The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-07-08
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

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| lish translation by J. B. Lppincott Co.
| The saturday Reuteso has 'crammed" upon the
subject of the Persian language. with which it is
charmed. The Persian, it says, is superior to the
| Arabic or the Sanscrit 1t is equally adapted to
| philosophy, to history and TO poetry. The great
| Arabian law-giver said that Persian ought to be
spoken in Paradise it is "the French of the East :"
and II Is admirably suited to proverbs repartee,
social affairs and diplomacy. See, now, what
Shah may bring 1orthl
MATTHEW ARNOLD has new book in press on
Higher Schools and Universities in Germany"
THE Cantao is new monthly magazine sup
bridge.
| EMILE OLIVIER is in Florence writing history
| of Machiaveli.
THE London Chronicle has been bought by o COM
pany for ESQ, 900, and will be made more metro
politan and less suburban than 1t has hitherto
been. The paper Is daily, and contains won
derful array OF advertisements of the s'wantedu
order.
M. VICTOR HUGO has just finished the book upon
which he has been engaged since last Summer. 1t
will be entitled "Quatrevingttrleze," with "La
Guerre Civile'' as the first series.
ANOTHER member Of the House OF Peers, follow
ing the example OF the Duke of Somerset and Earl
Russell, is about to publish book on the claims of
Christianity. viscount Stratford de Redcli1e has
written q work with the title 'Why Ana Chris
tianYn
SAYS the American Booksellers Guide, apropos
of freight charges on newspapers
We learn that some OF the railroads running out
OF New York city are in the habit OF charging
for carrying packages OF the daily papers than for
other classes Of freight. We at loss to under
stand why they should make such an unjust, as
well IS unwse determinations unjust because
newspapers are as easily handled as most other
kinds OF freight and I'm wise, because 1t interferes
with the circulation Of the city journals in the ad-
towns whose local tranic Is an item OF consdera-
Bile profit to tue roads. The Philadelphia railroads
settled the question Of their relation to the news
papers some time ago. They reasoned very sensi-
bly, that to encourage local trafhc and facilitate the
growth Of towns along their lines they should use
| their influence to supply those towns with metro
politan conveniences and assist the Philadelphia
merchants to advertise their goods extensively.
They saw that the city newspaper was their most
powerful ally, and concluded that they could better
afford to extend Its circulation by carrying 1t free
derive from express charges. Since then they
have been carrying the daily paper without cost to
publishers or DeWSdealerS. III these conclusions
were true for New York and II our railroads to
discriminate at all 1t should be IN favor Of the
newspapers, not against them
THE SCOTCH CONSERVATIVES are about to start
daily paper in Glasgow, and 100000 are said to
have been subscribed for the purpose. Every
penny of 1t will be wanted
Mr. J. L. BAILEY has in the press an exhaustive
life of DR.. Thomas Fuller on which he has been en-
gagged for several years. The work goes largely
into the family history and geneaogy.
In REVISING his earlier works Mr. Tennyson omit
ted several poems to be found in the first editions
1t occurred to Mr.. Hotten that some people might
like to have the verses thus Withdrawn from pub
lie notice, and so, without asking Mr.. Tennyson's
leave, he printed them, under the title OF 1.-The
Laureate's Dropt Poems" An injunction to stop
the sale was, however, soon obtained by Mr.. Ten
rare and curious book
A. KEEL Professor OF Philosophy, has, according
to the German papers, given ball to celebrate the
2302d anniversary OF the birth OF Platol
CURIOUS symptom Of the present social condi-
ton OF Germany is that one of the heads under
which the contents Of the Iuustr-trte Zedtung are
divided is, neutrality-suspicious."
TIE saturday Reuew reviews mercessly one Of
the ''goody books OF which the age is so prolific,
entitled every Little Stories for Very Little
| Girls" 1t says
This author, with her words in season" for
| Spring time, reminds us that we once heard or
person In greasy black clothes and white tie who
got into an omnibus and hance ed to his fellow trav
oilers tract bearing the inspiring title-"Are you
| aware that you are going to helf''
| To "ABsrAIN from writing further, at any rate
for some while to come" is the candid advice
which the saturday Reute,o gives Mr.. Joaquin Mil
| Ter.
| MEMOIR OF General Robert E. Lee, written by
his nephew's wife, Mrs. Childe, appeared In the
June number OF the Paris Repue des De1tr Mopdes,
and Is attracting much attention in Europe.