The New York herald., 1872-12-28
LITERARY CHIT-CKAT.

GRACE GREENwooD's "New Life In New Lands,n
being her notes OF travel in Western America. viii
be brought out In book form by J. B. Ford & Co.
THE Athen6uD, raises well-bred protest against
the '.ndiscretion" OF Baron Stockmar's mcmoirss
just out in London, as publishing documents and
secrets OF State during the lifetime OF their authors
Baron Stockmar was physician to the royal
family OF England, and his son. In publishing these
memoirs, has used all his materials, without re-
trenchment. The 'vain and meddlesome old gen
rleman,n as the Athen9una calls him, makes ont
wellington TO have been . pompous and rather
weak-minded man, Lord Derby 20 frivolous aristo-
cratn Palmerst0n an insane tnn0vator and Gutzot
"vatn irritable and ambitious Frencnman.~
The Spectator points out that Warwickshlre,
which produced by far the greatest Of English
authors-Shakspeare-h also produced by far
the greatest OF English uthoresses-Ge0rge Eliot
the author OF "Middlemarch.n
DIR. WHEwELL's memoirs and letters win s0oA
be published In London.
Cory OF A PROOF OF an article in the Paris
Globe, OF 1880, corrected In lead pencil by Adopha
Thiers was recently sold in that city for sixty-nye
francs.
THE RICHEST UNIVERSITY In the world is that 0e
Leyden, In Holland. It's real estate alone IL worth
over four million dollars.
mr. GLADsroNE's passion for Homer'' furnishes
the Spectator material for leader. The Premier
said recently IN public:-"Every day must begin
for me with my old friend Homer; the friend OF my
youth, the friend OF my middle age and OF my OLD
age from whom hope never to be parted as long
as have my faculties, or any breath in my body"
THE LEADING ENGLISH magazines pay only about
. guinea page for contributions. This was
Dickens ordinary price per column to the wrttera
in AU the Pear Round The same writer got only
ten shillings page for his sketches by "Boz" In
the Ne,O Aonthly, which, however, paid Charles
Lamb what was then REGARDED the high price Of
guinea and half eight d0llars) page for the
"Essays Of Ena.n The Edinburyh and quarterly
began by paying f10 1os sheet Of sixteen pages
for contribution. This was soon doubled to lead;
ing contributors, and Macaulay even commanded
fifty guineas a sheet Tor sixteen dollars page) f0r
his incompatible essays.
PRINCE NAPOLEON has Q number Of books ready
for the press, especially on the life and charac
ter OF Maxmilian Robespierre, but at the request
of the ex-Emperor the Prince withholds them rom
publication.
To Look THROUGH the MS. of Macaulay's articles.
to correct his proofs and to hear him read page
or two Of his history in Ms formed the pleasantest
OF the critical labors Of Francis jeffrey Curing the
closing years Of his life He revised every page Of
the first two volumes of the "History OF England's
punctuatng the proofs at seventyfour with all the
skill and care OF Messrs. Longmans own reader
This task OF punctuating proofs was one that
jeffrey particularly plumed himself upon. "This,'
he used to say playfuly, 'is the department Of
literature in which feel that most excel, and on
which, therefore, am most willing now to stake
my reputation"
THE REV. DIR. RANKIN "CongregationalistH
minister in Washington, Is versatile enough to
have written volume of poems IN the Scottish
dialect, which D. Lothrop 4 Co., OF Boston, Will
soon print.