The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-30
LITERARY CHIT. CHAT.

THE VALUE OF PRINTED Books exported from
England In January, 1873, was f62, s29 against
E53 $50 In the same month OF 1872, and G400no In
January OF the previous year.
AMBROSE FiRMAN DIDor, the French publisher,
recently elected member OF the Academic des In
scriptOns ct Bellies Lettres, is an excellent Greek
scholar, and besides taking active part in editing
the "Thesaurus Lingug GrDca," is the author OF
'Notes dun voyage dams lie Levant," "rraduction
de Thucydide,' "Essai sur la Topographic" "Essai
Typographique ct Bibliographlque sur rHistoire do
Ia Gravure Bois,n &C.
Ir Is STATED by the Commissioner Of Education
that the benefactiOns made by private individuals
for educational purposes iii 1871 amounted TO
eight millions OF dollars, and those OF 1879 to nearly
ten millions OF dollars.
A CYCLOrEDIA OF LEGAL ELoQUENcE, ARGUMENT.
OPINION, &C., is an Interesting work, TO be pub
lished by Baker, voorhs Co.
| DICKENS wrote thus OF Paris In November -
Bad weather. 1t Is showing hard. There is not
O door or window IN ali Paris that shuts; not a
chnk In all the billions Of riliions OF chnks in the
city that can be stopped to Keep the wind out.
And the cold but you shall judge for yourself;
anu also of this ,preposte Gus dining room, the
invention, sir, OF Henry Bulwer who, when he had
executed IL (he used 10 live here), got frightened
at what he nad done, vs. We'll lie might, and went
away.
COLONEL OUvRY Is publishing an account OF the
life and labors OF STEM the great Prussian land
former.
SERIES Of the literary productions Of the most
distinguished rishmen Is about to he published oy
Messrs Smyth, OF Dublin.
FIVE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND EronTY.
THREE WORKS We're published In Germany from
July TO December 81, 1872.
ENGLAND HAS CONSUMED nine editions OF 'Thc
Henwife,' by the Hon. Mrs. Arbuthnot What u
cacAling there must haze been IL each buyer pr0-
ceeded to raise colony Of hensi
Mr.. ANTHONY TRoLLoPE found, he tells us In his
new book, q few decent newspapers ia Australia
or course conducted by Englishmen. lie has
always found Continental newspapers thoroughly
unsatisfactory, but they are after all not so far
below the English as those Of tae United Statesl
Bombastic language, vulgar aud faulty inioraa-'
ton, bad type, bad paper-everyth thing impresscs
the belief that the American class VI newspaper
producers must be quite different rom that OF tile
Old Country. An American, he admits, can give u
good lecture, make good speech, build "a good
house. cook good dinner, bake good bread, tella
good story, write good book; cun, In fact, do any
thing earth requiring intellect, energy, industry
aud construction. with this one exception lie
cannOt-at any rate, he says, he has not as yet
turned out good newspaper. But Irollope
doesn't know the meaning of the word newspaper
LORD HoPE's CnoIcE,n Mrs. Ann q. Stephens'
latest novel; is Published by I. d. Peterson Bro,
OF Philadelphia.
MRS. GRorE has completed the memoir OF her
late husband.
The LATEST PIECE Of literary handwork by Mr..
Carlyle Is now In the hands Of the public. 1t con-
ssts OF an appendix to tue peoples edition Of his
.I.ife Of Schiller" the publication OF which was
put back for several months in order to enable the
venerable man OF letters to make this addition to
the volume The appendix consists OF matter
translated from the German, giving an account Of
the Schiller family, as wen as OF much OF the early
| life Of Schiller himself which has not hitherto been
| known to English readers.
| LEIGH HUNT said Of Charles Lamb that "he Col
loved by everybody In spite Of his intolerance
which had more humanity In 1t tlan the ibarslit,
Of other meme