The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-25
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

SEVERAL EMINENT LErpsro AND STUTTGART pub.
fishing firms intend to establish branches In New
York.
DIR. CHARLES MAoKAY. the poet, Is writing .
series OF gastronomc papers on Scotch dishes In
the "Knife and Forkn AlDI -
LORD HoUaHToN better known as R. Konckton
Mines, announces personal Monographs" book
that cannot fail to interest lovers of literature.
MRS. LEON0wENs, author or 1.-THE English Gov.
erness at the siamese Court" has almost complet-
ed book on "The Romance Of the Harem." Os-
good Co. will issue 1t.
THE FIRST IMPORTANT LITERARY WORK printed In
the United States was translation Of Ovid. by
George Sandys. collection OF this authors poeti-
cal writings has just been published. with memoir,
in London.
THE NEW VOLUME OF the uniform edition of Rev.
J. II. Newman's works Is, to general readers, tho
most interesting OF the SERIES It Is called "Hts-
torica Sketches" and contains Rise and Progress
OF Universities, Mortimer and Normans in Eng
land and Ireland, Medieval oxford, Convention
OF Canterbury.
GUsrAvE B0ssAUGR has published 'Titerary
Annual" containing classified catalogue OF tho
principal publications issued in France during her
disastrous years Of 1870 and 1871 The catalogue
embraces 1857 publications, of which the full titles
are given, including the original prices, but. IN
fortunately not the names of the publishers. 1dt g
NOTWITHSTANDING THE SUCCESS OF the Paris loan,
NJ Theirs Is sharply on the lookout for subjects OF
taxation, and books have come into the charmed
circle of taxable articles. The authors well a.
publishers OF France show patriotic willingness to
ubmit to this necessity, and Victor Hugo and
Louis Blanc, on the part Of the literary men, have
written excellent letters recommending their
fellowscribes to even welcome the new imposition.
The FOLLOWING rs LIST Of all pensions granted,
by Mr.. Gladstone during the year ending the 10th
of June 1872, and popularity, but enormously. sup
posed to be devoted to rewarding merit In ntera-
ture and art:-Sir William Fothergil Cooke ser
vices In the telegraphic SYSTEM f1OO; Mrs. Sophia
Elizabeth De Morgan merits Of the late Augustus
De Morgan, mathematician, ESQ; Miss Marie F. O.
D. C0rbaux researches in sacred literature) ESQ;
Rev. F. II. A. Scrivener biblical criticism) f1O0;
Mrs. 9. NJ Stopford, widow Of Major Stopford (ser-
vices of her father, Field Marshal Sir j. Burgoyne),
s15O; Miss s. Burgoyne (dtto), cts; the Misses s..
M. and Z. Robertson I'm addition to the pension Of
ESQ each which they already hold, In consideration
OF the literary merit OF their grandather) ESQ; Mrs.
Rose Gray widow of Mr.. Thomas Gray, one Of the
proprietors Of railways, ESQ; Mrs. Helen Lemon
Services of her late husband, Mr.. Mark LEMON,
f10O; Mrs. Mary Ann Thorpe, widow Of Mr. Benja-
min Thorpe (Anglo-Saxon literature), $50; Mra
Emma Meyer, widow Of DR.. John Meyer (aa
superintendent of the hospital at Smyrna during
the Crimean warl feQl Mr.. Joseph Stevenson (his-
torical lterature) floO; Mr.. Thomas Wright lin
addition to the pension Of fe5 1885, literary merits
f35; Miss Sarah Fanny Mayne, daughter Of Sir
Richard Mayne, X. O. B. police duties), 600; Mrs.
Jane Elizabeth Wood services of husband, weav.
ing carpets), f7O; MISS Emily southwood Smith,
daughter of the late DR.. southwood Smith lin ad.
dltion to the pension of eco, 1885, ESQ. Total.
Ell 200. lIh