The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-07
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

RANSOM Fl. TYLER, ESQ.,, has written an elabo-
rate "Treatise on the Law Of Usury, Pawns or
Pledges" which william Gould & Son, O. Albany,
will, publish.
AMONG FORTHCOMING BOOKS Of local interest is
Mr. washington Marlott's "Kansas "reminiscences;
Recollectons Of Ten Years on the Frontier"
'THE RUSSIAN Index to the Affairs of the Press'
is curious In containing an t,sder erprgdtoius OF
foreign literature and thus pointing out to the in
quistive the forbidden fruit which they will, there
fore, be most anxious to taste.
The SPENsER SOCIETY, OF London, has recently
issued George Wither's miscellaneous works. hav-
ing completed his "Juvenilia" in two volumes q
year or two SINCE Among Its earlier issues were
the once famed and very rare works Of John Tay-
lor, the Water Poet and the proverbs and cpl
grams Of John Haywood. The Spenser Society
books are in folio and small quarto size, and are
superbly printed on the finest ribbed white paper.
In THE LAST ISSUE OF 'Ballads from Manu-
SCRIPTS" issued by the Ballad Society Of London, Is
poem OF Henry the Eighths time, A. D. 1920,
which opens thus
aDa al h Hyrg ,a oTr n0sy kyns
Cod Cod save st he
Ga Sw ana send then myrhe
Amend owr prestis and make them good!
The ausion to the clergy in the last line is very
characteristic of the period.
The EIGHTH EDITION OF "Men OF the Time; or,
Dictionary Of Contemporaries" has been Published
In London by Routledge, thoroughly rewritten by
Thompson Cooper.
NEW EDITION Of Theodore Parker's works is
likely to appear, with biography by Monk B. San.
born.
TWELVE THOUSAND COPIES Of Aueroach's long
novel, "On the Heights" have been sold In this
country.
ROBERT CLARKE Co., Cincinnati. purpose to
publish for the author, can historical Account Of
Colonel William Crawford's Expedition Against
Sandusky in 1881" BY G. W. Butterneld.
The american Ciptl Ld,o Journal Is the name OF
new monthly publication, conducted by Mr.. II. H.
Chittenden and Mr. David G. Van Colt, and de.
voted to the discussion OF the principles OF Roman
law.
THE Spectator has a very good opinion OF Mr.
William Morris, and says that his latest poem
Glove is Enough" shows an increase OF power and
melody beyond the songs In his Earthly Para
dise.n
DE BErHENcoURT's quaint and curious narrative
OF the conquest OF the Canaries has been trans
lated from the French and published by the Hak.
luyt Society. The antique flavor OF the original Is
admirably preserved In this English version.
VARIOUS CORRESPONDENTS of the London Times
have been piously but fruitessly, laboring to ex.
onerate Byron from the charge Of injuring one OF
the finest passages In "Childe Haroldn by o gross
vulgarism. 1t seems to be too clear that he wrote
'ay' for 'lie" ("there let him lay" in the apos-
trophe TO the ocean,, and none Of the attempts to
alter the punctuation or to substitute s'stayn or
'pray" for the OFFENDING word will satisfy candid
critic All that can be done is to show that other
poets have been guilty OF an equal atroclty. Here
for example, Is fragment from Shelley's beautiful
lines called the Passage Of the Appenines":-
The Appenine. In the light of day,
Which between the earth and nd SKY X doth lay.
Rhyme Is sometimes the master instead of the
servant Of even the most exquisite versiners.
DEAN STANLEY told an American friend that he
had read Hawthornes MARBLE Faun" through six
times. That is q pretty extravaganza compliment
to pay to any book.
NEW MONOGRAPH on that inexhaustible sub
ject the war Of 1870. has just appeared in Germany
rom the pen Of Captain Stieler.
THE ST. CITES Magazine Is the latest candidate
for public favor in England 1t is edited by mis-
slonary to the London poor.
CRABBE ROBINSON wrote or Charles Lambs libra
ry:-'He has the finest collection Of shabby books
I ever saw such a number OF irst-rate books in
very bad condition is nowhere to be found.r
In Od ana Ne,o, for February, appears o short
letter on Thomas Jefferson, written by John Quin-
cey Adams In $780, 1t is very severe on the great
liberal statesman. INT. Jeffersons infdelityu |
wrote Adams, "hs antl-judlcalism and his nulliH.
cation were three great and portentous errors. !
Mr.. JEFFERSON is entitled to great respect, though,
after the conduct Of his last days and the post |
humous publication Of his writings delicacy toward
him IRON New England Is an exemplincation OF |
mething more than Christian meekness and for.
besrance. Time says voltaire, which vindicates
the characters Of great men, finishes by render
ing even their faults respectable OF such re-
Mr.. Jefferson has very unreasonable