New-York tribune., 1873-02-13

MI Bayard Taylor's new poem OF Lars which
strahau & Co. issuing IN London. Will be published
In ths country about the sth or 10th OF March.
RECENT ENGLISH LITERATURE
JANUARY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF LONDON PUB
LIsHERS.
jYRos T4E REGULAR CORRESPONDENT oF TIE FRiBONh'I
LONDON, Jan. 2j.-The January announce
rnerts OF the London publishers largely made up OF
worts expected before Christmas. The pressure OF
mere holiday books postponed, As usual, good many
.thers OF more consequence. OF Mr.. MuTay's list
n is 10 he said also that u includes not few
Promises that had been waiting for fulhlment so
long time that expectation has grown langmd
and hOpefuness changed into something Ike IN
eredulty. The "COpiOus Englsh GRAMMAR 10y
Aaetzner for instances who can tell when we are 10
have mat Few books more wanted. If it be any
satisfaction 70 the nQuriug student 10 have the thrd
volume Of the Speakers Commentary on the Bible in
stead ne may reasonably look for that about the middle
of April-at Easter. English loyalty is relied upon al
most o. much as English religion 10 repay the issue OF
expensive publications. II is some time since the " Ma
tioual Memorial TO the Prince ConsOrt at Konsngton"
he was cOusOrt elsewhere than &C kcnsngtOn has been
advertised "a big folio with eEuayings and lAusia-
ions in oolors Of the shining monument opposite the
Albert Hail. 10 be had presently at the price OF So
OF on large paper for SIS More interesting to tue gen
eralny Of will be Mrs. sOmervtle's Personal
Recollectous from Early Life 20 Old Age' consisting
size belonged generation which kept diaries, and had
something 70 put in them the newspapers not yet hly-
ing begun crowd diary writers and letter writers ont
of their occupation. Those who know the venerable
Mr. Grote Will rejoice hear that she is 70 give us the
Persona! Life of George Grote, the Historian OF
Greece" book that ought 10 be fun OF racy anocdoe
aud eprchtness az its author is s another book OF
similar character viii be Monographs, Personal and
Eecia" BY Lord HoughtOn, for which certain coterie
IN London viii lock with eagerness, possibly mixed
slightly with dread But only slightly for Lord Hough-
% too discreet 10 put into print ali he knows and says
81 private life where his reputation rdconetu Is OF
she highest. Mr.. W. J. ThOms, who lately retired from
his long editorshp Of Notes and Queries is TO state in
book form the results Of Investigations extending over
many years into The longevity OF Man. Its Facts and
Its Fctons - a hobby which Mr.. ThOms rides eagerly,
with lance in rest against reputed centenarans
He is so bent disDeheyng that anybody can be 100
years Old that should he approach that age hmseli
hs friends would dread lest he should suddenly end his
hfe rather than falsS his theory Other books on Mr.
Muiray's list are the late Dean Manseis Letters,
Lectures and Papers," Sir Gilbert scoits Lectures
Delivered at the Royal Academy the Rise and Deyel
epuent Medieval Architecture; :" and new edition
IN seyou octave volumes Humes History OF England,
with Humes shortcomings supplied, his faults amended
and bis work brought up TO the existing state OF his
torcal science promise easier 10 make than 10 per
form.
"A History Of Holland House," by the Princess Mare
de IAchtenstein. to he published by Messrs Macmillan
belongs to Of which this never grows weary
perhaps because this doubts whether It's social life
with all It's spleudor possess the peculiar charm
which fingers about such resorts Holland House and
Montague House and many another famous in the last
century aud the earlier half Of this. The same publishers
Will bring out immediately Mr.. Thomas Hughes's
Memoir OF Brother" George Hughes was Lot
man Of such distinction IS IN ordinary
circumstances would him Oograpber.
Ina less us
polnt was character and in the hands Of his brother
who Il above all student OF character and lover OF
the manly, simple traits which made George Hughes
locked ny 70 ~ many friends such life must abound
IN interest. The second series OF Mr. L. A Frecmans
Historical Essays" is include, believe, those ad
slrable papers which first appeared IN hdemHo''s
Magazine, on the origin OF the English nation with
stbers And republication is the fashion of the day
it may be assumed that Prof HHXiey's volume OF
Crtiaues and Addresses will be madeiup of Articles
that have already the light IN one way or another
and which the public will De thankful 10 have in shape
- be preserved Mr. Freeman and Prof Huxley are two
ef the most combatye among eminent Englshnen, and
neither OF them has exhibited any reluctance to
1Rhf his battles over In PRINT good many times. Read
err Of The FOrftghay Reoieo will remember and Will
probably ind the forthcoming volume, Prof Huxleys
ereiless onslaught OF high priests OF Cont
is Mr COngreve good example OF his controversial
work Scientific men will be attracted for different rea
nine and Lightning by Prof Wyvle Thomson, the emi-
pen naturalist who is likely, head OF the Challenger
expedition TO do still more valuable work Mr.. W. T.
Thornton the author the Treatise Labor which MI
Mil recognizes nigh authority appears TO turn lis
powers In new direction in OldfashiOned Ethics and
COwmon Sense Metaphysics" Mr.. Macmillan with his
lining thought would never he happy
unless he had two three speculative books in press
Cairnes Essays on Political Economy" Rev. j. A. Pic
tons The Mystery Of Matter" Mr.. ]. j. Murphys
TIE Scientific Bases OF Faith" and perhaps Mr. Hamer
TONS The intellectual Life" complete his present list
In that kind should not omit for the bene
III OF rowing in America book entitled University
Oar" being a Critical Inquiry into the After Health
vf the Men who rowed in the oxford and
Cambridge Boat Race from the year 1879 70 1869,
based on the Personal Experience Of the ROwers !
themselves; by j. T.. Morgan, M. D., late Captain
OF the John 0On. Uniy) Dr. Morgan undertakes 10
prove and does prove that the great majority Of his
university alive and well, and were never the
worse their spin from Putncy 10 MOrtlake or West
Minister 70 Chelsea But II has already been remarked
that IN proving this he does not prove bis easehat the
men injured by rowing mostly those who try for
Dlaoe in the University and break down In the
,aort Whether the latter theory be right not, 1t
mems resh subject OF inquiry beyond the scope of DR.
sorasns and less essential perhaps 20 conclusion
y, the whole subject Of Rowing.
py.f TvudaIls American Lectures among the most
,rouiDent OF Messrs. Longmans announcements.
..,s,n. Ia vat aid NJ a book either w Tyldsu sT