The New York herald., 1873-01-22
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

"LITERARY HISTORY OF FLANDERs'' has lust
been published by c. A. Serrure in the Dutch Ian
guage.
NEW WORK ON PARIS, by De Camp, leads u.s.
statistcally and Gstheticaly, into the innermost
recesses and most hidden mysteries OF French
Partisan life. His style is free, clear, rapid and
free from commonp!aces. Like prose Dante he
goes down into the lower world, and paints the
stagnant, gigantic pool OF luxury, misery license,
vice, wit and volcanic energy which form the SUBJ
stratum OF that wonderful city,
THE Spectator laments that the late Edwin
Norris (who died month or two since) was almost
the last oil that generation of thorough linguistic
scholars to which MIR. Watts of the British Museum,
belonged, and who looked at the maze of human
language with comprehensive bird's-eye view.
MR.. Ii. A. PAGES new "Life OF Hawthorne, -
just out in London, Is q mere skeleton of biography,
picked up and coated from various books and
newspapers and used as a prefix to some collected
early papers Of the novelist Hawthorne as Is well
known, left directions that no formal life OF him
should be published.
SAYS THE Saturday Rertew, criticlsing the al.
manacs of the day.
We recently drew attention to Legitimst al.
manac, largely circulated through France, under
tue name Of 'Contre- Poison yelow.covered
angel Michael conquering Satan A nation OF shop
keepers has appropriately adopted amanacs as q
vehicle for advertisements. There are almanacs
in which the tailor's muse sings the merits or un-
approachaDle vests and unparalleled trousers. an
other is redolent OF fashionable perfumes, med-
cal almanac Is provided for invalds, and the
licensed vctuallers publish one In which they d.
late on the evils Of teetotalism.
'THE INTELLECTUAL FACULTIES Of Animals CON-
pared to Those OF Men" is the title of new work
by J. O. Houzeau, q Belgian scientist who covers
much the same ground as Darwin In his latest
work.
NEW "BIBLIoTHEcA DANIcA," or systematic
catalogue OF Danish literature from 1852, when the
first Danish book was printed down to 1880, has
just appeared at Copenhagen. 1t includes also
lcelandic and Norwegian books. t,
MANY PARIS BOOKSELLERS OF emInence as pub-
lsnors have disappeared by death or failure In
business within the past two years. Lacroix 4 Co.
and Amyot are among the recent failures.
In HAwTHoRNE's WRITINGS the autobi60ranbical
element Is unusually powerful SO that nearly all
his works are the biographies OF moods ana ex.
periences.
''THE RELIGION OF ROME, translated BY william
Hewitt, was written by q Roman to give his
general experience OF the Papacy In Italy and
conviction or Its evil nature Of its inevitable and
disastrous results to the morals, fortunes and hap
piness OF every nation In which 1t prevailsy The
writer Is quite professor Of strong language.
Though the Church as q system is attacked with
great fury, the volume is devoid OF anything like
personal vituperatisn. While "condc mining. - he
remarks, decidedly the Roman hierarchy on the
united testimony OF history, prophecy and personal
observation, as the most gigantic incubus of evil
that ever fell upon and bewitched mankind, do
not presume to Judge the private professors of
that or any other faith" In theological disor 4.
sions we have to be thankful for small mercie- SO.
CAMPING OUT" that vigorous story of tb Tscu
woods and mountains, by G. A. Stephens. wins
from the usually grabbed SaturC Rerie,o the
praise OF being "heartily entertaining at the same
time that 1t is perfectly simple ana unconditional
The lively picture OF Camping Out will! move the
envy OF every English youth into whose hands It
may fall"
THE saturday RevieD says that Mr.. Samuel
Johnson's work on "Orienta Religions presents
Buddhism and the religious philosophy OF India in
new light, and is the work OF keen admirer Of
Hindoo ideas.