, 1873-12-06

John Morley, tho editor Of the Fio"tniyhilv Re-
v:cr. tns new wotk on "Tho Struggle ful Nh
tional Education"
It is statod tint ono Of Emorson Denne.t's
highly Henaationnl storlcs ''prailio Flower"
has sold to tho extent of 100000 coplos.
Il. II. 6to1aArs, the roet, has royieed and
bruaglit down to the present tuna Q:iswold'a
:. "fonalo Poets Of America" which wiz be pub
Col. Claronce Prentice had IL volume OF Tho
pocms Ct hin father, George D. Prentice, IL
preparation Ct tle time Of lis fatal accident,
Mr. ,Fsothinshans, lifo OF lheod7ra
all through tho summer. is now in tas halitls Vt
the publishers {Oagooa). e.l may he ex!jcctel
before the middle OF the winter.
Mr. James L. Fields now lecture IL on " Nav.
c1lsts and Fiction" from Dunyan and Do Foa
down, Mr. Fields thinks ttat Tho world con!d
not now we'll get along without works of fiction,
and. though Holno Of The old wliters wero bores,
othors wore good lofty. aud grand. Sir Walter
ssR sssosseps ss s''Sses s S Ssser s il
''untound fish, whose writings do nerve con-
demnutiou.
French nu,norsts from tho Twelfth Gem
tnry:"' by ". nosant; and '' French Society from
the Eronde to tho Revolution" arc announced
in England. With these, the " French llone
Life" to bo issued by the Applotons. and tho
History Of French Literature, " from the Lip
plncotts, we shall be able to know something
Tho only uniform edition Of ]. Stuart Mills
mlsceIa, cous worka is that just put INTO shapo
by Henry Holt Il Co.. BESIDES publishing, tho
AnGlGss'pLy" y tho o' bought n{ hs tue Ps!es Pas
Include in Tho sot tho four volumes
Of "Diaeeriationa md DiscMssioSs," tLo two
OF tho Examination Of hir William i1anliltons
t.so Philosophy" originally published by wv.
sponcor, aud later by Lee L Shepard tho "Cou-
siderat!ons on Representative Government" ill.,
sued by the l1arpers: md. in one volume. tho
sSts s15eco" o7 Soms 1"a eac G yoae e
q 81. .25. except the Conpte. WHICH is At sl.5O
THIS includes NIL Mills collected works, except
tho "Syssom Of Logic" still published by tho
ony by the als' Appotons m Tno EnSiis otion sn
10 III ali sim los aud alzeE. We believe. ouly tho
several volumes OF Tho Dissertation boins III like
Hty?e.-Neto York Ma1'.
Mr. Grant White. in his last linguistic article,
somewhat novel manner. He having. III Words
mud Their uaes." s:Iven It AZ his opinion that.
since tho days of Shakespeare UNI, the King
James translation Of the l3sb!s. tho English la.!-
guagc haa undergone no grnat eha,1Se aud that
tho .addtiouB to it Aavn htcl, "!itt!o except
naV words for now tninsH." Dr. Hall sosd,
bluntly. tEat .'s,lc coa1d not bo Tho opinion
Of one who had gwen attention to tito daye!op-
added that verbs, adjcctiycs, and adyerbs lad
since the time in question come into o.,r la,.-
guaso ''by tAouBands.' Whorellpon Mr. White,
naming twenty Ut tho most en,inont, popular,
yoluminons, al ctasacleriatic writer's Of tic lust
hundred! ssars, doi'!smlth Burke cohhott, Mill,
Maeanlay. Helps, llusllin, G5orge Eliot. aud
Yrullope, prose writorH. and GRAY, Cowror,
Wordsworth, Southsy. Byron. Ncatn. Shirley,
Tennyson, Brownn3 and &nrris, ptosu,
froul tho writings Of llsoso raprcson-
lattya modern authors. not thousands, nut
1,OG0 distinct words which weio hut used by tho
contemporaries Ut Shakespeare untl OF the tra1Ih-
lccoasors. ulI wliisl aro nat tia panlou Of naw
thtngs, " lls publishers shall pay 81, 700 to Dr..
Hall or to u,y benevolent institution l!o may
6e!oot." Al authors hayo provotb'alty no odollars
very aurc OF bis posttlun before making. tlliu
proposition. Tho question ~ Que Of much In.
leroYt iu tho history ot tho English luuguago.