The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-18
LITERARY GHIr-9HAT.

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telling book just issued entitled "Empire In Asia.
How We Came BY IL: A Book OF Confessions. By
W. M. Torrens, NJ. p" The book shows up IN vivid
cOOrs the rapacity ana oppression OF Englishmen
for generations past In india China and other por.
tons OF ASIA and the Attengu0i admits that IL ex
hIoits firm grasp OF fact. while making an impas.
stoned appeal 10 the national conscience.
MIR. SAMUEL FRENCH. VINO mas been FOR twenty
years publishing popular stage plays In New YORK.
has bought out Thomas II. Lacy, the well known
dramatic publisher oil London, and Will reside IN
that city.
A MEMOIR OF Henri Taine, the very popular
French critic. whose Looks have lately delighted 30
many readers Is to he written by W. +. Rae Of
London.
8. =. RANDALL is engaged In writing Historical
sketches OF "The ChenangO ana Unadilla Valleys
Fifty Years Ago.' which VIII appear In pamphlet
torn.
ASHER h ADAMS, Of New York. will issue new
Commercial and Statistical Gazetteer OF the
United States" and new statistical and Topo-
graphical Atlas Of the United States" to make each
one or more large folio volumes.
ONE OF THE RAREsr OF English books on
Oriental literature has long been Colebrooke's
Essays. These will soon be reprinted. with me-
NOR OF Henry Thomas Colebrooke, In three vol
umes.
PROFESSOR HUxLEY's new book for Appleton h
! Co.'s International Scientific Series" will be on
/ Bodily Motion and Consciousness" Dr. W. ID.
Carpenter VIII contribute o volume on "lIental
Physiology"
FRANK LEsLIE's 'New York-Past and Present.
q new Illustrated book by Il. A. DuyckInck, james
Parton, t. 8. Gould and other WRITER'S Is consider.
ably advanced and will appear the present year.
A PROMINENT and very gratifying feature OF the
book trade Is the rapidly growing demand for
WORKS OF science ana fact. Novels are perhaps as
much read as ever, but scientific books are very
much more read than ever
J. b. LIPPINCOTT Il Co., 1t Is said, have offered
$4,000 for Buwer's new novel, shortly TO be pub
lished abroad. The price paid by them for Forsters
"Life OF Dickens. 1our volumes, was Ss,oOO which
secured them only the advanced sheets Of the work,
as any one can reprint 1t in the absence Of inter-
national copyright.
The FIRST VOLUME 10 appear In Appet0n's ''Inter-
national Scientific Seres' Will be by Professor John
Tynda, on the "FOrms Of Water in Clouds, Rain,
Rivers, Ice and Glaciers" 1t Will appear at once in
New York, London, LEIPZIG and Paris, ana will be
ready within the month,
The TRANSLATION OF q number or the G erman
theoogians OF the more liberal school has been conf
menced by London Society, VINO don't like to see
dogmaic theology alone put into English Dress
They announce for speedy publication the works OF
the nationalist F. 9. Baur the critic ofthe New Tes
tamenp, besides Hupfcd, Zeler. Scholten and
others. Professor Jowett. Dean Stanley, James
Martneau and others are co,laborators IN the en-.
terprise.
A Copy OF the third folio OF Shakespeare, printed
In 1904 was sold last week at London auction for
9141, or about seven hundred dollars.
The Atbenguna says Of Mr.. Wilkie Collins, dpropos
OF "Poor MISS Finch" that he has MADE the detec-
tive school Of novels bis own and need fear no
rival "No one ever yet began one Of his novels to
throw 1t ASIDE"
| RUM0R has it that the story Of Charles Dickens
life VIII be told again in his sons periodical, All
the Fear Round, his family being not at all satisfied
with Mr. Forster's version.
The London Times reports discussion IN the
upper House OF Bishops. presided over by the Prl-
mate Of all England, on the Athanasian creed. The
Archbishop OF Canterbury said, "As TO the danna-
tory clauses there Is no person In this room who
believes In them" The Bishop or Peterborough re-
Piled, "That Is why want to get rid OF them.n
The Bishops did not conclude to eliminate from the
Prayer BOOK the following:-"Which faith, except
every one do keep whole ana indebted, without
doubt he shall perish everlastingy" although they
agreed that they did not themselves believe It,
IT Is just ITO years since the first daily paper in
England started. This was the Daily COurdnt,
begun In February, 1902. It's publisher was Eliza
beth Mallet, and 1t began with an apology for its
lttleness promising By way OF Offset that 1t would
"spare the public ut least half the impertnences
which the ordinary papers contain.v