The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-29
LITERARY CHIT.CHAT.

THE LONDON Bookseller says the mania for stamp
collecting has not died out in England, but is in.
dulged in TO an extent that would have startled
the tulip collectors OF old.
WRITER in The Nation complains that "the
ntro-pycerine school OF novelists" are greatly in
the ascendant on the shelves of our circulating
libraries. II is the experience even in Boston that
the larger share OF readers OF fiction prefer South
worth, stephens, Holmes, Braddon and Wood to
Scott. Thackeray and George Eliot.
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE had singular passion
for the sea, and used to say often, al should like
sail on and forever, and never touch the shore
again.
THE LONDON Spectator says there Is no doubt
whatever about the readableness Of that entertain
ing volume yesterday with Authors by James
7. Fields.
Mr.. SHELDON AMOS, London barrister, has writ
ten new book on "The Science OF Jurisprudence"
which the saturday Recie,o sets down as unsatis-
factory performance.
MORE VOLUMES are published about theology than
about any other subject whatever.
HERBERT SPENCERs sociology is in the press of
d. Appleton 4 Co.
T.. srEIGER, OF New York. has begun the issue of
new "German-American Library" The first
issues include anton In Amerika,' by r. SOlger,
and TALES OF German Life in America, by Carl
Dnthey.
THE LONDON Figaro IL again in trouble for libel.
wine merchant having advertised for "a gent of
position among the nobility and gentry, to solicit
orders for first class wines, the Figaro in an arti-
Gle headed "A London Imposture,n denounced the
advertiser without quoting his nancy as a swim
der Suit being brought by the wine merchant, he
proved to the jury that he actually had in his COM
mission several lords and younger sons of baronets,
who sold his wines among their high connections.
The result was verdict OF forty shillings and costs
against the offending Journal
THE COAL REGIONS OF AMERICA" will shortly be
brought out by the Appetons, under the title of
underground Treasures: Where and How to Find
Them; a Key for the Ready Determination OF all the
sor James Orton viii soon publish a volume OF great
use and value TO those prospecting among mines.
real or supposed. Washington, Dustin Il Co., Of
Hartford, are the publishers.
VOLUME O Of Ahe "Dcutsch-Amerikan Con-
VIBRATIONS Lexicon IL just completed and brings
the work down to ''Manfredonia.n
PROFESSOR BAIRD's Birds OF North AMERICA n
wholly new work, to cover the land birds in three
volumes, and the water birds In, perhaps, as many
more, viii the light some time during the CON-
ing winter. IL will be Illustrated with far more
fulness than any preceding work on ornithology.
NEW CoNic WORK, by Mr.. G. II. Ross, editor Of
J'tdv. will appear In few days. IL Ia called "Un-
likely Tales and Wrong headed Essays,
Az AccorSr Of the recent explorations in the
Peninsula Of sinai, accompanied with plans, dia
grams and other Illustrations, will appear in a
series OF papers in the Peoples Magazine, CON-
mencina with the September number. They will
he from the pen OF Captain II. s. Palmer, X. E.
THE ROYAL ACADEMY or LISBON and the Imperial
Academy Of -. Petersburg have presented their
publications 10 the strasbourg Municipal Library.