The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-11
LITERARY CH1T-CHAT.


SECRETARY RICHARDSON is much prouder OF his
codincation OF the laws Of Massachusetts than OF
his position AZ q member OF Grants Cabinet and
Secretary Of the Treasury. The supplement Of the
General Statutes, comprising the laws from 1850 to
1872 inclusive has Just been issued by the State
printers and makes bulky book Of over eleven
hundred pages
AN INDIGNATION PARAGRAPH is going the rounds
to the effect that ScriDner, Armstrong Co. issued
Max Muller's Science Of Religion" In Q mutilated
form and without the consent Of the author The
fact is that there was no completer edition OF
the "Lectures' land, indeed, no edition at ally two
years age, when the American publication ap-
peared taken from the press reports of the lectures
as delivered at Oxford. These publishers did just
what the london publishers are all the time doing
with American books, Issued without consent or
correction OF the authors The only remedy Is q
copyright law. good all over the world. and that
remedy seems now remoter than ever.
HARPER b BROTHERS VIII soon publish 'Sub-
Tropical Rambles in the Land OF the Aphanap-
teryx," being personal experiences in the Island
OF Mauritius, by Nicholas Pike.
UNDER THE TITLE OF Central Asia and the
Anglo-Russian Frontier Question:" Professor YAM
berry has republshed the articles written by hun
on the subject since 1854 for the German periodical
Unseye Zeu The work has been published by
Brockhaus. Leipzig.
THE G1obsIs publishes q curious article on the
various derivations which have been suggested to
account for the name OF the German capital Ac-
cording to Sussmilch Berlin is dimnutive of
Deere Derry. Frsch thinks 1t might be diminu-
tive of baer, which Is Low Dutch for water-dam
Others hold that Berlin was originally called Bar
ein little bear, because Albrecht der Bar founded
it IN lao. Bissel says that Berlin is dimnutive
word Is Slsvonic, and means o ford DR.. Riecke,
on the other hand, believes that 1t is
Of Celtic origin, and derived either from
otorliuna. a ferry, or from oatrli,nn, q DAM
Bullet holds that Berlin is compound Of the Celtic
Der, curve and lin, river. Victor Jacob thinks
it comes from the Slavonic pri near and TIN, o
hill The Globus thinks the best derivation OF all is
that Berlin Is named after its founder, Berla, as
Stettin is named after Sttta, Czernin after Czerna
&c.
THE FRENCH ACADEMY has three vacancies to
I'LL and is in serious quandary over the multitude
OF candidates for literary fame. There are Mes
sieurs Mcheet Louis Blanc Neuiot About (who
has been rejected before), Tame, Renan, Simon,
Quinet, Weiss Erckmann- Chatrian. Dumas u.s.
Flaubert, Sardou, Laboulaye, and host OF lesser
notables OF the pen.
The PAU Maui Gazette insists that the style OF the
eJteTS Vi JuniuS OuguV JO ne specially duniIeu NJ
the present day. at has Macaulay's directness
without his rhetoric and Swifts simplicity without
his loOseness."
MEssRs. J. r. OsGooD co. viii soon add to the
travel literature Of the day "New England; a
Guide to the Chief Cities and Popular Resorts, the
Scenery and Historic Attractions OF New Eng
land.n
MTHE FRENCH ACADEMY has been long ruled by the
Oreanist party. TO get into II, whatever other
qualifications he might have, 1t was required OF an
aspirant academcian that he should have written
something about Rome that he should hold fast by
the English constitution and be persuaded that the
history of France began in 1880 and ended in 1s4s
THE LATEST TRAVELLER In Spain is DR.. Geppert,
who publishes in German his sketches OF a tour in
that rctrograde country. The Professor went for
literary research, and met only series Of disap-
pointments At Madrid he found no edition Of q
classical author less than century old; at Toledo
he had to inform the librarian OF the existence OF
his own catalogue, Of which he was profoundly
ignorant, and ut Seville he discovered two mpor-
tant Latin inscriptions only to be denied the priv
iege OF copying them until they should have been
edited bv a gentleman ignorant of Latin.