The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-22
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

MR.. RICHARD PROCTOR, author OF "0ther Worlds
than Ours'' and other popular scientific books, and
Secretary OF the London Astronomical Society,
will lecture In the United States from October to
February next.
ANEW STORY by Anthony Trollope will be com.
menced In the London Graphic on July s, entitled,
"Phincas Redux."
In ITALY there are now published 100 journals
and periodicals, of which 1,o9S appear In Italian,
fourteen In French, six in English and two in Ger
man.
THE Discoveries OF DIR. LEITNBR In Central
Asia are proving still more important than at first
announced. In list OF Leitner's forthcoming pub
cations eleven languages OF heretofore terra tn
cOgnftn are accounted Tor, and maps and photo.
graphs OF the countries and men whose histories
and language DR.. Leitner has introduced to the
world OF letters are given The countries between
Kashmr and Badakshan are treated OF In his last
publication, which gives US o translation OF the
songs anu legends OF the races of DArdistan.
HUGO Won MonL a learned German who wrote
more than ninety papers on vegetable anatomy
and physiology died at the University OF Tnbingen
on the lst OF April.
Mr. MoRIARrY. barrister, is preparing for publ.
cation an account Of q Spanish claimants cause
that has been progressing in Spain concurrently
with the notorious Tichborne suits. After oil that
proceedings In the English claimants case 1t may
prove interesting to see how the Spanish law
deals with somewhat similar affair.
A HISTORY or DRAMATIC Music in France, by M.
Choquet, has been published by Didot Of Paris.
Mr. PIXIES forthcoming 'Hist0ry OF Crime In
England" will show that theft, forgery, poisoning
and violence have steadily diminished with the
progress OF civilization. This Is directly contrary
to widely disseminated belief
THE Athengun says that the French Memories
Pour Servir" imply, estensibly, "Memoirs at the
service of nistorians but that 1t not unfrequently
means memoirs to serve tho Interests Of the
writer's" They are in either case the most enter
tanning books In the world.
THE ACADEMY OF ST. Petersburg has elected Mr..
II. W. Longfellow and Mr.. W. G. Bryant as honor
airy members.
AN AMUSING book Of old court gossip is "Recolec-
lions of Page at the Court OF Louis XVII" by
Felix Count de France, translated by Miss Yonge.
The last Louis before the deluge had 1853 pages Of
the chamber and OF the stable, varying from
twelve to eighteen years OF age These young
scapegraces enjoyed many privileges, among
which was an inside view into the royal family's
way OF living, which Is told sans yucon In this vol.
ume.
HALF CENTURY AGO the most famous thing in
illustrated literature was the "H. b. sketches,
which wore caricatures OF the persons and politics
OF the Georges and the Regency The entire re-
manJer OF these rather broad caricaturcs were sold
at auction last month and purchased by the Rout-
lodges, booksellers.
THE RECENT SALE OF the Perkins Library at
hanworth Park, near London, produced the large
sum of s26 600 for only about one thousand volumes,
or considerably over 800 per volume average.
There were half dozen books OF extreme rarity.
posrHUMoUs VOLUME OF poetry, by Lamartne,
has just appeared. It contains some OF his early
pieces. which he, in all probability thought I'M
worthy to see the light.
THE LITERARY and scientific life OF the late DR..
wheweI is to be written by Mr.. Todhunter.