The New York herald., 1872-10-03
LITERARY CHIT.CHAT.
Reviews 0f New Books.

THE TEN LAWS OF HEALTH; OR, How DISEASE Is
PRODUCED AND CAN BE PREvENrBD. by J. II.
This handsomely printed volume undertakes to
show how people may live as they ought to live,
! free from disease, and die as they ought to die,
from old age and not by premature illness or de-
cay. Out of the formidable catalogue Of 500 diseases
| which, according to the Royal College OF Ply
! sicians OF London afflct mankind, DR.. Black
thinks that all are strictly preventable by those
who will live rationGsly at all times and observe
"The Ten Laws OF Health"
THE DICKENS DIcTIoNARY.-A Key TO the Characters
and Principal Incidents in the Tales OF Charles
by william A. Wheeler. with full index and
plates Boston: ]. II. Osgood & Co. 1872. l2mo,
PIP. xv., 573.
There is in this thorough analysis OF oil the works
OF the great novelist an amount OF labor which
should be none the less appreciated because spent
upon pleasant theme. Here are brought together
at first IN the order Of the novels as written, and
lastly In an alphabet c0mprehendlng all, that
wonderfully varied and extensive gallery Of char
acters which the genius OF Dickens has created. II
we wish to find Dick Swveller or the Reverend
Chadbana, Traddles or Mark Tapley, Newman
Noggs or Mr.. Podsnap, Barks or Dolly
Warden we have but to look in the "Dickens Die.
tionary" and they are before u.s. with reference to
the book and chapter in which they appear.
LEGEND OF ST. JOSEPH. BY Able ***. Trans
lated from the French by Mrs. Sadlier. New
York: ID. 4 J. Sadlier & Co. 1872. 1smo, PIP. $40;
plates.
A very peasant collection Of religious stories
thirty-seven In number-has been published under
the title of "Legend OF st. Joseph by Sadlier l.
Co. 1t is a translation from an anonymous French
author.
MANUAL OF THE RAILROADS OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR 1928.
The most striking idea of the immense advance
made and making by the great interest to which
this book Is devoted may be got by comparing the
present issue OF nearly one thousand pages with
the first edition, published In 1868, in thin octave
volume of 442 pages. Mr.. Poor has devoted many
years Of his industrious life to the railway interest,
and, while himself q scholar, well read In history
and philosophy, he treats the theme here only in
practical point Of view.
Miscellaneous.
MIR. BLADES has been anticipated in his fancinll
If not ingenious, theory that Shakespeare may,
possibly have, at one time in his life, been In
printers ONCE. The Scottish Typographical Ctrcu-
lar for August 2, 1862, has short article headed
shakespeare Printer" The anonymous writer
has not attempted to prove that the circumstances
OF Shakspeare's life suit the hypothesis; he has
confined himself to pointing out the passages In
the plays which are marked by use OF technical
terms
THE CHRISTIAN vAGABoND, by Blanchard Jerrod,
will be published in book form, with Illustrations
by the author.
THE SECOND VOLUME OF Mr.. II. Furness' variorum
Edition Of Shakespeare Will be ready In o few
weeks.
TIE saturday Repie,c, In q laudatOry notice of
DR.. f. v. IIayden's Reports of the Geolog cal Sur.
vey OF Nebraska and Montana published by Con-
gress. says:-
The government OF the United States nowhere
appears to a greater advantage than In the system
OF land surveys which 10 has set on foot and con-
stantly kept up through the whole extent OF the
Union.
Whatever may be thought OF the speculative pOr-
ton oil Mr. Haydcn's report there is no denying the
value to science OF the exhaustive lists of fossil and
living organisms compiled from his specimens Of
the local formations and deposits which foim the
second and third parts OF the volume; the pala-
ontological series by Mr.. L. b. Meek, and the en-
tonol0gical by Mr.. J. II. Scudder The illustrations
on stone are correctly drawn and well defined.