The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-14
LITERARY CIIIT-CHAT.

LII ElIVAIL1 Of1l1-O11A4.
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THE EXPECTS OF the Chicago IRE upon the book
market are still felt and especially In that city IT,
SELL TWAS at first expected that q great demand
for books would spring up 10 replace the stocks de-
stroyed. But this expectation has not been realized
the people OF chicago having little time or money |
10 expend upon any class OF literature save school
books.
MRS. MARY CLExMER AMEs Is about to publish |
new work on the inexhausube woman question,
under the title of ''Caste and Sex.n
g. w. CARLETON 4 Co., those prolific publishers
OF light reading, have Just ready Heart Hungry"
new novel, by Mrs. Westmoreland, OF Georgia. and
"Fernando de Lemos," novel by Charles Gayarre,
OF Louisiana.
CHARLES DRsILvER, OF Philadelphia, Is about TO
add an nterlnear translation Of Livy to his editions
OF the Latin Classics" with lnterlinear text
DR.. CHARLES JEwETT has written book which
the National Temperance Society are about to bring
out under the sensational title Of "A Forty ears
Fight with the Drink Demon"
ROBERTS BROTHERS will publish Figuier's remark
able book, "rhe Tomorrow OF Death; or The Future
Lie According to Science" translated by S. X.
Croker OF Boston.
JULIUS PLATzMAN, o learned German ethnolo-
gist has In press in London q book on the vexed
question Of the relation the populations OF
the Old World ana the New. 1t is entitled
"AmericanO-Asiatc EthnOlogies, via Behring
Strait from the East to the West"
The LIST OF feminine writer's belonging to the
nobility has been enlarged by the accession OF
Selma, viscountess Milton who publishes "Sh0rt
Lectures on the Four Gospels" for the use Of
families.
HE QUARTERLY Ne,c Highlander aud the Con-
0regattonai ReUie,o have been merged INTO one
journal.
MANY PEOPLE VIII regret to hear that Hans Chris.
tan Andersen viii wrlle ND more books SO he
says, at least.
"A PARTY by the name or Jones has written
book to prove that "the United States Ia the King
dom OF Heavel."
FORsTER's Life OF Dickens" has reached fifth
edition in London although the first volume only Is
published. More tlan two thousand copies were at
once taken by the trade. which, for 30 expensive
book, il an extraordinary sale.
NEW EDITION OF "Meister Karls sketch Book, )"
q very entertainln miscellany from the pen OF
G. G. Leland, Is IN The press OF 7. Il. Peterson
Brothers.
A CERTAIN HERR HOFFMAN, has printed at Basel
his "Wanderungen nacn Californian, Nevada und
Mexico" He Is lively traveller, but his occasional
English quotations are open TO criticism. Thus,
the tavorite American restorative, sherry Cobbler,
becomes "Jerry gobbler," and the customary oath
in court Of justice rendered thus by Herr Hofr-
else, and If you don't, God help YOU"
DIR. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN mas in press o third
volume Of "Mlsceilanies.n
Mr.. d. VAN NOsTRAND Will bring out q new book
on the manufacture Of steel, translated from the
French Of M. G. Grunner, with an appendix on the
Bessemer process In the United states.
DIR. A. X. GARDENERS new book on "Our Chill
dren; their Physical and Mental Development" has
been brought out by Belknap Bliss, OF Hartford.
A WEEKLY ORGAN OF the American publishing
trade Is to be commenced this month In New York,
under the title OF The Trade circular ana Puolish-
ers' Bulletin 1t Will be under the editorial charge
OF Mr. F. Leypoldt, long known as an experienced
publisher and editor. 1t will aim to bring up lite
rary Information OF all kinds more nearly to the
wants Of the trade by weekly issue than has ever
yet been done. 1t will also give, besides tull lists Of
all newly published or forthcoming books, cat9-
logue OF new music, photographs chromos. htho-
graphs and engravings. Also lists Of all periOdi-
Gals aud a complete directory OF the trade.
THE "LECTyREs THE POSITIVE PHILOSOPHY"
which Professor John Fiske OF Harvard College,
has recently delivered Will appear In book
form from the press OF ]. X. OsgOod Il co.
The NEW UNION PRAYER Book, adopted by the
Episcopal Church Is OF doubtful acceptance by the
denomination generally. SO thinks the Christian
Intettige,icer.
! Mr.. DUFF GREEN'S book entitled "How to Pay
on the National Debt" Will be brought out shortly
| by Ciaxton, Kemsen Hanelfnger, Philadelphia.
| DR. ISAAC /. HAYES new work on Greenland, In
the press OF Harper & Brothers, Is entlLled ''lhe
Land Of DesolauOn."
WHAT Is CLAIMED to be an original unpublished
work by Oliver Goldsmith Is offered for sale IN
London. Its title Is 'Politcal View OF the Present
War with America upon Great Britain, France,
Prussia, Germany and Holland-n 1t embraces lorty
pages OF manuscript.
COLBURN's NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, which has
been published for the last fifty years at three shi-
lngs ana sixpence has yielded to the spirit OF the
age and will be hereafter sold at one shilling, ike
the CornhH, Temple Bar, 81. PdupS The Argosy,
Belgrauia Mdcnitldn's and The GentlemGn'S Nag
azine. The only literary monthlies now kept at the
old high price are BlaccaooOd's, FraSers anu the
Dublin University Magazine.
The AMERICAN BoOKsELLERs' GUIDE thus &C.
counts for the enormous innux Of English juvenile
and gift books, which have recently flooded tue
counters OF American BOOKSELLERS
It is now established that we cannot compete
with the English publishers IN the manufacture OF
illustrated books for tho young, which the
quality OF illustrations, paper and binding, are the
first requisites OF success. The growing taste for
artstlc illustrations, In which We are far Denind,
wlll oe lound in many cases to determine the pre-.
for to seek remedy for TINS state Of things in
Increased tariff Ia a question with our publishers.
English books, and the competition may exercise a
healthy influence IN Improving the quality Of the
home manufacture.
GENERAL w. PATTON, OF Towanda, Pa, has
written book entltled IAN Essay on the Origin
and Relative Status Of the White and Colored Races
OF Mankind" which will shortly be published.
THE LARGEST PRICE ever paid In one sum for
the copyright Of novel was $4,000 which Messrs
Smith & Elder paid to George Eliot for her 'Ro-
moa." 1t is said that the publishers lost money by
1t, as the book never became 80 popular In England
as the novelists other works.
OUT OF EVERY hundred male citizens in France
thirty-nine are niterate-t. e.. unable to read or
write.