The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-06
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

RUSSIA is SAID TO have three great novelties be-,
sides TourgueneT who are quite unknown outside Of
their native country These Detefry, Poszanski,
who has written four five excellent historical
tales, and Zuvallow Lithuanian, who furnished
number Of Russian journals with serial tales.
CHARLES KINGSLEY, Max Muller and ]. A. Froude
are brothers-in-law.
REV. f. p. RoE's new book, "Play and Profit in
My Garden,n gives q record OF the authors expert
ence In gardening for recreation and profit, show
ing how in one season he received $1,000 from the
sale of fruit and vegetables raised on two and a
quarter acres, besides an abundant home supply
BEFORE 1910 THERE WERE not more than 40 Ger
man newspapers in the United States, now there
are $3.50. The proportion is as follows:-4 are
purely political, A given to instruction and
amusement, to bellies lettres, 80 to religion, 2 to
Free Masonry, 2 to music, a to agriculture, to
juvenile reading, 3 to commerce and the useful
arts respectively to Odd Fellows, Druids, GYM
nastics and fashion. New York has 65, Pennsyl-
vania, 63; Ohio, 81; Illinois, 90; Missouri, IS; Wis.,
consin, "a; Indiana and Iowa, 10 each New Jersey,
Is; Texas 0; Kentucky, 8; California, Z; Maryland,
9; Minnesota, s; Louisiana. a; Michigan, 4; Ten
nessee, A; District OF Columbia, 3, and the other
States generally one each.
DR.. HAyMAN's new translation of Homer's
"Odyssey," just completed, is ciassed by the
Ausen9uDa as decidedly in the first rank OF second
rate editions" Precisely what that means the
literary oracle does not inform us.
Mr.. WILLIAM LoNGMAN, author OF ''rhe Life and
Times OF Edward The Third,n is engaged upon
work called "The History OF the Three Cathedrals
Dedicated to st. Paul.n The book will be enriched
with numerous illustrations, including o series OF
plates OF reservations Of old st. Paul's.
AT THE SALE OF the books of Nj. Ruggieri, the
pyrotechnst, at the Hotel des ventes, Paris, the
Ceremonial du Commencement de Charles Quint,n
a unique copy, was knocked down at the heavy
figure OF 81, CO.,
LEE q SHEPARD, OF Boston, win issue "The Fire.
side Saints and other Sketches by Douglas Jer-
rold This volume gathers up the good things
when have not yet seen book-form In England,
and includes "The Hedgehog Setters," "My Hus-
bands Winnings" "Recollections of Guy Fawkes,n
IAN Accomplished villan,n &c.
DR.. GEORGE w. DAsENT. a laborious writer IN the
London Times has published two volumes OF col
lected essays under the title of "Jest and Earnest
which the Spectator praises as very pleasant
writing.
WHILE WITH SOME people books are among the
primal necessities OF life, with others they are
mere Injuries, and with Others still they are re-
garded as neither necessary nor ornamental.
MRS. LOUISE CHANDLER MoULToN has volume OF
fiction in press entitled "Bed Time Stories"
New England Andrew Bradford's american
Weekly Kercurv first printed December %, 77l9, at
Philadelphia.
LORD LYTroN was good hand at a commercial
arrangement. He drove successful bargains with
his publishers. His agreement with Messrs Rout.
ledge for cheap issues OF his novels profitable
thing for him. The firm had the power OF bringing
out the works in two forms, and in return were to
pay him sum annually. In nineteen years they
have paid him as much as 100000.
Mr.. EDMOND PLASCHUT has written "Tour of
the World in 100 Days" and issued it in Paris az
three and half francs.
CAPTAIN SULLIVAN, Of the Royal British Navy
has published lively book on "Dhow Chasing in
Zanzibar Waters and on the Eastern Coast OF Afr-
ca" The Captain has been five years trying to
suppress the slave trade, and his book, hand
somely Illustrated by photographs ard engravings,
gives vivid account OF his capture OF over two
thousand slaves from the 'dhows," or slave sloops,
of the Zanzibar coast.
In VIEW OF Lord Lytton's burying place it is sin
gular that five times in the last four leaves Of
"Kenem Chiibiegyn occur the words "yictory or
Westminster Abbeyin