The New York herald., 1873-11-30
LITERARY CHIT-CHAT.

Mr. BAGEHOT, the eminent writer on nnahcai
topics, holds the theory that commercial panics
are largely mental phenomena, and that they can
be allayed by remedies addressed to the imagna-
ron-that s to say, by plentiful supply OF money
to frightened people by the banks at the first out
break. 1t is a curious fact that panics occur in
London every ten years with almost perfect regu-
larity
GENERAL GARIBALDI has just published book
entitled 'The Thousand which gives an account
OF his famous expedition to Sicily.
FRRssE, the dramatic publisher, has In press
history OF all Paris theatres, under the title
''Poyers ct Conlissesn 1t viii be issued in twenty
numbers, with the photographs OF the most promi-
nent actors.
Mr.. JAMES T. FIELDS new lecture is on "Novel-
lists and Fiction,n from Bunyan ana De Foe down.
Mr.. Fields thinks that the world could not now
well get along without works Of fiction, and though
some OF the old writer's were bOres, Others were
good, lofty and grand. Sir Walter Scott he calls
telescope, microscope and kaleidoscope, all in one;
but Bulwer is "unsound fish, whose writings de-
serve condemnation.
HURD HoUGHToN will print the very handsome
Grammar of Painting and Engraving" from the
French OF Charles Blanc with the original iliustra-
tons.
X. Fl. SToDDART the poet, has revived and
brought down to the present time Griswold's ''Fe-
male Poets OF America" which will be published
before the holidays by James Miller.
SIR WALTER scorTs young imagination was
nourshed with Scottish tales and ballads, learned
orally from danes in the chimney corner. The
books he had In early boyhood were Pope's Homer,
Josephus, Bunyan's "Pigrim" Ramsay's 'Tca
Table" Miscellany IA volume OF Scottish poemsl,
and Mrs. Rowe's Letters from the Other World y
Mr. JOIN RUsKIS has been to Scotland and
complains that the picturesque scenery OF the
lochs Is being sadly spoiled by poluting liquids
from the factories. "When last l was up Huntly
Burn,r he says, "there was no burn there. 1t had
all been drawn or to somebody's 'works'.h At
Edinburgh there railroad in place OF the North
Loeb. and at Linlithgow common petroleum floats
on all the streams.
THE London Bookseller records the fact that
| what IL naYvey terms "the nuisance OF street
newsboys" was introduced into London in 1912 by
an American Mr. Isaac G. Pray, who started a
| cheap newspaper tthe Euentng starr in that year.
| THE LATE JOHN STUART MILL was precocious
boy. He began Greek when three years OF age.
read a good deal OF Plato at seven and began to
write what he called a constitutional History OF
| Romef by the time he was nine years Old He be-
gan logic at twelve, and went through complete
| course of political economy at thirteen, and he
was constant writer Tor the Westminster Recief
| at eighteen.
| DIR. JEssuP's book on '.The Women OF the Arabs, "
| will he ready at Dodd Mead's this month. 1t Is
! full OF anecdotes and other interesting matter as
I to the females OF the East and their life and
| manners.
| DIR. FERDINAND KILLER, OF Cologne, the we'll
| known composer, has In the press work on
Mendeissohn, entitled "Recoections and Letters y
DR.. Hitler from an early age the intimate
! friend Of the great musician, and his volume VIII
contain many letters, hitherto unpublished, Of
| great musical interest and sparkling with wit and
| pleasantly, wen as a large number OF new anec-
| dotes OF Mcndelssohn, Chopin, Rossni and other
| musical people.
| No LANGUAGE possesses dictionary so rich
| In the history OF words the just completed
| 'Dictionnaire de la Langue Francase," OF NJ
| Iittre. The work has occupied more than 2
years, and there was not another philologst II
France so well qualified for the work by previous
training and scientific study.
NH Il. S. GRAzBBROoK, who published unqu,
book on the ..Heraldry OF the Smith Family has
just issued new genealogical work entitled the
'.Heraidry of Worcestershire"
ANsoN d. +. RANDOLPH 4 Co. will publish. De.
cember l. a volume OF "Religious poems." by the
author OF "stepping Heavenward."