations from authors OF scep
tical cast Of mind" and q "carnal, morbid imagna-
tiOn." What viii the AndOver professors daughter
do about his reverences
REV. MR.. BATE the learned American missionary
at Alahabad, Is bringing toward completion his
dictionary of the Hindi language.
MIR. TENNYsoN has engaged to be present ut the
Walter Scott centenary at EdinDurg
CHARLES LEVER, the novelist Is made Doctor OF
lie VS. by Trinity College, Dublin.
OF CARLYLE's ''SARToR REsABTUs," 30, 900 copies
OF the new cheap edition have been sold in Eng
land, while o. the first Issue o! the cheap Dickens
works $4,000 were demanded
THE BATTLE AS TO THE BEST HYMN Book ia now
raging IN England rhe palm is given by many TO
Sir Rowndell Palmer's "Book OF Praise" which Ger.
taiply is highly meritorous collection.
Mr. MILLER, VINO was commissioned by Napoleon
Ill. to explore the Greek monasteries for valuable
manuscripts, has published his researches, which
developed no remarkable discovery. His report Of
the libraries on Mt Athos is not cOnsoing The whole
number OF MSS. Is about six thousand. but nearly
ali OF them theological. No classic treasures
appear to have rewarded the search OF this latest
explorer In the field OF CurZon.