The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-04
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

THE GERMANS IN AMERICA are to have q
"Jahrbuchn for the year 1878, which e. Steiger.
New York, will publish.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT 2-The opium
eaters have at last quarterly magazine Its title
is, 'Theraki; Magazine devoted to the Interests
or Opium Eaters;" and 1t is issued ut Laporte Ind.
The last number has alarming articles on "Opium
Eating in Schools" and on "Opium--the Sheet
Anchor OF the Medical Profession" Out OF 500, 900
pounds OF opium exported from Smyrna IN one
year the United States took 100000.
THE AMERICAN EDITION Of Wncklemann's ellis
tory of Ancient Art" has been completed by the
publication of the fourth volume translated by DR..
G. II. Lodge.
NEW EDITION thc third OF the great ''Ency-
clopedie du XIX. Steele" Is being published in Paris
in dfty-one Volumes
AN OFFICIAL "Report on the Losses Sustained by
the Public Libraries Of Paris During the PTussan
Siege and the Commune" shows that the latter IL
responsible for all the actual losses. The Library
OF the Louvre was totally destroyed; SO, also,
were the 10000 volumes OF the Hotel de Vile.
specially rich in the history of Paris. There were
also destroyed the minor libraries Of the Council Of
State the Court of Accounts the Court Of Appeals,
with $4,000 volumes Jurisprudence; the Legion OF
Honor, the Society of Advocates, the Ministry OF
Finance and the Prefecture of Police, the latter
library being very rich in French newspapers.
TIE FIRST VOLUME of Librarian Sibleys record OF
Harvard graduates will be ready this month. II
tells all about them between 1912 and 1868, incu-
sve.
THE LATE celebrated painter, Sully, has left the
completed manuscript OF work treating on the
art to which he devoted himself 1t will be enti
tied "Hints to Young Artists" and, as its title i'm
plies, will consist of advice suggestions and rules
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THE UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA has opened its doors
to women students on the same terms as to the
other sex.
THERE is some hope of an italian photography, to
the whole period OF literary activity from the
invention Of printing to 1870. recent congress
of Italian publishers at Venice recommended the
work.
A NEW REVIEW has been set on foot at Hong
Kong under the title OF The china Revte,o 1t il
edited by Mr.. N. B. Dennys, the former editor OF
Notes ana queries china and Japan. the ex-
tinction OF which useful serial has been so much re-
GREETED.
THE LATE MRS. soMERvILLE left an autobiograpy
in manuscript, nearly completed, which 1t is hoped
will be given To the public.
THACKERAY's SON-IN-LAw is the editor OF the
C0,nhiH Magazine and his daughter one OF It's
most constant contributors.
DIR. BERNARD STUvE of Springfield, is busily en-
gagged in writing history OF Illinois, and expects
to publish it by March next
HARNESS. MAGAZINE is the title Of monthly re-
Gently started at Wilmington, Del
THE FRAUENzETrUNG, lately started at Dresden.
Is the third paper in Germany devoted to the in
terests OF women.
'FEw ENGLISH PRINTERs,n says the Printers
Register, "are aware Of the vast amount of Ameri-
can work which is being done in London. 1t has
been found much cheaper to send work from the
States and the Dominion to London and then send
back executed, to pay freight charges &C., than to
do 1t on the spot. This state OF affairs Is due to the
great Of late in the scale Of wages across
the Atlantic, and to the growing strength and
power Of the trade unions there"
The EDITOR Of 20 Novo Mundo," New York, an
nounces that he will publish this year two transla-
tons, by Captain Richard +. Burton, from the
works OF Brazilian authors, namely Manuel de
Moraes," by ST.. Persira da Silva, and 'Tracema,"
by Sr. J. de Alencar.
SAMUEL JoHNsoN's "Oriental Religions" is to
have second volume, on the religious faiths of
Persia and China.
THE VERY LIBERAL PRIZE OF FOUR THOUSAND
FRANCS Is offered by the Caen Academy of Sciences
for the best essay on "The Part Played by Leaves
In vegetation"
PROFESSOR ALBERT SMITH, of Peterborough is
engaged on a complete history of the ancient town.
The antedeluvian Brownson is heard from again
in the shape Of revival of his somnferous quar-.
ter2v ReUfetc We have Vol. ], No. /, OF what
he terms the 'last series' before US, and find ID
just as metaphysical, pucky and uncompromising
as the first The venerable Orestes informs the
world that he has been under cloud for many
years. and that now he energies from the gloom as
sort of Independent comet whose brliance can.
notlast very long. Nobody, he says, Is responsible
for him, and nobody will be quicker to retire again
should he find himself in danger Of eclipse from the
ecclesiastical authorities. There is something to
be admired IN the plain outspoken style OF the
manageable reviewer, but we are not sure his last
series will benefit either himself or the cause he has
so much at heart.