The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-11-17
LITERARY cH1T-cHAT.

"REhNIsCENcEs OF PUEBLO MEN IN ALABAMA
FOR THIRTY YEARS 'by william Garrett late Secre-
tary OF State, is the title OF large octave volume
OF over eight hundred pages, just published at the
plantation Publishing Company's Press,n at At
lanta. The book Ia extremely discursive In style
and preponderantly political in substance. AS it
deals with the personal history OF nearly all
Aabama's public men and il accompanied by a
good index 1t will be valuable for references.
MAURICE SAND, the son OF the great French
novelist, has entered the convent OF La Trappe.
GREAT INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL is about to he
established by the ultramontanes of Switzerland.
II Ia said that It VIII be under the direction of NJ
Mermillod and viii bear the name OF the Courier
Suisse
A GENEVA PAPER says that Or. Merle d'Aubigne
has left two Volumes almost completed on the
Reformation, In which the history IL carried down
to the death Of Luther.
COLONEL J. w. DE FORESTS new serial is to be
called "Thc Wcthere Affair"
THIS Is THE Dirty the Alsatians arc said to sing
wnen no Prussan is near by:-
Ira Tnteche pluve nit lang pi uns
vor dam nix kh 1s ischt ms
Gar nit bang
Nit bang nit bang nit bang
And tho Tree translation u.s..
The Tcutons shan not stay here tong
Inst wait until we French are strong.
Wen clear lem ont where they be.ongi
The bulles III be glad to cut and run,
When we again take up the gun,
Some day,
Not FAR away
MRS. ROSE CHURCH, Captain Marryas's daughter,
is obliged to make mournful apology Tor the
meagreness Of her narrative, which she explains
being caused by the scantiness OF her materials
Ellis contemporaries arc either dead or scattered"
OH fu wa
nous and well worth prescrvine) is mostly lost or
destroyed, and the account Of his public services
with a few private letters ana vague rene mbrances
are Oil the materials have had.n Tn!s is to be re-
GREETED, because certain traditions about the Cap
tains relations to Mr.. N. r. Willis ana to another
English naval novelist of that generation led 10
the hone OF some piquant anecdotes
THE LAST NUMBER of the AthenG,,a,, in Il highly
favorable review OF an American book which ought
to be better known, Baldwin's "Ancient American
| says that the author has given the best compre.
hensive view OF the archaeology of our country
| that exists.
| Mr.. WILLIAM BLACKS last book, '1he strange
Adventures OF a PhaetOn," is not a novel, but a
picture OF travel through some OF the English
counties, taken by party OF four persons in a
phaeton. The striking features OF lie landscape,
the bits OF scenery envened by lovely girls, ara
cha mingly described, though there il d plentiful
lack OF incident and the town life de.neated wants
spriehtliness.
The EDITOR OF THE Nation, in correcting funny
blnnder OF the New York correspondent OF the
Messenger de Paris, makes still iunlier one. The
correspondent, it seems, criticised NJ. Laboulaye's
ignorance OF American politics as displayed in his
writings on our constitution, ard then proceeded
to illustrat. his own intelligence by the state
ment -"Previous to 1925 the choice OF President
was made by the Senate and House OF Representa-
tves in c0nvention.' This the Nation airily sets
right ~ iolows:-
NJ Laboulayc viii doubtless not have to look into
the United States constitution to inform his critic
that Congress never elected any President and that
John Quincy Adams was the only one whom, from
failure OF The people to make choice the House OF
Representatives. had an opportunity to eject, ana
did 80 elect.
forgotten at would DO unchartabie to suppose that
he never knew about MIR. Jenerson's election by
the House in 1901.
HERE is WHAT THE SATURDAY Reyieto thinks Of Mr..
Froudes sayings and doings in America
| Mr. Froude is going to make an appeal to II
popular tribunal and the things that are likely TO
tell with sucn Il tribunal against England In a
vey OF Irish history are painfully strong When u
iair-minded Engshman has once explained to a
iair-minded American that we keep Ireland under
the same government with England for precisely
the same reasons which made the northern States
cOerce the Southern States into reunion, and that
there is no grievance which the Irish now have of
has been done, probably, to put American opinion
straight as can be.
jury rs ABOUT to produce hook Of comicalities,
five hundred humorous pictures, with descriptive
letter press, selected from her earlier volumes