The New York herald., 1872-03-04

n D5llnger. ?erc Hyacinthe ana others for con.
trim tors. Of course II represents the Old Cltnoilo
| r.-t~, and not the infalbillisrs
| M ., yrzMANN's new book on american -Asiauo
pfv,no,oo IS. via Behring'S Straits" is out at Letp.
.' 80 isnes nothing more than presump.
ton OF annfA oe'"een '"o Mner'c.h aoorisina
,.,gu.cos and d ose OF the Old World.
w.'r.s N,rr. Us has written aud c. c. Hlne.
49, 49, -. ,lIshed "An Illustrated History
r',s r,,,,r,oS nv, r,,> french Academy Of "lsi-
moan abou,,y 10 sa,d r. N We so disguised M Thers
that ne seriously conteNpisA, '' son1Hk ~ nS wv"
resignation as a member Of ta1s 'niior'a' Io'J'
THAT LEARNED SPECIALIST TIA ABBk bRAsskus
DE BouRBouRa VINO has m0ie MA can history ano
language the study OF MS lue hms ss"eu GAIA
logue OF rare works the Language o' mex'co
and Central America. forming part Cf u hofarS~
lie has twenty WORKS. on the Maya isBaAnage OF
Yucatan, fourteen on roe Quicles or MextcA; anu
twenty ave on the Nahuau OF Mexeo. Th-scescy
grammars ana vocaDuaTies OF the Amer,csu JAM
guages called "Artes." eve perhags the rare2
works IN the whole range OF the Ds0iS trade.
knowledge OF these languages Il essential to the
student who would really understand waat can now
he learned OF the early history Of the Anerican
races.
The LITERARY PROSPECTS or the Argensinc repuD-
lie rapidly improving In addition 70 Inc
there has recently been commences Rey'%G deS
Rio dc la flatd, under the auspices OF Dr. J. M
Gutierrez.
LEyroLDr's '.Amercan Catalogue for 1871" con-
tainlug a iui list OF all origiDa publications and
reprints issued the United states durA.g the past
year, Is 10 appear early In March.
THE RETAIL Book TRADE In Boston mas been enOr-
mously large for the past few weeSs--a circum-
stance owing solely to general ana heavy reduc-
IN or nsir DrnClDal bOOkye-
ers. with view to clearance sales" for their
heavy supplies OF English ani o,her books
MIR. JoHN S. DAGGErr has written q much needed
volume ON ''Tlfe Ballot and It's History IN the United
stalcs" We have no book on the right OF suffrage.
except small aad inadequate treatise puDisned IN
Is 10 and no 90 Ok Whatever on the important sub.
1ecl OF citizenship.
'WHo WROTE iT? An Index to the More Noted
Walks in Ancient and Modern Lerature,r Is the
title OF book now In preparation Dy William A.
wheeler, OF Boston, author OF 'DicIonary OF inc
Noted Names of FIcuon.h The book, now In press
(Of Lee Shepard), win be an Invaluable help TO tho
reading public, who nnd 1t SO al flcu TO find out or
to remember the name, of the authors Of anonymous
and pseudonymous books.
THE WANDERING EMPEROR OF BRAZIL. himself
the author OF several anonymous novels, took espe-
clal pans hunt up the literary celebrities OF iaris
by personal visits and made a trip 10 Nohant. IN
the provinces, TO 'Iuuerview' George sand.
THERE HAS JUST BEEN PUBLISHED as Paria-
meniary blue book volume entitled "Papers ltela-
tive TO Forest Conservancv IN Indla," showing tue
measures adopted to preserve the native trees OF
that great empire, with maps.
! DOM PIATr has u book IN press on some curiosi-
ties of our foreign diplomatic service
LOUIS NAPoLEoN's new book, 1t Is said presents
stne Man OF Sedan" In the light OF military hts
toran.
A New "Manual OF American Literature" by N.
X. Roy Sc is IN press in Cincinnati.
FRANCIS WHARTON. LID. has written new
"Ircatlse on the Conflict OF Laws. or Private Inter-
national Law, including Comparative View OF
Anglo. American Roman, German and French
Jurisprudence" to be published by Ray
Brother.
The LATE GERMAN MErAPHYsICIAN, Arthur SchO.
pennaIer has had the posthumous honor OF
''Schopenhauer.L lie Xikon," to commemorate all the
more striking thoughts which he gave TO the world.
| His stye Is admirably lucid and often brilliant
THIS great, ororn and solitary thinker disdainiuuy
condemned the entire scheme OF human existence
| a failure, and the w0rd-animate anu inan,.
mae--as gigantic imposition.
| Books published without dates are nuisanccs.
| They bother the collectors and catalogue makers
and will prove puzzle to posterity. Every pub
Usher should take PRIDE In making his books autheu
tic ana honest. what would we think OF q news
paper or magazine wi,houU date?
slight idea OF the value OF Old papers IS informed
that file Of the London Times Is said to bc worth
| i,o less sum Than E3. .O)0 sterling.
THE Afhen4un calls NJ. Talne's History or Eng.
lsh Literature "an eloquent, ingenious and aba
book despite It's inconsistencies, It's Frenchness and
Its shortcomings"
| DEAN STANLEY's forthcoming book Is Lectures
! Oh the History OF the Church OF Scotland"
| IT is NOTED, as q sign OF the times III Germany,
! that the more expensive universities, as Berlin,
Bonn and Heidelberg, are slowly going down, while
cities OF middle size, like Halle, G0ttngen and
Tupngen where the cost Of living IS not great,
getting far more than their usual complement OF
students.
! MACMILLAN & Co. Will shortly publish second
| edition Of Mr.. Henslegh Wedgwood's weIlkn0wn
"Dlcuonary OF English Etymology." THIS edition
has been thoroughly revised and much enlarged bY
the author, has assisted In its preparation
by the Rev. J. C. Atkinson, author OF the "Glossary
of the Cleveland Dialect.n The whole work Will
form handsome imperial octave of 500 pages.
double column, and Will be found quite indispensa-
BILE to all students of the English language.
sJony JAspER's SRCRErr a Sequel to Charles
| Dickens unfinished novel OF "TIe Mystery OF Edwin
brood Is IN press, and Will be published In a few
days by I. B. Peterson Il Brothers, Philadelphia.
| II contains eighteen large full-pa2e Illustrative
| encravings, printed on tinted paper. 1t will be
issued complete In large duodecimo volume of
over four hundred pages bound in cloth. price 81.
THE PREsEST DUKE OF MARLBORO Will issue u
catalogue OF tie celebrated BIenneim Library. rich
In early Classical works ana curious foreign liter
| ature.
| A.-Hcrring's Patent
| 25i Broa iwav. corner Murray ,trss.
| A Svrrinity.-Lace Curtains i'm stock ana
|