The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-09
LITERARY CdlT-CHAT.

SAYS the American booksellers Guide for Feb
ruary:-
Very lew books have been issued since the holi-
days, aud, with the exception OIL u lew large
issus before Spring The tendency to curtan the
number OF new publications Is very marked, and
we regard It as healthy symptom ,a. Inc issue o.
speculation. There T. risk incurred IN FURNISHING
each book, ana of course the greater the number
published the greater the risk. Every publisher
has catalog que, larger Or smaller. which affords y
tolcrsbly assured ncqme, and more can be done in
most ses to increase business by cu't,vatng the
demand Tor the books on this list than by additions
to
CHARLES KINGSLEY has an article In the last
C0rnhiU upon "Hcr0iim," In which he pays we'll
merited tribute TO two OF the finest OF modern
no yeis-Miss Mu0ch's ";onn nahax" and Thacke.
rays "EsmOnd'-in both o. which Is developed the
grand moral OF the possibility Of hcrolsm anywhere
and everywhere. e
WITH the new year the Cutno,tc Repte,s which
has rapidly taken rank among tho leading Catholic
papers OF the country. BEGAN Its third volums.
TIN SPfRIruALIsrs have begun quarterly
journal, called Brtttan's Journal OF Spiritual
Science. Literature Art ana Inspiration.
MISS LOUISA NJ. ALoorr's publishers, 1t Ia said,
pay her copyright Of $4,000 a year.
BELGIAN publisher has Ia press book pur-
porting 10 give the letters received by the Grand
Duke Alexis from ladies during his sojourn in this
country.
MIR. GEORGE CRUIKsHANK Is engaged upon q vol
ume of recoiections, to be illustrated by the vet
eran authors pencil.
"FROM the Wilderness; or, Thirty-six Years in
Texas and Two Winters in Honduras by z. N.
Morrill,, Is just published by Goull Lincoln. 1t
has many facts and incidents connected with the
early society and the rise OF religion in Texas.
Gamblers, refugees, soldiers, land spectators.
wrA1n nsxtt rta
lawyers, bears. Indians. rattiesnakes and vampire
bats meet and mingle In the pages of this amusing
book.
AMERICAN RACING CALENDAR-The publishers of
this work in adopting the English system OF con.
densation in their chronicles OF the turf and other
sports have struck the right key. Turfmen do not
care to be burdened with mammoth tones when
pocket edition OF work can be had. 1t is prlnci-
paly at race meetings that references are made to
past events, and q convenient pocket calendar is,
therefore, jlst what is most desired. The present
volume giving the turf events of 1872 in
the United States and the Canadas pub.
lshed by the 7urJ, Field ana Farm Association,
Is literally multuna In parr0. Each event ia
recorded in an Official summary, With brief de-
scripton thereof, the betting, &C., appended, ref
erences to which are contained IN an alphabetical
index, giving the name, age, color, sex and pedi-
gree OF the horses engaged. This, by the way, Is
capital arrangement, and so far as pedigrees are
concerned, serves the purpose Of stud book,
which is not always accessible at those times
when 1t Is most needed.
In addition to q record Of turf events the 'Rac-
ing Calendar" contains entries for stakes in 1874
the winners Of the principal races In the United
States and In England from their commencement;
racing colors Of all regular turfmen; tables OF the
fastest time made at different distances; list Of
thoroughbred ioals, &c. all of which are compre-
hensively given under their several heads. The
work embraces some three hundred pages