The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-22
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

THE STATE DIRECTOR OF ART EDUCATION In Mas
sachusetts, Mr.. Walter Smith, win shortly publish
work on "Art Education-Schoastic and Indus
trial" It's aim will be to call public attention to
the necessity OF the study OF art.
COLONEL WARD II. LAMoN, for many years law
partner OF Abraham Lincoln, has written life Of
the deceased President. As the gallant Colonel had
access to important documents not used by other
biographers his book is expected to contain many
new points OF interest
Mr.. EMERSON has written new volume OF es-'
says under the title of Poetry and Criticism" 1t
will be published early In May.
sTHE BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA is the title OF q
work by Professor Packard, which Is at present In
the press.
MANSFIELD TRACY wALwoRrH, author Of "war-s
wick.n has in press new novel entitled 'Beverly'
founded upon certain pecularities In the criminals
laws OF New York State. G. w. Carleton Co. are,s
as usual his publishers.
WILLIAM STILL, who for many years was c0r--
nected with the antislavery office in Philadelphia
has written "Record OF the Underground
Railroad" which played so important part
1t bringing prominently before the public
the horrors OF slavery through Its unceas-
ing efforts to give freedom to Individual
slaves, and the uncompromisng way 1t opposed tho
pretentiOns OF the Southern shareholders. Thos
work cannot lay claim to any high literary merit,
but Is full of interesting anecdotes Of the chair
breadth 'scapes' OF fleeing slaves. We're 1t not for
the light let In on the value OF SOuthern chivalry
by the late developments anent Scuffetown and
the Lowery gang, we might have doubted that men
who did not shrink from lashng helpless women
and unarmed men should shrink before few de-
spised blacks, who had determined to be free or
die. This work is full of painful interest and will
be useful to the future historian.
The AthenRnns makes the important announce.
ment that a collection of hitherto unpublished
"Letters of Lord Byron" edited with preface, by
Mr. Henry Schutas Young, of oxford University,
will be issued shortly by Messrs Bentley 4 Son.
THE COUNCIL OF THE SoCIETE DE L'HIsTOIRE DR
FRANCE has settled list Of Its publications for 1872
and 1878. The four volumes OF 1872 are :-"thrO-
nlque d'Ernou ct de Bernard lie Tresorier;' "An-
males de st. Berth ct de st. WAIST" "Memoires de-
Monluc," volume ", and last, "Chroniques de-
Froissart" volume III. The volumes for 1873 win
be:-"Euvres de Brantome," volume vi ''Md-
moires dc Bassompierre," volume II; "Chroniquesi
de Froissart," volume w., and "Chroniques de ST.
Martial de Limoges"
THE NEW FRENCH ANTIQUARIAN QUARTERLY, tilet
RO1mdntd starts with an interesting and welvaried
set OF articles Among them Is an amusing Frenclki
tdbdu, written in England about the middle Of the
thirteenth century, from manuscript in the Corpus
Library at Cambridge This is edited by NJ Paul.
Meyer; and among his proofs that the French was
written I'm England, is one that bears strongly on
the great final equestion in Chaucer's textnamely,
that the Anglo French writer often did not sound
the final e, though he wrote hundred years before
Chaucer was born. M. Meyer says 1t cannot bel
doubted that the final e became mute In English
French long before 1t did In France. This being UNI
questionable why Is Chaucer to be supposed, I'M
1370-4OO, to have sounded all his final els In tho
most weakening and offensive place. the end OF the
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