The New York herald., 1873-08-06
LITERARY CHlT-CHAT.

DR. L. SCHMTTZ whose compendiOus histories of
Greece and Rome are well known, has added a
history OF England to the series.
MAJOR KN0LLYs has in the press handy die
tlonary OF military terms. This work, which Is to
pe OF pocket size, and to cost only one shilling is
intended chiefly for the information of newspaper
writer's and readers, who sometimes come across
military terms the meaning OF which they do not
understand.
Mr.. r. STEIGER who collected and rnshed for
the Vienna Exposition a great collection OF Ameri-
can newspapers representing all the states and
Territories now proposes TO print classified cata-
logue OF American periodicals. 1t will include
about eight thousand titles, and its great value will
consist in its systematic division by subjects so
that the reader will have before him at glance
every periodical, whether daily, weekly, monthly
or quarterly devoted to art, religion, medicine,
natural science. politics, law, literature, &c.
JAMES GoDKIN's "Regious History Of ireland"
is pronounced mastery and palnstaking per-
rormance, though open to the objection that it is
favorable throughout to the English rule.
MRS. MARY CowDEN CLARKE's new book, "The
Trust and the Remittance, Two Love stories in
Me,re Prose-" boasts the following peculiar dedi-
cation ITO the lover husband OF eghty-fve these
love stories are dedicated by the lover.wife OF
sixty-seven.
HERMAN GRIMM has gone to Florence for the
purpose OF preparing new edition OF his "Life Of
Michael Angelo" and continuation OF his book on
"Raphael."
NJ. CAMILLE FLAMMARIoN, whose popular books
on science contain more fine writing than fact
gives US this hint in mis- "Marvels OF the Heavens"
as to the origin OF his own name:-
"For Orion | have sympathy" says NJ. Flam.
marion, '.lor which | cannot and Will not defend
myself. Between ourselves, read an astrological
Ana ira mn mn
OiontS. since that time this name is dear to me.
love it,"
THE saturday Repte,c declares 1t will say good
w0rd for any novel written in good English which
Is free from villains and all extravagant adventures,
has "a low rate of mortality, and is contained in
one volume" Such novel 1t at last finds in Miss
Braddons "Sp in the Fens," which he pronounces
20 carefully painted Dutch picture"
"a WINTER IN MOROCCO" by Amelia Perrer, is
notable only in proving that Morocco is a capital
place 10 stay away from. Spite OF Its delightful
climate and advantages for consumptivc travel.
lers, its people live In fifth end degradation, an
the trail OF the serpent is over It all.
The saturday Beute,o points out the contrasts
between the public character and the private
being OF most authors thus:-
The lively novelist Is taciturn, mofose kind OF
person, ever ready to start topics OF a grave ana
depressing nature. The poet whose songs are full
OF that delicious melancholy that makes them so
diynely sad Is rubicund, rosy-giled gentleman,
brisk, midde-aged, comfortable, particular as TO
MS vines an, prone to personal gossip ana leeble
hum0r The lady novelist who sails very near the
wind, and on whom the critics are severe by prln-
cple, is as quiet as q Quakeress in her converse
tion and as demure as nun IN her bearing. The
sour feminine essayist who finds everything wrong
and nothing In It's place, has lace ike the lull
moon and looks as II she fed on cream and butter.
It is conjectured that the lady who sat for the
last etching was Miss Frances Power G9bee.